See the Forest for the Trees

Sometimes I focus too much on the trees, rather than the forest. Many people are the same way. It's easier to analyze and confront the thing in front of you rather than seeing the big picture. I need to start focusing on the forest and not worrying about the trees. Otherwise, I'm gonna get myself lost.

Here are some tree sketches I did awhile back.

Kiwi the Sequel

More kiwi compilations. Plus one unfinished honeypot. In my quest to learn more about digital painting, I'm taking at a pace I'm comfortable with for now, just so I don't freak myself out and quit at the last minute. I'm starting to really enjoy sketching in Photoshop, I don't feel as intimidated by it anymore. Hopefully, as time goes on, I can make some more elaborate pieces!

One thing though, I REALLY need to pay more attention to feet. I'm awful at feet and hands on any species, real and fantasy. I'm going to be taking a workshop on drawing hands and feet so I hope that helps.

The green thing was a gag response to a friend about green kiwis...

Sketches of the Day!

I haven't posted in a while, but I'm still drawing... just gotta get this stuff together. I have a couple batches of sketches that need to be cleaned up for posting! In the meantime, I've been on an animal kick... so I decided doodle my favorite bird, the Kiwi!  The kiwi bird is the cutest bird (to me) evar, because it's basically a beaked peanut with legs. I want to hug them till the pop.

Kiwi Bird Poses!

Back in Action!

And we're back up! Rather, *I'm* back up. I was on hiatus from an artistic freakout, so as a temporary remedy, I took the blog down. This time around, I'm going to try and keep posting (still drawing of course) on a regular basis. Currently working on a digital painting so I can practice my photoshop chops.

Anyways, I have to do some animation homework (which I will post about later) so I leave you with this:

I made this as a Valentine's day present for my dear friend Chris Vear, a cupid Love Pug! I hope you like him, as he likes you very much :D

Felting Adventures: Seasonal Comeback!

I guess I'm trying to post for myself as much as I can before I leave for vacation. On the 29th of Dec, I'll be flying out to China and Vietnam for two weeks. While I hate long plane flights and I start to go batshit crazy, I'm excited for the change of scenery. Maybe I'll get in some awful life drawings in eh? I promise to draw and post some when I get back.

Photo Courtesy of Aurora

In the meantime, I finally got around to felting again! It was a Christmas gift for my dear friend, Aurora Alcantar. She's been wanting a green Totoro for a really long time so I buckled down and stabbed this one to life! I ordered a new batch of core wool, so hopefully that will motivate me to make more felties over time.

Owls, Dogs, and a tree

Second post. Words escape me.

Guinea Pigs Galore

First SuperGus on left and Final SuperGus on right

One of my coworkers had this great of idea of a Secret Art Santa, so we had a sign up sheet for artists at Crowdstar who wanted to participate. They gave us small 3.5 by 2.5 in frame that we'd make a small drawing/sketch/ painting for our Secret Gift Getter. We pulled names out of a hat, and I got my coworker, Barlow Gilmore. It was definitely a tough process to come up with something to draw, even though it could be anything we wanted it to be.

I ended up doodling some guinea pigs and I finally settled on.... SUPERBATGUS. Barlow and his wife, Hallie, have two pet guinea pigs and they are ADORABLE. It struck me that guinea pigs were a good bet and make Gus a superhero was irresistible. I had a lot of fun drawing these :) More doodles below.

Drunk guineas

Moar guinea doodles

Rough n Tumble guinea pigs