My daily sketches has turned into weekly sketches, but even that is demanding.
References: Brother and Sister, Picture of Young Women Sleeping, Daughter and Son in bed with Father, Father and Son
The metallic series is complete with the completion of Eagle’s Eye. The pectoral muscles are still off after some correction, but I don’t think it’s too noticeable.
Accident is the latest addition. I think he looks like a chipmunk =) I might as well fit in whatever paintings I can while assignments aren’t piling up yet.
My buttons arrived! A close up. The penguin turned out the best, but I rather like the Cobwebs button as well.
If you look closely, you’d see Luffy, Kakashi and Rock Lee =) They were gifts from a friend when she went to Anime North.
I bought a Canon MP470 yesterday for $55. While the scanner leaves much to be desired (although nothing I can’t adjust through Photoshop), I love the copier! I also did a four 8.5×11 prints (used half the colour cartridge–it’ll cost 30 bucks to replace), and they look infinitely better than the ones in the artbook I ordered. The saturation was off at first–had a nasty orange tinge like the book, but it was easy to rectify by adjusting the colour balance. Although it’s not cost effective to mass-produce, spitting out a few high-quality pieces for my wall isn’t out of the question. For $55, I’m a happy camper. (It should be noted, however, 1 black and 1 colour cartridge amounts to $60. I’ll need to find myself a store that carries remanufactured catridges or do refills.)
My artbook from Lulu arrived a few days ago. The quality of the print is not bad; there’s no noise or choking, and the paper is good. Moving on, there’s slanted white borders along two sides on most of the pages from a bad cut job. Finally, the colour was big a disappointment. The saturation was strong and the darkness rendered the palette muddy. Most of the paintings adopted a orange/salmon tint. I’m fairly certain it’s not a problem with my files because I’ve had the same file printed at a local print shop and the colours are fine. At least I come out of this with a print-ready PDF of the whole book.
Gallery Update: Rising Spirit. What a horribly cliche concept, but the message is clear enough. I bet there are anatomy errors that I am currently blind to [because (i) worked fairly reference-free except for the hands and (ii) red and gold are bad for the eyes] so please let me know if you spot anything horribly wrong.
A silver piece will complete this metallic series–consider it a salute to the Olympic games: bronze for luck, silver for skill, and gold for spirit. I’m thinking of an archer =) but Rising Spirit is going to be my last painting for the summer.
