Weekly Post (Ashley)

Hello all!

Unfortunately I don't have much to show for this week... I've got a couple concept designs I'm hoping to further develop and I've spent a sizable amount of time designing some characters for a picture book but nothing really to show for it unfortunately. But here's what I have done:

Quite a while I got into the whole animie-ish style and decided to give it a try again. Here's some progress shots as I went. However It started to go a bit pear-shaped after a while...

Initial sketch. Doesn't look to bad at this point.

Outlined the character. Still not quite what I wanted it to be

And after a coat of pencil lead. If I were to do it again I would pick a different palette for sure. and just some little things every here and there really bug me about it... for instance the sword hilt is really off from where its supposed to be. But overall; lessons were learnt :p

Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to post anything next Sunday as I'll be off too Timbuck-Too for the week.  I'll either post some material early or extra material when I get back :)

Also and more importantly; I've heard of interest being shown by potential guest artists from my college Tim, but unfortunately he doesn't have the time to post the material. So if you're interested in having your work posted please contact me at ashley@martybugs.net or +Ashley Pot . We'd be happy to post your art for you :)

have a great week :)

~Ashley

Featured Artist: Jackie

We now have our first featured artist! :D Jackie has kindly allowed us to post some of her work on our blog :)

"Hi, I'm Jackie! As an artist, I am inspired by sad lyrics and an overactive brain. The bulk of my drawing is done during school hours (*gasp* the horror!) and on the bus. Lately I've been experimenting with a combination of drawing and photo editing apps, such as Afterlight, Aviary, and A Beautiful Mess - they're great starting points, especially if you just like to dabble!"

If you want to see more of her work you can find her at +Jackie vdS on Google + and jackievds98 on Instagram. 

Anyway; to the art :p

 A cute little badger :D wish I could draw little animals like this :3

A really cool way to present a quote. I find art like this is a great way to emphases on specific words :) 

My kind of cartoon style :) reminds me a lot of adventure time :D

Some experimentation using filters by the looks of things. Pretty interesting; I'm thinking of giving it a try myself :)

This is probably my favorite. I have no idea how she did this and made it look so good :) the lettering looks great!

Thanks to +Jackie vdS for letting us post her art! We really appreciate it :) If you're interested yourself or know someone else who may be interested in being featured on our blog please contact us! we love to keep a bit of diversity among the art we post and Tim and I can't keep it up ourselves :P

I personally haven't done much in the past week.. but I do have some ideas I'm planning on working on :) Depending how that goes I might do a mid week post.

Have a great a week guys :)

~Ashley 

Weekly Post (Ashley)

Hello all!









After many tedious hours, I have finally finished my floral skull graphic :D over twenty hours went into this and I'm quiet pleased with the result :) Tell me what you think :D

And I have some exiting news! It took a while but Disparity is now on RedBubble! for those who don't know, RedBubble is a website where people can post photos, art, graphics, etc. and then sell them to the international public. RedBubble allows for artist's work to be printed on t-shirts, canvas, bags, pillows and even bedding.

 If you've never heard of it before and you're interested, I suggest taking a look:

http://www.redbubble.com/

and the link to Disparity's RB account:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/disparity



Disparity is also still looking for guest artists. If you're interested in having your work featured on our blog please ask! We'd be happy post your art for you :)

Also feel free to leave requests! I can't speak on behalf of Tim, but I'd love to draw something up for someone; perhaps even turn into a graphic! So if you have any ideas, please leave them in the comments :)

have a great week guys :)

~Ashley

Weekly Post (Ashley)

Hey guys :)

Sorry its a day late; but here is my weekly post :) I wasn't home for the weekend only just got back late last night.

and unfortunately I don't have much to show :( I did do some more work on the skull graphic, though that is proving to take longer then I'd like...

Progress on the skull graphic :) Really not 100% happy with the color of the leaves; I think I might redo them all which will take a while. BUT I am determined to finish this in the next few weeks.

The concept and the final product of a simple dragon graphic. Pretty easy and didn't take to long but I'm happy with the outcome :)

And a little something I put together as request of my sister. She wanted something she could print onto a t-shirt and gave me a few pointers; and this is what I came up with. The text is all just recolored or re textured but the pineapple was made by hand in power point (which ended up taking ALOT longer then it should have).

In the following weeks I'm actually considering having 'guest artists' on the blog. That was the original idea from the get-go but I haven't got around to it yet. So if your interested, please let me and Tim know via email, message, etc. and we'll be happy to post your art :)

~Ashley

Weekly Post (Ashley)

I'm finally finished school!! :D until next year anyway... but on the bright side I can actually get some stuff done now :)

Silki in the park. I really wanted to put more detail into the trees but alas, I couldn't be bothered... :P

A couple little acrylic paintings I did :) been dying to try them out for a month or so and finally got the chance :) Its pretty obvious I haven't painted in a while though :P If all goes to plan, I'll get some more practice in these holidays :)

sorry I don't really have anything else for show and tell... but in the following weeks I'm hoping to work some projects so I'll actually have something interesting for you guys :P

Have a great week :)

~Ashley

Fallout!

The apocalypse is upon us! Today I really needed something to draw and this is what came from all my brainstorming. Yes, the one side looks un-coloured but that's only due to the lighting at the time.  Not my best work... but not my worst! And if one looks closely... they may realize that hes using an American flag as a hood :D

Have a great day and great holidays to my classmates :)

God Bless

~Tim

Misc Post!

 Finally! A post from me! I haven't gotten round to drawing much lately but this is some stuff I've done throughout the year :D Up top here is a Batman costume I designed :) Yes, the photos look like crap, but I might get some better ones up soon!

 As always, Jack Sparrow remains one of the coolest characters in the film industry!

 A WoW (World of Warcraft) picture I drew a while back!

 Me experimenting with things I havn't really used before... like anime, kissing and side-on positioning.

 A page from my drawing book! I was experimenting with different styles of art here and they seemed to work quite well!

A closeup of my (elven?) fantasy character. Tell me what you think of my art guys!

~God Bless!

Tim