Warmup Coloring

I like practicing color digitally, the immediacy helps a lot when I don't have time mixing paint. With that said, here are a few boredom doodloumes. 

"VAGINA"

Laura (SpicerArt) designed a "Spider Child" for me! I feel bad since I've only given her a teaser of my half of the art trade. Each of her characters have a very unique silhouette (like all good character designs), so it's always a joy to draw them. 

Fashion doodles because I can never resist them. With the second drawing, I also caved into doing a "what I wore today" meme. I feel like digitally rendering the outfits makes them look cooler than they actually are, haha. 

Flying to Japan on Saturday, so I won't be uploading anything for a while (more so than usual). 

-aKino

Commission Sketches & Misc.

Posting whatever's available in my files. I have so many commissions to do and sketches to color (including works for my art trade with Laura). Well, it's good to have too much to do than nothing at all. On to the sketches, before I go on a depressing ramble:

Brainstorming sketchers for my manager's cupcake business. We decided on two designs, which can be seen here and here on my website. If you're in CT and you'd like some deliciously creative cupcakes for your special occasion, contact Jessica Rydecki's "Piggy Princess Cupcakes" via piggyprincesscupcakes@gmail.com

Color study for a commission. View the final product here. My co-worker wanted her daughter painted in oils. It's been a while since I've done a traditional portrait, so this project was a nice challenge.  

 

Doodling some tattoo ideas for another co-worker. She provided me with lots of references, which was awesome! Gave me a clear picture of what she did and didn't want. You can see the finished design here. It's small and simple, but was a lot of fun.

Sketch for a commission I'm currently working on. My friend, Alicia  wanted my "Hair Monster" with beehive hair. It's great when I can work on my commission and get paid for it! 

I saw a bunch of Tari Nakagawa's "Necro Nymph" dollies and I couldn't resist. The lyrics are from "Take Me Over" by Cut Copy (I couldn't stop smiling all throughout the music video).

Mindless doodling with a fun quote from Family Guy, "Be Careful What You Fish For". Seeing Ricky Gervais guest star as a dolphin was an episode worth sitting through. 

Boring anatomy sketches that I should do more often. What happened to the me who used to be obsessed with these practices? 

Demon girls, nothing special. The red one has lyrics from "Radioactive" by Marina and The Diamonds (again, fun music video because the lead singer is too adorably glamourous).

Hopefully, more to come in the near future. 

-aKino

Sinus Shots

It's mid-March and I've managed to get a cold. Right when I thought I missed the seasonal virus bandwagon, my sinuses get shot. I guess it gives me an opportunity to upload neglected sketches. 

My boyfriend's obsession with The Walking Dead makes me want to draw zombies. I'm sick of the zombie fad, but at the same time, I love it.  

Portrait study for a commission. My co-worker wants an oil painting of her daughter. She's such a princess. It's been a while since I've done portraits, so this project will be a nice challenge. 

I saw this wallpaper and I had to draw it. Behind-the-scenes makeup and mechanics are so cool! 

"It's one of those days" type of doodles. Also, testing out newly downloaded pencil brushes. I'm trying to find a nice medium between textured and smooth rendering. 

 I'm going to Japan in April. This bitter doodle is me illustrating my fear from a few summers ago. Since I'm born and raised in the US, I'm more of an "American" than "Japanese". When we had a family reunion, I got a lot of dirty looks that said, "She's Japanese, but she's not acting like one of us—what's wrong with her?" At least I speak both languages and have an understanding of both cultures. I'd like to see them survive a day in New England without and guidance. 

I've been doing a lot of digital doodling just to get use to drawing on the computer. However, it's not as fulfilling as traditional sketching. It's definitely helped me with relearning colors though. 

-aKino

In Style with Zombies and More

I totally forgot I had sketches I could upload. Didn't remember until I saw my old Tweet promising "a sketchbook blog update coming soon~", it's becoming a bad habit. In all fairness, my life gets busy with work, commissions, personal projects, and friends. Anyways, onto the doodles before I forget I was in the middle of a new post! 

Coloring zombies is more fun than drawing them... I don't know why. I wanna make a crop-top shirt like first one. Since ombre is "in", why not make it bloody? 

Imaginary landscapes to get in the habit of drawing backgrounds. I'm not really excited with these, but it was still fun to try something new. 

Fashion inspiration from various blogs; I fell in love with Steampunk Couture and copied a few ideas down. I want to see if I could convert these lovely costumes into everyday wear for work and hangouts.  I'm so jealous of my friends who are professional sewers and crafters since what they make and wear are truly unique and one-of-a-kind.

 Miscellaneous drawings made from brain mush. The second one is suppose to be "One Eye" from Thriller: A Cruel Picture (the narrator of the trailer sounds so rad! I'm sure he's the same guy who narrated I Spit on Your Grave, which is kind of funny since they're both rape revenge films). She turned out more "cutesy" looking than I intended, which is okay since I still had a lot of fun experimenting.

-aKino

Characters Welcomed

Trying to fight another itis, my boyfriend and I are such savages at buffets. I feel somewhat accomplished when I make multiple posts once in a while. Onward with sketches, before I get too distracted by House. 

I can't spell her name correctly to save my life. Here is "Saoirse", an original character by Laura Spicer. We promised each other an art trade where we are not only each other's character, but also giving them a buddy or mate. She'll be challenging my "Lady Dog". These sketches are just studies, but they were a lot of fun. 

More "Hair Monster" ideas that I'd like to move on a grander scale. Although I got more wall space to work with, thanks to moving in with the boyfriend, I still haven't gotten full license to poke a bunch of holes in them. Before that, I gotta finish two commissions... I miss drawing big.  

Forever 21 "Cutout Ombreé Pullover" that I was tempted to buy but (I guess, thankfully) could not afford. They sold in a heartbeat anyways. Apparently, cutout shirts are "in" this season. I've been trying to make my own, but my t-shirt reconstructions have been unsuccessful thus far.  

-aKino

Little Digital Experiments

Some digital drawings I found in my files. I figured I'll post these experiments before I scrap 'em. Apparently, I draw a lot of bunnies wearing (same) blue dresses when I'm doodling on the computer. 

I downloaded these cool pencil brushes. They're pretty sweet!  

Attempting line art without the pen tool... FAIL. I colored her in to make the mistakes look a less severe. I like this brush setting though. It's soft and painterly. 

Hard brush with a canvas texture, not a huge fan. It looks too bumpy. 

A more recent unfinished bunny sketch. I like this style a lot since I get to go back and forth between drawing and painting. I need to learn how to draw proper backgrounds instead of copping out with gradients of colors. 

I relearned how to use the pen tool and wanted to make a fake screencap. Gill and Santi (Santiago) from my secret webcomic project. Other sketches of them can be found here and here. I really do want to make this webcomic a reality, but my writing is suffering. I want my characters and story to be 100% before I draw anything. 

A mini self-portrait done to experiment with the way I painted on Photoshop. 

I liked the process in my mini self-portrait, so I decided to try it out with a different subject. I don't know if I'll ever finish this "Octolady", so posting what I have now. 

-aKino

Splash of Color II

It is FREEZING in New England today. Random color studies from paintings to doodles, but mostly doodles. 

Part of this series. Acrylic color study for a painting I did for the boyfriend. 

Yes, a "Bitch Pudding" fanart for the hell of it. 

I'll definitely be uploading more digital experiments soon. 

-aKino