Tribute Series!

I've been doing a tribute series to some of my favorite artists: loish and janaschi from Deviant art. (I will be working on a Charlie Bowater tribute shortly.)

I'm Having a London Tipton Moment: Yay Me!

I've made a couple of paintings for a contest on Deviantart.com. The contest is a community wide collaboration to tell a story. You have three days to write a 300 word chapter for this story or paint an illustration.

I was lucky enough to get my painting selected for Chapter 1: The Light Train Waits for No One.

This is a very sloppy speed paint with scary-weird bushes that lead to a glowing train. Um... strange, yeah. But I won and that's all I care about! LOL!

I can't believe I actually won something! I feel like this right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_G2zp-opg

In other news, I just finished this piece that I've been piddling on for a couple months:

What to say about this...? It took forever. It's not as "finished' as it should be. Annnnnd I don't really care. I think all my paintings end when I stop caring.

I have a short care cycle. lol

And since I'm so happy, here's another sketch:

Fierce

Two steps forward, one step backward.

I feel like this is a big step forward for me because of how much ad libbing I did. I actually put some effort into a background. lol And I painted a guy which is something I struggle with. 

Of course, I didn't say that I painted the guy well... And the hands are a wreck, but the painting overall-- a satisfactory performance. 

The painting is titled "Fierce" because of the guy's expression. It's kind of an opposites painting. The guy is the darker force who is entranced by this angelic girl and he won't let anyone or thing harm her. He looks kind of possessive-- like she's the first thing he's ever loved. And she's naive-- unaware of the danger.


Reference used from deviantart.com


This was my original sketch:

Here's the finished product: