Look What I Drew! 03/10/2015

Shikamaru (Naruto)

I'm really getting the hang of coloring! Only 2 more days of the Art Jam left...this took a lot longer than I thought.

Oh, and I bought my new laptop. Can't wait to start working from bed again!

March Art Jam is MY Art Jam!

A little preview of what's to come~

Sorry for the lack of updates, y'all: the art muses were not giving me anything for some time. I do have another piece but I'll upload that tomorrow - it's separate from the art jam.

As mentioned, the art jam happens this sunday. The link is here so feel free to check out all of the other artists and their work. The list is as follows:

• Day 1: Aquaman (So you knew I was doing Jason Momoa's badass rendition) 

• Day 2:  Any of Monty Oum's characters. If you don't know him. he was one of the animators at Rooster Teeth who died suddenly this year. He's known for Red vs. Blue and RWBY

• Day 3: La Muerta from The Book of Life. Have you seen her design? It's seriously awesome. Google her. 

• Day 4: Marceline the Vampire Queen

•  Day 5:  Any Naruto character. Now, I've done Naruto and Sasuke to death, so I promise I'll draw someone else. As a matter of fact, I'll let you guys decide! 

•  Day 6: Macho Man Randy Savage. Ooh YEAAAAH! I already know what I'm gonna do for this one XD 

•  Day 7: Yourself as  Katamari Damacy character. I have an old drawing I'm going to update just for this

There you have it! I'm going to do my best to have previews like the one above, so keep an eye out and share on your pages!

Look What I Drew! 11/05/2014

Thank you, Naruto!

I can't believe it's finally over. I'm still waiting on the last chapters to come out, but man...15 years of Naruto. I remember reading the manga in Shonen Jump first, then onto zip files I had to download (you youngins don't know squat about the early internet). Things got easier over the years, and so many sites popped up that it made it very easy to read the manga. Then I find out a month ago that the manga ends in November, and wow...so many memories. From playing the fighting games on Gamecube to getting statues and figurines at conventions, this series has been with me for so long and I won't lie that I'm pretty emotional about it.

Here I am, waiting for the last two chapters to come out. Here I am, on pins and needles,waiting for a part of my life to come to an end.

...I feel like I have to do a cosplay, now.

Look What I Drew! 10/30/2014

The Naruto piece is finally finished!

Man, did that take a while.

So I was trying out new ways to color and I'm still not satisfied with the techniques I've used. I'll figure out something one day but I'm happy with how this piece came out. Now I've got time to work on other projects!

Tomorrow's Halloween and I'm suped as hell! My costume is gonna be awesome...I may even post a photo of it.

Oh yeah.

Look What I Drew Today! 10/02/2014

Naruto is finally colored! It must have been the lack of sleep earlier because my art game jumped a level with this drawing, I swear. 

To be honest, this piece has given me a confidence boost in regards to selling my artwork at conventions. I'm very happy with how it came out! Coloring is usually the least favorite part of the art process for me since I never considered myself particularly good at it. I feel much more optimistic about it now, and I can't wait to work on more pieces and see how they turn out. Now all I need is for a convention to come around so I can try to get into an artist's alley.

Look What I Drew! 09/19/2014

My Naruto project!

I wasn't even in the mood to work yesterday; I was dead tired from having to wake up early. Nevertheless, I'm very happy with the results of my exhaustion! Inks for both pieces will be coming shortly, then there's the task of merging the two and coloring it all in. That's gonna be fun.

 I also started working on SOMA again! I checked the last time it was updated: Over a year! I couldn't believe it has been that long...it took me a minute to get into the groove but with a bit of planning I'll be kicking ass in no time.

Now, I really want some coffee.

Look What I Drew! 09/17/2014

Anbu Kakashi in greyscale.

So things have been going well lately. I'm learning not to stress so much over things, and I've realized that I don't really care much for Queen's Quartz anymore. I miss Short Order Mobile Action way too much and I'm going back to it. If the mood hits me I'll return to QQ, but it's not terribly important to me at the moment.

I came to this conclusion after posting the preview pages and not really getting much of a response from them. I've also been thinking about my first comic and the liberties it gave me, story and art-wise, so it was an easy decision to go back to SOMA. Of course, this leaves me with a lot of open spaces since SOMA is an ongoing comic and I post about two pages every week so I can work on other pieces.

I also think that being stressed out with other things in my life kinda soured QQ for me. Life's getting better and I've realized that my negativity was really affecting every aspect of it. It was taking away the happiness I felt when I was drawing and I wasn't focusing on that. Instead, I was too busy wondering why my art wasn't more popular, or how others were getting ahead and judging them for it. I can't do that anymore; I won't. It's not fair to me and my art.

Anyway, I've got an awesome idea or a Naruto fanart and I'm gonna get started on it tomorrow. Peace!

Look What I Drew! 05/04/2014

May the 4th be with you.

Been drawing a lot of Naruto fanart lately. The Manga has been so good, I can't help myself.

I'm going to be working on my comic again, very soon. It's been on the back burner for way too long and I miss it. I'm going to make some changes to my routine, however: I won't be coloring the pages anymore. It takes too long for just one person, considering I have to plan and execute the pages.

Also, I'm not going to put a lot of details in the panels like I did before. I want to keep things simple and focus more on the characters and the story rather than what's going on behind them; it's just not that important in every panel. The quality of art will stay the same, if not improve since I've been working on my style a lot more lately.

I can't wait to get Chapter 5 out. I do also want to write a Chapter 0 to set up the beginning of SOMA since I feel I rushed into the story.

Look What I Drew! 04/30/2014

I just ate dinner and I'm so full.

I'm going to have a lot of free time tomorrow so I'll be able to finish a couple of drawings for the Art Jam. It's gonna be a rather productive week and I'm happy about that. It feels like it's been a while since I've had a good reason to draw.

I'm still trying to get Freelance work. As a matter of fact, I was invited to join a new art portfolio site called Dropr. It's pretty cool so far; has a few kinks to be worked out but for the most part it can be a very solid site.

Here's the link: portfolio72434.dropr.com

Look What I Drew! 04/28/2014

To pair with yesterday's drawing, I have Naruto in his new Sage mode. I really love what's going on with the Manga lately. I've been following the Big 3 (One Piece, Bleach, Naruto) for years but I've been following Naruto the longest. It's hard to believe I've been reading it for 11 years... And it's going to end soon. Pretty crazy how long it's been in my life.

Feeling pretty exhausted today so I haven't started the drawings for the Art Jam yet. Don't worry: once I do, they'll go up immediately. I've neglected this blog far too long, mainly because the hard drive of my laptop died and I've been dependent on my phone for the Internet. It hasn't dawned on me to download Blogger, but it's definitely much easier to post on this blog now. I would normally go to Deviantart but their app sucks... How am I not able to post art from my phone yet? It's absurd.

Look what I drew! 04/27/2014

So I bought a new Bristol pad and I figured, what the hell: let's fill this thing up! I've got an art jam coming up so there'll definitely be daily posts this week, not to mention it's been a whole since I've posted here so I have a plethora of drawings to share.