Rest in love, Ryan Karazija.

 Rest in love, Ryan Karazija of LOW ROAR. 😢💙

Exquisite

#JulyDechART

Prompt 13: Exquisite

nothing more exquisite than these two adorable, lovely, sweet beans! 

February 2022 Sketches: WRAP UP!

 

  

 

  

So I have been doing some sketches. A lot on loose baggy streetwear, seems like (and one of Norman Reedus in THE WALKING DEAD). The main theme? Clothing folds. Why? ‘Cos I love looking at them, and it’s a lot of fun to sketch them. Found a good bunch of reference photos on Pinterest and I couldn’t help myself from sketching them. 

Having started this in the last days of February, it sparked an idea that might get me to sketch (and thereby, practice) more in the coming months. 

So here is what I intend to do for myself, according to the platforms I use to show my art. On Twitter, I’ll create a thread for the sketches for each month, and as I work through the month, I will continuously add to that thread until the end of that month. On Instagram, I’ll put them up as stories and compile them into my monthly sketches highlights (there is a possibility that I need to tidy this up once in a while because I don’t think I want to have that many highlights up). I am still considering an end-of-month post on there, but still not completely sure about it yet, so I’ll think about it. And on Tumblr, I’ll do it like this, where I will create a wrap-up post at the end of the month (or in this case, start of the next month). 

Yeah, probably will make full pieces of art less frequently now, but I plan to make up for that... in details. ;)

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. 

KOHLJIMA

KOHLJIMA

1717 x 2456

Mixed medium (pencil, ink, brush pen, acrylic, SketchBook)

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I am back! And what better way to resume than making a mixed medium fan art of Hideo Kojima and Rahul Kohli together? Seriously, these two have been showing so much love to each other on Twitter lately, but this one took the cake:

https://twitter.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/1466254271704596481

And it was at that point, I knew I needed to just draw something with the two of them finally coming together. 

Here is the original traditional scan:

 

Portrait of HEARTMAN

Heartman

Pencil on paper

A DEATH STRANDING Fan Art

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I have come to a portion of the game where Sam Porter Bridges (and, by extension, the player) is finally properly introduced to Heartman in the flesh, and I have to say, I am smitten! I find myself very much attracted to this man; he is so adorably nerdy and beautiful! I can't ... I just... 

Him. Just him. 💙👍+20

 

The End of #OctoberDechART 2021!

And so, #OctoberDechART has come to an end, and here is my collage for this event. Big thanks and lots of appreciation to Bryan Dechart and Amelia Rose Blaire for DechartGames for making this possible and lots of love and gratitude to the community for the love and support. I had loads of fun exploring new techniques and looks and themes and media. Looking forward to more in the future.

💙💙💙

❤️💙🤍

And Happy (Belated) Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃

#OctoberDechART Day 31: Multiverse

#OctoberDechART 

Day 31

Multiverse

Pencil, ink, brush pen, acrylic & SketchBook

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My final piece! A little self-insert piece, a self-portrait with me as a Bridges Porter and also me as an RK800 Android, using all the media I have used for this event. A tad bit self indulgent, but screw that, I had fun making this!

Also, that is supposed to be me, but as I look at it, it looks more like if Ken Watanabe and Patrick Stewart had a baby and that baby grew up. 😄

Here is the original scan before I added the digital bits.

#OctoberDechART Day 12: Villain

#OctoberDechART

Day 12

Villain

Pencil and brush pen on paper

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Gonna scoot on back over to ‘Detroit: Become Human’ for a while, because I need to draw this Queen. Simbi Khali as Amanda in DBH is formidable, intimidating and admittedly very scary. Despite her villainy in the game, she is undoubtedly still one fierce Queen.
 

#OctoberDechART Day 10: Skeletons

#OctoberDechART

Day 10

Skeletons

Pencil on paper

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Partially inspired by the Drowned Giant episode in 'Love Death Robots'. I was hoping to create something that felt mildly foreboding and desolate, and had initially envisioned it as a brush pen piece, but as I went about making it, I realised that it just ended up looking very messy and cartoon-ish, and I wasn't sure how I could save it, so I re-did the entire thing and went with pencil as the medium instead. 

It worked out much better that way, in the end. 

 

#OctoberDechART Day 8: Horror Films

#OctoberDechART

Day 8

Horror Films

Pencil on paper

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Decided to do something fun for this prompt. Recognise her? If not, then that means I have to work harder at my portrait-drawing skills. Anyways, here is Brenda from the hysterical classic 'Scary Movie' franchise!

#OctoberDechART Day 3: Boop

#OctoberDechART

Day 3

Boop

Pencil and brush pen on paper

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Boop

#OctoberDechART Days 1 & 2: Pumpkin Patch & Illumination

A little late into #OctoberDechART but you know what? Better late than never. 

#OctoberDechART
Day 1

Pumpkin Patch

Brush pen on paper

Starting it off with something spooky, since it is October. Something from 'Over The Garden Wall'.

 

#OctoberDechART

Day 2

Illumination

Pencil and brush pen on paper

Quick tribute to mah DBH home boi, Connor RK800. 

Double DEATH STRANDING Fan Art Today

I guess it goes without saying that I am currently superbly obsessed with DEATH STRANDING.

Finally got to play DEATH STRANDING!

Norman Reedus as Sam Porter Bridges in DEATH STRANDING

Pencil on paper

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Made a little pencil portrait fan art of Sam from DEATH STRANDING. Don't mind me, I'm just really really happy that I could finally play the game and I have been enjoying myself with it, too. 

Here is the little story behind it (not much, but you're welcome to read) on TUMBLR. 

And here are a couple of shots I have taken while having fun with photo mode. 

Tony, The Mechanic ('DEVIL' Fanart)

Logan Marshall-Green as Tony Janekowski in 'DEVIL'

Pencil on paper

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For today’s fan art, it is Logan Marshall-Green as Tony the Mechanic in the 2010 horror film ‘DEVIL’. Well, it doesn’t really look like him, but I think I managed to (or at least I hope I did) capture his expression from the ending, where his past crimes were laid bare before him and all he could do was let guilt consume him. 

Nevertheless, fun practice!

Fanart: Kevin Garvey from 'The Leftovers'

Justin Theroux as  Kevin Garvey in THE LEFTOVERS

Pencil on paper

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Recently finished season 2, and I have just developed a soft spot for this guy (with whom I was on the fence in season 1). Now taking a break before going into season 3 to see how it all ends. 

#AugustDechART 2021 wrap-up!

#AugustDechART 2021 is done! And it has been a very interesting experience. The last time I joined a challenge like this was back in 2019 for Inktober, and while I had a bit of fun with that one, #AugustDechART was the one that got me to step out of my comfort zone. I found myself doing more portraits than I would normally care to do over a span of a month and I have developed a new-found love for the brush pen medium -- a medium I have been far too cowardly to commit to because I didn't understand how to use it. Also, the #DechartGames community is awesome! Everyone is so supportive and motivating, and it's amazing to see various forms of works inspired by these prompts. I have learned a great deal and developed more as an artist doing this, so I would like to say to #DechartGames duo, Bryan Dechart and Amelia Rose Blaire, that you have my deepest appreciation and gratitude. You guys are awesome! Thanks for this experience and I can't wait for the next one! Keep on being awesome!

#AugustDechART Day 27 - Maze / Labyrinth

#AugustDechART

Day 27

Maze / Labyrinth

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Recently, Bryan Dechart (the actor for Connor in 'Detroit: Become Human') had posted a video of himself running through a field of corn -- a nod to a chapter in the game where Connor has to run through a field of corn to chase a deviant android. And I saw it just as I was thinking about what I should draw for the prompt, and that reminded me about the chapter itself, which had a bit of a maze motif going on. You know like... the maze drawings in the Rupert's apartment and journal, the labyrinthine chase over the rooftops... the 'maize' field at the end. 

I'll stop now. :P

#AugustDechART Day 24 - Self-Portrait

 #AugustDehcART

Day 24

Self-Portrait

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What do you mean? I'm fine!