Hummingbird

Hummingbird - click to see it in a bigger size

More floating people from me, but this is not part of the Float-series. I wanted to draw something bird-related this time, and she ended up being “the hummingbird lady”. There’s something graceful in hummingbirds although they’re so small and cute, and their colors are so vibrant. I wanted to bring the same colors to this painting, but also to keep it little bit melancholy. That’s why the background is pretty colorless.

I really loved to design her dress, and it’s the main focus in this painting. Especially the hem because it’s so extravagantly long. Also, I wanted the hem with its additions to resemble bird wings. I had no clear vision of how her face, make up and hair would look like when finished but after I painted her hair black and added the pink make up across her eyes, I realized she looked like a geisha. And so I decided to keep that look. Sketched with a mechanical pencil, painted in Ps.

Minotaur Prince

I was thinking of ICO when I painted this one. I love that game, and I love to paint horns (and elf ears). First the boy had elf ears, but I changed them to little horns. He’s run away from home, and there are guardians looking for him. Sketched with a mechanical pencil, painted in Ps.

I’ve decided to start to practice painting backgrounds more. I’ve been character oriented always, and I love to draw character designs, but I think it’s also important to learn to paint good environments - and showy ones, too. In this painting, I’m pretty content with the background although it’s very simple. Especially with the minotaur guardians.

Minotaur Prince:

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Devil Princess

I wanted to paint this one using primarily only three colors: black, red and white. It started with her lips, and then I narrowed the whole color palette. And I think I pretty much got what I wanted. I also wanted to paint something royal, and I love to draw huge elf ears. They’re fascinating.

The girl had first one red and one blue eye, but then I decided to change them into black because I’ve never painted black eyes. They made her look a lot more cuter, I think. And winter is on its way, that’s why the snow. Painted in Ps, sketched with a mechanical pencil.

Devil Princess:

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Diamond WIP

I have finally time for some character concept art! I’ve really missed it, although drawing “Here I Am” was so much fun too. But it was more like real work, and I’ve missed digital coloring.

This is a WIP of my new original character called Diamond. I decided to use a female main character in my next story, because “Here I Am” had Jonathan as the main character. And Diamond is way different from Jonathan, but so is the story too. It has scifi and fantasy-elements, and it’s not a melancholic drama like “Here I Am” was.

(And I love to use my own font in everything I draw nowadays. Because it’s 100% sure no one else has a font like that!)

Anyway…

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(And little trivia: her name comes from Billy Talent’s song “Diamond on a Landmine”. I absolutely love that song.)

Raven WIP

Another WIP-post…

I’m working on a piece called “Raven”, and I’m trying to polish my coloring style. I made the sketch pretty quickly, took me only about half an hour, and the coloring process has been pretty quick too. Surprisingly, because usually I spend hours digitally coloring my drawings. And I think I could easilly reduce that time because I tend to concentrate too much on some details and parts and end up being unsatisfied with them in the end.

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This is for my own story I’ve been working on lately, and my own character. He’s called Arnaud but also known as Raven. Yeah, there’s a raven sitting on his back. Looks like one heavy bird…