Sealia ,Poka, and Hauntas

This took WAY longer than it should have it have.

This was done as a late birthday gift for my friend Jelisa, who’s coming back from Okinawa very soon. I haven’t seen her in two years…. I miss her to death!

This picture seems to have been a lot more technically complicated than the first one I drew, specifically the guitar. I found a model of the guitar online, but had to draw it in the direction I needed it in. These sets of pictures are my first time drawing instruments and it probably shows. I need to draw a keyboard for the next one. Oh boy...

The flames were actually super fun to draw and they came out much better than I thought they would!

Sealia’s “fire kitties”, Poka & Hauntas are based on Jelisa’s real life cat, Pocahontas, just as Sealia is based on Jelisa herself.

I have to say, spending this much time on this picture reminds me of how much I miss Jelisa and just how much she means to me… ♥

Birthday gifts and Style Tests!

 
This was done as a birthday gift for my friend Rew and as a style test. Every year I try to come up with a new theme for my friends' birthday gift and this year it's "bands and favorite animals"!  It will be a five part picture that ends when my b-day rolls around next year. Also, I really enjoyed rendering, “Mr. Hoots"… I’ve never drawn an owl before or a bass guitar! :D

I'm getting use to doing more complicated semi-paintings without lines but it's an upward struggle. Originally, I wanted to add shadows to this, but I couldn't get it to my liking, so I settled on my more vector-like "simple style".

There will be more time to practice, but I didn't want to wait any longer to give this to Rew since her birthday was already a week ago.

ReDeAnimation

This is the new theme for this blog. I’ve been meaning to make one for a while now. It’s partially based off of a dream I’ve had many times. I want to draw more of my dreams… It is also a partial self-portrait.

"Truthfully, I was afraid for to complete this picture for a number of reasons I currently cannot disclose. However, I pressed on for the sheer drive of creativity, while also striving for individuality… I don’t know if I succeeded, but one thing’s for sure: Mistakes and all, I am so damn proud of myself for completing this picture and I have absolutely no shame in that. My passions will always push me forward, assuring that I will never give up… ♥"

My friends helped a lot with the thought process of this piece... Thanks guys!

Created in Photoshop CS3 with the pen tool. Took about a week to complete.

I am internally SCREAMING.

This was drawn spontaneously before I started my shift at work. It's more of a representation of the cumulative rage of my emotions about life in general and not based on any particular life event. I don't want folks to worry ;)

Colored in Photoshop CS3, experimenting with textures and shifting color channels.

It’s Hatsu. With a leaf. In an alternate outfit. Yep :|

I made this to be the new theme for my Tumblr, so please have a look see when you get the chance :)

I was going to animate this, but because Flash is incapable of making high quality gifs, so I decided to forget it. Blah... :P

Also, I plan to eventually make fancy themes for all of my sites, this blog, my youtube(s), etc.

Between being sick and being preoccupied with work I haven't had much time to post up here... Blah...

 

Anyway, here... Have some Hatsu :)