Lady Lady Lady

So there's this mushroom called the Veiled Lady... and then, well I'll finish explaining another time when I work more on this ahha.
See yall after this weekend at Conbravo!

Sometimes I feel like this guy

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGH!

just a doodle :)

EXOTIQUE 7

Do I have to paint like this to get in?! ARGH

So I really wanted to submit something to Ballistic Publishing's books, like a while back in Feb or so, I wanted to try for their Expose series, but then due to time constraints and low esteem, I didn't have the guts to submit anything... 

This time around, it's for their Exotique series, but I'm still really unsure if I have what it takes to make it in... They're asking for beautiful characters, and from what I've seen, if I wanted to get in, I'd have to paint super realist super-model faces. But I really don't want to, since it's not my thing.... but I want to get in... aah D:

Out of frustration I speedpainted two more things today. Oh and the deadline for the book submissions is in a week or so :(

My submission in the works, maybe?

I'm super frustrated between painting stylized and realist, I think I'll just paint both ways like Picasso or something TT_TT
(on a happier note, I did start using a new brush today that allows me to paint beautiful soft edges without looking too fuzzy, both of these paintings were done only in that brush)

Mother as a Mountain

A Valkyrie or something :)

Absolutely forever in love with Anish Kapoor's sculptures, this speed paint was inspired by his piece titled "Mother as a Mountain" and also studying intense colours.
I discovered my information file from gr 12 art, and found a whole bunch of clippings from art magazines, one of which was an article featuring Kapoor. I miss looking at art.

Time to subscribe to magazines again, ah my poor wallet :(

WIP. RIP. wait for me!

speech bubbles
(speed paint)

Hey guys here's some more work I've been... worrrrrrrkinggg on since a month ago when Anime Expo happened and I got stuck in LA after loosing my passport. I'm back and safe and fine now, and have a new passport :)

These new piece I've been experimenting with form, structure and new painting/colouring methods.

While I was in LA I had the fantastic opportunity to meet many Sheridan graduates, whom I've respected for a long time, among them were students from illustration. After talking to them, and seeing their work, I realized that I was quite interested in what they do. 

Struggle of the Gods

 So with these new pieces, I've decided to try something new. For starters, I was always thinking that my work had to be realist-style, that everything needed to be rendered in a way to make it look like it could exist in real life. This inhibited me so much from painting the things I love to draw (things that were hard to render in real life lol). So now, I've come to accept 2D as a valuable aesthetic in my work... and thus "speech bubbles" was born. :)  

All-tar

 I also wanted to paint with a different touch so my paintings didn't look like plastic models or lacked depth. I guess I am just trying out a bunch of new brushes right now to experiment with, and ended up liking a layering/glazing effect. It really takes forever but I like it in it's own way!

greetings 2 (think of this as a sequel to this)