New.. uh... Plans!

So I realize I haven't updated in over a month, and I have a large Santa Claus-like bag of excuses, but I'll skip over the boring stuff. In a pitiful attempt to make up for it, I've secretly put my old comic, Jack Hates You (2002), up on my main site. One of my currently project ideas is to revive it! (Oh boy!)

My current project (ideas):

• Inspiration Blog (Started!)
• Revive Miyako-Jurai, my sister's fan character (Started!)
• This year's "Other Easter" commission (Only in research phase..)
• Year-old doggie commission (I swear I still intend to draw your beautiful collie!)
• Revive Jack Hates You (Planning stages begun!)

This of course takes time, drive, energy, and focus. I find these are things more easily obtainable by having an audience, feedback, a back-and-forth, an occasional nagging "what have you drawn lately?", fans, artist buddies, etc. So, if you're here, leave a comment! Say hi! I take requests and all that!

... Whoo. ... Okay. ... Well hopefully more updates soon to follow. Thanks, folks!

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PS- I wanna take a moment to point out that all of my digital painting thus far has been on Photoshop, on a tablet and a monitor-- not a fancy Cintiq. I only recently found out the current price of those see-what-you're-drawing-where-you're-drawing-it (intuitive!) tablets, which is sadly still out of my price range. I did experiment with one for a day, and yeah, they're pretty awesome. End rant.

2013: Manticore

Welcome to 2013! Whoo! We made it!

First drawing assignment of the new year: a mythological creature. I wanted to choose something that isn't super well-known or traditionally "lovely". I chose the manticore and fell in love with the version drawn by Mr. Madrigal. I'm not sure why I opted out of a very cartoony style this time around; probably because I like the idea of the old-fashioned European drawing style, similar to the works of Fuseli. I thought about what kind of human head would be (proportionally) placed atop a lion's body. A lion is a man, so traditionally it would be a masculine head... Being a creature, it won't be getting haircuts or face waxing... and lions aren't usually known to be incredibly mild-tempered.

Anyway... Notebook brainstorming.

Final version: graphite.

November 10, 2012: Kittens

Quick little sketches of kittens before work. (Approx. 20 min.)

October 27, 2012: Mars

Been feeling pretty unmotivated lately. Tried a quick pencil sketch of Sailor Mars... which lasted almost two hours. (So much for "quick".)

October 13, 2012: Cinderella

A more polished pencil drawing of Cinderella. Approx. 2.5 hours start to finish.

October 1, 2012: Blackbeard in the Dead of Night

Started sketching Blackbeard (Ian McShane). Here's about 30 minutes in. May revisit/finish later.