A few dodgy rough things I’ve been doing the past couple of days. Trying to loosen up (again). No reference for these. Dont know if I will take them further. I kind of like the one with the head back.
And the bottom right one too.
Will attempt to finish a drawing sometime soon.
Ciao!
For a possible commission I have going right now with a lovely Voguette 
Only a quick sketch and colour in Photoshop. I like this pose but the face definitely needs some work. I might refine it later. See how things go.
Its kinda cool keeping the original sketch visible. Also playing with layer blending modes in PS. It’ll take me a while to get the hang of that. I understand them for work purposes but somehow it doesn’t translate so well into my more traditional art. I find it really hard to move away from a very natural media style of drawing….just layering colours from light to dark. With digital you can do whatever you want and I’m still struggling with that!
Anyways – I got my hair coloured again yesterday. So its back to the vibrant red. Yays.
Other super news – NEXT WEEK THE BRACES COME OFF!! Holy moly! Sooooo excited!!
Well, better get to bed!
Night!
Quick late night posting today…..
I just squeezed an entry for ConceptArt.org CHOW this week…the topic was Steampunk Harem. Mixing two conflicting styles. Ripper topic! So many entries. And I bit off WAY more than I could chew! The way I envisioned this was so different. I’ve learnt a lot from this exercise…mostly to plan even the tiniest details from the beginning. I wish I had more time…but I’m thoroughly over this…but I like one of my original sketches, so I might paint that in PS just for play and to see how I go.
Hope you like! Even though I am very MEH about it.
Night!
Just to let you all know that posting may be slow in the next two weeks because…..
We’re moving house!!
Again. Last time I moved was February. And since I’ve been in Melbourne (2003) I’ve lived in about 7 different houses. Sheesh, talk about itchy feet.
But this move was inevitable – living in a studio was only a temporary solution, and now the landlords have sold the property, the sooner we get out the better. Good for us because I absolutely LOATHE moving in summer.
I mean, the last time I was lugging stuff across town was on Black Saturday – yes, the hottest and worst day in Victoria’s history. 46 degrees celsius. Ouch!
Anyways, we’ve secured possibly the most awesome apartment in Melbourne. A nice big warehouse conversion with plenty of exposed brick, massive arched windows and three levels (2 mezzanines) with a bathroom on each floor. As soon as me and Jonny walked in we pretty much fell in love! Teeheee. It has everything we need and more. We’ve already planned to dedicate the roomy second floor entirely to our creative pursuits. Yay I get a desk! There’s even room for a sewing machine AND my easel. Omg.
So it’s all happening very quickly – we’ll get the keys this weekend and move in over the space of two weeks. And hence I might not get a chance to post for a while – considering we have to shift our internet account and who knows how long that will take to sort out. So please bear with me while I’m gone.
And as usual I hate to leave you with nothing to look at – so here’s a little something I did a while back. Me and Jonny have plans for this image and others like it but I’m not saying much about that just yet. Stay tuned though!
Woah it’s huge! LOL
Ciao!
Hello Everyone! Today I have a new Art Jumble drawing for you. This week’s topic is “Emo girls” – a super fun topic actually they are fun to draw! Lots of peeps on Art Jumble seem to be happy about it too as there’s quite a few submissions this week. I had a rough sketch for this but it wasn’t what I used as the base – haven’t had time to get to the scanner at work lately. So I drew this entirely on the computer instead. It’s turned out pretty good I think! Emo always makes me think of bright, punky hair. And I know I didn’t add any accessories etc but thats not really my thing. Hmm. Took me about an hour and a half. While drinking a beer. Hehe. Anyways, this was quick… I need to start pushing my limits a bit. Have a couple more drawings planned so I should get onto those next week. Bye bye for now! 
Hi Everyone!
Yep I like drawing hair don’t I? Tis fun. Not much to say today! My weekend was fun and busy.
This drawing took a bit longer than usual – about 3 hours including the sketch (which really was only about 10mins). But I got a bit carried away and I could’ve spent more time on it. Trying to keep it a bit more ‘free’ so I have to tell myself to STOP.
I like the bright colours – I wonder how these would print. Actually have been thinking about how to get some prints set up. I want to be able to sign each piece so submitting my art to an online portfolio site doesn’t look like an option. Also, I want to send them out framed as I feel that a framed piece is more a ‘real artwork’ than just a printed proof.
So while the printing I think I could sort out quite easily because we have an archival quality proofer at work, I would need to find a framer in Melbourne to do custom frames.
But the big question is – Would YOU buy my art??? And HOW would you like it sent to you??
I really appreciate your responses peeps 
Thanks!!
PS. Do you like the newer signature on the pic?? I think I will develop myself a little stamp of some sorts.
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