Earlier this week, I said in this post that I would post a picture of whatever sketch I sent out before I mailed it. I decided against that today, because hey – surprises are fun! I don’t want to spoil the delight of a small surprise by revealing it too soon. HOWEVER, I added a personal clause – if the receiver sends me a picture of/with said sketch, I will post it here so everyone else can see it. I’ve had a few more requests to show my artwork here, and sometimes it slips my mind – I post it regularly on Facebook, which means I forget that my entire blog readership does not reside on Facebook. So, in place of posting the mail-sketches each Saturday, I’m going to try and remember to post more of my weekly artwork here. I’ve collected quite a bit over the last few days (I’m working on a month-long marketing course called Storyseller University, and during each audio lesson I have half an hour or so of free drawing time).
My friend Pebbles and I have been keeping each other’s drawing skills fantastic-elastic with sketch trades – hers are digital (and stunning. I think I got the better end of the bargain) while I stick to traditional art, and we pick our new poison each time we complete a sketch for the other person.
Also, my friend Fluffy and I started ten-minute speed sketches (they’ve been animals thus far) where we work from the same image and produce entirely different drawings. Exercises like these are fun, competitive, and keep the art muscles limber. I highly recommend them. If you have artistic friends, coax them with coffee, cookies, etc. and practice in pairs!
kim jae wook as Apollo
ji chang wook as Ariel
go ayano as gein from rurouni kenshin (live-action movie)
also gein, a rough sketch
hiro mizushima, a light sketch
rurouni kenshin and gein (live-action movie. these two are like my version of a fantasy football team.)
seungri from big bang
k.will
P.S. I’m going to be gone from early tomorrow morning (early as in: five a.m.) till late Sunday afternoon. I’ll put the post announcing the sketch-winner on automatic, but if your comments don’t show up until Sunday evening, that’s why. Have a frabjous weekend, pirates!
Your art is stunning, and I am particularly impressed with the lips. I have a hard time with lips.
:D
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Lips are very tricky. They have so much more detail than you expect @_@
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Gorgeous, Mirriam! XD My favorites are Apollo and Seungri, but all of them are /so/ beautifully done!
And do your friends want to let you post their stuff, too…? ;D
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I’ll see what I can wheedle out of them. XD
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Think of yourself as some sort of secret agent.
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*drools* Dude, you inspire me. I’m going to art more.
And I love that you keep the surprise! ^_^
Have fun with whatever you’re doing, Captain. :P
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I think the 2’3rds pose of gein with his blade is my favorite. The others are stunning, but you’re pushing yourself with the pose. You have mastered the portrait hands down. But anatomy, foreshortening, and arrested motion are not as often in your gallery. Brava for stretching!
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THANK YOU! Every one in a while I feel the need to tiptoe out of just portraits and try *gulp* something else XD
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I think Ji Chang Wook and Seungri are my favourites…the details are AMAZING, especially the eyes. You definitely have a gift when it comes to eyes, my dear :)
I gleefully look forward to seeing who wins every week!
Alla prossima volta!
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<3 <3 <3 Thank you so much!!
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I think Ji Chang Wook and Seungri are my favourites…the details are AMAZING, especially the eyes. You really have a gift when it comes to eyes, my dear :) and after all, don’t they say that the eyes are the windows to the soul? :)
I gleefully look forward to seeing who wins every week!
Alla prossima volta!
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Geins (?) scar looks amazing
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Gein’s scar was enormously fun to draw and took longer than I thought it would XD
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o.o My word, Mirriam. These are amazing. You’ve honed your artistic skill to such a sharp point. And hey, is Gein a certain rabbit, or am I seeing things…? ;)
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hE’S A CERTAIN RABBIT THANK YOU FOR NOTICING XD
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MIKAAAA. *pets sketches (but only white spaces, because smudging would be tragic)*
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This are all really gorgeous, Mirriam!
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<333 Thank you!
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Five AM? Yuck! Actually, I’ve found the first five minutes of getting up is the hardest part–then you get the feeling of being in on a secret while everyone else is sleeping. :)
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It was surprisingly easy to get up that early – but I slept /really/ well that night XD
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