Anime Cat Girl (Work in progress #3)

Hi all! :) Today I was pretty productive at work. Managed to finished a few projects and it was all good. XD

Later I went out for lunch and had this wonderful fried chicken. :3 The place is called 'Arnold's Fried Chicken'. Wouldn't mind to eat there again. <3

After work, I headed to downtown to meet up with my friends. We browsed the art supply store, and had Japanese food for dinner, then walked around for a while before going back home. It was quite a fun day. Too bad it meant I had less time for my drawing. >.< By the time I reached home, it was already quite late.

I turned on my computer and continued on this piece. (previous blogs : #1, #2)


I finished the rough guideline for coloring, highlight and shading. Hopefully I can finish the whole thing by tomorrow. I doubt so though, as I also got another appointment tomorrow's evening.

Will try my best.

The journey will begin again tomorrow. :)

Alone in dream (Work in progress)

Did this during my office lunch break.


"Alone in dream" is a temporary name for it.

Still a sketch. Seem to be a fun piece. Plan to experiment about lighting/shading on it later. :) There seem to be a lot of work in progress from me lately. Will finish one of these pieces real soon. XD

Have a great day guys! ^^

Anime Cat Girl (Work in progress #2)

Today I had a lunch party in the office.

My Filipino colleagues cooked their national food and brought to the office. One brought rice. I brought 2 big bottles of soft drink to join in. It was pretty tasty, and we had fun. After we finished the meal, we decided that we will organize a lunch like this once a week. Can't wait for the next time! ^^

Anyway, here's my addition for today.

Cat girl (still a work in progress lol)


An update from yesterday. Touched up her eyes and skin, and added some color guides. Haven't managed to finish it by today. Need to sleep already. >.< Booo....

I will bring my tablet to office tomorrow and see if I can finish it there.

The journey will begin again tomorrow! :)

Anime Cat Girl (Work in progress)

Today I woke up at 3:30 pm in the afternoon o.o

Last night I slept at 5:30 am in the morning, after battling with the realistic portrait I spent the whole night drawing. XD Please go take a look. Managed to get a good, long sleep at last, for the first time of the whole week. I will need energy for Monday, which I need to go back to office again.

Today I'm back to something simpler, Anime style drawing.

Here's a work in progress.


Sorry I haven't finished the piece. I will need time to rest. XD

The journey will begin again tomorrow! ^^

Fine art portrait #2 : Guess who is this

Can you guess who is this?



If you can, I would be very happy. lol. Short post for today. I'm so tired. This piece took me really long. TvT

If you think you know who is the person, don't be shy to leave your answer below. =)
The journey will begin again tomorrow. ^^

Answer : Emma Watson

Fantasy DIgital Painting : Elven Sorceror

Today I was late to work. =( I didn't hear the alarm clock. Guess I was too tired. Haven't had enough sleep for the whole week. I guess I need to find a way to balance between sleeping, my work, and my drawing. XD Anyway, I'm so glad It's Friday. Went to have dinner at this great Japanese place called 'Standing Sushi Bar'. The food there was amazing. <3 Yum yum.

Just got a great news that I won an art contest in Roleplayer Guild Forum. =3 It's a nice community of great people that love play-by-post roleplaying. Be sure to take a look. Thanks to this forum, especially to the AOTM contest, it's actually one of the reasons I've been motivated to start drawing again. You can view other contestants' amazing artworks here.

This is the entry I've submitted to the contest.

 

The concept I picked was 'Magic'. The color scheme I chose for this piece is green and purple, contrasting colors. It's one of my attempt to draw something other than anime/manga style, and to practice myself in highlight & shading by limiting the colors I can use.

Actually the full picture looks like this. XD I cropped the piece before submitting to the contest, because the original size wouldn't fit in with the contest's legal image dimension.

Click to enlarge!

Today I've touched up a few parts in this illustration. Below is a step-by-step snapshots for the illustration progress =D

Click  to enlarge! Or view on a seperated window here.

Hope you like the piece. The journey will begin again tomorrow! =)

P.S. I also made a forum signature for Baka Kitty today. :)

Baka Kitty (AKA Darren Lee) is now taking up a challenge by self-learning a violin despite his lack of musical background. His dedication and effort is admirable. He's blogging about his practice and progress daily here. Be sure to take a look and it would be invaluable for any feedback you guys can give him to help him improve his skill. Thank you in advance. Wish you all a great day! XD

Fine art portrait : Jessica Hamby (True Blood)

Today I tried fine art portrait.

The model is Jessica Hamby from True Blood. She's my favorite character of the series. ^^




I was a bit nervous at first, because the problem in my drawing is that every time I try drawing a character, it always ends up looking anime-ish, even when I don't want it to. So today I posted a challenge to myself to draw a realistic looking human. The result was far from perfect, although I feel quite pleased. ^^ I had always been afraid to draw realistic portrait (for fear that it won't be good enough), and I also have drawn only 3-4 pieces at most for my entire life. This piece is, by far, the best (and most probably the fastest) portrait I've drawn so far. I spent time drawing it on MRT to work, MRT coming back, and another one hour at home.

I've planned to practice more on fine art, in order to advance my skill in art furthermore. There will be more realistic portraits coming from me in the near future, until my fine art skill has exceeded satisfactory level. :)

I feel a bit sorry for Jessica. XD My art skill hasn't done her beauty justice. It doesn't look exactly like her, and I kinda drew freely at the hair part. Maybe next time when my drawing skill has improved, I will redraw her again.

Thanks for reading. ^^ The journey will begin again tomorrow! :)