Young Warrior - Samurai

Ink and watercolor.

Ula

Ink and graphite, 11 x 14".

Reference material provided by http://xoberryxo.deviantart.com/ .


Ula © Faeorain, 2009

Katsumi

Graphite, 11 x 14". I gave this sort of a Japanese/tribal/barbarian princess combo treatment. I gave her the name Katsumi, which means victorious beauty.

Reference material provided by http://killianred.deviantart.com/ , who was gracious to let me use on of his photos, even though he is not a stock photographer.


Katsumi © Faeorain 2009

Priestess IV

Ink and graphite, 9 x 12".

Priestess III

Ink and graphite, 9 x 12". Many thanks to Faestock at DA for providing the great pose. You can visit her DA page here:

http://faeorain.deviantart.com/art/Priestess-III-119829649


Priestess III © Faeorain, 2009

Danut

Ink and graphite, 14 x 17".

Danut © Faeorain, 2009

Soi Fon - Bleach

My attempt at drawing Soi Fon. Graphite, ink, carbon on bristol, 9 x 12".

This was an experiment for me, as I used graphite on bristol board ( I usually use drawing paper with some tooth to it when using graphite), and also the first time I have tried carbon. I used the carbon for the hair and part of the shoes, but I didn't much care for it...at least, not on this drawing. I ended up erasing a lot of it, or at least trying to blend it in with the graphite. I took notice that graphite can only be taken so dark on bristol board...it has a limit.

Soi Fon Original Drawing © Faeorain, 2009

Soi Fon Original Character © Tite Kubo, 2009

Inoue Orihime - Espada Uniform - Bleach

Graphite, 9 x 12".

Inoue Orihime Original Sketch © Faeorain, 2009

Inoue Orihime Original Character © Tite Kubo, 2009

Ulquiorra Schiffer - Resurreccion Segunda Espada - Bleach

This is another fan art dedication to a Bleach character. This is Uliquiorra Schiffer, the number 4 Espada, in his second release form.

Graphite, 14 x 17".

Bleach characters are manga characters and usually drawn in the that form. I wanted to put my own spin on them, so mine are not drawn in the standard manga style.

Again, I had some difficulties with my camera. You will see where notice some areas where the camera caught a glare off of the graphite, causing parts of the image to appear lighter. Some areas were also blurry or discolored. The actual drawing is even in tone and color.

Ulquiorra Schiffer Original Sketch © Faeorain, 2009

Bleach Character, Ulquiorra Schiffer © Tite Kubo, 2009

Illustration Friday: Subtract - Kenpachi Zaraki - Bleach

Subtract one eye patch from a certain captain of squad 11 of the 13 court guard squads, and, well...you're in for a world of trouble!

Graphite, 14 x 17 ".

For those who don't read manga or watch anime, you may not get the connection, so I will try to explain while hopefully not making this too long.

This is based on a manga/anime character from Bleach. He is Captain Kenpachi Zaraki, and when he removes his eyepatch, his reiatsu ( spiritual pressure/source of power) goes into overdrive. All soul reapers/shinigami/ and captains have different levels of reiastu. Kenpachi has an enormous amount of it, but he loves battle so much, that he wears this special eye patch to suppress the bulk of his power, thus drawing the battle out for his enjoyment. When the eye patch comes off...all hell is gonna break loose! ( He is also notorious for not taking very good care of his sword, thus all the damage shown).

Kenpachi Zaraki Original Sketch © Faeorain, 2009

Character Kenpachi Zaraki © Tite Kubo, 2009

IF : Legendary - Thor

I chose Thor for this week's topic. He seemed suitable, and I have been wanting to do another drawing of him for awhile now. This was done in graphite on 11 x 14 ", 90 lb, cream colored paper. The actual drawing is a full body drawing, but I cropped it for now because the whole picture does not fit into my scanner. I didn't feel like wrestling with my camera/lighting tonight, as I usually have to do with my larger drawings. I get so very frustrated with taking pictures of my work. I wished I had a better camera and decent lighting.

Thor © Faeorain, 2009

IF : Intricate - Shaman VI

Ink and graphite, 4 x 6 on 111 lb. drawing paper. A special thanks to Live Model Books and model Jesse for providing the pose for my base sketch.

I figured since several people have told me that my twine men are intricate, that I could post this new one for the IF topic this week.

Shaman VI © Faeorain, 2009

Giveaway Drawing: Twine Brown Jay Postcard

This is an original ink and watercolor postcard illustration. I drew him a little while back, but decided to take him out of my shop and offer him as a giveaway on my blog. If you would like to be the new owner of this little bird, all you have to do is a leave a comment here, and either an email address or some way I can find you to get your mailing info if you should win. The winner will be chosen by a random drawing at the end of this month, ( March 31st). And feel free to follow my blog for future updates on new artwork : )

UPDATE: Winner announced!

Ok everyone, I'm 2 days late on this, but I just did the drawing, using the random number generator at random.org, and the winner is......Focus_ret! Congratulations!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7

Timestamp: 2009-04-02 23:07:02 UTC


1 Samantha
2 Haru-Dori
3 v_spitalermt
4 arttage
5 Donn
6 Andie - email entry
7 Focus_ret
8 Kim
9 maryvangils
10 Jonna
11 Susan Faye

thanks for participating! , Fae

IF : Instinct

By instinct, they were drawn to each other....

Getting there....I'd say it's just a little under halfway completed. I'm hoping to work on it more tonight, but my drafting table is in our bedroom, and my husband will soon want to sleep. I don't have my own studio at the moment ( oh how I wished I did). I do my best work when I can listen to my music while drawing. Current music for this piece...Anuna. If you haven't heard of them, I highly suggest doing a search on Amazon for some mp3's.

Beginning the transformation. I finally found some time to get back to work on this. This is the stage ( the twinework, as I call it) that takes the most time to complete.

Ok folks...this one is a work in progress. I have not done a prompt for Illustration Friday for some time, and I really wanted to do this one. As it usually turns out, I end up wasting time trying to come up with an idea..and then other things prevent me from getting started early enough.

I also wanted to show this one in steps anyway, but now, it's just going to be late. But I wanted to get my link logged in time for this one.

Ok, this is just the base sketch, plus a refined outline. It's still very early, and I think this is going to take me until at least the end of the weekend to finish.

PLEASE stop back to see the finished piece!!!

Also, did I mention before about my problem with taking pictures of my work with my camera? I think I did...I really hate it. I just don't have the proper lighting. So every time I do a larger piece ( this one is 14 x 17 " )...I need to use my camera because it's too big for my scanner. And every time, the pictures either come out dark grey, or dark yellow...and I have to use software to " try " and fix it. Notice how I have the word try in quotation marks : )

I can never get it right, and it always ends up dual colored or something ( notices the different colors on the left and right of the image). Anyway, I will be glad when the weather gets warmer and perhaps I can go outside in the day, and make use of the natural lighting for my pictures.

Again, PLEASE stop back to see the finished piece! I know, it's a pain in the butt, but I'm hoping to have this finished by Sunday...perhaps Monday at the latest. I'm terrible with deadlines....I know : /

Priestess II

Ink and graphite, 9 x 12 on 111 lb, Canson drawing paper. This is the second in my Priestess series. The first was an ACEO ( trading card ) sized drawing. I decided to take this series to a larger scale. The figure drawing photo I used for a base sketch was provided by Live Model Books. A big thanks to the photographer, the website and to model Valentine for providing the pose.

I strayed just a bit from the model photo. Due to the texture I use in the body, I needed to move her arm just a bit, so that the staff would not interfere with the figure, and end up blending in too much.

Priestess II © Faeorain, 2009

Shaman V - ACEO

Ink and graphite on Stonehenge drawing paper. The actual size of this drawing is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 ", ( trading card sized). Ok, I did say I was taking a break from the trading card sized work....I still am. But I figured I would sneak one in ( I wanted to try out my new cream, Stonehenge paper, which I purchased pre-cut in the trading card size.) I will probably sneak a few in here and there, but they will not be my main focus now. I can't get the same level of detail in this smaller format, but I try. The smallest pen tip size I am working with now is 005.

Wadim

Ink and graphite on 90 lb , cream colored drawing paper, 11 x 14. This is another drawing created from a pose by model Jesse, from Live Model Books. Thanks again to Live Model books, the photographer, and to Jesse for providing the great pose!

Wadim © Faeorain, 2009

Awaken

Ink and graphite on 111 lb. drawing paper. This drawing was created with the help of figure model barefootpoet who provided the perfect pose. This was the R&D 235 for the Figure Drawing Factory group. I decided to make the project part of my ongoing series of twine beings. Many thanks to barefootpoet for the great pose!

Awaken © Faeorain, 2009

Doru

Ink and graphite on cream colored paper. This one measures 11 x 14, so I could not use my scanner to get the picture uploaded, as it was too large. I had to use the camera, and, well...you can see the result. I had a really hard time trying to get a picture that was not too dark, or yellow, or even multi-colored. These pics are not the exact representation of the color and brightness of the actual drawing. The pictures kept turning out really dark, so I had to use a photo editing program to adjust the color, and used fade correction to brighten them up a bit. As you can tell, I am not an expert with the camera ; )

The actual color of the paper is a natural cream color, which is just a bit off-white.

I would also like to thank figure model Jesse, from Live Model Books for providing the pose for this piece.

Doru © Faeorain, 2009

Svuil

Ink and graphite. The twine keeps calling me back, so I will be taking a break from the watercolors, and the ACEOs for awhile to work on some larger drawings in this series. I feel these images work best in black/white or greyscale.

I did not have a figure photo to work with on this one, so I had to wing it. There is of course, always a noticable difference when I do not use an actual model pose for a base sketch. I'm still working on accurately remembering all of the details of the human body from memory.

Svuil © Faeorain, 2009

4 New Paintings - Shadow Warrior Series

These are part of my new Shadow Warrior series. I completed them this week and listed them today on Jan 1, my 1 year anniversary on Etsy, as I wanted to start the new year on a productive note. I plan to do more in this series. These are sketched out in pencil first, then lined with ink, then I paint the ink in with a brush and finish off the background with watercolor. These are cards I, II, III, and IV in the series. All are OOAK originals.

Shadow Warrior Series © Faeorain, 2009