It’s apparently OC (original character) October!
Here are a few quick sketches from my big black sketchbook, which I’ve been using for anatomy but just managed to scan today. Don’t mind the blur covering up a wonky sketch
Yeah I still don’t know how to paint. I’m kinda caught in an art funk this morning, it seems…
But my cold is gone! That was the fastest cold ever…just 3 days!
20 mins last night. Chai latte. More electro-swing music. Full circle from this just under a year ago.
Kinda stuck in a rut, but no drawing time tonight. Heading to a class get-together to celebrate the end of our first real week of med school, and to watch the Olympics!! I am not a sports fan in the least, but the Olympics has some kind of magic for me. I mean, if you think about it, a bunch of countries coming together for a series of friendly games—on which all eyes on earth will be focused—is pretty dang cool. Plus the opening ceremonies are so amazing. I won’t ever forget Sydney 2000 or Beijing 2008…
I drew some characters from my first story (of three). From bottom right:
- Hiron, best young archer in the west and secret bookworm. I forgot her wings here!
- Dasyatis, aspiring adventurer and legendary hero, expert at knife-throwing, whittling, sarcasm
- Galena, healer and magician in-training, conflicted do-gooder in search of her parents
- Ulises, famed magician of the southeastern deserts, collects stars as a hobby nbd
- Grebain, immortal cursed shapeshifter looking to redeem himself after past evil deeds…has a quiet personality
I was going to add the sixth character, a werewolf with abandonment issues, but I think you can see already I have problems drawing creatures, mainly I DON’T KNOW HOW
Hold on a mo, let me fix it…
THERE! Yes, good
I drew some poses from Shaolin (which is a pretty good movie)
A sketch from the Korean movie (which Netflix lists as Japanese) War of the Arrows. The others are bleh
Just to cheer up my blog, some archery poses referenced from 13 Assassins, superimposed onto a couple of my characters
Thinking a lot about my fantasy “novels” lately. The deeper into logistics I get (and the more great books I read), the more overwhelmed I become—but I’m still pushing forward!
