Well, I originally wanted to wait and see if they could bring back the old sketchbooks, but as it turns out... I apparently really want to get back into it right away! This new version of the site has me pumped to draw some more! If we're lucky perhaps they will be able to combine old threads with new or something, should they manage to resurrect the ones from the other site.
For a small introduction; I have enjoyed drawing humanoids and horses for many years, and since joining CGCookie I've managed to finally get away from drawing anime-style people and gone full-on into realism, and I couldn't be happier about it. My horses too have followed suit, for the most part, though I still love stylizing them quite a bit. I want to learn all kinds of new things too, from birds to machinery to landscapes, so you will hopefully be seeing that become more of a theme as I continue on.
And as a quick warning, I will occasionally draw content including gore or mild nudity.
My old thread can be found here, if you're interested:
http://community.cgcookie.com/t/2901/
I just realized that I forgot to post the update. I suppose it's not much, but the piece isn't complete without it.
A friend of mine wanted me to draw Lantern Light's reaction to suddenly transforming into a centaur, so I started drawing exactly that. Not done yet. Click the picture for a larger size.
Some driftwood horses I've made for a Halloween costume contest off-site.
You know what, actually, why the heck did I draw this? It's really freaking weird and kind of creepy, though I guess that was the point. It's also somewhat canonical to the story it came from, a story I'm trying to write.
I found out that Tim was doing his final CGCookie livestream only two hours before it started, and I knew I had to take that time to create a piece to say thank you for all of the motivation and skills he has helped me gain over the years I've followed CGCookie. I've still got a long way to go, but I don't know if I'd even still be drawing if it weren't for him, much less having gotten as far as I have.
Oh right. This is just because I felt like it.
I have no idea if I will ever actually finish this haha.
A pretty quick/easy sketch commission/trade thing I did for someone on PoyIsland.
I figured I would hate the new MLP movie, but I watched it today.... turns out I actually liked it. Between that and revising a couple of things that more or less made me remember why I like the show, I figured since I no longer consider Lantern Light to be a part of the fandom and therefore do not want to include her in any of the art ideas I keep coming up with, I should make a new pony. And why not use the official movie-themed pony creator to do it? It's interesting enough. I ended up really liking what I got, so I'm going with it.
A bit of a redesign for the pony I created and drew above this one, combining that design with a previous one that I'd come up with on my own which happened to be very similar. Uh, I'm not entirely happy with these colors right now, but I don't feel like I could do well trying to adjust them on this piece, so I will be making another one of her. She's grown on me.
I started on this much earlier today, but thought I might work some more on it. Turns out, a lot ended up happening today so I didn't get back to it. I definitely will, though.
And for my own reference, I used a couple of textures:
https://mercurycode.deviantart.com/art/Digital-Art-Texture-117-Collab-442782856
https://mercurycode.deviantart.com/art/Digital-Texture-Artwork-329-620579315
I was going to call it done, but I just wasn't satisfied. These are much better. I decided to upload both of the versions I liked the most here, but I am considering the short-haired version to be the official one. And do keep in mind, it is short-haired and long-haired, not male and female.
Among the many miscellaneous things I've found myself wanting to draw lately, an anime-style person was one of them. It's been a while since I did anime, so I wanted to see how my style had changed since learning realistic anatomy. I had actually thought I wouldn't be designing said anime character for a while yet, but she decided to come to me in a dream, and who's gonna say no to that?
Might I add, what you're seeing is not just the stylistic color choice - she is actually pure white, with the one exception of the little wing tattoos below her eyes. The wings on her back were a later addition. I did that entirely because of the colors of the wing tattoos. They are (and were within the dream as well) the very same colors as an old game item I have long since cherished - the Rebirth Wings. The wings I added to her back are those very wings.
I have been working on some stuff, but I realize I haven't been uploading it, so here it is.
I guess this one's sort of vent art, but mostly of an expression of my love for singing. It serves as one of the many ways lately that I'm learning that my art really doesn't have to be inspired by dark or negative things. The specific song that inspired it is an old Inuyasha song: https://youtu.be/_eqVlxjbUpY
An update on an art trade piece.
This one is just a sketch I started up to test out a new art program called MyPaint, which looked like it could be a good replacement for Krita's horrible instability. I got a good impression of the program while working on this piece.
My most recent endeavor, I started this piece in MyPaint only to discover that MyPaint doesn't seem to have any selection tools and the resize option doesn't work properly. After getting rather frustrated, I ported the thing back over to Krita and kept working from there. It's also the first time in a while I've drawn with silence, and once again I found that I was able to get more into my work and have more patience for doing the details. I will be taking proper note of this for later.
I finished the art trade! Adding the lines back into the mane and tail only took me three full hours!;;;
While talking to a couple of people I know about the art trade piece above this one, one of these individuals was shocked to hear that it took me so long to do so little, saying "When you said it took three hours I expected to see each individual hair." To this I grinned and retorted "I have a style that would let me do that in about twenty minutes." I've known full well that I can do this since I've done it before, but when I realized just how long it'd been since I did I decided to "put my money where my mouth is" so-to-speak and actually do it. Guess what? I wasn't kidding. And I didn't use a special brush for it. I'm not done with it though, I'll have to work on it some more tomorrow.
The style is somewhat emulating an artist I really like who goes by magicnaanavi on deviantart, but partly because I found out a while back that they actually use the same method for drawing hair that I do (but they're better with the colors).
My fairly quick attempt at a dragon. ...At least, the beginning of one.
Progress on another trade commission.
Finished.
Beginnings of a new drawing, inspired by an old one.
An update on a previous piece~