Invader Zim OC Character

So i did this OC like, a year ago, she starts off really cutesy and dumb, but when she gets mad, or something triggers in her mind she goes off like a Psycho Biatch.

so, she has to have a name, right? hmm, how about... Sam? yeah, thats sounds alright. Sam the Silent Terror. i mean, if we gonna go cringe, Go full out aye? :D

(Any cringe here? :P )

Bud Starshield Walk Cycle WIP.

 So im doing a walk cycle for my character Bud Starshield (by the way, its supposed to be really cheesy and bad :P ) and, unlike alot of my friends and people i know, i find these are quite fun to do.
I mean, instead of having to tap into alot of creativity, its more of a puzzle, which pieces go where. i like puzzles, theres an answer at the end, instead of it being open ended (to a degree)

   So i Started off here, just putting my pen to work. while drawing this i felt like something wasn't right, like, there was alot off (which there where ;) )  to be honest, i was trying to get personality down, Bud is really Cocky and Confident, so i wanted to make him run leaning  forward.

So Continuing on, i needed to understand the silhouette  and basic shapes of Bud, so my thinking, is i draw a flat run cycle, so i have the mechanics of running, but there was still something off about the run cycle that i couldn't quite pin the reason as to why...

 Muscles Galore! the fun part, adding all the big ass muscles onto bud, making the standard run cycle, into my character, it was alot of hard work, but it was worth it. Also, i figured out the problem i had been facing! i only did half the cycle, i forgot about his left leg part so that's why i found him to be hopping alot xD  I still have a bit to go, (Dreading lineart and colour :O ) but i cant wait.

Invader Zim Fanart.

My Favourite Cartoon Show ever is Invader Zim. I love the characters and the expressions they all have, and the fact that i feel i can draw them pretty well :P. This is more along the lines of where i feel my 'Style' is at. as a kid i never really new about this show, it was only until i was about 12-13 where i started watching it at about 11pm, the only time it was on along with Naruto and Digimon. (New Zealand T.V Networks are terrible with things like Cartoons and Anime.)

Have you got something where usually, no matter what mood you're in, you have something that you feel you can draw consistently well? Well, mine is Invader Zim. 

Happy Belated Chinese New Year

Bud Starshield and Format Changes.

 

 So this is the Bud i started out with, on paper, my preferred medium, its what i started out with, and really gets me thinking about what to do, since there's no Ctr-Z. also, i feel there's less stress on me to create something good on paper, more enjoyable. It's really fun designing characters, Bud started out as a cyborg type character who could remove his limbs and use them to move and such, to a comic character being brought to life by a lonely amazingly talented teen inventor.

  (looking back at this, doesn't he kind of look like Stan Smith from American Dad? :'D )

Format Changes.

 I'm also still working out all the kinks to this blogging thing, so expect there to be a few changes in the format, backgrounds etc. i've added a new page for Gesture Drawings, Life Drawing and Anatomy, things that are a bit more technical, im unsure on how to make that page function efficiently yet, so please treat it as a work in progress :P


(I'm really curious to whether i can have flash games on this blog, might be quite cool aye? )

Sleazy Streets.

  

This is my before and after of a piece i did for our schools art exhibition, i was really inspired by works done by John K, and wanted to do something in the style of his art. I like his artwork because it is very crude, but also gives people laughter and enjoyment.   This is also one of my first times using colour in Photoshop and actually understanding how to use it.

Star Tentacle Poof Party

So this took me about 30 minutes to draw, was trying to make a banner for this blog, but decided to go down a different route. I'm wanting to do cutesy characters but with big black outlines, which is new to me.
for this i turned off my brain and just drew, i didn't realize what i was drawing until i finished.

 That's my little character at the bottom left, hes really fun to draw, so expressive and cute to me :P

A Year and a Half in Reflection

 Have you ever gone back through one of the first works you do and realize 'holy crap i was terrible!'?
well, that's how i feel now, going back a year and a half ago when i first started to draw my works where absolutely horrible, everything was so flat and stiff. 

 Going back, it makes me feel really good, how much you can improve if you draw everyday, trying to git gud. i look at all my classmates and i see their work, it made me feel terrible, seeing everyone who has drawn since they where kids, thinking to myself, 'who would even hire me?' i don't feel like that anymore, i have gained confidence over this past year and i feel like i can do anything and everything.

i kept on saying that I'm going to do more on this blog, then i stop for months, well, the reason i stopped was because i felt terrible confidence wise, as I've said on previous posts. I'm going to do more, as this blog is making me really happy, being able to share my experiences and work to people everyday.

  Today

 

 

A year and a half ago.

Tentacle Snatch.

An animation i did for my 2D studio class last year, i had alot of fun on this, it was something different to what else i would do, hell, i didnt even think i would be allowed to do something like this. i got a good grade from this and was really fun animating (boobs are fun to animate ;) )

Art Style, Confidence and Character Screw Up.

So i fancied inking again after a year from doing it and i forgot how horrible it is.
I spilt ink on the second one and tried to cover it with white ink :P now he grey.

i don't know why, but i like this character, hes very simple, but really emotive.

I've been drawing for about a year and a half now, finished my diploma and now going to do another one, the one thing that's kept bugging me that I've only recently gotten over is how i hated my art and drawings. every time i would look at what I've done would make me angry, because i knew that i could do a lot better, but it would never come out onto paper (or P.C).

this was really unhealthy to do, it would make me very depressed and stop me from drawing all together. but now, i've come to the conclusion, everything i will draw right now, will be terrible. so, i've stopped drawing to produce something good, instead, i draw to make me happy, and hopefully, to make others too.

Im showing this because its terrible, like, its a really bad piece of work, but it makes me chuckle when i see it (and drew it). if someone laughs at this, then I'm ecstatic, but I'm going to draw for me, and i hope others will draw for themselves too if they went or going through the same as i did.

Panda Study

 yoo you would not believe how fun these are to draw, like, seriously! they are all just big sacks and the things you can find pandas doing is hilarious :"D the one thing i love to draw more than girls are cute as hell animals. well, if anyone needs someone to draw animals and hot chicks let me know ;D

 

Bud Starshield, Galactic hero.

Bud Starshield, Galactic Hero.
Age-3
Height- 8ft,8
Weight- 200lbs
Loves- Cute animals, being with Sena, protecting others
Hates- Getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of his mouth
Distinct features- tall, big chin, large pecs.
Fears-  Carnivorous Plants
 Sena Loved the old comics about an ancient civilization with these giant space explorers who would go around space saving worlds. Sena was also very lonely wanted someone she could talk to without feeling anxious and who would understand her, so, she created Bud, her best friend.

  Bud was created by Sena who snuck into her parents lab and used a prototype machine that could create organic life from non-organic matter. Sena inserted her favorite comic into the machine of the great hero Bud Starshield who journeyed through space helping others and fighting Evil at every corner of the galaxy. Bud is the stereotypical cocky space captain who loves to show off.
  
 Bud is extremely excitable and is rarely seen without Sena.

(i always think my roughs are so much better than my cleanup work, and to be fair, i do way more sketches than full pieces, they're way more fun.)

Gorilla Studies

Well, its been a while, to be honest, i forgot all about this, its a kind of problem that i have, if i don't have something to remind me things like this just stop happening. well that's changed, i have a reminder in my phone for every Monday at least to post something, well, here we go, here's some gorilla studies, one of my favorite animals.

Oh yeah, i nearly forgot, i have
a special project im working on and i should be able to post some of that really soon.