So here's 4 of a proposed 9 paintings...the ones that are closest to completion.  Super-small images here, simply because they're not done yet.   But I wanted some kind of evidence I could point to showing that I am, in fact, moving forward on these.   Sometimes I need to kick myself in the ass, y'know?

 

Monster Women - change of approach

Two early practice bits for the Monster Women project, that began with the Shuna Sassi study that I posted almost a year ago.  After working feverishly on it for a couple months, I became distracted by other shiny objects.  In the interim I've kind of re-thought the project a bit, and decided to focus on more of a classic pinup vibe - I want some Cheese with the Saucy.  This also gives me a perfectly valid excuse (not that I necessarily need one) to diligently pore over some Elvgren & co. 

To that end, these two are out.  No longer fit the guidelines, like a bunch of other things I had started.

Sketchbookin'

More sketchbook stuff.  I've been drawing in pencil lately, which is a bit surreal.  The last few years I've forgone pencil entirely, just gone straight to pen - construction lines be damned!  I definitely enjoy the chaos of just working in pen - when you screw up, you have to find a way to fix it that still incorporates your error.  On the other hand, to paraphrase Neal Stephenson, pencils are a really good technology.  More fun than I'd remembered.  Damn you, artistic ADD.  Damn you.

Ridiculous Sketchbook Doodles, Part I

Positively silly sketchbook stuff.  And a brief Note to Self:
  Relax.  Tomorrow's a whole new chance at awesome.

Belated birthday gift...

Birthday present for my sister.  William Morris portrait, combined from a photo of him as an older man with amazingly unkempt hair, color palette from a portrait of him as a much younger man, background a re-painted version of one of his wallpaper designs.  As always, my design/composition is fairly rubbish...but I'm fairly pleased with the colors.  And my technique seems to be improving, so that's good.

...and here's the actual cover.

There it is, all glued-up & finished.  Overall I'm pretty pleased...definitely hit a few snags.  But I know how to make a better cover next time.

all paper edges were coated in multiple layers of white glue, both interior and exterior.  Makes for a surprisingly solid structure, which was great considering how much material I was removing from the text block.  I used the original foam insert from the packaging to lock the tablet in place, but that meant the remaining page borders were between 3/8ths and 1/4 of an inch.  So it certainly needed a lot of strengthening.
All that remains is to air it out to remove the smell of E-6000 (really good industrial glue)...

oof.

FINALLY got frustrated enough with this to just print it.  Fake pulp-cover from Miskatonic Press, to be applied to the hollowed-out book that will soon house my new (non-stylus-enabled) tablet.  Yes, another tablet.  But this one is much more useful for regular day-to-day things, as opposed to Ye Art.

Will post pics if/when I actually get the transfer applied to the book.