Sobriquets.net new splash

We got a new splash image over at Sobriquets courtesy of Jess.

We're laughing over how "sooooo print" and "sooooo swiss" it is. XD

WIP - Alice's return

After finding out there's going to be a sequel to American McGee's Alice, I had time to replay the game last week. (I was in a nostalgic mood, so I actually replayed Half-Life as well--stupid vertigo inducing jumping sections!)

Then, feeling a bit inspired, figured I could throw out a couple of fanarts to celebrate the news. Some WIPs:


As usual, I change my styles according to the individual image concepts I have in my head, so the finished versions of these two would probably come out looking like different people drew it.

But man, it's been a while since I did a proper illustration in openCanvas, especially after two semesters of Painter...

Color scheme: The Usual

Well, might as well sync mostly everything with the red-black-gray-white scheme I use so often. Coincidentally, the red-black-white combo is also the colors of my school, har har.

When it comes to picking colors, I confess I suck at it. In fact, I find I sometimes get so frustrated it's one of my most frequent complaints to my instructors. Two of them, in two different classes, have nicely asked if I might happen to be color-blind.

Argh. I don't know... I don't think so... I even took some online tests and I'm definitely not the legal definition of being color blind--I just suck at picking colors. (This problem, apparently, doesn't extend to looking at other people's colors--I can generally tell if something is horribly garish or very nicely done.)

It's a big fear I have when being a colorist that I'm not seeing the same colors as my client--or I'm alone in thinking something's okay--but so far I don't think I gotten any complaints...

Blargh, I should probably just keep practicing with my values. If the values are correct, horrendous color combos can be given a pass, especially if the chroma of the hues are lowered.

JackMaster "Online"

Not completely done yet (still need to finishing setting up the gallery and links out) but might as well just put it out there.

JackMaster!

Hmmm, this might be the only one that's actually a sobriquet among the sobriquets.net sub-domains--for now.

JackMaster building

Woo~ I'm working on my JackMaster site, which is where I put my artwork and things that don't fall into "fanart", "showcase", or "Christian" categories.

Ended up using Wordpress with the simplest template I could find as it fits the theme that JackMaster doesn't really have a theme--it's my stuff at its most basic.

I might have it unofficially online tommorow or in a few more days as I still have to add in links and figure out what I want the gallery to be like.