Metal

Corel Painter
The only part of this that I did was the huge part that looks out of place. I'm practicing creating different textures, and it looks like it's definitely going to take some practice. This is a blown up part of a painting from here.

Arm

Corel Painter ~3.5 hours
It's my first arm! The sketch is based on one of those cheesy "learn to draw" sites on the net. The hand sucks, but I really like the upper arm. Also, it went a lot faster than last time.

Magna Carta Portrait

Corel Photo-Paint. ~7 hours
(left) Original character art from Magna Carta.
(middle) My inked version of the face. No tracing!
(right) My colors under the inks. I'm really happy with the way it turned out!

First Post

I created this blog for motivational purposes: hopefully in the future I'll be able to look back on these first pictures and see how much I've developed.

Here are some practice images I made earlier this week:

Corel Photo-Paint. ~1 Hour

Just pencil that was on my desk. I still don't seem to have the hang of straight lines. Also, this image is tiny?

Corel Painter. ~1 hour
Here's a leg I copied from one of the characters in Magna Carta. I am awfully proud of the way this turned out. Another part of the image that I spent significantly more time copying will be available later. This was good practice for eyeballing lines and shading.