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I plan to write a comprehensive review of my experiences at MFF, but first I need to address seve...
2024-12-14 00:08:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite my best efforts, I was unable to finish this piece before I leave for Midwest Furfest tomorrow. I opted not to travel with my iPad, so it’ll remain unfinished until I return, but I should have time to complete a few sketches while I’m away!
Your patience and support are deeply appreciated,
Soic
2024-12-03 03:44:08 +0000 UTC View Post
An 11x14" graphite portrait of a friend I recently made. He such an poetically stoic expression; I can't wait to work with him again!
2024-12-02 21:26:01 +0000 UTC View Post
While I'm without my desktop, I'll need to revert back to my Ipad's lower picture quality, but I'll update this post with a high resolution version as soon as possible.
2024-11-10 01:43:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I currently don't have access to my desktop, so please forgive any posting delays.
After several years, I felt it was time to reimagine Alo's great foe, the arcane, mysterious Hyster; its new visage is radically different from the original, but embodies more narratively significant details and characteristics. Eventually, I'll sketch a full body Hyster to solidify the concept, but ...
2024-11-10 01:33:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes it feels as if my aspirations are perpetually beyond reach, as if the quality my works are good, but never quite right; I know, however, with each effort I step ever closer to my ever elusive goal, even if I fail to consciously realize it. I'm certain, years from now, when I achieve the aesthetic I currently covet, I'll have already set my ambitions onto another...
"Nort...
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"Though fear not...we'll meet again..." 2024-10-18 20:13:30 +0000 UTC View Post
"Informant", Oil on 18x20.5" panel.
This is my one of my largest, most comprehensive, traditional paintings yet; it took awhile, though I felt confident with the gradual process and am proud of the realistic impression I managed to achieve. Now I need to replicate it on the next piece...
I appreciate your patience and support!
Soic
2024-10-12 20:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This pose reminded of a comic or manga panel; I don't intend to incorporate the aesthetic into my process, but it was a full experiment.
2024-10-11 02:57:50 +0000 UTC View Post
The initial explorations of what's become an emotionally personal piece...
2024-10-07 00:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
For the past year, I've thoroughly planned every illustration with simplified studies, so I intend to use this piece to test my improvisational skills: if I'm able to produce a successful image without a preset guide, then it'd be possible to incorporate additional, less comprehensive (and ultimately quicker) illustrations alongside those meticulously planned.
Wish me luck!
Soic
2024-10-07 00:07:19 +0000 UTC View Post
A piece rendered live for a local fundraising event, used as an opportunity to simultaneously explore a character for Project AOE, a story I intend to start soon.
This image was taken with a new professional camera; I hope you all enjoy the heightened photo quality!
11x14", drawn with graphite.
2024-09-30 18:03:24 +0000 UTC View Post
A sketch completed amid another painting.
2024-09-10 02:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post
A sketch completed as warm-up amidst another painting.
2024-09-06 05:11:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It's become difficult to tell whether my pieces are successful or not, or if my studies have aimed me in the right direction; I simply hope whatever I learned translates to my next original work.
I was able to finish the Black Myth game recently: it was filled with incredible creatures, designed nearly identically to how I want mine to appear. If they release an art book in the future, it...
2024-08-29 02:38:15 +0000 UTC View Post
A visual exploration of an ornery little character I hope to expound upon soon since Project B.E.'s first draft was recently completed.
The caption reads: 'Stand not atween me and my desires...' - The Beast
2024-08-19 23:54:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Black Myth's Wu Kong, copied from artist Wang Chen's 3D model; since some art able to impressive, realistic creatures, I may study additional three dimensional arts...
2024-08-05 01:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A oil painted copy of Rachel Li's "The Knitted Hat".
I've started to realize the technical aspects of painting are no longer my greatest hinderance in traditional art, rather, it's a lack of original reference; of course I'm no stranger to invention, though sometimes I simply want to analyze, study, and recreate observational realism to later translate to more fantastical works. I'm pro...
2024-08-01 20:07:44 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick study performed between other projects and master copies, executed with graphite.
2024-07-27 21:13:51 +0000 UTC View Post
"...We’d read old tomes, myths, or any epic we found and dreamt of all the secrets we’d someday uncover..." - Helku (center), Dream by Fire
From left to right, Hinto, Helku, and Etu study an old tome from Olapore's ancient repository.
"Midnight Oil", created in Procreate.
2024-07-24 23:28:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Though artists are ultimately defined by their original works, I find copies are the most efficient and enjoyable means to improve; once I'm finished with my current illustration, I'll likely complete several.
2024-07-04 19:45:34 +0000 UTC View Post
