Portraits from Imagination

11.03.2015:

Best day ever! I met with a new possible client today and it was great. He is really nice, knows exactly what he wants and we agreed on the contract :3 That said for the next two months I will be flooded with work, but I will try and keep up my daily sketches.

Yesterday evening I went to celebrate with a friend of mine over dinner which we also used to draw. I don't like the little fellow above very much but I learned a lot. You will see what I mean in my next upload tomorrow : )

portrait profile from imagination (sketchbook, pencil, copic markers)

After I drew the last sketch, I felt really bad because I didn't like it at all. That said as soon as I was home I sat down again and drew this little fellow. And I'm in love! I'm slowly getting the grasp of where to discontinue lines, where to increase their thickness and how to hatch. Also he looks like a man, which for me is amazeballs! Normally all my characters have one face which is very womanly, haha ^^

portrait from imagination (sketchbook, pencil)

Princess Bubblegum

02.03.2015:

princess bubblegum (w.i.p., photoshop cc)

I really love 2015. I made a lot of decision which hopefully will help me to grow as an artist and a person and therefor I'm really excited to see the results end of the year. For now I just enjoy the journey until then.

One of those decisions was to start doing fanart. I mostly kept away from it in the past, because I somehow feel it limits you in your creativity. Because the design, clothing etc is already defined. But the good thing about it is, that you really can concentrate on an interesting composition, pose and art style.

So here are the sketch, lines as well as flat colors for my interpretation of Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time. I love this series a lot! ♡

I created my own costume for her based on the original design and went with my own color palette as well. Next will be the rendering. I really would love to give kind of jelly see-through hair.  Let's see if I will manage ;)

princess bubblegum (sketchbook page, pencil)

Gap between 30.06.2014 and 01.03.2015

Info

I stopped uploading my art back in the middle of 2014, because I mostly did work related art. That said I wasn't and still am not allowed to show what I did because of the NDAs I signed.

Now I see how stupid that was, so even if I didn't do much personal work in 2014 I will upload everything in the next couple of weeks and assign it to the specific dates. I'm quite diligent in regard of giving everything a date and saving every single sketch. So it should be possible :)

Until then I will start uploading my daily progress again from now on, so stay tuned for the 2nd of March 2015 :D

PS: I will reduce the gape in the title of the post accordingly to my upload-progress.

Viking Girl III.

22.02.2015:

And I revisited her yet again! =^.^= I sketched her back in Nov. 2013 in my back then new sketchbook as part of a contest. I never submitted the image, because she didn't look viking enough. But I always liked here.

I while later I painted her in photoshop again. But somehow messed up her face, which resulted in losing a lot of her character.

Now in regard of my personal challenge (inking and colouring all pages in my sketchbook) I revisited her again. She was already coloured, but very pale so I spiced her up. I really like how it came out and I'm getting more and more comfortable with copic markers.

Here the links to the old versions: sketch & digital 

coloured version of my viking girl (sketchbook, ink, coloured pencil, copic markers)

Hermione studying as always

15.02.2015:

Hi guys, it happened again. I'm currently really enjoying to fill my sketchbook with color, so here the main part of the second page - my Hermione ♡ Original sketches are from Nov 2013 >> Link

close up of hermione (sketchbook, ink, colored pencil, copic markers)

whole sketchbook page (ink, colored pencil, copic markers)

Character Portrait

09.02.2015:

After deciding to fill my sketchbook with color I still wanted to keep sketching and create new stuff. Simply now I would directly ink and color them so that my sketchbooks will never be grey again : D

One evening we had a lot of friends over for D&D and one of them asked me if that's a sticker book? (pointing at this page of my sketchbook) Haha. Due to the bold egg shaped background it must have seemed that way from afar^^

character sketch (sketchbook, ink, colored pencil, copic markers)

World Design

29.01.2015:

Hi guys! I personally really like to design buildings, characters, etc. Simple verything you need to define a world. But (for now at least) I don't have any ideas for stories which might take place in it. That said I always gave up really soon. Until I realised just recently that you can happily focus on designing worlds and people are still interested in it. =)

I'm sure that was obvious to a lot of people but I didn't have a clue beforehand. So here some sketches for the home of one of the shown characters and different takes on the characters silhouettes. Enjoy!

(colored sketch of the three characters two pictures below, fine liner, colored pencil, copic marker)

(from imagination, pencil in sketchbook)

(from imagination, pencil in sketchbook)

(pose corrections for the pencil sketch on the top of the second image, from imagination, pencil in sketchbook)

Webcomic - Initial Character Sketches

03.01.2015:

Happy New Year to yah all!!! =D

I hope you had a splendid Christmas and start in the new year. I'm currently brainstorming about a possible webcomic and therefor did some initial character sketches for my planned main character. It's all very loose in regard of storyline etc until now so don't know yet if it will be worth pursuing. We will see!

(sketches from imagination in sketchbook, pencil)

Color process

29.06.2014:

And the month is already nearing its end. For today I decided to work on one of my sketchbook pages further. Instead of drawing the lines per hand in photoshop I went with paths. I still have to learn a lot in that regard. I also quickly included a castle in the clouds in the background (not done with paths yet) to give the picture more depth and some kind of story^^ 

My original sketch you can find here.

drawing from imagination (photoshop cc)

Maleficent, Header and creepy dude

23.06.2014:

Study-time! I'm still trying to get the hang of values as well as skin. So here it goes. Angelina Jolie has such a cool nose and sensual lips. It's not from this world :3

photo study (photoshop cc)

Next I started out with a sketch for a header. Did a few versions. Let's see when I will finish it and with what version...

digital sketch (photoshop cc)

digital sketch (photoshop cc)

digital sketch (photoshop cc)

I really really don't wanna show you this. But I promised to document everything here. EVERYTHING! So here it goes. It's really awful. I already was burned out and hungry when I started it and that's exactly how it looks. I still am not good at painting faces from imagination but I'm also not THAT bad^^

digital sketch (photoshop cc)

Testing out an art style

22.06.2014:

Big disclaimer upfront: This isn't my art style. I just wanted to try out something new and see what I like and don't like about it. I try to look up the original artist, because her paintings are amazeballs.

After I drew the face of my character based on her faces I kinda got the hang of the skin color and then colored the rest of my characters body out of my imagination. My original sketch you can find here.

I really like the skin and her lips but her eyes are way to doll like. They creep me out quite a bit :D :D

sketch from imagination, face rending = study, body rendering = applying what I learned (photoshop cc)

The second sketch I drew a few hours later to see how much I still remember. The skin isn't as smooth but I like her face overall much more. Less creepy. 

I think trying out different styles which you like will help you grow as an artist. Because you will only adapt and keep elements you like. For example certain color combinations, shape of the lips, etc. That way you still can create your own style. As long as you don't copy other peoples art one to one and claim it to be your own I think it's a great learning experience. 

from memory (photoshop cc)

Pose experiments

13.06.2014:

Still experimenting with poses from my imagination. I like the girl second from the right a lot. The rest are really...arrgs...not good^^

sketchbook page (pencil)

In the wind

11.06.2014:

Trying to draw a more complicated pose from my imagination. I think her arms and legs are quite relaxed but my problem always are the shoulders. They look really cramped :/
And yes I'm quite in love with flowy long hair at the moment ♡

sketchbook page (pencil)

Pretty face

05.06.2014:

Hi guys! Todays post is of a sketch I did in my sketchbook which I really like. Usually I right on suck on drawing faces and I don't know what happened today but I really like it. It's feminin, sexy and pin up like ♡

sketchbook page (pencil)

Valentins Day - ArmorGames Contest

10.02.2014:

Hi guys!

I'm quite proud of myself right now. I always plan to participate in contests, but I never get over the state of the initial concepts. This can be out if different reasons. Something else came up, no time, being intimidated by the concurrence or I just can't get it to look like I want it to look. Which is stupid! Because at least for me, contests aren't about winning. They are about tackling an issue, I normally won't, getting out of my comfort zone and learning a heck while doing so!

That said, I'm totally happy that I actually participated in a contest and went through with it until the very end. Here you can see my entry for the Valentins Contest from ArmorGames. Task was to create an avatar (100x100 pixels) to this topic. I personally really like how it came out!

Story: I'm sure everyone realizes that Amor himself must be doing this job for ages already. That said he is quite sick of taking care of all the high expectations people have on Valentins Day every year. So he started to think like a business man. Now he has a lot of employes which do the work for him. How does he pay them you ask? Easy. Companies like ArmorGames want to spread some love and give back to the community. That said they asked Amor to send someone appropriate for the job. Someone who gives a hint, who we have to thank for all the love ;)

PS: I hope the little helper manages to give all the love before he drops out of the sky of exhaustion.

Based on a simple idea: Amor + Armor = A(r)mor

I was really happy, when some of the admins thanked me for taking part and also published my work through the official ArmorGames-Twitter-Account. Not to mention that they are following my twitter account now <3

Enough rambling. Here the final entry as well as the 500x500 work size I created this little fellow on!

avatar (digital painting, photoshop cc)

Running

03.02.2014:

Hi guys!

I'm currently experimenting with different art styles and try to learn a lot more about line weight an such. Here my current progress so far on a new personal piece:

base colors (photoshop cs6)

line art (photoshop cs6)

sketchbook page (one reefed, rest from imagination; pencil)

Happy 2014!!!

29.01.2014:

Hey guys!

Welcome to a new exciting year! I hope you all had an awesome christmas as well as new years eve!

I spend the last weeks finishing up my new Online Portfolio. It went online on January 1st. The results you can see here: http://sandrapinkertportfolio.weebly.com/

Besides that I finished my current contract with Pyrrhic Studios and started my new job hunt. I'm already in contact with some possible clients.

That said it wasn't much private drawing going on in January.

Here the one sketchbook page I managed between all that jazz :D

sketch book page (pencil + colored pencils)

Sargent study and application

25.11.2013:

Sargent study - concentrating on values and color

sargent study (photoshop cs6)

Application of sargent study (middle) to a painting from imagination. Damn looking at reference makes such a difference!

process (photoshop cs6)

imaginative portrait (photoshop cs6)

And painting from memory after having seen the top of a house lit by the undergoing sun. Didn't got far, because I had an appointment 20mins later.

from memory (photoshop cs6)

Don't ask!

22.11.2013:

Hey guys! I had a freaking headache all day and in the end decided to just live with it and paint something still. I like only the colors, but the only way to improve is to try, right? :)

"don't ask" (photoshop cs6, from imagination)

Temporary Post

Hey guys!

The blog is currently incomplete. Because I can't publish my freelance work until it's released. As soon as this happens, I will fill all the gaps. So I might be a good idea to check out the months from June until now from time to time ;)