College work, uni applications and all that junk.

Been ages since I've updated this blog... Been busy with college projects and building my portfolio, so I can guarantee that I haven't stopped drawing at all, which is always a plus right?

It's been pretty hectic these past few months, worrying about which university to apply to... What work needs to be done for what date and the whole "try to improve your art skills" thing. Then again thats a constant goal for an artsist isn't it?

But to be fair, I have also been busy...Ehh...Playing video games. Yes. That means busy. It gave me inspiration to draw so no complaints from me! It's fun AND inspiring, and because it's drawing it's double the fun! Even better. :D

I have been meaning to post some life drawing over here for a looooong time now, and I actually do have some stuff to throw up here for those who still check back here! Prepare to be blinded by my horrible attempts at anatomy!
I will try and post the rest at a later date, once my portfolios have been sent around to the Universities I have applied to.

Hope you've all been keeping well! I gotta get back to working on these deadline hehe.

Toodles!

Some doodles!

Just thought I'd pop over here and upload a few sketches I've done. Nothing finished, just doodles with colour thrown here and there!

Last weekend I went out with my friends for a good ol' movie day. Although we really never got around to actually watching anything because we were too busy talking, laughing, hitting and hugging each other. We also got ourselves lost late at night trying to chum one another home! It was great fun, I'm really gonna miss them so badly.... But that doesn't mean I can't go and visit them all on Wednesdays mwehehehe. We also decided that we should all hang out more at weekends and t never finalize my leavingness with a traditional shirt signing. I'm rather thankful of that actually, it'd make me get all weepy and I hate being like that!

We also began planning what's gonna happen for my birthday. So far its just going to be a two day movie fest with snacks and video game playing. Sounds like a perfect party to me! As long as they come over and hang out with the lonely sod which is me. Can't wait!

Anyway, I must be off. Gotta keep cleaning up the house, new carpets are being fitted tomorrow.

Enjoy the sketches and hope you're all keeping well!

Art Block.

How does one break this horrible thing of utter evil and causer of copious amounts of artistic stress? I know that the majority of artists out there are thinking, "You're a complaining teen with no sense, shut the Hell up!" and you're possibly right. But I do have a few techniques for ridding yourself of this thorn in your side once and for all if you keep it up.

The first option is no secret, watch a movie or listen to some new music. Inspiration is an easy thing to find through these forms of media, as one knows there are hundreds of thousands of each to keep one preoccupied for a life time. But what if you find yourself too lazy to watch a movie or look for new music, or you don't even have time to do so?

This brings me to another option, based off a game that is played in our school on the last few days of school. What you do is simply scribble in 3 or 4 places, and try and see if you can create something from the scribbles you have made. You needn't be strict either, let the ideas flow from there! After you've got one nailed see if you can continue with the theme, I've found this can generate quite a few interesting designs for myself. There's a sample at the end of this blog, but I only had time to do two.

Another is a game I play with some of my friends over at Art Grounds. What you do is ask someone to give you three objects, and two animals. You then think of something interesting that involves all of the named objects and doodle it down! It's a great way to get the ideas flowing and can also generate a few laughs in the process. Of course you can change the two animals into any being you wish depending on your preference. Never any solid rules for these things haha.

Another technique I've seen around is simply sifting through a news paper and picking out ten words. You then doodle up the first thing that comes to mind. I haven't really ever used this technique, but hey it's the artists preference and each one of us is different.

Now if you'll pardon me I'm going to go and doodle some more and perhaps endulge in some good ol' Mario Kart. Enjoy your day guys!