May-June 2014 Art Dump!

Hey there!
It’s been a while since I’ve last posted on this blog, and I’ve been delving into some major digital works. So check out the images below!

1. Maleficent
Maleficent has always been my favourite Disney villain, perhaps even my first favourite Disney character ever! Angelina Jolie portrayed her so well (in spite of some disappointing plot elements in the film). Made on Procreate and Photoshop CS5.

2. Baekhyun x Coffee
I’ve long been curious and interested in how coffee can be used a sort of medium for painting traditionally, especially with watercolour. The upper one is obviously a digital work, with a coffee-themed palette, incorporating coffee stains and a general brown scheme. The lower one is my first attempt at a traditional artwork made with water and coffee. It’s obviously amateurish but, hey, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. Plus, the smell’s good!

3. 11 Days Have Passed
This one was made when I was practicing painting traditionally. There’s a certain element of permanence when you’re painting traditionally and with watercolour, because you can’t press ctrl + z to undo mistakes. I guess the combination of what went right and what went wrong was the reason why I like this one so much.

4. Tokyo Ghoul!
2-3 weeks back, I got suckered into reading Tokyo Ghoul and I love it so much! It’s got blood, guts, cannibalism, death, ambiguous morality and just a whole lot of darkness and I love it! These two were my first works for the fandom, and they were also my first works on my new graphic tablet. Upper one is Rize Kamishiro and the lower one is a genderbent version of Ken Kaneki, the main character. The Kanji in the second one means “Tragedy”, an allusion to Tokyo Ghoul’s most famous intro: “I’m not the protagonist of a novel or anything…I’m just a college student who likes to read…but if, for argument’s sake, you were to write a story with me in the leading role, it would certainly be…a tragedy.”

5. Once
Made this when I brought up my old Nightwish playlist and started jamming to symphonic power metal again. Model is based off Floor Jansen (who is now the new lead vocalist for Nightwish and I am pretty stoked for their next album. Imaginaerum was good and all, but this is Floor!!!)

An Episode in the Life of a Stingy Digital Artist

Although I use my Bamboo a lot of times, I mostly developed my skill on my iPad. My last stylus turned out to be a major disaster, leaving stains so tough to erase across the screen protector that I had to buy a new one: both a new stylus and a screen protector.

(look at that nib. damn.)

Anyhow, it’s nothing fancy. It’s one of those pen-and-stylus sort of stuff, but what I love about this is that it really has great sensitivity. It’s like I’m drawing with a pen, a dysfunctional one but, hey, what else can you get from a stylus that costs like around php 100?

However, there’s also another one that I got my eyes on. It’s called the Intuos Creative Stylus from Wacom (the same brand that my tablet came from).

It’s a really great tool for when you’re a professional, considering it’s 10 mm width size and pressure sensitivity of 2048 levels, among other things! It’s powered by a 4A battery and can work up to 150 hours (obviously it depends on the frequency of usage).

It works well with these following apps and some more:

It also comes in blue!

So, what else is stopping me from purchasing such a beau? Simple: it’s price. This baby (or any Wacom product) isn’t available here in the Philippines, so you have to purchase it online. This stylus costs around $99.95, roughly Php 4,000. I really do not know about you, but the thought of spending all that money on a stylus (no matter how awesome it is) is making my heart beat fast and not in a good way. Still, I may want to, when the time comes. Who knows?

Head over to Wacom and have fun!

Stagger

One of my longest works up to date, and not because of its complexity but because my muse hasn’t visited me in a really long while.

I didn’t keep work time. I also did not use PS on this, just Procreate.

WIP stills here and here.

Commissions are open; leave a message here or at my website.

Happy Virus Day!

Someone asked me to draw Chanyeol (again) and I consented, both because it’s been a long time since I’ve last drawn Yeollie and also because, good God, my last artpiece of him was fucking a…trocious.

Ergo, here I am, hoping that I could redeem myself.

Also, this is the second entry to my Wolf art series.

Now that I look at it again, I’m cringing. So many mistakes (he doesn’t look like Chanyeol, he looks like Suho asdfghjkl).Ugh.

You can check out the WIP stills here.

Work time: 5-6 hours (because I kept on making breaks and doing assignments and yeah, I’m rationalizing my shit out)

Platform: Procreate, Photoshop CS5

Requests and commissions are welcome! Drop a comment or leave a message at my website here.

Doodledee, doodledum

This time around, I got to collaborating with Yanka again (we did a lot previously). This is Nana, from the South Korean girl group After School. I did the linework while Yanka did the colouring.

Linework:

With Colour:

You can view my other works here and here.

And check out Yanka’s as well here.

Falling Upwards

Sequel of sorts to my other work, called “Skyfall“.

You can view the making of this work here.

Palette

Made this with watercolors, the thinners set to a maximum to give the illusion of almost 0% opacity. 🙂
Recording script for this work here. Warning: there must have been a glitch in the recording, because my lines weren’t that thick (as attested by the final piece above).

Naryfrina

A princess sprung forth from a red dragon’s molten corpse; she breathes fire and sees the eddies of time, forever swirling in the cosmos.

I’m Not Insane

I’m not insane.

I can’t be.

I’m not insane.

I just can’t be!

Look, there are ten iron bars. I have ten fingers. My hair is black and my skin is white. I can’t be insane if I know that, right? Right?!

The ground is rough and it feels like glass when I walk over it. I can’t be insane if I know that, can I? I know I’m not crazy, look at me! I’m fine, I’m sane I AM SANE I AM SANE WHY CAN’T YOU UNDERSTAND ME I AM SANE.

You, you! Yes, you! Look at me, I’m talking to you! I’m not insane, okay? You know I’m not! I’m not insane, I can’t be crazy! I have a husband, I have two kids, they go to school, they’re 8 and 6, I can’t be insane if I have a husband and children, right? I cook, I know how to sew, I work at freaking City Hall! I can’t be insane!

The nurse is wearing white! See? I know it’s white, because I AM NOT INSANE! See, listen to me! Can’t you see that the nurse is wearing white! You’re the one insane, you’re the one who can’t understand anything!

See that? Mitchell Hughes. M-I-T-C-H-E-L-L! I can’t be insane if I can read the nurse’s name right? I know I’m right, I AM NOT INSANE!

Mitchell, he’s the one insane! He can’t understand anything! He doesn’t believe me! I AM NOT INSANE!

Mitchell, what are you talking about?!

I AM NOT HEARING VOICES

I AM NOT IMAGINING THINGS

I AM NOT INSANE

What are you doing?! What are you doing with that needle?! I’m not insane, I am not put that thing away put it away dear God put it away!

I am not insane!

SOMEONE HELP ME THEY’RE ALL INSANE

I AM NOT INSANE

THEY’RE ALL INSANE

I AM NOT INSANE

SOMEONE GET ME OUT

Bee-do, Bee-do

Last year, on my birthday, Yanka (my Graphic designer friend) sent me this piece as her gift. I absolutely loved it! It shows us (we’re not blonde, okay. we just like blondes) and our apparent, mutual love for pandas. Yes, it was accompanied with a message (but that would be private hehe) and a “making of” video. Hopefully, I’ll be as good as her someday.