Lagomorphosis - Vin's Sketches

[Novbert]

Some nice character design here, but my favourites are those enviros. Your coloring schemes are awesome.
Keep on sketching!

[vineris]

Hey, I've figured out how to post older attachments! Yay!

CHOW 125 (I think):


Self-portrait for Self-Portrait Day (photoref):


Started working on the mummy for Hallowe'en CHOW:


But decided to go with more stylized movie monsters instead. Here's a stab at Dracula:


I'll be working on some more movie monsters next, then maybe a few old CHOW designs, and then I should probably get back to environments, since I need the practice and people seem to like them. Thanks for the comments, everyone!

[zou]

hi vineris


your late sketches looks very promising.

The selfportrait is very good (keep those bold stokes)

be aware of proportions (just a reminder)

and post moaaaaaaar

[vineris]

Thanks Zou! Definitely need to work harder.

The wolfman for CHOW:



A sketch from one of the Drawingboard Jams:

[hopebay]

Great sketchbook! I'm really digging your character designs, especially the caricatures. =)

I particularly like your pen and maker environment studies. There's a great energy and flow to them. Keep 'em coming! =D

[majortom]

I really like your fun style, your caricatures are so awesome! I feel though that they could be stronger if you put more gesture in them. Even your last female figure doesn't seem to really be standing and seems off-balance, but in your characters it seems all a little too stiff. Create more movement in the pose and there will be more interest, but also to really get into that feeling of movement. Keep at it, your style is pretty unique!

[vineris]

@hopebay - Thanks! I should get back to doing the environment studies. I need the practice!
@majortom - The ref for that figure was definitely odd. I think I didn't throw her hip out to the side enough. I'll have to correct it when and if I do a cleanup. Thanks for the suggestions for things to work on!

Did a lot of sketching this week but I'm really behind on scanning and I can't find half the stuff I want to scan in the great pile of paper.

Something that will likely make a good illo:



And some sketches from life from earlier in the year:

[kittymeow84]

You have the cutest style - and I really love your sketches. The characters are all so well drawn. Love the more relaxed and free stuff if you know what I mean

[vineris]

Sketch from a cartoonist get-together this summer:



Chow 180 (Steampunk Harem):





Scandinavian-inspired dwarf woman:

[vineris]

Here's that illustration from earlier, finished up:

[vineris]

Working my way through some old CHOWs.

[vineris]

[vineris]

I would just like to say... that it was -46C here this past weekend. And I was prepared.

[vineris]

Just a quickie from last night:

[vineris]

Getting back into painting over Christmas break. Acrylic on watercolour paper.

[vineris]

Just some rough & unfinished stuff to prove I haven't been a complete slacker. Have two acrylic paintings in progress and at least one digital pic, but work is sloooow.

[GoGoJojo]

Your "In your face!" made me laugh. Last winter we had a snow storm that was pretty big, considering where I live. I was walking to the store and I saw high heel footprints in the snow. People...

[vineris]

@GoGoJo - I don't know how some people manage to scoot around in high heels in the winter. It's like a broken leg waiting to happen! I can't even walk in those things on solid ground.

Aaanyway. I've been half-slacking. Actually, I've mostly been slacking at scanning.

A couple comic characters:

[vineris]

Need to scaaan more craaaap... Lalalala....

Anyway. Pirate ladies!

[vineris]

[GoGoJojo]

You really have a good sense of color, something I have yet to get my bearings on. Good job!!

[Turbosnail]

Nice start to your SB vineris!! I particularly liked your enviros on page 1 and your mushrooms still life. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[vineris]

Some PITT brush-pen sketches done on Post-It notes:

[vineris]

A few more sketchies.

Mermaid from last summer. Sat around by the harbour, sketching while my guy played guitar:


Screwing around with Harmony:


Some animal characters, maybe for a kids' comic:

[vineris]

The first painting I did on my own after taking Painting I:



Lately I've been playing around with making weird idol-inspired paintings:




And a little ACEO (ink, markers and pencil crayons):

[vineris]

More acrylic paintings heading to an art fair later this summer:




Alot of Questions:



Something I never managed to finish in time for the Movie Monster CHOW:



And Andromeda for CHOW 201:

[Metal Fingers]

nice update although on the latest CHOW, i think if you were to widen the canvas and put the monsters face a little further down so we could see the whole thing it would strengthen the composition a bit. Cheers!

[AustenFM]

Heyyy, cool work in here, i dig your varied style and subject matter, fun stuff! No real crits, my only problem is that you dont update often enough...!

Lookin' forward to more!

[zou]

yeah varied style

i like it very much , keep experimenting

[vineris]

@Metal Fingers - yeah, I think the composition could have used some adjustment. I forgot to ink its other fin, too. Live and learn!

@AustenFM and zou - thanks a bunch!

Some more Chow attempts:

Chow 200 (Monarch of Music):


Preliminary design for Chow 203 (Rosie the Necromancy student):


Final for Chow 202 (World Fighting Tournament):


And a crummy speedpainting that didn't quite work out but I needed to get out of my system. No ref.