AUGUST 2022 SKETCH WRAP-UP

So it is the end of August, and here be some sketches which I have done for the month. Had me the pleasure of watching 'THE NORTHMAN' and also 'THE SANDMAN', which essentially make up the bulk of my sketches here. This was also the month I created my OC Fyoden, and I have had some sketches of his face and figure as well. 

Okay, not all NORTHMAN and SANDMAN stuff. Later in the month, things get a bit more random as I jump from WESTWORLD's Lee Sizemore, to Alexander Skarsgard and Oliver Jackson Cohen, to the character shown in the new DUNE: AWAKENING trailer, before ending with a portrait of Floor Jansen seeing 'Shoemaker' at Hellfest 2022 (highlight of the concert for me).

Helpless and Hopeful

Helpless And Hopeful

1920 x 1200

SketchBook

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It has been a while since I painted rain, so thought I'd get back into it, and this time, I worked out a new technique for myself. The result isn't exactly perfect yet, but I love the way it looks here much better. More future experiments to come. 

It has been quite a full week for me (work-wise) but thankfully, things turned out alright. Anyways, I will be making a small announcement soon. Stay tuned. ;)

How You Doin', Sam? V

How You Doin', Sam? V

Gouache on paper

26.5cm x 19.1cm

A DEATH STRANDING FANART

It has been a while since I have done a traditional painting, and even a longer while since I have done anything with gouache. Thought I'd revisit it. And what better way than to paint a scene from DEATH STRANDING?  

The reference for this painting was taken in the woods by the Wind Farm, what is perhaps one of the most terrifying places in the game because of how crowded it gets with BTs when it rains. However, during the time of this scene, it wasn't raining and I found the way the light poured into the woods beautifully soothing, so I took some pictures, with a potential painting in mind. 

Deep Chasm

Deep Chasm

1080 x 1920

SketchBook

I told myself that I would take a break from art-ing and that I would not be drawing pictures for a while, so here is a picture I drew while I was taking my break. :)

The Path Ahead

The Path Ahead

1080 x 19800

SketchBook

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I'm just gonna leave Fyoden to rest for a while longer; he really really needs his sleep and he gets grouchy if I bother him before he is ready to get up; he doesn't handle that too well, unfortunately. So here is a landscape painting with a little guy, with some fogs and mountains in the background. 

Frog Butts

So... was the book any good? Yes, it was very good. THE EXTRAORDINARY BOOK OF FROG BUTTS proved a most delightful read, and Fyoden loved it very much. 

But... it seems that he has fallen asleep. That is because he hasn't been sleeping much lately and is in dire need of slumber. 

Tsk tsk.

Anyways, here is the close-up of the book. :3

(Shoutout to @voidoutbt for their t shirt that inspired the frog butt and to @astrandofgold for the Coptic binding)

Chill Afternoon

Just Fyoden chilling on a Sunday afternoon with a hot drink and a book. Is the book any good? He'll have to find out. 

Cabbage Snack

Some new I learned about Fyoden. 

He having a cabbage snack. 

Cos he likes that. 

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Mini story behind this, and also behind the inspiration for Fyoden: Yesterday, around the time when Fyoden came to me as a character, while walking over to the pantry for a hydration break, I came across a guy from another department I have never met before who had this somewhat cool-looking goatee (I mostly saw him from the side and back, so didn't really see his face) and just as he sat at a table, he pulled his sandals off so that he was barefooted and then started munching on some cabbage leaves he had laid out on a piece of tissue paper, all while staring out the picture window at the company garden. I immediately fell in love with his vibe. Big mood, right there!

And that was how Fyoden came to be. The mullet, the glasses, the tattoo on his left arm and his light-coloured hair are mostly personal additions, but everything else is pretty much based on the guy. 

Fyoden

 

So ... I have created a new random OC. :3

Name's Fyoden. :3

And I don't know who he is yet. :3

JULY 2022 SKETCH WRAP-UP

And so another month has passed, and this month... has admittedly seen me doing quite a lot of different portraits. Okay, granted, most of them now in the early parts are Cal Kestis, but eventually I started going into other characters, some recurring and some which I have never really tackled before. (Also yes, that's sweet Steven Grant in the 3rd pic :') )

Some familiar, some not so, I'm sure. Also made a brief return to DBH after ages of not doing any fanart there too. 

And the one I am proudest of (sorry to brag for a bit) is the sketch of Sam from DS taking a break. I am actually very satisfied with how I did with that one. The details were crazy tedious and I was surprised I could pull it off somehow, and I love the way it looks. 

So that's July sketches! Jumping right on ahead to August now XP. See ya then~