Ups and downs of life + Art dump
Since no one wants to hear me bitch in detail, I'll do a quick summary before getting to the mediocre part!
The Bad news: My Hard drive was one of the worst cases my friend had ever seen
The Good news: My Computer got fixed AND I got a faster hard drive
The Bad news: The change over killed my photoshop (If you heard the faint echos of a F*CCCKKKK, that was me)
The Good news: I, after 2 hours of swearing and one reinstall, got it to work again
The Bad news: I think half my games are also broken... a little afraid to find out
The Good news: Work has been hectic!
The Bad news: Work has been Hectic!!!
The Good news: I've been cooking a lot lately
The Bad news: My bank account.... enough said
The I'm-not-sure-that-it's-healthy-news: I've been playing a alot of maple story... and Dragonvale...
The Bad news: See above
The Good news: Been packing a lot of unused books and reference books for when I move.
The Bad news: Half the time I pack books I need.... urgh
The Good news: Got the cloth for my costume for pax!
The Bad news: MY. BANK. ACCOUNT. *sob*
The Good news: I've been drawing a lot
The Bad news (for you guys): Just Not a lot off ppg...
First off, the stuff you dont want to see (OC hell)
I don't know why I was in such a mecha/robot mood... Also drawing human hands while working suck..Also, those bats are from 5 years ago... God, I haven't improved at ALL. *headdesk*
Now the PPG stuff (with a pony or 2)
Ok: Buttercup and Butch were drawn while i was testing out dragon's nest, which lacks the gender choices. I felt like drawing the female warrior... who evolved into Buttercup, and then Butch snuck in... and yeah. I technically have the others (boomer was a mage, bubbles was an archer, Blossom was a mage, and Brick was... a cleric...) but I threw those out...*cough*
Also, I figured out why I like drawing blossom so much, despite her being my least favorite of the girls (granted I enjoy all of them, but I do have favorites). It's her god damn hair.
These are my two must buy if lost currently. The Magazine especially...
Most of these are pretty decent as references, though some more then others. If your looking for a pose book/website, I suggest looking at the Colossal collection book. The Comic artist's Photo Reference is also good, but all of the poses in there is in the Colossal guide, which isnt much more pricy. I keep both anyways.
Surprisingly, the "how to draw manga: sketching manga style" is a great series... if they were still in print. The series is very details and great at references, but the books are WAY too hard to find and are FAR too expensive. I'd seriously give my kidneys and liver for books 3,4, and 6; I'm constantly on the look out for them too.
ImagineFX is seriously a great find for anyone in the digital art medium, or art in general. It's a tad pricy, but well worth the monthly investment.
My other books, I barely read them other then when I need inspiration.
The Bad news: My Hard drive was one of the worst cases my friend had ever seen
The Good news: My Computer got fixed AND I got a faster hard drive
The Bad news: The change over killed my photoshop (If you heard the faint echos of a F*CCCKKKK, that was me)
The Good news: I, after 2 hours of swearing and one reinstall, got it to work again
The Bad news: I think half my games are also broken... a little afraid to find out
The Good news: Work has been hectic!
The Bad news: Work has been Hectic!!!
The Good news: I've been cooking a lot lately
The Bad news: My bank account.... enough said
The I'm-not-sure-that-it's-healthy-news: I've been playing a alot of maple story... and Dragonvale...
The Bad news: See above
The Good news: Been packing a lot of unused books and reference books for when I move.
The Bad news: Half the time I pack books I need.... urgh
The Good news: Got the cloth for my costume for pax!
The Bad news: MY. BANK. ACCOUNT. *sob*
The Good news: I've been drawing a lot
The Bad news (for you guys): Just Not a lot off ppg...
First off, the stuff you dont want to see (OC hell)
I don't know why I was in such a mecha/robot mood... Also drawing human hands while working suck..Also, those bats are from 5 years ago... God, I haven't improved at ALL. *headdesk*
Now the PPG stuff (with a pony or 2)
Ok: Buttercup and Butch were drawn while i was testing out dragon's nest, which lacks the gender choices. I felt like drawing the female warrior... who evolved into Buttercup, and then Butch snuck in... and yeah. I technically have the others (boomer was a mage, bubbles was an archer, Blossom was a mage, and Brick was... a cleric...) but I threw those out...*cough*
Also, I figured out why I like drawing blossom so much, despite her being my least favorite of the girls (granted I enjoy all of them, but I do have favorites). It's her god damn hair.
These are my two must buy if lost currently. The Magazine especially...
Most of these are pretty decent as references, though some more then others. If your looking for a pose book/website, I suggest looking at the Colossal collection book. The Comic artist's Photo Reference is also good, but all of the poses in there is in the Colossal guide, which isnt much more pricy. I keep both anyways.
Surprisingly, the "how to draw manga: sketching manga style" is a great series... if they were still in print. The series is very details and great at references, but the books are WAY too hard to find and are FAR too expensive. I'd seriously give my kidneys and liver for books 3,4, and 6; I'm constantly on the look out for them too.
ImagineFX is seriously a great find for anyone in the digital art medium, or art in general. It's a tad pricy, but well worth the monthly investment.
My other books, I barely read them other then when I need inspiration.