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)

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)

Sketches

15.11.2013:

Just filled the blank spaces on the last page.

sketchbook page from imagination (pencil, copic markers, colored pencils)

Sketchbook pages

14.11.2013:

Hey guys! I'm feeling quite creative currently. So I kept working from imagination in my new sketchbook. Colors are from copic markers and colored pencils. The first and second one are based on sketches from yesterday.

from imagination only (pencil, copic markers, colored pencils)

from imagination only (pencil, copic markers, colored pencils)

from imagination only (pencil, copic markers, colored pencils)

Doodles

20.02.2013:

Some doodles...

doodles (graphite pencil; copic markers)

Fat Jo

09.02.2013:

I tried to do some drawings from life, but my boyfriend was moving all the time, so here is the first appearance of FAT JO :D Maybe he learned from it and will hold still the next time :P The drawing in the bottom left of the first page looks much more like him...got only his lips wrong^^

sketchbook page (graphite pencil)

Here are some more life drawings, some faces from imagination and a Tyke from Ni no kuni. For me one of the best games ever existing <3

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; copic markers)

Sketchbook pages

30.01.2013:

Sketchbook pages and yeah it's definitively a bad idea to paint with copics on one side and with graphite on the other ò.O

sketchbook page (graphite pencil + copic markers)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil + copic markers)

Little mermaid

23.01.2013:

And this was day two on the road to my first finished personal illustration. Today I didn't achieve that much. But it's going onwards :) I fixed some proportion and anatomy issues. Especially in case of the hands. And started to add the "magic". In this case there has to happen a lot more refinement. But every step onward is one step closer to my goal. So see yah tomorrow :)

95% from imagination (photoshop cs5)

sketchbook page; from imagination (graphite + copic markers)

Female Anatomy

20.01.2013:

So like promised here are some anatomy studies, focusing on the torso area. Also trying to understand the underlying muscles and bones. I started doing photo studies and then tried to draw the same girl again, only this time from my memory without looking at the photo reference or my drawing of it. Also I'm still trying to figure out how I can give volume in photoshop without going into detail and spending to much time on it. I think I'm getting slowly the hang of it :3 Ah, and I traced the outline by the photoshop photo study, because it wasn't the kind of study I was going for.

warm up page + memory training (colored pencil + graphite pencil 6B)

memory training (copic markers + graphite pencil 6B)

random stuff from imagination, ref and life (copic markers + graphite pencil 6B)

doodles (graphite pencil 6B)

photo study, concentrating on creating volume through focusing on light and shadow areas and transitions (photoshop cs5)