Roomie saw Yorkshire pudding on TV yesterday and was intrigued (though he had no clue what it was), so I made some for the first time, and they came out quite well. Today I’m on my own for dinner, so I’m making a second batch, but some are toad in the hole (such an American dinner for 4th of July, I know).

So I tinkered with it more today; much more finished-looking. I like it a lot better, but as a permanent style? Probably not so much. I dunno. Poking around at style for me is like going clothes shopping: nothing quite fits. I have a drawing style (I mean really, how hard is that? it’s how I draw), but not a finished art style. Of course, that’s probably cuz I’m so lazy about doing finished pieces, buuut… I mean, I’m getting better, right?

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The inking’s fairly crap (as are some of the shadow shapes), but psh. Practice makes perfect.

Still playing with blacks. I dunno, they don’t feel quite me yet. They look a bit like I’ve been reading too much BPRD lately, which I have. Eh, I’ll keep poking at em.

EDIT: So originally I had her fully colored, and then I turned off the color layer and realized it looked better without. Added skin color at 100% and a few 30% tints of the original colors, and now I’m better pleased with the blacks. (I guess I was channeling Dave Stewart for colors? o.o Far less BPRD now.) Sort of Ashley Wood-ish* palette currently, but oh well.

* I have also lately been reading things of his. Speaking of which, Zombies vs. Robots and its sequel, Zombies vs. Robots vs. Amazons (nsfw, that latter one) are quite good.

I tried to do a repeat of the shiny painted-looking one from yesterday, but took it a little farther, which may have been too much. I dunno, it’s ok. Pretty, but not quite my thing, I guess?

My brain died after I finished this. XD

Little over an hour of Photoshop ink + paint.

I kind of like the painterly-ish look with the faded ink lines, though to be honest it was a happy accident. Her shirt was originally green and I painted over it, leaving a little halo of darker color, which worked nicely as an outline. Then I fiddled with the line art to match.

I love my new icon, even if it did end up being pink and purple. Cuttlefish = ♥. Photoshop ink & color from some scribbles I did a few months back.

Dethklok tomorrow night!

Also possibly going to see The Fall earlier in the day. I’ve heard mixed things about it, but as long as it’s as pretty as The Cell (of which I have no doubt), I’ll be happy.

So I decided it was finally time I got off my arse and post my character design final from last semester.

I was told (by a classmate, not the professor) their eyes look vacuous without pupils… which may or may not be valid, but then how does one explain Hergé getting away with Tintin, hmm? :3 I was also told that the nose doesn’t work, but psht! I like it. It may bear a slight resemblance to Rygel’s nose on Farscape, but that’s a very minor detail.

And in case anyone’s wondering, the original drawings were done by hand and then I inked/colored in Flash. This is partially because I’m fond of vector graphics (easy editing), and partially because Flash’s stroke-smoothing feature is very, very nice, especially without having CS3 yet.