Owl Present

I made this for my sister's birthday. Made it back in January but since her birthday was only this week, I postponed showing it on the internet. It's made of wood, drawn in pencil and cut out and then painted with acrylics. Bought some hooks and put them to hang up keys and stuff.

Seraph Inn - Phoenix Requiem

Phoenix Requiem

THE STORY

The Phoenix Requiem is a Victorian-inspired supernatural fantasy story about faith, love, death, and the things we believe in.
On a cold December night, a gentleman stumbles into the town of Esk, gunshot wounds leaving a trail of blood in the snow behind him. Despite making a full recovery at the hands of an inexperienced nurse - and deciding to make a new life for himself in the town - he is unable to escape the supernatural beings, both good and bad, that seem to follow him like shadows.
As they try to discover why, the nurse must question her beliefs and risk her own life in order to protect her family, her friends, and those that she loves.
Warning: Contains horror, violence, supernatural themes, drug use, and brief suggestive content. PG-13.

THE AUTHOR

Sarah Ellerton began her graphic novel obsession with 'Inverloch', a 760 page comic completed in 2007.
All of her artwork is created in Painter and Photoshop on a PC with a Wacom drawing tablet.
She currently resides in Queensland, Australia and works in IT.

 ~ from the author's website (link in the title)

 I've recommended another webcomic by author Sarah Ellerton, Inverloch, a few months ago, and to my neverending shame... I forgot to recommend this comic as well. You can view my.... hmm... review I suppose it is, here.
 Moving on now...

I've actually stumbled upon Phoenix Requiem before reading Inverloch. It was still an ongoing webcomic at the time so, on a free weekend I spent the better part of my time reading Inverloch and hoping PR would update faster.
PR is a story about a man who is plagued by shades and falls in love with the woman who saves his life. The story retells their experiences when faced with the supernatural and their reactions in the face of a shade invasion.

The story has a good ending, not one I was expecting but even better. I don't want to spoil anything but I can guarantee it is good!
There are 25 chapters split in five volumes so there's plenty of reading and awesome art to admire on a weekend.

Enjoy!

Tumblr

I've made a Tumblr: here!

I've been following various artists on Tumblr for months but couldn't decide whether to open an account or not. Tonight though I've made up my mind and did it.

I'll still manage Zombie Desk here on blogspot, since I know some of you don't want to go to Tumblr. I'll simply update both blogs at once.

Cheers!

A Redtail's Dream

aRTD - A Redtail's Dream

"A Redtail's Dream" is a webcomic which updates every day except Sundays (because that's when I sleep, apparently), telling the tale of a young man and his dog on a very much involuntary journey on the other side of the Bird's Path, in an artificially created dream existence. As the only ones aware of their unusual situation, the duo has been given the task of bringing their fellow villagers back into their own reality before their souls are passed on to the realms of Tuonela. And the two are attempting to do so with zero enthusiasm.

~ from the author's website (http://www.minnasundberg.fi)

 This is one of the internet's best webcomics. It's filled with Finnish mythology and a healthy dose of humor. You will love the characters, Hannu, arrogant, rude and a problem magnet and his dog, Ville, the most adorable animal out there. The "villain" here is a fox who sends them on the most awesome of adventures to save their village in an alternate reality, a dream world.
The art is gorgeous, perfect for the story and, as the author says, only practice for her future comic. If this is her practice comic, I can't wait for the next one!
The comic updates almost daily (there are no updates on Sundays) which is a bonus.
That's for the good points: great characters, lovable (even Hannu), plenty of updates, beautiful art and well-thought story.
As for the bad points... hmm... well... there's no update on Sunday. Other than that I don't really see anything bad about it.
:D
So go read it, it's amazing!

P.S. While you're out there, check the author's gallery as well:
here

Sketches 28.01.2013

Just wanted to draw something like this. I like how her right hand turned out.

Dancer

I watch too much Cirque du Soleil...

Fighter/Witchy... girl?

Page 1 - I might even color these later... yeah... maybe...

Page 2

Page 3

I love her face... she's not one of my characters... she just came out of the pen

I've had this thing about owls lately...

This is one of my characters from a story I'll probably never publish, about a witch in the Victorian era.

Sketches I've done over the last few months, cleaned a few of them up.

Paintings

Repost of a few paintings, better quality pictures this time, and a couple new paintings.
Also, here's a iguana painted box I did for a friend:

And here are a few pics I took with my phone while drawing the iguana and during painting. I grant you... it doesn't look like an iguana. It's special, poor thing.

This was part of my friend's birthday gift.

December 2012

I did these for work, before Christmas, when it was my turn to work on Sunday. I actually had fun at work that day. I mostly just did these then and afterwards I sprayed them on the windows of the office. They were a success!:D I used some images from the internet as ideas and made these by hand. They're made on cardboard, A3 dimension (roughly).

Also on cardboard, but more like A4 and A5 dimension.

Now, I've bought myself, as a X-mas gift, some acrylics and brushes and tried my hand at those. First pieces sucked, but I got some decent ones lately.
Painted on wood:

Trying acrylics for a first time after years. Was fun to paint clouds, kinda sucked at the rest.

Tried to draw a waterfall, which turned out decent as a first try, could have been better, and a tree which... didn't turn out at all, on a rock/cliff, whatever.

Fishies.... It's... um... bright?

Wolfie sketch on wood before painting.

Finished painting

My mom wanted something with warm colors for her kitchen wall. I don't particularly like this but she does so whatever, I got some practice with painting bodies.

Well, there are guests coming in a few minutes so I'm uploading this and going. See you next year!


EDIT: Forgot to say: I'm uploading the first chapter of the second part of TWH in the first week of January.
Also, sorry for the crappy quality of the pictures, they were taken with my phone, since I can't scan them and I forgot to buy batteries for my camera.

End of the world

Day 1: Humans still don't know I'm a zombie!

Magic Globe

Puppy-Dragon

Finished this. Sort of. I've tried to color it a bit differently. I'm not sure this works for me. I'm not entirely satisfied with this. Looks unfinished somehow. Ah well... practice makes better.
Cheers!

p.s. expect the next chapter of TWH around Friday. I do believe that's when I scheduled it. Maybe Thursday? I forget. I'm pretty sure it's Friday but I'm too lazy to verify right now.

The Tarot Café

The Tarot Cafe is a manwha written and drawn by the amazing, Korean Park Sang-sun.

 The story is compiled in seven volumes, also released in English in the US by Tokyopop.

It centers around a young woman whose story starts in the Medieval Era and continues throughout history until today. The woman, named Pamela has supernatural powers and runs a cafe during the day and caters to otherworldly clients after closing. Raised by a dragon and made immortal through him, she makes a deal with a devil (Belial). Now Pamela searches for the pearls from Belial's necklace to fulfill her part of the contract. In exchange she wants to be a mortal again. Throughout the volumes she encounters magical cats, fairies, vampires and other devils who help her along the way. By her side she has Belus, a young man who saved her life once and has been next to her ever since.

I was first attracted to this series because of the art. I still flip through the pages and just stare at the lines hoping one day I could be at least partially as good. The story hooked me as well. Underneath all the searches, the despair, the hope and the fun there is a genuine love story with a bittersweet open ending.

Good Points: Belus, the art, the story, brooding Alecto, Belus again.

Bad Points: Seven volumes seems a little too short and I could have read at least seven more. However bittersweet, I loved the ending. It seemed somehow fitting after all that happens.

And now here is some eye candy to make you go and read and enjoy it:

And this link is for those that need to read before buying (I am among that type of people so I get how that is).