Herring!

[balaa]

A quick and mostly messy sketchdump. Been pulling alternating 24 hour days due to the newfound time gifted oh so generously by sir insomnia, who is threatening me with a pickled herring as we speak..unfortunate for him I like pickled herring (Its my secret shame, only not to secret now). So I've been sketching mostly since painting requires a less lucid state of mind..most of the time.



First icon for wicked_sairah I love your dog..prolly the only one crazy enough to say that eh?



Next a couple pictures for nanook123 who I've been missing for months. Rotten time difference.
Rough quick unfinished sketch of her character Camaro.

Pretty self explanatory that one. Been meaning to draw a cougari badge for a while but everytime I tried Cougari would run and hide from my pencil.

smooosh..I really hate this sketch XD.

Next a few rather similar concepts for Califur stuffs, most of which I've discarded. Humm I really don't draw nearly enough sinister figures and so the 'villains' theme is really kicking my tail but at the same time forcing me to face the challenge of something different..and that is rather exhilerating.

discarded femme fox. It was going to be a play on the story of little Red riding hood where the wolf is typically the villain, only I thought it might be interesting to switch roles. Alas the idea just wasn't panning out for me.

Another discarded picture. Most of these sketches are rough and dirty mostly because I see the color more vividly and thats hard to convey in pencil

Another idea, I like this one better and will likely color it. The concept is more clear in my mind as I see it in color and with a more cohesive composition.

And a little bit of random:

First concept for a painting, again not much to look at in pencil.

Another wolf..ugh I have this vivid picture of a wolf in an autumn forest littered with leaves. He is climbing down the side of a hill with protruding flat stones emitting a soft blue light. BUT for the life of me I can't get the pose to work as I see it in my head. If someone wants to redline the pose I'd be greatful..sometimes a second fresh perspective really helps you find the way.(mind you the rest of the sketch is full of mistakes but I see them already and will fix them)


the cleaned up concept from above. the wolf would be the weaver of dreams and the owl the one that delivers them.


ehm..I dunno where it came from. I had a 3x4 inch sliver of paper and this just flew out on it. His tongue is licking a pane of glass or somefin.

And finally I blame hibbary for planting the seed of snow owl arctic fox grphons in my brain. This little fella just flopped out of my pencil. Unfortunately he got smooshed on the very bottom of a page and so he kinda looks ducklegged because I had to make him fit. I really ought to just start drawing dead center on every page..but I doubt I will learn.


Finally a link to a finished model sheet for Tau. This beast took me entirely too long!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/zBalrogz/TauFinishedModelSheet_sm-1.jpg

Thats all the arts for now! Thank ya for stopping by and commenting, even if I don't get a chance to always reply to all your comments..I ALWAYS appreciate them and they keep me motivated to keep drawing!

Plus a little update on my commission status, As sooon as payment is received I will start and finish these:

Badge Slots:
1. wicked_sairah paid
2. shadowolf paid info received
3. gothic_meezer money order
4. gothic_meezer " info received
5. rockerbot27 info received

Slots:
1.wicked_sairah paid and finished
2.nimirpard paid
3.felix_carni paid

Other commissions still owed:
1. mendo_ sketchu, sorry about the delay!
2. henrieke_kiki I'm lame :/

Comments

[joosephine.livejournal.com]

I know that my knowledge of anatomy never will reach your level, but at least I can try to help you out. It is a lot easier to spot mistakes than try to not make them oneslef. Sadly.

The sketch of the wolf which you wanted to place in an autumny setting, it can probably be helped with just a few simple things:
Try to make his/her right back leg even less visible, i.e. place it closer to the wolf's body, making less of it be seen. The wolf's left back leg should be placed a little further down, so that the knee instead of pointing outward is pointing more to the horizontal bottom of the picture. Also, the Achilles' tendon is a little too evident. Consider it, if the foot is bent in such a way, would that tendon be as portrouding?

Just a few suggestions, probably not worth anything. It is tjhe thought which matters. I would really like to see you being content with the picture as I think it is a very appealing and interesting subject ^^

Your canines are becoming too realistic for your own good ;D

Best wishes, as always,
Josephine

[joosephine.livejournal.com]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/zmulux/blueline.jpg

Not very good, but at least I tried ;3;

[xxbalaaxx.livejournal.com]

oh don't be hard on yourself..tis a marked improvement! Thank you! I appreciate that you took the time to help me out :D! Think the thing that bothered me most is the position of the rear right leg(his right)..I wanted it to extend back further away from his body but I can't get it to work..May have to just redraw the pose several times and hope it works out in one of those..

haha its so hard to try and explain what I envision in my head..it probably sounds like complete gibberish XD.

[joosephine.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound like gibberish, not at all. But, it is hard to explain envisioned images completely as there are so many aspects which make it up.

I wish you luck with coming up with a solution to the problem though. No matter what, you will have a lot of experience when it comes to this kind of pose when you are finished :D