Elf Lass
March 17, 2010
I thought I’d post something with a little green in it for St. Patrick’s Day. Not anything particular, just a sketch of an elf lass with green hair that I did back in 2006.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Character study7
March 15, 2010
Just a sketch of a Celtic warrior woman I did as a sort of face study. She is actually a character from one of my stories that ended up being put on the backburner, and has remained there for a long while now.
An artist’s condition
March 8, 2010
It’s an odd condition, the condition of the artist.
Most are recluses (myself included) and do their best to avoid contact with the world as much as is achievable. However, the whole idea of art is to communicate a feeling or message, a message from someone who avoids communication altogether, and more often than not the message conveyed is one of genuine significance to the artist. So it makes me think that artists aren’t recluses at all, they exhibit who they are more in one paragraph or painting than most people of the world do in a dozen trivial conversations.
Artists want to show who they are, why would they write or paint for the world if they didn’t? But they want to find the right way of saying it, they don’t want to be misconstrued as something they’re not. I think what it really is, is the artist has something to say and, whatever it is, cannot be said in passing or as an offhand remark, because whatever it is holds so much meaning to the artist that they feel it deserves a canvas or a page to call its own.
But that’s just a patient’s take on her own condition.
Cafe girl 3
March 5, 2010
Here’s another Café Girl. I quite like the shape and style of the hat on this one.
Dragon & Wizard
March 1, 2010
Here is the full picture of the dragon sketch, where you can now see his wizard travel companion. She was really just put in there for a size comparison but I tried to give her her own little personality. You can kind of see her holding her head up high, as I imagined she would be rather confidant with him as an ally.
Cafe girl 2
February 22, 2010
Another B&W from my Café Girl collection. She’s one of my favorites, I’m quite happy with how her hands and the shadows on her face turned out.
Dragon Head
February 15, 2010
This one’s not for anything particular, just a B&W pencil sketch of a design for a dragon I did some time back in 2006.
Cafe girl 1
February 12, 2010
This is one in a series of B&W graphic art, designed for T-shirts. I call them my “Café Girls” I guess because they look like they might be enjoying an afternoon at a café in Paris, or perhaps just taking in the sights.
