Artwork Update: Looking Down

I have so many unfinished artworks since I started practicing different sketches of the eyes. I am currently trying to finish most of my practice drawing but this time I'll do it gradually. :)

Here's an update on my half open eye sketch I posted last time:

Cool toned version

Practice - Smiling Eyes

Most of my artworks look really stoic and lifeless because of the eyes. I can't draw expressions in the eyes because I don't know how to. Even in pen and paper/anime style art...

So I decided to start by drawing smiling eyes...

I didn't bother with the brows =_=

It took me a while to figure out what was different from normal eyes and happy looking eyes. I asked my friend about it and he said the eyes look like an inverted U... Hence the photo reference =_=

I cheated a bit in my drawing though. I drew slightly squinting normal eyes then skewed it to make it look "happier" lol.. then I duplicated the sketch~! I don't usually like duplicating my sketches so I can practice drawing both sides, but since I already cheated, I might as well duplicate the eyes right? Hehehehe!

I like the fact that I was able to draw happy eyes but I don't like how the picture turned out.. :( I wish it looked more... anime-ish T^T

My First Gachapons - Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan

I did mention how much of a fangirl I became while I was playing Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan on my 3DS, right? I even pre-ordered some gachapons online last October because there were no Nendoroids for Hakuouki T^T. The Hakuouki gachapons are the only figures I have that are not Nendoroids. If they release Nendoroids for Hakuouki, I would probably buy Saito, Sano, and Hijikata.

Kirino was excited too!

[Personal] 지금 뭐하세요?

한국말을배웁니다...

오랜만이다... Hehehe! I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been busy but I feel bad that I have been neglecting my blog since 2014 started. I'm not going on a hiatus.. I'm just a little busy...

So many things to share, so little time...
I just wanted to give a little update and say hi... Hi! I'm still alive~! I've enrolled in another class this summer. I think I've started a yearly tradition for myself :) It started with my unsuccessful water color class in 2012, then the resin class, art and commerce, and swimming classes (2x) in 2013, then 한국말 (Korean).

Finding My Style: Plain White Shirt

No, this is not a fashion post. :) It's an artsy fartsy one! I finally have an artwork to post~!

It's been three years already since I started drawing digitally! Unfortunately, I haven't improved as much as I wanted. There are so many things I want to do and so little time >_<

Late Post is Late, New Artwork

My first post for 2014 is a month late! I've been busy at work and I have been trying to adjust to my new office location. Trying to wake up 3 hours earlier than usual is such a pain but I hope I can keep it up. My sleeping hours haven't adjusted yet so I only get a few hours of sleep, because of that I had to postpone my coffee ban again... =_=

With that said, I haven't been able to do any artworks starting last month and I think it's about time I published another artwork to start my year, right?

Still a work in progress, I hate her hair and I still need to refine the edges of her face a bit more, however it's a great improvement from my old artworks!

Monday Artwork: Apathy

Initially, I was planning on posting a step by step progress on one digital art project for my Monday Artworks. Unfortunately, I got carried away and it feels like cheating if I still posted my "progress" gradually even though I completed the artwork (with several versions as well).

Monday Artwork: Running Out

I ran out of scheduled posts and I haven't been able to draw/ doodle that much for quite some time because I was busy at work... huhuhuhu! Most of the artworks I have on my sketchpad are unfinished...

This was me when I was busy at work...

I thought she looked funny when I was drawing her... I honestly don't want to finish this sketch though. =_= She look's so out of place in my sketch book but I'm sharing her anyway... Random doodle is random.

New Tablet!

I can finally retire my 10 year old graphics tablet~! My Genius MousePen i608x finally worked! I bought it last April and contemplated on how to dispose of it since I couldn't install it on my laptop... I was so disappointed about buying a glorified mouse that I really wanted to just throw it away out of frustration. =_=

Monday Artwork: Finished Sweets

I finally finished the cakes and other miniatures for the classes I was supposed to attend last month. I was cramming to finish them because I was too busy at work I hardly had a whole day to finish them. I really thought I wouldn't be able to take pictures of the finished miniatures so I posted a picture of the unbaked gradient cake a couple of weeks ago.

Since the classes were canceled and rescheduled to a later date, I had a chance to take pictures of the items... until my camera battery died after 3 pictures. T__T I only had one more piece to take though but I'll make a separate entry for it instead.

I really tried to plan out what miniatures to make ^__^

Monday Artwork: Nameless

An officemate of mine told me that my artworks "should" have names. I normally name my files with the date I started or something like "Practice #123"

I told my officemate that I would name my artwork as soon as I finished but I still haven't finished this:

She started looking drag queen-ish to me but I did improve in doing the hair and the eyes. Actually, I could say that this is the completed artwork but I still see several things to fix.

1. I want a good background
2. She looks too pouty
3. She looks like a drag queen T_T

I still don't know what/how to fix these flaws, I wish someone could point it out for me.

Monday Artwork: Gradient Cakes and Textures

Last year, I made gradient cakes for my Christmas presents to my officemates. After Christmas, I don't think I've touched my stash of polymer clay despite my hoarding every now and then.

I enrolled in another class again and for this class I have to make at least 10 polymer clay items to exchange with my other classmates. I'll talk about the class in detail in a separate post.

I was contemplating whether to make rose pendants or cakes. Roses are easy to make but really common at the moment so I made cakes instead. Without considering how much effort it takes to make miniature cakes...

Dainty Photo Dump

Such a waste not to post. I edited these pictures for this post but decided not to include them. Since I felt like practicing my editing skills =_= I tried to make them more presentable at least. 

Handmade earrings, dunno what stone though

Wednesday's Color is Blue

Okay, cheesy blog title... Sorry. I was trying to think of a good blog title so I checked what blue meant. Apparently it's the color choice of  conservative people, specifically dark blue and it's the color of Wednesday. ^__^

Here's another attempt at making a collage... It still looks dull and lifeless to me rather than the light and airy look I was going for.

Chaotic collage

Practice: Basic Beading and A Failed Attempt

Last week, I went to a magical place called "Divisoria" to buy some beads and jewelry components for my new found hobby, resin casting. Though I didn't find everything I needed, I still got a lot of interesting things which, unfortunately are not for resin jewelry. =_=

Bought a whole lot of faux pearls

Monday Artwork: If You're Looking For a Sign...

THIS IS IT!

Monday Artwork: To Ink Or Not To Ink

I'm serious...

I tried a different approach in filling in the eye details and I'm not sure if I should ink or not... Or maybe I should turn her into a digital art project.

Monday Artwork: A Dabbler

And another blog series attempt.. I will "try" to start each week with a new artwork... Emphasis on try, you know me. I planned to do this series several weeks ago due to my Pony Brown obsession. I was just sidetracked a bit because of my resin class.

Anyway, for my first post I tried practicing what I learned in a watercolor class I took last year. I'm not quite satisfied with the results and I think I wasn't able to stretch my paper well. However, compared to my previous watercolor attempt, this is a HUGE improvement.

Must feather out some harsh edges....

On a different note, An online friend called me a dabbler (one not deeply engaged in or concerned with something.. source) recently and that I haven't been doing anything seriously for the longest time. Well, he may be right.

"Learning the basics of many arts but mastering none." - (Source)

It's true, I haven't mastered any art or craft from the long list of hobbies I tried. I didn't have anything to say when I was called a dabbler. Until recently I used to consider myself more of a "crafter" than an artist. Now I seriously think I'm more of a dabbler than an artist or a crafter =_= (See post for difference between a crafter and an artist).

Finished Product - Resin Workshop Day 2

I feel sad that the workshop is over! I felt at home being with "my kind" of people! Even though I was only at the CraftMNL workshop for less than 24 hours, I will miss the place. >_<

Until next time :)

This Thursday, I was finally able to see the results of all our hard work on day 1 and everything looked so pretty!!!

Curiosity Satisfied - Resin Workshop Day 1

I was finally able to try out making resin jewelry!! Early last year, I mentioned in a post that I was interested in trying resin as a new craft medium. I can't believe that it took me a year to finally try it out. Well, finding art supplies in the Philippines is so difficult.

I enrolled in a 2 day resin jewelry making workshop offered by Craft MNL. I wanted to enroll since March but I had to cancel my registration because of work. Thankfully, Craft MNL opened another session. Nikki, the instructor told me I was the first on to sign up for the class.. wahahaha~!