Character sketch

This is my character sketch. Sorry it took so long but, I wanted to do a few poses. That and, im somewhat of a perfectionist so, to be honest, ive I've actually been through a few sketches before I finally decided that I liked these enough to post them lol...

JaiaLeia-- Layla The Abomination

Hi, all!


This is my quick sketch of Layla The Halfling, a girl in search of Prince Alexander, the heir to the dragon-clan of the desert lands. Unlike other dragons, Layla is unable to transform into her dragon form, but she does have two hearts that beat independently of each other. The daughter of a disgraced warrior princess, she grew up in the palace with the King, his son, Prince Alexander, and her General Mother, Ndira.

Cherished by the king and hated by her mother, young Layla grew to love the prince as a brother. Devastated when he was taken by the dragon-clans of the north, Layla vowed to bring him back. Ten years later, she sets out on a search for Alexander, not knowing whether he is alive or what he has become.

*ahem* don't worry-- I'll fix her feet. Lol.

Environment

Ok so, this took a lot more time than Id liked for it to have taken :/
But, im still trying to get the hang of "just sketching" lol... I wound up doing more simply because I kept going back and forth trying to make sure everyting was readable since there is a lot of information on thr page. But, anyways... its done .

JaiaLeia - Environment

It's been a week of downs and ups and my computer is finally working again! I lost a few files, my sketch included, but I was able to get in a little time today. I will be working to refine it over the coming week and display the final next Sunday. I really wanted to do more than one since there are three major regions in the storyline-- a desert, a forest, and snow-capped mountains, but that's a bit ambitious for me to finish all in a day. We shall see how the week goes ^^

Cheers,
JaiaLeia

Jaia's Mood Board

Hola,

It took me a while to finish and post this because of... life... but here it is! I can't wait to work on Desert Rapture  (working title, of course).

Mood board

Ok so, i put this together in 'paint' so, it was kinda awkward to make. i couldnt get rid of the white space and got frustrated trying to do so. but, for the sake of getting an idea across, i think this will have to suffice :/

JaiaLeia- Thumbnails and sketches

So this next project is a storyboarding project. I will not include any of the dialogue until the final reveal next Saturday, but I will say that this has a lot to do with evil witches:

prehistoric scene finish

Had to rush finish thus, I couldnt really work the understructure the way I wanted to. But, I managed to bring it to a point where I can say its presentable.

prehistoric scene

This is my idea (still in the works)
I have the entire idea planned out but, im having trouble with foreshortening and structural elements. I call myself forcing myself to get the underlying work right before I move move forward cuz I know thats something I need to work on so, we'll see how well I pull this off lol....

JaiaLeia-- Prehistoric Sketch

So this week's challenge is to do something... anything... prehistoric. Instead of doing dinosaurs, I wanted to do something with the giant squid. This is just a preliminary sketch and there's more to come tomorrow, of course ^^. I need to really get these tentacles figured out before I start any kind of color/shading...

Animal Sketches

So I know this is super, super, super late! But better late than never, right?

I came up with a hundred excuses as to why I couldn't draw last week-- my elbow, illness, couldn't a PENCIL or WORKING pen to save my life! But anyhow... here it is. Not as great as last week's production but I got some drawing done. They're just sketches, but I don't need to tell you that.

Go, me.

more ANI-MOES lol...

Two days late but, I draw slow :/
An issue im working on but, I actually got into this one once I set the cruise control lol... I kinda crapped up the bear and gave up on it :(
Anyways... Im getting started on the next one now, im going to try my BEST to not be late with this one but, for what I have in mind, I might be :/

animal sketches

Ok...
Its late and im posting a day late :/
Anyways, I TOTALLY intended on getting more sketches done but, I failed to realize how much detail reptiles have. I know with this project we pretty much have to just draw 'animals' but, I think sticking to reptiles will help me as I move to thr next project. Unfortunately, I dont have much to show but, something is better than nothing *shrug*

Ok... Bernini's david (finished)
To be honest, I'm not that happy with it.-im a perfectionist so, it is to be expected. I am glad that we did this  project tho. It really took me back to the basics of looking at how light plays on shappes and textures.  I wish we had a little more time on it so I could have spent more time carefully digging out the shapes but, I liked this  subject.

JaiaLeia-- Nike of Samothrace

Good Afternoon,

I had a lot of fun with this week's challenge. It really forced me to think about my core shadows and cast shadows (especially when dealing with the wrinkles in the garments). I would like to do a few more cloth studies because of it. When we get into master painting, I'll probably study the work of Ingres a little more. My drawing of Nike is below:

Bernini's david
My favorite dipiction of David. One of my favorite pieces of art in general. I love the dynamic pose as opposed to the traditional static pose you see sculptors depicting david in.
Anyways, just a sketch of the body. No real detail yet.

Nike by JaiaLeia

So this week's challenge involved making a drawing of a sculpture. I drew Nike-- because there are few gods cooler than her.

She's blocked in, now. I just need to go in, add some more values and details. I am aware I've given her a little more 'donk'-- that was purely accidental (not that she REALLY needed it). Lol. Anyway-- let me know what you think of it so far! 

**Update**

I have started to add a little more detail for our beloved Nike of Samothrace. Here is what I have so far:

Cheers,
JaiaLeia

Facial expressions

Ok.... getting back into drawing had me feeling like I was trying to get an old car to start up, kicking the tires and banging on the dashboard!  Lol... but I made it happen.

JaiaLeia's Facial Expressions-- Check-In

I started my facial expressions last night, but here is what I have so far:

I'll be sure to add lots more before the 6:00pm Saturday deadline!
 Update**

Here are a few more.

...Aaaaaaaand We're Back!

I sat around in my room all last month and this month thinking about the art challenges I did with my friends and how much I would LOVE to do it again. So guess what? We're back! KagedAnimal and I will continue to post and Ronni will step in every once in a while.

This week and the next two weeks are just warm up phases. Here, we'll be doing basic studies and then we're going to get to the fun stuff.

This week: facial expressions
Next Week: Master Sculpture: draw your fave
Following Week: Master Copy: Duplicate a master's drawing or painting as best you can!

After that, we're getting to the fun stuff. Stay tuned!