A Little Something Before This Year Ends

I haven't been keeping up with this so well...I've been busy with my project. I have been drawing and stuff but I haven't been posting it here. Here's something I did yesterday as a mass holiday card of sorts:

Made from a quick sketch with just my wacom--fun on a bun. I hope you guys had a Merry Christmas!  :)

Art Blog Acquired

A while back, actually--a really good friend who likes to assist me with artistic endeavors showed me this one. It's called The Forbidden Planet and it's actually more of a comic/TV/movie blog but I'm just looking at the cover art and occasionally the articles (I always spell 'occasion' wrong--I keep forgetting if there's two Ss and/or two Cs.). The Wonder Woman cover up for today is amazing--also, there's a comic called Tuk Tuk but the style is very interesting!

News

-Decided to organize days into one caricature, project, and animation per week (didn't I already post this? If so, well...I'm posting this anyways to help remind myself). For any paying projects I have, I'll make those top priority. I plan to use Google Calendars specifically for art stuff--I'll get around to it *whistles innocently*

-Speaking of which, I actually have a gig--wooooooo! The contract is being signed and stuff and as soon as I get what I need I can start this week! :)

-Decided to draw the kitchen for The Weird Family Breakfast--the lack of background is very distracting.

I haven't touched my site in ages---I want to make another section for my art commissions (which is where the drawings come in). At any rate, I need to focus on this paying project! Yeah yeah yeah yeaaaaaaaaah! 

Project: The Weird Family Breakfast PART THREE

Finished flat coloring (may change some colors later) and now I'm doing what I said I'd do and add a separate Texture layer--the only thing in it right now is the trim along Fish Mom's coat collar and the plaid pattern:

I want a plaid pattern like last time but I'm unable to find a high-rest frontal of a coat with a plaid pattern to find exactly how it'd alternate from sleeves to the body. I tried Googling 'pea coats' but there are next to no plaid ones--I've tried 'plaid jackets' but the pictures usually aren't big enough or they're the plaid with the big, thick stripes which is what I don't want. Perhaps I'm nitpicking over little things...for now, I'm just drawing it and I'll take a look at what it looks like when I'm done.

Also, I made the background purple because it's a color that starkly contrasts to everything else; it also helps me see if there were gaps I didn't color in properly.

Speed painting digitally

I think this person uses one layer the entire time...it's hard to tell since it's sped up but anyways, this is impressive:

JUST DO YOU THINK I AM?!

THE


CHOCOBO

HERO!!!!!

I've been spending too much time on this; I feel if I want to go back and change stuff, I simply can. For now, I guess it's not too bad (that was difficult to say). Onward to The Family Breakfast. Also, I have an idea for an animated 2D short that I should start working on, too---I have the sketches and stuff, might scan them laters.

New Wacom Gadget: Inkling

When I heard of the Inkling, I quickly dismissed it--but once I saw the video, I was mesmerized:

The only possible downside is that it seems that you have to start a new layer and draw only what you want in that layer. When I draw in my sketchbook, I don't really like doing it that way...it'd be annoying to have to learn. Still, my drawings come out better when I do them on paper as opposed to straight on the computer (I always scan a sketch then draw off that)

Choco Gurenn Lagann progress: Working on background--taking a while
The Weird Family Breakfast progress: Coloring
T-shirt idea: Didn't do but maybe I'll do it just for myself