Sunday 27 February 2022

Bario As Seen From A Hill

Bario As Seen From A Hill
19.1cm x 15.5cm
Gouache on paper

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Finally, I have completed this piece! I started this last week and was ambitious enough to think that I could finish it, only to find myself very very exhausted halfway through, so I had to stop to rest. Now, one week later, it is finished. 

Tuesday 22 February 2022

After The Rain

After the Rain
1440 x 1980
SketchBook

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Wishing y’alls a great start of the week ahead! 

I am currently working on a little gouache painting right now that is based upon a photograph I have taken back in 2019 when I was in Bario (it is still a work in progress and I am currently taking a break from it). While I am now taking a break from that, the photograph still continues to inspire me, so thought I’d make this piece. 

Sunday 13 February 2022

I've Found My Light

I’ve Found My Light
1440 x 1980
SketchBook

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'I guess I will never be good enough to deserve the light you have kept from me, so I have found my own. O, how uncomfortable you seem.'

How you doin', Sam?

How you doin’, Sam?
19.1cm x 11.0cm
Gouache on paper

A DEATH STRANDING fanart

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A little painting with reference to a shot I took from the game. A little practice in using colours and tone to suggest depth. Also, got to use mah nü fænsea brushés~~

Wednesday 9 February 2022

Pointing

Pointing
1980 x 1980
SketchBook

 A DEATH STRANDING Fanart

That's right, Lou; that's Capital Knot City.

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Took a quick break after #JanuaryDechART and now I am back with more art. Technically, in between this piece and my last piece from the Dechart challenge, I was doing a bit of portrait practices. I have posted some of the sketches here already, but I haven’t posted some of the more recent ones yet. You can probably see them on my Instagram feed already, and Twitter, too. (I’m planning to compile them maybe by the end of the month, make it like a collage of practices I have done for the month, sort of thing -- might even do this for every month since one of my art resolutions is to make more portraits and this will be a nice milestone for that.)

Friday 4 February 2022

Art Break! Some portrait sketch practices

And so #JanuaryDechART is over and I feel like I need to take a break from creating art; this particular challenge had seen me push myself a little further in terms of detail execution and this somewhat exhausted me. 

But I know I can’t completely disengage creatively. I thought this would be a good time for me to work on my portrait drawing skill. Well, it is one of my drawing resolutions for the year; to do more portraits and get good at them. 

So here are some sketches which I did earlier today (and late last night). 

Here are some of Norman Reedus -- in chronological order. There isn’t really a noticeable progression from bad to better or worse, only that each iteration just seems like a unique ‘variation’ of Norman Reedus that looks just like people who are definitely not Norman Reedus. 


I am a little happy of this second page though, as I felt like I was getting closer. Still not exactly him, but I feel like I’m getting closer. I have saved the reference pic for more practices in the future again. Need to keep working at it. 


And the last one for the day, of nerd boi Heartman from DEATH STRANDING. I think I am slowly getting the hang of Heartman’s facial likeness. A little proud of myself, if I’m honest.