Tumblr Blog

I'm slowly converting to Tumblr...

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Nninjas+

(I never know which format to save all my flattened images ><;)

This was a quick silly doodle I did a while ago which I only just managed to colour. My friends and I downloaded such a funny game on xbox called N+ which we play once and a while. So this is us in our ninja colours! There’s me (when I had red hair), Rob, Joe, and my bf Rich. :P This is for you guys. <3

Another Blog

http://wingspan-rio.tumblr.com/

I've joined Tumblr. Going to see how it goes with that blog and decide which I prefer. :)

Overwhelmed!

There's just so much I want to do with art! Sometimes it drives me crazy and I don't know where to begin. I know with all my heart I want to be a character/concept artist, but I just don't know what style is me. A lot of people seem to contradict each other about style as well, saying you shouldn't worry about style, but then others want to see a certain style. Guess I just have to keep experimenting until something "clicks."

Steam Klunk Incomplete

Really not feeling well today. I woke up late and tried to finish this piece for a jam on cghub, but was just a few minutes too late for the deadline. This is what I managed to finish and upload, but if I had given myself more time I would have done a lot more to it. I'm going to move on now from this and work on other pieces that are trapped within my mind.

Steam Klunk

an idea I'm devloping...

Quickies

Just some quick practice doodles... found a cool way to do cel shading. I keep discovering new techniques and then falling into a confusing decision wondering which method is really ME. I wish there were more hours within a day...

Firey Chibi

For a project I'm helping out with. Character designed by BritishMuffin on Deviantart. I'm not really sure about the background though.. might end up going back and changing it.

Final Moogle

The finished moogle commission. :) The client wanted a Kingdom Hearts look.

Moogle Rough

Here's a rough sketch of the moogle character I've been commissioned to do.

Moogle Design

This is another commission I'm working on for someone's moogle character. These are quick costume ideas which I coloured to show where the armour would sit. Once I've been given feedback I can get started on the rough sketch.

Quick-e

I'm helping out with a team preparing artwork for a con next year. I thought it would be a good way to give a little something, get some experience working in a team, and also to keep myself busy this summer. So here's a little sneak peek work in progress. Character created by British Muffin who you can find here:

MacMillan Prize Finals

and here they are! The MacMillan Prize required a dummy book plus four final spreads. These are the four that I chose, one of them being the final "Flight" spread which is posted step by step below. Raven flying to the heavens, opening a bag of stars, having his feathers burned by the sun, and the final spread of how he became black and how he brought light to the world. I'm so happy with these, and if I ever get a chance I'd like to finalize all my spreads. Especially the first spread so you can see the contrast between the world of darkness and light.

MacMillan Prize: Flight work in Progress

Right! Thought you all would like to see a work in progress of how I painted one of my spreads for my children's book. First I plan the pages out in the dummy book (posted below). I didn't need to correct much for this page so I lightboxed the sketch onto stretched watercolour paper and applied acyrlic texture in some areas.

Once the paper and texture dry I apply a flat wash of colour.

I keep working darker tones into the colour painting both wet on wet and also waiting for layers to dry, also keeping light areas in mind for the text.

I repeat these steps into each area of colour, working from the background into the foreground. For the final touches I will use white gouache and acrylic for highlights and also coloured pencil to bring details out.

MacMillan Prize Dummy Book

I decided to post a few older pieces up here during my last term of uni. These are some sample pages from my Dummy Book I did for the MacMillan Prize. I rewrote and illustrated the story of how Raven brought light to the world, which is an old Alaskan folk tale. The story is 32 pages in total plus covers and title page. I loved this project so much and would like to finalize the book one day if I get the chance. Not all the pages of the dummy book were in colour, but most were done in layers of colour pencil and acrylic for highlights.

I'm Back

and have major jet lag, but it was so good to see my family again. I've got a huge summer's to do list before uni starts! aahhhh!! and I want to set myself a personal project to keep improving in my art.

Dump

Just some really quick doodles before I'm off. I'm so excited to see my family again after two long years!

Business Card

Here's my business card created for the summer exhibition. :)

On an Adventure

FREEDOM! Just completed my second year of uni :) Now I'll be off to America in a few days until mid July. I'll have a lot more work to post up then and already have a couple commissions lined up for when I get back!

Woohoo!

Girl Sitting

A sketch of the main character in my childrens book for a uni final. Still expirimenting with digital and traditional.