Friday 11 November 2011

Quick Concept Number Three



Hello there. As the title suggests here is Quick Concept number three. I'm thinking I really should come up with  a better name for this series: I think it'd be great to turn it into a little book. But enough of my secret plans for illustration domination.



So as you might have guessed, this concept was to cross Roman legion style armour with a current technology EVA spacesuit. Now the Romans can expand their empire into the stars. Veni Vidi Vici. 

 I developed an interesting logo on the helmet, but it ended up being so small that I only got a rough shape in there. It was of the mythological founders of Rome, 'Romulus and Remus'. In the story they were rescued by a she-wolf, So I chose to use the 'Capitoline wolf' for a logo, looking over two planets. This is a reference to one of Star Trek's more well known races, the Romulans. Their capital planets are called Romulus and Remus

Though I said in my last post that I try not to put so much detail into these works, there has been a steady rise in the amounts of detail from the first one to the third. Oh well, the important thing is that I'm getting quicker and better. I'm proud of the metal in particular, unlike some other drawings I've been doing this one really looks like shiny metal. I also didn't spend nearly as long agonising over colours like I usually do: This is probably because I've been getting colour palettes from photos rather than trying to blindly work out what colours would work well.

So that's it from me, see you next time.

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Yaoi Dreaming

Hi there.


Just one new piece for today, one that I'd completed a while back. As I said in a previous post I didn't like the idea of posting a gift before the intended giftee received the aforementioned gift. But since I gave it to her the other day, here it is in all it's splendour.



So this particular friend is obsessed with yaoi, and for all of the people looking at this blog who don't know what yaoi is, its manga or anime devoted to homosexual relationships. Look at the 'Wikipedia' article if you'd like to know more. She also likes birds, hence the peacock. This was quite fun to draw, as I don't often draw couples and I like the fluffy, happy feeling I get from this picture.

I've recently found a great new way to flatten watercolour artworks, as the paper often buckles when using water based media. I used to attempt this by just placing the artwork in a book and waiting a few days, which gave me only limited success. Take a look at this site, for a great and easy way to flatten paintings.

My next Quick Concept(TM) should be up in the next few days

Keep drawing!