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Well, CG Overdrive was really great.. too bad there wasn’t a lucky draw this year though, last year’s had me drooling at the insanely huge Wacom tablets, software like Zbrush, and other generally awesome goodies for the taking.. Still, it was inspiring once again to listen to these people who’ve been out there in the industry doing such amazing stuff. I was kinda stressing out on the plot for my group’s final film project the whole week though, but we’ve finally got it down..

I love how the brush pen and sepia ink I bought really broaden the possibilities of what I can do on the train every day. The door and girl concept drawings were done on the way to school, while the lighting study of the hallway was pencilled on the way home and coloured after.

The best thing about it is since it’s diluted sepia ink, it doesn’t bleed through the page like copics do.. Of course the paper isn’t really meant for wet media and gets kinda crinkly when I close the book, but it’s pretty great for on the go sketches. If only it would fix my problems with anatomy too… but that’s another story..

Sooo.. it’s been awhile.. my environment modeling is on the backburner now that I’ve started on my character model.. I’m almost done with the low poly modeling, once I’m done tweaking his left arm it’s time to unwrap and get sculpting in Zbrush.

Anyway, won’t be posting much about this project save at milestones. I did start a new project tho, daily self portraits. The goal is to spend 30 min to an hour each day on my ailing traditional skills, in various media. Here’s today’s attempt, took me 1 hour in photoshop.

Hehe, topic thanks to my new art buddy.. spent 15 minutes doing some research on squid during the day, blocked in the base shapes from reference and finished up with shading and detailing on the train back home. Overall 1 hr I guess. Oh, inverted it in photoshop so it looks like its descending into the murky depths with its ill gotten prize..

Anyway, feels good to start drawing stuff again.. although I kinda have a craving for sashimi now….