November 9th: Getting rusty with the tablet. I still want to go back and tweak the lips, the eye, the sleeves… I wanted to integrate some texture, but none of the patterns were working.
October 13th: Slow and steady progress.
September 20th: My daily sketches has turned into weekly sketches, but even that is demanding.
References: Brother and Sister, Picture of Young Women Sleeping, Daughter and Son in bed with Father, Father and Son
Happy Turkey Day to all you Canadians.
And oh my gosh, some One Piece fanart! Chibi drawings are deceivingly hard, but I do plan to finish this with a Chibi Zoro. If I have the patience, I will go back and do a proper lineart to clean it up.
I joined the university anime and manga club, and I attended their first Art Meets this weekend. I suspect I’ll be doing a bit more fanart in the future. The territory comes with a club dojin; I have 5 months to complete 4 pages. I already have a script ready (from a project I sort of abandoned):
“You know, we could be doing something more exciting, say riding?”
“I thought you liked chess.”
“I do like chess.”
“I’m trying here! Give me a little credit.”
“I know, and that’s sweet of you which is all the more reason why we should do something that you stand a chance at. Check.”
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“Checkmate.”
“… But you never win. You never even come close to winning!”
“Well, times have changed my friend.”
That aside, I did a little more with Chambers.
I also have a few designs from my Human Computer Interactions course. But due to some of the content, I’m withholding the mockups until I find the time to make some changes.
The metallic series is complete with the completion of Eagle’s Eye. The pectoral muscles are still off after some correction, but I don’t think it’s too noticeable.
Accident is the latest addition. I think he looks like a chipmunk =) I might as well fit in whatever paintings I can while assignments aren’t piling up yet.
My buttons arrived! A close up. The penguin turned out the best, but I rather like the Cobwebs button as well.
If you look closely, you’d see Luffy, Kakashi and Rock Lee =) They were gifts from a friend when she went to Anime North.
I bought a Canon MP470 yesterday for $55. While the scanner leaves much to be desired (although nothing I can’t adjust through Photoshop), I love the copier! I also did a four 8.5×11 prints (used half the colour cartridge–it’ll cost 30 bucks to replace), and they look infinitely better than the ones in the artbook I ordered. The saturation was off at first–had a nasty orange tinge like the book, but it was easy to rectify by adjusting the colour balance. Although it’s not cost effective to mass-produce, spitting out a few high-quality pieces for my wall isn’t out of the question. For $55, I’m a happy camper. (It should be noted, however, 1 black and 1 colour cartridge amounts to $60. I’ll need to find myself a store that carries remanufactured catridges or do refills.)
October 13th: Slow and steady progress.
September 20th: My daily sketches has turned into weekly sketches, but even that is demanding. 
