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Peppermint tea // hometime!

Work in progress. Pfft.. if I had have remembered the wonders of taking a 1ft step back before continuing work I would have almost nailed it. STUPID EYE ALIGNMENT!!

Mosaic/grid reference for REPILL, the aim is to make a caricature but I started out normal to make sure I got the hang of things before moving on to warpiness.

Reference photo (click here for colour) is hide from X-Japan/Zilch... Jazoo era?

And here's the part where I post a nice little song as a break from the 'art' (ahem):

X-J♥

K-k-k-carp

Paper to skin! Tattoo around one day after being done so lots of scabs...

EXILL - Nov 10

EXILL assignment #2, design 4 final drawings based on an icon of your choice.

I thought it was a good idea to choose a hannya (as I tried hitting two birds with one stone because my next planned tattoo is a hannya and I've never actually grown the motivation to just draw the damn thing out) but 30 drawings later I regretted it and slowly started going insane. Ever say a word so much it loses meaning? Yes. Think of that.

Going through extensive mods as I'm not happy with it, but I'll stick it up here for the time being...

Drawn onto a lantern which ended up being a disaster so it went digital! Background will be created soon. Inspired by Dan Leo.

For some pieces we had to draw in the style of other artists, and for brownie points I tried copying tutor dearest's style. She's either slightly flattered or feels like murdering me for butchering her style. We'll see...

Cookybookyworky

Comparing draft styles (bottom based on Jublin)

Nanananana Banana

MMAT ref~ Thanks, dear scanner, for annihilating all tonal lines!

Cynical

Cynic are one of my most favoured bands in the entire universe and I've been a fan for a few years, so one of them taking recognition and actually liking the drawing (let alone posting it on their Facebook.. whaaaaaat) is a pretty damn surreal. Oh teh goosebumps!

Alas, because I am so jinxed: people using the drawing without permission, finding it on profiles/forums, others claiming it as their own... although for the time being I'm just happy people like it!

Super cool and friendly guys, check them out at Wacken Festival 2008:

Link to Facebook: Cynic Official | Cynic Fanpage