Pair of Soranik Natu works

I got a commission to draw Natu. I've been doing a lot of life drawing lately, and I feel like it's starting to pay dividends. I just wanted something that looked cute, sexy, and fun, but not exploitative.

This was my first attempt at the commission, but I felt it missed the mark, so I did the one above it.

Huge Update of Work Part 3 - Super Bowl Speed Painting

Making this was the most fun I've had making a piece of art in... ages. You see, it's an expression of my creativity. It flowed from me, and I wasn't concerned about anything. It was the first time I've felt like an artist in a long time. I need to do more works like this.

You can see a sped up vid of me making this here.

Huge Update of work Part 2 - Korra related stuff

These two pieces are part of a running joke. Basically, whenever someone asks nick information about the release date of Korra they say "soon ;)" Even with that fucking winky face. We (the fans) are being constantly teased about the damn show, so I thought I'd personify that teasing with this. I thought it was funny...

Request from a popular member of the "pro-Korra" community requested this. I felt like I under performed for his request, which is why I made the additional pieces above. I thought those would make up for this lack luster showing.

Korra doing Yoga was based on a video I saw. The video blatantly used sexuality to sell spirituality. I thought that was an interesting combination, and one that fit Korra. I used to do Yoga until very recently when I learned my routine increased the chance of a stroke. I found out that most people actually shouldn't be doing Yoga, and that if they did, they should be doing it much more lightly than they are.

In one of the recent leaks. (Yeah, I watch the leaks, and I don't feel bad about it. Until I see hard evidence that the leaks have done anything other than generate interest and possible ad revenue, I refuse to feel bad about downloading and watching them over and over.) Anyway, back to what I was saying, in one of the recent leaks there was this great shot of Korra's back tensed. The muscles were beautiful. The back, by and large, is beautiful, and a well developed back is gorgeous. So, based on that image, I made this. A guess as to the entirety of Korra's backside.

Huge Update of work Part 1

This was a commission. It really sucks. The guy wanted Raven showering. THe thing is, the first thing that comes to mind is someone with their arms over their head. I felt like I had been using that pose a lot as a crutch. So I wanted to try something different with her in the shower, twisting for some reason. It just didn't turn out like I envisioned.

This is the finished Virgil Concept Art. This kind of work, this kind of painting is close to what I would like to be doing for a career.

A commission, basically the client wanted a sexy image of the venom symbiote mid transformation on Naruko from Naruto. Naruko is Naruto himself transformed in to a girl. The guy who asked for this was really really patient with me. It took several months for me to draw this actually because it just seemed so... weird. I mean, I don't judge, I just draw and I thank the dude for his patronage.

Female Link. Another commission. Client wanted a female link. That's it. This was the second line experiment I did, and I think it turned out much better.

I have to be honest, I almost didn't want to post this. There are a couple reasons for this. First, it brings out an anger in me because of the response I got to it. To put it simply, I love women, but hate neo-feminism. The kind that tries to dictate to men what they can and cannot find attractive. The kind that tries to tell me what it means to be a man. The kind that is close minded, arrogant, and stupid. I caught a ton of flak for their breast sizes and I defended the hell out of it. Because of my stance, I defended it to the point of being a real dick about it. The reason why is that I've been worn down about these issues, and my stance boiled down to "if you are physically threatened by a drawing, you aren't worth my time." I drew this for a client according to their specifications. I am well aware of how to draw realistically proportioned breasts. However, even if it weren't for a client, I find it obnoxious when other people try to unload the hang ups they have about their body or what other people are attracted to on to you and your work. What someone else finds attractive shouldn't affect you. There are people who love scat. Why should I care? There are people who love enormous tits. Why should you care? It's almost as if this boils down to "if it isn't my body type they find attractive, then they are wrong." The arrogance of it makes me so fucking mad, especially as a guy who gets turned down a lot based on my looks.

The second reason I didn't want to post it is because, quite frankly, it isn't very good. I was experimenting a lot with line and color, and it just didn't work out very well. There are some people who liked it, but it isn't what I'm going for in general.

Yet another commission. I'm not a big fan of it to be honest. The way she's twisting just doesn't seem... natural. It's like her back is broken or something. Freaks me the fuck out. But the client was happy, and that's all that matters.

Geisha Color Concepts

Just showing the evolution of my color concept for this piece.

Curvy Desaturated

Something about the previous incarnation was bugging me. It was hurting my eyes to look at. I couldn't pinpoint what it was until I viewed the video that I uploaded. There are sections where I desaturated the shadows. I think that was probably the right thing to do because the saturation of the shadows in the pic that I uploaded actually hurts my eyes.

Cammy + Juri + Ivy = Curvy

Commission of Cammy mixed with Ivy mixed with Juri. This is getting a lot of praise on DA, but honestly, I think that's mostly for the tits. The actual art is mediocre... sub par if you will.

oh, and video

Other vids

Livestreaming makes putting this crap together so easy

Korra's Body Heat

As anon once said; Korra remains sexy as hell.

A vid of me making this one sped up

Raven Sleepwalking

You know, I tried to make a video where I explained how this is a prime example of past success hindering future progress. In the video, you see me work on this and it's a struggle because I'm trying to make something similar to some of my past work. The problem is that I have a terrible speaking voice and I'm a shitty artist, so who gives a shit what I have to say. So I scrapped my voiceover in favor of music.

Power Girl Panda Vid

In the process of doing something similar with Korra.

Enjoy.

Korra is a Tease

My "friends" tell me that they look forward to when I'm feeling depressed, because that's when I can pull work like this out of thin air with no effort. I had a bad day. Not the absolute worst, but just a day that makes me hate people while simultaneously leaving me a lonely. Thanks to this BS, which I hate talking about, this took all of an hour and a half, start to finish. I make work like this and just... feel better. I don't care if you see it as objectification. I really don't.

Old Man of Crete WIP 2

So unbelievably unsatisfied with this.

Semper Fi

Speed painting, 1hr 45min total. It's kind of crap. May come back to it when I have time. I should be sleeping.... ugh school.

Hey, A cool thing

The animation in the clip on that site was actually made by my father. I find it kind of irritating that those commenting on the site are like "derp herp, Chuck Jones made it." No. It was Ken Mundie.

"YES WE CAN!

A 30-second, full animation commercial produced for Kellogg cereals was intended to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial. It was created in collaboration with Ken Mundie, who directed the film and animated it with Paul Jessel and our staff."

Source - Inside Design A Review: 40 Years of Work by Morton Goldsholl

Old Man of Crete WIP

Something I've been working on during vacation. Still not happy with it, but its getting there. I'm starting to get panic attacks because of how long my assignments are taking.

Power Girl Panda

Made this after seeing a request for it on a draw thread on /co/. I normally don't do requests, but it was such a good idea, and the image popped in to my head fully formed. Whenever that happens, I just go with it.

I recorded most of the creation of this, but windows movie maker is shit, and won't composite it without freezing.
I also share the sketch because I really like the way the sketch turned out. My illustration instructor has had us sketching with pen, and it has made me a better draughtsman. My lines are slowly becoming more confident. This is sketched in marker, but it's the same principle.

Commissions from tonight's stream

I love the way this turned out. Not a big fan of the show, or her character design on the show.

Gotta admit, not a big fan of Ben 10 and man some of the fan art I've seen of this character... *shudder*. But I'm happy with how this turned out on a technical level. Although, her hand is a little fucked up.
A guy's OC. I'm not all that happy with it, and I'll probably reapproach it tomorrow.

Q Bee

Something I made tonight in a couple hours. I have a video, and I may upload it if my compositing program stops freezing on me.

Cactus Girl Concepts

These are conceptual art pieces for a character and a stage from a fighting game. It's a game I've had stirring in my noodle for quite some time and it makes me wish I had the resources to actually make it.

Also, someone liked the design enough to do some pose sketches for her.

This really hits the nail on the head when it comes to what I was thinking abuot the character . One thing that is constantly promoted in the Fine Arts school is this notion of the importance of the individual. It's yet another element that makes me realize that I'm not a Fine Artist. I dig the idea of working together in art. Movies, Animation, Videogames; these are all, essentially, collaborative arts. I love the idea of someone taking what I do and making it better and vise versa. So Kudos to http://hiivolt-07.deviantart.com/ a