Sae

I'm not sure if this fits in with what the commissioner's OC does BUT he asked for glowing eyes and an awesome pose. So I just went with a pose that said "I'M FUCKING AWESOME!" and things sort of spiraled.

Personally, I like the way the lighting worked out and how the color of the lights affected the girl. That is something I need to work on.

Tali's Swimsuit

So this commission was for Tali in a swimsuit. The problem is, I couldn't think of how a quarrian could wear a swimsuit. SO I came up with this, a transparent encounter suit. Right now we don't know the quarrian skin color, so I just went with purple. Once the skin color is revealed, I will alter the color.

I have no idea what's going on underneath Tali's hood, so I came up with an idea of wires that serve an aesthetic function and a practical function. Not only do those wires give the impression of hair, they filter the air. At least, that's my logic. I'm sure it's explained in detail in a videogame novel that I have no intention of reading.

Rogue Takes the Gloves Off

A summer commission that was kind of non specific. Basically he wanted a picture of rogue that didn't have her wearing her typical costume getting ready for a fight. So I thought of the typical comic book cliche scenario where a thug steals some old ladies purse and Rogue uses her mutant power to stop him.

I'm experimenting with action poses, LOD, and perspective in this one. The pose will likely receive some criticism because arm chair art crtics won't hesitate to bray on what they think is an impossible pose. Meanwhile they use shit like Poser to determine how the human body works.

Harpy Lady

I made this in a fit of rage because it seemed as though the person who commissioned it didn't trust me to make their commission. Maybe it was a misperception on my part, but I'm getting to the point where my philosophy is "I have a gallery on DA of Hundreds of pieces, if you don't know what to expect and won't trust me to be me, then why commission me?"

All that being said. I LOVE the way this turned out.

Raven Beartrap

I've decided with these 10 dollar commissions to take a more illustrative approach and a more individual approach. My goal is to avoid single color backgrounds and floating characters. What I draw has to inhabit a space. This was my first attempt, and I LOVE the way it turned out.

Summer 2011 10 Dollar Commissions Week 2

With these, I attempted using a new way of doing things that involved using a single layer and the lasso tool. It's FAR faster than my old way of doing this kind of thing.

Character from webcomic Wapsi Square http://wapsisquare.com/

Summer 2011 10 Dollar Commissions Week 1

These were my first 10 Dollar commissions of the Summer. I use summer commissions to maintain my skill, try new things, fight off boredom, and make some money. I feel like I fucked up on each one, but the people who commissioned them seem to like them.

Very Patient Commissioners

This is supposed to be a cross-over of Girl Genius and Stargate.

A linke to the story http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=164834

Challenging to say the least because not only am I intrepreting Sam Carter in to my style, but I'm also intrepeting another artists style.

I attempted to make her appropriately... meaty... as she is in the comic, but using my aesthetic. The toughest part was the hair. The flowing blond hair is actually the best way to tell who the character is. The problem is that this is supposed to be a space suit and I've never seen hair coming out of any of the space suits at NASA.

commission

Basically he wanted a Bedroom scene "just after the fun."

I debated with myself over censoring the nudity. Then I decided that if they can depict a sex scene with Morrigan in DA:O then a nipple is no big deal.

This is an OLD OOLD OOOOOOOOLD commission. To be honest I can't rightly remember if the person wanted a cartoony commission or not. However, I had an idea about how to do the doctor in this style so I gave it a shot.


PS I don't care who I piss off but Matt Smith > David Tennant.

There. I said it!

3D Print Statues

I tried to flirt with custom models. The problem is cost. A model costs somewhere around 150.00. No one wants to pay 150.00. I'm the artist and I don't want to pay 150.00.

Here is my cactus girl model printed out. Followed by some Toph models which I never got to print.

If you want one of these, and have the cash for the print let me know.

Bringing everyone up to date Part 6

This is how I work. It is supremely inefficient.

This was a commission. A cracked pairing if you ask me.

I still flirt occasionally with 3d programs like lightwave and maya, but I just can't get in to them. Modeling is so so SOOOOOOO boring.

Eyes of Noctum was a band that my friend was a part of. I tried to make some good posters for him for an illustration assignment. The first one sucked.

The second one was better.

Bringing everyone up to date Part 5

This is an X-23 Ortho that I did. I need more practice with orthos for modelers. I chose X-23 because, to be honest, despite being a great character I don't much like the way she's drawn, even by the professionals. So this was my attempt to come up with something I like. I don't much like her front face, the shape is generally wrong, but the profile along with the rest of her body I'm ok with.

I love the likeness.

Dalek Poster tribute.

All of these I did around mid-terms and finals.

Bringing everyone up to date Part 4

I tried doing 5 dollar sketch commissions, but they sucked so hard that I stopped.

Bringing everyone up to date Part 3

This is all school work. I fucking hate my school work stuff. I'm fairly convinced that many of my classmates think I'm a crappy artist. I don't know why, but when it comes to school assignments I just fail. Anything else I'm fairly confident, but if it's an assignment from a teacher I fail.

Bringing everyone up to date Part 2

These were the two paintings I did when I first got my new tablet and I freaking love them.

Bringing everyone up to date Part 1

As I mentioned last post, I really want to post to this blog more. But I've done so much since Panda as a Panda, so the next few posts will be catch up.

Venom Older Toph

Super Metroid Wallpaper

Modern College Older Toph

Cheshire

These were made during Thanksgiving and Christmas Break. I love the way Cheshire turned out. But the Toph pieces are a little "meh"

I need to update this place more often

Someone told me that a blog is a great place for an artist to use as a portfolio. I'm willing to bet it works even better if you actually update the thing. So I'm going to be updating this place more often. I'm wondering if I should update with what I'm doing now, or update with everything that I've done between february and now.

We'll see....

edit: apparently I can't upload images to blogger at the moment. So I'm going to take a nap and hopefully it will be fixed when I wake up.

Panda Carmen Maria Delgado for Halloween

An image I made for halloween. It's Panda from Body Bags dressed as a Panda. There is a serious lack of quality Panda art on the net. Maybe I should try to remedy that.

Suspended from DA

So, yeah, looks like I was suspended for repeatedly uploading their definition of underage erotica. A definition so wide, that basically anything that MAY give you a boner is considered erotica. Look, if you look at my OLDER Toph images and think "child" something is wrong with you. Alternatively, if you look at Toph during the series and think "total babe" then something is wrong with you. I think its normal to look at a young girl and think "wow, she is going to be attractive when she grows up." That seems normal. Ofcourse, I come from a family where my dad was 20 when my Mom was just being born. So maybe I'm fucked up.

This whole thing is really hilarious more than anything else. It's like dealing with the hall monitor of a school, only less threatening. They can't really do anything except make it harder for people to find my work.

I'm not 14-bis. You know, someone people like. I'm an asshole more times than I mean to be, and I'm sure that many people will say "I'm so glad that jackass got banned." So I know no one will get angry on my behalf. Which is good. It's not something worth geting angry over. More importantly, I'm not someone that cares enough to "fight the machine" on his own. So I'm not going to get all up and arms about it. The reporting system is used to troll, and someone trolled me. End of story.

My belief is that KagatoAkara, after our fight, decided to try to prove a point, and reported everything. However, its entirely possible that didn't happen. Alternatively, the fact that I signed the "Underage Erotica Petition" and got suspended a day or two later is pretty damn convenient. Ofcourse, it's possible that just some random troll came along.

Eitherway, it makes no difference. I'm just secure knowing that I could look these people, the mods and the reporters, in the eye and say "I'm am, without a doubt, a better human being than you will ever be." And that's the biggest ego boost I've had in a long long time.

Once the ban is over, I have every intention of continuing posting what I posted to begin with until they ban me completely. The DA mods need to realize that their power is illusory. That nothing of value for me, is lost if I can't post there.

I've been to portfolio reviews for companies like Blizzard, Insomniac, etc, and if you even mention that your portfolio site is Deviant Art, you lose points. You have to be really good for them to take a look at your work. In my experience, you can just see their expression change as they stop taking you seriously. So it doesn't earn points with people who may want to employ you.

I talk to my teachers, and Deviant Art isn't thought of very well in the fine arts community as well. So, unless you are EXTREMELY fortunate, it won't help your fine arts career either.

Finally, even in its own medium, the internet, Deviant Art is a joke. Go to 4chan.org, preferably /co/ as its the best board ever, despite the pedo vibe from time to time, and say "Hey guys, what do you think of Deviant Art." Usually the response will be "it's a shit hole."

So why do I post there? Two reasons. Out of habit and because it's easy. The habit reason is fairly obvious, I started drawing in 2003, and found DA in 2003. Believe it or not, Deviant Art actually used to be a good site. Things took a turn the minute Jark was kicked out, and if I ever meet -spyed, I'm going to, at the very least, chew him out. (I want to beat him senseless, but wanting do something, and be able to are two completely different things.)

The easy thing is related more or less to the community as a whole. It has two facets. First off, lets be honest, actual critiques are almost non existant on Deviant Art. I am not a fan of critiques, especially over the internet. I've said several times before why. The only people I critique are people who I see on a regular basis, and those are the only people I accept critiques from. You need the option to look someone in the eyes. Well, employers can critique me all they want, it's in their best interest. So DA is easy insofar as there is little to no consequence in posting something.

I don't post in /ic/ or /co/ because it's the exact opposite of that. People are so willing to tear your work to shreds that it defeats the purpose of posting your work. I've seen those guys take artists whom I adore, and go on tirades about how terrible they are. I'm no where near the level they expect someone to be, so why bore them? You know?

I came to a realization of all the artists I admire, very few uploaded work for scrutiny as they were refining their ability. No one becomes a great artist on their own, but relying on critiques won't make you a great artist either. And when you are a "pro" the only person you have to critique is yourself. So, I don't bother with situations that offer critiques, because it becomes a crutch, destroys confidence, and doesn't really improve the artist at all. It may improve the piece, but not the artist. I know that's hard to accept, since we're all trying to get good, and want a reliable way to get good, but places like DA aren't going to help you.

Which brings me to the other facet of why DA is easy. You don't have to be that good to be good on DA. There is just an unending fountain of unbelievably terrible artists on DA in every genre. Truly, by contrast, many artists, including myself, seem much better than we actually are. It's much easier to be a good artist on DA than it is to be a good artist in the real world.

I guess my whole point is, I'm not mad because DA is inconsequential and this "punishment" will not affect my practice at all. If anything I'm happy because I feel better about myself having been suspended.