Emma from Glee, my current favorite show on TV.
Done freehand, but with reference and measuring lines added in Photoshop to help achieve the right proportions.
This was an exercise in how to capture a likeness. I think I must have scrapped about 6 prior attempts. Once I got the likeness close, the painting went pretty quickly.
The colors are still a little wacky. But I think it’s time to move on to the next piece.
Photoshop CS4. 12 hours.
Some fan art of Kaylee from Serenity. Photoshop CS4.
I lost count of the hours trying to get the likeness right. Maybe 8? Finally had to give up. It’s just not quite there. I wish I were a better artist so I could see how to fix it more easily.
Finished it off with a quick hack coloring job of only an hour or so.
I was a bit rusty after not painting for at least a month it feels like. It was hard to get back into the groove.
My project at work is over, so hopefully some breathing room. Still working on my feature script. But I’m getting the itch to draw again. Maybe will pick up the webcomic again, but treat it more like an encyclopedia of the world for a little bit. Just have some fun with characters, locations, world building without worrying about narrative again just yet.
Getting in some painting practice after being inspired by the season 2 finale of Dr. Who. I’m considering adding a character to Lirielle’s story that will owe his heritage to the Tenth Doctor.
Currently I am also working on a feature script with the intent to get it up on reels by this time next year.
Unfortunately this means Lirielle is becoming a backburner project. I do find that I enjoy dabbling with Lirielle’s story whenever I get stuck on the feature scriptwriting.
Things are going slowly right now. Been very busy with other things that don’t leave enough mental energy to write. Plus I keep getting sidetracked. Like today I upgraded my ComicPress version, but then I spent a couple of hours repairing stylesheets and whatnot.
I’m not sure I’m happy with the emphasis I placed on magic in the last couple of installments. I might try to limit what magic can do soon so it’s not such a can of worms.
I’ve been writing one page at a time and living from installment to installment. I think I need to spend a little bit planning things out a little bit better, which means my already slow one-page-a-month pace is about to get slower. I’m going to try to make it up by posting some more concept art while I get my story in better shape.
Sigh. I really do mean to publish the next page, honest.
My brother’s indie film premiere’s next month, so all my free time is going to fixing shots and working on the poster. My day job has really picked up too, rolling into production this month.
On top of it all, I got sick. My 18-month-old daughter managed to get pink eye, an ear infection, and a nasty cough. Of course me and my wife caught it too. Spent the last couple days sleeping a lot and taking cold medicine. I seem to be on the mend and will soldier in to work tomorrow.
While home from work these past couple days, I did seriously think about trying to finish page 4. But it’s really hard to work when you’re miserable and practically asleep and really the highlight of the day is managing to microwave your lunch.
