WIP - Hellhoney Calendar

Finally, I've been getting some stuff done this merry June. I've drawn a QT Crawlie, finished one of the two below drawings, and finished drawing a huge commission project of many parts (which had better be colored, by the time you're reading this!)

I've had this one drawn since January. The perspective is horrible and this time I can't say the sofa is just turned, right? The side wall looks like it's on a whole other viewing plane and I don't know how to fix it. Help? This is supposed to be the January page of the calendar...

...While this will be the February page. Nicolina at full power (yay, muscles!!) I had this blocked out for awhile, but I finally hammered out the rest of her body shape and that daunting outfit this past weekend.

State of the Projects - June 2012

Well, crap. First of all, I'm writing this on Sunday night/Monday morning and scheduling this to be posted on June 1st. This month was busy in sketches and toward the end, higher duties (i.e. commissions.) I may yet get more done during May, but since I am unsure of getting online on or before Friday the 1st, I'll just count anything done on the 29th, 30th, and 31st as part of the next State of the Projects. I was going to try very hard on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to get even a little bit of my own stuff done in between other busy bits, but Thursday may be stormy and I want to keep my word on something. Also, someone said something to me on Sunday that incensed me. But since I'm using the computer now (Monday), I do expect to still try to get something done on busy Tuesday and Wednesday, stormy Thursday, and I-don't-know Friday. So be prepared for this weekend! (Or not, I may just be looking at the same blocked in stuff, plus extra blocked in stuff, but let's think happy thoughts.)

+Major Projects+

1.) Hellhoney - Nothing.
2.) Minervellas - Nothing.
3.) Power Warp - Nothing.
4.) Toilet Spawn - Nothing.

+Minor Projects+

1.) QT Crawlies - Nothing.
2.) Optimizzy - Nothing.
3.) Random/Silly Calendar - Nothing.
4.) Hobo Story - Nothing.
5.) Zodiac - Nothing.
6.) Super Popcorn - Nothing.
7.) Mervscorn - Nothing.
8.) Birds - Nothing.
9.) Plush Owls - Nothing.
10.) Pin-Up Calendars - Nothing.
11.) Random Original Art - Nothing.
12.) Pantheon - Nothing.
13.) Playing Cards - Nothing.
14.) Tunnels and Elevators - Nothing.
15.) I'm a Bug?! - Nothing.
16.) Tutorials - Nothing.

Sketchbook - Eel and Penguin

More "mermaids"! There's going to be a lot of these (over a dozen.)

The Eel. The opposite of the Whale. She's the meanie, as shown by the upturned nose.

The Penguin. Yup, even birds can be mermaids in my series, as long as they live in or spend time near/on water! I hope I didn't make her look too young. Some of these animals only allow for petite "mermaids." Anyway, I guess she could be chubbier since penguins are so cute and cuddly due to their roundness?

Sketchbook - Mermaid, Capricorn, and Whale

So I had an idea for drawing various "non-fish" mermaids in late 2010. I was thinking about entering a comic contest (but I ended up not entering, obviously), and I thought various female/sea creatures would have the right amount of marketability (and fan service) while still being weird enough for me. Then later I read that Meshia was going to do a similar series. So I'm really looking forward to seeing how we tackle the similar concept differently!

In addition to a comic, I have watercolors planned for each mermaid. But here are sketches for now.

The Mermaid and Capricorn. I just recycled one of the mermaids from my Mermayds vs. Unicorns series. And Capricorn, the trash-eating sea goat from my Zodiac series.

The Whale. I tried to make her pleasantly curvy instead of fat. And her hairstyle is meant to resemble water spouting from a blowhole.

Sketchbook - Helen and Karen

Finally, the last of the main Minervellas characters!

Helen is pretty much the generic doll-type. But I hope her upturned nose and mouth shape make her a little unique. Or at least mouth shape. I imagine all bullies and snobs with upturned noses, something that will become more apparent as more of my drawings are uploaded.

Karen. It was really hard drawing her as I imagined her partly because I didn't have much of a concrete image of her in my mind. She was a concept. I almost forgot to make her hair wavy and I debated whether or not to give her small twin tails on top. But I'm satisfied with the result. She looks cute and sweet to me, which fits her concept.

Sketchbook - Chicken Legged Trolls

The more I drew of this series, the more I took glee in drawing them rather than drawing to let out my stress (like doodles out of control!) Results. This is great therapy, apparently.

This started out by thinking of fried chicken and how gross it looks. And how thighs sometimes look like human legs (some people have such skinny legs below the knee, that they look like they have chicken legs.) Then I thought of a hybrid, where the chicken legs just sort of rotate on an axis like a children's toy. The teddy bear and the nose picking came later when I saw how the arms were turning out (originally it was going to be sucking its thumb.) Then I drew a close-up of the bear covered in armpit sweat, because armpit sweat is hilarious.

This creature has a buddy. And it's not me.

Sketchbook - Ugly Faced Ogres

When I get upset, I need some sort of catharsis so the negativity doesn't sit inside of me and mess up my tempo. Sometimes Pokemon is the needed vacuum for my stress. But I have exiled myself from video games until I make a large dent in my goals. So the next best thing... drawing. Ever since elementary school, I would draw exaggerations of the people that stressed me out. I stopped doing that sometime in high school. Around the time I started scanning in a lot of stuff (since it would be trouble scanning in mean pictures of people, and I wanted attention for my art, I guess. The mean pictures were private drawings I wouldn't and couldn't upload.) Then I started drawing my stressers in a more general manner, situations instead of individual people. Or metaphors. But recently, I just wanted to draw something ugly to express my stress. I tried to come up with the most repulsive things ever. I'd start with a snout or a blob and work from there. Here are the results:

The first drawing. An ogre. The hair growing in random places became a theme for this series. These creatures don't seem to have a gender either, as they are just general depictions of grossness and negativity, which both genders are capable of.

Based on the ears and the sea bubble-ish curly hair, this one probably looks like a mermaid in full. Just with a hundred times more pus.