I know, it has been a long time since I have uploaded anything here. I have still been drawing and working on artwork during this three-month gap, but I have not produced much which I would or could upload here. In many cases, what I have worked on either 1.) is not something I can probably release yet, 2.) Photoshop drawings I have not exactly finished, or 3.) simply pencil sketches, which take a short amount of time but are probably nothing compared to my colored work. I may take a post soon to show off some of my sketches, since they are at least some content, but I would like to return to drawing more and talking about them here.
Today, I present probably the best work I have made in the past three months: a tribute to a man close to me, Larry Lowe.
Larry Lowe was my drama teacher in high school, as well as the director of the school's Drama Club. I did not join the Drama Club until midway through my freshmen year, so I missed on the first play he performed that year. Once I did join, though, it was possibly my favorite club in high school. Under his direction, I portrayed several characters: a Supreme Court judge in Of Thee I Sing, a pastry chef who longed to be a poet and looked up to Cyrano de Bergerac, and a chief petty officer who loves to drink (unlike me in real life; the "champagne" on stage was ginger ale) and shatters the high-and-mighty delusions of those at The Wedding Reception.
I know I am a couple weeks late to say this, but I had fun at PAX this year. On the show floor, I ran into some indie games which looked cool, including a game published by Midnight City where you race a car with a folded glider. Of course, I am probably most eager for Shovel Knight, a platformer which uses an 8-bit art style and plays like an NES game. I rocked the demo level Yacht Club Games showed last year and went through both of their new demo levels this year without dying.
I did not spend quite as much time in the Classic Arcade or Classic Console rooms as I usually do. I realized those rooms, even though I like them, are probably best suited for late at night, when you are done attending panels (even though I ended up only seeing one panel). I did, however, go to the Handheld Lounge a lot to battle the PAX Pokemon League. I only acquired six badges, but I always enjoy a good Pokemon battle, especially since Pokemon X and Y make it so easy to raise Pokemon.
Speaking of Pokemon, here is a drawing of Mega Charizard X.
A while back, I drew a group shot of some of the main characters from my idea Lucids, but I never uploaded it here because I did not like how it came out. I drew some of the characters oddly, I took some shortcuts making it (like copying one character from another drawing I made), and I even made a rather ugly logo and background for that drawing.
Originally, this drawing started as a way to relax, but it grew into something far more ambitious: a second attempt at that group shot picture, though not in the same way and not with the same lineup.
Here we see four Lucids. From left to right: Mike Anacle, Wendy Krane, Sakura Miyazaki, and Ken "Thunder". Not exactly the most exciting poses, but they just the job done. You may also notice some changes among each one, too.
My Pokemon itch had not been fully scratched back in December; I still want to draw a few more. However, I have bigger projects I would like to begin soon, so I must restrain the urge for now. Still, I suppose I could let one Pokemon drawing out for now. Besides, this is one Pokemon I have been wanting to sketch for a long time.
Meet Sylveon, the Fairy-type evolved form of Eevee.
This picture was supposed to be a minor celebration for the fiftieth post on this blog, but I ended up taking far longer on it than I care to admit. Frankly, what do I even have to celebrate with this? This picture took much longer than I care to admit due to not having the opportunity to work on it when I want to draw and later not wanting to draw when I have the opportunity. In fact, I have not felt much like doing anything lately, despite having ideas for bigger projects because "What if I fail?". I wanted this drawing to be a triumph of keeping at something consistent for a year, and yet the celebratory piece ended up being nearly a month late. I doubt this piece is even good, but then I have been doubting myself a lot lately, and perhaps I am my own harshest critic.
I have had enough negativity for one post, so here is an intro. When I started posting here beyond just having a placeholder portfolio after college, the first picture I drew was my rendition of Willy Wonka, from Roald Dahl's classic book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". That drawing was originally intended as one of a series of my takes on the characters from that story (inspired more by the movies, since I am more familiar with them). I have not done much with that idea since then, but I thought I could draw quick glimpses into what I was thinking for the others with the scene where they are about to enter the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
"Tamaki, the Shadow Soldier" is one of my favorite pictures I have uploaded here. She arose from a strange combination of a concept for formerly useless characters from Lucids, design elements from various role-playing video games I like, and an odd idea for her Lucid powers which arose from trying to make a background for her. I would like to do more with Tamaki in the future.
I mentioned back then Tamaki had sisters, and they would mostly be villains. In an attempt to follow up on Tamaki, I decided to draw the leader of this group of sisters: Rin.
Welcome to the third (and sadly, final) Pokemon drawing I made during Pokemon Profile Picture Month on Facebook, one which I never actually used for a profile picture in any way. There were other Pokemon I wanted to draw in that timeframe, but the holidays and my job kept me running around a lot, so I did not devote as much time as I had hoped to my artwork. I will probably draw certain Pokemon I wanted to draw during that time over the course of the year, but in what little time I had left, I chose one of the X and Y Pokemon I was most excited to see when I first heard about him: Heliolisk.
Happy New Year, everyone! Do not worry, you have not missed much, unlike me. The holidays were incredibly busy for me this year, and I was not able to draw quite as much as I hoped I would. I have been stuck on a different drawing without much progress for a while, and I will either have to finish that drawing or move on to a new one (or hopefully both).
In the meantime, I promised last time I posted here that I would show off something kind of unusual for me. This week, I have this picture of the Pokemon Azumarill (because it was still Pokemon Profile Picture Month when I drew it) which is meant to look like it was drawn with crayons. I used this drawing as my profile picture for the rest of December after I stopped using the Mega Lucario drawing from last time.
