Illustration Friday: Liquid

It's that time again!

For this week's topic I started doodling some water splashes in photoshop and it eventually evolved into a fish. I've been studying Korean lately (I'm half Korean but never fully learned the language), so the Korean word for 'fish' or '물고기' (mulgogi) came to mind, which literally means water (mul/물) meat (gogi/고기), which I find pretty amusing. I thought this might make a nice book/cd cover or something, so I added my name at the bottom as the author.

What's this, updates?

Yikes, it's been a while since I updated, and unless you follow me on tumblr, dA, or the facebooks you might be in the dark, so here's some (semi) recent work:

 Oooh, a shiny tiger. 

A made up book cover for my portfolio. I've been toying with a bit more of graphic, retro style recently. I kinda dig it. But what's with that funny name? (hint: it's an anagram.)

This one was a lot of fun to do. I LOVE night scenes, and I also have a ridiculous obsession with string lights/lanterns, so sort of a win-win here. Besides, ramen is awesome. 

And as a little bonus a process gif! A bit too much of a jump between the first two frames, but oh well.

Illustration Friday: 'Storm'

A little somethin' somethin' for Illustration Friday, which I've neglected for a while. The theme is 'storm'. 

Process:

Giants Under the Sun

Messin' around with some more environments...

Admittedly this one is pretty Roger Dean-inspired.

Here's the process-  as you can kind of see I just sort of made it up and changed things as I went along.

Journey to the Edge of the World - with process!

A recent illustration - mostly experimenting with colored lines and backgrounds.

Process GIF! Usually I'll draw the line art first but sometimes it's fun to go backwards.

Foxes (aka Autumn Eternal)

Okay, this one's kinda late on here.

But hey, check out the inks, pencils, and thumbnail:

I totally forgot to do a coloring process, sorry! The coloring here was really simple though, so I suppose you're not missing much.

Some new (and not so new) art, and the Pokemonathon

I realize I've neglected this blog quite a bit in favor of DA and Tumblr (hey, it's rough keeping all these things up  to date) so here's a little look at what I've done in the last few months.

First off, I've been participating in a little illustration challenge which is the Pokemonathon over on Tumblr. I thought it'd be fun to do in my free time. And If you think my idea of fun just sounds like a lot of extra work, well, you're probably right. Here's the first 9:

And here's a couple other recent arts:

I should probably mention that I meant for this blog to be more about process and progress, which I've been forgetting to do lately.. I know, I'm terrible. 

SPLASH

Sorry, no process pics this time. Just a quick little illustration for Illustration Friday! This week's topic was 'refresh'. Hope you're all enjoying your summer!

Spirit of the Forest

A speed paint turned not so speed paint..

Illustration Friday - Shiny

I decided to start doing Illustration Friday to help give me something to work on. Last week's topic was 'shiny'. I also felt like drawing cats.

Party Crasher - Finshed

Process:

Griffin - Inks

Inks are (finally!) just about done! Just a few more details...

the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition

Last week I had the tremendous opportunity to fly to New York City to see the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition! This year saw a mind-blowing 8,119 entries, with only 249 accepted, so I was very honored and excited to have been one of those who got in.

 

 My piece at the show!

It was a wonderful privilege getting to meet other artists and checking out some really amazing work!

For more information about the exhibition and the Society of Illustrators click here.

New- Griffin

Workin on a new drawing:

The background isn't quite finished yet. I feel like it's been forever since I've done any fantasy type work, so I thought I'd go back to my roots a little with one of my favorite mythological creatures.


It's somewhat based off a piece I did a few years ago:

 

Mostly because I always wanted to go back and do a more interesting background for this but never got around to it.  My style has evolved a lot since then, so I guess I've ended up re-imagining it instead.


Also, some sketches:

Endings and Beginnings

My seven year long journey though art school is finally coming to an end...

 ...and now I've decided to start a blog! Let it mark the start of my professional career. I will be updating here on the progress and process of my art from here on out. Updates coming soon!