Ch-ch-changes!

A lot has happened since October 2010! After a whirlwind November weekend spent in NYC, my husband and I found new jobs which resulted in a move across the country from Salt Lake City, Utah, to New York, New York at the very beginning of December.

In October I finally decided to branch my store stuff from my portfolio work, resulting in a brand new venture called inki-jinx! All of my cute goodies can be found at inki-jinx.com.

I have a blog on tumblr, as well as a Facebook page! Follow me there if you use either service. :)

I've still been making art--including my first finished non-digital piece in a very long time, for a fundraiser to help the Japan Tsunami Relief effort.

Tee Shirt News

"Sad Octi" is being reprinted, and "Princess Truffle" tee is coming soon!

Princess Truffle

I'm still on a piggy kick! A new tee shirt design.

Say Hello to Monsieur Cholesterol~

Ah, finally! The finished concept for a 3D piece I'm working on.

New Business Card

My new business card design! Simple but good. :)

Oink!

Piggy goes nom-nom!

Don't know if I'll ever finish this, but it was a fun doodle.

Yo ho ho~

Here ya go... have a headless, handless portly fellow.

Can anyone guess who I'm modeling? :)

Time to dust off the ol' blog...

Yikes, time flies! Between the last post I've made, and today:

It was Halloween! It was Thanksgiving! It was Christmas! I went to Japan for New Years! Now... it's almost Valentine's Day. My, how times flies...

Between the crush of holidays, a looming vacation and a little bit of winter blues, my plush Ika were produced and arrived on my doorstep! YEAH!



That being said, all those in the US who were kind enough to pre-order the little guys should be expecting a happy squid to swim into your mailbox within the week; those of you who live in the grand world beyond, he might take couple of weeks to arrive. Those little tentacles get tired, you know?

His siblings are still in need of loving homes--and they can even make it to you by Valentine's day for an extra dose of cuddles and cuteness, if ordered by Wednesday the 10th.

Buy your ika here, or take a look around the rest of my store for the perfect gift for the cute-loving most-loved person in your life. :)

More Teahouse Renders

Portrait Practice 2

More portrait practice from photos. I like the way this one turned out a lot better--trying to stay away from opacity and round brushes on this one (as advised by my art director). So I used an oval brush and only a tiny bit of opacity. :P I'll try a rectangular brush with a little bit of tooth to it, tonight.

I actually found a forum of girls squealing over male models, and... being a girl who likes pretty men, I did a lot of 'right click/save as'... for REFERENCE. Yeah. All in the name of art, etc.

Taking a page out of my husband Xavier's book, last night I started painting portraits digitally from reference. Its mindless and fun, I plan on doing at least one a day--its a good way for me to get painting practice with faces/people, since I don't have access to a proper figure painting class any longer.

Silhouettes

I am not good at drawing non-effeminate men (I love them, but not everyone enjoys a JRPG aesthetic...), so I am determined to draw a tough guy this go around, or at least someone who isn't 'pretty'.

I had a lot of fun with these--the ones above are the best of the bunch. Going to paint over them in photoshop and see which strike my fancy.

Monster Hunter Tri Weapon Contest Entry

I don't typically draw weapons, but this was a lot of fun to come up with. :)

Dragon girl revisited

Kind of turning her into more of a sci-fi character than a fantasy character, but that's ok! Been working on adding bits and bobs to her outfit all weekend, extensive physical modeling of clothing is new for me.

WIP: Muramasa Piece

Starting to rework this a bit... Momohime is next.

Special Announcement! Squid Plush Pre-Orders!

After months of working behind-the-scenes, I am very, very excited to announce the opening of pre-orders for my Ika squid plush toy!

He will arrive in January 2010 regardless, but if you snag a preorder now, he is $16 (yes, that includes shipping in the continental US) to your door, versus $20.

Ika is 6.5" tall and 5.5" wide across his eyes. He is soft, cuddly and shiny, with embroidered eyes and painted details. There will only be 250 of this colorway, so he is VERY limited!

I hope this will be the first plush toy of many. :)

Preorder Ika here!

Soul Harvester model WIP

Just chugging away on the texture for this sucker. :) I hope to get to a 90% done point with it tonight, so I can start on the alpha and refining details tomorrow.

Too cute not to share!

Weapon Designs

A first rough pass at some giant honkin' sword designs.

Which do you favor more, A, B or C?