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Moving On, Moving Out

2009-11-16T18:20:00.003-05:00

I've decided to move my sketch blog. This will continue to exist, at least for a little while, but will no longer be updated. You can now find me at Singing "Nobody Will Ever Remember Me".... Yes, the title's from a Fall Out Boy song, jeez. There's new artwork up there now and more to come as I scan things.

Quickie

2009-11-02T20:31:00.003-05:00

Did this as a quick demo for a friend of mine. He wanted to know how I went about doing a greyscale painting before the finished product. So this happened. I actually like it okay. I might do some sort of livestream/video demo some time if anyone cares to see how.Lineart and Character: Christy Lijewski/nyanko-chan.

It was just that kind of night...

2009-10-26T23:42:00.004-04:00

So, for the past two days, I've done livestreams. Yesterday was me working on my entry for nyanko-chan's contest on deviantART but tonight I just doodled and took requests. With all my fellow FOB (& FC) fan friends, it pretty much ended up being this silly free-for-all. From it, we have Andy Hurley as Batman (which comes from one of the FC podcasts, maybe #12?), Patrick Stump as Catwoman (long

2009-10-22T01:29:00.002-04:00

Birthday gift for Grace! I'm pretty sure she liked it. Guess who the lyrics are by Bet you can't. Here's a hint, I really like them. A lot. And they make you fall apart to half-time. Anyways, I really liked doing this. Ink on watercolor paper was pretty fun to try. Going to try adding some watercolor to the mix soon. We'll see how that goes.

2009-10-13T14:31:00.007-04:00

Really long time, no post so you get a massive dumb that defies logic. ... Enjoy! :D Ask and ye shall receive answers about these. Promise.

Stuff from my short!

2009-09-18T18:36:00.005-04:00

Working on an animated short so I'm uploading stuff, mostly for my teacher. But you can look too, it's okay. Two backgrounds in progress (still working on the greyscale on one and the other needs cleanup) and a quick style shot to visualize what the end product should look like. The animatic (essentially, my storyboards) is being in queue on vimeo right now, but my page is here. Should be

New Art, New Merch!

2009-08-20T23:27:00.004-04:00

Today was, apparently, Arts & Crafts Day. I decided, once it wasn't quite so hot as balls, to print and test out some shrinky dink I snagged at Blick (art store chain). So I did. I took the Fall Out Boy chibis that seemed so well received (admittedly, by friends & fans so maybe it doesn't count) and the Plaguey concept, along with my logos to fill some space. The results are what you see above.

Scritch Scratch Sketch...

2009-08-17T16:07:00.004-04:00

So, some of the stuff I've done lately. Sketches mostly but I'll look for other stuff too (lies, I delete the screens already, oops?). No explaining, it's too hot. Ask in the comments if you want though.

Update

2009-07-31T15:53:00.003-04:00

Seems I never posted it here so... I upgrade and reorganized by my shop. More prints and a few things coming soon. Hopefully, a few things coming very soon. There's also finished versions of both Tiffany Blews and Dr. Benzedrine on my DA (link in sidebar).I'm working on an artbook, a visual interpretation of Fall Out Boy's Folie a Deux. You've seen some of the work in it or will. Namely, Tiffany

Post-Otakon Art Wrap Up

2009-07-20T17:34:00.003-04:00

Otakon was... a bit disappointing, sales-wise. Though it was great if you love the drama. Anyways, above are my two marker chibi examples. Pretty much all I did. I did get a $30 full body ink commission that I still haven't finished because I suffered some serious art fail on Sunday morning. I'll upload when I finish though. Planning to do more examples for my book soon though. Cutting down on

Tiffany Blews (Dear Gravity...) Progress

2009-07-03T01:13:00.003-04:00

If you're following me on twitter, you'll be privy to all sorts of things! Not just my inane chatter, but things like progress updates on the stuff I'm working on! Currently working on my Tiffany Blews print, the Sad Statue (Road Kamelot and Allen Walker with Maria cameo from D.Gray-man) print, and the sexy pinups of Gambit, Sephiroth, and Viral. Portraits are done and I made the edits to Smoke

Touch me, baby, but don't mess up my hair...

2009-06-25T03:49:00.005-04:00

Oh, Lady Gaga lyrics... Anyways, print progress! This here is the sketch for the sexified Sephiroth print. I'm having a lot of fun with the sketch but I KNOW I'm going to hate it when it comes to the inks. Which... are really only inks in name. Whatever. Here it is, with bonus face closeup (and a view of the cover for the new Cobra Starship album, Hot Mess). You'll probably be able to follow my

Two Cups Into My Coffee Break...

2009-06-23T20:35:00.003-04:00

Lots of stuff this time around, and mostly finished too! Amazing, right?These are two Gurren Lagann prints I've been working on for Otakon. Yoko is done. Adiane should be finished soon but I'm taking a break so that I can work on my other prints. Namely, Gambit. I sort of want to get those flats done as soon as possible. Why?This is the progress on my business card design/logo. I'm done now. It

Finished Sketch Cards

2009-06-12T02:48:00.002-04:00

Finished Emo Boy and Audrey II. Just scanned. Need sleep now. Will maybe post more thought-out things later. Couch-crashing time.

Sketch Cards

2009-06-10T20:23:00.004-04:00

So, I've been doing these sketch cards for, like, three days for absolutely no reason. I've got three right now and I'm working on more. They're in the order I did them, actually.First is Emo Boy, whose speech bubble now has appropriately emo lyrics (from the hidden spoken word track part of "...but home is nowhere" from AFI's Sing The Sorrow).Second is this... Audrey II (Little Shop Of Horrors)

Dear Gravity...

2009-06-06T01:56:00.006-04:00

Okay, so I'm starting work on prints again. No, I still haven't really worked much on Gambit but I'm getting to him. I started sketching a print based on the Fall Out Boy song Tiffany Blews. The girl here is (obviously) not Tiffany from Fall Out Toyworks. She might be slightly based on my friend Tiffany but whatevs. There's also a Squishy Thing and a This Isn't A Mashup Of Luke Chueh/Gir/

Emma Frost Portrait

2009-06-02T00:10:00.004-04:00

Oh, hey, look, this has absolutely nothing to do with vinyl toys! What a shock! Anyways, this is a portrait of Emma Frost, also know as the White Queen, of X-Men fame. Now, you may be wondering why on Earth I did a portrait of Emma instead of, say, finishing my Gambit print. Quite simply. As Grace so loving put it, I am a fangirl. This is a (belated) birthday gift for Andy Hurley, the drummer of

Oh right...

2009-05-31T01:36:00.002-04:00

New post over on Side Effect, the other blog. I swear I'm going to get back to art that's a bit more mainstream at some point. And by mainstream, I guess I mean not mainstream at all. Gambit print. I'm all over that shit, like, after I finish this vinyl. And maybe the next one. And the Dunnys I've got planned... Just kidding, it's next. Or now, maybe.

Urban Vinyl Toys: The Reckoning

2009-05-28T23:24:00.003-04:00

Nope, the title makes absolutely no sense. So anyway, I have a wholly different blog for my vinyls, which I share with Mooshu. That would be It's Not A Side-Effect Of The Fumes, I'm Thinking It Must Be Cute. You can see my latest post here But check out the main link to see Mooshu's Ninja Cat. It's adorable.

Urban Vinyl Toys: The Beginning...

2009-05-23T20:34:00.007-04:00

Somewhat recently(ish), I've gotten into the whole art of customizing vinyl toys, such as the sort you'd find at Kidrobot. So far, I've painted two: a Mini Munny and a 3" Dunny. Above are a few photos of both in my workspace, as well as mini photoshoots with the Mini Munny on South Street. For further info on both, as well as eventual purchasing (within the coming week, I should think), feel free

In case you were wondering...

2009-05-09T13:35:00.005-04:00

I have a flickr account for my photography, which can be found here.Also, I've mostly finished the first 20DNB print (at least, to the point I'll show online) and that can be found hereI also have another quick thing I threw together here.Video (hopefully) and photos of my Fall Out Boy zoetrope are soon to come. And maybe animatics of my theses. Maybe. I'll at least upload stills eventually.If

Flickr

2009-05-09T13:27:00.001-04:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

It's been a while...

2009-04-27T03:06:00.004-04:00

So, posting! Woo! I know you missed me. If you're following my Twitter, I've been a bit... wrapped up in The Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers of late. (For more info, see the official IC website.) But I've also been arting! There's a... an amount of stuff that's in my sketchbook and I'm too lazy to sketch, but mostly it's here. I should probably offer up some sort of explanation... But I'm

Tiny Fall Out Boy...

2009-04-07T00:58:00.002-04:00

In tiny, tiny suits! So adorable! I honestly can't look at them without wanting to pinch their cheeks. Still trying to make a decision on the eyes though. They creep me out slightly with the being empty but I think they'll work three-dimensionally. These will be sculpted (like, by hand!) so I'll post progress as I go.Semi-legible notes are only semi-legible (and bright red).

More DomWar!

2009-03-31T04:12:00.004-04:00

Yep, new DomWar sketches. Just portraits, as I wanted to work out that part a bit more. ... I added horns and she's now got just a mohawk. Woo!

Model model model...

2009-03-27T13:59:00.002-04:00

So, I've been modeling of late. Modeling and spazzing. In turns. These are the fruits of those efforts: a fairly androgynous basic male body that will serve as the basis for most of my models this semester. Ain't he sexy? About two nights of work. And spazzing. Can't forget the spazzing. Going to tone down those booty butt cheeks...

Fwoosh!

2009-03-24T20:46:00.003-04:00

Quick color test! ... Okay, bye.

More Dominance War!

2009-03-24T03:01:00.002-04:00

Giving you more, whether you want it or not.

Demon Princes Aren't Always Princes...

2009-03-23T02:40:00.003-04:00

This is my DomWar 4 entry, in her design stages. Updated sketch page, new sketch that I'm still working on, and lots of random notes to myself. Still no name or backstory. Soon, soon...

Hyped On Sugar, Will Do Pose Sketches

2009-03-17T05:42:00.004-04:00

Just some pose sketches I did this morning/last night while riding out a Mountain Dew fueled sugar high. Done on the lovely Cintiqs at school. Will be going home to shower and crash now.Why yes, that is a new Desolation Row MCR background I've got going on there. You can't see it, but Bob Bryar is going to come through my screen one of these days and kill me dead. His face says so. The only way

Random Thing-a-lings

2009-03-09T15:51:00.004-04:00

Just some stuff I've done semi-recently. Quick paint of my war general (which was never finished), both with and without sketch over it, and random doodles done while watching the Hulk vs. Wolverine and Wonder Woman animated movies. As soon as this virus scan is finished, I'll be working on my website. Something says iTunes+twhirl+Skype+Adium+Last.fm+Flash+VirusScan is a ridiculously BAD idea...

Dominance War IV: General ... from HELL!

2009-02-26T14:45:00.002-05:00

This is my general for Dominance War. No, I haven't been able to come up with anything better. ._.; If nothing else, she'll make a good character design portfolio piece... May model her later, outside of DomWar.

Long Time, No Post!

2009-02-24T21:45:00.003-05:00

Yeah, so, been a while hasn't it? Been very much tied up with school work (and Twitter) and neglecting to post things here. Because, believe it or not, I've been sketching a pretty fair amount. Not a page a day, but something. Been working on my thesis, as well as an entry for the Dominance War mini-challenge. I'll post that later. In the mean time, have some sketches from my thesis.First is

Trying Something New...

2009-01-28T01:13:00.003-05:00

I have an account with Disqus, because I feel the random need to comment on Pete Wentz's blog sometimes. So I'm seeing if I can set it up with this somehow. All the old comments (all, like, three of them) are still there but new comments will go... somewhere. Somewhere else. I'll figure out where in, like, ten seconds. Carry on with your lives!PS: Will have actual art later. Promise.ETA: Okay, so

Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it, burn it, leave it, stop. Format it.

2009-01-19T05:16:00.003-05:00

So, makin' another post after a wonderfully exciting day spent mostly in my bed doodling and listening/watching Cobra Starship's stickam (more fun than it sounds, swears). Here, have the fruits (well, the ones by me) of my labor.1. Scrapped sketch of Elle and Chester2. Doodling of Queenie's Assassins, who don't yet have a formal name. Inspired by the paintings of Michael Hussar and fetish wear.

Headfirst for halos!

2009-01-12T00:18:00.003-05:00

See? I'm pretending to work on new things! I realized that the only thing the person in my DA gift exchange (late, I know) even vague described were locales. Which left me in a predicament. I can't draw layouts/landscapes/whatever you want to call them to save my life. >.< So... I whipped this up in SBP. Ummm, don't try too hard to figure out what all that technicolor jazz actually is. Even I'm

I've got troubled thoughts and the self-esteem to match.

2009-01-09T01:20:00.004-05:00

About to take a little break, so here's the progress on my concept sketches for Elle Little. I gotta say, I'm loving how she's coming out, but I'm sure I'll need to make changes and tweaks so she's stylistically consistent with the guys. I'm glad I did her first though. Pierrot would have easily ended up Burton-esque if I'd done him first. Chester probably would have followed the same path. But

I don't care what you think, just as long as it's about me.

2009-01-08T05:22:00.002-05:00

Too much Fall Out Boy is bad for me but somehow spawned the above sketches. No idea how that works out. Folie A Deux on repeat equals an elven druid thing and a demon boy with a faux witchblade? ... Maybe I'll listen to more tomorrow. Going to try and do my concept work for my thesis. Anyways, done in Sketchbook Pro, in a sorry attempt to be more like the concept artists I so love. I've got a

When you gonna ring it?

2008-12-30T06:34:00.002-05:00

Geez, so many posts so fast! Hanging out with the con family sure has jump started productivity. I just wish I could, you know, come up with a story for my animations. >.> Anyways, this is my version of Death and the Maiden. Death and the Maiden, you wonder, wasn't that a CGHub challenge from, like, a month ago? Why the heck are you doing something with it now, you crazy? Simple. I liked my idea

Things I Forgot

2008-12-29T20:33:00.002-05:00

So, I never uploaded the beauty renders from my 3D modeling class. You shall no longer be spared the almost shiny-desu/Twilight level glimmer and sparkle that so baffled my classmates. Feast your eyes on the apple that looks like a maraschino cherry, the mysterious glowing emo ring, and the wineglass no one ever wants to see again! FEAST YOUR EYES! ... Also, the first thing is an updated version

"Snakes on titties?"

2008-12-29T04:30:00.004-05:00

I'd explain that title, but it'd be long and stupid so... yeah. There's boobs though. So, first is the sketch, along with a scrapped one of Pierrot (because I cannot perch hats). The final is on DA.

A glazed medic, usin' no anesthetic...

2008-12-26T19:28:00.006-05:00

I actually had this whole long post last night but lost it. I forget how. Anywho, spurred on by seeing progress shots of Grace's centaur, I decided to take one of my sketches from that dump a bit ago (his current name is Night Surgeon, inspired by the song of the same name from Repo!) and color it, starting with tones. Ummm... my tones need work. The other thing is a crappy doodle done in

More Rings!

2008-12-07T03:17:00.005-05:00

Just gonna edit this post from now on. Other one had too much text for that.

Oh goodness...

2008-12-07T00:55:00.004-05:00

I kind of forgot I had a 3D modeling class and thus have about one month's worth of random modeling shit to catch up on overnight. That said, I'll be damned if I have to do it all in Form Z, which is 'tarded to the extreme (and makes excessive use of the letter 'z', which we all know went out in the 90's with all other forms of forcing xtreme on things). So! I'm using a combination of Maya and Z

More Animation Shits

2008-11-23T20:52:00.003-05:00

Oh look, this one's closer to a still! All it needs is a background. And maybe a Spanish narrator... Oh, Joooooooooooon... (That is a reference to The Legend of the Scarecrow, which is looking more and more like an inspiration I forgot about. >.<) ... Here, have some Glukoza weirdness to make up for this useless post.

More Animation Junk

2008-11-23T02:53:00.002-05:00

Just two things this time. My finished (and rigged, but you can't see it) Corgi and set (no background) from a ridiculously high angle, final render settings, no caustics or global illumination because they took too long and looked like crap respectively. Time to render this: 19 seconds. Damn, sometimes I'm good... Just one thing. Does it look enough like night yet? >.< Here's my remaining to-do

Still Alive

2008-11-04T12:46:00.002-05:00

Just some quick renders (okay, one) and lighting tests from my animation. Oh god, so far behind! Be hopefully rigging will go fairly quickly and I can start actually animating. Halloween, my biggest holiday and distraction, has passed, so I can focus more now. Yay, focus! Enjoy, guys. I know I'll be enjoying me some all-nighters in a row, first of which was last night.

Sketch Dump Time!

2008-10-22T22:06:00.003-04:00

DA Version HereSo, I'm finally posting my sketch dump! Huzzah! Here's the write-up, copy-pasted from the DA post I just made but including one more like. Because DA was gay and threw in a smiley... >.> Also, I think I just may have a thing for 'hawks. 'Hawks of all shapes and sizes... Anyways!1+3: This is one of the characters from my animation this semester, Dapper Skeleton. I'll be uploading a

This is it...

2008-10-18T01:38:00.003-04:00

Quitters never win. Nor do poorly drawn dark/night elves. I am sorry. I need to work on some prints for Katsucon. Seriously do. I should get to that some time... Yeah... Sorry about not posting?

Damn...

2008-10-10T13:13:00.005-04:00

I have a good reason for not posting things recently. I've been working on either my thesis or doing sketches and my scanner decided that it preferred not to play nice with OSX Leopard. So! I need either a new scanner or Canon to update the drivers, which is looking unlikely because my scanner is cheap and semi-old. So it could be while. Or maybe not, since I do need a production still for class

30 Seconds To...

2008-09-10T00:34:00.004-04:00

You were expecting 30 Seconds to Mars, right? Sorry to disappoint just "30" (I actually set it to 45 for most/all of these) second sketches. Photoshop was lagging with the first set, but I am running a small clusterfuck of programs, so it's understandable. It just... never did this before the upgrade (I got Leopard because I needed ONE program for ONE class >.>)... So yeah. I missed a day, but I

21! Player Wins!

2008-09-07T10:53:00.002-04:00

XD Hahaha! Anyways, more 30 second sketches. I might be getting a little better already. Anyways, 21 this time. Because I can never seem to do just 10... I think my favorite thing about this is that I'm definitely seeing angles that I generally don't but that are used a lot in animation and illustration. Which does beg the question of who the fuck started using them in the first place... But

30 Second Sketches

2008-09-07T00:32:00.002-04:00

Oh god, exporting killed it! Now you really can't see what's going on! Not that you could have before...So I'm working really hard on improving. First thing to do was to work on drawing from a model/life. I'm too poor to hire one so I choose the next best thing: the internet! And, because I'm allergic to porn (pfffft!), I used this nifty thing here to help me out. I was actually working okay just

Quickie WiP: Queen of Apology

2008-09-05T21:50:00.002-04:00

Like the title says, this one's just a quickie painting to get myself used to Painter a bit more. I've been having problems getting colors to look right, but I'm getting better. It's shiny on the highlights (which does make some sense considering the skin tone) so I'm going to go back and tint that pink when I finish up everything else. Actually... now that I look at it, it's too lopsided. >.< So

Speed Paint Epic Fail!

2008-09-01T22:33:00.002-04:00

So, I tried speed painting. It was going okay but... I had a serious epic fail. The pink I used for the highlighting might work on Caucasian/Asian skin but certainly nothing darker. T.T So I tried a technique I'd found on dA for doing eyes (which did turn out well) then quit while I was ahead. >.< So... my efforts for you to laugh at. All in all, this took a little under 1 hour, with a continuous

Long Time, No Post

2008-08-20T01:34:00.005-04:00

Ack! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything! I completely forgot about this place. Hopefully, I won't for much longer. I've just updated my commission prices (in general, they've dropped from the I-really-don't-want-any-right-now-kthxbai level they were at). You can find them here.I actually haven't been all that productive lately. But here's some of the stuff I've done or am working

Yet Another Dump!

2008-05-12T22:25:00.004-04:00

This ones from dA soooooooo...Storyboarding Final:http://sometimesusually.deviantart.com/art/CD-2129-Turnaround-85424013http://sometimesusually.deviantart.com/art/CD-Larry-Turnaround-85424379 http://sometimesusually.deviantart.com/art/SB-Story-Illustration-1-85425110 http://sometimesusually.deviantart.com/art/SB-Story-Illustration-2-85425831 http://sometimesusually.deviantart.com/art/

Keep Moving Forward

2008-05-03T22:11:00.002-04:00

"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious... And curiousity keep leading us down new paths."-Walt DisneyThank you, Meet the Robinsons, for an inspiring Disney quote. I think I might make it my new motto and something to live by. ^.^

Dump

2008-04-24T22:25:00.003-04:00

Massive dump of doom and I don't feel like talking about it. ._.; It's something like half school work, half randomness, and a single graffiti doodle for Mel/PB from her birthday. Expect more Tegaki, as it's addictive and I need to do things which need warm-ups. Yeah.

Dump: Sometimes, I Do Things

2008-04-08T08:28:00.004-04:00

So, I've actually sketched quite a lot since my last update. First up, a "quick" portrait of Gaia's krunkkid's character, Meshi. It was fun but I have SOOOOOOO far to go on painting skin. Second is an adorable little chibi of Grace/fongmingyun's character Rivek, done for chibi practice and because I owe Con Mommy. Lastly, a finished(?) background from the PFF trailer project. We... placed last.

Another Load.

2008-03-09T01:39:00.003-05:00

Another mini-dump. The first is a finished painting for an animation. It's kind of bad. T.T Second is some perspective practice. Yay. Third is an update on The Elven Queen. The rest will be finished digitally. I've made some recent traditional changes, but I'm too lazy to scan them. >.< I fixed the eyes, nose, and lips. Lastly is a super quick painting to attempt skin. I failed. T.T;;

Mini-Dump

2008-03-01T22:38:00.002-05:00

I've been picking diligently away at various projects: con prep, a liberal arts project I'm using as a print making front (>.<), animation project (which I might also make prints from, since I'm painting things for it), and whatever other homework I have. So, here's a quick sketch dump.The first is an Avatar: the Last Airbender style sketch of my character Annette. She'd definitely be Fire Nation

Dump: Hey, Little Sister...

2008-02-24T01:17:00.003-05:00

That is my sad attempt at both watercolor and a chibi. I fail, hardcore. Added note: I'd been working on this ... Until Grace pointed out the arm. Now I'm scrapping it and starting over. Yeah. I need to go to bed. G'night, folks.

Post Katsucon

2008-02-21T09:59:00.003-05:00

So! Katsucon was fun. I didn't do all that well, but it was fun. Here's some sketches I did while sitting at the table ad not doing commissions. First two are Elle Little and Chester Kabyle from Bastille, something that will turn into either an animated series pitch or comic pitch after graduation.Honestly, though, my favorite part was doing the character designs. >.

SAVE TEGAKI E!

2008-02-11T01:45:00.001-05:00

So. I'm sure, at some point, you've looked at/heard of/psychically gleaned information about TegakiE, right? Well, if not, you've been living under a rock. For serious. Even I know. Anyway, this whole venture was started by a friend of a friend and I've known about it since fairly early on and it's been cool to see it grow. Especially recently. However, the recent explosion of users means that

Pchat: A Portrait of Contemplative Solitude

2008-02-10T00:50:00.000-05:00

... or, Because I'm Frickin' EMO! T.T I inked it and was going to color it too before I was stupid and try to cross-hatch without changing the layer. So I ended up needing to erase the inks and didn't feel like doing it again. And I fixed the lips and eyes too... Anyways, I'm gonna go back to reading depressing apocalyptic works then go to bed and have nightmares.

Turnarounds

2008-02-08T00:05:00.001-05:00

So! For my Moving art class, we have to do a series of turnarounds. One is in your styel and the rest are from various styles of animation. So far we've done Cohl/Blackton/McCay and the next is 30s style, which is what the above pencil scribble is for. Here's links to the deviations of what I've done so far.Original Take 1Original Take 2Cohl Style

Doodle: Reach For The Stars, Girl...

2008-02-05T23:59:00.000-05:00

...and you'll never be disappointed. I don't know. It's really just a pchat doodle that sort of happened. No point. No purpose. But it came out pretty nice. The legs are weird, but I could fix that. I refuse to show Grace though. She'll tell me to do something constructive with it... Like finish and color it... Which, honestly, isn't a bad idea... Huhn... Maybe one day. I've got a few high

Doodle Bug

2008-01-30T18:16:00.000-05:00

I've been doodling a lot, rather than doing, say, my homework. >.< It'll be semi-helpful later at least. Anyways, some recent things. A little colored pchat doodle (coloring is so much harder than it looks). A pchat self portrait (which failed) and... a thing in photoshop. I think it's a faerie. I don't plan on ever finishing it. I don't like how the hair came out but i needed some skin practice

Pchat~!

2008-01-19T10:21:00.001-05:00

So I've been pchatting again. Thought I'd share what I've done. Not much to say about them. One started as a sketch chibi that I took around the world into a few different programs, ending in Flash. These are the flats. I've done more but I don't feel like opening Flash to save a copy. >.

Original: Ameir Portrait

2008-01-02T21:38:00.000-05:00

Just a link to the dA page this time, because I'm lazy. Click the title of the post for the link. It's a portrait of my Watcher character, Donovan Ameir Forrellis, otherwise simply known as Ameir. For randomness' sake, I'll post some bits of an IM with Grace, the owner of a certain Aidan, who is also a Watcher. If you want to know what went down, you'll have to join the forums here: http://

Masssive Art Dump!

2008-01-01T23:39:00.000-05:00

Here's a fairly large dump of everything I've worked on since my last update. More or less.First up, we have the finished, full version of this bookmark (titled Innocence Invocation), along with a random dynamic sketch of a conjurer in the middle of a jump (?!), and a quick paint test of the CG method I used for Innocence Invocation. I need to work on the technique and clean it up a lot, but I'll

Original: White Unicorn

2007-12-15T23:58:00.000-05:00

Long time, no post! So, I decided to get cracking on that long list of art to do for cons and wanted to do a warm-up sketch first. But I'm really liking how this is turning out so I might just have to take it into Painter and try to do something awesome with it. XD Anyways, it's inspired by Wolfmother's "White Unicorn". You should give those guys a listen. They're pretty awesome. You probably

PChat is Love

2007-11-25T01:19:00.000-05:00

Today (well, last night now, really) I discovered the joys of PChat. You'll now be able to find me on Niko's whenever I get the time and I can drag people with me. My name's kamikaze.echoes. Other spots might take a bit more convincing. But probably not much.

Fanart: Cloudnyne

2007-11-23T20:08:00.000-05:00

Another quickie doodle, this time General Cloudnyne from D.Gray-man. Not much to say. I really like her design and there was finally a full body shot in volume 7, which I picked up today. So I doodled this. Ehn. Enjoy.

Gift: A Little Bit of Birthday Fail

2007-11-22T18:48:00.000-05:00

I did this for my friend Ally/betrayal-and-wisdom's birthday. But, as I was playing about with a ballpoint pen, I made a mistake, tried to apple+z, and failed. But, hey, I'm only human. ... I think... Anyways, here's a quick doodle, yo. Also note the god-awful handwriting...

Original Doodle:

2007-11-21T23:56:00.001-05:00

Not too much to say here. It's a random doodle of a character I made for an assignment last year. Her name's Maeve and she's from a cyberpunk and acts as an assassin/mercenary. She won't take a job unless she has a good reason. And she's highly sought after. More than likely, the only way to get in contact with her would be to get in touch with a contact, who would contact someone else who would

Sketch: The Aging Mad Scientist

2007-11-04T18:58:00.000-05:00

This was the beginning of a character design assignment that I wasn't entirely pleased with and abandoned to head in a new direction. If I had finished it up (it was an aging assignment, by the way), his name would have probably ended up being Vladamir or Rasputin or something along those lines. But this is all you get in the end of that venture. An aging mad scientist in about his 50s. He looks

Something Completely Different

2007-10-26T13:05:00.000-04:00

These are assignments for my sound design class that I had a bit of fun with. I hope you enjoy the silliness.

Character Designs: The British Royal Air Force Sky Captains

2007-10-22T17:34:00.000-04:00

This was an assignment for my Character Design and Layout class: design five character in the same uniform and label them. Here's my final product, five sky captains with the British Royal Air Force. If you click on the image, it should become big enough for you to read all the type. Although... I spelled Anne Marie's name wrong. >.<; Anyways, I also had to write up a profile for one character

Color Experimentation

2007-10-14T22:36:00.000-04:00

Hey, long time no post. I've been pretty busy with my junior thesis, but I did manage to pump out a little something tonight. I, unfortunately, didn't do the sketch. I wish I had, but I didn't. It was done by my friend Juno Mendiola in our Sound Design class on Thursday night. The only bad thing is he did in the middle of one of my craptastic shot sketches. I had to erase bits of poorly drawn

Style Play

2007-09-06T13:25:00.000-04:00

I've been playing with amy style a bit in anticipation of my junior thesis, so here are the results from yesterday. These are all really basic mannequins with next to no definition and are, in fact, how I start every single sketch. I've decided on a variation of the one to the right in the second, a bit Burton-esque.

High Fantasy, Whut?

2007-09-01T23:41:00.000-04:00

So yeah. Did a bit of high fantasy from a possible client, which is why there are watermarks (I'm generally too lazy to use them). One is an assassin waiting in some sort of underground cathedral or something. I don't know. Have I ever made very much sense when it comes to these things? The other is a hell hound. It started out like as s sphinx but I wasn't feeling the leonine mane and went down

New Lappy=New Sketch!

2007-08-31T17:26:00.000-04:00

So, I've finally come back with sketches, woo! I've also got a shiny new Macbook Pro that is seriously in need of some sticker lovin'. I'll take care of that later. First, my very first finished sketch on Tyche, the new lappy.I've got stuff in my sketchbook from during Orientation, but I need to see if I can get Mac-compatible drivers for my scanner first. Otherwise, crappy iSight pics are coming

Commission Prices and Information

2007-08-15T14:57:00.003-04:00

I reserve the right to include anything done in my portfolio or include it in a demo reel, with credit to you for any original characters. I will not sell prints without your prior consent.Price ListingsChibisPencil Sketch: $8Shaded Pencil Sketch: $10B&W Ink: $15CG: $20Traditional Color: $25PortraitsPencil Sketch: $10-15Shaded Pencil Sketch: $10-20B&W Ink: $15-25CG: $20-30Traditional Color: $25-

A few things to start us off...

2007-08-14T15:36:00.000-04:00

A gift for my friend, Grace, of her OC Rivek Ailinar. Take a look at her gallery here: fongmingyun@DA. She's amazing with, well, anything, but especially a pencil. She's also doing a Gaia auction each day of August. If you're a member and on the wealthy side of things, definitely go bid. Or commission her IRL. I have and have never been disappointed.The Death card of the Major Arcana of the Tarot

Introduction

2007-08-14T15:26:00.000-04:00

Hello and welcome to Steam Powered Pencils. I will be your host, Æther Archer. No other steampunk ranged weapons specialist works it harder. ... I'll also stop making references to Reefer Madness. Now, on to business. This is my sketch blog and I'll soon be posting things like warm-ups, WiPs, concepts for animations and comics and outfits, et cetera et cetera. Look forward to it. I believe you