Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Enjoy some yōkai for the art prompt.



I'll add work from everyone else in the group as it's posted.

Inonibird

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Art Prompts!

So, after a bit of talking, Kaiser and I have decided to start doing some art prompts. The more the merrier, so feel free to join in--especially if you're a BG student or alum!

This week's prompt is "something scary." Any media you choose is acceptable. Posting your work by Halloween would be ideal, but you can give yourself a full week (or more) if you like.

These prompts aren't a contest, or a competition. It's just a way to keep your creative juices flowing and have some fun with other artists. Once you've finished the prompt, post your art on your blog, deviantART, website, etc. If you want to share it with everyone, just comment on this post with a link to your image.

And now, enjoy some music.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Bats and Animals!

As promised, here are the concepts that developed into Alba. Also, here are some stylized animals.




Sunday, October 23, 2011

Alba

Just a little illustration I've been working on, lately. This is a new character I designed, a Honduran white bat, named Alba. Drawn in Adobe Illustrator.


You can check out the concepts for this character here.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Color Studies

Lately, I've been trying to put some thought into what areas of my work I need to focus on improving. One of those areas, I think, is color. Looking at my art, overall, I feel that I'm sometimes too conservative with my color schemes.

So, I decided to do a few color studies for a sketch I'd done recently. Since each panel only takes about 15 minutes, tops, there's less "commitment" to make everything perfect and more room to be adventurous. There are some technical problems with the lighting in these. (You can tell I kept changing my mind about where the light source was, and what the room was like.) Really, though, I'm just glad I pushed myself to do something different.

For now, I'd be interested to hear opinions from my readers and other artists. Problems aside, is there panel you like best? A panel you think almost works, but could be stronger? Let me know!

Set1

Set1 with layer blending. B is combined with A; C is combined with D

Set 2