Games and Babes

"Peek-a-Boo!"

Illustration & Photoshop CS5

I started this either at the very end of last year or the very beginning of this year. This probably requires some explanation.

There are two influences to this creation. The amazing works by Pin-Up artist Gil Elvgren and the game Portal 2. Admittedly, I haven't played any of the Portal games, but I have watched a fair bit of game play-through videos on YouTube and wished I had the game. 

The reason I love Gil Elvgren's pin-ups so much is because the women are simply beautiful, and in a way idealistic, but not unrealistic. And they always seem to be caught in a slightly embarrassing situation so they always have that surprise pout expression. 

Elvgren's paintings were so realistic they could almost be photos. Clearly, my drawing is not very realistic, but I wanted to keep it a bit cartoon-y and rough, because I prefer the look and the Portal games have 3D animated graphics.  

I drew a collection of game/'nerd' influenced Pin-Ups and hope to complete them by the end of the year, and if they prove to be good enough, have them printed into a calender. I mean, why not?

Epic Illustrations of History

Another creation from Mary Doodles (I'm just a little obsessed with watching these videos). Some of her fan art of Epic Rap Battles of History (YouTube channel). Here is the video of her painting it, and the video of how she went about creating the drawing.

'Run Red'

'Run Red'

Photoshop CS5

Spent the afternoon making this today. I realised I haven't really uploaded much photoshop work even though I create a lot of (or most of) my art using this program. It's a bit more macabre than other artworks I've uploaded, but I used to do a lot of art with a rather grim twist, so it's not very new for me, I just hope it doesn't creep anyone out TOO much.

Creative Hault

I feel bad for not continuously updating my blog, but as of late I haven't been feeling very creative. Normally when shit happens that fuels my creativity and all I do is draw. But things are very much at a stand still. I'd like to know if anyone would like to comment, what do you guys do when you feel a lack of creativity?

Spilled Rosé

 "Spilled Rosé"

Little bit more rose photography.

Same roses from my previous "Fallen Roses" photography.

More helpful drawing tips

Realistic male eyes to accompany the previous female eyes. I'm quite liking the tutorials I'm finding on youtube. This one isn't too great a quality with lighting (white balance is too bright at some points?) but it's still really good when it comes to technique and is full of handy tips along the way.

Drawing lesson

While looking for tutorials on how to draw more 'realistic' cartoons (eg. MARVEL Comics), I found this tutorial on drawing female faces, and I found it to be quite useful (at least for what I need anyway).