More comics

My second assignment: the death of a character in 1 page/8 panels, no words, only pictures. It ended up as a joint death scene as the only way I could see Liz choosing to die (as a robot she's essentially immortal so long as she can keep herself in good repair) was if her partner, Sike, died.
I had more trouble with this one than the last since I haven't drawn these two in a long time and Sike got a gender swap since I last drew him/her (and she's old here; man I'm such a masochist). So both of them are horribly off model and I suck at fine line work. Whatevs.

Colour for a really old sketch

Finally got around to colouring a sketch from last summer. Tried changing up my colouring style and colour choices.

More Colour Tests

Lady counterpart to yesterday's boy. I don't even know what I'm doing anymore as I've stared at my computer screen for the length of 2.5 soundtracks and I'm going to go do something else now. Like make dinner.

Quorra

Quorra from Tron Legac, 2-2.5 hours
Had difficulty with her smile and a little bit with the colours but I really liked drawing her eyes. They're so expressive.

Rachael

Spent about 2 hours last night making a first attempt at a colour portrait (only ever done black and white); big learning curve but a great experience. I used a movie frame of Rachael from Blade Runner as reference. Likeness, good; colours, not so much.

Mushroom Lady

Coloured the ink drawing I did last week in photoshop. Thinking that she's in need of becoming a sticker for my laptop some time soon. Also like the first thing I've ever drawn that I think would make a good print.

Ink

Started doing inks by hand again. I found this really fun so now all I want to do is draw things with a brush pen.

Block printing

Tried my hand at lino block printing for the first time since high school. I got about 7 good prints thus far. These are some of my favourites, a pair done on textured paper. The slight translucence of the paper didn't scan but you can see the texture in the black ink.
For some reason I think that lino prints should be macabre (probably because of the graphic nature and the fact that I only have black ink right now) so all my ideas for prints are horror-inspired.

Hybrids

Mermaid painted in a few hours this afternoon/evening. Feels good to be able to paint again. Been too tired and unable to focus to do anything more than cell-shading for so long.

Pair of sketches, including the mermaid sketch, from last night. I'd like to do a pair of illustrations with the satyr girl and another satyr I drew in December. Got to finish other projects first.

Something old and something new

Returned to an old character from last year that I kind of forgot about. Been feeling that my style's been getting stagnant lately so I played around with colour and shapes on a sketch from last night for a bit. Liking it. More vibrant and eye catching. Now to just get over my fear of drawing clothes accurately in motion and perspective in digital.

Haydee

Haydee - The Count of Monte Cristo ch.49
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite novels and though Pere Dumas’ writing is so detailed Haydee was the only one who always stood out with an obvious look to her. I think this is in part due to her very contradictory personas. In public she acts the part of a childish, dumb coquette but in private she shares her pain and desires with the Count; that kind of great characterization always stands out to me. I wanted to create something representitive of her outwards persona, the beautiful coquette, and her inner turmoil while following her description from the beginning of Ch.49. 
I have very mixed feelings about this one. I saw the best art student owl the other day that I think explains my feelings pretty well: you know it's done when you hate it. If you don't hate it yet it's not done. There's a lot I like and a lot I feel like I failed at - mostly the composition and reclining figure.

Speed paint

Been watching too much Face Off. Inspired by those weird flower/plants with the large holes in them. I have no idea what they're called.