prisma check

I got some "homework" with organic flower illustrations and tested my prismas... because NOW I really need those. Normally we as pro-digital generation think: Whoa cooolll... digital. When it comes to what "normal people" want it´s: Oh look, this looks nice.. so... hand-drawn. Either you DO draw everything by hand or fake it with Painter. I rather stick to option one (tried second and failed... to be honest).

this tiny piece of test-color is actually just 3 cm big and means nothing... of course my camera didn´t get the colors correct (and even more... wouldn´t be able to at 00:04 at night)... but I guess you can get a clue how those colors might work.

When I do a macro shot I get this... looks really organic and it "feels like" drawing organic because light colors can be literally carved into the darker surface. Quite interesting and I love the effect. The texture is morel like pastels (some pencils crumble a lot but well... nothing I can´t handle with a sponge I bought in Sweden :D ) and the colors are very thick and smooth.

I guess I wouldn´t work with Polychromos now... anymore. I have some old ones of Faber Castell and those don´t smear as much as the new ones.
The other problem with Polys is that some colors changed. The name is still the same but the actual color looks different (and the texture is different). I had that problem with dark sepia. Good for sketches but alas... why did they change the color?!

I hope I can show some final results when the first illustrations (boring but neat I guess) are done.

DA Graphic Artist Bag

First time I´m glad that I´m home this week. Mah bag arrived today :D
When Angelo and Heidi from Deviantart were in Berlin I saw the bag (Angelo has it) and I was like: "Oh, I want that one too! ;_;"
Yes... I know, community love and so on, expensive, why can´t you take a normal bag... I still think it´s worth the money. And I love it. I´m glad the metro flap wasn´t sold out because I really wanted that one. >_<


logo.... on the cover. Small but very nice.

most important: What fits in. I have the graphic artist version which has an additional inlay. I guess I won´t need it but nice to know I can use it if I want to.
First of all: Yes, it looks like you can´t put *anything* in.

I tried it out... :D My list of things I got in without squeezing:
Netbook
heavy hardcover graphic novel (in other words: a big book)
my purse (which is huge >_>; )
camera
hoodie
pencils
mobile
netbook additional battery

ok, you might not be able to lift it but it fits in.... >_<>

Insomnia

I haven´t been in the office since Monday. My stomach wanted revenge for two weeks with too much coffee, too nervous nights and -my own fault as well- stressful days. I was so excited because of a new project that I got sick.
I know it´s odd. I drink tea atm, eat my cereals and complain about unspiced food. It´s not that bad but I´m craving so much for spicy japanese food. Gaawwwd... Dragon Roll, I miss u so much.

I´m yawning along but the real sleep doesn´t come up. It´s a crux. I can´t sleep because I don´t have that much to do. Except reading... the comics and graphic novels I should read are piling up. I never thought it would be so hard to read stuff you normally wouldn´t buy. o_O

Good thing: I am nearly finished with my agency stuff. Oh my... just one piece left. I can´t believe it. It´s really hard to stick to a certain style while doing a complete set of illustrations. I started redoing some, added things here and there, corrected details but again: I´m glad when everything´s over. I really want to start a new project concept. Just bad that I cna´t work at home because I get tired every time I start Photoshop. XD

still unfinished....


finished... I love that one but the ivy killed my patience...

Prisma

they arrived :3


color overflow... I can´t wait to try them out >_<

The only problem was that those arrived unsharpened... 120 pencils and some odd hours later my thumb is numb and kinda red-bluish *ouch*

Cancer

just two left.... thanks god.

do NOT panic... reloaded

On friday I got a mail including two concepts. Not bad. The only problem is: I should have gotten those concepts 5 WEEKS ago. Ugh... 10 days left to create something out of nothing.
And because Irene and me are a pretty nice team (the other job was an experience we might not want to re-experience though) and she said yes for another row... it´s two people hanging over their drawing tables working on something too heavy for ten days but too cool to say no.
I cross my fingers that the team likes the concepts. @_@

Anyways... it´s creepy how much time you spend on thinking: "Does it makes sense?" (of course but logic things are not supposed to look cool which is bad.. sometimes).

Cheer for Irene and me. >_<

Rah

not my character but a commission I´m working on. Isn´t she cute? *pinching cheeks*
Hope I can finish it next week... weee!