New Hardware

I received my new graphics tablet and of course it doesn't really work with wacom's drivers on their site. The pressure sensitivity didn't work, so I uninstalled those drivers and used the one that came with the tablet and now it works peachy keen.

It's a lot larger than my old bamboo. Plus now I have four times the buttons to map to keys or functions. I'm only using about half so far as I can't think of any more to shortcut. The touch controls work for the most part, but they're a little choppy at times.

I'm going to experiment with a new piece. I have the initial sketch posted below. I'm going to take it two different directions. First scifi then fantasy. I guess this'll show of my versatility to potential clients.

Also update on the Final Fantasy Piece.

Ice Mage

Trying to stay loose and go with what feels right. Turns out when I do this it takes less time.

Today's Update

Decided to color the dwarf. Never made one before and the different proportions were fun. I'm also working on a button commission for PAX. Decided to take the beaver in a scifi direction this time.

Sketches

Warm ups before I get to business. Can you guess which one I did first?

Sketch

Warm up sketch as part of a polycount forum sketch thread. I chose the spotted swordfin. Keep working guys!

More Work

Important Lesson

WARM UP.

Sketch. Loosen your shoulder. Get the juices flowing. This is very important.

I never gave any credence to this lesson because I never needed it. Things would flow from my brain onto whatever media I was using at the time. BAM! Voila! It's great!

I recently moved and I had to take a little over a month off from doing anything art related. I was very unhappy. I attempted to try something a couple days ago and it was complete shit. It's like I forgot what I was doing. It made me not want to try it again for a little while. I can see why people would be afraid to pick up something they haven't done in a long while. They don't want to see that failure staring back at them.

It could be anything. Cooking, music, art, dance, filing, running. It's tough for anybody. I couldn't understand why someone can't pick something back up and want to do it every day. I probably made them feel bad and for that I'm deeply sorry. All you can really do is encourage them.

So stop beating yourself up for making something that isn't perfect. It's a warm-up routine. Nobody has to see it but you. Work on it for about 10-20 minutes and then throw it away or keep it in a sketch folder.

And get better. No excuses.

My sketch. About 10 minutes.

A New Idea

A rough for a new idea I've had kicking around for a little while. Can you tell what it is!?

Rex Beavers

Commission for a friend. He wanted an image for a button when he goes to PAX at the end of August. I previously did a beaver trading card for him which was a lot of fun since he wants me to go in any direction I want. This time I thought a little more villain-like would fit the bill.