Week 8 Is Dog Tired

Actually I'm not especially tired right now, nor am I tired of working on this but I ran out of bad dog jokes. I'm content with it and thus shall leave it as is. It's not meant to be perfect, just fun.

Also I've started my next painting. It's inspired by Crime and Punishment and will depict some symbolism Rodion Romanavich's inner conflict.

Week 8 Is Having A Dog-Gone Good Time

These titles really are growing steadily worse this week.

It would have been easy to finish this today, but since I'm ahead I might as well pace myself. The anatomy on the wolves could likely stand to be better, but I'm doing this for fun and relaxation so it's not going to bother me much.

Week 8's Three Dog Night

And the awful dog puns continue. It took forever for me to feel like working on this today but it was mercifully quick work once I did. All this leaves is figuring out the color of Jean's shirt and adding in highlights and shadows. His shirt will likely be a dark blue, since that's the color I associate with him. I can't help it that the sky just happens to be blue as well.

Week 8 Is Working Like A Dog

Let's see how many bad dog jokes I can make until this drawing is finished.

Not much to say other than that, really. The progression is pretty obvious. Hey it's Friday tomorrow, cut me some slack.

Week Seven: I See The Light

Okay, I realize it may not have been obvious before but hopefully now it is? It's Jean from Spriggan (who I write) with my friend's character Aiko reliving my favorite scene from Tangled. Toward the end GIMP didn't do what I want so I had to trace it onto clean paper so I could color it. The coloring went quite awry but thank God for digital programs.

It's not my most amazing piece, but it will pass. And from a distance it's nice to look at.

Week Seven: Progress Two (Artistic Nudity)

Isn't that an imaginative title.

Anyway, it turns out the whole thing will need to be colored digitally. Inking didn't go so well, so since there's now correction fluid on the original it would be impossible to color it traditionally and have it still look nice. But that's alright. It'll fit with the background better.

We had a young male model during class yesterday, which was quite different than the women and old man we've had so far. The musculature was interesting to do, and he took some poses from Michelangelo's works for the study. He had a very prominent brow ridge. It was neat but there wasn't really time or opportunity to draw it.

Week Seven: A Crossing of Sorts

Trying to do traditional again and it happens to be another couple on the same week as Valentine's Day. That wasn't actually planned but it works. This goes out to another Role Play partner for mine, so let's see how soon she recognizes these two.

They're dressed as Flynn and Rapunzel from "Tangled" and will be riding in a boat reenacting my absolute favorite scene; the release of the lanterns. The background will probably be digital for the sake of my sanity (and not spending a ton of money on dark markers).