Here is a quick 5-minute revenge against the first sword I did (see the March entry). This one was so much easier because I knew the style I wanted — not realisticness, but the thick-line magic-marker style that I find coming out in most of the things I’m creating.
Mostly, this is a throwback-homage to all the video games I used to play in the vein of Dragon Warrior, Zelda, and Diablo.
Well, sort of. A “circle tree,” mostly. I love the idea of making a single “base” (of stones in a circle) in which I can put various different types of trees.
This one began with me spending 20-30 minutes creating a single brick, which turned out being the brick I used for most all of the stones in the circle (it got tricky when it came to rotating and such). The tree and leaves I just threw together — didn’t bother with much detail there. This was more to get the idea out there.
I realize for my next attempt at this image, I’m gonna try just a 2-D approach… that is, I’m not gonna worry about creating one “3-D” brick and rotating it a bunch of times. Instead, I’ll create only the visible surfaces of the visible bricks. You’ll see what I mean!
Here are some story-book houses… made these over the course of two nights. I like the how ivy-covered vines found their way out of my mind… a lot of promise here…
Trees keep popping into my mind. Gonna keep pumping them out.
Until I find my own style. And own it!
Here is my third attempt at the trace technique. This probably took 2-3 hours. I tried using some layers for organization… it helped, but I started to get sloppy toward the end (which nearly defeated the entire purpose).
Here be my baby. This is my second attempt in the phot-trace technique. I’m glad to have ventured beyond the limiting realm of my face. Doing the shading in clothes was quite fun. I look forward to more…
Wanted to try out creating a landscape with a simple cartoon-like character. I used to draw this guy in 7th grade all the time.
This was my breakthrough illustration. I happened to find a great tutorial online describing a certain method to trace overtop of imported pictures. This took me about 4 hours. A doorway of possibilities has been opened.
Here are a few of the very first things I made. The ideas were screaming out of my mind, I did my best to bring them to life. While it is satisfying to see the results, I know there is a lot of room to grow and improve.
Here is a guitar. Probably took me 1-3 hours? I don’t really remember. This is one of the first things I made. I am quite happy with it… though it is too “real” for my current tastes. Still, it is good to know that I can do stuff like this.