Day 33

Kept it lo res from the start so over zooming and over detailing wasn't an option.

Day 31 & 32

Ah such a crazy couple of days.  I received the tablet/slate PC I purchased on Ebay yesterday and spent most of the day fiddling with it and installing software and drivers.  I also had one of my last band practices before we go on indefinite hiatus after our next show.  Not to get too far into it, but not having the band in my life has cleared a lot of mental space for work and growing as an artist.   Anyway, I had a study for yesterday and today each but I lost the second one when Windows started installing updates automatically.  Still getting used to Windows stuff again, and on a tablet as well.  But I do love that machine and think it was a great investment.

Soooo... yesterday's study:

And my Bridgman hand studies from today:

Day 29 & 30

I'm going to try something different with my post layout here that I will inevitably regret when I redesign this blog someday in the future.  Then again, that could be a while and this post will be long forgotten.  So yes,  here today we have a 2 day study (a couple of hours yesterday and today each).  

Anyway, I wanted to write a little more today than I usually do since I'm coming up on the end of month one of my deathline and I wanted to assess the first month and where I'm at.  I looked over my goals and am pretty pleased with the progress I've made so far.  Studying daily has become an obsession.  I am still extremely new to digital painting and have daily struggles with rendering.  Drawing is also improving although I feel that was my one strength (albeit tiny) coming into this.

For month two, I won't be able to focus as heavily on the Bloodsport Challenges because I'm kind of overloaded with client work (all music and indie clothing related freelance stuff).  My main focuses are going to be efficiency and routine with specific focuses on anatomy speed.  I'll be working heavily on Bridgeman studies and probably a mix of still lifes and MMA studies. 

And to cap this post, here's a handful of doodles from the past two days including another self portrait.

Day 28

Daily study - another hand.  And doodles from the weekend, mostly Sunday, including CAPTAIN FREAKING PLANET (a redesigned version anyway).

I don't think I'm going to be able to do anything for this Bloodsports challenge which is a bummer because it's such a cool challenge (Zelda Windwaker redesign) - I just have way too much freelance graphic design work on my plate at the moment (4 album art jobs).

Day 27

Loomis and quick head sketches of various durations from magazines and other references.

Day 26 - Study + Bloodsports: Monster Hunter

This isn't based off of the video game "Monster Hunter" - but the challenge was inspired by it.  I'm definitely not finishing in time since the deadline is in 2 and a half hours.
You can see my monster for this challenge a few posts below.

And a study as well.

Day 25

I've been extremely bogged down with client work and Bloodsports the last 2 or 3 days.  I have 4 album art projects on the plate at the moment (2 actually into production).  One of them features a lovely glass sphere containing a person -- this is an ultra quick study from that project.

This is actually a two part study - there is a hand holding the orb and I'll be getting onto that part tomorrow since I want to keep running with hands and other anatomy weaknesses.

Day 24

Day 24 study carried over to today.  I'll probably still do another quicker one for today.