Yokoso!
Hope you're doing as fine as me :) I always feel so alive when the sun is back, it's almost like rising from the grave, like I was a zombie for the whole winter :D
Speaking of zombies.... Did I show you my last halloween costume yet?

I love to do the make-up and this time I bought white contact lenses, too. I also worked with latex milk for the first time and this stuff is just amazing. You can easily create all sorts of wounds with it.
Faces are like canvas, if you have all the material, you can do amazing things on them ;)

 Since halloween is long over, I'm working on canvas again and I got all sorts of projects going on.
Here is a thumbnail of an illustration I'm going to do for my portfolio:

 It will tell the story of a boy encountering something unexpected in the woods... :)

Another thing I'm working on is a diablo 3 fan-art, that I wanted to submit to a contest, but I only learned about it a few days before the deadline and couldn't finish a decent entry. I'm doing it anyway, cause I like the story and my idea of the character. Here's the sketch:

"Daily ritualistic cleansings help monks purify their spirits and overcome the corruption that gnaws at the hearts of all men. In the pursuit of martial perfection, they also hone their legendary balance and clarity, skills that allow them to master both unarmed combat and a diverse array of weapons."

I like the monk!

Last but not least, another page of stuff I did at ArtCamp, in week 2 (Sketching from imagination):

Like the title of the week says, it's all from imagination, no references were used. A pretty tough one for me, but I learned loads!!!

Stay tuned,
Anna

Howdy folks :D
I guess it's spring now, cause the sun has been shining for days and it's getting warmer and warmer around here, yay!
Like I mentioned before, I'd like to show you some of the stuff we did at ArtCamp.
What was that again? "12 weeks of intensive art study with Noah Bradley" :) He's doing it again, so if you want to join, go ahead!
Every week has a different topic, a 2h video and a shitload of homework... :D
I already wrote about week 1 in an older post, so I'm keeping it short now:
Learning from the old masters by reproducing their work (traditionally or digitally) with attention on values, composition and colors. Short enough? :D
From left to right: Originals, my value/composition studies and then my color studies:

As you probably can see, I tend to go overboard with these studies... My color studies always look like a copy of the original and I need to do them faster ;)
I love the old masters and J.S. Sargent (the alleyway, 5th from the top) and Turner (stormy sea, 2nd from the bottom) are two of my favourites.

Here are some other value and composition studies and I allowed myself to absolutely go overboard with these, let's not talk about that :D Originals are on the left ;)

Also a part of week one, full master studies:

My studies are all digital, I had the original on the left and the canvas on the right and just started painting.
I really liked doing them, although it was very time consuming (I did more than these).
I highly recommend any of you who want to get better at painting to do master studies, or even to join the ArtCamp, I got so much out of it!

Next time will be more ArtCamp stuff :)