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[Daily Doodle] FFIV - Rydia (G)
Feb. 7th, 2010 11:13 pm@![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ff_press: [FFIV] justira: Rydia doodle (g)
Daily Doodle: Working on that less painty style again, except this time with hopefully less faily line arts =|
Apparently I draw Rydia's hair when I have nothing better to do.
Time: 20ish mins?
( Daily Doodle: FFIV - Rydia )
ff_press: [FFIV] justira: Rydia doodle (g)Daily Doodle: Working on that less painty style again, except this time with hopefully less faily line arts =|
Apparently I draw Rydia's hair when I have nothing better to do.
Time: 20ish mins?
( Daily Doodle: FFIV - Rydia )
[Daily Doodle] What what
Feb. 6th, 2010 11:58 pmDaily Doodle: None of my doodle ideas were at ALL happening tonight. At all. Instead, another attempt at less painty colouring. The line art is balls, but the colouring is not terrible? =|
Backdated 2 hours
Time: ... 15 mins?
( Daily Doodle: What what )
Backdated 2 hours
Time: ... 15 mins?
( Daily Doodle: What what )
Daily Doodle: EFFING BLIZZARD = brownouts every few minutes = I lose all my doodle work = I move to the 100-year-old laptop that only USUALLY shuts down in a brownout because its power management is shot as opposed to the desktop which is guaranteed to shut off = I hash this out in EM ESS EFFIN PAINT with 1 ref because this old thing can't handle having more than one tab open. SO YEAH.
I had some pretty awesome plans for today, both doodle and otherwise, and boy are they ever not happening. Temper tantrum aside (guys seriously brownouts every few minutes, we're shutting down all the comps after this cause it's BAD for them) I am somewhat proud of myself by sticking by this colouring thing even now. So well. Plans for tomorrow, I guess.
And yes, Sora is a very appropriate avatar to have a temper tantrum with. >P
Time: I don't even know I got cut off in the middle a lot. Call it 20 mins.
( Daily Doodle: Kingdom Hearts - Sora: BLSJFWOGDKS:JG )
I had some pretty awesome plans for today, both doodle and otherwise, and boy are they ever not happening. Temper tantrum aside (guys seriously brownouts every few minutes, we're shutting down all the comps after this cause it's BAD for them) I am somewhat proud of myself by sticking by this colouring thing even now. So well. Plans for tomorrow, I guess.
And yes, Sora is a very appropriate avatar to have a temper tantrum with. >P
Time: I don't even know I got cut off in the middle a lot. Call it 20 mins.
( Daily Doodle: Kingdom Hearts - Sora: BLSJFWOGDKS:JG )
[Daily Doodle] Kingdom Hearts - Riku, as portrayed by Scott Pilgrim and Kinkei
Feb. 4th, 2010 08:50 pmDaily Doodle: Somewhere between kinkei and Scott Pilgrim lies this unholy lovechild. No, I have no idea why. I wanted an easy day. As usual, harder than it looks.
Time: ... 30 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Kingdom Hearts - Riku a la Kinkei + Scott Pilgrim )
Time: ... 30 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Kingdom Hearts - Riku a la Kinkei + Scott Pilgrim )
[Daily Doodle] Pallor (NSFW)
Feb. 3rd, 2010 08:47 pmDaily Doodle: I did look at ref for how really pale skin looks, but the colours and anatomy are different -- I did random colour experiments and gave her a little more belly and a little less breast. Well. The month continues, I guess. What a long week. Yesterday should have been friday. I haven't been answering comments at all and basically wah.
Time: 40 mins - 1 hr. Busy evening.
( Daily Doodle: Pallor )
Time: 40 mins - 1 hr. Busy evening.
( Daily Doodle: Pallor )
Daily Doodle: I'm always super jealous of those soft, subtle colouring styles people have? Well uh, I cannot do them. I will try to practice.
Time: 20-30 mins off and on? Was trying to get everything out of the way so I can go to bed early tonight =\
( Daily Doodle: Failed attempts at subtlety )
Time: 20-30 mins off and on? Was trying to get everything out of the way so I can go to bed early tonight =\
( Daily Doodle: Failed attempts at subtlety )
From the Make Me Smile Files: Michael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You)
Feb. 2nd, 2010 01:42 pmHey, I need a smile! Anyone else need a smile? Have a smile:
Youtube Link: Michael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You)
Seems like everywhere I go, the more I see the less I know
( Lyrics after the cut! )
Youtube Link: Michael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You)
Seems like everywhere I go, the more I see the less I know
( Lyrics after the cut! )
[Daily Doodle] Girl in colour
Feb. 1st, 2010 11:26 pmWell! January was pretty terrible. An extension of 2009, not a new year! what lies!
In all seriousness I had a pretty tough time, and it threw me way, way off. I'm so behind.
Soooo.... because I can't leave well enough alone, well!
I'm pretty terrible with colours. I have no confidence, they take forever... etc. Sounds like a job for a self-improvement project! I used to try to do a weekly colour, but I realized that that was just not enough, not for colour-avoidance as severe as mine.
So, this month (the shortest month, ha) I can ONLY do coloured stuff. No black and white. No greyscale. Except for requests — those can be b/w. So my choices this month are: learn to colour, or catch up on my requests =P
For the record, I have 3 requests, 3 sketch/line art charity commission thingies, and one full-colour of same.
Daily Doodle: Day 1? I did look at a photo for this but... less to colour-match exactly or do a likeness and more just to have something to look at. And also because that girl's hair is awesome. I still can't do hair. But at least I didn't do even a bit of eyedropping? Sigh.
Time: aw geez like 2 hours? somewhere between 1.5 and 2.5 hours; I was doing other stuff at the time too
( Daily Doodle: Girl in colour )
In all seriousness I had a pretty tough time, and it threw me way, way off. I'm so behind.
Soooo.... because I can't leave well enough alone, well!
I'm pretty terrible with colours. I have no confidence, they take forever... etc. Sounds like a job for a self-improvement project! I used to try to do a weekly colour, but I realized that that was just not enough, not for colour-avoidance as severe as mine.
So, this month (the shortest month, ha) I can ONLY do coloured stuff. No black and white. No greyscale. Except for requests — those can be b/w. So my choices this month are: learn to colour, or catch up on my requests =P
For the record, I have 3 requests, 3 sketch/line art charity commission thingies, and one full-colour of same.
Daily Doodle: Day 1? I did look at a photo for this but... less to colour-match exactly or do a likeness and more just to have something to look at. And also because that girl's hair is awesome. I still can't do hair. But at least I didn't do even a bit of eyedropping? Sigh.
Time: aw geez like 2 hours? somewhere between 1.5 and 2.5 hours; I was doing other stuff at the time too
( Daily Doodle: Girl in colour )
[Daily Doodle] Laugh?
Jan. 30th, 2010 11:59 pmDaily Doodle: Doing better but still tired! I'm terrible with open mouths, so I thought I'd give it a try.
Time: 5 mins
( Daily Doodle: Laugh? )
Time: 5 mins
( Daily Doodle: Laugh? )
Daily Doodle: My week has not improved. Considering how it started, that is distinctly not awesome. Cue drama expressed in doodle.
Time: 5-10 mins
( Daily Doodle: woe. )
Time: 5-10 mins
( Daily Doodle: woe. )
Daily Doodle: This past week (through last Friday) has been complete and utter balls. I was expecting to do something messy and quick tonight and instead I kind of just... did this instead. For an hour. It was... weirdly calming. Kinda zen, I guess, just sinking into something that demanded attention but little else.
Anyway. Reffed, of course — like I could do this on my own. It's not done; I could have gone a lot further with photorealism and such and it dissolves inelegantly at the edges (arms, hips, neck) but... I got what I wanted out of it. Good practice, and a bit of calm and quiet. The model's musculature/shadows were even more asymmetrical than this (cause you know, people aren't perfectly symmetrical etc), but I fudged that a bit here, cause perfectly mimicking the imperfection of life tends to looks weird in art =|
Backdated 2 hours
Time: around an hour, I really didn't keep track, just kept going
( Daily Doodle: Study - male torso, reaching up )
Anyway. Reffed, of course — like I could do this on my own. It's not done; I could have gone a lot further with photorealism and such and it dissolves inelegantly at the edges (arms, hips, neck) but... I got what I wanted out of it. Good practice, and a bit of calm and quiet. The model's musculature/shadows were even more asymmetrical than this (cause you know, people aren't perfectly symmetrical etc), but I fudged that a bit here, cause perfectly mimicking the imperfection of life tends to looks weird in art =|
Backdated 2 hours
Time: around an hour, I really didn't keep track, just kept going
( Daily Doodle: Study - male torso, reaching up )
[Daily Doodle] Catgoat what
Jan. 26th, 2010 08:55 pmDaily Doodle: As I was stuck between more expressions practice and some easy catgoat, owlmoose suggested catgoat with an expression. I tried =|
Time: 10 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Catgoat what )
owlmoose suggested catgoat with an expression. I tried =|Time: 10 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Catgoat what )
[Daily Doodle] Girl swishyface
Jan. 25th, 2010 11:51 pmDaily Doodle: Blah blah tough weekend blah blah looser style blah blah what's with her chin
Time: 8-10 mins
( Daily Doodle: Girl swishyface )
Time: 8-10 mins
( Daily Doodle: Girl swishyface )
Daily Doodle: Sorry, it's been a tough weekend =|
Still working on this looser style. I think I like it.
Backdated 2 hours
Time: 10 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Girl - things are looking up )
Still working on this looser style. I think I like it.
Backdated 2 hours
Time: 10 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Girl - things are looking up )
[Daily Doodle] Worried girl
Jan. 23rd, 2010 11:37 pmDaily Doodle: Not having awesome times, so going easy on myself with the doodles.
Something new for me stylistically, and I think I like it. I have a really hard time with facial plasticity and expression -- my expressions always feel so stiff and unnatural to me. Was trying for something a bit looser here, and I think I like it; I need to practice in this direction more.
Backdated 3 hours
Time: 10 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Worried girl )
Something new for me stylistically, and I think I like it. I have a really hard time with facial plasticity and expression -- my expressions always feel so stiff and unnatural to me. Was trying for something a bit looser here, and I think I like it; I need to practice in this direction more.
Backdated 3 hours
Time: 10 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Worried girl )
[Daily Doodle] Not very awesome times.
Jan. 22nd, 2010 11:22 pmDaily Doodle: The week had been going really well.
Was going to do more with this but it is not the day for it.
LJ is down, of course, so I guess I'll x-post manually when I get the chance.
Backdated 1 hour. I had this ready earlier but I was waiting to see if I could outwait LJ. I couldn't.
Time: 15 seconds? Honestly I just did an undersketch and decided I liked it as is.
( Daily Doodle: Not very awesome )
Was going to do more with this but it is not the day for it.
LJ is down, of course, so I guess I'll x-post manually when I get the chance.
Backdated 1 hour. I had this ready earlier but I was waiting to see if I could outwait LJ. I couldn't.
Time: 15 seconds? Honestly I just did an undersketch and decided I liked it as is.
( Daily Doodle: Not very awesome )
[Daily Doodle] Study - male torso (NSFW?)
Jan. 21st, 2010 09:58 pmDaily Doodle: Study again, this time with a slightly bulkier ref. The last one was pretty skinny, but I tried to get at musculature more with this one. I still can't do ribs for beans, but I like parts of this one.
Time: 20-30 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Study - male torso (NSFW?) )
Time: 20-30 mins?
( Daily Doodle: Study - male torso (NSFW?) )
