022 - More Flamingo Manager

Just some newer sketches of the flamingo character from a week or so ago. I still really like the design, but am not really sure where to go with it. Just fun to draw I guess. Flamingoes actually have very strange beaks... it was hard not to just go "Toucan Sam" with it. The bottom portion of the beak is actually larger than the top, but I kinda blended the two for the sake of personal aesthetic.

Thanks for stoppin'!

010 - Pyro Jaguar Giftart

This was a gift I did for a kind soul on dA, Pyro-Blaze Jaguar. She randomly gifted me a subscription, and I felt it fitting for me to repay the favor best I could.
There are many things I still love about this piece, the overall polish of it being one. I can remember it being so easy at the time to value and shade everything... yet now I struggle with it. I guess I am thinking too hard about it, just gotta let it flow.

Yet another older piece. We celebrated my mom's birthday this evening, so I had barely touched the computer till round 930. But the move is coming to a close, soon all will be back to normal and I will be churning out new pieces regularly again. Hah, I say that as if this has been going on for so long, and we're barely past a week.

Well, here's to many more! Thanks for stoppin'.

009 - Front Desk Flamingo

Older pic today. The move is about done, but it definitely consumed my day, that and taking my lovely Kate out for a nice dinner. So no time for a new piece today, but I still like this one.

Way back when I had dreams of joining a comic character battle site named enterVoid(check it out here). This was one potential fighter, an unnamed motel manager, who is indeed a flamingo. I had imagined him as some sort of ex-boxer or ex-fighter from the Caribbean. He would manage some small, shady motel on the edge of Void City, dealing with all sorts of hijinks that come with the job.

I love coming up with these kind of concepts, but I always fall short on really fleshing it out and producing stories... I tend to over think my ideas, running them into the ground. But, I'm ok with it... I usually come back to them down the road with a fresh mind and sometimes make more progress.

001 - J-Roo

So I guess by posting this I'm officially calling it done. Here's my friend Jared (ThatAnimationSite) as a Kangaroo. This was sparked from a conversation we had with some friends over pizza while visiting our old stomping ground of Menomonie, WI. The question of what animal you would be if you could be any animal was posed and he answered such. I answered a goat, but being ever indecisive, I changed mine to a ram, just for badass-ery.

I tried to represent Jared the best I could with his numerous character trademarks, if you will. Personal items such as the hat and necklace. He loves collecting vinyl figures, so I threw some of his favorite Dunnys in there. I just thought of it now, but there's no Apple love at all... Missed that one.

This piece started with a paper sketch that I traced in Illustrator. Typically I'd ink it in Photoshop, but I do love the cleanliness and versatility of using vectors. Only downside is it takes about twice as long.

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So, we're off! First post of what I hope becomes a lasting and enriching project. Now... to get to work on tomorrow's post...