Take Me To The Mardi Gras

A Little paint-over fun of something done back in 2010. I wanted to tone down the creepiness, but still maintain the intensity of her gaze...

Take Me To The Mardi Gras

And the original...

Epidermis Mask

You can view the playback here, if you feel inclined.

Oh, and I might as well throw this one in with this post too...

Neo Calypso

Manikin Mashup...

I've had a cheap wooden manikin sitting (posing?) on my bookshelf for about four years now. Never used it for any kind of artistic endeavor. I recently spent about an hour doing some quick sketches and... well, I think that's about it for possibly another four years.

Sorry, Naoki, back on the shelf you go. :(

DS A Little More Rust

DS Openings VIII-IX

Mish-mash

Fabriano With Dots I

Pen sketches done in a cheap sketchbook with dotted pages...

Still Life Exercises II

Another one that ended up being somewhat difficult for me...

RJ21X

Fault Line:Chile

Earlier this year I stumbled upon a photo of a volcano, and was very taken by the colours on offer in the image. I did a quick study of it with my ageing DS. It was a fun little exercise, but then I decided to look up the volcano via Google Earth. When you put a tick in the volcano box, in Google Earth, you get a very quick and easy visual cue of where those saucy tectonic plates are acting up the most.

From my random encounter with Irruputuncu - the initial volcano I happened to stumble upon - I decided to follow the fault line down the boarder between Chile and Bolivia, and continue doing quick speedpaints of the consecutive volcanoes in order. Nothing more than a amusing little task to chip away at in my spare time.

Now, the boarder between Chile and Bolivia is not that substantial, both in terms of mileage and volcano activity, so it wouldn't take much more effort on my part to see this little whim through. However, once you hit the boarder with Argentina, the stakes suddenly become markedly higher. We are talking hundreds of volcanoes that slowly slink their way down to that oldschool mariners nightmare that is Cape Horn.

Even I could finish up the Chile/Bolivia boarder volcanoes with a spit of gumption. A fun little challenge completed. But what if I crossed the line and started on the Argentina boarder volcanoes? Well, if I'm honest with myself, I will never know. :)

 Irruputuncu

 Olca Paruma

 San Pedro

 San Pedro II

 San Pablo

Putana

Gang's All Here

Anaheim Abstract

Oh, behave. A little Gundam never hurt anyone.

Still Life Exercises I

Trying a change of pace, thanks to a Scavenger Hunt challenge I discovered over on the Wetcanvas forums. Aiming for no more than 1h30min sketch time... if only because I don't have the patience to take things further with these digital outputs.

A Pair of Cocks?

Two quick Hitchcock studies for the sake of a Saturday afternoon...

Passing Showers, Sleeping Containers

Scribs...

Truck Stop

Good Evening, Mr. Crane

Rail Mortality?

Maenofferen

Twin Cities

Last Sketches of Winter

Minor Flooding, River Severn

Almost Spring, Little Wenlock

Lakeside View, Little Wenlock

Y Garn... Again