Friday, January 31, 2014

Experiment No. K-9

Wow. I am really bad at this blogging thing sometimes.
*facepalm*

Even with school, however, I'm still finding time to draw! I've been working more on just quick sketches, random drawings, originals, et cetera. (So nothing really "blog-worthy".) Finally I drew something I can be proud to share! *claps*
However, it needs a bit of explaining...

Note: This will make more sense to those who have read Maximum Ride.

Okay, the explanation:
This (unfortunate) boy is a mix of wolf, bird, and human. His name is KIX (named so because of the tattoo on the inside of his arm K-IX; IX being the Roman numeral nine). He received the ears, tail, and wings from The School--an illegal scientific research organization, and also the main antagonists in the MR series.

He is probably about three to four in my drawing, (or your best guess... *shrugs*), and very sad. :( Wouldn't you if you were a scientific experiment?

I cannot claim the "rights" to him though, he is the OC (original character) of another talented writer, of whom I do not know her actual name. She wrote a fanfiction for Maximum Ride titled "The Wings of Wrath". Her writing was very beautiful, but the things I best liked about it were her OCs. I almost can't believe they're not in the actual series! And since I'm into drawing animal/human characters lately, from the moment of KIX's introduction I wanted to draw him. There are other characters and scenes I want to draw from that story, but I'm not promising anything yet.

Originally, it was going to be a more comic/manga style...but as usual I got a bit carried away... ;) Anyway, hope you like it!
^_^

Just the flat, full picture...
[Graphite pencils (2H,HB,6B) on white 70lb paper]

Ciao for now!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Let the Little Children come...

"But Jesus said, 'Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.'" 
Matthew 19:14

Hello dear friends!
I thought I should probably let you know I'm still alive... ;) but because of school and such, this is going to be very short.

I sketched this little friend of mine at church last week. It was amazing--she actually sat (relatively) still for, like, three minutes! O_O Lol. Little kids are so cute!

Adios amigos.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year!

Well, it's the end of 2013.
...
I repeat, it's the end of 2013!!! Can you believe it?!? Where did the time go? *freaking out here*

Okay, okay, I'll calm down. I have some cool end of the year blog stuff I'd like to share, but first! 
A chibi:


Yay! It's Jack Frost!
(He's awesome. Also, he's wintry... therefore he's in this post. lol. ;])

Now, my End-of-the-Year-Blog-Report-Thingy.
Blog Began: January 2013

Total Posts: 45

Total +1's: 126

Total page views: 2,500+ (Not including mine)

Countries who have visited my blog (in no particular order):
*takes a big breath*
United states, Germany, South Korea, Japan, United Nations, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Romania, New Zealand, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Mexico, Algeria, Ireland, Guatemala, France, Venezuela, Botswana, Vietnam, Cyprus, India, Singapore, Morocco, Kuwait, Spain, China, Hungary, Trinidad & Tobago, Canada, Dominican Republic, Columbia, Suadi Arabia, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, Barbados, Israel, U.A.E, Singapore, Serbia, Nepal, Ukrain, South Africa, Peru, Namibia, Finland, Libya, Italy, Georgia, Norway, and Czech Republic...

Aaand in case you totally skimmed that whole paragraph, (like I would...), that was a total of  58 countries!!!
XD

This is crazy guys! When I first created this blog, I was expecting only my friends and family to know about it/read it. So I was totally not expecting this, and am so, SO excited! *squeals* God is so cool! 

To all who have visited this blog: THANK YOU!
Спасибо!
 Salamat sa iyo!
¡Gracias!
Danke!
 Terima kasih!
감사합니다!
Děkuji vám!
 ありがとうございました!
Takk skal du ha!
Merci!
Et cetera... ;D

I hope you will continue visiting this blog, and enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy creating it!

And as always:
I LOVE your comments!
Be it flame or praise, I'll take both! XD
(I actually greatly appreciate criticism-it helps me learn what areas are *cough* lacking in my art...)

AND

I LOVE your commissions!
It's (should be) really easy to commission me now that all you need to do is fill in a form...[LINK]

In this next year, I will be trying to work on/(greatly) improve my coloring skills and digital artwork. Maybe then I'll have some cooler stuff for you guys! (Or just some wonky pictures...*giggles nervously*... I seriously need to take an art class...;])

Anywho, Thank you to all who've stuck with me this far. I hope to continue to see you throughout this coming year!

*hugs*
HAPPY 2014 EVERYBODY!!!

Monday, December 30, 2013

Copic Markers

Wow. Three posts in one week! What has gotten into me? ;)

Anyway, for Christmas, I received a set of Copic Ciao markers. *squeals* So exciting!!! (For an artist...;]) I was trying them out today and after *ahem* quite a few practice "sessions", 
(Example:
Supposed to be Orihime from Bleach. Her mouth went wacky...)

 I created this little picture:

Isn't she adorable?!?
 XD 
Obviously, there is A LOT I need to work on. (Example: how to keep those colors from bleeding outside the lines!) But I think it's a decent beginning. It would be better if I had more colors... but Copics are quite the investment. O_O

This drawing is an original. Please do not use without permission. Thanks!

I will be posting an End-of-the-Year post for New Year's.
Until tomorrow!

Saturday, December 28, 2013

My Grandpa

Hello again everyone,
And here I thought that the Holidays were going to be giving me a break... sheesh! 

This year, I wanted to make more of my gifts for my family. My Grandma also requested I draw her a picture for her gift. So, I drew her a portrait of my Grandpa, who passed away in 2007.

An early base sketch:
Creepy... I know...

Da finished picture:

The original:
Isn't he handsome? :)

I have to admit I am quite happy about it! ^_^ There are still quite a few areas I need to improve on, but I'm working on it.

Adios amigos!

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas!!!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
From yours truly's favourite white-topped dude.

Yay! Digital art! 
Though... I need to get a tablet that works with my manga software, this was done on my Dad's Samsung (using Microsoft One Note...). *Sigh* It's not the same... ;) 

Anyway.
Merry Christmas!!!

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

"Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for mankind..." 
Psalms 107:8

I told myself I was going to draw a Thanksgiving-themed chibi and so I drew this today... ^_^ Aren't they cute?!?
*squeals*

The pilgrim boy on the left is holding a pie, the girl in the middle is holding an apple, and the indian boy on the right is just being cute. :3 Which one is your favorite?

A few things I am thankful for this year (among many): my best friend Grace, my drawing pencils (*wink wink*), and of course, my amazing God. 
I hope you have/had a wonderful Thanksgiving too!