A Trial in Colors

A frog and a ram-horned man. I meant to put these up last night - but I suppose I fell asleep. Just color practices. I think the man's face is a little too fake-tan looking. But that might just be me. And I haven't finished his horns either. 

The Thick Of Things

I feel like I spent so much time on this... and yet... it looks just MEH. But maybe thats just me. Maybe I've just been staring at it for too long >. >
Cleaned and Colored version of the thumbnail. After all that work, I dont even know if I'm going to use this cover. And before all that - BEFORE ALL THAT - I need to fix the banner on the TimeshareUnlimited website. SORELY. And, oh I dunno, do more cover sketches. Or, heaven forbid - ACTUALLY START DRAWING THE COMIC.

The thing is - I dont know if I like this style. I like the hair. And I like her face shape. And her body shape. But, I dont know at all about the style.

Timeshare Unlimited

I suppose this would be better suited on my Timeshare Tumblr. And I might just put it there as well. But I felt like putting it up here. Its just a thumbnail sketch, really, of the TSU chapter One cover. But somehow - maybe because a friend of mine is launching her web-comic - somehow I feel motivated to get the HELL out of my own way and FINALLY draw this comic.

I found the script and the first couple of pages (prologue pages actually) roughed up. And as I read over the script (A re-write as it so happens) I discovered that I really liked it. Like, I keep saying I continuously return to TSU because I cant think of anything better to do and its true. I cant. But its also a kicking script. A bit silly, a bit weird, DEFINITELY on the slightly unbelievable side of SciFi - but all in all a BLAST. 

The only real problem I had with TSU was I didn't know what the characters looked like. In my mind - originally at least - the style was supposed to be an uber-realistic, crime noir american comic. But I dont draw like that. And when I do, it takes forever to do. Its not fun for me to draw like that. So I'm not too sure what style it'll be in, but I think I'm liking my thumbnail sketch, A LOT. 

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is: I'm drawing Timeshare Unlimited. Its going to take a while. And probably a lot of kicking my own butt into place - but it will happen. I'm going to start with the prologue stuff - because I have it done. Then I'm going to have to rough the rest of chapter one. Thats going to take a while...

Bazil & Ace R On The Case!

Oh what do you know? MORE SKETCHES! 

So, been doodling Cats. Cats are HARD. Like, they're just so furry and muscle-y that its so difficult to get the proper shape right. So been doing research - collecting TONS of reference pictures - been drawing my butt off. Bazil's the problem, really. Ace - Ace I could do in my sleep. In fact, I have drawn him in my sleep. Well, in my dream, in any case. Even though its been a semester and almost a whole summer since last I drew Ace. (Un)Surprisingly I can still draw him with little to no problem. But Bazil - Bazil was a side character in the story and I didn't HAVE to draw him as often. 

Bazil's a siamese cat, while Ace is Himalayan. I only drew Ace up-top. He's doofy. They're cute. 

I'm Definitely Overpainting

Yeah. I painted this first (clearly, didn't finish) because I wanted to see how/if I could paint using the tangerine orange color scheme. Much simpler. And I prefer it to Sleeping Beauty down there. But maybe when I get to the hair it'll all even itself out again (iow the hair will kick my BUTT).

OH HAIR

Sometimes I think I over draw/paint things. I dont know if I've done that yet - how long is a person supposed to take when painting? I dunno. I'm always afraid of ruining an image by overdoing it. Clearly a work in progress (ignore where the hair meets the background! EEK!). Foolishly I painted in the background last - and its so dark the hair needs another layer of much darker shadows - cause right now it looks SO washed out. And I think I need to fuss with the highlights. Esp on the hair. OH HAIR. Actually, the blonde doesnt look so bad (if I do say so myself). Blonde hair (next to black hair) might be the hardest to color. Red-heads and Brunettes are the easiest. 

A Bit of Practice

WIP - Loki the not-god of Mischief painted in photoshop. 

The Maiden Who Sleeps (As White As Snow)

I once tried to paint this (about 3 to 4 years ago) in photoshop. Not this drawing, but this scene. It took me till now to draw it, and oh boy I really like it! Of course, its better in person but Ah Well. An illustration/ cover idea for an original story. 

I Dream of Gods and Magic

Sketches of a not-god called Loki. I had a dream – okay??? One with Harry Potter the Movie in it (but it was most definitely NOT Harry Potter the Movie silly brain) and ... a non existent scene from the Avengers (mixed with Greek Mythology). Cause, yanno. It was a DREAM. They make NO SENSE.

Face/expression sketches and body sketch. The bottom sketch looks like Tenzen with an 80's Mullet. OR what Tulio and Miguel would look like if they were on person. I'm kinda in love with how he looks – mostly because he looks like how I envisioned him!

Sketches of a prophesier called Sophia. She was hard to pin down. Trying to balance wide-eyed innocence and steely determination.

And lastly: sketches of a God called Thor. I haven't quite pinned his personality down but I feel it was too influenced by the Thor movie. He's kinda a silly person. I really like the rastafarian Thor. He's even wearing a Hawaiian t-shirt (not that I've drawn it yet). I think he looks like a blonde, nordic Jebus. Which works for me.