Starfruit Painting

Realized after the fact it looks kind of overripe :P Oh well!
I've been starting to update my Tumblr too, you can find this piece and others here

Mariel Zagunis

My favorite Olympian to watch, US sabre fencer: 3-time medalist with 2 golds under her belt from Beijing and Athens. Unfortunately she didn't medal, placing 4th overall—though she did carry the flag in the opening ceremonies, which is pretty sweet. Fingers crossed we'll see Zagunis again in the next summer Olympics!

I'm still trying to find a way to color my drawings. This turned out okay, though it still feels all over the place.

Self Portrait 2

I wanted to do another self portrait, and I wanted to play with lighting, so I painted in natural lighting - I had to split it up over two mornings to get the right light.

I think the main thing I learned, as opposed to how to paint natural lighting, was that I look hella ghastly and need to get out more.

Still Life - Espresso

A quick study last night - been trying to get better at painting! Before I worked at a cafe my senior year of college, I didn't drink any coffee. Now I'm snobby about espresso and coffee. Like how on this I had to pull (make) the shot a second time when it came time to detail the crema (foam). SIGH.

Self Portrait

Back to basics.

Figure Sculpture: 2/21

This is a really great class. I have to say, though... tearing the sculptures down at the end of each class is perhaps as much fun as sculpting them... and cathartic, too!


There's something satisfying about working diligently on a project for several hours, just to completely destroy it afterward.

In two weeks will be thesis midterms! I promise that my Friday post will be of thesis material. I wish I could post more complete work instead of just WIPs all the time. I need to split up my time a little better between projects. So hopefully in the future, my updates will be a little more varied. More appealing that way I think. :)

Midterms

Butterfly Still Life, v. 2, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Minai Landscape, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Making revisions of some of my Advanced Photoshop Class pieces. Click if you want to see the blog posts of the old still life and the old landscape.

Going to post one of my Concepts 2 assignments soon.

Cat

Cat, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Just another Photoshop assignment. I do have other classes, I promise. I'll post those things up soon, too.

In the meantime, this was done from life and I obviously should have put more time into the rest as I did the face, but I like how it turned out.

Watercolor Sketch, Gackt as Kagetora

wtrclrkagetora, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

You knew I was going to try and paint Gackt sooner or later. I think I'm getting a little better at this.

Speaking of Gackt, July 4 was his birthday. Happy birthday, Gackt, and happy 10-year anniversary as a solo artist! May the years bring more of your music and your spirit.

What I want to do is try adding some linework to it, but I think I better save that for a new image. Even though this IS just a sketch, I like it and want to leave it alone. Truth be told, I've been tempted to add lines to EACH sketch I've made, even two failures I haven't bothered to post (but I probably will if for no other reason than archival).

I also want to start doing some images from my head, but for now I need to hold off on that urge and keep to the reference. I don't think I'm good enough for the former yet.

Watercolor Sketch, Shingen Takeda

wtrclrtakeda, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Otherwise known as Ichikawa Kamejiro from NHK's 2007 taiga drama Fuurin Kazan.

...Wait, were you expecting Gackt?

Don't worry, I'll be painting him soon enough! But I draw him constantly in my sketchbook, to the point where it's almost a bad habit. XD

Watercolor Sketch, Random LJ Friend

wtrclr20090701, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Found this photo off my LJ friend-list (and going to leave it anon in case she wants it that way XD;). Wanted to try some more watercolor. It looks alright in person, but really funky scanned in. Definitely overworked it, will have to be careful not to next time.

Watercolor Sketch, Maria-Antoaneta Tudor

mariasketch, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

I've always sucked with watercolor and I've always wanted to fix that. I don't think this is so bad -- the portrait itself at least, the bg color looks nicer in person and the bottom I was just playing around.

On another note, Moleskine watercolor notebooks are nice.

The subject is Romanian actress, stunt performer, and singer Maria-Antoaneta Tudor. Isn't she pretty? Google her, she has a website -- she's very talented and works very hard.