I've been lazy...and a Merry Christmas to you, too

Oops.  I think I've been a little lazy concerning inkSwatch, it's been a crazy month.  Sorry it has been forever since I got on.  I am swamped at work and I have been working overtime, so I have had very little time to get outside projects completed.  Though I do have a decent amount of sketches and drawings in my sketchbook, I just haven't had time to scan them in to even show you guys the sketches, let alone colour them.

Here's my winter/Christmas sketch.  I made it the same time as the harvest sketch; same idea, basically. 

I will be gone for about two weeks—I'm going overseas—but when I come back, I hope to have some sketches and pictures of some of the things I saw while I was gone. 

Until then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I'll see you in 2014!

Sketch of a Captive

Here is one of those times when I don't plan what I am sketching, and it just makes it own way on the paper.  I had no plans on drawing her, I just wanted to draw the head and neck in this particular position and the rest of the drawing just sort of came out of the paper this way.

The sketch turned out really well, so I decided to colour it, too.  Not completely sure yet if the painting turned out just as well.  Not totally happy with it yet.

Gustaf 2.0

So, I wasn't completely happy with Gustaf (I think he was too chocolaty), so I decided to redo him.  I wanted him to look much grungier, like he was just ran through a patch of mud on his way to beg at your doorstep. 

Gustaf

This is Gustaf, an alley cat who has been in a couple fights too many.  And probably one or two dogs' mouths.  But that does not stop him from being at your door every morning, begging for a bowl or milk.  But he's not ungrateful.  Every now and then, he gifts you with a dead mouse he caught just for you...you see?  He's not selfish.

Fall

Happy November!  Okay, so I'm late, but I was out of town!  That should be a good excuse right? 

I don't know why, but in my mind it's not fall until November.  Probably because I live in Florida where summer is extended and it doesn't actually feel like fall until November.  If I saw leaves turning colours and everything, I might consider to change the beginning of fall to another date, say, September 21st, or some weird date like that.  But until the palm leaves begin turning red and gold and falling off the tree, I will keep believing fall begins in November.

Against the Kraken, part 4 (final)

Okay.  I think I'm done.  Well, as done as a picky, OCD, perfectionist artist can be.  But, I have to turn it in to the competition tonight, so I might as well be done with it.  For now.

I also just spent three hours trying to submit this thing to the competition on Gonomon Workshop Forum.  Finally got it to upload correctly.  Took way longer than I ever thought it would; maybe if I read the directions it wouldn't have taken so long.

 

Against the Kraken, part 3

Almost done.  Here's the almost finished piece.  I think the mermaid is pretty much finished.  I still need to work on the magical shark and fix up some of the tentacles, but that will be tomorrow before I submit it to the competition.