May 3, 2014 - Monster Girl & Gigs

Pretty tired but let's do a thing!
Favorite Monster Girl Character

This one actually took me awhile to think of.  Surprisingly enough I don't think many of the shows i watch really have monster girls in them o.O...  So I just chose the first one that came to mind.  Flame Princess from adventure time!  Thinking about it a bit more there are others that I really like...  but ya know, this works for me. 


Then Gigs!

 She finally has a name, and I'm trying to work out her abilities.
The pose on the right is really good and im genuinely proud of it.

Would put more but I'm really tired.

April 28, 2014 - Friend's Request

A good buddy of mine had asked if I would be able to do a Final Fantasy type title card for a video series he was doing.

He asked me for this a LONG time ago, and I feel like a total jerk for not getting it to him sooner.  I'm not sure if he will be happy with the results.  I really like the fragmented sketchy look to it.  I was going for something like the Final Fantasy Titles.  Not sure how well it turned out, but we'll find out soon enough. 

April 27, 2014 - Favorite Monster Girl (Slime Girl)

Next Monster Girl Picture I did.
Literally did this in a few minutes haha.  But im super happy with the results.

Revisiting the Slime Girl

I wasn't exactly sure what to do for this one "Favorite Monster Girl"  Slime and Robots are probably my two favorites and I already used one of my characters for the robot, so I figured I'd redraw  one that I'd like to explore more as a character...  So...  Slime girl again!  As I said earlier, I did this one in a matter of 4 or 5 min (if even that)   My ability to pick up on shapes and forms has progressed far enough so I'm able to quickly throw out a pose and at least be able to see what is right and wrong then shape it into something that looks a little better.  Not to mention, I'm genuinely proud of that face haha.  It's not perfect, but it looks nice.  There hasn't been a lot of big updates, lots of things are going on.  Not bad things, just things to keep me busy for a while. 

Original Slime Girl can be found here
http://doggyzart.blogspot.com/2013/08/aug-25-27-2013-gestures-and-monster.html

Gotta keep moving, onward march!
MORE TRAINING!

April 26, 2014 - Monster Girl MultiLimb

Just got the monster girl done today. Turned out pretty good though!

I didn't use reference again for this picture.  Im noticing myself being able to recall the shapes of the body a bit easier.  Not a lot more to say, but I really like it.  I actually wouldn't mind making some of these into actual characters haha.  But we'll see.

April 25, 2014 - Gestures and Yokai Girl

Some 2 min Gestures.

Next Monster girl
Yokai! (ghost, phantom, strange apparition)

Reaaallly like how this one turned out. I didn't use any reference for this one and I think it turned out really well.  I think the hands could have been a little bit better, but This one had a good flow to it, especially with the legs.  Not bad.

April 24, 2014 - Huge Gaming Cutback. (No art)

I have hinted towards it and played around with the idea in my head for many months now...  But I've finally decided to cut back on my gaming.

While my gaming in general had taken a huge cut because of real life events, it's come to my attention that gaming in general has done little to no good in helping achieve my goal as an artist.  I used to proudly consider myself a gamer with perhaps slightly above average abilities...  But I feel this time has passed. 

I wont be giving it up completely, but I will be limiting myself to at most, an hour a day (or none if at all possible).  I have learned a lot through gaming, but I need to redirect my focus and hang up the gamer hat.  (AT LEAST TILL SMASH BROS COMES OUT ON THE WIIU LOOLOLOLO)

The question that it all really boils down to is...  How badly do I want this whole art thing to work?  I still feel as though all the odds are stacked against me.  I have to give it my all, and unfortunately my favorite pastime has been the biggest obstacle in my progress.

More on this at a later date.
Till then...
MORE TRAINING!

April 22, 2014 - Feline Girl

Monster girl thing.
Feline Girl!

I drew the character Miss Fortune from, Skull Girls.  While I was happy with this one, I think it looks a bit too much like the reference material that I used.  I might end up redoing it one day, but as of now I like it.

Edit~~
Random quote I found.

“Don’t worry about being original, she said dismissively. Yes, everything’s been written, but also, the thing you want to write, before you wrote it, was impossible to write. Otherwise it would already exist. You writing it makes it possible.”

—	Alexander Chen

Not exactly drawing related, but I'd like to bend it out of context a bit to make it fit.  I think the same thing could be said about any art form in general.  Your art was impossible until YOU create it.  Otherwise it would already exist.  Thinking about art in this way really does the entire concept of creation, regardless of the quality.  It was IMPOSSIBLE till you created it.  Which even makes our failures stand out as somewhat of an accomplishment. 


Lastly, I also saw an interesting 2 part video series on Leonardo DaVinci and other artists were "Losers" or not always successful.
It's worth a look. (they are each about 5 min long)
Part1
http://vimeo.com/84022735
Part2
http://vimeo.com/87448006