Art Is My Life

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Creatures.... 'In The Works'

The Panther, herself, is actually done... I just need to finish the background.

She took me far too many hours to count, but she was so georgeous

I had to capture her. This is good ol' pencil crayon on paper.

K. So if you have never seen Blue Planet, check it out!!!! That's where I found

out about these amazing creatures. There're called Leafy Water Dragons, and

are freakin cool. They basically float around the coral reefs off the coast of

New Zealand. I was compelled to capture an image of one of these babies.

So here it is... This is done with pencil crayon, oil pastel, and ink on paper.

Again, background not done, but you get the idea.

If you're noticing a trend with my 'In The Works' stuff, I promise, I do complete

my pieces. I just have to walk away from a piece sometimes, until I can work

up the nerve to complete it. It's my equivalent to writers block. I hit a point

where I become petrified of destroying the work I've already done.

But I always get back to it, eventually. I'm also pretty sure I'm not the only artist

who suffers from this, lol. I don't think any artist ever feels

that a piece is exactly what they had in mind, even when 'complete'.

The Character Development Process

These are two of the fairies for the graphic novel I'm working on with my friend.

Bear in mind they are very much in the developmental phase, but this is the look I'm playing with...

Her hands messed up, but aside from that I'm pretty happy with her. She's supposed to be quite young though, essentially a new fairie, so I think I may need to work on that a bit...?

Art markers on paper for both.

This guy's my warrior fairie. His hat's an acorn topper,

and spear head is a rose thorn.

He's also Canadian, eh!

Based on our outline thus far, we have different fairies/deities that

represent different phases in life and time of year....

i.e. Winter would be the final years of ones life. He'll be Autumn.

I still feel like there's more work to come on him though,

but he's getting there. He may look quite different by the time I'm done.

You know what's awesome? Robots! =)

Just me messing around today... Don't ask why that one is on the wall....

Green-bot's solar powered BTW, lol

I may be biased as his creator, but I think he's cute.

An Oldie, But A Goodie....

I did this one back in highschool.... Grade 12, I think (2004)? Acrylic on wood panel.

It's supposed to represent the connection between Nature and Man.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

K... So I know I haven't exactly been consistent with my posting, but there's more comming... I promise. I just haven't taken pic's yet of some of the stuff I've been working on. And, some of the stuff I've been working on is too much 'in the works' to post. However, in my honest effort to focus more on my art, I will start posting on a regular basis. I am determined not to become complacent. This blog is titled 'Art Is My Life' for a reason. So more to come soon....

That being said, until I get some more pic's up, I'll update you on what I've been working on... A friend of mine has asked me to colaborate with her on two stories/graphic novels she's creating. And as she is a very talented artist/writer herself, I couldn't say no (though I never really can to art =) ).... At any rate, without giving too much away, the one we're focused on right now is going to be an adult oriented fantasy with fairies. Thats right, fairies..... We're working on character design and development right now. I'll post some of what we've come up with soon!

I've also developed an interest in mermaids of late... As guardians of our oceans perhaps? I'll have some of those up for you soon too. One peice is already in the works. Almost done actually (yay!)... The other will be a more definate commentary than the first, but it's still at the kicking around my head stage. At any rate, less talk more art... Gonna go work on some now ;)