This one is watermarked because it is actually very close to me, as its the first painting I’ve done that was completely spontaneous. Started out as some swirly colors and dodging and burning, then it just appeared.
Check out my deviantArt (http://jenniferashley.deviantart.com) to see a larger view.
Ugh I haven’t been able to finish ANYTHING lately.
So I give up. This will eventually be a full piece but I got so obsessive with Ayrs since I’ve had her in my mind for oh, about 8 years now, and I’ve never actually done a true concept drawing of her that wasn’t super manga-style or in pencil. The final piece is going to be hearth-side, thus the warm lighting, even if it looks a little weird with the lack of background. I assure it will make sense at some point when I should bother to finish it.
Ayrya:
I’ve a couple of other half-done things that I’ll post in the next few days.
Update:
Well I decided that I’d rather redo these up a little, add some color and all.
Kaoko:
Old Version is on the Left:
Mineki:
Old Version is on the Left:
"Once when the gentle rain fell I glided in a barge down a sunless stream under the earth till I reached another world of purple twilight, iridescent arbours, and undying roses." -- Ex Oblivion, H.P. Lovecraft
So for Halloween, like every year for the past few years I’ve been reading a fair amount of Lovecraft, and as always I am overwhelmed by the imagery his words invoke in me.
Roses: Brushes created from pictures of roses I received for Valentine’s a few years back
Grove: Taken from a picture of Rhode Island when I visited in 2006.
For a larger view, visit my deviantArt entry.
I tried this technique of painting without first having an underdrawing, just for kicks. It didn’t turn out too badly so I am uploading it here. Photoshop brushes were custom-made by me.
My Wolf, Hirulji:
Beritalis & Luca
Original Fantasy Characters; more on them another time.
Kitawa Keiji
Original Character, originally from L5r, but still mine.
2nd to Latest Work
In the midst of my WoW experience…ok fine I did 99% of it before I started playing WoW again….anyway…
So I was poking about on facebook and deviantArt, talking with my L5R friend LadyEntropy about art and how I need 1000 times more practice. I got to thinking that maybe she’d like it if I painted one of her drawings as a present. I did not alter any of her line art, and in fact left it a little darker than I normally would so as to highlight her beautiful lines and shading. So with her permission here is the final piece:
A Moment of Quiet Repose by ~LadyEntropy on deviantART
The original work can be found here: A Moment of Quiet Repose by LadyEntropy on deviantArt
Wasn’t showing up.
Here’s a screenshot of what I’m painting right now:
So recently I’ve actually sketched. 
I’ve been playing with the concept art for my dancer character.
And a different original character:
Wow…lately I’ve been drawing lots of blondes…bizarre
