IF: Stripes

I love drawing these feel good pictures.  Coffee while raining = ♥ 


This one was inspired when me and my husband had breakfast at this cute cafe near the hotel when we were in Bangkok. 


I have drawn a lot of striped scarves but I don't own one. :S  I think they look awesome in pictures.  I have another idea for stripes, I hope I can pull it off in time for friday!


EDIT:  Thank you for all the wonderful comments!


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Going Traditional: Lord Snow

Another pencil drawing, this time of Jon Snow. For the background, I scraped a black chalk pastel and then scrubbed the dust using cotton. I then erased parts of it to make the trees and snow. The result is messy! You can't control the powder so much.  I think I have to stick with just shading+smudging for now.

I had to edit the cloak in Photoshop because it was awful. I also did some adjustments using levels and curves and I placed a Color layer on top to change the colors to a bluish hue.

Going Traditional: Pencil

I did a realistic Daenerys with her little dragon but halfway I thought it would be more fun and more me to do a cartoonish one. I haven't rendered anything with pencils except for sloppy sketches so this is not as awesome as I wanted it to be. Even with an eraser, I found myself to be timidly applying strokes. I guess with practice, I'll get more confident. :)

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(I still used photoshop, to edit the colors and the lighting.)

Going Traditional

So I am trying to train myself with traditional medium. Last weekend I went to an artstore, a very rare place in Manila, and bought new watercolors and a masking fluid.  (We also bought turtles that day, weee!)  I started playing around with it, and this is the most decent thing I got. This is very small, about 3R i think.

1. Don't use too much water, don't leave a puddle in your paper.

2. Paint OVER the masking fluid (duh).

3. For very small details/shadows, use a colored pencil instead.

4. Don't be impatient and let the paint dry first or else, it'll be very messy.

 

Lesson I stil have to learn: mixing colors

 

IF: Hibernate

A very literal take on hibernate.  I learned that pandas don't hibernate because there's bamboo all year long.   This panda has to find another friend to tag along with this winter.

I want to have more effortless-looking art so this is me doing that. I find it more charming. I tend to over-render my work, must be because a digital canvas can take more abuse.  I should really try doing traditional media, my paints are drying up.

Octo Girl

The octopus is done! Part two of a set, the other's a mermaid. I'm still thinking what to do next..

Some details:

Check her out at the shop too.  (Available as print, iphone/ipad/laptop case/skin)

IF: Obsession

Pretty little octopus obsessing over her hair.

This is not yet done, I just wanted to submit on time.. I'll update it when it's finished (I hope tomorrow I'll get it done).  I had lots of time to finish it this week and it started out good, I had the concept and the colors in mind.  But as I was painting it, I got tired of it so easily.  I kept standing up and doing something else.  So unproductive :(  I think I'm just distracted this week.

IF: Perennial: Mermaid

Humans have been amazed with mermaids for a very long time.  Now we know what mermaids are fascinated with :)

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Candy land!

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I've been working on a children's book project for iPad these past two weeks.  I'm still not done, I have 5 pages to go.. But I can't resist not sharing anything, here's a sneak peek of the book!  I've never drawn this much candy!

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IF: Soaked and Asleep

I almost forgot about this!  This was supposed to be for last week's topic but I didn't finish it in time (again).  It's also applicable to this week's topic and I didn't have time to make a new one ^^

Also, introducing Pedro, the lazy fat bird.  The idea for the tub shower was from a magazine pic I saw, couldn't remember where..

This image is a part of an ongoing series made from IF topics.  Check out the other illustrations here in my blog. :)

I found some nifty lomo effects online and thought I'll give it a try to give the piece more drama.

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