Back from Anime Crossroads!

I return from two days at my first anime convention! It was fun!

Having decked out the table in ruby red ribbons and golden table cloth, my friend and I felt ready for festive fun and convention craziness. We debated on stringing up some Christmas lights around the table...for maybe half a second.The gold table cloth was certainly BRIGHT enough. Thank you buddy, for sticking through it and helping out this crazy artist! =)

These are some commissions I took there during the artist alley hours. Actually, all three of these are from the same nice lady, who liked my art very much. =)

Sinfully Delicious

My first cheesecake! And yes, it's chocolate...

This was my big Thanksgiving contribution. And it is just as good as it looks. :D I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Right now I'm considering getting a Livestream account. I really enjoy watching artists draw and since I've been sharing art here, why not let everyone see me in action? Hmm...we shall have to see. ;)

City of the Dark Knight

Gotham- my second mural! Which is strangely ironic, seeing that I joked about doing a Gotham mural only a week before this commission. This first picture is a sketch I did in pen and used photoshop to transpose the image onto the wall. So this is the design I'll be following.

And this is the work in progress. I'm excited to see what it'll feel like walking into the room once it's finished.

T-Shirt Designs

Once again, it's been a little bit hectic but it's a good kind of hectic. I've been working on these Transformer shirt entries and now I'm just waiting for the voting to start! (Which is November 20th, if anyone wants to register on the site and rate the entries, which would be totally cool with me.) :)

And here is a link to the entries:
https://www.welovefine.com/vote.php?id_contest=27&m=gallery#/id_submit=9855

Gotta Love Expressions

Hurray for meeting deadlines! That's what I was doing last week for my boss/writer, so I apologize for not posting. I know you all just can't go on without my weekly poses and art posts. ;P Nevertheless, I did think about you and decided to come up with something different for this week. I hope you will enjoy...

 

I'm returning to one of my strengths here, and I had a blast working on this. The character actually looks like a younger version of one of my comic characters...and I think I may use this design. But what helps me convey emotions accurately is to look in a mirror. Yes! Go and practice for inspiration and reference, that way you can get an idea of how the face shifts with each emotion. You may look like a goofball, but it is well worth the effort. And pointing fingers. 

Have a great Halloween everyone!

Illustration Test

Ah, hatching. My long lost love. I could literally spend days just hatching out shadows and everything under the sun. This was an illustration test I had not long ago. I hope you enjoy it!

Flippin'

Don't you wish you could just spring up in the air and effortlessly flip like this? This pose was inspired by the amazing athletics of the Olympics, particularly the gymnastics. It was only a fraction of a second but my eye caught this pose and I scribbled it down as a stick person. And now it comes to life!

As a side note, the largest pose I think should have her head tilted back more. Otherwise she must be either in zero gravity or she can somehow defy physics...