Warden and Bard

I would say more about these, but I've been working for nearly 72 hours straight with about 8 hours of sleep spattered in there, and my brain is about as functional as a ... not functional ... thing. *passes out*

Ranger and Wolf

For the record - wolves are really hard! I learned a lot with this one, but I still see lots of mistakes. So here's hoping the next one turns out better.

Superprize2009

Another illustration for Gaia. owo

I had wayy to much fun harassing Ivan with adorable kitties. <3 Merry Christmas guys! Hopefully you can enjoy a small bit of deflation. o_<

Agents and Enemies

Here are four pieces done for Dungeon Magazine #173!

Overall, I'm still really pleased with these pieces, which is rare for me! I see mistakes and areas of improvement, but I still feel like I pushed myself and learned a lot. The work Wizards of the Coast gives me challenges me in ways that I wouldn't think of on my own, and I'm very honored that they allow me to have this learning experience. :>

Anyways, enough talking - and onto the paintings! I loved this batch because they're all bad guys. >:3 If you wanna learn more about them - check out the article!

Pale Marionette

Done to accompany the Pale Marionette item over at GaiaOnline. <3 I enjoyed the process of making that item and the characters that came from it. Making people look like their lying down naturally was actually pretty difficult. Hopefully I nailed it.

This is kinda old actually, and I forgot to post it. Drawn sometime in November!

Dragonborn and Invoker

Some more pieces done for the folks at Wizards of the Coast! Also featured in Dragon magazine.

I would've never thought to try and draw shadow creatures next to fire. It was definitely a challenge and a learning experience! Also, stained glass is fun. :>

Turkey Day Eve

I had to go to the grocery store today.

This is sort of what it was like.

More Wizards!

A few more of my pieces were featured with WotC in Dragon articles this week! Also, Jon Schindehette was kind enough to feature them in his blog, Art Order, along with some very kind words. <3 And as usual, I totally encourage you to check out the issue. :D

Dungeon Magazine

Two of my arts are being featured in Wizards of the Coast's Dungeon Magazine! I encourage you to check out their magazine, they've got some awesome stuff in there!

Hanna Wallpaper

I offered to help my sister Tessa out with her October wallpaper, and she was awesome enough to let me do it. :D If you're not familiar with her comic, Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name, go check it out now! If you enjoy it and are feeling charitable, you can donate a few bucks to ensure that she has the funds to continuing drawing and printing Hanna. And you'll get to see my painting too!!

Rory

Ah! This is actually a few weeks old, but I forgot to post it! A birthday gift to my friend, Lyndz. <3 Her character, Rory, who is super cute and I definitely can relate to on certain levels. X)

I did this in ArtRage, which I decided to try out as an alternative to painting in Photoshop. I'm still getting used to it, but I definitely liked it!

LeXBox

Illustration for Gaia Online for their new RIG, the LexBox! Log in and check it out for the details!


I was able to work on quite a few of the items in this RIG too. OWO I'm sure you can guess which ones are mine.

Apologies!

Many apologies to those who are currently waiting for commissions or responses from me. I am currently working through two freelance contracts which coincidentally have deadlines within 3 days of each other. HAHA. @ ~@ Always works out like that, huh? I will be back on top of things after this week!

Alister Doll

I randomly had the urge to draw a pic detailing Alister's clothes, but since he has so many layers, I wanted to be able to figure out how they all overlaid each other. I thought it would be cool to make it to were you could take layers off and see what was underneath. Of course only a certain amount comes off. OWO The pieces also can stand alone on their own, so you can see them without his figure in the way, as shown by the black and white copies.

I also experimented with another painting style, which was more like cell-shading with random gradients and overlays than painting. But definitely much faster, and has a neat look! This project was a lot of fun, and I'm happy with the results. X)

P4 Protagonist

Protagonist is bored with you. He's also flipping you the bird. WHOOPS.

CS4 Whooo

I recently got ahold of CS4 and I must say holy shit! Totally worth it!! If for nothing else, the rotating canvas feature. INKING JUST GOT A LOT LESS PAINFUL GUYS.

Which is good because this guy's wings would've been a nightmare without it.


And a few commissions...



And a potato. 8D

nj

Drew my avvie on Gaia for absolutely no reason whatsoever! :| I like her all androgynous for some reason. I wish I could say I was using this for something, but really I just wanted to draw her with plaid slacks and a tie.

Naoto

Naoto's such a badass. o_~

THIS ONE GAVE ME SUCH TROUBLE. It didn't help that I had to split it up over several nights between commissions and freelancing things, but jeeeez. :| Not as happy with this one as Kanji's but gotta move on!

Sitting

I liked drawing people sitting today. These two are sadly very similar in composition. oAo I'm such a hack. I couldn't help it, it just seemed so cute and appropriate for both of these commissions! Plus its so nice and COMPACT, while still being dynamic. It's hard fitting a full figure on an 8.5x11 piece of paper and still have room to put facial detail and stuff, so I have to find creative ways to bend the figure around to fit the amount of detail I want to into them. I discovered the SITTING one today (obviously) and was so pleased with myself I had to use it twice. ; A;

Kanji

Persona 4 is luv. I want to do REAL fanart someday. Of all of the characters. Or at least... a good portion of them. LOTS OF FANART. But for now this will tide me over while I take care of commissions. =] Kanji's blush is the cutest thing EVAR. Nnngh. <3