Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Sketchbook - Famine and Death

This week I have the other half of the Four Horsemen combo from Hellhoney. This was drawn around the same time as the other two, which was months ago. Luckily I still have some old sketches to keep this column rolling while I draw up another pile of sketches!


Remember how I said I liked drawing curvy girls or downright obese people over super skinny figures? Well, here's a drawing of a skinny villain so it doesn't look like I'm picking on one body type. Famine is riddled with parasites and you can practically see her organs throbbing through her skin, but she still thinks she's hot stuff among this group of bullies-turned-evil-threat.


And finally the inheritor of Death's horse, the Queen Bee of the group. She's very pretty and smart, but got mixed up with the wrong crowd due to teenage insecurities. Due to the crowd she hangs out with, though, she has a low opinion of humanity in general. But unlike the other three, she could probably turn out to be a nice person if she just broke away from the low standards and meanness of her clique and mingled with other people.

Next week I'll try to have some mermaids for you to look at!




State of the Projects - January 2013

Aaah, a New Year, a new start! I pretty much said my intentions regarding this year in the last State of the Projects, so I shouldn't take long here.

In short, I have three planners I'm working from (I received another one for Christmas!): the 2012 Planner, the 2013 Planner, and then Another 2013 Planner which combines the two, making a Bare Minimum for me to complete each day. I probably shouldn't tell what my bare 'minimum' is, since I'll probably get yelled at. If I get the bare minimum done, then I'll go to the 2013 Planner. With that done, I'll go to the 2012 Planner. Every week I'll upload what I have inked to dA (except for things that must be posted elsewhere, like comics and Dark Writers stuff.) At the end of the month, I'll reorder the priorities to reflect which projects are received most favorably. It's time for me to set things right this year!

In the future, I'll green the titles that I'm on track with and red the titles I'm behind on. I don't want to see a lot of red this year on these posts!

Major Projects

1.) Hellhoney - Still working on the comic and hoping it will debut this month. I have some more illustrations planned, too!

2.) Minervellas - Still working on the novel and photocard illustrations.

3.) The Fart Eaters - Another novel I'm working on and there's a few illustrations planned, too. And a short comic!

4.) Power Warp - The comic and illustration sets are still on!

5.) Toilet Spawn - If the guide starts rolling along, maybe it won't sound so flat and uninteresting. And trading cards!

Minor Projects

1.) QT Crawlies - I actually made a dent in this series last year, but there's a comic strip and more illustrations to come!

2.) Mervscorn - Comics and watercolors are planned for this series.

3.) Plush Illustrations - Meet my fluffy friends as they do cute stuff and teach about my pet peeves!

4.) Hobo Story - Inked story pages will be posted to The Dark Writers blog and if it gets a following, I'll color it!

5.) Zodiac - Still working on each sign.

6.) Random/Silly Calendar - I don't have much left to do on this one, so I better get my butt in gear!

7.) Optimizzy - More death-filled hi-jinks this year!

8.) Super Popcorn - If I don't re-scan that comic soon, I'll scream. Also, more comics and illustrations planned!

9.) Birds - 15 birds a month in either watercolor, digital, colored pencil, or pastel. Can I do it?

10.) Pantheon - More illustrations of gods and heroes (including Arthur's Round Table) planned!

11.) Pin-Up Calendars - Still working on a set of guys and a set of girls.

12.) Faeries - I found an old story from junior high and wanted to draw the faeries from it. I think I threw away the original drawings almost eight years ago, so I'll have to redesign them!

13.) Random/Original Art - Mostly to use up other art supplies I have.

14.) Playing Cards - With cameos from various projects.

15.) Tunnels and Elevators - I've got to find the manuscript again, but this is another comic (one-shot) that I want progress on.

16.) Game Levels - I want to create several 2D video game-style "landscapes."

17.) I'm A Bug?! - Still re-doing this book.

18.) Coloring Book - A new project that I hope will turn into something more.

19.) Tutorials - I'm still going on about this?!

Collaborations

0.) The Dark Writers - Lots of ideas for writings and drawings for this. We will survive  (I hope my power stays on so I can make my post on Thursday!)

0.) Collaboration with Meshia - A blend of comics and prose that I also hope will take off this year (by take off, I mean WHOOOSH! lots of people enjoy it!)

0.) Illustrations for Rica - Because I promised them and I've anticipated doing them FOREVER, and by golly I will. Even though I'm doing them for her to use as she likes, it's also fan art because I fell in love with her characters and I want to have fun with them this year!

Fan Art

- Pokemon - Still working on drawing every Pokemon and various illustrations. Of note is a planned series involving evolution stones (my brother's idea, actually. Thanks, bro!)

- Idols - Lots of fan art planned, including a series based on single/album outfits of Morning Musume. Also a crossover gag comic and a small series of Idoling!!! illustrations, since those girls have grown on me, too, with their YouTube channel.

- Other Fan Art - My Sailor Moon series and other little random fan arts will go here.

Sketchbook - I want to fill up most of my sketchbooks this year!

Okay, off to make good on my New Year's Resolutions and To-Do Lists!