Some homework. The semester is winding down, hopefully I can get my business card soon.
Will ink grad show booth illustration soon... ish. Spending time finishing this project first, still have to work on the backs.

...I'm pretty tired.




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Haven't done much except for some schoolwork the past week or so. I started to re-read sunshine again, and even though I'm not usually a fan of vampire novels, I really like this one. And even though Sunshine almost never stops describing Con's hideous looks, in my mind he will always look like Adrian Brody.

Anyway, I worked on one of my assignments a bit, and I've decided that instead of trying to do every illustration style I can possibly manage, I'll try to channel my focus into two main styles. I won't go into detail about what those styles are, but this is one of them:

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Anyway, my sister's managed to find and download (how did she manage it? I couldn't when I tried) the really old Monkey Island games, and is having the time of her life.
Although, when she talks to me while she plays it, she sounds more than a little schizophrenic.

heart_mint says: ...I totally just asked a woodsmith HOW MUCH WOOD COULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
heart_mint says: A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK NO AMOUNT OF WOOD SINCE A WOODCHUCK CAN'T CHUCK WOOD.
steam_pilot says: ...
steam_pilot says: That is so 1993. Seriously.
heart_mint says: BUT IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK AND WOULD CHUCK SOME AMOUNT OF WOOD, WHAT AMOUNT OF WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK?
heart_mint says: shut up i'm lolling
heart_mint says: EVEN IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD, AND EVEN IF A WOOD CHUCK WOULD CHUCK WOOD, SHOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK WOOD?
heart_mint says: A WOODCHUCK SHOULD CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD, AS LONG AS A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK WOOD.
heart_mint says: man, all the good games were back then

Anyway, I had a hankering for Smallville fics a while ago, so I pretty much read everything I came across and drew some fanart. Not really sure if I should post it because it's not great... but maybe if I ever get around to colouring it.

I keep putting off my design projects to work on illustration projects. I guess that shows where my priorities lie.

I had to choose a musician to draw for a hypothetical illustration for the Rolling Stones magazine, and since one of my classmates accused me of being unable to draw men, I decided to take him up on the challenge.

I chose to draw Farin Urlaub, of die Ärzte fame. I wanted to try another method of CG to see if it works better for me. I'm not too sure if I like it or not, but I think I'll have to try it a bit more to really decide. So here are the steps I took and stuff. Not a tutorial by any means, just showing some progress.


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Man, my life is dull.


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Also, my copy of the Fables Covers book finally arrived!



It's so beautiful..! It's pretty awesome as well, it includes progress and thumbnails, and it's a great price for such a big book.
I found out today that James Jean is having a show in New York... the day after I leave. How disappointing...

And also, a painting I did for practice:

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Does anyone remember the sketchbook I was selling a while ago?

Well, it looks like we still have a few stacks left, so... I just want to get rid of them.
Please support us! And buy a copy!

Anyway, I'm marking the price down to $5.50, but the cover would be random, seeing as how I really don't know which ones are left...

Also, I printed quite a few copies of my Colours comic as well. It's 16 pages, fully coloured. There's actually type in the bubbles as well.

So, if you want a copy of that as well, I'll include that for $10 for both books. Sorry, you can't get the Colours book on its own because it was a self-promotion thing for me and I really shouldn't be selling it.

To sum it up, if you'd like a copy of the sketchbook, it'd be 9.50, shipping included.




If you'd like the Colours book as well, it's $16.40, shipping included. Sorry, guys. Shipping costs a lot. All the profits are going towards my program's fund raising efforts.

Thanks so much!

We had to sit through a few hours of presentations today, and since my desk is right behind a concrete pole, I hid behind it the entire time to draw Kakyoin. Anyone surprised? Anyone? Anyone? anyone... any...

I don't have a lot to say about it, since now that I look at it again, it really is kind of an ugly picture. Anyway.


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heart_mint refuses to read Part 4, so I don't have it in my possession. But I'm planning to read it in the future. I'm starting Part 5 (Golden Wind) instead. I really... like Giorno. He's really cute.

Someone... stole my garbage, what the hell? I swear I put garbage in it yesterday, and now it's just... gone. Oh well.

Spent the better part of last night doodling when I promised to design my sister's resume for her. Which really reminds me, I need to write my resume too. I didn't realize that I'd need it for class.

Gonna head to the VAG to see Krazy tomorrow. I've already seen it, but this is a field trip. For some reason I have to bring my resume. Go figure.


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Remember the sketchbook I was talking about a bit ago?
Well, they've been printed and are up for sale! 8D
There are 4 covers for you to choose from:
1. Sober (uh, sold out)
2. This hobo
3. Ironman
4. Super Special Awesome Cover

I don't really have sample pages except for the ones I've already posted in this journal before...

Anyway, they're $7.00 CAD, plus $4.00 CAD shipping everywhere. I think they have around 50 pages.

Pleeeaase support us! It's for a good cause!
And I'll put up pics of the other covers if I can get ahold of them.

So to buy one, please clickity click:

Please leave a comment or email me (with the email you paid with) with which cover you want, because if you don't I will just choose a random one.

Thanks!

I wonder where my rationale went.
So school's winding down, and what that really means is that I'm up to my ears in schoolwork.
Usually if I sit down and actually work, it actually takes less time than I originally anticipate, but that doesn't really help my stress level.

In any case, I'm not too happy since my painting still hasn't sold yet. But that's life I guess, I better get used to rejections.

So my class is putting together a sketchbook sorta thing, and we were gonna decide on the cover, so I scribbled something that could possibly be used for the cover.


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Whether or not that's the cover, the sketchbook will for sure have some of my sketches in it, as well as some of my awesome classmate's stuff. And I originally thought it'd cost $10.00, but it turned out it'd cost $7.00, which is good, right?

Right now it's around 50 pages, so give me a holler if you're interested. It's for a good cause.


On a different note, my copy of process Recess 2 finally arrived.

I don't even want to go into detail about all the pains I had to go through to secure a copy of it. Mostly anger, on my part.

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Anyway, yeah.

I haven't done any homework all weekend. Go me.
I decided to be a complete procrastinator for the last two weeks. I'll just take things as they come.

Anyway, my class has this sort of sketchbook thing going on that we're selling to raise money for our class, and I'm putting 3 sketches in. I was going to put my previous Godspeed sketch in, but when I looked at it again I thought it didn't feel up to par, so I re-sketched him.


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The sketchbook won't only have my stuff in, it'll have lots of awesome stuff from my classmates (they're really awesome). I'm not sure how many pages it'll be but I think they're gonna sell for $10.00 CAD each. Give me a hollah if you're interested. 8D


So, I think I sketch a lot better on paper, as opposed to on computer. It just feels more natural, and I'm also not staring at a screen.
It's better to ink with tablet though. I actually like inking on paper more, but with the tablet I don't have to clean the scans, which I hate doing.

I sketched this pic of young!Jade on paper and inked it in photoshop. To practice inking and toning and all the good stuff.


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So a few days ago, the goggles I ordered arrived! Jubilations!

My parents have gotten completely used to seeing shit from "Army Surplus" show up at my house. I don't think anything can shock them after the gas mask.

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