Head drawings - part 3

7:56 pm EST

After an hour (more or less) break for dinner, I made the 2nd head. I pictured someone with messy hair and asked for a friend's input, who suggested slightly longer messy hair. I ended up asking more friends for input since I felt like there was something off. One friend mentioned the detail of the nose being too big or the mouth being too high up.

Head drawings - part 2

6:08 pm EST

Just a note, I'm only using one brush, brush size and color. Only things I'm changing are the opacity and pressure I put on the tablet pen.

First head done, more or less. He turned into a bald grumpy face head.

bald man, annoyed maybe because he's bald?

Head Face Drawings - sketch

5:28 PM EST

I realized I haven't drawn as many heads (that came out weird...) as I've wanted. So, in addition to drawing expressions, I've sketch up some random heads from different angles (mostly front or 3/4 view). For some reason, they all became male heads even though I was going to do a mix of male and female.

Scarf - part 4 (finished)

2:59 pm EST

I fixed up the hair ( made it darker and less reddish brown). Just for the sake of not having a pure white background, I decided to add a gradient in the back.

Originally I had the background as a blue gradient but it didn't look quite right, so I changed the hue to a yellow-brown-gold sort of gradient.

updated hair color and added background

Scarf - part 3 (more colors)

7:46 pm EST

Once again I added more color layers as well as darkened the hair. It's still too reddish brown rather than dark brown...

Scarf - colors (part 2)

10:47 pm EST



I actually finished applying the base color and most of the further layers of color about an hour or so ago. I need more saturation though.

base color + layer of overlay + layer of partial fix ups

Scarf - quick sketch

12: 33 Am EST

So instead of going to bed earlier, I ended up sketching the idea I had while I was walking outside earlier tonight. Originally it would have been me burying my nose under the scarf, but then it'd be a shame to hide the face I sketched...


quick sketch - under 30 mins ... I think?

Rings Above City - part 4 (more colors)

11:29 pm EST



After experimenting with duplicating  the base colors layer, I added an overlay layer for highlights, multiply layer for shadows,  an additional layer for highlights (normal) and then proceeded to paint over the lines of the line art. The last layer I mentioned was roughly done but didn't turn out that badly, in my opinion.



after duplicate and first overlay layer

Rings Above City - part 3 (base colors, line work,)

10:09 pm EST

Originally I was going to go directly into the base colors after having finished the values a few days ago (a week?) but I realized the sketch layer wasn't going to be a good idea for use. As a result, I did a rough line art layer and then fixed up the values then  moved on to the base colors.


rough line work


Values *redone*

base colors

Chief Chase - part 5 (more colors part 2)

6:59 pm EST

Worked on putting more layers of colors on the piece. I still don't like it as much as I should though..

Chief Chase - part 4 (more colors!)

10:16 pm EST



I started building up on the base colors I originally put down on the canvas. I still need to (at the very least) put one layer of overlays (highlights) and one layer of multiplies (shadows). I may have to go back and add more soft light layers for more color.... actually probably very likely.


more colors ~ and updated palette

Elf Warrior - part 2 (values)

10:04 pm EST

I think I took about 2 hours (after dinner + family needing to shop break) to put in the values. Something still bugs me about the values though... I'm not sure if it's the top of his hair or if it's the values on his right arm (image left).


something looks off to me in the values here...but I don't know what D:


1:26 AM EST

After getting some input & advice from friends, I re-did certain parts of the arms (for both arm) and re did the values for arms as well as increased the contrast.

Elf Warrior - part 1 (brainstorm, sketches, line work)

4:38pm EST

I got this idea from a word I drew for a friend in Draw Something. The word I had to draw was spear, of which I drew with a guy holding a spear pointed to the sides of the iPhone screen but the guy stood in the direction where only the back of him could be seen, except for his face which was looking in the direction of where the spear was pointed.

Originally I was going to re-create that in Photoshop but the sketch evolved, haha.

sketch /brainstorm with thought of recreating the drawing from Draw Something ...only for it to change as I was sketching.

line work

Chief Chase - part 3 (Base colors)

10:55 pm EST

I actually did this earlier in the day but had no more motivation to continue working on it...only to finally draw a new profile image for my deviantART.

But I digress:


base colors... I'm in a purple color clothing mood lately

entry for Draw my OC Contest – part 2 (color, background)

5:54 pm EST

Spent 4 hours (roughly ) coloring, shading and making up the background as I went. I guess roughly 5-6 hours for the whole drawing (brainstorm,sketch, line work and color).


That "box" was originally going to be a table or counter of some sort for him to lean on... then it became a box, with a pot/vase on it.

deviantART link  (to the image)

entry for Draw my OC Contest - part 1 (Brainstorm,line work)

1:58 PM EST

I really feel like the title will confuse someone so I'm going to explain. An OC is "original character" and a deviant on deviantART is holding a contest to draw his/her original characters. There are several to select from  and participants can use any combination of those characters if they wish.

I decided to select the deviant's OC: Barbas (human form). Character is not mine but the design for the clothes is.


brainstorm and sketching


clothes and the line art

Rings Above City - part 2 (values)

1:18 AM EST



I played around with the idea of sun light from behind and at an angle.

rough values

Lady Ribbon's Sword - part 2 (Values)

1:03 AM EST



Nope, I lied to myself and ended up deciding to finish up the last two values.

Rough values for the sword

rough values

Lady Ribbon (temp name) – part 2 (values)

12:45 AM EST



I think this'll be my last one for tonight; I'll finish the last two tomorrow...er, when I wake up later today.

I really like how nice the head values turned out !

Hover Vehicle...Duck? - part 2 (Values)

11:43 pm EST



Ugh, my eyes have been so dry lately. I digress...

Here's are the rough values of the hover vehicle:

rough values

Chief Chase (temp name) - part 2 (values)

6:07 pm EST

Tried out the  painting on the hair instead of filling in the hair and stuff.





/edit  11/19/12

1:09 pm EST

I changed the layout so that the hat isn't off scale and it now above the back image of the clothes rather than under the head. I tried to scale the hat in accordance of the clothes.

City Chase - part 2 (values)

5:22 pm EST

Added in the values for the City Chase concept art.

Lady Ribbon's Sword - part 1 (brainstorm, sketch)

4:20 pm EST



Originally I imagined a dagger as a weapon for the 6th concept art idea. But it looked too odd so I started sketching another weapon on the side, which at the time, was the idea of a sword plunged into the ground. That gave me an idea for another weapon, a large sword. I then customized it to match Lady Ribbon.

First was a dagger but it looked odd, what about a sword plunged into the ground?

Sword to match with Lady Ribbon

Hover Vehicle ..Duck? - part 1 (brainstorm / sketch)

4:02 pm EST



I actually couldn't figure out what I wanted to draw as a concept art, then I decided on a hover vehicle. For some reason it looks a little like a duck...

Rings Above City - part 1 (Sketch)

3:16 pm EST

For some reason I wanted to draw rings and it lead to rings with mountains in the background. As soon as I finished the mountains, I decided on a bay with a city along it.


sketch of impromptu ideas one after the other

Lady Ribbon (temp name) - part 1 (Brainstorm, Sketches and outlines)

2:26 PM EST

I actually only had one part of the character developed and it was due to a random idea I got while I had my lanyard in hand. The concept was based off a key chain loop in my finger with the lanyard string attached and hanging off the loop.

base sketch



clothes sketched in for front, flipped over on the right as a reference for sketching the back.


 sketched out the back concept art.

Chief Chase (temp name) - part 1 (Brainstorm and outline)

6:54 pm EST



I decided to do a character design/concept art for one of the two people I ended up sketching in the City Chase brainstorm.

brainstorm sketch

outline with sketch in back layer at 40% opacity

City chase - (part 1) Brainstorm and 'outline'

12:01 AM EST



Spent the past hour just drawing whatever for my brainstorm for my next landscape/scenery piece.


brainstorm - never really erasing (o_o)

When I finally let my "pencil" wander and figured out what I was going for, I outlined the specific lines I wanted from the brainstorm layer.

Outlining stuff from brainstorm

Lady Bird - (part 5) finished

6:03 pm

I think I spent an hour more or less to finish this.


sat +22, bright+5

Lady Bird - (part 4) base colors and some shading

6:44 pm EST



I actually took a ~2 hour break after I put in the values (part 3).

For the most part, I finished the skin, eyes and mouth. I'm glad I fixed the eyes after realizing they were rather...odd. The fingers on the hand and the hair needs to be fixed since I'm not satisfied with it still. I'll get back to it either after dinner or after my friend's recital.

base colors and some additional shading.

Lady Bird - (part 3) Values

2:19 pm EST (I realized my clock is actually 3 minutes behind...)

Added in the values and made a gradient background.

Lady Bird - (part 2) line work

1:31 pm EST

Tried to use a small amount of strokes and ended up with a very rough "line art".

Lady Bird - sketch

12:53 pm EST

I decided to give sketching and line art-ing (I don't know if that's a word) a try in Paint Tool SAI. Basically I'll be sketching and doing the line art work in SAI and then bringing it into Photoshop to color.

Vain Guy - part 7 - glazing experiment completed

8:33 pm EST

I think I finally completed this experimental image..!


changes in saturation & brightness; now sat +17, bright +14

Vain Guy – part 6 (glaze 6)

8:01 pm EST



I found out about "New Adjustment Layer" > "Hue/Saturation" in Photoshop. I feel so behind but 'better late than never' is what I always say. I always wondered how artists adjusted the Hue/Saturation for the whole image since I only found (just recently) about the Hue/Saturation window, which only applied to the specified layer.

Learning something new each day!

Here's what the image looks like so far, I'm planning on adding more define shadows to this though.


saturation +10, brightness +5

Vain Guy - part 5 (glaze 4 and 5)

7:03 pm EST



Added more layers for coloring and highlights (using soft light and overlay respectively).



Then darkened using multiply layer

Vain Guy – part 4 (glaze 3)

3:58 pm EST



Started adding more colors (and layers).

Sketches for levels' 3D landscape layout

10:17 pm EST



Sketches: Planning out levels of my group's game (in Games course) with 3D in mind.

forest level

Water level

City street level


Floor (top) and ceiling (bottom) of cave level