I wanted to see how much I can 'remember' my own face. My plan is to draw more of these throughout the years and see how I progress in this 'memory' task.
So, it's an experiment I guess.
---jkl
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Me. I think...
20-30 minute sketch done in Photoshop of myself from memory. No mirror, no reference.
I wanted to see how much I can 'remember' my own face. My plan is to draw more of these throughout the years and see how I progress in this 'memory' task.
So, it's an experiment I guess.
---jkl
I wanted to see how much I can 'remember' my own face. My plan is to draw more of these throughout the years and see how I progress in this 'memory' task.
So, it's an experiment I guess.
---jkl
Monday, 28 February 2011
"A Little Princess" Sketches...
My housemate and I watched the 1995 film "A Little Princess" a few days ago. I love how everything is so green! It's actually beautiful! Such a nostalgic film :) Need to watch "The Secret Garden" now too!
---jkl
---jkl
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Monster and child...
Wanted to draw a big monster-type character. Ended up looking like Headless Productions' "Sam" from "I'm a Monster" completely unintended.
Oh well.
Attempted colour. Not sure about it really.
---jkl
Oh well.
Attempted colour. Not sure about it really.
---jkl
Friday, 25 February 2011
Yet Another DrWho SketchDump...
I completely forgot about these!
The top 2/3 of sketches were done over Xmas 2010...Forgot to scan etc.
The bottom sketches were done a few nights ago when I was able to catch "The Pandorica Opens" episode on BBC3. I miss it! Can't wait for the next series! I need more drawing material! :)
---jkl
The top 2/3 of sketches were done over Xmas 2010...Forgot to scan etc.
The bottom sketches were done a few nights ago when I was able to catch "The Pandorica Opens" episode on BBC3. I miss it! Can't wait for the next series! I need more drawing material! :)
---jkl
Monday, 21 February 2011
Ariel: Digital Doodledebobski...
Wish I could be...Part of that world...
Blergh... A spare hour or so on Photoshop.
---jkl
Blergh... A spare hour or so on Photoshop.
---jkl
Sunday, 20 February 2011
A Rapunzel SketchDump...
I love sketchdumps :)
These very rough sketches; except for the bottom 3 sketches, were all done prior to Tangled being released over here in the UK.
Rapunzel is very hard to draw, but so adorable! I love Tangled so much. It is beautiful. I need to draw some 'Kingdom Dance' scenes though - one of my most favourite parts of the whole film! :)
These very rough sketches; except for the bottom 3 sketches, were all done prior to Tangled being released over here in the UK.
Rapunzel is very hard to draw, but so adorable! I love Tangled so much. It is beautiful. I need to draw some 'Kingdom Dance' scenes though - one of my most favourite parts of the whole film! :)
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Update! -Rapunzel Acrylic Painting WIP
07/02/11
Rapunzel acrylic painting WIP - A little update on it now after working on it yesterday(06/02/11) for a good 4 hours or so...
Hands are so difficult to paint! I enjoyed doing the hair and face so far though.
Also, here's the painting I am taking reference from. Specifically, the female on the right:
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A Work In Progress acrylic painting of Disney's Rapunzel based off the painting; "Double Portrait of the Fullerton Sisters" by Sir Thomas Lawrence. (Which is the cover of my copy of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice")
Done in 3 and a half hours. Will finish this week :)
Rapunzel acrylic painting WIP - A little update on it now after working on it yesterday(06/02/11) for a good 4 hours or so...
Hands are so difficult to paint! I enjoyed doing the hair and face so far though.
Also, here's the painting I am taking reference from. Specifically, the female on the right:
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A Work In Progress acrylic painting of Disney's Rapunzel based off the painting; "Double Portrait of the Fullerton Sisters" by Sir Thomas Lawrence. (Which is the cover of my copy of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice")
Done in 3 and a half hours. Will finish this week :)
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Rapunzel...
Literally cannot explain how much I love this film. I'm going to see it again tomorrow hopefully. And I'm seeing it twice when I go home in two weeks too.
So yeah, I'M SEEING IT 4 TIMES.
Isn't Rapunzel beautiful? I absolutely adore her. I have been doodling some sketches but she is ridiculously hard to draw! But, gah, I just love it. Too much.
More to come soon! I'll draw more characters too!
(c) Disney Tangled 2010
Art - Me!
Time: An hour and a bit
Used: Wacom tablet and Photoshop CS5
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
More Youtube Life Drawing...
Life Drawing Class on Youtube... Great to do for half an hour or so to relax...
Link:- http://www.youtube.com/show/lifeclasstodaysnude
Today I did the Judy Purbeck and Humphrey Ocean episodes.
Used "quink" black ink and cartridge pen.
Deadlines are nearly over for this term, so I'll upload more work soon!
---jkl
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Youtube Life Drawing...
I found this a few months ago, but finally got round to trying it out. It was actually really brilliant. And the best thing about it is that you can go back and watch it as many times as you like and (hopefully!) see your own progression and improvement.
(Click to full view)
I did the 'Gary Hume' and 'John Berger' ones. There are 5 episodes. Great for a little wind-down life drawing session if you miss it! Can't beat the real thing obviously, but I think it's fabulous even so.
I bought a cartridge pen with several different sized nibs and a black ink pot the other day, and used them for this. I'm looking forward to using them more. The black ink is "quink" which I assume is quick-drying, and not the artist black ink, but it will do for now.
Link here: http://www.youtube.com/show/lifeclasstodaysnude
(Click to full view)
I did the 'Gary Hume' and 'John Berger' ones. There are 5 episodes. Great for a little wind-down life drawing session if you miss it! Can't beat the real thing obviously, but I think it's fabulous even so.
I bought a cartridge pen with several different sized nibs and a black ink pot the other day, and used them for this. I'm looking forward to using them more. The black ink is "quink" which I assume is quick-drying, and not the artist black ink, but it will do for now.
Link here: http://www.youtube.com/show/lifeclasstodaysnude
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Sunday, 2 January 2011
A Few Life Drawing sketches...
Click to full view...
Ice-skating at Windsor Park with the cousins on Christmas Eve...
-sketch of the view of Windsor Castle
-sketch of youngest cousin (eating a marshmallow lolly)
-two sketches of men (both with cameras)
-sketch of the carousel set up next to the Ice Rink
-(top left) view of cousin's garden (under snow)
Sketches from New Year's Day with the family...
This first page shows sketches of my youngest (girl) cousin, Sura - She is literally ADORABLE. I didn't want to let her go! I miss her! She's a beautifully placid child, and so so chubby! I loved having cuddles with her :) She looked adorable in a little brown pinafore-style dress, brown top and white tights.
This second page shows more of Sura. The third page shows my (4-year old) cousin, Joe. And bottom-right is a sketch of my auntie and sister hugging on the sofa.
This last page shows my dad sitting on the floor. In the notes to the side of the drawing I have written "Dad sitting on the floor playing a game with Joe, David (Joe's dad) and Grandad".
Also:
-Bottom left: sketch of my (10-year old) cousin, Ellen on the sofa.
-Bottom right: sketch on my (8-year old) cousin, Mollie on the floor, drawing. She's very skinny and flexible, so her head is resting between her knees and her arms are wrapped around her knees as she draws.
I LOVE life drawing. I had forgotten how much fun it really is. It really is one of the best things to do when you're out and about. Life drawing FTW! :D
Ice-skating at Windsor Park with the cousins on Christmas Eve...
-sketch of the view of Windsor Castle
-sketch of youngest cousin (eating a marshmallow lolly)
-two sketches of men (both with cameras)
-sketch of the carousel set up next to the Ice Rink
-(top left) view of cousin's garden (under snow)
Sketches from New Year's Day with the family...
This first page shows sketches of my youngest (girl) cousin, Sura - She is literally ADORABLE. I didn't want to let her go! I miss her! She's a beautifully placid child, and so so chubby! I loved having cuddles with her :) She looked adorable in a little brown pinafore-style dress, brown top and white tights.
This second page shows more of Sura. The third page shows my (4-year old) cousin, Joe. And bottom-right is a sketch of my auntie and sister hugging on the sofa.
This last page shows my dad sitting on the floor. In the notes to the side of the drawing I have written "Dad sitting on the floor playing a game with Joe, David (Joe's dad) and Grandad".
Also:
-Bottom left: sketch of my (10-year old) cousin, Ellen on the sofa.
-Bottom right: sketch on my (8-year old) cousin, Mollie on the floor, drawing. She's very skinny and flexible, so her head is resting between her knees and her arms are wrapped around her knees as she draws.
I LOVE life drawing. I had forgotten how much fun it really is. It really is one of the best things to do when you're out and about. Life drawing FTW! :D
Friday, 31 December 2010
Bonnie and the Toys - Thank You card 2010
This is a picture of Bonnie wishing Andy, a Merry Christmas from herself and the Toys...
Completed on Livestream a few minutes ago! :D
This took absolutely FOREVER! But I am proud of it! *______*
A lot of tea went into making this, that's for sure! :D
I drew the original sketch for this about 3 days ago (after watching Toy Story 3) and decided I'd like to try and draw the characters. Every year I draw a 'Thank You' card to send to my friends and relatives for presents from Xmas. So this year, it will be a Toy Story 3 theme! :D (WHICH MAY I JUST SAY, DESERVES TO BE APPLAUDED AND GLORIFIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR IT BEING NEAR-ON PERFECT AND AMAZINGINGLY SPECTACULAR, DON'T YOU AGREE? PIXAR ILU) :D
This was SO much fun to colour, I really want to try colouring like this again soon.
And if you do indeed have the 'Art of Toy Story 3' book (as I do) then you will see how I've taken inspiration (colouring-wise) from the page of children designs (which is without a doubt, my most TREASURED AND BELOVED of all the pages in the book :P )
Anyway - Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful time! And a Happy New Year to everyone too! Bring on 2011! :heart:
(c) Pixar - Toy Story 3
Art by me!
Used: Wacom A4 tablet and Photoshop CS5
Time: MANY HOURS ;;___;;
Completed on Livestream a few minutes ago! :D
This took absolutely FOREVER! But I am proud of it! *______*
A lot of tea went into making this, that's for sure! :D
I drew the original sketch for this about 3 days ago (after watching Toy Story 3) and decided I'd like to try and draw the characters. Every year I draw a 'Thank You' card to send to my friends and relatives for presents from Xmas. So this year, it will be a Toy Story 3 theme! :D (WHICH MAY I JUST SAY, DESERVES TO BE APPLAUDED AND GLORIFIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR IT BEING NEAR-ON PERFECT AND AMAZINGINGLY SPECTACULAR, DON'T YOU AGREE? PIXAR ILU) :D
This was SO much fun to colour, I really want to try colouring like this again soon.
And if you do indeed have the 'Art of Toy Story 3' book (as I do) then you will see how I've taken inspiration (colouring-wise) from the page of children designs (which is without a doubt, my most TREASURED AND BELOVED of all the pages in the book :P )
Anyway - Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful time! And a Happy New Year to everyone too! Bring on 2011! :heart:
(c) Pixar - Toy Story 3
Art by me!
Used: Wacom A4 tablet and Photoshop CS5
Time: MANY HOURS ;;___;;
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Merry Smithmas!
A little late perhaps....but a merry christmas to one and all! :D
A very rough livestream drawing done a few nights ago of the Doctor and Amy.
Amy has just given the Doctor a hand-knitted jumper (with a very groovy tardis on the front ;D ) to him, for his Christmas present.
(Though it's fair to say she probably didn't knit it herself.... She most likely got a friendly local granny in Leadworth to help her out... )
I enjoyed the Doctor Who Christmas Special, though I wasn't completely enthralled by it to be honest. It could have been more "magical" like the past series. Though I did love the "underwater/fog fish" idea, and of course it was lovely to have it on TV again! To see the characters once more! The next series looks AMAZING. I am way too excited for that to begin!
Happy Holidays everyone
x
A very rough livestream drawing done a few nights ago of the Doctor and Amy.
Amy has just given the Doctor a hand-knitted jumper (with a very groovy tardis on the front ;D ) to him, for his Christmas present.
(Though it's fair to say she probably didn't knit it herself.... She most likely got a friendly local granny in Leadworth to help her out... )
I enjoyed the Doctor Who Christmas Special, though I wasn't completely enthralled by it to be honest. It could have been more "magical" like the past series. Though I did love the "underwater/fog fish" idea, and of course it was lovely to have it on TV again! To see the characters once more! The next series looks AMAZING. I am way too excited for that to begin!
Happy Holidays everyone
x
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Painted Disney Characters - For Cecily
Another page of painted Disney characters. This is for my mum's friend at work's daughter, Cecily. Please click and full view!
I drew her brother (Oscar) some Star Wars characters, ( featured a few posts ago on here ) and after seeing them, she wanted some characters of her own as well! So her mother wrote down her favourite Disney characters for me to do and here they are!
Left to Right:
Ariel, Tinkerbell, Stitch (and Scrump), Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale, Aurora, Alice.
It was her birthday recently as well, so I thought I might as well do this for her. It's good practise, I guess.
I drew her brother (Oscar) some Star Wars characters, ( featured a few posts ago on here ) and after seeing them, she wanted some characters of her own as well! So her mother wrote down her favourite Disney characters for me to do and here they are!
Left to Right:
Ariel, Tinkerbell, Stitch (and Scrump), Minnie Mouse, Chip, Dale, Aurora, Alice.
It was her birthday recently as well, so I thought I might as well do this for her. It's good practise, I guess.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
University Prospectus Project - Character Designs
Myself and two friends put ourselves forward for an oppurtunity to help the marketing side of our university create a prospectus aimed towards year 9 students in Secondary schools (so around 14-15 year olds).
They originally would hand out the normal university prospectus to these students, but these had long paragraphs and very limited pictures/photos which would interest this age-range.
So our "client" who works at Newport university decided to put forward the idea of creating a comic which would show a main character, as a year 9 student, going to a Careers Fayre and learning about what university is. Our character (who we named Joe for the time-being) is a somewhat naughty and un-motivated student who prefers spending time on his DJ set than learning academic subjects. His mother appears in the comic, and she is against him and his music choice of interest.
Joe has the typical "angel vs. devil" over his shoulder which helps the story unfold. Other characters include fellow Secondary school student-friends as well as a woman who he meets at the Careers Fayre who tells him about university life and what to expect (etc)
It was a really great idea, and we had a very tight deadline, which required a lot of very quick work, but we managed to get it done in time! To our relief!
I shall upload the comic panels I contributed to soon. We have literally just today given them to the client - They are being coloured by the design team at Newport uni now, and hopefully will be sent off to be printed on Friday! Myself and my two friends who worked on this project will receive two free copies of the final prospectus! I can't wait to see it!
Anyway - so here are my initial designs. (Please full view!)
We started off by each designing the main character. Our client wanted it to be a boy, so we all came back with boy designs.
The first section (1/4) of this page shows my boy designs.
None of my boy designs were chosen, so I was assigned the role of background character design.
The second section (2/4) shows designs for the 'mother', 'girl' (Secondary school friend who wants to be a teacher) and the other 'girl' character who 'Joe' meets at the Careers Fayre. I have highlighted in colour the designs that were chosen for the final comic.
The third section (3/4) shows further designs for the 'mother' and for the other 'boy' (Secondary school friends) characters. Again, chosen designs are highlighted in colour.
The final section shows further designs for the 'girl from the Careers Fayre'. The chosen one is highlighted in colour.
I shall upload the finalised lineart comic panels soon. And when I receive the finalised coloured prospectus' I shall scan/photograph them and upload here on here.
:)
They originally would hand out the normal university prospectus to these students, but these had long paragraphs and very limited pictures/photos which would interest this age-range.
So our "client" who works at Newport university decided to put forward the idea of creating a comic which would show a main character, as a year 9 student, going to a Careers Fayre and learning about what university is. Our character (who we named Joe for the time-being) is a somewhat naughty and un-motivated student who prefers spending time on his DJ set than learning academic subjects. His mother appears in the comic, and she is against him and his music choice of interest.
Joe has the typical "angel vs. devil" over his shoulder which helps the story unfold. Other characters include fellow Secondary school student-friends as well as a woman who he meets at the Careers Fayre who tells him about university life and what to expect (etc)
It was a really great idea, and we had a very tight deadline, which required a lot of very quick work, but we managed to get it done in time! To our relief!
I shall upload the comic panels I contributed to soon. We have literally just today given them to the client - They are being coloured by the design team at Newport uni now, and hopefully will be sent off to be printed on Friday! Myself and my two friends who worked on this project will receive two free copies of the final prospectus! I can't wait to see it!
Anyway - so here are my initial designs. (Please full view!)
We started off by each designing the main character. Our client wanted it to be a boy, so we all came back with boy designs.
The first section (1/4) of this page shows my boy designs.
None of my boy designs were chosen, so I was assigned the role of background character design.
The second section (2/4) shows designs for the 'mother', 'girl' (Secondary school friend who wants to be a teacher) and the other 'girl' character who 'Joe' meets at the Careers Fayre. I have highlighted in colour the designs that were chosen for the final comic.
The third section (3/4) shows further designs for the 'mother' and for the other 'boy' (Secondary school friends) characters. Again, chosen designs are highlighted in colour.
The final section shows further designs for the 'girl from the Careers Fayre'. The chosen one is highlighted in colour.
I shall upload the finalised lineart comic panels soon. And when I receive the finalised coloured prospectus' I shall scan/photograph them and upload here on here.
:)
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Monday, 8 November 2010
Fifi and the Jam Jar (Animation)
Fifi struggling to open a jam jar...
As part of my second-year Animation course at University of Wales, Newport.
Fifi is now about 16-17 years old. Her design has been changed slightly too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PEq7M9UTH4
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As part of my second-year Animation course at University of Wales, Newport.
Fifi is now about 16-17 years old. Her design has been changed slightly too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PEq7M9UTH4
x
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Little Girl Design
This little character popped up whilst sketching (for a very exciting project I will be telling you all about soon) last night...
She's inspired by the new range of clothes designed by Stella McCartney for kids - http://www.stellamccartneykids.co.uk/page/lookbook.htm
The first girl that appears when you go to the link is who the illustration is based off. (Maud) <- Who's name is SO adorable. I love her hair, isn't she cute?
The clothes are amazing! Aren't the colours lovely? I love it all so much!
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She's inspired by the new range of clothes designed by Stella McCartney for kids - http://www.stellamccartneykids.co.uk/page/lookbook.htm
The first girl that appears when you go to the link is who the illustration is based off. (Maud) <- Who's name is SO adorable. I love her hair, isn't she cute?
The clothes are amazing! Aren't the colours lovely? I love it all so much!
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