S'more Portraiture Studyin'

Here's what I've done so far for today. This is "Hanna Marin" from Pretty Little Liars. Yes, I know I love terrible telly. But I am kinda diggin' what is going on here, really tried stretching the colors but its not quite stretched to the end. It'll do for now!

I really love doing portraits and studies and still-lifey things, but onward! Next time I post something I will make sure that it is the beginning of a 'unique' idea. No more of this 'from picture business' ha!

This one is about an hour and forty five minutes? Give or take.

Trying To Be More Productive!

I've been looking at some of these here blogs, I gotta be doing some work everyday! Yay for being more productive. Alright, so here is the first timed study that I've done in quite some time, I usually get way too wrapped up in the deets and just take up way too much time. Quick quality is going to be my new mantra for studies. Alrighty then.

Here is my lovely father! About one hour-- did cheat and polish up the blending a bit. 

Did this like two-ish days ago? No concept of time in the summer haha!

Some Dorky Fan Art

      No one judge me! Okay, I judge myself... I love terribly dramatic television. And! The premiere is tonight, so I got a little into it with this one. It's completely from reference, a still from a really old episode. Alrighty, here she is Aria Montgomery!

Did this all from far away-- meaning that I didn't zoom in at all to go nuts on details. Had the reference next to it the whole time, tried to pop colors a little more than in the picture... I don't own this picture obviously! I'd say I made this in about 4 hours? One layer in photoshop and still a lot wrong, but I'm letting it go!

Little Sketchy-Poo

Well, since summer has begun, I've just been doing odd sketches and things here and there!

      This is one that is a very beginning sketch that I did trying to look into an underwater scene that I've been really (internally) excited about since school was in session... Well! A little study, lots wrong in it but I don't doubt that I'll go back into this one and clean it up and investigate some more. Woop woop!

Inspiration from my lovely home! Good ol' Clark Lake!

Portrait Practice- First work out of Skoo!

For some reason I gravitate towards portraits of people? 

The most recent work I've done. First out of school!

My cousin Bradley Hunter, love this guy! 

He has helped my artwork in more ways than one and I've been trying to give him some kind of gift because of it. Anywho, he's an unfinished portrait of this guy I don't know if I'll ever be done! Definitely wanna get this one right. Gotta stop riding that struggle bus!

Trojan Horse final Project

My last project of my freshman year!

The daunting Trojan Horse. This project was so long and trying! But that itself probably made this project my best of the semester. I can say actually say that I'm proud of this piece (eh, well parts of it)! It really challenged me content wise which was good (I need a good butt-kick in that department) and I think this is the most solid painting I've completed! Still lots of improvement to be made, it's getting more and more exciting! So many exclamation points in these posts! 

Felipe the Flamingo and His Sister the Cave Dweller

      This gumpy bird is my animal character Felipe The Flamingo (cliche but it had to be done!). It was a fun study to do and I'm half pleased with the outcome! I can never get that critic out of my head long enough to say something is finished or pushed to a level I'm happy with! I'm focusing more on expressive a clear narrative and personality with character, this is a step up for me in that way I think. Gotta keep pluggin' away, now I have time for some summer work that I can obsess over! Pretty pumped.

 Here's Felipe's flopsie movement sequence

Oh and here's the awkwardly vignetted fixer-upper of my last figure drawing dump. Only a little bit has really changed but I think it's done wonders. A short glimpse at my pudgey cave woman.