Oekaki tte nan desu ka?

Oekaki （お絵描き） literally means "sketch" or "drawing" in Japanese. Oekaki when it is referring to the internet is basically drawing in pixels, usually done by a graphics program on the web server/website itself, uploaded to BBS and then posted along with other users oekaki. It is very popular.

I wanted to find something like Conceptart.org (which I don't I go to) and CGHub, but in Japanese language and found a website called "Pixiv" which basically, is a Japanese equivalent of Deviant art. I registered and looked at the bottom of the site and noticed there was a Pixiv chat function. Curious about this, I clicked such a link, and found myself in front of a page with basically live oekaki paint sections. So you can walk into these rooms and while you paint, you can chat with users. I think this is a big plus for me, not only because I can talk to people abroad, but I can use/study my Japanese while working on my color theory/painting skills at the same time. So yes... Oekaki.. (The bunny car is mine btw)

Art Update: 30 minute portrait

Speed painting I guess.

Painting: Midnight Painting

Painted in a few hours and it was late. I'm more impressed I did this without reference. Shows I've learned a lot:





Logo I'm futzing around for this blog. Looks kinda New Age-y :/...but I kinda like it how it is. I need some more weight on the right side before it 'feels right':

Painting: Woman in white dress

This needs a blog entry of it's own because there's so much! I've changed this painting a lot and probably will continue to (That's just the nature of my way of painting...). But I kinda finished it once and thought "no, I want something different" so it's still in progress. Anyway, here is the chronological order. Start to near finish and the awkward middles...
















This is the one I thought looked finished:



And this is where I'm at now:

Art Update: Wow.. out of date much?

I think a blog got deleted somewhere, so a couple of these might be repeats. Maybe.

By Month...


January




February











Digitals... February








March

















Digitals... March

Art Update: Couple's Painting...

Still working on it.

Art Update: Smudgey Face Couple

Getting somewhere...

Art Update: "Couple" (more progress)

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I UPDATED! No really, I want to, but for some reason I can't gather the words to do so, even though its "safer just to write my whole life down". har har

Art Update: Moor

Amanderz Painting: More Revisions

It's got an overpainting on it so it's not tidy, but I'm not sure how I feel about the progression from the original face. It looks more like her, but on the other hand the original underpainting captured something I think I kinda lost (or let slip). That will happen with any original sketch/underpainting, but still... meh.

I'll ask her about it.

Art Update: More on the Amanderz Painting

So something happened to Brent that made him look like George Lopez. I guess I shouldn't have bothered to work on Brent until I got the concept down (will note that next time). I tend to paint and make things up as a go along. It's not a very good habit of mine, but it works. I did similar with the Bessy painting (kitty painting), but in that one I had a full feeling and I just had to intuitively put it on canvas. I guess that's one way to work.

I've done a lot of sketching, and I need to get those up here. I'm thinking of scanning my sketchbooks (no matter how horrible and good they are) into PDF format and putting them up here. Why? Because even for me, it's kinda nice to go back and see what I've been doing. I need to buy another one, because I just filled up my other small one. I need to ask a friend where she got a sketchbook in Japan, because I fell in love with it's paper. I can't find any bound sketchbooks that have like that paper quality, but it's not quite as thick? It's a smooth smooth surface. I guess it's kinda like Bristol paper for pen work. But you know, I don't know, because I've never used Bristol but as far as I'm aware, that's the difference.