Week 50: Living Arrangement

I decided my only real goal for this was to have a map out and color key, so there it is. The posters will have things on them... eventually.

Week 50: Wrinkly

After I had the furniture sketched in, I used the line tool just about obsessively to go through and turn everything into simple blocks. This of course made everything look super sterile and just a bit creepy, so after that I added the blankets on the bed and re-lined things so they looked more natural.

The outlines won't stay purple and but I needed a way to tell them apart from the building blocks.

Am I having fun yet?

Week 49: A Kick in the Something

Sometimes it takes a long time to get on my feet after a holiday as busy as last weekend. Thankfully it was not the case this time, though it still shows in that I didn't bother with any shading or highlights. I figure that's acceptable for a "back on my feet" drawing.

Can you believe it's already December? Sheesh.

Week 49: Get Your Kicks

My brother recently talked me into watching One Piece. I'm plugging through it slowly but it's enjoyable enough. I believe I started in October and just finished episode 33... out of 600-something. Haha.

So far my favorite character is Sanji, though Zoro and Luffy are close behind. I'm sure there are a million fanarts of him kicking floating around on the internet but it looks like I'm contributing one more. Lemme tell you the anatomy in this style is so weird. My brain doesn't want to wrap around it.

Week 47 Is A Surprise

This has been in progress since some time last week, but since it was a gift commission I agreed not to post it until the one of the recipients had been given his printed, framed version. Since his wife (my client) gave it to him today, I'm free to post it.

It's my friend/boss Mike as Ernie and his friend Tim as Bert. Fishing. Shenanigans will take place and it's debatable if anything will be caught.

This was a lot of fun!

Week 42: Every Girl's Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Man

Well, maybe not every girl but dang.

I spent a lot of time goofing off that I could have been working on this today so I had to rush the coloring to finish it. I'll go back and fix it up if need be, but after coming so far this year I wasn't about to fail a week just because I'm tired and lazy.

Week 42: Greenback

Coming up with dumb titles for this week has been kinda fun, actually.

I realized after pasting the background from the other picture in that I drew Armin much smaller than I did Mikasa. Fixing that will have to wait until he's fully shaded in so I can just merge all of his layers and resize them in one go.

Week 42: Suited for Success

It's a good thing I started this fairly early last week because it took me forever to sit down and actually ink it. Once I did the process wasn't long. I just had to reel my attention span in... repeatedly.

Fine hair tips are difficult for me to ink digitally. It's just easier for everyone involved if I add them in with the pencil tool.

Week 42: Cutie in a Suit...ie

There's a chance of me turning week 39's subject matter into a series of sorts, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Normally by the time I've drawn two of a series of anything I'm bored with it. We'll see where it goes.

This is another new Attack on Titan character for me - Armin Arlert. He's brainy and adorable and all sorts of wonderful. He also doesn't get as much love or attention as he deserves.

As a bonus I plan to do more character design this week but we'll see how that goes.

Week 41: A Guide of Sorts

The reason that there were no progress shots of this week is that I sat down and did it in about an hour... if you exclude two attempts before this one. I don't want to think about how long I fought with each of those before giving up.

Anyway, the old guy's name is Charlie. I don't think he has a last name yet but that's not really a pressing matter. More concerning to me are the outfit and colors that I'll have to repeat possibly several times per comic page. His height isn't determined yet but somewhere around 6 feet seems reasonable.

Charlie is a half-Native American veteran. Which tribe and which war specifically aren't yet determined. The former will depend on where I set the story, which I haven't figured out yet besides it being an urban area. I will say however that I plan to represent him in a respectful, non-stereotyped manner, and will do my best research for it.

Week 38: OFF-Beat

Ever since watching Markiplier play through OFF a couple weeks ago the need to do some fan art started gnawing at me. Finally the right inspiration struck and allowed me to whip this up. It took about an hour altogether but I'm happy enough with it to call it Week 38. Hopefully my inspiration high will remain and I can start Week 40 way early.

I apologize for the fact that I can't really explain this image. The game is so bizarre and surreal that I'd probably have to right a five page essay for this to make the tiniest bit of sense.

There are two versions because I wanted people to see the Batter's face at least a bit.

Week 36: Finishing Touches

It's done! I feel pretty good about it, and I'm eager to see what my client thinks.

Week 36: Flatline

It took a lot of pushing myself today, but the flat colors are finally down. Tomorrow the shading and the detailing on the outfits and she'll be done! Now I have to figure out Week 37.

Week 36: Stand in Line

Didn't touch it all weekend but did all of the line work today. That's often a big hurdle because I'm so finicky about outlining my work but this time around it was simple. I'm sure the free-flowing dress helped a lot.

Week 36: One for the Money

This week is a commissioned piece for a friend! It's actually a full color image with two characters, and since it will take a while it only makes sense to use it as my piece this week. Plus my friend will get to see each and every update, so there's a bonus for her.

It's two of her original characters who wear wonderful fancy clothes.

Right now I think Tessa is a bit too large proportionately so I'll be fixing that.

Week 31: 10 Tacles

When it comes down to it, I'm really glad this is over. A lot of it was difficult, but a healthy sort of difficult. It feels like she has more presence on the 'page' than a lot of characters I've drawn recently. I need to make note of that and find a way to repeat that with character that only have four appendages instead of like, 10.

Week 31: Wardrobe and Hairstyle Change

After watching some clips from the Little Mermaid I realized that hair under water tends to move more together than to fan out and be more annoying to draw. I also realized that the starfish pasties looked really stupid and were totally impractical. So instead she has half a tube top made of kelp.

Week 31.2

Sadly I'm lacking the focus to finish inking this today, but I'm impressed with how much is done.

Week 31: Under the Sea

This crazy fan art idea has been in my head for a while. Friends and I were discussing Attack on Titan characters as mer-folk and I decided that brainy and curious scientist Hanji would make a great octopus. They're super smart and curious and just fascinating so it suits her.

As for the glasses: Some poor old lady probably forgot them on the beach and Hanji snatched them up. Does she need them? No, but they make things look different and interesting so she keeps them. They're also a sort of prize for sneaking up on the beach unnoticed.

Week 29: The Handsome Prince

The short amount of time it took to finish this impresses me. It also impresses me that it turned out about how I wanted. A lot of the time when I try to draw a portrait of a cat, it doesn't work out. Maybe it's because Yoda was such a regal, handsome prince that it turned out so nicely.

I'm going to miss you, Yoda-bear, and I know your mommy does. Make sure you get on bathing Ludwig right away. We all know he hasn't bothered to do it.