Archive for the 'art' Category

24
May
09

The Birth of Stars

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.

Thebirthofstars

13
May
09

Ugh. Mini hiatus and new concept work…

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:

Ayrya Concept

 

I’ve a couple of other half-done things that I’ll post in the next few days.

02
Mar
09

Kaoko & Mineki

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:

  kaoko1

Mineki:

Old Version is on the Left:

     dojimineki1

07
Oct
08

Iridescent Arbours

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.

"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.

15
Sep
08

Speed Painting

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:

14
Jun
08

Talin & Luca

Beritalis & Luca

Original Fantasy Characters; more on them another time.

Talin & Luca

14
Jun
08

Keiji

Kitawa Keiji

Original Character, originally from L5r, but still mine.

2nd to Latest Work

Keiji

22
Apr
08

*gasp*

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

12
Apr
08

This one too…

Wasn’t showing up.

Here’s a screenshot of what I’m painting right now:

30
Mar
08

Sketching..

So recently I’ve actually sketched. :)

I’ve been playing with the concept art for my dancer character.

Nische Nische Dance

And a different original character:

Clayre

Wow…lately I’ve been drawing lots of blondes…bizarre