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Picture post September + some news

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

Time for some sketch uploads again! It’s ages since I had any sketches to upload, but here they are!

Sketch 1:

September Sketch

September Sketch

Sketch 2:

This isn’t a finished picture, it’s more a WIP. Not sure if it will end up as a sketch or a more polished portrait, who knows.

Romance WIP

Romance WIP

That’s all for today! I have a feeling that the next post will be a story post ;)

Edit:

Just forgot a little update. As you can see my months long artists’ break has finally eased up some, and I’m able to paint again. I’m not sure how much I’ll actually paint these days, school has to come first after all, but I think I’ll paint a little, at least. I’ve been ill the last three or four days, so I’ve had to take things easy. I think I really needed it, although I missed some fun things because of it.

Discovery of the week: If you’re constantly craving snacks (chips or similar), make sure you have popcorn (the kind that you have to microwave first) in the house. I thought I was just giving in to my cravings, but it worked like this: When at the store, you can’t buy chips or anything like that, because hey, you’ve got popcorn at home. BUT being that I’m lazy, it’s too much work to prepare popcorn, so I’ve eaten cereal instead whenever I’ve craved something salty and fat (cereal isn’t salty and fat but at least it’s crunchy). So for once I’m actually somewhat healthy… if you don’t count the giant chocolate bar I ate yesterday.

Anyway. It’s SUN! In Bergen, no less! I’m going out for a walk.

Village Girl Colour

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I just had to paint something today. Being that I have very little inspiration whatsoever, I decided just to colour something… This is a picture I drew, according to my deviantART gallery, on June 12, 2005. I have always loved this pencil piece, because I didn’t really have a good grasp on anatomy at all back then, but this one turned out pretty good in that aspect anyway.

Usually when I colour I paint on top of the sketch so I hide the pencil strokes in the end; it takes much, MUCH more time but looks more finished in a way. But painting underneath the sketch is much faster and if I want to keep the sketch, as I did in this case, I have the conscience to do it this way (sometimes it feels like the easy way out :P ).

Village girl coloured

Village girl coloured

Oh, and nearly forgot, the link to the original version:

http://ciuva.deviantart.com/art/Just-a-normal-village-girl-19372839

First Picture Post

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

I have recently become active at GFXartist again. There’s something very nice about a small community, although sometimes I think it’s as good as died out, that attracts me. On my first piece, without having commented on anything (I posted in a speedpaint thread, that was it) I have so far received 12 critiques, which is WAY more than I get at DeviantART or any other site. Last time I was active at GFX I got a few critiques that I couldn’t handle, but now that I would love that kind of critiques I only get nice ones. Maybe I have gotten better at what I do.

I’ve also become slightly more active at ImagineFX.com, it being my favourite magazine and all. But it’s almost off-putting because it’s too big. You aren’t seen in the same way that you are at GFX. It probably means I should become way more active (post in forums and stuff) and well, I want to stop lurking and start posting at Conceptart.org too, maybe even CGTalk. Big plans, little initiative. But, well, maybe one day. It’s not like it’s the end of the world anyway.

Here are two pictures that are almost speedpaints (took more than one hour, but hey. Almost!), I hope you like them. And if you like them, please comment! Remember that there are more here and here.

Lilla bilde

Air Commander (cheesy title? Noooo...)

snow picture

Snow

IMPORTANT: Even though these are just sketches, please don’t use them elsewhere. Not that I have such high thoughts of my own work, but it’s not fun to see them at other sites with no mention of who made it, or worse, if someone pretends to have made them themselves. If you want to share, please link to where you found them. OK? Thanks!