Busy busy count down

So heres another pendant design I'll be selling. Now I have 4 variations of the circle pendants to sell. Now its onto the rectangles. I have created one digital piece for the rectangles but they are proving time consuming to create. See how it goes at least.

Got the majority of my con work done and out the way now its onto finalizing stuff for sale at my table.

Greyscales

Some grey scales I shall be selling at Furnal Equinox. I will be selling the originals and these will not be available for print afterwards.

Hopefully be doing a few more of these :P sorry for the blurry pic we have bad lighting in our apartment at the moment.

ITS VALENTINES DAY!!!

...So I started to make a monster.

The Pendants and a Tiger

More pendants, unfortunately I buggered up the mix so they are staying sticky, but I know what I did wrong so I know I won't let that happen again >< I didn't mix exactly 1:1 ratio of the mix ><

Also here's another pendant design I'll be adding to the collection. I want to do at least 1 maybe 2 more ready for sale for Furnal Equinox in 2 weeks.

Pendant Doodles

So after some thought I decided it's probably best to do these designs digitally to get the best results. So heres a couple of designs I through into a test run.

I'm still waiting for the resin to dry and have been building some sculpey charms whilst I wait for fun. Maybe I should try and do at least one of these pendant doodles a night... although I can't think of any fun designs to do... or can I... I should doodle more ><

Meanwhile I have been scripting out some videos for the youtube channel I am planning to start. Will it be a success? I don't know, I am more concerned that I hope it helps me be more creative and want to draw more for myself and will put a little more pressure on me to study. I know I will probably run into people who will condemn me for not having the skill basis to share my knowledge, or think I am teaching things wrong. I would like to emphasis in the first video I make that I am not intending to teach, but to help guide.

With the release of these videos, a new youtube channel, a new website I may also revamp this blog and change the title entirely so that it links in with Ihazart. I am unsure yet.

Bear WIP part 2

So I've been slapping on some paint onto the sketch shown in the last post. I still have a long way to go but building up the layers slowly. Painting fur and stone has always been an issue with me so I'm going to see what I can do with this piece.

I'm also planning on work on some pendant designs, I have a very limited supply of these and hope to make the most of it.

Bear WIP

So I really enjoyed working on the last piece 'Rise with the Eagle' or 'Eagle Chief' so I thought I would do some more. I hope to make this a 3 part series at least.

This is a WIP pencil sketch of how I want it to look like. Next I'll be working in washes over this baby. I hope to make some small alterations during painting as well. This is very much a learning experience :3

I'm also thinking more and more about these Vlogs I'd like to make.

Ivy WIP

So this last week was my Birthday week as well as the 4 week count down to the Con in Toronto. So as you can imagine it's been very busy and hectic.
In between con stuff I have been trying to finish off this painting for myself. Another experimentation with the same technique as the Eagle Chief painting. I'm working on building layers with acrylic again but I feel I may go in early with the oils not sure yet. I know I am going to have some issues bringing out the vegetation background. But I shall prevail.

So far I have been working with another artists art work to tweak and make it usable for our Badges for the convention. I can't show these yet as they will also act as ID's for surrounding restaurants for discounts. But it's requiring a lot of work and new techniques and tricks similar to that of what a Graphic Designer might use. In fact thats practically what I'm doing. eep!

Not to mention doing final tweaks on the shirt for the con. It's a little frustrating but the bulk of the work is done. For a first time for me doing something like that and with the restrictions I was given it does it's job.

This next week I am going to have to think ahead with my comic strips. They will not be as long as the last one however I will have to do at least 3 in advanced in preparation so I don't feel more fragmented and cause a break down during the last rush before the con. I'm hopefully doing a bulk of them this week. Stayed tuned.
I'm also going to try and squeeze in at least 2 more paintings in prep for my table at the con to sell when I'm not there.

In all honesty I'm looking forward to this con being over. Although its good practice and all for industry work, I do feel a little bummed out that it is all unpaid work and I do not have enough time to do all the other things I wanted to do, such as further study, as it feels like I am always on call. It has required a lot more of my time than I ever imagined, and yes I am aware that it's partly my fault of volunteering my artist skills. However some other area's were momentarily given to me that I probably should not have had control over.
I do loose my art drive very quickly due to stress that's related to this con, and I have been regularly bummed out and depressed by the fact I really just wanted to study in my own time more than anything and focus on nothing by where I want to go in life.

When it's all over I am planning to work on some videos or Vlogs for youtube. Which I hope to share my limited knowledge and grow and learn myself with others who wish to chose art as a path and how to get good at it. But more on that later.