Marker postcards

Two postcard-sized (10x14,5 cm / 4"x6") illustrations done this week. Basically I was just doing these as marker practice, and to test how to make fashion illustrations where characters' faces are not in focus. My teachers often remind me not to emphasize faces too much since clothes are the major focus in fashion illustration... I can't help it, I like pretty faces too much!

Exaggerated necks are fun. And you might have noticed how I love checkered fabrics~ <33

Collages, collages

I've been playing around with all my scrapbooking stuffs again while still sewing my graduation collection. Here's some of the finished stuff I did.

 

 An A5-sized card of Giselle, the main character of Disney's Enchanted. I don't like this because her pose is too stiff and looks unnatural, but her dress came out cute. ^.^

This is Tankero's glamorous character Miss B in some sort of old-fashioned lingerie getup.Her ears turned out to be rather troublesome, as they were difficult to fit anywhere without making the whole work look ridiculous (or, maybe I'm just not quite used to drawing non-human characters).

 A personal work in A4 size. I titled it "Chandelier" because the moon looked like a chandelier to me with the sticker snowflakes hanging from beneath it. I rather like this work.

-off to grab something to eat-

Girl couples in watercolour

An older lineart I finally finished colouring last week. The colour scheme is a bit odd for me and I'm not sure if I managed that vintage feel I was going for, but that doesn't mean I'm not happy with it. The monochrome silhouette on the background is of Paris.

This colour scheme is more within my comfort zone and overall the illustration is filled with my favourite things; two beautiful girls with long, flowing hair, a hanging garden, see-throught undergarments and a shy kiss on the forehead (I find this the sweetest type of kiss, for some reason!). It seems that this work was popular in dA.

Hello readers, I'm back - with a fractured toe! I had a brief holiday in Jyväskylä and being the klutz I am, I fell down a flight of stairs at my friend's home and fractured my toe while doing so. -facepalm- I'll try to update this blog every now and then, even though I don't have much time for drawing these days.

Sketchbook entries

A girl with goldfish and jellyfish. I was trying out colours I don't normally use. Yellow and orange are nice colours actually, even though I shy away from them so often.

I like wedding themed illustrations even though I'm not a big fan of weddings myself. I guess it's the romantic in me that secretly likes sappy stuff. Anyway, I wanted to draw two brides holding one bouquet, but the other one's head is way too small. -laughs- But I like this kind of colour scale so it was a nice little experiment.

Jam day with Sipsetti

Sometimes it's good to plan nothing before you start painting. This one was very much fun to work with, and I really like the outcome even though it was totally random. I wanted to draw jam jars and a cute girl with ruffled up hair, but that's pretty much everything I planned beforehand. Everything else - made up as I went. My favourite strategy for everything.

Sipsetti with lots and lots of jam~ The text on the jars says 'strawberry' and 'blackcurrant'. Sipsetti's hair is actually mint green, but it would have looked too out of place here so I made it pale lilac.

What's your favourite flavour of jam, by the way? I love raspberry and cherry. <3 Blueberry is great, too.

Graceful Lightning

I've been playing lots of FFXIII lately, and Lightning is my favourite out of all the playable characters. She's tough and rought around the edges, but she has this unintentional sort of grace about her. I think it's interesting. She's not very girly, but I wanted to capture her in a passing, unintentional moment of feminity even the roughest tomboys probably experience every now and then.

I should be designing my collection but I don't feel the slightest bit inspired... Ugh.

Pencils and Photoshop 7. Rose screentone from here:

Rose Screentone Pack by *Mysticalpchan on deviantART

Distance

'Though I pursue you
Though I pursue you
I don't reach you
Even though I like you this much'
Nishino Kana - Distance

...That's it. I'm beat like never before. Two straight days of nothing but Thesis seminars left me totally drained, so I'll just share this little sketchbook scribble with you and go to bed. Mine went well, by the way.

This song touched my heart at first listen; the lyrics fit all too well. I can really relate to what she sings about.