[WIP] [COMPETITION] [FINAL PIECE] Secret World

WIP numbers 7, 8 and 9, and the final piece! Enjoy! :D

[WIP] [COMPETITION] Secret World

Next WIP of Secret World :) From a day or two back. I actually have most of the kimono finished now, as well as the legs (which are my favourite part thus far lol) - will post up another WIP soon :)

Enjoy!

[WIP] [COMPETITION] Secret World

2 more WIPS for Secret World - have added decking and the balcony, and am starting on the geisha. Shes really fun the paint actually, had a fun time with the face especially thus far on the painting (most enjoyable part actually, the backgrounds getting seriously monotonous to be honest, hence why its unfinished lol), and I'm really looking forward to painting her kimono :D

I think I've spent an additional 2 or so hours on this since the last WIP upload (yes, attempting to track how long it takes me to paint stuff like this... see if its worth the time and effort lol)

Anyway. Enjoy!

Lovelove :3

imaeko

[WIP] [Competition] Secret World

I've been very bad and not worked on this for over a week and a half lol. But, as futher hours work adds a blossom tree :) I'm dying to be able to paint the main character of the picture alreadty.. arrrrgh backgrounds!

[WIP] [Competition] Secret World

This is the result of a further hour or so's work on this pic today. Going well, methinks - the mountains are completely horrendous to paint, on account of me not having a clue how to do draw them convincingly. so.. yeah. I hate them lol.

However, liking the bushes finally being complete. My favourite bush is the one on the far left, that was the nicest to draw, and I think its the nicest lookign bush :) It's modelled on one we have in the back garden :)

So.. yes. Todays work has included touching up the mountains a wee bit, adding .. oen more, I think (far left), and finishing off the bushes.

Enjoy :)

[WIP] [Competition] Secret World

(The last WIP of "Guardian" is still on my camera, so I need to get that before I'll upload it with the final piece here soon :) )

So anyway. On Saturday I sketched the below image in my sketchpad (roughly an hour and a half), to enter in a themed competition with a wealth of prizes. I'm praying so hard I win, but as you can see from the WIP below that I still have a way to go lol. Still, I'm having a lot of fun doing this - I'm really putting my all into it! I think its going great so far, but, as what I have already painted has taken 3 to 4 hours (I did it all today).. theres a looooooooong time left to go before its done. But, I cant wait ;)

Enjoy and look forward to more WIPS! :D

* by the way, yes the grass is a custom made brush specially for this piece lol. No way was I drawing each individual blade.. ^.^;
* these images are also both at 20% of full size :)

[Walkthrough] [WIP] Guardian Process

Ok, I'm currently working on a big picture, traditional work. I've currently completed most of it, but I still have some way to go. :) Heres the walkthrough of the process thus far! More to come later :)

Sorry theres some big gaps, I didnt have a camera within reach.. xD But, I basically coloured:

o1. Skin
o2. Shirt
o3. Dress
o4. shoes
o5. Hair
o6. Eyes / lips

..in that order :)

Enjoy! :D

[ACEO] Cute Things Series : 02 : "Little Garden" [THIS PIECE IS FOR SALE!]

This was uber nice to draw - I loved using all the colours especially the blues! :D This series of ACEO, themed on "Cute Things" and consisting of 4 cards will be on sale for £3 each :) (Not including shipping. Packaging however is free for these little guys, and will consist of a heavily reinforced envelope).

If you're interested, please email me at megeleh@googlemail.com or contact me through DeviantART (my username is imaeko)

Enjoy! :D

[ACEO] Cute Things Series : 01 : "Tea Party" [THIS PIECE IS FOR SALE!]

This was really fun to draw :D This series of ACEO, themed on "Cute Things" and consisting of 4 cards will be on sale for £3 each :) (Not including shipping. Packaging however is free for these little guys, and will consist of a heavily reinforced envelope).

If you're interested, please email me at megeleh@googlemail.com or contact me through DeviantART (my username is imaeko)

Enjoy! :D

[Speedpaint] Shadow of a Saint / [Finished Piece] Rise of the Phoenix

I tried speed painting - this was completed in about an hour. Idk. There are aspects I'm happy with, but also areas which I cringe to look at lol. I think I need to improve lots =_=; I didnt use a sketch for any of it though, so I suppose its good that I can make it look at leats ok without a sketch. It was fun anyway, and I liked using lots of unusual colours in this <333

Also, I finished the phoenix picture - pretty happy with how it came out! :)





Enjoy :)

[WIP] Untitled piccy.. ^_^;

Hurr. Shitty photo I know, but if I'd have scanned it, it would have gone all horrible and grainy :(

This is a pic I'm working on at the moment - the girl is Toko, and the phoenix is Kiya. They're characters in a story I'm writing :) I'm actually really proud of this, since I dont draw birds so.. this is kind of a big first for me. I didnt use references or anything, just .. went with the flow and tried to make it look as birdlike as possible really ^.^;

I'm having a lot of fun with it :D Right now its actually almost finished - I only have Toko's eyes to colour now, and then its done. I'm not sure what to call it though :S I find picture titles hard! ^.^;

For this pic I used some Caran d'Ache pencil crayons which were a birthday gift to me last year. I havent used them before - theyre surprisingly fun to work with! Developed a new technique for shading skin too, which I'm really proud of! I think it looks a lot better this way =D

Enjoy :D

Redemption [WIP] + Away til July 3rd

Do any of you remember my ink "Redemption"? (Link: *click here*) Well, I finally had an urge to paint it up.. Here are 3 shots of the progress thus far. Its going fairly well - I'm now texturing the pale-blue fabric around her neck... its very time consuming so I actually moved onto her headdress for a little breather!

Saying that though, I'm actually going away for a week, tomorrow til July 3rd so I wont have access to the net, a pc, photoshop, anything. I can't even use my mobile phone cus its in the middle of nowhere lol *imaeko dies of technology deprivation lol*. Um.. so yes. No drawing for a week =_=; Bleh. Maybe I'll come back with a few fresh sketches in my sketchpad though as I'm taking that. We shall see :)

But, until then, I hope you all have a lovely week! See you July 3rd :D

imaeko <3>

Gift for Sammwich [Finished Image]

Finished that piccu for my friend :) Just a quick update now, so enjoy! :) May post a WIP later today before I go away on holiday tomorrow ^^

imaeko <3

Gift for Sammwich [WIP - Ink]

Sorry for the lack of updates u_u Really havent been drawing lately with spending all my time revising. Gah.

But yes. This is a gift for my friend Sam :) She's always there for me to randomly chat with, or talk to if something up and I dont appreciate her enough! Plus at the moment she has exams atm so I thought I would draw her something to make her smile (well, I hope this makes her smile! xD)

Colouring it in photoshop now <3>

Chii-chan [Finished Picture]

[ Tools used: black ink pen (width 0.38), letraset markers, prismacolor markers, karismacolor pencils ]

Well this is the finished version! Hasnt taken long to do at all, and it was very nice to draw indeed. Rather relaxing. Its been so long since I properly sat down and drew something traditionally and I really enjoyed getting back to markers again, very much, as well as a piece which is more fun than serious and detailed :D I don't often do fanart but a watcher had suggested doing a chobits piece so.. why the heck not xD

I do apologise for the poor quality scan though. I scanned at 300dpi but.. yes. Sadly my scanner loves to eat anything I put in it so its still immensly grainy even at this small size.. :(

(May make a wallpaper of this actually.. who knows :3 )

So.. enjoy! :)

lovelove! <3

Chii-chan [ink / WIP]

Well people have been suggesting I draw more fanart. I'm in a really big art rut at the moment, and finding it hard to draw at all (seriously. Like I've forgotten how to draw... D= )

So.. yes. Tonight I just started idly doodling, rather than trying to force a doodle out and chii-chan showed up ^_^; Chobits was the first manga I read, and the first manga series I completed reading, hehe :3

So yes. This is the ink, and I'll be marker colouring it probably. I could use the practice :)

Enjoy!

lovelove <3

From sketch to finished picture! :) Fernelda commission

Well this is the progression of a commission I have just finished right from preliminary sketch to finished painted photoshop drawing, with a few more WIPs than I've already posted :) You can see the progression a little better :3 I've never done one of these before (i.e. lots of WIPs) properly so.. yes. Cool lol. Really really happy with how the final piece has turned out. So proud of it! :D

Well, enjoy!

lovelove! <3

Commission [WIP] + "Son of Dragons" [INK, WIP]

Well this first piece is an ink. I will be selling this finished traditional piece because from about mid April on I need to scrounge together whatever money I can x_x; Not looking forward to it lol. Bleh. But yes. This ink is "Son of Dragons". The dragon you see inked on the right is the same one as on his tattoo, but because of the small scale (its A6 IRL) I was not able to ink it so well. Eep. But yes, I look forward to colouring this. :)



Another progress shot from the commission I'm working on at the moment! Really having fun on it :) she needs the rest of her hair though hehe!

Thats all for now, enjoy! :D

lovelove! <3>

Commission WIP

This is the final sketch from the commission image I posted in my last sketchblog :)

My tablet is on the blink at the moment but I'm still attempting to draw it digitally in Photoshop *sigh* Here's hoping it randomly STOPS spazzing out soon, ugh.

But here for now is the sketch. Pretty happy with it, and the commissioner is liking hows its turning out too, yay :)

That's all for now!

lovelove <3

Commission WIP

Its been a while.. whoops! ^^;

But here is a sketch for a commission I'm currently working on :) Going to be digitally drawn up, when I have the time. I went way overboard on the details on the face / ears, because I had altitle time on my hands, lol, but eh. Ah well! Very fun commission so far :)

Still have a little work to do on the sketch before I can draw it up in Photoshop, but yes. Really enjoying it so far! Havent used a reference for facial features, but I did use one for the expression, hurr :3 Yay realism <3

Thats all for now, catch you later!

Lovelove <3>

Nana Osaki [Final Piece]

Nana Osaki from NANA x) I haven't seen the anime; I've read a little bit of the manga and seen the first movie and.. wow. Mika Nakashima is the most perfect person to play Nana O, it's untrue o-o

Idk. I guess I thought I'd do a little tribute art xD

I sketched/inked it the night before last, and coloured it yesterday.. I think it took about 4 hours in total :) I had fun with it, and the only thing that hindered my progress was the paper bleeding continually (even though it's supposed to be bleedproof *sigh* ¬_¬ ) so.. yes. There was quite a lot of colour bleeding over the outside lines (which I edited out here..).. I guess its not too bad but it is noticeable and really annoyed me :/

The pleated skirt was so much fun to do. I've never coloured taertan before but damn, it's so immensely awesome to do I may just have to draw it again sometime soon xDDDD <33333333>

Cloud Strife

A little doodle I did on Christmas Day ^_^ I love drawing Cloud, he's totally schmexy <3>

lovelove <3

"Lonely Horizons" [Finished Piece] + "Ascend" [WIP]

This is the finished version of the last work I showed, titled Lonely Horizons. Had a lot of fun doing this even though it's quite a personal piece :/ I deliberately posted this on DeviantART on "Valentines Day". Anyway. Enjoy.

Secondly I have a sketch of a picture I'll be titling "Ascend". Currently lining this in Photshop :)

Anyway, that's all for now. Enjoy!

lovelove <3

WIP [No title yet]

I've had some trying times recently, especially this past month. It's kind of been.. hell. I've been drawing a lot of personal things lately and this is one such thing. I sketched it last night, and this is the result of an hour or two of painting. It looks very different from the sketch actually - the character here has a much more mature facial structure, whereas the one in the sketch seemed much younger and had freckles.. Idk. I just go with the flow lol. Either way I'm pretty proud of it so far, and I hope I manage to finish it soon. Thought I'd post a preview of what I had so far, anyway.

Enjoy

lovelove <3

Blending practice (with Letraset Markers)

Ok, so this one was a pen doodle in my sketchpad so I could try and improve using my Letraset marker pens. Theyre.. really crap, honestly o-o; Very hard to blend and they dry very quickly - Ideally Id love copics, I usually use Prismacolours though, which are cheaper but do work well. Ive had prismas for a while, so I need to get used to my Letrasets because I use them together. The only reason I have them is because I had no skin colours (or reds) whatsoever and they were the only markers available at the time, so I bought a few. So, uh.. yes. Need to practice with them, and this was a little quick try :)

It actually looks really pretty IRL. The cloours blend really smoothly and everything looks very bright and colourful so.. yes. T'is hopeful :D

...Man I really want some copics though.. ^_^;

Anyway, enjoy :)

lovelove <3>

"Demon Ball" Ink

Just a quick update :) Newish ink of my chara Raku, drawn on Christmas Day 2007 :) Havent drawn him for a while!! ^^; Enjoy! :D

lovelove! <3>

"Rebirth" [Finished Piece]

This is ahead of the image being posted up on DeviantART tomorrow. You guys get a special advance preview, just 'cos :P

So this is the finished version of "Rebirth". It didnt come out as I'd intended (hell, does it ever ¬_¬; ), she was initially supposed to be emerging from a pool of dark water, the background and the pool/ ripples of water simply faded into black. but.. eh. That never happened lol. Yay for generic starry backgrounds, right? o-o; Well anyway.

Enjoy! :D

lovelove <3>

"Lonely Portrait" WIP 2

Current WIP of Lonely Portrait :) Nowhere near completion lol. Ah well. I don't think it'll turn out that great, if I'm honest, but at least it's practice on skin and backgrounds! *chuckleS*

Enjoy :)

lovelove <3

"Rebirth" ink + "Redemption" ink

Inked in the Rebirth sketch :)

I'm currently digitally colouring it. At the moment I'm just colouring in the scanned ink. But that might look a bit shoddy so.. I may reline the entire thing. I should probably paint it up linelessly but I have a hankering for using lines. ^_^; We shall see. xD;

Also, here's the finished version of that priestess :) Titled "Redemption". Probably wont colour this one but I know a few other people are attempting ^^

Anyway :D

Enjoy!

lovelove <3>