I was going to do some quick finishing of this half-inked thing I started a while ago before bed. What was meant to be a quick 30 mins inking practice dragged on to over an hour since I felt the urge to find myself a background and now I'm going to bed too late again. I had promised myself to go to bed by 11pm by the latest now that I've started ( Read more... )

    I keep thinking I don't post enough art, maybe I don't draw enough stuff worth posting? *shrug* But then I have this old stuff I drew ages ago which remained buried for various reason. I found one archive I can clear out at least.

These were some sample pics for a pitch to the Princess Ai - Rumours anthology which everyone seem to have had a ( Read more... )

... from the world.

That's my current state. The internet in my hall has once again broken down. That's the 2nd time this year and we're approaching a full week without connection. A few weeks ago it was 2 weeks without hot water. I wanted to ask for a reduced rent but apparently they think it's not their fault so they won't do that.

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Minami was a blast, although I was realy feeling the lack of sleep on Sunday. It was great to chat and just socialise with everyone since you rarely get a chance at events like Expo. It's true that Minami is a small and friendly con, it was smaller than I had imagined but it was cool since you kept bumping into the same people so faces got familiar ( Read more... )

I just got back from uni and it's straight off to Minamicon in a little while - my first con since Uppcon 2005 and my first UK con evvaahhh! I remember Uppcon being full of hormones and teenagers, maybe because I was a teen at the time as well. It seems Minami might bee different though. I'm under the impression UK has more of the older anime fans ( Read more... )

I have conquered the HDR compression algorithm!! I don't see the cute little dragon with a big white belly but a lovely, detailed, HDR compressed Venice canal! :D ( Read more... )

It's rare that I post stuff about uni work, mostly because there's not much to say. I feel like sharing a little bit of my labour right now though because I think the result looks a little bit cool if you approach it with an open mind. ;)
I'm working with high dynamic range compression for my final year project at the moment. I need it due to the, ( Read more... )

What's up with the weather? Just a week ago we had lovely spring days with plenty of sunshine and warm weather. I took a long walk straight across Hyde Park to Picadilly Circus last Sunday which was really nice! I got myself a little sketchbook in the Cass Art sale and decided to attempt some people-drawing along the way. It was quite hard though ( Read more... )

There seem to be a lot of "manga artists" around these days since the Japanese wave hit. Most of them are self taught and there is a wide spectrum of quality but most would still call themselves "manga artists" because they have one prime influence... and they draw art.
The English words "artist" and "art" are used very widely for everything from ( Read more... )