[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