Daydreaming and Night Walker completed!

I've gotten so bad at updating my blog! I'm a week behind again! What's worse is that I have all process shots saved on my camera, and I haven't posted any. Blugh. Maybe I'll get to them eventually? Anyway, above is my piece Daydreaming. The reference pose for the little girl can be found here: http://tracie76stock.deviantart.com/

This is something new which I'll be posting on DeviantART within the next couple hours titled Night Walker. A little unoriginal, but I couldn't think of anything spectacular. Willow trees are my favorite trees, so I thought it was about time I draw one. I really enjoyed working on her dress and the landscape in general. Pose for the girl can be found here: http://liam-stock.deviantart.com/

Feeding Time Completed

I just realized this morning that I never got around to posting this on here. I have been taking process photos of all my recent works; however, I haven't gotten the chance to post them on here. I will eventually...hopefully anyway. I just finished a new piece as well, so I'll have that posted tomorrow. It's a children's illustration, so back to my more regular stuff. This piece, Feeding Time, was something a little different from me. Still trying to decide what I think of it.

Also new picture of me which I'm posting on all my art pages. Thought it was about time since my other picture looked too blurry. 

A Hope for Rain Completed

I finished this earlier this week, but never got around to posting it.

I live in northern Florida, and throughout the month of June, wild fires seemed endless. I would wake up in the morning and step outside my front door, only to be greeted by the nauseating odor of smoke. I would go to work, and the inside of the building would be hazy from the fires. I'd drive by miles of burned down trees or trees in the process of burning. It seemed like the fires would never cease - especially since there was no rain in sight. Heat lightening reined supreme as it continued to cause more burning.

That is, until two weeks ago when I was inspired to create this piece. We finally saw rain again. And not just a shower lasting five minutes. This was a thunderstorm.

I'd never been so happy for a power outage in my life.

This was also featured on Prismacolor's Facebook page. I pretty much fainted when I saw it show up on my wall.

And for those of you who are interested, I recently updated my professional portfolio page.

Two New Pieces Completed!

I tried posting these on here a few days ago; however, blogspot was giving me some technical difficulties...So here we go again!

A Rooster in the Sun

A painted this as a gift for my mother as a belated Mother's Day present and early birthday present. She absolutely adores roosters. Our entire kitchen is decorated with them!

I haven't painted since November, so this was quite relaxing. I'll definitely be painting/drawing more birds in the near future. Most likely my next piece! 

This is kind of a quickie piece I did for my watchers on my deviantART. To be honest, I missed receiving a few hundred favorites on a piece in a 24 hour period. This one almost hit 400 favorites in a 24 hour period. I know it's a fan art (Rapunzel from Tangled) and that's why it received all those favorites. Back to original pieces from here on out!

Bird Watching Complete

A happy accident.

Pose reference for the girl found here.

Grove of the Fern Faerie Complete

I really loved working on this piece. I feel like I really pushed myself in reference to the composition, the texture, and the color. I'm very pleased with this piece.

A Chinese Fairytale Complete

I had so much fun working on this piece. I feel like I've accomplished what I had imagined. Enjoy!

Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf Complete

I'm really pleased with the outcome of this illustration. First of all, I've never drawn a wolf before - never mind colored one. And second, I really like how the background came out. There's much more space going on in the over all illustration compared to others I've completed in the past. The wolf seems a bit static and I'm not a huge fan of the bottom right section of the piece. But overall I'm very happy with this. I'll probably have it posted on my DeviantART sometime tomorrow after work.

The Gluttony of Neo Queen Serenity Complete

And this is the finished product. I'm not too fond of it, honestly. It's too bright and busy for me, but that's what I was going for I guess. I'm also not a huge fan of the color pink, but it's Usagi's favorite color, so that's why insisted on using it. I hope you guys like it more than me! I'll be posting it on my DeviantART sometime on Monday afternoon.

Happy Mommy's Day!!

Happy Spring Complete

Finished illustration of Happy Spring. I'm really pleased with the final result. I think this piece really shows how much I've grown as an artist over the past year illustration wise. I used prisma markers, prisma colored pencils, brown 005 sakura micron pen, and white acrylic paint. 

Obscure Senshi Contest Complete

Finished this earlier today! Probably be posting it on my DeviantART sometime on Monday!!

First Post

Finally decided to start using my art blog.

I'll probably start posting a lot of rough sketches on here instead of on my DeviantART page for those of you who are interested. Completed works will show up here as well. I've decided to label my posts based upon the media I've used. I figure that will make it easier for onlookers to find what they're looking for.

This piece, Eve: The Femme Fatale, was made with an 005 brown Sakura micron pen, Prisma markers, and Prisma colored pencils. It's part of a pair (the other being the Madonna) for a feminist art project I was working on. I really wanted to keep her face in a more traditional sense. I was also inspired by the free flowing line work of Mucha.

Hopefully, I'll be posting again on here soon. My sophomore year of college ends in less than two weeks, and then my 4 month break for summer (aka working full-time at Chick-Fil-A) begins.

I still have to make a header as well. I should have plenty of spare time this week to work on one in the Mac Lab...I want to take advantage of the last two weeks I have to use it.