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One and All! The sun's out today...and I'm stuck inside the house! =( So I've occupied myself in photoshop trying to improve my anatomy work...though it's a cover to perv on male bodies..like I do >=D

Sigh. But seriously..everytime I'm inside the sun's out..everytime I'm outside rain starts pouring. GAH! Get it right dummy weather!

So I guess I'll give y'all a sneak peak of some yummy goods I've been working on (yes...I HAVE been slacking on the art requests part..sorry >_<")

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I've never done anatomy work in photoshop before, usually prefering to work with pencil and inks, but there's a first time for everything eh!?!
I kind of actually like it xD The pecs are looking nice ahah, though the left arm is kinda short..but I'll correct that when I'm on it.

It's actually quite nice to work on anatomy in photoshop, probably due to the easiness in switching between black and white to create the highlights and shadows of the muscles, rather than the boldness that inks give off.
ALTHOUGH! =_=" It gets quite fiddly and I'm prone to bogging down on detail rather than considering the entire piece as a whole. So gah. But I guess it's a good learning experience and I'm improving my skills.


Before I sign off till next time, I wanted to share with you guys a few photos that my friend took on her camera with her new lense on our photo day out. I think the lense details are f/1.8 50mm, although she changed it to f/2.0, if that makes any sense to the photographers out there >:D...It's currently all a pile of techno language to me right now, though I really want to learn! It's the lense that specialises in portraiture shots and my gosh is it amazing!

My fav shots:

Well guys, enjoy the photos!
Sun's setting. :)
Hope you're all well and revising for those exams ;D
aha. Happy Easter <3
K.Y.T
4.4.10
19:12

Kal-Robo 10 + New sketch

Well, it's been a while since I last blogged and thought it high time to update you guys on what I've been working on. I've also been planning a layout change for my blog..but for my new vision to happen, I'm going to need to improve my digital painting in photoshop. =D So stay tuned hehe. =]

Right. Well..as many of you know I've finally convinced my mum to let me suscribe to Imagine FX, and omgosh what good timing too! The christmas offers have come on and ahh <3 I got a very good discount...one I can't remember the details of, but good nevertheless. But the point is, the new issue just came through the post and came with its very own Kalo-robot 2010!! Took me about an hour to cut and make, but its been worth it!! Ahh the cutest thing ever!!
The first image shows the face of the cute robot and as seen , the month face can be removed and replaced according to the current month. The send photo shows the back of the robot ahh!! ISNT IT CUTE!! comes with 3D ears hands and feet ahh <3

The templates can be found on http://www.cubeecraft.com/ under 'Designer Originals'. Totally the coolest thing everr!! haha

Mmm..next next. I've been trying to improve my anatomy for women...cause I find them much easier to draw than the male figure on most days. My latest piece :

I've pretty much got the position pat down. I find it easier to get the pose right by blocking in little thumbnails of what the position could look like in photoshop and fix on one that I like, then lay down the lines. So thats the result so far ;D

Well guys, apart from my clear ignorance of the closeness of Jan exams, I'm doing pretty good.

But I'm going to sign out right now and lay down some more designs for that dress of hers.

Much love as always

K.Y.T

15.1209

23:56

Direction

Hey guys, it has been super boring lately. Nothing is happening, nothing is planned anymore, just watching the clock tick as the days go by. Revision....my....what has happened to that notion???

SIGH.

But I guess lately, I've been sketching more, and just basically laying down ideas for some compositions I've been having in mind. Been raving about the female anatomy aswell...haha...so I took Gil Elvgren under my wing to get some inspiration and DAMN, it has been good.
For the non artists, Gil Elvgren is THE best pin-up artist in the history of American illustration. Working mostly with oil on canvas, his illustrations are by far one of the most amazing renderings of pin-up girls I have ever seen. Seriously someone to look into if you want to digest the female anatomy.

I've also been getting loads of ideas for compositions with mechs in them...and the only thing stopping me from going all out is that I can't put pen to paper with robots. I see it in my mind, but no, hand is not cooperating again. *sigh* Is this the never ending cycle of learning that artists have to go through TT___TT"????

Anyways, it's late...but I'll leave you all with a Mech girl sketch ;]

It's not finished...and the anatomy is wrong in places because I couldn't find a suitable reference, but it's just laying down the character specifics before I do the final piece.

As you have most probably realised....I am NOT good at drawing arms. No matter what I do, they just look odd...so another thing on the list of stuff to learn. *sigh*

Well my lovelies, I'm signing out.
Much love as always,
K.Y.T
17.11.09
02:22

Artist update??

Yoo my wonderful readers. How's it all going? Some of you have asked me where the hell has all my updates on artwork gone....and LOL.....but currently my 'completed' work has amounted to ZERO...zip..zilch...nadda...and my 'in progress' work is currently toppling over me.

I was flipping through my sketchbook today and realised that I've hardly finished any piece I've started. Kind of depressing, but sometimes when I mull over a piece too much I never finish it..and then I have a sudden burst to start up an idea that's suddenly hit me. So apologies guys. I promise to be more efficient.

So as compensation...I might as well show you some of my in progress pieces...some you ight have seen before...but I've updated it, cleaned out some lines, laid out some more ideas on paper and etc. Most of these are the second to third sketches...a more solid layout of the original idea.

First...as most of you know..if you've been following my past few blogs, that I've had some major Disney animation lovage that's hit me since I saw the animation preview of  'The making of The Princess and The Frog', which features Disney's first black princess. I think the design is absolutely breathtaking and am so pleased that Disney's returned to their original roots of 2D animation. So look out for its release this coming December.

This piece actually shows stage 1 of my art process.
I've just basically laid down the basic shapes and the positions of the charcters, so it doesn't look like much at the moment.

It's taken from one of my all time favourite Disney shows, Beauty and the Beast.
The charcters, storyline, compositions and orchestral pieces are phenomenal. I've watched it so many times, I swear I've memories the actors lines and all the animation processes xD hahaha
Obsessed or what.

ps: This film was released in 1991 ;] The year of my birth...ack I was so happy to find that lil fact out xD

As you all know, my love for Young Bae (aka Tae Yang to BB fans) has been endless haha xD So I thought it's definitely high time I've dedicated a portrait to him. I actually found a reference pic to this on the internet...but it was a tad on the smal side...so I'm having to guess the general layout of his oh so nice body. SIGH. I WANT A LIFE SIZE YB. <3 ;]

This next one I started recently. In fact I laid down the guidelines after practice on Friday...hehe =] This ones also from a referece I found on google. I need to take my cam to lessons from now on to capture some real art forms in action ;].

The one of Kamina you guys ahve definitely seen if you're on my Facebook. It's long overdued guys and I'm sorry =[ But I've cleaned up the sketch lines and I'm finally laying down the final product....so hoefully it'll be finished soon. <3

 

GAHHH blogspot is being so slow and annoying right now. Plus I don't really like the new system they have for uploading pictures. I can't get the to position how I envision it and damn its frustrating. So where was I??

Oh right. Kamina....next some of you might recognise Candy Candy. It's my mums favourite animation when she was a kid and though it's been banned from stored because of a dispute with money issues between the artist and storyboard producer was it?? I can't remember...the legend that was Candy Candy has become a thing of the past. But I've managed to get my hands on the manga series...though each page on the comic has been reduced to quarter of it's orginal size TT__TT and I've managed to scout out the anime...I'm not sure if its the original but according to mother...it's pretty close to how it used to be. The manga drawings are....WOH. just no words to describe the artists unique skill. Definitely recommended if you can find yourself a copy.

Then the rest of the works are just original pieces I've been working on. Most of it has a circus or performing theme in mind...mm.

The last drawing is just a sketch I wanted to plot down for a position I've been having in mind. Something might come out of it..I'll see.

Well...since my internet is lagging like a bitch...It's time I say goodbye before I whack my screen in frustration. hmm I feel like some good anime rapage...so ciao my lovelies....I hope I haven't disappointed any of you with my lack of progress, and I'm sorry everythin is so slow lately.

Signing out,

K.Y.T

28.10.09

20:28

Oh September...

Bloody Hellll!!!!. =_=" For the past 2 hours I've been trying to push my new WIP title up there to the left so it spans out the width of the screen...but no..blogger has decided that today was the day it would make my life difficult.
I won't even begin to explain how much I hate html right now and how it won't do my bidding. *sigh* someone please help me...I think Ive gone through enough trail and error to last for a long while. Ive managed to push it to the left when I edit the 'outter wrap' in 'Edit html', but then the ENTIRE page is pushed to the left =_=. how DUMB. I can't seem to shift the posts right after that!! GAHHHH! I want the posts to remain in their CURRENT position and for the header to start off completely to the left. No outter wrappig business going down or, padding...or what ever crap they have decided to name it.
*breathe*

*pheww*

right.
Can you believe it's september??..TT__TT" I can't either. Why is time flying so quicly when I don't want it to?? It's not like I'm even trying to preoccupy myself with anything at home. I thought time was supposed to go SLOWLY when you're bored??...hmm guess not then =S.
Well...it's almost 3 AM ..internet signal's been giving me the finger lately...it's clearly had enough of me..haha
so ciao while this still works. =]
much love

K.Y.T
10.9.09
2:48

Sigh...

SIGH indeeed my lovelies!!
Officially only 5 days left of high school life!! >br> YES BABY!!...so lately...
1. drooling over Taylor's new HAWT body..
2. stressing over exams..(there's a in-depth story below....)
3. doodling..trying new styles in photoshop..
4. invest in a new tablet?? dunno..I find mine is really constricting, in that it's too small and my wrist is dying..xD
5. INVESTIGATING MALE CONTOURS ;] ;] in the words of my dear friend ;]

Anyways, I've been recovering from my horrendous all nighter from thursday night's/friday morning's revision cram of Unit 6 Economics. That was a disaster. I thought I was going to vomit and lose consciousness in the exam. The actual exam was ok I guess, it could have actually been about the phillips curve or the EU, then I'd REALLY be sent into A&E.
But enough about exmas...(IVE ONLY GOT 2 LEFT HOORRRRAA!!)
I've been doodling lately..as I've mention up above...
I'm quite happy with the results..though it's still WIP...it was just quickly CGed to get me into the mood of the picture...:

There's two more to come and I would put up the sketches but I have yet to scan it into the comp...so watch this space.. =]

MUCH LOVE
brb ;]
KYT
13.6.09
21:36