Fatti Maschi Parole Femmine

Quick sketch of Varric Tethras and Cassandra Pentaghast from the new Dragon Age 3 trailer. My first reactions were “Hey Varric, nice scarf. Hey Cassandra, nice…scarf…HMMMMMMM when was the last time a scrap of red cloth signified something………….(you know you dig it).”

In other news: STILL NO ANIMAL CROSSING ON MY DOORSTEP. *crying*

Just a quick digital doodle to test out a custom texture and brush.

Edit: Tumblr uploads the quality kind of shittily tho. Click on high-res to actually see it as intended. Crisp!

Thorin has become my go to test subject for trying art things out :-P. This time was to test out inking in Manga Studio, which I got awhile back but had yet to really do anything with it. It inked like a dream! Where have you been all my life!? I still have to figure out how to do actual comic-y things with it (I’ve got a fan-comic idea involving Dori, Nori, and Ori that may be serve as my platform to delve into the software deeper), but so far I’m impressed! I might color this in later, but I’m happy to just sigh at the brush fidelity in his fur lines for now.

Finally moved, set up my computer, and got internet! Exercised my digital painting muscles with a quick sketch of my favorite brooding dwarf prince from memory (doesn’t really look like him, I know). One of the things I loved most about the film was the sheer intricacy of the character designs. I’ve got a theme percolating for a series of drawings for each dwarf, but I’m gonna keep that secret til I decide to actually go through with it :-P.

The next big thing for me is Katsucon! I’ll have a table and hopefully lots of prints and comics among other things I’m still thinking about producing. So keep your calendars tabbed!

Just a random lady to experiment with a coloring technique.

Little Owl and its little fez.

Aviator Screech Owl! This is beginning to turn into an “Owls in hats” blog…

Agh so I’m really bad about keeping a ritual. Hopefully I’ll be able to find sometime to do an owltober catch up day or something. In the mean time, have a dapper boreal owl!

Just in the nick of time for today’s Owltober feature. Space Barn Owl!

A super late jump onto the Owltober festivities, but I still wanted to do it! Great King Grey Owl (A little nod to my Paradigm Athena series).