WIP WEDNESDAYS: Kingdoms

Ayyyyyeee!!! Would-ya look at that! An older version of Annie! 

This is an AU version from an RP I did with a couple of my friends, although it's on a hiatus at the moment. It revolved around the puzzle-solving duo, Ryder and Annie, and their newest client, Princess Kythaela. 

My friends birthday passed recently, and I'm thinking about finishing this for her, since she adores that RP with a flaming passion. It'll be a bit of a jolt, considering that I haven't worked with lineart in quite some time, but I think it'll be worth it in the end.

Fallen Angel

Hey! Look! An Angel!

Not only is it an angel, but it's my character! Anastasia "Annie" Vasilev, after she's been wrongly banished from Heaven. This image depicts the first few moments of her time on earth, when her flesh has, for the first time, met mortal soil. Her landing was less than pretty, and having been thrust to the bottom of a lake all its water was displaced by the force of her arrival.

She watches in confused and horrified awe as her once white and spectacular wings are blackened by the gravity of her sin, and thus marking has as one of the Fallen. She's gifted with a breath of hope, however, because a limited portion of her plumage has yet to be tainted. Realizing she has time to prove her innocence and regain her former status, Annie gathers her courage and faces the mortal plane.

I can't even tell you how long I spent on this drawing, it took so long. I spent four or five days working on this nearly non-stop, only taking a few breaks here and there to eat and sleep. It was for a competition on Instagram, and it all paid off because I was one of the winners. o3o

There were a lot of ups and downs while making this. 

I absolutely adored working on Annie herself. 

As mentioned in my previous post, I've been experimenting with my style, so I decided to conquer this beast of a piece without any linework. Now, on one hand, that was super awesome because I have a love-hate relationship with linework. I like it in small doses, but often the scale of my imagination leads an abundance of detail that is ultimately a hassle to line. 

Skipping that step all together didn't really cut down the time it took to finish this piece, but it certainly made the entire thing feel much more organic. 

That being said, after I finished Annie I slowly began to hate myself for the amount of detail I require to like what I draw. 

It started with the wings, then the reflections, then the rocks. o_o It was absolute torture.

AND SOMEHOW, I still love this drawing.

WIP WEDNESDAYS: Piano

Introducing a new feature on my blog: WIP WEDNESDAYS! 

I decided, in order to become more active, I'm going to start doing WIP Wednesdays so tat, every week, there's something on here. You'll be given a look into what I'm working on, as well as a few updates in my life. 

I won't go into too much detail, or even give away much about the meaning of this drawing, but it involves one of my original characters, Blake, and a few aspects of his past. Can we just talk about that piano, though? I spent way too long working on it.

Nonetheless, it feels good to work with grayscale again. It's like a return to form, since I started out as a graphite artist. 

New Art! Bloodmoon

Since summer began, I've only really been involved in a few massive art pieces. Most of my time has been dedicated to writing because that's what I want to do with my life. However, there have been a few occasions that I've spent drawing. They've been uncharacteristically time-consuming, and have helped me come to the conclusion that I am currently in an experimental phase with my art.

I've always wanted to do something more painterly. That being said most of my childhood inspiration could be found in the pages of a comic book, which, for the most part, consist of the routine sketch, line, and color process drawings. I've never aspired to be a comic artist, however, and found more organic techniques to be appealing to the eye. I've never been able to achieve such a style.

Recently, I've aspired to change that. My last two pieces, although tedious and exhausting, are some of the best things I've ever crafted. 

This piece is on of them.

It depicts two characters from my book, Devil's Trumpet, Macy and Nico, beneath a blood moon. There's  a lot of symbolism in this piece because the book is deeply rooted in biblical myths and rituals. I attempted to make it look as if they're angels descending from the clouds, hand in hand because they're the prophets of a new age. The moon is a critical part of the book, so it can't be discussed more, but damn was it difficult to draw.