As mentioned in my previous post, we’ve just gotten back from the UK where my sister Corine got married to Rob. It was a wonderful party at which we enjoyed ourselves very much. I pondered long and hard on what to get them, thinking about doing something on the guitar, but I didn’t think it was the right kind of party for that. I thought about doing a speech, but I knew there were already going to be a few very good ones and didn’t want to bore them with mine, although I do regret for passing on the chance to say something to a special person who made all the difference for me in getting through some rough days at school when we were young. Instead I chose to draw/paint something. They say a picture says more than a thousand words, but then again ‘they’ haven’t heard the great speeches so I’ll never trust that statement again ;). Anywayz, this is my way of saying ‘guyz we love you very much and wish you all the best together!’.

And the sketch which I created first:

It seems I’m posting more artwork than flash related stuff nowadays, and I love it .

Anyway here is a sketch for a tattoo that comes alive and digs its little claws in.

I overbleached it a bit, but it’s a rough anyway to paint over, which will bring back the detail (I hope:))

Although I wish I could learn to draw by the book, at this point in my life I don’t see it happening anytime soon. Assuming I’m not too tired to draw, I’m almost always too tired to do repetitive exercises (that’s why I’ll never be a great guitar player either ). Although drawing in general helps you improve, it’s not the same as studying art. Ah well I decided that that is how it is for now, I’m sure it’ll change someday and I can invest more time in the foundations of drawing instead of simply just reproducing what others drew before me.

That said, beautiful women and scary beasties ofcourse remain my favourite subject, and luckily there’s a lot of them to go around, so I can keep this up for years:). Here is some more Luis Royo fanart, just a quick sketch, but I liked it nonetheless.

Experimenting with different versions of the same image. Not sure what my personal favourite is, I think the 3rd. The top one is clearly starting to be overdone.

I started working on a new painting this week, and this time it’s an elephant painting. This thread posts the sketch and a few steps to the end result (at the bottom!).

Basic sketch

Dark background

First step in color process

Second step in color process

Done !

(Click image for larger version)

A book I got for my birthday got me started on some anatomy lessons. I always loved that old style, you know that DaVinci style as my wow buddy lee called it. Not that I’d like to compare myself with him *hides*, I’m just referring to that old paper style, sketching and colorouring… ah well what am I thinking:).

Here it is:

Basically I first pencil sketched everything, then got some old papers, scanned them, overlaid some stuff, and added some basic colours to the canvas.

Ah well, this is a sketch that’s been lying around since last holiday, think I drew it up in 45 minutes or so and there are still a number of errors in it, but who cares, I’ll try to fix them as we go along. Still not decided on the mood of this piece, getting some basic colours down first although that might not be the best of ideas. Until I get a formal art training I’m not going to worry too much about these details that spoil the fun for me, best thing is to just draw and see what I end up with. It’s not like I have to make a living off of it .

Here is the sketch:

And a start at the colouring process:

Sooo, for now this painting is considered done. Begun as a sketch, to a normal tiger, through to a blue tiger, and now …. a true Ice Warrior :).

I might add tusks someday, but on the other hand, sometimes you just have to call it finished…

A few posts ago (Tattoo commision) I showed you some tryouts for a tiger sketch and colouring, and this weekend I had some more time to work on it, here are the results:

Still not finished yet, but I’m slowly getting there

Update: The piece is finished and can be found here.

I admit the number of posts have decreased since my son was born last wednesday :), but time’s been hectic since then. His name is Roan, and he is the tiny little brother of his very big brother Leon, who is almost 4 by now. We’ve all been great, he is growing rapidly already, and I’ve been amusing myself with some celtic knotwork instead of Flash programming, since his name is from Celtic origin.

Here are some of my doodlings: