Illustration Work

I thought I should put this on here, too, even though it is from last year. Looking back on these, I'm pretty disappointed, because I think I could've done a lot better of a job... but I think I was trying to be too safe.

Anyway, these were commissioned for my friend's dad's first children book. Koi: A Cuento About a Little Koi Who Didn't Know He Was a Koi by Hector Barrera. These aren't the finally pictures, and unfortunately the book is printed in b&w... so... here they are.

 

Buggy

  

Koi hitting boy

  

 Ponds

  

Koi flopping v. 1 too low resolution

  

Koi flopping v. 2 too much empty space

  

Koi flying v. 1 terrible

  

Koi flying v. 2

  

El Tata

  

Koi

  

 El Tortuga v.1

 

 El Tortuga v.2

This project made me realize that:
1. I shouldn't be afraid to go beyond the safety zone.
2. I really need to work on painting higher contrast pictures.
3. I really need to work on shading.
4. I should draw at higher resolutions.
5. I never want to draw fish ever again.
6. I should branch out from the free version of OpenCanvas [can't use it on my Mac anyway 8****[ so sad].

Portrait of Cat by Trina By Cat

3.5 hours total? Slow, but I'm working on it. This is the... third or fourth time using ArtRage free demo. It's an okay program. I like that it moderately simulates oil painting. 

Not really sure what I was going for. I think I just wanted to practice digital painting.  Must free myself from outlines... Lots of stuff to change. Maybe I'll fix it later. We'll see. If you have any critiques, please comment.

Here is the original by trina_tr0n:

This is where I will begin.

This blog will be where I post my drawings, paintings, sketches, and whatever artsy stuff I do... so that I won't have to post stuff on... deviant AAHHHHHRRT. I like to pretend to be really pretentious, which means that I AM REALLY PRETENTIOUS. AHHHH!!!!!

Here are some older to recent pieces I've done [goddammit what is this, i miss html]: