Art Update: Beginning Landscape Painting, a Brush pen sketch, etc

Spring is in session~

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 out of date much?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