Monday, April 25, 2016

550 Views!? What's the Point?

You guys, everyone hates my portfolio site! At the time of this writing there have only been 550 views. Nauseating! I need to draw/add pictures of sexy ladies or something, yes? No, I only draw deformed men, semi-cute monsters, and truckloads of killin' tools. But I just need cool portfolio stuff to draw in the masses, which is something I'm working on. I actually have 2 things I'd consider portfolio-y in this post. And then there's those coupla weapons from the last few posts. What else, what else. Oh, I'm still waiting for the Summer class to appear online, that should generate some portfolio. After that I'll set up Artstation and get back to Instagram and Twitter. I just feel obligated to manage that stuff and respond and communicate! I respond to EVERY comment on this blog, and I'd have to do the same elsewhere! That's a lot of strain added to my feeble grey matter. I'm sorry, I'm rambling. I have to go to the bathroom. Also- I'm not sure I mentioned this last time, but I did add a link to the portfolio site on the right hand side, under my profile picture (mobile device users- I'm not sure where you can find that if you can't see it. I'll look into it).

Here's a guy I added some polish to. I'm finally pursuing my lifelong goal to finish something I started. You can see how this began life in this sketch.


This next brute is from last time. Remember this? I painted him all up and gave him scary teeth. The better to eat you with, my dear.


Then I've got some sketches from my new sketchbook. I was happy about the guy in the upper right because Kaitlin said he looked good. Also, a guy with a ridiculous beard.


#soblessed is a ridiculous and obnoxious hashtag and I don't know why it's here. Also, there's a vampire alien. You can tell from his shiny medal. All vampires worth their salt wear a medallion.


I threw together that guy with the horn from the last image in Blender and painted him up real quick. I got cranky because I couldn't hide my hideous geometry with a nice texture. This was more practice/prep for my next thing than anything else. It's not quite as stylized, which I don't like, but hopefully I'll be able to get closer to my initial sketch next time. I don't know that I'll get around to that 3D guy I've been talking about for the last few posts. I have something else I like more that I want to start on. If I'm going to be dumping time into a model, it will be that one. I'm hoping to have that modeled by the next post.



Then some pen sketches.


I have a final tomorrow and then I'm free.
Free to begin working super duper hard on portfolio stuff.

4 comments:

  1. I love the first guy, he's got a tight, round bottom. ;} And yes, monsters and aliens are what you do best but I love it a lot when you sketch realistic faces.

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    1. Thanks! Maybe I should avoid drawing such sensual bottoms in the future. And while you might like more realistic faces they're just not quite as cool, y'know? But you're still darlin'

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  2. Dreeds!
    I love how you finished your sketch and gave the guy lovely striped Shakespearean leggings. Very nice work.

    I see some great sketching in this post. I am proud of the way you are focusing on developing your skills and your art.

    BTW, the link to your portfolio is thuper hard to see. It took me 3 perusals to locate it. Make it BIGGER!

    That is all!

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    1. Thanks for the feedback, Dreeds. I'll see if I can't make that font bigger/more noticeable. It should be easy if I can find where I can directly access the HTML.

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