Doodle-loo Apology

A zombie girl doodle that I got carried away with instead of scanning and uploading actual sketchbook drawings. SORRY. for eating your boifriend. ♥ 

-aKino

Pencils GaGalore!

Time to get off my lazy arse and upload some sketches while I can. Drawing keeps me from killing everybody. It also distracts me from reality. 

I need to give the big sketchbook more attention.  

The sketches on black paper were practices for a job interview. Unfortunately, I didn't get the job, but these drawings were still worth doing. It pushes me to think in colors and forms as opposed to lines and values. Hopefully, I can make the images look more painterly since they look very static right now. I guess it's the slight nervousness of trying something new. 

Decided to upload a better image of this sketch since I'm pretty fond of it. See it in full on my website. 

Obviously, that line's been stuck in my head. 

The Binding of Issaac fanart because I've been hooked on that game! It's not exactly a family friendly game, but it's so adorably drawn you'll wanna share it with your family. 

-aKino

Small Sketches

Too lazy to put them through the scanner. I feel like a hipster with a small, traditional bound sketchbook as opposed to my usual 11"x14" spiral bound one. Two of these sketches were done on the plane ride to Japan. 

Oh, why did I ever stop using colored pencils?

-aKino

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