3 in 1 Art post -- Because I failed to post these timely

[lumy12]

I told sakurafromjapan I would catch up on this "soon" -- and then another couple of months flew by! I think the fact that I'm not really happy with any of them is a contributing factor to my laziness? Not going to bother with the WIP photos this time (which I did take for the paintings, not the drawing).

Fandom: Supernatural
Subject: Sam, Dean, Castiel
Medium: Colored pencil
Rating: G
Notes: This was for a LJ arts & crafts exchange last summer in which graphic art was not allowed -- perfect for me, I thought! Well, not so much. This is embarrassing to admit but my recipient didn't even acknowledge receiving it. I included a little note, multiple ways to contact me... nada. I checked with the mod who matched me to her -- no complaints of not having received anything. Obviously she just didn't like it. I don't know anything about Supernatural so I just copied something I found online that I thought would be to her taste.



Fandom: None
Subject: a howling wolf
Medium: Acrylic
Rating: G
Notes: This was a birthday gift for a friend who likes wolves. He liked it. I had sooooooooooo much trouble with the sky, I spent hours doing it and redoing it and it never did come out right :( I watched a "how to" vid on the technique, but that only made me feel worse because they could do in a few minutes what I couldn't do in hours! I like to think that their expensive materials trump my cheap ones, but how much of a cop-out is that really?! lol. I tried to cover it up by making it swirlier. Just, ugh.



Fandom: American Idol
Subject: Dalton Rapattoni
Medium: Acrylic
Rating: G
Notes: Another birthday gift for a friend -- we were both really pulling for this guy to win the final season of AI but alas, he did not. The oddly-colored hair is not me taking liberties, he really did have crazy hair! (okay, perhaps I took SOME liberties, only in the back) And yep he wears black eyeliner :)




I finished the last one in October and haven't done anything artistic since. I'm going to start my next piece when I'm done posting my current longfic, which only has 3 chapters left. Hopefully my brain will recognize my desire to trade writing for painting! I have two more to do for other people, then by golly I think I might just do another one for myself.

Comments

Wow ! :D

[sakurafromjapan.livejournal.com]

Konnichiwah ( Hello ) - ! :)
Although I still don't know who Sam, Dean, and Castiel are, I can tell they are good ! ^_^
And...again, I must say...you really 'are' the right person to be offered a job whose job is to add illustrations to best-selling juvenile novels or to the front covers of the books. ;)

A Howling Wolf.... I think he ( she ? ) kind of looks cute. :)
The drawing is so very well-done it makes me want to write a story about a changeling searching for his ( or her ? ) companion out in a city like Chicago away from his home in the mountain. :)

About this third drawing...for a second there, ( without a microphone, of course ) I thought it was Anakin who was in trouble with the Council and has just realised that he was in deep sh*t. XD
No...sorry, it is just because I don't know who Dalton Rapatonni is. ^_^;

Sakura

Re: Wow ! :D

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you my friend!

The guy who plays Dean used to be on my soap opera so I almost started watching for that, but just never did... and now there are too many damn seasons, it's too daunting, lol. I don't know about the illustration thing but thanks for the vote of confidence :) My friend wrote a children's story and had her 6-year-old daughter illustrate it. SO CUTE. I told her she should look into self publishing.

It inspired an idea for a story? That's awesome! Your creativity is still very much present.

Haha, it DOES kinda look like Anakin I guess? He does have that bump on his nose though which isn't Anakin-like -- his nose in general is longer than Anakin's. Some of his other facial features are similar and I could see Anakin maybe wearing his hair like that in an AU where he's rebelling against Obi and the Order, ha! If you're curious now, here's my favorite performance of his on Idol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgPkoQ7yq4) (I really love that Beach Boys song to begin with) -- this isn't the performance in the painting though.

RE: Re: Wow ! :D

[sakurafromjapan.livejournal.com]

Hey ~ :D I have just watched the video !
And now I know 'who' you have drawn ! XD Yes, the person in your drawing DOES look like the real one in the video ! I am SO impressed, really ! :D

Hmm, I love Beach Boys song and 'his' version is pretty well, too. :)

PS. I love your idea of your friend looking into self publishing ! ;)

Re: Re: Wow ! :D

[luminations.livejournal.com]

I thought you might appreciate him :D Arigato!

RE: Re: Re: Wow ! :D

[sakurafromjapan.livejournal.com]

Arigato to you, too, Lumy-san ! ;)