Manifest commissions

As promised here are some of my Manifest drawings. I drew a lot more but I didn't have time to take photos.

Some of these aren't great in my opinion, but managing to drill through so many commissions in a short amount of time is a huge achievement for me. I'm hoping to take a different approach at Armaggedon and try and stick to using 2 colours as opposed to colouring it fully. Armaggedon is in 2 weeks so stay tuned as I'm going to be selling t-shirt designs there too!

Manifest 2012 + lots of new links!

Hello!

It's been a while since I've updated my blog but thought I'd give you guys an update on what I've been up to.

Last weekend I decided to set up a stall at Manifest with my friends Liz, Jordan and Winston (with help from my PR bf Arv) selling commissions and my Greetings from Looi card range. Although I only sold 5 cards lol, I managed to make heaps of sales through my commissions which was surprising! I haven't drawn anime since high school, so it was a real challenge for me to do portraits in anime style. I'll admit some of them weren't very anime-ish lol, but it was still really fun to draw for people under pressure. I managed to draw 39 portraits over 3 days, so I'm very happy with myself that I managed to churn them out that fast. A fear I had was that my stuff wouldn't sell that well (seeing as I don't really draw anime often) but to my surprise people still really appreciated it and were happy with the pictures they received. I was also very happy that my sign managed to get people's attention (thank you to my year working in a advertising studio!)

I think after doing Manifest it has really ignited my passion again in illustration, something which has been lacking for a really long time. Hopefully I'll be able to attend more conventions and hopefully find that signature style I have been craving for! (I'm aiming for Armageddon but we'll see)

When I have time I might post up some of the work I did from Manifest.

All I have is this picture which, if you were there you probably remember passing by the Pikachu and Squirtle.  My friend Jordan requested Charmander and Bulbasaur to make an appearance...
(And by the way they are in a conga line!...so many dirty people around :P)

In the mean time if you'd like to see more of my work you can find my work in the links below!

Greetings from Looi card range research blog
My graphic design portfolio
Tumblr account for random inspiration and projects
My old work on Deviantart

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The Future O___O

Oh my.
Holidays are almost over and I feel like I've wasted them ><

Damn I wrote a very long post before but it got deleted D:
I'll just dot point cause dinner's ready lol...
-Manifest dream over :( Fanart destiny not meant to be
-Next semester = stress/heart attack
-Set up portfolio :)

Portfolio = Features this illustration! I drew a few ppl I know in it. See if you can spot yourself :)

Ugly heads for sale

Lol they get uglier and uglier -_-
My favourite is probably kon and alphonse :)

If you know any other characters I should make let me know!

Opinions Please!

Plan C - Manifest process

So far, i've only made two plush keyrings (which are kinda dodged -_-). They are meant to be screen cleaners as well (thanks to lizo!) I watched totoro today finalllly...and was inspired to make one :) The white one was suppose to be the ghost totoro, but the shape was kinda weird so i just drew arms on it.

Hrmm, I kinda ran out of anime mascots to make. If you any suggestions on what people would buy(or what you like xD) let me know and also what price would be reasonable. They actually took a while to make so don't say $1 -_- lol...

Our progress is going so slowly...i doubt we'll be able to make any sellable ones in time! we'll prob bail like we did for agideas -______-

Hoorah! I smell progress

Yay i've drawn one pic! I think i'll just draw pokemon for manifest now :D teehee. This pic kinda reminds me off PPG style. I wonder if otaku fan kids will buy this sorta stuff? I still need fix this pic up a bit though..line work is messy...and something doesn't seem right about it yet...hrmmm
Oh yes heres some sketches for manifest! Urgh i've got too much work to do to vector them though ;_;...We've decided to just draw whatever we feel like. Drawing fanart sucks when ur not otaku =P

Commander and Chief

Ah gotta love the nicknames in lovely complex :)

Oh in recent news, i'm gonna be selling work at manifest this year! I'm not sure what to draw though...cause i'm not a hardcore anime watcher. So far we've got:
-Naruto
-Bleach
-One Piece
-Dragon ball (lol)
-Ouran

Any suggestions? :)