Week 13: Some Colored Silliness

Ellie and I are now colored in all our silly-looking glory. I see no need for anything besides flat coloring, partly because my usual method of shading wouldn't work and partly because I still have one more to color and would rather not over-do it. Also I decided to add the shopping cart lines on the last one in SAI. Can't be bothered with trying to make straight edges in pencil and ink.

Week 13's Silly Artist and Silly Cat

Despite only doing one idea sketch of my "self portrait", I went ahead with the actual drawing. It was actually incredibly relaxing and entertaining. Emphasizing certain features doesn't damage self esteem as much as you might expect. Actually it makes them easier to accept.

This isn't inked yet, but I started the drawing of Ellie, too. I think she needs to be fluffier and goofier. Before anyone gets offended by her eyes, I drew them that way because A) I'm exaggerating a feature she already has and B) it's a cute detail.

Finishing and Re-Visiting

While the self-portrait is finished, the photo quality leaves something to be desired. The outcome of the actual painting, however, is satisfactory. Or, dare I even say, something to be proud of. The instructor and class were very fond of it during critique. It isn't perfect, but it's much better than before.

Also, since I had my paints out early this week, I went back to this painting and covered over the obnoxious lemon in the front that was disrupting the desired vocal point. It's much better now and still my favorite of the paintings done this semester.

The next painting is our choice as long as we demonstrate what we've learned over the semester. I have a concept, but it wouldn't translate to words very well. Hopefully a sketch will be ready to show soon.

The Evolution of a Painting

This was the first time in several years where I reached a point at which a piece of my art made me want to cry every time I looked at it. What you see above is where my confidence began to detirorate. More was done, further efforts were made, but I hated it even more. At last I covered what I'd done of my face in white and flipped it on its side to start anew.

The lighting in this photo is awful, but the paint was still wet so the flash just caused a glare. Also, since there were no pupils yet, the entire thing is a bit creepy to look at.


This photo was taken a couple of hours ago. Obviously it's not finished yet, though a lot of progress has been made since this shot. My glasses will be added, but not until last, as per my teacher's suggestion.

While working on this I noticed that my brother and I have very similar mouths. And while yes, the mouth is too small, it's an error I'm going to live with. I feel tat fixing it at this point would ruin the whole thing.

Stay tuned for the finished product, which should be up in the next few days.