I'll Take My Chances Here and Now

Title of the update pulled from the lyrics of Wild ARMS 3's english opening song.

Not much in the way of an update tonight, thanks in part to classwork drowning me over the past week or so. I did, however, have the chance to finally scan-in and edit two comic pages I scribbled-up.

In a stupid and hypocritical move, I've decided to play with tones...but I'm not so sure I'm working them right. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I'm not applying them properly at all. I am, however, satisfied with how the linework for these pages turned out. I think I'm in need of some backgrounds, though...



That's about it. I sketched-up a third page, but got bored with it.

If anything bothers me, it's that the tones I used don't really show through on these images. They're too fine, I guess. I wish the patterns of the tones showed through. It might make Red Adonis seem less...dark?

Hopefully, I'll have more like this on the way, what with break coming up.

Dazzling

Post title sharing its name with the translation of a track from Star Driver's OST.

ANYWAY! I had a large chunk of time to myself to draw today...largely as a result of having nothing to do at school until 3:30 PM, and getting to the campus at about 8:30 AM. I sat and drew for maybe all but 30 minutes.

(Not like I have much to show for it, the way I draw, right? Right?)

This wasn't from today's drawing session. This was from a few days ago. Top is a drawing made from a lounge elsewhere on campus, made while waiting for my English 102 class. All but one of the faces in the bottom segment are drawn from a hairstyle magazine.

Faces from hairstyle magazines, a Nordstroms catalogue, and an Amtrak brochure. The old man in the top-right turned out best, I think.

Overall, I've been enjoying drawing out of that hairstyle magazine...although, I really should start drawing from life and not photos. >_>;

Anyway, the rest of the drawings are of characters from my Rose Hero story/plot. People checking in regularly with the blog should be familiar with these recurring faces...

Sketches of Sero/Red Adonis. I'm not too keen on how anything besides the bottom-left drawing turned out. Everything else looks...awkward. I'd have filled in the black or toned areas, but the pens I use for that have...dried-up. ._.

Various characters. Aruna and Sero on a dock, at the top. Aruna, on the left, seems...oddly-proportioned, and it bothers me. Maybe it's just the angle and perspective. Down below on the left was an attempt at redesigning Rosa with a new hairstyle, which I am very, very pleased with.

Sketches of Richard...nothing too special here. His sleeve in the top-left drawing seems like it's too...smooth? Lacking detail, I guess.

And then this is me playing with Rosa's new design. I'd enjoy the swinging drawing much more if her eyes hadn't turned out so strange-looking.

Overall, I'm feeling like I'm getting back into the swing of things.

I'm remembering the feeling that I need the most if I want to draw my best.

(24 images still left in order to meet last year's quota, though!)