Aaaand a couple Pomnis for good measure
Time for the influx of all the stuff I wanted to draw back when I couldn’t
Join me as I dress the entirety of the Tuatha dé in the most obnoxious color palettes and outfits known to man
Ok I need to stop fucking drawing before I wreck my arms again
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Trying to figure out who everyone is and what everyone looks like always feels a little…
BUT the end goal here is to eventually be able to produce some sort of comic book, which means getting to know the stories/cast well enough to figure out how I’d feel most comfortable depicting them. So this’ll be a fun little journey into the unknown for us all.
I made a new blog for specifically documenting my own journey into learning Irish folklore/mythology studies and general art-journaling for anyone interested!
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Anonymous asked:
Hi ceej, hope you're well! I was wondering how you draw scenes with multiple characters without getting overwhelmed and how you decide what poses they should be in?
When it comes to big group shots, I try to break things down into little vignette scenes by grouping characters together, usually in groups of two-three. Those two to three characters all have something going on, either someone's doing something and the rest are reacting to it or someone is striking a pose and the others are striking poses around that pose. You give yourself one anchor point, one action, and then think of how the characters would react to that action... Then you just keep repeating that process with however many characters you need to squeeze into the piece. From there it's about contrasting body language and facial expressions. Just the regular "family photo" shot can be kind of boring, especially if it feels overly posed. Generally I try to go with something that feels very candid.
Unfortunately when it comes to how to decide what to start with from there, I can't help much. I've never fully been able to describe my method beyond I'm just... Drawing what I see? I don't always feel like I'm really the one deciding what's going on in my drawings, everyone has always kind of moved around and did whatever they want. I just apply the filter of "this is supposed to be this character." I can "direct" in the way that you can direct a model, but unless you physically went up to them and moved them around like a paper doll yourself there's only so much control you have.
This is why I really struggle to explain HOW to draw something (like hands or faces) or how I choose what I draw. In my eyes, I'm drawing what I can see. I spent a lot of time training myself to "look harder, see more," throughout high school and college, so this is the method I've always preferred. Even though I'm not working from photo reference or anything like that, I can "see the model" that I get the basic shapes and movements and gestures from that I can apply to whoever it's meant to be, if it's meant to be fanart.
So other than breaking open your skull and trying to completely rewire your brain to be as crazy as mine, my suggestion would be to look at group shots from comic books and photos. See how everyone is interacting with each other, and what little stories they seem to be telling... Then think about what kind of story you want to tell yourself. It doesn't have to be a full epic, it can be as simple as "X decided to annoy Y and Z finds that amusing. A and B are judging from the sidelines, having their own conversation about it." I think a lot of baroque-era genre paintings also set these scenes really effectively, if you want something more historical to look to.
#i know im not the only one who works this way#luckily i have read about other artists who had extremely similar methods of working so I dont feel ENTIRELY alone here#but it is really difficult to explain when people ask about my process#like fuck man I dont know I'm just drawing the strange people who live in my head there's no real way to explain it better than that#asks#i tried I'm so sorry
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Anonymous asked:
seeing how your art has changed in your blog over time is absolutely delicious. Do you have any really early old art or art progression pictures? Idk if that makes sense.
Sure!
I'll just throw a bunch of different stuff from over the years in here. My work has always kind of been split in two, between the more academic/"fine arts" work and the more highly stylized, comic book-type work that I make.
The earliest stuff I have is unfortunately just from when I was 12. I'm sure there is art my grandma kept somewhere from when I was younger than that, but I've yet to see it.
So for now these are the earliest drawing of mine that exists on the internet, I believe... This would've been roughly 2008 or 2009.
I was both highly inspired by drawings of anime girls on the internet and Dali. And also Jhonen Vasquez.
This was around 13 because y'know. Vocaloid.
Then these were all from the latter half of high school, so anywhere between 16-17 where I was doing work in school and fanart/original art in my free time.
I was doing a LOT of these loose gesture drawings every day, and then got into acrylic painting as a senior (though I didn't pursue it through college like I expected to)...
... And a WHOOLE lot of these digital drawings in my free time. Ironically this was also probably the last time I really tried my hand at digital painting, too.
I continued this trend through college, where my life was balanced between digital and traditional art, and even then became a balance between digital drawings, ink drawings, charcoal gestures and printmaking (plus whatever else I was doing at the time, so like... Metals/jewelry fabrication and wood engraving. Unfortunately I never got to try my hand at blacksmithing, though I really wanted to).
After college things steadily dropped off, so it got to a point where I've ONLY been doing the fandom/comics side of things and over the years I've really found myself burning out on it. That's why I'm trying to regain that balance again.
(Tumblr has a photo limit per post BUT!!)
For anyone interested, this is the kind of work I was doing in college:
And then the fandom work was all the stuff you can still find if you feel like scrolling back far enough!
Anonymous asked:
seeing how your art has changed in your blog over time is absolutely delicious. Do you have any really early old art or art progression pictures? Idk if that makes sense.
Sure!
I'll just throw a bunch of different stuff from over the years in here. My work has always kind of been split in two, between the more academic/"fine arts" work and the more highly stylized, comic book-type work that I make.
The earliest stuff I have is unfortunately just from when I was 12. I'm sure there is art my grandma kept somewhere from when I was younger than that, but I've yet to see it.
So for now these are the earliest drawing of mine that exists on the internet, I believe... This would've been roughly 2008 or 2009.
I was both highly inspired by drawings of anime girls on the internet and Dali. And also Jhonen Vasquez.
This was around 13 because y'know. Vocaloid.
Then these were all from the latter half of high school, so anywhere between 16-17 where I was doing work in school and fanart/original art in my free time.
I was doing a LOT of these loose gesture drawings every day, and then got into acrylic painting as a senior (though I didn't pursue it through college like I expected to)...
... And a WHOOLE lot of these digital drawings in my free time. Ironically this was also probably the last time I really tried my hand at digital painting, too.
I continued this trend through college, where my life was balanced between digital and traditional art, and even then became a balance between digital drawings, ink drawings, charcoal gestures and printmaking (plus whatever else I was doing at the time, so like... Metals/jewelry casting and wood engraving. Unfortunately I never got to try my hand at blacksmithing, though I really wanted to).
After college things steadily dropped off, so it got to a point where I've ONLY been doing the fandom/comics side of things and over the years I've really found myself burning out on it. That's why I'm trying to regain that balance again.
I tried to be semi-serious about it, I really did… but the only thing I could think the entire time was “he looks like he gets good reception”
I keep seeing people talking about homestuck
Listen.
I don’t remember shit about fuck.
But I do remember the heart boner I had for Cronus when I was 14 who spurred a whole Grease phase.
I got at least two copies of it for Christmas that year from two different sources.