bunny

Forgot to upload this one with last time's sparklyanime dump.

tea for two

My boyfriend had his birthday yesterday. He's all the way in Taiwan right now for the summer, so I emailed this to him as a gift. This is sort of a gag that pokes fun at our relative sizes - he's around 40cm taller than me!

sketchbook

Some pages from my current sketchbook so far -
Half was studying for Biology, other half done listening to Diablo Swing Orchestra.Based off the vulcan ladies of Odin Sphere.Mugi from K-On! again - I just love her thick eyebrows so much! XD

May-June dump

Gwah! Apologies for disappearing for the past two months. You see, dear China has blocked blogger, and I couldn't figure out how to post with this proxy thing, so I kind of gave up for a bit. But I think it should work now. XD Time to get to spamming the blog with art.

I think I've developed a hobby for making these little greeting cards:
Father's Day card:
Done with gouache. It's so so fun to work with and it's my new favorite traditional media.

I also got myself an account on pixiv so I can indulge in gorgeous Japanese illustration; was then inspired to draw some anime-style pieces and upload some pictures of my own.

Mercedes from Odin Sphere.

 My bunnygirl - remember her from here?

Tsumugi, the keyboardist from K-On!.

I think this is the most colorful dump I've made. I'll post something that isn't all happy animals and sparkly girls later in the afternoon. XD

the last one to leave

fur-framed face

Quickie, inspired by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber's Whiteout, on post-it note.

Alex and Poon

Around a year ago (wow, has it been that long?) I did the "Danielle" painting based off a stock photo. I wanted to do more portraits (particularly some male ones) but never got around to it! Well, last night I was suddenly filled with the desire to paint. But there are a lot less male stock photos available and I didn't find one that I liked - so... I asked Tiff to send me some photos of our friends and painted them instead! 8D
Not sure if I captured Alex's likeness... but it was still SO fun, and it's just been forever since I've been able to work with this thick, real, touchable paint that gets on my fingers, and sit in my room staying up til 3am, just painting because I feel like it and I love it!

the shock of his life

Playing with lettering, hehe.

Mother

Two soft pastel drawings in school, still looking at parents' roles in the family.

squares and manila

Doodlepages from Vancouver trip:

doodle in Photoshop

the sun's daughter

... and the man in the moon? XD Doodles on post-it notes, somewhat inspired by Steve Conte and Maaya Sakamoto's duet, The Garden of Everything.

MORE METAL THAN MAN

Gift for a friendoo, and my sad attempt at drawing weaponry! XDD

girl with the cat eyes

Just doodling, and it somehow turned into Squishy's Branwen on the way. :)

square jaws and a long ponytail

Just some colored lineart doodles:
And a quick drawing of Viletta Nu from Code Geass! I've always adored her design.

Dad progress

Worked more on this piece yesterday. Not sure if it's 100% finished yet - I might add a more greyish or reddish tinge to the background, but I think it looks pretty good at the moment too!

Dad

Started another piece for school - still building on the theme of family dynamics. The old man is the little girl's father - I'm trying to show that melancholy feeling you get from watching your parents grow old.

thinkin' of you

chimaera, swordsman, mazoku

Giving the dudes of Slayers some love. Of course, Zel is my favorite! Gourry is actually surprisingly feminine-looking for the big jock swordsman he's supposed to be - I mean, look at the dude's eyelashes XD Not to mention the long blonde hair! And that... bra-shaped breast armor...

Ohman, this show was so awesome. I should really finish TRY sometime.

charcoal feathers

Visually, Kaizuki is one of my favorite of my characters. Just playing with her features a bit here.