tiny self-portrait

Sorry for the long absence....holidays always are so very busy.
But now I'm back on track - College stars again next week and I really need to get my creativity to sprout (but even more important - I'm in urgent need of a desk. Since I moved house in June I don't have one and I just can't work like this!! :/)

So yeah, first of all some more StudioDiamond work.
Theme this month was to produce a tiny self-portrait which can be used as a motif for buttons as well as for our homepage to introduce ourselves and our styles.
It's really interesting to see each others work. The different styles and personalities turned out so very well, I love them all.:)
 So this is my contribution. It was a quick and tiny thing but I really enjoyed it though.:3

 media: copic ciao marker, coloured pen, sepia pen, white gel pen
time: 2 hours

Ocean Tales

 

I managed to scan it even today.:3 The scanner at the Uni is absolutely fantastic! Wish I would own it...

I didn't even had to edit it afterwards, just added some more realistic bubbles using these gorgeous brushes in gimp.

I'm quite satisfied with the result, hope some people will like it.:3

16 hours needed in total....need to sleep now.<3

Ocean Tales - W.I.P. -II-

Some more steps of my newest artwork.:) I really enjoy painting such a huge and detailed picture again finally.:D (okay it's only A3 but for me thats huge ^-^)

Octopus...'head' thingy (I know, it's way to small for the huge heads they have..^^°)

Anatomy fail -.-

Defining the tentacles.:D I loved them at first and hated them at the end. haha

Although I've not even painted all eight of them. ._.

The details and folds of the skirt have also been quite time-consuming, and I wasn't really sure if the violet would work, but I quite like it this way.:3

Some details so far.:D

Again, these are just very blurred photographs...

I'll take the finished painting to the Uni tomorrow to scann it there.:3

Ocean Tales - W.I.P.

Okay I've just realized that I don't like the idea for my newest Studio Diamond contribution anymore. : /
It just popped up in my mind that I want to do something ocean related, and I started straight away without doing any colour- or characterstudies before, what's a bad thing I know.. ._.°
I'm just behind time so badly again, and have to contribute soon.

Some W.I.P. so far~

 

composition sketch                 sketch                  outlines

                  tracing process onto the primed water colour paper

first wash (I always have to force myself to keep on going and not putting it into the bin at this stage, because it simply looks so...poor xD"

 

 further washes to get at least the lady in shape :3 Colouring the hair and the skin is always the most exciting part for me. And the costume design of course.<3
(just photographs, so sorry for the bad quality and bleached colours...)

8 hours so far...already...gosh I'm so slow.x.X"

Now I've to finish the erm...octopus or whatever and the background... I'm running out of time!!>.<

Studio Diamond

Together with seven other German Artists I'm in a small Group called 'Studio Diamond'. We're only active since a couple of month but our plan is to sell some prints, poster, bookmarks, postcards, etc. with our artworks in the near future. Therefore we decide on a certain theme every two month, to which each of us has to create an illustration.
The theme for this month is 'fairy tale', deadline is this Friday...ahah :,D
I know I'm starting way to late again but anyway~ The picture is in my head since quite a while. I just have to bring it down onto paper.<3

Here are some colour studies for the characters I did today.:3