More March arts!

So I had the flu last week, which took me out of commission for...well, the week. I don't think I've had the flu since high school, and I'm glad it took 10+ years. I'm totally willing to wait another 10+ years to catch it again. @_@

Anyway, sketch dump today, since unfortunately I was too busy trying not to die last week to get anything accomplished. First off, an aborted character portrait. I really wanted a grittier feel to him, but unfortunately my elf came out looking like a Calvin Klein ad. Oh well. Second picture is a WIP. I love the covers to old sci-fi pulp magazines, so I am trying to recreate the look and feel of those...just with a few differences.

Two updates for the price of one!

Here's some art I did recently but forgot to post. An original creature design, the bone dog (original inhabitant of my previous forest picture), and an original costume (re)design sketch.

Bone Forest

This started out as a creature painting...but then I started having more fun painting the environment than the creature. So here you go, the Bone Forest. What that means, I don't quite know...but I don't think I'd want to visit. ಠ_ಠ

Grigori Lord

Character portrait and armor design exercise. I usually try to avoid really over-the-top elaborate fantasy-style armor, but as a result the armor I do draw tends to be a bit mundane and practical. I was trying to spice things up a bit, especially since I figure an angel would have some nice armor. This is Satomael, whom you can actually see post-fallen state in my banner above. Doesn't look quite so calm later on, does he?

Happy New Year!

HA! I made it in before the end of the New Year! Here's a male anatomy study I did (and turned into a quick and dirty illustration). >_> Also, I watched Disney's "Tarzan" last night, and was all into naked dudes with awesome grabby hands.

Bah. I hate to admit it, but I have a little difficulty rendering guys (as opposed to drawing them). I worked on this all day, longer than I'd intended. I didn't get to play Skyrim. T_T

Unicorn of a different color...

I went through an abnormally long "I want a pony" phase as a little girl. (It was probably exacerbated by the fact that one of my aunts actually owned several Chincoteague ponies and I was envious.) I still love horses, even if I don't draw them very much anymore. This picture was rendering practice as well as equine anatomy practice. I just added the horn at the last minute to make it slightly less boring.

Merry F'ing Xmas

I have to come clean and admit something: I hate Christmas. I'm also trying to work through an art block, and I decided the best way to deal with this is to draw what I love best: semi-nude menfolk. Now that I've used up my colon quota for the day, I give you Raziel, the Xmas demon.