The good news is that I’m making a real effort to clear my workload and get back to doing my own thing, which is going well. Expect some nice artz real soon.

Here’s one of the ones I never got to post

(Yes, that second one is Dr Horrible the muppet, don’t ask. Also I made a new watermark. My gallery is temporarily down for renovation, we apologize for the inconvenience.)

But nevermind, I come bearing pictures. I went to Dr Sketchy’s today at the Butterfly Club in South Melbourne. Much fun. Being a digital artist most of the time, I forget how enjoyable physical media can be. Except when I become confused and look for the crtl-z when making a mistake.

The Butterfly Club is a cool place. Filled with old toys and paraphernalia from the 20’s to 50’s (as far as I can tell), the lighting and general ambiance makes me think of the living rooms of jazz musicians my mother visited when I was a kid. That or an anime serial killer’s abode…

There’s only a few minutes per sketch so it’s interesting to make the most of it. There was a theme, space, but honestly it’s tricky enough depicting a figure in a couple of minutes let alone adding a themed idea. I’m not complaining; I had fun, and an easy picture is hard to learn from… one of my favorite quotes- “ If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. ~Frank A. Clark”

On to the pictures!

Miss Peachy Keen:

I enjoyed drawing her curves and awesome costume…. I really wish I had more time to add details in the corset and folds in the cloth….

Miss Peachy Keen and the Paper Moon

Not so big on this one but other people seemed to like it-

Miss Peachy Keen strikes a pose

Miss Sugar Lee:

In full gold body paint! I didn’t have the colours to do it justice (Nor the skills to render shiny gold skin in five minutes) Her golden short-shorts/bathing suit/leotard thing was cool.

This one reminds me of some old-school comics-

Miss Sugar Lee, Space Explorer

This is the only one I’ve spent more than the alloted time on- I got home and just had to finish colouring it-

Miss Sugar Lee, Exotic Bounty Hunter

And now- I’m tired as hell. I’m at that stage of sickness where I’m nearly fine but activities kind of wear me out. Also I have “It’s Only A Paper Moon” stuck in my head- they played some awesome music. I’m off to find the Ella Fitzgerald version in my music collection- later!

Edit: Oh, and I won a voucher for Outre gallery- very gratifying I’ll definitely be going again…

Yep, I’ve been slack lately. What with the new job and various personal happenings (Puzzle Quest and GTA 4), I’ve been able to excuse myself from updating. I’m going to make more of an effort to… well… make more of an effort.

Thoughts aren’t forming too easily lately, so no tutorial today. I’ve been messing around with canvas lately, seeing what effect I get with the mediums I’m used to. Here’s some of the results…

I’m reasonably happy with the small ones.. I’m going to try and do a bunch of them and see how they all look together. The copic markers turned out a bit gaudy though, I’ll probably just use them for highlights and focal points, etc.

I’ve once again failed to reach my target of one post a week. This is largely because of the many projects I’m currently involved in, the largest of which is a game I’ve been developing-

He’s a happy little fellow, except when he’s killing things. He’ll also be the star of a talk I’m giving at ACMI in a couple of weeks; I’ll be walking potential game developers through the steps of making and animating a model. I hope he’s not stage shy .

I’ve finished the art side of things, (it’s a fairly small game, we wanted something acheivable for a couple of people). It’s now up to the programmer and musician… good luck guys.

Till next time

-G