Be one with the beat and loose yourself

"Be one with the beat and loose yourself"

Digi-painting practice

Decided to practice digi-painting with reference and this is zee rezuuult! :) 

Got to get better on it though. :P hehe 

As what Linguini would say: "Let's do this thing!" :)

What I've been up to pt.1

Hello! :) 

It's been awhile since I've uploaded anything and for that I do apologize! :( I've been busy with a few things that's why I couldn't upload any illustration or artwork.

***Though I made a small little thumbnail practicing colors. I shall upload in a while or one day. :P 

However few of those things I've been doing lately are the things I am now sharing! :)

Been practicing perspective, layout, composition and here are some of the results. 

The first ones are from the thumbnails > to roughs > to the final one. I've been fascinated by Victorian Houses and I wanted to try making one! :P hehe

Then I tried to make another exercise other than a victorian houses and I researched some Moroccan or anything SouthEastern Asian Country's Palaces! I fell in love with its intricate interior details and its structure! They are just so beautiful. I'll try to make some more of those! :)

Then there is the japanese temples and the city night life where you see the shining bright lights of the shops! I just wanted to try those kinds of composition and hopefully make an illustration out of these thumbnails! >.< So excited! 

I do still struggle few things in perspective, the outline-ing the roughs for the final look and once putting color to the composition. >.< That I need to practice to get better! But, my mentor did say I've been improving. :) And that's good enough for me. This takes time and patience. I just need to keep working hard and persevere. 

Baby Steps! Baby Steps! Baby Steps! 

Colored Pencil drawing progress

One of my colored pencil drawings/practices progress :)

***I've been inspired to go back to traditional lately hehe I kinda miss it despite me having to get better at it :) No worries, practice, practice and practice can improve that! :)

Colored Pencil sketches/drawings/experiments/practice

Some colored pencil drawings/practices/experiments! :)

One is not yet done :P hehe got really frustrated with the hair. Will be finishing it! :)

Pencil Sketches/Practices/experiments

Some pencil drawings/sketches/practices/experiments :) 

Things I struggle on: Hair, proportion and other angles (side view and 3/4th) (cries on one corner :)) hehe)

No worries, I shall keep practicing! :D Let's do this! :D 

Night night for now! :)

Pencil drawing

I made a little thank you pencil drawing for my dad's friend. :) 

It's been a while since I've used a pencil and I need to keep practicing. :P hehe 

I was actually inspired by an amazing artist, Paulette Jo. Go and visit her page! :) Her works are amazing! :)

Now, I wanna keep drawing some more pencil, colored pencil and watercolor!!! :D Thank you for inspiring me Ms. Paulette! :) 

Sorry about the quality... :( My scanner isn't that powerful enough. T.T and another reason I can't share my sketches with you guys. :( No worries, the office has a gigantic amazing scanner, and will scan as soon as I get back to work in three days :) 

WIP series: Direct Complementary

Hello folks! :) and hello Direct Complementary!!!! :D:D

So while I am making the Analogous, I am working on this too! 

Once I get tired of making the other, I work on the other one. Hopefully I'll be done by the end of this week and share the final product to you guys :)

Here are some of my initial sketches:

For this, the challenge was the rainy effect in the window. I asked some help from some friends/co-workers/mentors. :) And of course, to get the mood I wanted to take effect while using direct complementary and the color choices that I chose.

Shall update you for the final product! :) Can't wait for the two WIP series to finish! hehe

WIP series: Analogous

Hello folks!!! :) 

So this is my second project for my WIP series.... ANALOGOUS!!!!

Let me tell you, its tricky! :P Been doing this for a few days. Whenever I want to try to do it, I just get frustrated. Sometimes, I just look at the screen for a long time. :)) haha

It's tricky because there are a lot of colors involved. Even if each color has values intact, its hard for me to choose which one I will use. :( But I asked some help from my mentors and they helped a bit. hehe... Well whenever I am talking to them, it seems its so easy but when your doing it by yourself .... O.O (I feel a bit silly and stupid...WHY?!?!) haha I'll be asking some help again. 

Oh well, its part of the process :) Just need to persevere and never give up. So I kept working on it. I even placed all my inspiration images for that illustration. If there was a software like a bulletin board I could've used that to pin my photo inspirations! :)) hehe I couldn't print them, it would look different printed out...so I made use of the little spaces and photoshop. hehe 

(From top left:) A photo with fireflies in a bottle. Got inspired by the colors! :) So lovely! (BTW, got this from tumblr. Sorry, I forgot who's. :( ) Then a photo of my thumbnail sketch to keep in check my values (IT'S VERY IMPORTANT MY FRIEND! Very! IT GUIDES YOU LIKE CRAZY! hehe), then a screenshot from Monster's University trailer. It gives me an idea of the mood I wanted to establish :) Seems bittersweet kind of mood :) , and a screenshot of Architecture 101 a beautiful Korean film! I should recommend you to watch it! :) It's lovely! :) Got the inspiration of two people in love. :) 

And then here's some more progress:

Ugggh! Can't get the mood right. :( 

To be honest I am tempted to go back to Monochrome and use different shades of color instead of yellow. However, that wouldn't be right. I can't stay in my comfort zone. I need to experiment and go somewhere I have never done before. :) To gain more experience, to gain more knowledge, and to grow as an artist. :)

I shall keep trying! :) Maybe rest for a bit and start on it again! :) 

You are welcome to suggest anything. :) I do appreciate one! :D

Anyway, I will keep you posted and hopefully soon show you the final product. :)

Remembering Yesterday

Hello folks! :)

So here is the final look from my WIP series: Monochrome

Title: Remembering yesterday

An Illustration inspired by my childhood memories in Woodrose, my high school. :) Sorry it took so long to update :P hehe I actually finished it on March 3, 2013 but I consulted and asked some critic and advice from professors/co-workers to improve it. 

So there you go! :) WOHOOO!!!! 

Achievement unlock for my first episode in my WIP series (what episode??? haha just made it up. It seemed cool. Maybe I'll be calling it that. I mean as a whole it is a series. No its too long. GULO KO!) haha 

Next in line for my WIP series are Direct Complimentary and Analogous :) 

Introduction to WIP series and WIP series: Monochromatic

Hello folks! :) Have you seen my old post of thumbnail-ing practice? Well, as you can see I've been trying my own kind of composition and illustration while practice thumb-nailing and values.

Now, I am trying to push a little bit more and applying some color into it. Not only color, but practicing how color can help the composition to be a bit more interesting.

So, here it is...I shall welcome you to my WIP series :) So not to be confused, WIP stand for "Work in Progress". And I'll be making some series of work...from thumbnail practice to values to applying it in color until the finish product! :)

*It's a good way for me to practice on my illustrations! ;) And a way for me to be motivated to work and finish them! ;) wohooo! haha

So for today, I will be starting on WIP series: Monochromatic

Did you recognize this little thumbnail? It's my Woodrose Inspired thumbnail practice! :) For this little thumbnail practice I wanted my illustration to work on monochromatic. :) I used yellow to showcase the sunny and the joy I remembered as a child growing up and studying in Woodrose! :) Just seeing the kids the last time I visited just made me so nostalgic. Seeing them playing at the fields just made me remember how it was to be young and carefree. Hopefully with this practice, I'll be able to get the mood too!

I wanted to try all the techniques for me to familiarize and practice. It's a good way to know when, how and why to use these techniques for a composition or illustration. :) So, good luck to me! :) hehe

BTW, don't mind the blue, red and green in my palette. :P hehe I was hoping to make a "plaid" which was an obvious part of the uniform for a Woordose student. :P hehe Still in the process of placing it or not! ;) You'll see.

Will post the final look soon! Will keep you posted!

Away you go

Made a fan art of one of my favorite and admired artist, Ryan Andrews's recent comic :) Just got so inspired to make one. :P 

Loved his recent comic. If you want to read it here's the link: This Was Our Pact. It was actually nice of him to share it for free. :) Hope I could buy his compiled comic when it is published. Hehe It was actually in kickstart but I had no clue how it works...got confused how it works by the time I wanted to try and buy it...it ended. :( hehe Oh well, will wait for his FULLY COMPILED comics one day! :P

In this illustration I twicked it a bit. The lantern I made was inspired by the one in Tangled. :) And instead of a chinese or japanese wordings in the lantern which is usually the case, I mimic my native's old alphabet which is called BAYBAYIN. It writes, mahiwagang isda which means magical fish. :) And that person was suppose to be me... but it was a failed attempt! :)) hahaha oh well...its a working progress. :P

And here are my sketches I made before I made the final one :)

code: P.P. and P

I made this illustration for a personal project and of course for practice. :)

Tried to do Ellioli Sister's style which is to use solid colors and use brushes for texture and Pricilla Wong. I tried this because I was used to solid colors. Wasn't really good at painting it impromptu which some artists are more adapt. But I've got to try that. hehe

But, I still need to work on my values, digipaint and composition. :) Thanks to the past few weeks, I've been learning a lot. And I am very thankful and grateful for a lot of people because of that. :)

I'll try to scan the gesture drawings I've been working on. Let's see if I've improved. ;)

road to improvement: digipainting

Hello! :) It's been awhile since I've posted. Been busy finishing a project called Frere and it just finished this January. :)  It's a previledge to work on a project and meet incredible people. :) Now, I am back to practice becoming a better artist. hehe

Digipainting has been one of my challenges as an artist. I don't really know how to paint in photoshop. Usually I use pen tool, textures and brushes. I never did the blending thing. I didn't really know how to work on it.

Thanks to some people who've been encouraging me and gave me some tips and teach me, I've kept trying and trying. And here are some of things I've done.

I tried to make an illustration using one of the artist I admire the Elioli Sisters's tutorial and style. Here it is:

Still got to work on my values and composition. And because of that, I'm now studying values using black and white while working on my composition as well.

Another one of my practices:

Trying to get the hang of it. :P hehe