The good, the bad and the ugly

I had my wisdom teeth out, and was out for a while thanks to minor complications and fell behind on my online class. Still having a ton of fun learning oils though.

First the colour on top of the week 1 painting (last post). I like the colours, but they highlight all the multitude of issues with the structure. Super easy technique though.

This is last week's painting. First stage of 2. Will do stage 2 tomorrow probably.

The ugly. This painting just didn't go well. There's still a stage 2 to be done, hopefully I can fix it then. This was one of the assignments I missed.

And the good! Tiny gouache painting in my sketchbook. This was so fun! The yellow specks were an experiment that I immediately regretted.

Digital. Trying to apply things I've learnt. One thing I've learnt is that colour on photoshop sucks. So much easier to physically just mix paint.

Also I just couldn't get Roman Reign's nose right.

And in other big news..... I CAN FINALLY DRAW HORSES. It only took FIFTEEN YEARS. The bane of my artistic life has been the horse. As many a young female preteen, my friends and I were obsessed with horses. Only problem for me was that everyone was better at drawing them than I was. I still remember the intense jealousy. Now all these years later, not only can I draw a horse better, but everything else.

Day 3. From a google earth street view shot again. I need to do some studies of other landscape painters to get an idea of how to approach environments. The abstract nature of them is fun though, even if I'm shit at it. 

I was so excited for self portrait day, and then I couldn't do one for various reasons. I tried twice, but I'm just gonna have to let it go. I need to learn how to work to a super short deadline, and with major distractions in the background. My 'studio' is in the living room, so I'm at the mercy of whatever's going on behind me. It's real f*ckn pain sometimes. I think it's honestly one of the worst things to try overcome when you're trying to work.

I did this self portrait in anticipation of self portrait day. Wasn't happy with it so turned it into zombie. Happy with it now. I need to work on accuracy, I've become hella lazy. Need to get to life drawing too. 

Annual Post (ha ha)

Well, I'm shit at updating.
Here's an art dump of some random stuff.

Some studies and then stuff I made for two upcoming cons. One was this past weekend, and the next is Supanova. Bit of a stressful experience, trying to make a bunch of stuff in time. Overall, I think cons aren't for me. It doesn't feel rewarding in the slightest. I don't mind being candid, but I don't want to ramble, this blog is already too wordy. I'll see how Supanova goes, but at this point it's looking like I'd rather spend time on freelance work and gallery work. I'd like to try again with all original work though, but that'll have to be some time next year. So far my best seller is the Catwoman portrait. I had a lot of fun making it, it came together quickest of all the pieces. Experimenting with style, don't think it's quite what I want yet though. 

This year got off to a slow ass start. Looking back, I think I was pretty depressed after coming back from LA. It's taken me this long to recover. It's hard finding the place you feel you belong, and then having to leave. I'll get back there, someday, somehow. It feels like home, except for the shitty coffee (sorry Americans!). One thing I was looking forward to all year, after my Month of Love disaster (too slow, and I couldn't think of anything for the themes), was Month of Fear. Unfortunately, I'm still too slow. I like the topics a whole lot more though, so I'm going to try work through them at my pace. First is 'Secret'.

Made this study sort of thing for it. It's weird as hell making original art. I realised I've been avoiding it like the plague because I was worried about what people would think. But it's time. I just want to make something that matters to me. I have a whole bunch of ideas I want to work on and I'm super excited to start.