Autumn Webb Sketch

Some of you may recognize this character, I've drawn her in the past but with no consistent style on the details. So this was a sketch in Mischief trying to pin down details on her to keep a more consistent look. Like the slant of her eyes, angular face, the type of brow she has, etc. It still being played with but I'm getting closer. You will probably see more of this character of mine in the future.

For first timers, Autumn Webb is a character from a table top RPG game known as 'Geist: The Sineaters', which is one of my favorite World Of Darkness books. In the game you begin with your character's death. In her case was aluminium poisoning the water. We had a very unique story that unfortunately didn't get completed due to the players splitting up into different things. I plan to attempt to finish her story in some way. Also you can see it on Mischief site here.

Late Sabriel Day and Changes on the Way

So, May 11th was Sabriel Day. For those who don't know what Sabriel is, it is a book by Garth Nix and the main character's name in that book. It is the first of the Old Kingdom or Abhorsen series (heard it called both). I personally love all the books of his I've read. He's one of my favorite  authors. He decided to hold a raffle on his Facebook which I participated in. This is a rough piece since I did it in like 2 or so hours before midnight.

Once again done in Mischief. I really like the program and find it great to play in. Though I did run into trouble with it on this piece and experimented to get past the trouble now. The key design on her tunic was done by copying and pasting the key over and over again. However the code or math formula in vector images to do it was intense. It was because I would copy it then place the two together then copy the two to make it bigger, and repeat the process. This apparently causes it to lag a lot. It was fine the first few times. I actually manage to crash the program with this. So then later experimented a couple of different ways to fill it with copy and paste that won't cause it to lag/crash. It seems it's best to copy one (or better yet draw a few then copy), paste it till you hit the max number of layers (which is around 40 I think). After merge the layers together then select about ten or so (too many of them in a group seems to cause lag as well). then paste it over and over till either you complete the pattern or got to merge layers. If you merge layers, do not make a new selection, use the current. Each new type of copy is more stressful for the program. So the second file I made was able to work with easier with less lagging and no crashing. It still did lag though, but in a workable fashion.

Now, the other big news is I'm going to be doing a lot of changes and updates. I've determine to focus on my personal work some and get the website remodeled, change hosting company, update designs, upload new works, and hopefully some time to focus on some personal projects. I'm eager to work on this it's been long overdue. Why I haven't done so sooner you ask? Well, I focused too much on some other work that honestly didn't pay what I was worth in both web design (even as low level I am I'm above the curve) and as an illustrator. So, I vow to only look into what I'm worth and focus on my own site that I should of redone like 2-3 years ago. Good news is that time did get a lot of research done and evaluation of how to proceed. My current hosting ends around October, so you can expect to see a new website before then.

Thanks all for sticking through the slow rough times, it will be worth it.

Pinterest and Toddler Practice

So in case you haven't noticed yet. I do have a Pinterest account now, so you can follow me or boards your interested in. I have two boards so far for my art, an art tutorial board, anatomy, and a few other random things. So feel free to pin image I've got it coded to let you pin.

This time around is practicing toddlers and babies. The proportions and general trends of the face are very different from an adult. Some features are bigger such as eyes, ears and cheeks, others are smaller like the nose and mouth. So it is good to study and practice. Later on I will have some on the body proportions and how they change from baby to adulthood. Once again like before if you click on the picture you'll see them on Mischief.