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Monthly Archives: February 2013

2-27-13 My Little Bettas

A party betta and a sporty betta, to go with yesterday’s rare betta! ~45 mins each, these are super fun to experiment in.  My favorite experiment right now: mixing in some weird unexpected color, such as the stripes of red and patches of blue in the otherwise pink fins.  It seems to dimension and a […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 28, 2013February 28, 2013Posted in2d, painting, photoshopLeave a comment on 2-27-13 My Little Bettas

Feb 26 sketches

When I came upstairs to paint, I wasn’t really in the mood for working on Astrid ’13 any more so I made several toss-away sketches until something stuck. Finally, inspiration struck and I made a crazy rainbow betta with Lisa Frank-esque eyes.  Somewhere out there, a My Little Pony just got its wings. Then I […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 27, 2013Posted in2d, photoshop, speedpaintLeave a comment on Feb 26 sketches

Magneto sketch dump

Five 10-minute sketches of Magneto, just to explore action poses and dude anatomy. I can’t take credit for this last pose, this guy did it first (and better)!

Posted bymandiFebruary 26, 2013February 27, 2013Posted in2d, photoshop, sketch, speedpaintLeave a comment on Magneto sketch dump

Trenth 2013 ~ Complete

Another ~2 hours and it’s done, woot! I was much better about grabbing wips regularly on this one. (See the previous post to view larger versions) I’m really happy with how this turned out, but in many ways this was one of the simplest paintings I’ve attempted in a long time.  It lacks a background, […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 23, 2013February 23, 2013Posted in2d, finished art, painting, photoshopLeave a comment on Trenth 2013 ~ Complete

Tren before & after workday wips

35 minutes before I have to leave for work?!  Spend it drawing, of course! Tren wip 01: 90 minutes before I have to go to bed?!  Spend it painting! Tren wip 02: Tren wip 03: Tren wip 03: Tren wip 04: Tren wip 05: Tren wip 06: The color palette was inspired by this random […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 22, 2013Posted in2d, painting, photoshop, WIPsLeave a comment on Tren before & after workday wips

Storm wip 04

I put in another ~60 mins tonight, mostly on her hair and overall color/brightness balance.  I think it’s getting close to done but some things about it still really bug me and I might re-work them next time I work on this. I’m still using my new favorite brush settings: This post has my earlier […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 20, 2013February 20, 2013Posted in2d, photoshop, WIPsLeave a comment on Storm wip 04

Matter and shadow

He’s done! This was a relatively easy painting.  Some things that helped: Strong sketch up front, complete with colors Reference photo off google image search to help with anatomy and pose Extra patience with all the body texturing and fin lines I wish I’d saved more steps in between the 2nd and the 3rd images.  […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 20, 2013February 20, 2013Posted in2d, finished art, photoshop, WIPsLeave a comment on Matter and shadow

2-18-13 wips

I swear I’ll go back to Astrid ’13, but right now I’m having way too much fun with these quicker paintings. It’s like I burned off my crappiness trying to find my direction on Magik, but now I’m limbered up and ready to make some good ones. This afternoon I put a couple more hours […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 19, 2013February 19, 2013Posted in2d, painting, photoshop, WIPsLeave a comment on 2-18-13 wips

2-17-13 Sketches

I love painting fish.  They’re super pretty and easy to paint.  Fish, especially bettas (my favorite fish) are therefore my go-to subject when I want to just mess around in Photoshop and try some new stuff. 🙂 Below are two paintings I made tonight to play with airbrush and texturing techniques.  

Posted bymandiFebruary 18, 2013Posted in2d, painting, photoshop, WIPsLeave a comment on 2-17-13 Sketches

Magik (complete)

She’s done! I’m super happy with how it turned out, and I’m really glad I stuck with this piece for so long and rebooted it halfway.  Throwing out work isn’t easy, but it’s almost always worth it.  I started this back in November-ish and picked at it for a few months and rebooted it at […]

Posted bymandiFebruary 18, 2013February 18, 2013Posted in2d, finished art, painting, photoshop, WIPsLeave a comment on Magik (complete)

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