Stretch

Probably the best posture Ratio ever has.


She looks like she's about to bow down dramatically to a candle-filled altar. Which may not be completely beyond her... as long as it was an altar to some sort of anti-germ god. The God Purell.

Old Work

Throwing up some older work for my portfolio - two bits of concept art for an unannounced game.

Ratio

Ratio for During REM. ;) Tried to figure out how she'd dress in public - I think she wears large baggy PJs most of the time, but I don't think they'd let her wear that to class. I wanted to keep her silhouette and figure really spindly though so baggy things weren't going to do. So she lets the school dress her - uniform time! :B So at least now if she's even slightly fashionable, it's totally by accident.

Struggling at what sort of style I want to do all these character portraits in. Fiddled with something watercolory because its... well it's way faster. But I'm not sold yet that it's my strongest painting style. :\ But - SO FAST!! So conflicted.=_=

The Lotus and the Koi

A VERY very... late birthday present for my long lost friend, Michelle. ;) Who put up with my disappearing ass for many years.



This was a very different and experimental painting for me. I asked her to provide me with a keyword, and from that I tried to paint without over-thinking the subject too much, outside of the overall composition. I just started letting the lines and colors form and tell me where they needed to go. It was a very free-form process which was totally enlightening and different for me (I'm a control freak). I also experimented with Alchemy for the first time to give me a lot of the shapes for the composition, which took me out of my comfort zone quite a bit. The result is somewhat abstract, but has a story.

Overall I like the results, it's very different from my normal works, but I'm not sure I would go COMPLETELY free-form again. Maybe a mix? I could afford to lighten up a bit, it would make my drawings more lively, but I get flustered and uncomfortable when I don't know exactly how the piece is going to come together.

But regardless! Hope she likes the result anyway. <3

RUSTYRUSTY

Arargh. This whole drawing thing is so high maintenance. Don't draw for a month or so and my chops go to crapola. What's up with that? ;) It took me like 3 hours to do get a sketch that didn't look like I drew it five years ago. Need to keep drawing more frequently. Here is the result of the pained drawing session - and it's not even all that good.

Fetch, Lock!

True story.

Freelance peek!

Some of the artwork I've been doing for freelancing has been released in Paizo's blog. Check it out!!