Special Post!

I was completely surprised and flattered to find that my work is being featured on EatSleepDraw TV! Go to their site and follow them! I've done so for about a year now, and it's definitely a great community for rising artists.

Pencils, Peeps, and Animals!

I haven't worked with pencil rendering in a while...(click to see the details)

Tried to draw a figure from the imagination. Time for some figure drawing classes!

My work is seriously lacking animal drawings...I'll be doing creature designs for one of my current projects, so time to get inspired by animals!

Playing around with the idea of using shapes to create varieties of characters. 

I've been trying to churn out as many different types of characters as possible...and some caricatures. If there's anything more difficult than making up people, it's capturing the likeness of a real person. I'll be practicing with this as often as possible.

Introspective

While browsing the web last week, I came across an art contest being held by V Magazine. The contest is about Lady Gaga becoming a columnist for the magazine, and they want an illustrated piece of the pop star. The winner will get their piece published next to her column in the May issue. I figured it wouldn't hurt to try it out! Unfortunately, I wasn't chosen as a finalist.

Initially, I was disappointed (it would've been incredible to have my work published in V Magazine!). Rather than feel pessimistic that my work wasn't chosen, it's better for me to say "oh well!" and move on to something else. It felt good to find a rare opportunity like this to showcase my work. These losses happen in your art career in order for you to learn from them. The most important thing I learned from this is that to get the results you want, you need to be proactive and take chances! I'm only at the beginning of my professional career. There's so much to look forward to in my future...as long as I always put in the effort.