And how is G doing this week?

I decided to post my first entry to Vyrl's Arcea Contest. I've looked and looked at it and I think there's nothing else I want to change. So I might as well make it public. I'm nervous! Wish me luck. :)


Resting Elwen @ DevArt

In the meantime, I'm fine tuning my second entry. It is almost done, I think, but there are a few things that still need some adjusting...

Life's being its usual demanding self, but I managed to squeeze a few precious hours for some artwork. One of my favorite artists (vyrl) is holding a contest and I's like to take part. The longing for my art supplies was great, so I picked up my trusty mechanical pencil and my eraser and got to it. Once I was happy with one of my sketches, I worked a little more on it, meaning to clean up the lines only, but one little improvement lead to the next and it ended up being all pencil shaded. I didn't realize how much I missed plain, old-style drawing. It can be so relaxing.

( Preview under the cut )

The contest runs until August, so I think I'm going to work on a second entry when this one is done. It will be a guy this time. I want to paint some some sexy abs! And I need to practice drawing males...

That's the title I chose for the painting I submitted to the Wacom contest over at Deviantart. The theme was good vs. evil. I interpreted using fantasy elements and balance of power. Either the dragon eats the fairy (hence, tastes her) or he tastes the sting of her power.

There are more than ten thousand entries so far. I never imagined there would be so many. The judges are going to have a hard time choosing. Even looking through the whole thing is going to take a long time. I guess that's why DA's staff is going to make a pre-selection of 50 finalists for the judges to look at. The judging should start on June 29... A whole month is a good time to look at every piece. Oh, well, there's not a thing to worry about. :)

Regardless, I did learn a lot from this painting. Scales are a b**** for one. :D. Also, there is no doubt in my mind about the immense power of photoshop. There's so much you can do with it. I had a lot of fun using the warp tool for this project.

Anyhow, the finished painting is here: Taste of Goodness

( As for the details, look under the cut )