Happy Halloween!

I'm early this time. Dun dun DUUUUUUUN!

This once I'll take my previous post back. I said I wouldn't draw something new until my old drawings were finished but it's Halloween and I felt I needed to upload something. I just about finished it on time. I completely forgot it was this week so it was really last minute. Glad I managed to finish it though and move onto something else.

There are so many things I can fix. I feel that the more you learn, the more critical you get about your own work. I was running out of time and so there are a lot of things which were rushed more than they should've been. I'm very happy that my characters have a bit more life in them. Before they were very "robotic". I also didn't use any kind of reference material or colour picker so I feel I did a good job considering that.

Also, I have good news. I managed to finish the picture I sketched on the plane to Serbia! Some eagled eyed viewers should've noticed it was up on my website. I won't post a blog about it until next week. Only one completely finished picture at a time. It's taking me too long to finish one to upload more than one a week. Sketches will be different though and I'll upload as many as I want. Until next time!

Website overhaul

So I've completely redid my website layout. I thought the old design was pretty bland and didn't show any kind of creativity. I'm hoping that the new layout seems a lot better. I feel it's a lot more artistic. You can see it on www.nanimations.com.

I seriously have too many ideas. Every time I try and attempt one, another idea pops into my head. I really need to sit down and finish my drawings before I start any new ones.

As I said before I went away to Serbia for a week visiting family. I saw a picture of a boy with a butterfly and fell in love with the picture. So much that I wanted to use the concept but change what was in it and the colour scheme. So not my own idea as such but I'm developing from inspiration. Well that's what I'm saying now. When I was on the plane I just altered without thinking and ended up with this picture.

So I've started on colouring the picture. I won't give any sneak peaks cause I'm still adjusting everything. Hopefully next week I'll have a near completed drawing - if not completed. I better get myself motivated to finishing this! Then I'll be working on that snowy forest picture from before. I refuse to allow myself to draw something new until these are finished.

Serbia is gorgeous!

I'm finally away meeting family in Serbia and I must say it's gorgeous here! I'm getting so inspired from being here so I've now got loads of drawings that I want to create. 

So as promised, I've uploaded a picture that I created for my sisters 18th. I thought I'd create something that shoes the different sides to her, although it not very clear on the drawing. 

I was also pretty productive on the flight. Sketched out a drawing I want to attempt using my simple style and planned a couple of other drawings. So hopefully I'll be uploading something else soon. I may not upload something at the end of this week since I get back pretty late on Friday. I'll wait and see how I feel and if I get enough drawn by then. 

A little late

I'm a little bit late this time. I meant to upload on Sunday but I never got round to it. I'm away for a week on Friday but I should be able to upload something either just before I go or while I'm away so there should be a post for this week too.

I've been busy doing lots of sketches. Nothing anywhere near complete but it feels good getting lots of ideas down again. Especially when I'd been struggling before with my artist's block. For some reason I've been sketching a lot of halloween themed drawings. Definitely seeing some improvements as I'm drawing without reference and completely from my imagination. Plus my characters seem to have a lot more "life" in them now - not completely rigid poses. Still plenty to improve on but I'm making some progress.

I've already started work on the drawing for this week's post. It's my sister's 18th so I thought I'd draw her something. I also wanted to experiment a bit with drawing hair so I've got another character on the way. Some day I will actually get that forest scene finished or at least enough done to post an update on this. I have been working on it but as so many ideas came to my head I thought it was best to sketch them before they go. Hopefully I'll have more to show of it when I'm back from my holiday.

Work drawing

Almost time for my week away so been busy preparing for it. This means that the blog post this week will just be of a drawing I did while on my breaks in work. I'm hoping to get some more development done of the snow forest drawing done by next week. Hopefully I'll have the time for this. 

Anyway I'm pretty happy with this drawing. It's inspired by ghibli's princess kaguya. Looking forward to seeing this film when it's out here so thought I'd show this with a drawing. 

That's all for this week. Hopefully there will be a lot more to show next blog post. 

Quick post

Just a quick post this time. I lost track of time drawing so didn't get round to posting last week. There should be another one later in the week (hopefully) to make up for it. 

So this time I decided to create something completely by myself - including my own concept. I've felt very lost and isolated since leaving uni as I've not known what to do and how to move forward - something I'm sure many people feel when they finally set off in the big bad world. 

So really this picture is just trying to tell that story. It may not come across well but I'm learning. Trying to develop my own style in the process so I think I'm starting to see it coming through. Found an artist on deviant art that has a similar style so it's really helped inspire me. It's taking me a while but when I get used to using no references I'll be able to speed up. Quite pleased with the result though. Despite it still mostly being sketchy. 

My creativity is back!

I think my artist's block is going! All it took was a bit of experimenting by myself with no references and a new style. So I decided in work experience I'd stop this copying another artist's work in my own style. I saw an image and decided that I'd do a forest scene. Everything in it was drawn without a reference and even using my own colours. Also, I thought I'd add the flowers myself to make it prettier. I'm pretty pleased with the result. Definitely making progress! Plus I think I'm starting to develop my own style, which is really neat! 

After many relaxing days - plenty of which were spent playing games - I looked through my photos of my trip to the zoo and came across the penguins. They're my favourite animal. I realised that I don't draw animals (at all!) so I'm going to have to start sketching some. Don't know why I never got round to it, especially when it'd help with creating my own characters. Anyway, I just started sketching some penguins, finally got a picture I liked and tried out a new brush. I actually really like it. It's a bit of an adaption from my Japanese girl picture. It's a similar enough style so I think I'm going to be developing it a bit more.

I was so pleased with the penguin drawing that I kept messing about. The colours need worked on but I really do like this style. There are so many things you can do with it so I'm going to keep using it. Looking forward to seeing what I can come up with.