Hey, everyone.
Fair to say I'm not a natural artist, but I've been drawing a few things recently (I thought it was time to get a hobby that didn't involve sitting in a chair, staring at a screen or a book, so I made the heroic leap to sitting in a chair staring, staring at a piece of paper).
As well as enjoying it in itself, I'd like to be able to become good enough to use drawings in promotional stuff (not covers, mind).
I've put a few up in a new folder (which reminds me, should have another crack at the Egyptian style), here - https://www.sffchronicles.com/media/albums/258/
There's a pair of Vikings duelling over facial hair, Morrigan from Dragon Age Inquisition, and Padme from Attack of the Clones (two versions, one through an extra filter).
As well as Traitor's Prize, the sequel to Kingdom Asunder, I'm working on a Chinese-flavoured serial, so that could be an opportunity to try drawing a couple of the characters, see if that gets a response (would also work nicely as a test run to see if it's worth doing for Traitor's Prize).
On the art side, I got into it by stumbling across some Mark Crilley videos on Youtube (and there are hundreds, perhaps thousands). He's also written three Mastering Manga books (as you'll see, I prefer the more realistic end of the scale) which I found very worthwhile.
It's quite time-consuming, but I find it relaxing, so even if I don't end up using anything for promotion, it's a nice way to spend time.
Fair to say I'm not a natural artist, but I've been drawing a few things recently (I thought it was time to get a hobby that didn't involve sitting in a chair, staring at a screen or a book, so I made the heroic leap to sitting in a chair staring, staring at a piece of paper).
As well as enjoying it in itself, I'd like to be able to become good enough to use drawings in promotional stuff (not covers, mind).
I've put a few up in a new folder (which reminds me, should have another crack at the Egyptian style), here - https://www.sffchronicles.com/media/albums/258/
There's a pair of Vikings duelling over facial hair, Morrigan from Dragon Age Inquisition, and Padme from Attack of the Clones (two versions, one through an extra filter).
As well as Traitor's Prize, the sequel to Kingdom Asunder, I'm working on a Chinese-flavoured serial, so that could be an opportunity to try drawing a couple of the characters, see if that gets a response (would also work nicely as a test run to see if it's worth doing for Traitor's Prize).
On the art side, I got into it by stumbling across some Mark Crilley videos on Youtube (and there are hundreds, perhaps thousands). He's also written three Mastering Manga books (as you'll see, I prefer the more realistic end of the scale) which I found very worthwhile.
It's quite time-consuming, but I find it relaxing, so even if I don't end up using anything for promotion, it's a nice way to spend time.
