OMG We're BACK

In Canada, that is! I'm so happy! xD


I've been drawing on and off since my last post, so here are the highlights:





This is a collection of sketches I did while we were still in the UK. We were at a get-together at a pub after a funeral, and I wasn't feeling particularly melancholy. So instead of showing this and probably offending people, I buried my head in my sketchbook.







This is the very first page of sketches I did in Canada since moving to England. I sat down and drew a whole page's worth of stuff to make sure I hadn't lost my drawing ability - I'd not picked up a pencil for at least a fortnight at that point, since it was really hectic with packing just before the flight. I had barely any free time for drawing.








This is one I coloured with watercolour after the first day back at school. I'm really proud of the colour job, since I had my doubts about how nice it would look. But I think it's a great substitute to digital colouring. Our copy of PS Elements got lost in the shuffle when we moved, so it's pretty much my only option now, unfortunately.


My style's solidified more, I think. It's got common elements now, as opposed to bits of whatever manga I've been reading recently. xD

Sketch + Quotes

I've added another daily quote widget at the bottom of the screen, I hope it actually works this time. I got it from Widgetbox. So many cool things there! >.<



And a sketch!




This is not my usual style, I went for a really anime-ish feel instead. He's cute! I'll put the coloured version I did on dA and link to it later.

Look, Mom! Colour!

EDIT: In future, most of my colour stuff will go on my new deviantART page. I'll put a link up here when I've edited it to my liking. This is my sketchblog/personal blog where I can ramble about odd things and post half-finished stuff.



I was fiddling in PS Elements when I was supposed to be doing schoolwork, and I realized something - something very obvious. If you make a layer over top of the sketch/lineart, and adjust the layer's opacity to about sixty-odd percent, you can achieve a very free-flowing relatively easy colour job when you paint. I think it's about as good as I'm going to get without tracing all the lines in black. I'm pleased. ^_^



So I tried it out on this sketch:

It reminds me very much of this piece, and I love that style. It'll tide me over until I get PS CS, or a tablet. :D Excuse the crappiness, it's only a tester.

Back to Normal

Mom came back on Wednesday, so things are returning to normal. I can now buckle down and do my work without worrying about what the little things. Moms must have a built-in reminder system, because I can't remember to do certain things like take food out of the freezer to defrost but mom remembers millions of things like that. I'm going to be a social hazard when I go to university. DX


I had the opportunity to do a quick sketchy a couple of days ago:

I think it's probably the most 'realistic' I can draw. Again, I'm a complete sucker for profiles. It's actually a guy I'm quite pleased with, for a change. I do hate his ear; I can't draw ears to save my life. I'm hoping to work on that watercolour sketch soon. Most work on the art front has ground to a halt, loathe as I am to admit it. Any free time I have is wasted watching House M.D. reruns, or sleeping.

Speaking of House M.D.: the 'new' episodes are coming out at a slower rate here than in North America, so we just watched the first episode with the Kutner-Thirteen-Taub-Foreman group. Amber got cut last week. Thanks to the copious amount of spoilers, and because I'm weak when it comes to them, I now know what happened in the finale. I can't believe Amber died. I'm on tenterhooks about Wilson and House's relationship, I hope it doesn't get too rocky. Their friendship is the main reason I watch the show. They're so wonderful to watch interact! I hope the next season comes out soon. ;_; Although I read somewhere that they're already filming it, so that's a good sign.

Get Well Soon

Aww, bless. It's a kid hugging a tree. (And no, he's not a dendrophile, for you pervy people out there. XD)

So the story behind this is quite simple: I like trees. I can't stand it when I see a tree that someone has obviously attacked for no good reason - ripping branches or bark off, for example. This happened to the pictured tree, and the kid gave it a Band-Aid (it's the thought that counts... >>) and a hug. Try to ignore the sucky anatomy and soak up the warm fuzzy feeling that you (hopefully) get from it.

I only have a few more decent(?) sketches from the archives, so I need to get my butt in gear and draw something new. I'm aiming for next week. YOSH!

Circus Girl

Yeah - unoriginal as heck. I'm sure the anatomy sucks, but I overworked it so I can't spot it now. D: I know the hands and feet are horrible. I realized halfway through that the original concept (flying through the air laughing) wasn't really coming across, so then I covered most of the girl's face up with her hair and stuck her in a dress to try and distract from the rest of the picture. Not some of my better decisions. >>;

Also, I couldn't get any colour to stick on PS Elements for some reason. It's supposed to be reddish but it doesn't really show. I drew this last week. Meh, it was fun.

Emo... Um... Thing

Yeah, this picture makes little to no sense. Would anyone slit their wrists just to put the red part on an unfinished piece of spraypaint graffiti? I would hazard a guess at no, but whatever... I drew this last year and figured I'd post it since it's... um, different. Anatomy is really off, colours are messy but it's a post. I might draw something new to put up later today or tomorrow.