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January Art Dump
Jan. 27th, 2021 01:19 pmI figured I haven't done a sketch dump in a while so I'm going to post some WIP and stuff. As usual, click on them to see the big versions.
The Ecstasy of St. Beryl - St. Beryl isn't real, by the way. At least not that I'm aware of. But in Muna, she's the patron saint of animal healers. Her story says that she was struck by lightning on multiple occasions. She lived in a hilly but open area and was constantly outdoors tending livestock or doing gardening work. After one strike, she was said to have developed the ability to understand animals' speech, including that of bugs, frogs, and other small creatures. Knowing that, she was able to help animals that came to her in distress. She is also, obviously, patron of lightning strike survivors. This one's coming along nicely, except that I think the halo of electricity needs to be wider, and I think I made the isopod way too cute.
The bug and caterpillar are huge on purpose, I wanted to give it a feeling of being iconography that is unfamiliar. You know it means something, but since you're a stranger around here, you aren't sure what.
Hilly Landscape - literally just practicing landscapes.
Moon Moth and Deer - this needs a better title. I spent some time this morning adding the shading and started doing some color on the moth. So the color looks a little muddy at the moment. I actually sketched this same idea twice, apparently forgetting after the first time. But I like this version better - the earlier one had a reindeer, and I don't think reindeer and luna moths share a biome.
Plague Doctor Sketch Page - This is the result of about fifteen minutes of drawing and about seven years of thinking. I don't recall when I first had the idea that Plague Doctors aren't wearing that outfit for protection only, but it's also because they're ... different ... under there. So I've been toying with the idea of a series of images of a Plague Doc and it's child, following the young one's education and eventual ability to practice on its own. Obviously these are just rough ideas and I'll flesh each one out as a separate image later.
Aside from that, I'm starting to sleep deeply a little more, so perhaps the magnesium is working. I might sleep better tonight anyway since it is supposed to get cold again. We've been suffering through a couple of days of high 70s and 80s, for whatever reason. I still feel like a bit of a zombie today but not so bad. Yesterday was kind of rough, as I'm not used to my Tuesdays being so jam-packed busy but it was almost non-stop. Whereas today I had time to clean these images up some and upload them. Anyway, hopefully some good sleep tonight and more art time tomorrow.
The Ecstasy of St. Beryl - St. Beryl isn't real, by the way. At least not that I'm aware of. But in Muna, she's the patron saint of animal healers. Her story says that she was struck by lightning on multiple occasions. She lived in a hilly but open area and was constantly outdoors tending livestock or doing gardening work. After one strike, she was said to have developed the ability to understand animals' speech, including that of bugs, frogs, and other small creatures. Knowing that, she was able to help animals that came to her in distress. She is also, obviously, patron of lightning strike survivors. This one's coming along nicely, except that I think the halo of electricity needs to be wider, and I think I made the isopod way too cute.The bug and caterpillar are huge on purpose, I wanted to give it a feeling of being iconography that is unfamiliar. You know it means something, but since you're a stranger around here, you aren't sure what.
Hilly Landscape - literally just practicing landscapes.
Moon Moth and Deer - this needs a better title. I spent some time this morning adding the shading and started doing some color on the moth. So the color looks a little muddy at the moment. I actually sketched this same idea twice, apparently forgetting after the first time. But I like this version better - the earlier one had a reindeer, and I don't think reindeer and luna moths share a biome.
Plague Doctor Sketch Page - This is the result of about fifteen minutes of drawing and about seven years of thinking. I don't recall when I first had the idea that Plague Doctors aren't wearing that outfit for protection only, but it's also because they're ... different ... under there. So I've been toying with the idea of a series of images of a Plague Doc and it's child, following the young one's education and eventual ability to practice on its own. Obviously these are just rough ideas and I'll flesh each one out as a separate image later.Aside from that, I'm starting to sleep deeply a little more, so perhaps the magnesium is working. I might sleep better tonight anyway since it is supposed to get cold again. We've been suffering through a couple of days of high 70s and 80s, for whatever reason. I still feel like a bit of a zombie today but not so bad. Yesterday was kind of rough, as I'm not used to my Tuesdays being so jam-packed busy but it was almost non-stop. Whereas today I had time to clean these images up some and upload them. Anyway, hopefully some good sleep tonight and more art time tomorrow.
