A NEW new beginning!

SO! Here I am almost 6 months later with barely 5 posts to my name. What a travesty, so I've decided to make one of my new years resolution to do this blog thing more often.
There it is, out in the open. Now to deliver.

Lots of time (and projects) have passed this little blog by, so I'll put something up a few just to get started!

Serenity was the word I had in mind when working on her look.

Here I present an inked drawing of a character I worked. She is from the book John the Revelator, the mother of the main character John. I don't remember her name, though. Through the later parts of the story she is very sick and ends up dying. The last scene has her coming back as a ghost, almost like a rebirth.

This part really hit close to home, and I decided to draw her young, beautiful, and reborn (like she was in the end) instead of sad and sickly as she was portrayed in the last moments of her life. 

I also worked on the main character John and a sort of demon crow character that he dreams about throughout the story. My goal was to step away from the cute stuff I love (Hello Kitty) and try my hand at something grittier, darker.

Caw, muthuhflippahs!

Crows are imbued with interesting and dark characteristics that I tried to push and warp to create a creature that might be seen in someone's nightmares. The descriptions in the book weren't overly detailed, so I felt I could take a good deal of freedom with the crow. It's also a dream crow, so a lot of freaky things could be done! My favorite part is the bird's head.

"Oh, the places you'll go!" was the groups main inspiration

This piece was a group project, actually! My school buds Abbey and Michelle and I worked on this ad for Portfolio Center (our school)! It received positive reviews from teachers and students. It also got me thinking about a more signature style for my art, which is frustrating me to no end. OH! I got help from my friend Jamie with this ad, too! This truly was a nice collaboration.

All the pieces dropped into the blue space are different student's work. 

Well, that's it until next time! <(*-*<)