28.12.12

23.12.12

I still don't have much time to draw, but I promised to do a Secret Santa picture for stephaniescarlet on deviantart, otherwise it would be unfair if she didn't get anything.

Drawing outdoors 2

Been busy writing my story all week so I didn't manage to keep up my drawing habit like I wanted :(

The good new is that I had another drawing day, where I drew the Darling Harbor and (1/3) of Saint Mary's Cathedral (below)

13.12.12

I'm trying to think of a name for this character. I think I'll call him Aiden or Ethan but I'm not too sure. His design is a bit plain at the moment but I'll make him look cooler later.

Port city

Quick design for a port city

12.12.12

I just finished this picture of my characters Lapis and Andy from my story The Wish Bringer.

I sketched out some of their costume designs a few days ago (pictures bellow), but they were really messy so I really wanted to do colour versions of them.  These two characters don't interact together in the story very much, but... who cares. (Actually the real reason is that I don't have to draw two pictures lol).

Also Andy (red hair) isn't a main character in my story, but she has the best fashion sense out of all the characters, so I enjoy drawing her in different outfits.

P.S I used on of darkySTOCK's pictures as reference for the poses and door.

7.12.12

Sometimes I go to the city, with the intention of drawing, but I don't do it very much, because drawing by myself can get a bit boring.  So this time I came up with a better idea, to draw with my friends; simple enough. 

So yesterday I went out with my friends to the city and drew from real life.  It was a lot of fun hanging out with my friends as well as getting some drawing practise in. 

For anyone else, who wants to draw from real life, I suggest you do it as a group =)

 

Hyde Park

War Memorial, Sydney

Story and conseptual art

I mentioned in my last entry, I haven't been able to draw very much, because I've been writing a story.  The title of the story is called "the Wish Bringer", which is about a guy, who grants wishes in exchange for people's souls.  Here is a small section of the story as well as some conceptual art work.

Lapis:  “I really don’t remember a lot of things.  One day I just woke up, as though I was born again.  I was in a strange pace, with no idea of who I was, not even my name.  Someone I met mentioned how mysterious I was and that my eyes shone like a lapis lazuli.  So I ended up calling myself Lapis, like the stone.

Despite not knowing anything I had really strong drive, like I was meant to do something more with my life, so I travelled in pursuit of answers.  Who was I and what was I doing… or rather what was I supposed to do.  Lately I’ve begun to remember things, beautiful yet strange.

I am haunted by fragmented visions of a wonderful, yet frightening place.  Yet it feels so distant to me, almost as if these fantastical dreams are not my own, like they belong to someone else.

I keep seeing a girl.  I feel as though I should know her, but I don’t.  Like I said before, I don’t remember a lot… but I think she’s someone I left behind.

I have no idea who she is and what her connection to me is, but I do have a clue.  It’s like a promise, a song that keeps playing in my head.

‘By myself I am only half

I cannot live without you

Precious like a friend, we are closer than sisters

Though separated, our bonds shall never break,

I love you the most, yet I also hate you the most’

It’s such a strange riddle; I really can’t figure it out.  I think she needs me… who ever she is.”

Tattoo design

tattoo with cut

website for one of the bands in the story

costume design for Lapis

3.12.12

Hey, I haven't posted very much suff this week, because i've be doing some creative writing.  I try to do some more drawings this week if I can.

an art trade that I did for my friend on dA

ideas for storyboard frames

costume design for a character

character design

26.11.12

I had to move out of my uni accommodation on Saturday, meaning that I might not get to complete my resin project soon, due to everything being in storage.

Anyway here is a drawing that I've been working on the last few days. I put more effort and time into it compared to some of my previous drawings.

resin cast

These two pictures here, show the 2 halfs of the laytex mould.  They worked well, however the thickness are uneven and kind of ugly.  I read that some people use lego blocks to build the outside walls (instead of cardboard), because they are even, can be broken down easily and are re-usable.  I think I might try that technique at a later date.

Then I poured some resin into one half and shook it to make a hollow cast. 
(A hollow cast is when you coat the outsides of the mould so that the inside is hollow).
The resin I usually use takes about a day to dry, however I used a different type of resin this time that only takes 5 MINUTES to dry.  That's crazy!!

So crazy that the resin dried before I finished the pour, so i'm going to try it a second time.

the front

half the back is missing

my fork dried like this within 3 mins

Couldn't sleep

I'm having a hard time getting to sleep because the neighbors are having a party next door. In the mean while I decided to do a drawing.

Naked guy drawn with graphite on paper

Mold

Thank you Vaseline <3

The first half of the mold came out nicely without everything getting stuck together.

I then put Vaseline all over the back side and made a new box for it to sit in, (made out of the sophisticated material called cardboardium).

Then I mixed up a new batch of latex to cast the other side. The small cup, with a hole, is put there so I can put more latex on the raised part of the head, without it leaking down the sides.

Sketchy stuff

Not too much serious stuff today. Just random drawings and storyboard ideas.

figure part 2

I meant to post this yesterday but I forgot, so here it is. 

In the first picture, I pushed half of the figure into some clay, so that I could mold the first half of the figure and the second image is of me pouring the laytex into the box, after I covered everything underneith with vaseline.
I'm a bit scared that the bottom layer of clay will dry and stick to the figure (I put vaseline in between the figure and the clay, but who knows).  However the laytex is still wet (and smelly) so I can't check yet.

In the mean while, I'm going a little bit crazy because I have my final French exam tomorrow.  I hope everything goes ok.   0(>o<)0

Primed up!!

The picture probably looks the same to you guys, since the clay was white to begin with. However since the last post I've sanded and primed the figure with gesso and a little of mod podge to smooth and water proof it.

new sculpture

Yesterday I was looking up resin figures expecially Paul Shih's work, such as Pandara, which I though was pretty cool.

Pandara resign figure by Paul Shih

After seeing that, I thought that I wanted to try making a resin figure too.
First I drew up what my figure would look like from the front and from the side. I decided to chose a simple shape, since this is my first attempt.

Then I used "Basic Fimo Air", which is a cheap-ish air dry clay, that I bought from the supply shop at Uni. It was the only type of clay that I could buy there, so I took what I could.  I also got some primer and sandpaper, which I'll use after I finish sculpting.

After several hours of trying to get every thing in perportion (the head is kind of big though) I finally make the body and head.  The arms and legs have little bits of wood in them to help them stick to the body.

Due to the fact that the clay is still wet and heavy, I had to hold the head onto the body in this picture.  In comparison, resin is lighter then clay so the head be ok by then.

The next thing that I have to do next is to wait for the clay to dry, then I'll sand the uneven bits and try to make it as smooth as I can.

After that I'll make sure to use a primer to seal it, that was my failure last time.  Because clay is so absorbent, when I make a cast last time, the clay sculpture absorbed some of the moisture from my casting material (it might have been plaster or laytex, I forget) and got stuck in the mould.  So this time i'll pay attention to that.

Anyway that's all for now!!

13.11.12

white charcoal on black cardboard