Art Brawl

So, me and my friend, Kevin, have been giving each other little art challenges to keep us from slacking off during the summer. These are some of my favorites from the ones I have done. The one above is a caricature of Kevin. The challenge was to just draw each other. 

Challege: Draw yourself in the style of Gravity Falls (which is, by the way, one of the best animated TV shows out there). This one was probably the funnest to do. 

 Challenge: Awkward date scene. 

Challenge: Draw a mermaid. 

One Odd Pinup

I was doing some mostly-landscape paintings and was feeling pretty bummed about them, so I resorted to doodling...and then this happened.

Monsters and Aliens, oh my.

Oh hey, character designs! I barely ever draw creatures, so I decided to step away from human characters and try to make some cool monsters/aliens. I started with the silhouettes above and then translated those to an actual drawing. This whole process was really quick. Everything took me less than an hour to make. Below are the three designs I liked the most. I tried to step away from cute...but that didn't work at all.

Also, bonus 5 minute Korra sketch; because, why not?

Plantains Make Everything Better

Just a quick still life painting. I tried to focus first on value and then on color, eliminating detail from my priority list. Overall, I had a lot of fun doing this quick piece; maybe it was because of the plantains.

I mean seriously, you should try them sometime. They are delicious.

Doggies with Hobbies

Ha! I made it rhyme.

This is a just-for-fun piece. I just wanted to make something fun and most preferably involving dogs and their careers. It was definitely a nice break from summer classes and overall academic studies. I will also be printing it on some canvas fabric soon for a little project I have so I might post pictures of that later.

In all seriousness though, what would your dog's career be?

A portrait and shtuff.

Just a quick painting I did of my good friend Megan. I tried doing this in color, but quickly ran away from it. I just wanted to focus on likeness and shape without having color get in the way. Plus, it's always fun drawing friends you miss!

The Nervous Groom

Just a quick doodle done under an hour. I used a Cup O'Doodle...well, doodle as the base. I think I'll start doing more of these. It's a nice break from all the academic studies I've been doing. (: