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.

East meets West

Another Threadless design (with a lovely typo in the title, great going, self). Please vote here!
This one's for a design competition with Loftwork, a Japanese company. I worked with what I know best, comics and fashion/costume.

Threadless 2

After some technical difficulties this one's finally up too. Please vote HERE if you have the time. Thanks!

Samara

Samara redesign - Mass Effect 2

I got the Mass Effect art book recently and was disappointed by the focus on the female character's sexuality in the little blurbs about the though processes behind the designs. Even in game I noticed a major shift in direction between ME1 and ME2; though ME2 had far better characterization I felt that some designs were disconnected from the character they were portraying. Samara, who's one of my favourite characters, was one of the worst in this respect. The emphasis in art book was definitely on her sex appeal and it shows.

Samara is sexy, yeah, but she's also an ascetic warrior who's almost a 1000 year old. I wanted to redesign her in a way that worked more with her character, especially her age. In game she looks younger than someone 1/10 her age just based on clothing. Gave her a simple bodysuit/light armour and a shawl for everyday wear. Shawls, to me, are the ultimate in high-class older women's wear (and Samara is the ultimate in high-class older ladies).

Threadless

One of my designs is up! Please go HERE to vote if you have the time. Thanks!

Modern Cameo - Punk

EDIT: changed the background colour like it a lot more now.
Another design for Threadless. Brightly coloured lasso-tool punk profile. Not sure if the colours are too bright for mass consumption, but the lasso-tool style works best with bright colours - especially when working with such a limited palette. Only 4 colours for this one: purple, hot pink, bright yellow, and yellow-green. Placement on shirt would be portrait centred on chest with the background going up towards the shoulder on one side.