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Just a quick anatomy study I did earlier today. Outlined the basic structure and simplified shapes on the reference photo to quickly remind myself of the basics. Studied the reference photo with and without said outlines, and then tried to recreate said outlines beside the reference photo without the outlines there...And yeah, I figured out real quick why I've been having such a hard time drawing any male characters lately. >.< Too bad anatomy isn't like riding a bike...You really have to constantly refresh and study it otherwise you pick up some weird and flat out wrong habits. Bottom study was the same torso form study using only 3 shades of grey. Again, back to the basics and I'll slowly work my way up from there, but it's going to be worth it.

In a game group I'm currently with, a friend and I ask the hard and real questions. Questions like "How do I apologize to the flying snake?" Probably the most important question we've asked so far is, "How cute would a baby Balrog be?" The answer is very, but in a slightly disturbing way.

Ink commissions from Megacon 2017! There were three others I did, but the picture on one of them didn’t come out well and for the other two I just...Forgot? I could have sworn I’d taken a picture but I guess it didn’t happen in the craziness of a convention Saturday. (It’s a bummer, too. I really liked how those two came out. :C) Anyway, had a lot of fun with all of these commissions (If I didn’t I wouldn’t do commissions at a convention) but the FemShep one was definitely the highlight. Jennifer Hales was at this Comic Con and I had a lot of people asking if I had any prints of Commander Shepard and that’s just sadly one I haven’t had time to complete. One person who had inquired for a print than saw I had ink commissions available and asked if I could do a small portrait for Jennifer to sign instead. Really glad I decided to bring my colored markers this time! It was a lot of fun to draw and she came back after meeting Ms Hales and having her sign it, gave me a hug, let me take a picture, and said that I’d really made her day and that meeting Jennifer was her favorite moment and the commission was her favorite art piece from the convention so far. :3 It became my favorite moment from the convention as well. And that coming from a convention that was full of highlights for me. Anyone who likes to commission artists don’t feel shy to let them know when you love the work they did! Commissions can be really hard and stressful work but moments like these I wouldn’t trade for anything.

Finally! Tali can join the Mass Effect themed posters I started a year ago! Honestly this was meant to be finished quite some time ago, but there were a lot of reasons that it just didn’t happen that would make a long and boring wall of text. Short version: The last 12+ months have been a crazy roller coaster of new experiences (Some good, some bad) and it got to the point that I just physically couldn’t work on this series for a while. I had seriously thought of just scrapping the whole series and starting over with a totally different style less than a month ago. I’m glad I didn’t because I really like how this turned out and I think there’s more for me to learn from this series...Different though it may be from what I typically do, which I suppose is a good thing. The quote was probably the hardest...I ended up asking FB friends to help me choose between two quotes I really liked...And instead they gave me even MORE Tali quotes to choose from. XD I ended up going with one friend’s suggestion as I felt it better covered her character development as well as her story arc. Also massive thanks to my dear friend Allison who offered me some crucial art critique the literal night before I had to send this to the printers. <3

Hello all! Just a quick art update since it’s been a while. The top two are ink commission I did at Planet Comicon last month and I’m rather pleased with how they turned out. (The Ninjak one was a commission from someone who was filling out a sketchbook of artist alley commissions, all themed around characters from Valiant Comics. I think that’s so cool and love it when I get to participate in someone’s collection sketchbook. I’m super tempted to do the same thing but I’m not sure what the theme of my sketchbook would be.) Femshep is always fun to draw and the young lady who requested it seemed really delighted by it which always makes my day. The most anxious part of a commission for me is revealing the finished piece and whenever someone looks like it made their day it just makes mine in return. <3 The last two are something new I’m trying at conventions. I’ve gotten quite a few requests for original tradition work and just haven’t thought about bringing them. Decided to give it a go so here are two sketchbook drawings I had done before Kansas city that started as studies and that I thought were rather nice. Seeing as their fate was just to reside in a sketchbook amongst other sketchbooks I thought I’d package them up and see if anyone else would like them. So it’s a growing collection to look for if you should find me at a convention. General gist of these will be “This pencil/marker/paint study looks nice but I don’t want to just put it into storage. Lets see if it resonates with someone at a convention.”

This started as a doodle that I ended up really liking so I’m making it into a print. I had hoped to have it finished before today but that didn’t work out so I hope you enjoy the linework! 

Aside from the fact that Symmetra has become the bane of my Zenyatta-loving existence (She microwaves him so fast. TT.TT) I really do love her character. She’s just so gorgeous and she has a really interesting backstory and I wish she had more voice lines about her past in the game. Honestly I’d  love to see a Lucio and Symmetra cinematic. That would be so gorgeous with Satya’s light constructs and Lucio’s music, and plenty of banter/snark exchanged as well. Anyway, there’s some small things here and there that I might tweak. I was experimenting with this piece and had a lot of fun, but I think I need to take a break and come back to it with fresh eyes. Hope you all enjoy this while I debate on whether or not I change anything. Edit 4/13/17: Added hints of her hand to the final print and have swapped out the original picture for the updated one. Pretty small tweak, but I’m a lot happier with it now. I like the abstracted light construct I have going on, but it felt just too disconnected from the rest of the piece and now it feels connected.

This started out as a doodle for a different blog (Line work was posted a couple weeks back) and I just ended up falling in love with it. So I went ahead and made it into a full illustration. I just really want the Shimada brothers to reconcile with each other and be happy dorks with dragons. ( ͒˃̩̩⌂˂̩̩ ͒)