steady rollin'

Finally, finally I am done with this stupid thing. Cue shmoop...



( [PG] - Iron Man - Tony/Steve - Horizons )

Impressionable much?

Tomorrow if I finish my work obligations, I shall post the shmoopy Tony/Steve that I put off in order to scrawl this thing out. Ahahr. ^^;



( [NC-17] - X-men - Wolverine/Sabretooth - Proximity (non-con, violence) )

Went with J and Neko to the IMAX re-release and nearly came in my pants omg. Unf. Scrawled this out today since I couldn't /not/ draw something. I still have a pretty filthy wrong Joker/Two-Face to finish, but that needs more than rough lines and a quicky colour job. I'm hoping that'll get done this coming week though. Comic fandoms clearly sucking out my brain fully as I also have two Tony/Steve pics needing to be coloured and some Watchmen things (PRACTICALLY A MONTH OMG) I am dying to draw. I also seriously want to whip up some Patriot fanart, cause good lord that boy is hot. :x

Also since I couldn't take it anymore and cut my hair again, I'm considering cosplaying Maria Hill at Wondercon. So tempting and easy to make. :x



( [R] - Batman - Batman/Joker - Plenty of Room for Improvement )

Went downtown to Comic Relief today to pick up the book I'd requested. They had failed to call to let me know it came in. This wasn't terribly frustrating, but since I had to call and ask them to hold the book, it certainly made me wonder if it would be worth doing that again. The clerk assured me that failure to notify was a rare occurance, so I'll probably be good and continue patronizing my local shop rather than saying fuck it and ordering things more cheaply and lazily online. Naturally though, instead of just picking up that book, I bought like...four others as well. Economic stimulation powers activate! Secret Invasion, here I come. :d

I'm working now on finishing up my image for the spn_j2_xmas exchange. I worry that it won't live up to the image that I did for Blue's fic, but well, it's in a different style, so it's hard to compare.

Here's a link to blue_soaring's fic Smoke Signals which includes my illustration. The fic is NC-17 and is 8k words of awesome, the accompanying image is NSFW.



In other news, tomorrow is the Wordpress Installfest at Berkeley Coworking. I'm excited to sit down and geek out and have some dedicated time to work on my site. :D

ETA: Edited for linkage!

I am almost finished on all my outstanding commissions. I have only one more sketch to do, one piece gearing up to a full colour draft, and then I need to put several hours into the traditional media piece I auctioned off for charity. A few days and I hope to knock most of that out. :D

So far, the only drawback on my Cintiq is that I need to calibrate the colour to more closely match my primary screen. Either that or I need to work more tonally and then tint and then render out the fine details.

And now, porn.



( [NC-17] - iron Man - Tony/Steve - Crush )

Tomorrow I am determined to draw some willowy anime boys before I completely forget how. D:

I got a crapton of drawing done today, but this is the only thing I finished.

For whomever Kijikun who wrote Little Things in Yuletide this year...



( [PG] - Watchmen - Rorschach/Nite Owl - Liberties )

Usually I spent about 6-8 hours on these, so I'll be doing some major revisions later this week and put up the retrospective then. I wanted to post in a timely fashion though, so here's my X-mas picture at 2 hours. ^_^



( Merry X-mas 2008 )

Nicked from ilyat.

The first three people to comment in this post get to request a SIMPLE sketch of a character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their drawing ability level.

No OCs please unless you know that I'm familiar with them. :3

1. HP - Gilderoy Lockhart
2. Baccano! - Claire Stanfield
3. HP - Teddy Lupin

This is my "yay, Cintiq" gift art to myself. Shockingly, they've got their shirts on and everything. I... I am going to die when Origins comes out.



( [PG] - X-men - Wolverine/Gambit - Resolution )

My snarry_games pieces Transferis and The Weight of Secrets are both up on my site. I imagine most of the HP folks have already seen them, so I didn't bother reposting here.

blue_soaring wrote a fic follow-up to my Transferis art though, which is just so richly atmospheric it blows me away. I wish she'd write more HP, since one of my very favourite fics of hers is a Snape/Black piece she'd written for merry smutmas a few years ago.

Anyhow, go read (my image is included in the post for the uninitiated!)

Transferis, Snape/Harry, ~3300 words. Post-novels.

I'm regularly working Sat-Mon, which at first left me wondering what to do with my time, but now school is really picking up nearing the end of the semester, so the next four days are going to be pretty packed for me. I have a lot of work to do for my two final projects. I'm happy with my progress on them though, and I have some fun side projects to work on to keep me sane. I'm really happy I've managed so much art lately, since it just plain feels good to be drawing regularly again. As I flailed in my last pic post, I ordered my Cintiq, so that should get to me within the next week. So. Excited.

And now some Supernatural commissioned by Saklani.



( [PG-13] - Supernatural - Sam/Dean - Moonlit [commission] )

Related to this image...I ordered my Cintiq last night. I am going to die with joy when it arrives!

Art spam go...

Firstly, some Saiyuki commissioned by white_cross_b, who was infinitely patient with me on this one! I hadn't drawn these two in ages, but oh, I still adore them. ^_^



( [G] - Saiyuki - Hakkai&Gojyo - Comrades in Arms [commission] )

windsorblue, why is March so far away? D: At least I can be happy that I finished two pics this week. With another three days off, I'm aiming high.



( PG-13 - Watchmen - Comedian/Ozymandias - Fade Out )

Thought I'd post shots of my midterm. I'm happy mostly with the facial and hair sculpt. Most of what I fixed in terms of facial structure was problems under the mask and around the nose. Although I'm needing to start on my final, I'm also not done with this at all. I'm currently working on fixing the quicky armor pieces that I'd built and making them more movie-accurate. They're not bad for a mock-up, but the scale is off on several things, i.e. the straps need to be widened and the bandolier needs some tweaking after altering the base shape to make it rest better against his chest. Blahblah.

Anyway, had fun messing around tonight in the lab by stripping the accessories and giving him lazy stubble more of a Winchester-y expression. Pls ignore that I just pulled strands out of the existing hair shape. :3

( comedian bust and john winchester roughs )

Not counting a brief shopping excursion to buy myself a couple new shirts, I've been at school for about 8 hours. I'd go home now, but J will be out of class in an hour and the lab is pretty empty so I might as well take a break from Zbrush and fuck around in Photoshop since I don't have to worry about hogging a computer. I'm pretty happy with my progress this semester, and being able to hit the workshop every Wednesday is really helping. Since I'm focusing so much on humanoids rather than needing to split that up with just learning the tools, I'm getting a lot faster in roughing out a sculpt. It's fun. I look forward to harnessing the power of my army of 3d boys.

Somehow I am sleepy. I did a lot today though in terms of errands and general Getting Things Done. Have some homework and commission things still on my to-do list for the evening, but I'm otherwise a little ahead of where I thought I'd be. Anyway, um, art? Finished this first since it was simple. I like simple. Also, crossdressing.



( [PG-13] - Batman - Joker/Two-Face - Tease Me, Thrill Me )

I made the most kickass Auron and Dread Pirate Roberts with the Soul Calibur character creation. Endless hours of fun. Sadly, my first class of the semester starts today so I need to stop fucking around and actually focus on homeworks. Procrastination still rules though, and I return to the internets with this...

A subtle, well-crafted gag it is not. However I finally have a hilariously appropriate use for this icon.



( [PG-13] - Penny Arcade - Tycho/Gabe - If I drew Penny Arcade... )

I'm up past my bedtime, but it was worth it. I have no justification for this, except I think DP is hot and a Joker sandwich only makes it more hot. Also knives. Which I will explore more thoroughly next time I draw Jokerporn. Promise.



( [NC-17] - Batman - Batman/Joker x 2 - When the Mind is Free )

I still never made myself a Bleach icon, so this post gets Snape. I make this relevant in part because oh man, I just saw the notice for Azkatraz. I shouldn't be this excited about something an entire year in advance. Rewatching all the movies recently is probably fueling my Potterglee. I've got another piece slotted for the Lupin/Snape Fantasy Fest that's currently running, so maybe tomorrow I'll actually have a chance to work on that. :D

This pic, however, was commissioned by white_cross_b.



( [PG] - Bleach - Ichigo/Ishida - Runaway Wind [commission] )

I've fallen behind on email (and comments!) again thanks to the sick, so if you're waiting on me, chances are I've got your message, I just haven't had the time or energy to reply. Expect responses to ages old things at some point between now and next Wednesday. ^^;

Early yesterday morning I had those preliminary throat hurties that made me suck down emer-gen-c like nobodies business in the worry that I'd caught a cold. It was tough to tell at first since I hadn't drunk much water the night before and was otherwise feeling fine. Made it through most of yesterday before the majority of the symptoms hit, but the last few hours of work I was a little spaced out and rather glad I wasn't handling food. Luckily I was off today and have tomorrow off as well, and I'm already feeling better than I had last night (enough to pick up my pen and draw even!) so I'm hoping I'll have the most of my energy back by tomorrow so I can at least enjoy a teensy bit of my days off!

I think I like drawing Two-Face more. Mostly because he's easier, hah. Either that or I really, really, shouldn't even be /trying/ to draw movie!canon Batman. I went ahead and put all the suit details in my sketch and then gave up during the colouring stage since I am a little too delirious to care. While contemplating what to work on tonight, I found some of the Batman fanart that I was working on during my illustration class. I'm thinking about finishing them up. Looking at them now I'm more forgiving of some of the flaws that had been cropping up. Anyway, I drew some porn today to make myself feel better. Next time maybe more crossdressing. Eheh. >_> Or maybe the Batman/Gordon that I have been not-so-sekritly dying for.



( [R] - Batman - Batman/Joker - Magic Trick )