Wishing y'alls who are celebrating a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year 2023! 🐰🐇🧧🎇
This is a fanart/tribute to an old Chinese New Year joke/meme back in the day, immortalised in a parody trailier made by SGAG about one of the scariest snacks to ever exist on this planet.
If y'alls curious, you can check this trailer out.
I have recently started watching this show on Prime, called THE RIG, and I am enjoying it so far. Moody atmosphere, organisational politics, a group of people stuck in the middle of the sea in the midst of something strange -- and potentially Lovecraftian -- (guys in hi-vis and work coveralls); what's not to love?
Here are the illustration without the title, and a close-up of our oil rig technician.
This one is inspired by THE SANDMAN (both the picture and the title).
I am in a big SANDMAN mood these past few days. I am close to finishing the first volume of my copy of the graphic novel and will be getting the second volume soon. Can't wait to continue reading it!
Also, rewatching the first season, too. Having now finished the Doll-House arc, I would like to re-watch the first season with new eyes.
A quick sketch of the Lower Decks gang, this time together with Samanthan Rutherford!
Okay I cheated a little; I turned him in a way so that I didn't have to think too much of the cyborg implant just yet -- still trying to figure that out.
Me sketches for the month of October. Quite a lot of Jack Quaid because I am still absolutely crazy about the guy, plus one of him and Erin Moriarty. Then some of Florence Welch, then of Connor -- this was spontaneously inspired by a hilarious post by a mutual on Twitter. Then, to end the month, three sketches of musicians whose works I love and support. Luke Levenson, Malingo and finally, Ryan Karazija of LOW ROAR, who had sadly passed just end of this month (Rest in love, Ryan.)
Bonus pieces. Did portraits of Jack Quaid with ink and gouache -- first time for me using this for portraits! Very interesting process and definitely gonna try more in the future.
This piece is inspired by a song from SPG's Space Opera 'The Vice Quadrant', called 'Soliton'. It's a very relaxing song, and it is one of my top favourites from the band. Also a new fan.
Big shout out to a dear friend, who introduced the band to me!
I have officially finished my first playthrough of HORIZON ZERO DAWN! What a journey! Has taken me a real long time -- though somehow, my derpy ass still managed to not complete much of the side quests, so yeah I missed the inclusion of some pretty big NPCs into the final battle, which I will definitely want to attempt again for that. In any case, can't wait to experience HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST once it is out on PC.
In the meantime, here is Aloy with mah boi Teb~ :3
And here is what the original photo might have looked like:
And then she says, she says - get this - she says, "Oh, no. That's a Bolian."
Quick throwback to Season 1 Episode 2 of STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS.
Yeah, more Boimler and Mariner, but this time, bringing Tendi as well, cos why not? (Yeah, she wasn't there when Boimler told on Mariner, but thought it would be a good piece to practice drawing her). Will eventually bring in Rutherford once I figure how to draw his implant.
This picture is inspired by a recent performance by Florence + The Machine at Madison Square Garden. I absolutely love the energy Florence exudes throughout, especially during her performance of 'My Love'. Here is the recording of it.
The part which sent me was the bridge, where they went low for a bit, and Florence spoke a little about the song, how it was written during a time where people could not meet up and dance together, before inviting everyone to join her in practising the resurrection of dance. This led to an epic buildup to the final chorus, where the crowd joined in and OMG, I just love it that they did that!
Yeah, more landscape art inspired by Montana, cos why not?
Also today, while painting this, I was reacquainted with an old classic, through a new re-recording, which I have only just found out about.
Hehehe, this brought back so much childhood memories with SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON, I couldn't help but let the movie's setting (which I later found out was Oregon -- not too far from Montana) inspire bits of the painting.
Did less sketches this month, but definitely finding myself slowly leaning into Jack Quaid/Hughie Campbell -- because I have recently started watching 'THE BOYS' (finished all three seasons) and I am obsessed with it. Also, managed one portrait of Newt Pulsifer from GOOD OMENS. Dude is an absolute boi XP .