Sketches, a beginning

This is my first post here, even though I've had this for a while. Hmm, Mostly doodles will go here, and some tests of things. Most anything I draw on my tablet I guess I can stick here. I mean, I draw all the time, so having things to post up here will be a breeze.

Art programs in use are Art Rage 2.5 Starter Ed, and MS Paint. When I go back down to ODU I'll purchase Photoshop CS3 and I'll work with that.


The first image was a random gift art for a girl on DeviantArt of her character Bugan. Jinsonlygurl. I liked her character design and drew that for her. I plan on drawing something better at some point. This took about 15 min, sketch and a rough 'inking'






The next piece is seriously a scribble of a piece. I was practicing with my tablet while watching TV last night and pretty much put on...paper?...what came to mind. The big pale face in the middle back was supposed to be Alan Tyduk, but that ended in failure, so I added some other stuff. The only things here that even remotely look like anything are labeled. One is Solomon, the son of a corporate mogul of mine. The redhead in the middle somewhat resembles a character of mine, but still not quite right.

I was practicing with the painting aspect of Art Rage when I drew this red head by the sea. I was trying to get her hair to look more realistic. I understand there are better ways I could go about painting, but it was originally going to be her face, but The hair took over, then the background, which should have been painted first was done last, then I gave up on it. Future paintings will have more pre-planning involved.



This last piece is a drawing I started in MS Paint. I sketched it out then decided to color it, then I got bored. I might finish it one day. Not much, but the dress and shading for it, and fixing her other pony tail so it looks more like a darker shade of orange than it currently does.