The Persistence of Leeanne

Finger Chess Board

2014-03-19T11:40:00.000-04:00

So my Boyfriend and I had a great idea, I don't entirely know who came up with it first but we decided to make a finger chess set much like the one that Salvador Dali made.

I am a big fan of Dali and his surrealist work. The name of my blog comes from a famous Dali painting: The persistence of time (the one with all the droopy clocks). We made a few changes to the design of the chess pieces. We decided that each finger (and one big toe) would be a different piece.

Pawn = Pinky finger

Rook = Big toes

Bishop = Index finger

Knight = Thumb

King = Middle finger

Queen = Ring Finger

I initially wanted them to be color coordinated to our favorite colors - his being blue and mine being green, or is it the other way around... I think it might be the other way around. But we decided on blue and pink.

It was a long process to get the pieces the way they are. I didn't entirely know where to start. He took a good design leap and suggested that the fingers should be standing on something. We decided to go to our local dollar store, we picked up some plastic poker chips. Really awesome idea on his part. We first took molds of our fingers and toes. Then we glued the fingers to the bases. Step three had us making molds of the fingers on their bases. Step four had us mixing the plastic and pouring them into the molds.

This whole process took a few months to do. Both of us having very busy schedules - we did as much as we could together. My boyfriend was able to find acrylic - plastic in the colors we needed for the board and he got them cut as well (by a professional so they're a bit more exact). We also decided that to distinguish the king and queen we would get rings - as crowns.

We got the rings from ebay, the down side is that we had to wait for what felt like 2 months for them to come. But it's finally finished!!!

Till next time!

Leftover Canvas

2013-10-10T00:06:00.000-04:00

I was thinking about what to do with my left over canvas. I, like many other artists reuse the wooden frames of old canvases. Stretch new canvas where that old painted canvas stood. There are other ways, however where one could just paint over the old stretched canvas. It takes a sander to get rid of all the bumpy paint and a some gesso to cover everything. But what if you wanted to start completely new? What happens to that extra canvas that you've essentially de-boned? I know it's a gruesome way of putting it. You wouldn't be able to stretch it again on to a new frame.

You could just use it as a palette for more paint and then call it an abstraction. But then again I already have a really good palette. One that can save the colors you're working with so you'll be able to use it next time. This way it would dry up too fast.

You could possibly create a really strong paper mache sculpture, with out the paper. But then again it would take a lot of glue and a lot of time. None of which I have right now.

I have a huge stack (well it's not really a stack more like a pile) okay a pile of old canvases, and I don't know what to do with them.

We live in a recycling community, the renewing, reusing, and complete inability to throw out anything. I feel bad just throwing anything out. I have never thrown out any old canvas paintings, even the ones that aren't mine. I have bought old paintings that were on stretched canvas just so I could take the frame. It saves me money and the money goes to a good place. Usually going to a club at the university.

But then I sit here with this:

a bunch of used staples and used canvases. Possibly still good, probably. But then again there's only so far I can stretch a canvas.

Till next time.

Year In Review

2012-12-28T22:05:00.002-05:00

So I've decided to look into my old post that I made almost a year ago about new years resolutions. And I'm a bit happy that I did accomplish most of them, not all mind you, but most.

Lets take a look at the list:

1. Work in different mediums when doing stuff in my sketchbook.

I was able to accomplish this I did put in more water color sketches, but my classes did push me to try new things.

2. Get some bookmarks done.

I was able to do more on this, but the document hasn't been printed yet... so no merchandise yet. I did have another great idea. Which I will point out in my New Years Resolution area/page.

3. Get some key-chains done.

I accomplished this!!! YAY! I say this because it has now become something that people just keep wanting at my store. And I plan to make different characters.

4. Put more stuff on sale on the web-site

I was able to put up a print for sale, I know it's not a big improvement but I plan to do more. I have a couple more paintings that I want to make into prints and I will probably go to the same place that I went to before to get the printing done. Which for the record is Grand&Toy, for the record they are a bit expensive, but I can't argue with the quality that does come out from it.

5. Attend more Conventions.

I was hoping it would be more than 4, but I can't go to everything I want. I think that's where the balance comes from. I think the next year will be the same. I might find more mini conventions that I could go to.

- MTAC

- Anime North

- Mini con at my University

- Naru2U

6. Go to Sweden!

No dice on Sweden, but then again I'm always hoping I'd be able to go.

7. Make the blog posts more regular.

I still wasn't on the greatest schedule... just as the year was starting I was full of hope and through the middle I think I gave up. I'm going to try harder next year to make the blog posts a little more regular.

8. Start an online comic.

Not started yet. I just should, instead of just putting off.

Next post... the New Years Resolutions

And just for good measure... here's a drawing :)

As most of you already know, I'm a bit of a Harry Potter fanatic... I'm on pottermore, and I've been sorted into Slytherin and I'm very happy about it.

Till next time!

Abstract Painting

2012-10-08T04:08:00.001-04:00

I've been taking a long hiatus from this blog just hoping that I would be able to get a spark of something new to do, and school happened and I was able to do art. I think I just need some motivation. I always want to try something new with my art projects, something that takes some time but I never see them through to their full completion. It reminds me of Leonardo da Vinci in a way, by no means am I comparing my self to him just the way he would work. He was some what of a flake in many of his art projects, sometimes he wouldn't complete them because he got distracted by something else like math problems or that cool water formation that he saw a few days ago. I feel that way about the internet, I find my self distracted by it and intrigued by its ever changing quality, it's never the same internet. There's always something new to look at, and something else to do. I guess to the easily distracted this is paradise.

I digress... back to showing you some art:

I have an abstract painting class this semester and I'm not too worried about it. I have a great teacher and I've been keeping up with the course load. In one word: Easy. First, the project starts with us getting an unprimed canvas (3ft by 8ft), laying it on the floor and splashing paint onto it. We then had to cut the whole thing up and sow/glue/staple it back together making something else entirely.

This is what I started with:

The prof explained that it might be better for me if it had a bit more variation in the color. This is what came next:

Now at this point the painting was very wet and I had used a lot of paint that was water down. The logical thing would have been just to let it dry in it's place, but I was told that there was going to be another class later that day and they needed the work space as well so I had to move it. Unfortunately when I picked up the canvas (all 3ft by 8ft of it) all the colors began to run into each other and I was left with a muddle of pink and purple. Luckily for me the prof came to my rescue and told me to relax and that I would be able to play with the back side of the canvas as well to created some contrast.

Now the cutting, I had an elaborate plan to make a hanging 3D structure that would come down from the ceiling and look a lot like a Christmas tree with various triangles. Good thing: the prof nixed it. Bad thing: I had already started cutting the triangles. This is what I ended up with. I grabbed my hot glue gun and started gluing the pieces together, folding and layering until I ran out of glue sticks for the glue gun. I then grabbed the needle and thread, which of course isn't as fun because it took a long time to do anything and the fabric was too thick... so yay for blistered fingers.

All in all the prof actually liked it. It taught me a new way of processing art.

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 7

2012-07-07T22:31:00.001-04:00

Day 7 - Favorite Animated Character

Schnitzel! <3

From the Cartoon Network show Chowder! I feel so giddy talking about him. He's so adorable with all his grumpy glory. He only says one word 'Rada' and he is absolutely awesome. I saw him two years ago when I was in Sweden while I was watching the television with my cousins, and I got completely hooked on the show.

Day 8 - Favorite T.V. Show

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 6

2012-07-06T22:08:00.000-04:00

Day 6 - Favorite Movie

Finding Nemo!

I watched this move four times when it first came out and I still crack up when Dori speaks whale. I can't tell you how many times I've actually seen it because honestly I've lost count. And I know I'd probably watch it again with fresh new eyes completely enthralled in the story.

Day 7 - Favorite Animated character

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 5

2012-07-05T21:10:00.000-04:00

Day 5 - Favorite Book(s)

From J.K. Rowling and Margaret Atwood. I've read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire about 6-7 times. And my favorite chapter is the 'First Task'. I didn't think the movie did it justice. It's just a lot more awesome in my head. :P

I recommend Oryx and Crake to any one interested in post-apocalyptic stories. I think I'm on my 4th read of the book. I've lent it out to one of my boy friend's brothers. I love the commentary on the stuff we put in our body.

Tomorrow - Day 6 - Favorite movie

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 4

2012-07-04T12:51:00.000-04:00

Day 4 - Best Friend(s)!

I've got a few more... but I couldn't fit them all in. The taller one is Liz and the shorter one is Kayla (the height difference is true!). I've know both for more than 10 years now. :D We've taken a cooking class together during high school and they made it just more awesome. We were also in our high school's concert band together. I played the flute, Kayla played the saxophone and Liz played the trumpet. And I consider them as surrogate sisters. Liz is now married and still an avid Batman fan. Kayla's is the one that I go to cons with, she makes awesome lolita clothes and accessories!

Day 5 - Favourite Book

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 3

2012-07-03T13:01:00.001-04:00

Day 3 - Favourite food!

Any one who has ever come with me to an all you can eat sushi restaurant can vouch for my love of Salmon. Just thinking about it makes me drool. I was thinking about colouring this picture, but cravings made stop. I love just drenching the salmon sashimi in soy sauce and eating some sushi rice separately. It's my happy place, I also do a happy dance after the first bite.

I have cravings now, I'll be back in a bit... gone to get some salmon sushi.

Day 4 - Best Friend

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 2

2012-07-02T12:30:00.000-04:00

Day 2 - Favourite Animal

Tigers!!! I know some may not believe in the Chinese Zodiac, but I'm born under the year of the Tiger! I don't know if that has any pull in what I do or the way I lead my life but I like it none the less. I don't know why I decided to do a baby instead of a grown adult tiger, one reason could be that I don't feel like a complete adult just yet. And those of you who know all about the Chinese Zodiac more would be able to figure out how old I really am! Don't tell anyone please! :P

Day 3: Favourite Food

Till next time!

30 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 1

2012-07-02T00:16:00.002-04:00

I decide to complete a 30 day drawing challenge to:

1. Kill some time

2. Improve my skills

3. To see if I can actually do this

I'll be posting each day to keep up with it each day. So with out further ado... Day 1: Me!

I did two versions of myself, but I think that they are both a caricature of my self not anything close to "natural". I do like both versions though.

So if I do eventually get through this, I might do a pokemon related 30 day challenge.

Day 2: Favourite Animal!

Tomorrow

Till next time!

AnimeNorth Aftermath

2012-05-29T02:02:00.001-04:00

I can't believe it's been one year since I started "Tangles". I honestly thought that I'd never get past AnimeNorth 2011. It's just on the strange side. I can't get past the craziness of it.

So AnimeNorth 2012 was just completely awesome. I saw a few old friends, got a couple of new posters, picked up a manga and ate a really awesome burrito. Oh burrito, how you complete me.

Well with out any further ramblings about food, here is our booth!

I was join by my friend Kayla (the one with the pink hair) and Carol (she isn't in the picture :( or she could be hiding). This picture was taken on Sunday, when we finally had a chance to breathe. The TCC was packed with people, I mean really really packed. I was expecting a lot less people on Saturday, but I guess people were there for sales. But all in all a good time was had by all.

I also had some of my art work at the Gallery Momiji at the convention. I was able to dig up an old picture that I posted on this blog earlier in the year and show some progress of the art. I wish I could have had a middle work in progress picture possibly just to show some progress.

It sold at a live auction for about $35. Which isn't too bad, I was expecting it to go for much less. I think I will put a posting up on Etsy to sell prints, I've got a ton of them left over.

Another think I introduced at the con were Adventure Time Tangles! Last time I think I only had Jake and Princess Bubblegum. Then I added Marceline and Jake. They are now on Etsy as a set. :D

I think the next con that I'm heading to is Atomic Lolipop, if they could just get back to me about a table.

Well till next time!

oh man.. burrito cravings!!!

What time is it?

2012-05-12T22:19:00.001-04:00

ADVENTURE TIME!!!

That's right I've been working on Adventure Time Tangles I've got Princess Bubblegum done as well as Jake the Dog. Finn the Human is about half way done and the others are slowly getting painted.

I have tones of stuff to do for the prep for Anime North, I need to finish way too many paintings although I did do some planning for the time and the frustrations that come with Anime North, I forgot something.

I have another table set up for the Gallery Momiji at Anime North as well as a Dealers room table with my good friends Kayla, Carol, and Amy. Now at the table for Gallery Momiji, I will have paintings for auction . They are one of a kind paintings and they also include prints of the paintings. Unfortunately for me, I am a little behind on completing the paintings. I've only got one done. I'm planing to have nine for the table. I think I put way too much on my plate. But it's always been like this. Here's one that I'm working on.

It's a compilation of all the popular animes and the power house that is studio Ghibli. Unfortunately the people who buy the prints miss out on the awesomeness that are the sides of the painting. I want people to enjoy a painting from all sides. This painting is just going to be black and white no colour just cool designs. This painting size is at 10 inches by 5 inches and is a perfect size for portability.

Some other fun news includes my Tangles; couple of my paintings are at Youtopia in Pacific Mall. Charlie the unicorn and Domo are set up for viewing! Go check them out if you have the time!

Sorry for the long hiatus. And I'm sick once again.

Till next time!

Counting Another Sick Day

2012-04-08T00:25:00.001-04:00

First off, Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! :D Second, I'm sick, so I'll keep this pretty brief. I just want to show you guys what I completed for my first project back in February I believe. Some of you remember I drew this:

That was in my sketchbook. I had to create a bigger version of it for my first project. I decided on a Dumbo theme like mentioned before. I made the clouds look like elephants, I exaggerated the ears and made them look more comical. The drawing is made up of two pages, and each page is about 22 inches by 30 inches.

I decided to add myself into the picture to show my connection to Dumbo as per the project. The drawing was done with a brush pen and watercolour pencils. And I'm pretty happy with it. I will be putting this up somewhere in my room, just don't know where yet.

Other than that, I'm sick again and I have my exams coming up and I feel like I should be studying more despite my illness, but I can't concentrate all that much.

Till next time!

Post Convention Report

2012-03-24T10:53:00.002-04:00

I had a bit of fun at my last convention. Okay, a lot! I shared a table with one of my good friends Carol. She sells jewellery like earnings, necklaces and other fancy things. Here's her shop on Etsy. She had a ton more stuff for the convention, like a pair of creeper earrings!! Those of you who love minecraft will know what I'm talking about. A couple of friends popped by and said 'Hello' which I liked. I love being able to see a familiar face in the crowd. Again with this convention as well as many other I got many requests for custom paintings, which I love being able to do. One customer asked for a snoopy, which I unfortunately did not take a picture of, but I did have the inclination to paint a Charlie Brown.

(One customer couldn't stop laughing at Charlie Brown, she was in some hysterical laugher mode, and couldn't believe that she found my paintings.)

I brought in some new stock for the convention, I added Pokemon to the collection.

I think I might change the design of Charmander and Bulbasaur, I don't care for the 'shine spot' on their heads. I might also add a Master Ball and an Ultra Ball to the Pokemon paintings. I'm also thinking for the next big convention I will be adding quite a few things:

- Sailor Moon and her scouts

- Power Puff Girls (Mojojo - maybe)

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

- Possibly Adventure Time (maybe if I have time)

Till next time!

Commissions

2012-03-04T16:35:00.000-05:00

I recently had a commission on my Etsy Site where someone had requested a character from Neon Genesis Evangelion. The character's name is Rei I believe, and the person who requested her is a huge fan :) She asked for two magnets one for her fridge and one for her collection. They are magnet Tangles and their design changed through the painting process. I went with the first one because of the way the hair fell. I hope she likes them!

I usually write a card with every thing I send out, it's just a 'Thank you' card and a little drawing too. For the customer that asked for the commission, I decided to draw the commissioned character. And I coloured it too! I hope she'll like the surprise@

This is what I usually put for the people who order the Harry Potter trio from my store. It's just the Harry Potter characters as cute little chibis. I picked that style because of how easy/quick it would be to draw and still get the care it would need to show the customers how grateful I am for their business. Harry always ends up with bigger glasses.

Till next time!

See you guys at the con!!

Adam West!

2012-02-20T17:18:00.001-05:00

He's sooooo dreamy!!

And he has such an awesome chin!!

But nothing can get past his awesomely drawn on eyebrows, he is always going to be that happy. This was actually a commission for my boyfriend. He had told me how much he had loved Adam West's Batman, and I thought I'd surprise him with this.

On another note I have confirmation that I have a table for the convention in March. MTAC, March Toronto Anime Convention, held in the metro convention centre.

My friend Carol and I will be selling our stuff, and if you're in the area please come by!

Here are the Convention times:

March 10th : 11:00 - 18:00

March 11th : 11:00 - 17:00

Tickets are $20 for a day pass or $30 for the whole weekend!

Till next time!

Mr. SquarePants

2012-02-05T22:41:00.001-05:00

The one problem with SpongeBob is that his name suggests that he has "square pants", however his pants are rectangular. Blasphemy you say, but take a closer look:

His pants... Rectangular!! And yes he is very porous I can't deny that. I do my painting in layers and SpongeBob is about 10 layers. I also do multiples of each character to save on time. So right now I have 9 sets of SpongeBob eyes looking at me, and they're all smiling. It's a bit creepy but it's SpongeBob so it's okay. He's a little one only 2 inches by 2.75 inches, and I'm still debating making bigger paintings of him. It would enhance the "Tangles" experience, but I'm lazy. Maybe not for the next convention, possibly Anime North. They get all the good stuff.

I'm going to make a post next Sunday with the bigger drawing of the elephant picture that I posted in early January. I'm really proud of that piece and I'll be putting it up in my room when I get it back from my evaluation.

Till next time!

Sick Again

2012-01-22T23:44:00.000-05:00

I should start counting out how many times I get sick a school year. Sorry this is probably going to be very short. First picture is from my sketch-book. It going along with this awesome artist called Mattias. His work is just mind blowing for me and I wish I able to have as much dedication as he does.

Can you guess what I'm painting?

Till next time!

Beginnings

2012-01-08T23:50:00.001-05:00

For the next few days I'll be moving my sales site from Artfire to Etsy. No reason really, I just want to. The new site will be Tangles on Etsy From now on I will be updating this blog on every other Sunday and post a few pictures of what I'm doing. These posts are going to be a bit shorter than the previous depending on how much drawing I'm actually doing. But I'm going to make it regular.

I want to try something different with my sketches for my sketch book. I'm trying to use more of the space given by the sketchbook. I'm trying not to limit my self to just one side. It's tough for me and I'm not used to it at all. I'm doing an Image and Narrative class this semester and I need to be able to work out my ideas in a systematic way and follow a time line. And see it through completely to the end.

So I'm trying to work out what the assignment is about, it's pretty vague with hardly any direction. The one line we are supposed to get our ideas from is "The human factor, Animal myths, What I know and how I know it". And I'm struggling a bit. I'm more of a "here's a project, this is how you do it, now do it" sort of person. I may recycle some ideas that I've had in regards to previous projects but right now I'm aiming for the "Animal myths" part of that line. It reminded me of Dumbo, and that's sort of a Disney myth that most of us grew up with.

So now that elephant looks a bit high and I think I might add clouds, pink ones.

Till next time!

Happy New Year

2011-12-28T04:39:00.000-05:00

Everybody have a good Christmas? I know I did! I got so many supplies for Christmas it was awesome. I got stuff for art I wouldn't even buy for myself because they were too extravagant. But I'm glad I've got the chance to try it out. I got a brand new sketchbook and I can't wait to get drawing/painting/doodling. I go crazy for art supplies. I think most artists are like that, I swear it's not only me. Well so ends another year! Well almost any way. I wanted to end the year on a good note, and show a couple of my sketchbook doodles from last year, that I did around this time. And I'm also adding a Resolution List down at the bottom of this post.

First one is of an Octopus floating in the air with a bunch of balloons. It doesn't get out of the water very much and it is very happy. Air travel is much cheaper this way. Both of these are 9in x 12in, from my sketchbook. The second one is a doodle as well, just me wanting to test out inks and how they work.

The last picture is of my doodles and future product designs. I was wanting to make some little key-chains as well as some earrings but I'm not entirely sure I will do them.

Resolution List

1. Work in different mediums when doing stuff in my sketchbook.

I really want some variety in what I do in my sketchbook. I want to experiment with inks and pastels, so many possibilities.

2. Get some bookmarks done.

I'm going to start selling them at Conventions, and then possibly sell them on the website if they do well enough.

3. Get some key-chains done.

4. Put more stuff on sale on the web-site

5. Attend more Conventions.

I think I did four Conventions this year, I really like them and I want to do more, but I have to sacrifice more time and find a way to balance everything including my homework.

6. Go to Sweden!

Not really a resolution but I'm hoping!

7. Make the blog posts more regular.

I really want to do a post every second Wednesday or something to get me on a better schedule.

8. Start an online comic.

I've already written a story, (not completed yet) I would like to start drawing it!

I was wanting a rounder number, but I'll add more if I can think of anything else.

I hope everyone has a great time at New Years, where ever you might be! :D

Well, till next year!

Finals

2011-12-16T01:14:00.000-05:00

I was able to attend an awesomely small convention this past Sunday called DTAC (December Toronto Anime Convention (I think)). I went with my friend Kayla, and we had fun despite the small sellers area that they had us all in. I think at times we needed traffic signals to usher people in and out of the dealer's room. Many of Kayla's things got pushed down, and dropped just because people wanted to get by. I think it would have be better if they had given us a better space. However other than that the atmosphere was great, the people were friendly except this one person which I'll talk about at the end of this post. For now here are some paintings that I did for one of my painting classes. And the season of Finals are upon us!! T___T Oh yes this post contains some nudity.

So this one's a self portrait, and it's supposed to be more about just the play of... well I chalked it up to the play on society's need for perfection, and how there are many sides to a person. The outward is always checking if it's in good graces, the inner is confident, and the innermost is slightly afraid. I actually took this picture inside a dressing room to get this effect with the mirrors. The painting stands at 2 feet by 3 feet, and taking this on public transportation was a cinch compared to the next painting.

This thing is simply massive, it's 5 feet by I think 3 1/2 feet and it's just irritating to transport more than 10 feet, and even then I'm pretty reluctant to. This painting is just for the study of the model and getting her in different poses. I like the fact that her body parts morph into other body parts and are intertwined. My favorite section has to be the leg in the middle of the picture, I've never really focused on feet before and I really enjoyed it. The model bothered me the whole time I was painting her. The reason? She kept moving, she wouldn't sit still at all. So in that respect it was a bit hard to do. I think I might paint over this, I don't know just yet, but I'll decide its fate later.

This is the next little project that I'm working on. It's probably going to be sold at Anime North in their Gallery Momiji. I think it's at about 5 inches by 10 inches. And once I finish my exams I'm going to be really lazy and I need some motivation, and this could pushing me to do something awesome. I'll post some before and after pics when it's done.

Last but not least is this little fellow. As I said before the only thing that got me down at DTAC was this guy. He asked for himself to be turned into a Tangle, but never came by to pick it up. :( oh well his loss. I don't know what to do with him just yet, I might paint over it or sell him just like that, or even use him as an example of what I could do with Tangles.

Oh well. Till next time!

(I might post something next week but if not...

Merry Christmas!)

Naru2U

2011-11-23T20:49:00.001-05:00

Naru2U was eventful to say the least. Nothing was wrong with the convention, the convention was great, just the hotel wasn't. But I don't want to dwell too much on that. So I bring you some convention pics!

The first couple of pictures are of our tables, and I say our because I was there with my friend Kayla who runs her own shop RococoNeko which she sells mainly hand made clothes and various accessories. And the picture on the right is my table. I was unable to put up my backdrop because I lost a little piece that was supposed to make it stand. Oh well I made do with what I had. The left part of my table was used by some of my other friends to sell their wears :) I think it was their first convention selling so they were a bit excited. :) They helped me sell a few of my things as well, while I went looking around and sneaking a peak at other people's stuff.

This is a closer look at the set up of my booth. I got my self a magnet board which had a cork frame and I was able to write on it too! I was so happy with that purchase. One of my other friends was able to spare her grid so I could have a proper display, which I think I should have done something more with it to at least make it bigger. However at that moment I was feeling discouraged and winded. I was happy to have help from my friend J.R. I'm so thankful I got so many people helping me!

And not having a wifi enabled phone would have been disastrous for me. I don't have one but my friends did! Again THANK YOU! :D I was able to look up what characters look like, and get the colours done right. The first one is from Yugioh, a dark magician man, I think that's what it's called. And the other is one of Chibi-Moon :D I will be doing more Tangles of her in the future (Anime North!) And they were so happy with the paintings they gave me double the amount I was asking for!

Till next time!

Brothers Reunited

2011-11-16T18:50:00.001-05:00

I really think they should be shown together. I present Luigi! And he's got awesomely big ears too! Right now he's just magnet sized, 2 by 2.75 I don't know if I have any plans right now to make him any bigger. But if I find a mushroom... then the possibilities are endless :P

I might do some small changes to Mario's eyes, maybe put a little light shine on them, possibly make them look less flat.

I'm mainly doing prep work for Naru2u. It's this weekend by the way. I'm not sure I have enough of stock, but one of my friends assures me that it is a relatively small convention. I will be offering commissions so I won't be too limited in that respect. Next week I'll be posting some pics of the convention as well as a recent homework assignment. I've got some before and after pics too :)

Well see you guys after the Con! :D

Human Figure

2011-10-26T21:41:00.001-04:00

This post contains nudity. This painting is from my recent painting class and I will be posting more for that class in the coming months .

If you can see it (nude). Well it's just more showing a woman's body you can't really see anything per-say, but that's what its supposed to be. I used blues for dark areas and only used red, white, and yellow for the light areas. There is a proven theory that blues and greens tend to recess and reds and yellows tend to come forward. I wanted to be able to create a rounded shape, something light and airy in comparison to the subject matter. My Prof. said that it feels like the frame of the painting can't even contain her.

I really don't want to be doing any more essays, I just feel like curling up in a ball and falling asleep for the next 2 days, however that would put me severely behind. Blargh, oh the life of a student.

Till next time!