Printmaking and Pro-activity.

After my first class in printmaking, I'm excited to say that I've officially started my first matrix!... I think that's what it's called anyway. I'm using the character image from a few posts down that I uploaded; the one from my comic book. I'm so excited to see how it turns out, but carving the linoleum is a lot more tiring than I thought. So, here I am posting. Haha.
Nothing like having something you HAVE to do to put you in the mode for something totally opposite the project. Ya'll are my way of refocusing and directing my energy towards being pro-active (hence the title). Thank you for your help!

I hope everyone has had a nice memorial day. God knows we all could use a little break around this time. I especially pray that is was a good day for the families of those who've lost loved ones in service.

Yeah!

(Here's the updated pic that I will be carving for the class.)

New art.

As promised, here is one of the pieces I completed during break. I wanted to draw a human with dragon characteristics. So I did this. The medium is chalk pastels on black paper.

This one I finished post break. It was originally just a pencil drawing, but I decided to try throwing some pastel on it as well. I don't have it anymore, but I can share the photo at least.

Ignition!

It's been a great couple of weeks off, and now I am starting a new semester. I've completed a lot of work and bought a bunch of art supplies which I hope to play with very soon: Dr. Ph Martin's colored ink, a pad of large bristol board as well as pastel paper. Though I didn't do as much actual artwork as I would've liked to over the break, I was still able to get a few good things rolling. My most prideful accomplishment being a comic page from a series that's been on the shelf ever since I started school.

Here's one of the panel pictures. I'm happy to see that my drawings have become less stiff in the course of my study. Even if I haven't been working on my comics in a good long while, it's nice to see that this area isn't suffering.

I've got more finished artwork that I'll post as I am able to photograph it. I don't plan on abandoning this blog now, or in the future. But I must say, 2 weeks, 1 comic series and 5 anime series later I feel refreshed and ready to go!

So, stay tuned in, and wish me luck!
Let's GO!