Illustration Friday: Lost

"Ugh! Why don't these treasure maps ever properly represent this ocean floor? Now I'm totally lost!"

Monsters!

I wanted to take a break from this dreaded painting I've been working on and try to do something I haven't drawn before. I never knew drawing monsters would be so fun. 

Turtle Drawing 1

My sister and I were wandering the streets of downtown Denver, during the Comic Convention and were brainstorming some random ideas. Somehow turtles came to mind, so I thought it would be time to brush up on my drawing skills and focus on turtles before the fun part develops. For now I'm doing some detailed renderings of a variety of turtles to get a feel for anatomy and structure. I must say it's difficult to find great poses of turtles on Google. Not sure why. Turtles have such personality, it doesn't make sense, but whatever. I finished this one tonight. The shell was kind of a pain to draw, so much detail for a hyper-active person like me. I could have done this faster with a paintbrush, I guess. 

Last Night's Drawing

Remember last night when I was struggling to find some creative inspiration? This is what I came up with. Have no idea where this came from. My advice to artists, is you should set aside some time each day to draw from life or imagination. Even if you are on a tight schedule, 5 minutes is better than nothing. You never know what will happen. Even if it looks terrible it's so worth it.

Deck of Cards

Currently I'm building a set of face cards. It's rather tedious and time consuming. You've already seen the final work of my King and Queen of hearts, along with the other drawings. I've completed the sets of hearts and diamonds so far, without the ace. Those will come last, because they'll be easy. As far as publishing these, I have no idea how I'll do it. I'm thinking about building some prototypes which will require printing them myself on my little Epson Photo R280 printer. And the price of ink is insane, or finding ways to outsource, which will be more complicated. Only time will tell....

-Amber. 

Queen of Diamonds & Jack of Hearts drawings

I've decided to continue with my Face Cards designs.  I've finished compositional drawings for the Queen of Diamonds, and Jack of Hearts before they move on to final painting. I've decided to hold off on painting them, until I complete drawings for the remaining suits.

Drawing of the day: King and Queen of Diamonds

Now I'm on to developing the suit of diamonds for my face card designs. These drawings are possible ideas for the king and queen of diamonds.