Archive for the 'Art' Category

Hell(Sack)Boy

I put the final touches on Hell(Sack)Boy today including revised legs, shorts with a hole for his tail, decorative top stitching, and a cigar. I kind of liked him without the decorative stitches, but he’s cute this way, too.

First Colored Pencil Thingie

So I went to the second session of the beginner’s colored pencil class I am taking with my father tonight and finished up the orchid sketch we all started last week.
We were only allowed to use the three primary colors of red, yellow, and blue and white for burnishing last Wednesday, but this week the [...]

1/16/08 Log: Maggie’s Artistic Renaissance

I only got in half of my workout this morning due to time constraints (I have to get to work early on Wednesdays for the next 6 weeks in order to leave early enough to get to the colored pencil drawing class I’m taking with my dad on the other side of town), but I [...]

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SketchSouth Newbie Report

In “What’s going on with my life” news, I attended the weekly SketchSouth drawing group for the first time last night at the local Barnes and Noble store. There were about a dozen local artists there, most of whom work in the comic book or illustration style versus making high-falutin’ fine art with deep, [...]

Two more Winx color tests
Random coloring practice

I grabbed a black and white line drawing of the Winx Club character Musa from the Winx Club web site and used it for digital coloring practice yesterday. My style is usually more realistic, but I want to get better at cel-style coloring so I can knock out some kick butt t-shirt designs for [...]