I'm not dead!

Life catches up with me sometimes, that's all. This post marks the end of my second 2009 sketchbook.
School is once again snatching all of my creativity away as well as all of my time... DAMN YOU EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS! Even though I am enjoying this new semester more than the last one, there are still days where leaving and not going back sounds like an excellent decision. Oh, well.

In response to my favorite games all having red-heads with spiky hair I now present to you... a red-head with spiky hair! Gee whiz, never saw that one coming!

A color saturated sunset (oil pastel). I actually like looking at this one because of the colors. Yep.

Disproportionate dog, but considering that I seldom draw dogs, well - Hm. It appears I have no excuse! HA!

Done during vet camp. Cross hatching in purple ball-point pen? I'm down with it.

Also done during vet camp. This is Cheyenne my baby who is severely underestimated by everyone. The eye should be bigger, but I'm pleased with this anyway.

The next sketchbook was started in 2009, but the bulk of it was done in 2010. Shall I call it the Grade 11 sketchbook?

Hey, Now!

Look here! A post done at a decent hour of the day!
Since my mom came home, we've actually gotten things done on time, which means, wonderfully enough, that I actually have time to do what I want during daylight hours! TEARS. TEARS OF JOY.

I think I'm going to take the wee-man for a walk in the snow. Yes. That is a very good idea :3


Also, I encourage you to check out this lovely person's site: http://alysenicholson.blogspot.com/
It's always nice to check out other people's art when you need some inspiration!

Okay, pictures:

This was done in oil pastel. I don't use oils pastels very often, but I find them to be fairly versatile when trying different coloring styles!

If you ignore the doodles underneath the paint, this is an interesting composition. Maybe I'll do a version 2 someday...

A sketch of the minis I used to take to nursing homes.  I was originally going to color this, but once my sketchbook is closed, I don't touch anything in it.

I like this character. I don't think I ever named her, but the design is clean and simple. Job description? "Master Badass."

This is the last picture of the sketchbook. I really really love this one. There is very little that I could pick on, and the style is so... stylish? Crap, I ran out of words! Ha-

Speaking of job descriptions, I've had a number of unofficial jobs, but my two favorites were being a pet therapist, which involved taking miniature horses to nursing homes and rehab centers, and being a freight elevator operator for Western Ave. Studios in Lowell. They were fun and interesting jobs, and even though the elevator got stuck between floors* every freakin' time so often, I had a good time and learned a lot about who I was as a person.

This was the end of my 2008 sketchbook (15 year old self, btw). The next sketchbook I've been considering skipping altogether, but I want to share how my "art cycle" goes. There is very little in it that I think merits scanning, but I think struggling artists need to see what they have pulled themselves out of in order to keep moving forward. (RNN, I'm looking at you!)
So here we go.
Big hint: it's really bad.
>. >


*Seriously, people. Do not open the doors without the operator's permission. That's why there are signs everywhere. GAH.

Two posts today!

I just leave this one here and write the other one when I'm done studying. If this is annoying, I apologize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h0IpjnByfs

At this point in my "career" I was still very hesitant about using colored pencils. You'll notice that the pictures gradually got darker as I got more comfortable. Argh. Crooked eye here!

This is one of my personal favorites. I did this using a quill pen and brush, which allowed me to fill in "blocky" details without actually drawing everything out.

This dragon is actually coated in sparkle nail-polish to make it look scaly. Pretty nifty!

This is actually an attempt to draw some characters that I had created when I first started drawing people. I then colored it in as badly as possible. Why? Moment of insanity, I guess!

I did this on a greyhound bus headed to New Jersey for a crew race. Despite only having a ball-point pen and pack of 8 Crayola crayons, this turned out really well. This is a horse I used to ride, named Prince. I still really miss him :(

Expect the next post in a few hours!

Schnuuding

It snowed quite a bit last night. This, of course is not unusual for November on PEI. What was unusual was how nice the fall was up until this point. In fact, the beautiful weather is supposed to return this weekend. Very odd indeed.
Oh yes, I nearly forgot:
Happy Thanksgiving, Motherland! We're having our American-style turkey day on Sunday. Mm-hm.

I like the shading in this picture. Does having three swords count as overkill?

Axl and Zero, goofing around.

Can't exactly remember the story behind this one, but Accel adopts a kid somehow. >.>

This was pretty neat. I used a calligraphy set to ink this trio. I only wish their poses weren't so stiff!

Two of my favorite baddies, Sesshomaru and Itachi.

This is actually the end of my (yellow) 2006 sketchbook. There's no need to be all disappointed, though! I found another 2006 sketchbook (brown) in my cottage the other day.
Prepare yourselves!

It's Official.

I'm very tired. Still in a good mood, but the spectre of my "dropped" stopped showing up Calculus class is back to haunt me.
Screw Calculus D:<
On another note, I completed my final biology lab today. YUS. I never have to deal with that nonsense again... or at least until I regret my decision to switch into Arts, but hey.

Sesshomaru from InuYasha. He is a real pain to draw, even today :/

I guess I really liked the idea of black and white hair!

This horse has the worst conformation. EVER. Decent inking with a nib, though.

Trying to practice some kind of movement. Not too shabby!

Alia from MMX5, minus the toilet paper tube hair curler.

Take a nap? Sounds good to me! :D

Aw, yeah!

I've been having an excellent week so far. This is an amazing thing, because I had an amazing week last week, too. The Irish in me is going nuts because something has to happen to balance out the goodness. However, I would like to say a big "SCREW YOU!" to badness, and just enjoy my week. :)

On to the pictures~!

This captures the foreboding mood all children experience when facing a dark hallway. Too bad I forgot her own shadow.

X is looking a little downcast :(

Still life. My mom taught art lessons for awhile. I was the cheeky (read: unhelpful) assistant.

Another character o'mine. I never could get her face right, so I left it. HAH.

Above character's horse. I actually drew a background, which is something I could stand to do more often!

Share and enjoy.

I missed a post...

... to go have an arts day with my friend.
Yes, that's right people: I actually left the house!
We didn't get much done, but we did watch this several times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IPIPLM8ELY

Anyway...

Slate, colored with crayon. His color scheme is pretty low-key, but colorful enough to be notable.

My "Under the Sea" sketch. The final product was quite beautiful, but I don't have any photos of it :(

Working on some profiles. This is a huge improvement over the "dog face" style that I had in 2005.

Accel, winding up for a punch. I love the motion in this sketch!

Sketch, sketch, sketch. Woo!

I love this color scheme. Man, what a badass.

Sanno was a character that just kind of showed up one day. :)

These sketchbooks are such a blast from the past! I'm hoping to post some new stuff or some work-in-progress every now and then, but don't expect anything particularly exciting for a while. Sciences just suck the creative spirit out of me D:

Some more 2005

I finished scanning in my 2005 sketchbook. I know I have others around that same age, but I can't seem to find them. I'm hoping that I'll start getting into some of the fun stuff before Christmas, but we'll have to see. On another note, my last final exam is December 8th, so I'll have oodles of free time to work on some paintings :D
 Okay, here we go:

This was a fan character that I drew for my little brother. We were both HUGE narutards.

Sayaka with some coloring. I'm pretty sure the profiles were inspired by the MM artist Bobcat...

Another horse, this time blinkered. Ah, to be a city kid wishing for horses (never again, hopefully).

This one is actually pretty cute!

Enter the InuYasha series, lol.

 I really like looking back on old sketchbooks. Sometimes it's nice to see how far you've come, and sometimes a peek at the old books can give you some new ideas.
... and, uh, here are some hovering cats on glass! http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/cats-on-glass

Some Oldies...

Hi guys! I think my first matter of business will be to scan in my circa 2005 (age 11) pictures. I probably won't be getting to some new stuff for quite awhile, but I do hope you will enjoy seeing how I've grown :)

My first sketch in my 2005 sketchbook. You can see the influence that copious amounts of anime watching had on me!

I have always loved horses. That is all.

This was my very first OC (Naruto-verse) I ever had. I don't remember too much about her, but I'm pretty sure she was a mary-sue. This picture was my pride and joy, haha.

Another OC, definitely ignored forever after her creation.

Takuzo, the token male character. I'm pretty sure that at this point I believed I was a ninja, too.

Well, that was my selection for today. Hope y'all enjoyed it. Chemistry exam tomorrow. Blarf.