Archive for February, 2009
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Nereid
Another old drawing. Not too old this time, just from late my junior year of college. I went through a strange period of being able to draw amazing hair. Then it went away. (cries)
This drawing didn’t get too much updating, actually. I made things in the face more bilaterally symmetric, and filled in a few [...]
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Harem Guard
Whenever I read a speculative fiction or sci-fi story that includes a ‘harem’, I’m inevitably confused. Why are harem guards almost invariably male? (Okay, we can argue about whether or not eunuchs are male, but you see what I’m getting at.) Part of the point of the books I like to read is to present [...]
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Dragon: All Done!
So I gave in to my tendencies and made a very, very blue dragon. Well, I guess he’s sort of violet, but it’s balanced by the super-cute teal belly.
And he has pads! Eeeeeeee!
*Cough* Sorry. Regulations require at least one squeal per use of adorable paw pads.
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Dragon: Red
Okay, so I’m probably out of inventiveness as far as titles go.
I’m playing with texture a bit here. It’s subtle (and what do we know about subtlety?) but I like the concept anyway. I was trying to get the skin of the body to have a different taste than the armor scales. ( Due to my [...]
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Dragon: Probably Poisonous
I think this is my best expression so far. The face is cute, sure, but it’s the pose that really does it.
This one went through a few different color changes. I knew I wanted the spots, and I wanted the tail to fade to red, but everything else was up for grabs. For a while [...]
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Dragon: Inquisitive Longneck
Another take on quick scales. I think this one worked out a bit better, although it doesn’t follow the curves of the form as the earlier try did, and I want to fix that. But later. These little studies aren’t about driving myself crazy trying to get it perfect, and I’m finding I like how [...]
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Dragon: Crawler
In my mind, the platonic version of this drawing is powerful and impressive and just this side of discomfortingly alien. Unfortunately the execution is just sort of… awkward. I mean, awkward works too, but it wasn’t my intention.
I do like how the head joints to the neck, and the neck to the body. It’s just [...]
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
Dragon: Fuzzy
A bit more of a mammal than the others, but who said dragons have to be reptiles, anyway? Besides, if I’m going to be absurd (I think the earwings count as absurd, don’t you?) than I’ve offically renounced any friendship logic and I have previously enjoyed.
I blame the whole thing on the cold medicine I’m [...]
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Dragon: Classic Green
First attempt at scales. Well, I should amend that: First attempt at scales in which I did not individually draw every scale by hand. Clearly I don’t have a total grip on this technique yet, but I think it has potential to reduce cramping in my facia over adductor pollicis.
I think of this body type [...]
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Dragon: Tank
Bulls lower their heads and stamp the ground. Elephants fan their ears and trumpet. This guy? I bet he wags his tail and flaps his little wings eagerly before running you over like a freight train.
I like the color job in general, but I’m having second thoughts about the purple. I’m not sure what would [...]