#7 - Sssmexy

Or something vaguely so. I tried. Gods I tried.

Be warned: BOOBS.

If you were to zoom in, as I did AFTER being done, you'd see a lot of issues with this. I worked on my 3000x2500 canvas as is, without zooming in, because the point of this one became getting a feel for light and dark and TRY (I do say try) and convey the idea of luminescence. It'd have requried zooming in, but hey I got out of my comfort zone. A lot.

Totally not perfect but I dun care. I had fun. It's different from the usual. I learn something with every pic ^^

#6 - Rollermaid

Dunno whether it's the germs doing it, but I hope this randomness extravaganza won't finish too soon. It's actually making for some pretty cool pics, if I do say so myself XD

I had the pose idea yesterday night, and as what I wanted to do was proving too be too demanding on my brain's RAM, I figured: let's randomize! And then the rollerblaiding mermaid-ish critter came up. I wanted to play with greens and blues (and some purples). Kinda liking the effect I got, too... Lots of oil brushing, some custom brushes (funnily enough a failed PS-brush conversion!), and some pencil brushes for extra texture.

Also, it's 4pm and I've yet to have lunch. Not even hungry. I want the germ infestation to end @.@

#5 - Speedpaint omg

Kinda realized today, as I had a late start to the drawing after a long day of Diablo, that the only person I was cheating by half-assing any of these challenge days is me. Granted, my brain was overheated and my nerves grating with the woes of having to repeat myself over and over (bad on a good day, very bad on a sick day), and I just couldn't get anything on that virtual paper that I liked. So, I picked a random brush in CSP and started colour-doodling based on a vague idea... and it resulted in a 15-min speedpaint I'm actually pretty happy with. The idea gets across. I think.

I'll have to do more random pics like this. Felt pretty good. And I discovered a brush I really like ^^

#4 - Getting back to things

Still sick, still tired, still not hungry and having a side of heartburn, but brainpower is returning and I hope, by Friday, to be able to write again. For now though, I'll take being able to focus on drawing again.

Ended up not doing quite what I expected, as I had a different character in mind with this pose, but it worked out quite well. Anatomy still baffles me, but at least I'm trying to understand it XD

Funny to look at where I started with the sketch, and how it evolved. All in less than an hour :D there was a time this would've taken me many more hours, so yay to having gotten better sometime down the road, and woot to improving further! :D

#3 - Drama Queen

What kind of sick moron complains to herself about feeling weak and crap and hasn't eaten since getting up?

At least I got off my lazy ass, hooked my PC back up, and pulled out the wacom for this. The end of the tunnel is in sight, but there's still a long walk to go.

Seriously, I got up at 11 and it's almost 5.30 and I've fed on coffee, warm milk with honey, and elderberry syrup. The thought of food makes me feel blergh. But I'm getting hungry, finally, so.

My brain is still a swimming pool.

#2 - Slowly getting back to normal

Still sick, almost voiceless, so I still copped out. sorry. <<

#1 - Sick start

Been sick since Friday. Really painful throat, swimming head... Think it's either angina or pharyngitis, because a cold it ain't. Finally had decent sleep (despite the evening having ended at 3am because new year's eve yay omg). But exhausted. so exhausted.

So I'm starting off the challenge with a cop-out. Because sick. <<

Thank goodness for Sketchbook. Because no computer. @.@