This journal is now retired! The new one is at kusani.

le_gris turned me onto this paint program called ArtRage, which basically simulates oil painting and other real media very realistically.

Silly, silly Gris. Now I'm all "whee~ PAINT" and such. And since gods knows I'm never going to manage any semblance of realism, I'm messing with more stylized methods. (Okami style is so gorgeous... I might actually figure out how to mimic it one day!)

( This took me about 45 minutes. )

This program is so much fun to play with. =3

Something I did in 10-15 minutes. Korat fans might go 'yay'.



No pencils, just pen, so forgive mistakes in ... anything. It's just a sketch, no criticism needed... I can't do 3/4th shots on muzzles yet. He's trudging through snow, against a strong wind, and has his face a little turned away from the gusts.

I now have an HP printer-scanner-copier all-in-one. (It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries!)

This means I get to make an art post when I haven't done one in literally years. =O

( Just three images, properly resized. )

<3.

Hajrar (see icon). In about the same stage of completion as the Nhauvra.



I'm proud of myself. This one went much more smoothly.

Yes, those are wings. Yes, they will eventually have membrane...

Made with Blender in about three hours.

Finally decided to make use of my copy of Blender (utterly free 3D modeling/rendering prog) and try something. S has been playing around with Blender for some time now, so I basically got the fast-track tutorial.

Made this in about three/four hours concentrated work, after maybe a half hour of S showing me the ropes:



The beginnings of a Nhauvra. Not terribly recognizable - lacking horns, longteeth, and paws/talons - but still. Not bad, for my first night with the program.

^_^

( Cut for size! Teh piccy! Sans background right now. )

You likey? *smeegles* And, as requested, an iconized version: