I am back! / Pencil Drawings~

Hi folks!

Wow it has been forever!!! But no worries! I am officially back for good! (PROMISE!!!)

I have been drawing a lot and working on multiple projects at once. Super busy but I'm very happy, inspired, and motivated. I was on a long long hiatus after my graduation due to... life. I did post some little sketches and drawings during that time (and many times I said I would try to post more often but I did not... sorry!) but it was mainly to kill off my boredom at work, or just a very brief inspiration which did not last very long.

Now I am back for good and will produce lots of artworks as much as I can. I've been doing dailies pretty much everyday. This is to boost my creativity and improve/develop my skill. I have so much fun!

To start off my (finally) glorious comeback, here are a few pencil sketches, my drawings as transition from my hiatus to my current active and productive state (kaka~).

Hope you guys will like them!

 A few squirrel sketches for a game I've been working on as a freelance. I kinda struggled because as you know I am not as good at drawing animals since I draw mainly humans. But this was such a good practice that I am so much more confident with drawing anything beside humans now. The final design will be reviewed after the game is released so stay tuned!

These are a few concept sketches I did for a new online interactive dress-up game. This will take a while since I need to finish the squirrel game first. This one does not require a tight deadline like the other one. I was trying for either realistic style or a bit more cartoon-ish style, and my client prefers the rather realistic look on her game so I will create more designs based on this concept.

Ha ha~ I admit that I play this app game called 'MOE Can Change' and this is a little drawing of my two 'myroids'. I am no longer very active on the game though due to my current busy state. I still play it once in a while so if you play it and want to check out my myroids, you can look up 'Tina' (there are a lot of Tina's unfortunately...) and search for the picture of a myroid with long blonde hair and blue eyes (both of my girls have long blonde hair and blue eyes, just different tones). Their names are BoA and Kara (based on my 2 favorite K-Pop artists).

BIG NEWS!!! I will start working on my first (not really first but this one will be consistent) manga. It is going to be an adult romance manga. No worries, I will try my best not to make it too cheesy but rather realistic. This is a drawing of the main characters, the main couple of the manga. Stay tuned!

Here are the head-shots of each of them. These are only concepts, not final designs.

Hope you had fun looking at my pencil drawings. No worries, more and more posts are coming right after this!

Thank you!

Another way to escape~

My life has been quite messy for the past few weeks. In fact, it already started back in the December of 2012.
I have been so busy with other stuff, I never actually got to do my own artwork nor continue my current in-progress story, which I would like to soon turn into an epic comic. But perhaps, last week might just have been one of the worst weeks I have ever experienced in my life. The consequence of such a bad week turned out to be... how can I put this... in control, however. Good thing I am not a negative individual nor a typical positive one that may drive everyone nuts. I am optimistic. But my optimism is driven by my own pessimism, believe it or not.
I was a total broke-down, until I got so sick of it, I decided to fix it.
I was so negative, I decided to keep it in the back of my mind, so I could bring forward the positive.
I would throw myself into the sea of low self-esteem, and slowly let myself sink without any effort of coming back up. And as soon as I touch the bottom, I would just go blank, relax, think of nothing. Until all of a sudden, I would turn into a rocket and fly straight up into the sky.
It may sound strange, but at some point, my pessimism is the motivation for my optimism. I see and accept the bad as a challenge for the good. I look at the reality to paint my own fantasy. And if it is going nowhere, I take it as a sign for 'time to relax!'
It is not totally an 'escape'. I am not running away. It is, in fact, the opposite. In order to 'escape' from the burdens that put me down, I would have to face it.
And that is another way of mine to keep my feet on the track. 

This little sketch is simply another quick sketch. It did its job - keep my mind at peace.

Soccer Girl

I've been working on a short comic series, but suddenly I felt like drawing a soccer girl. I guess I can't wait for next year's World Cup 2014! If only there was a World Cup for female soccer, that would be cool.

Back with random doodles~!

Hi folks!

My apology for not updating my art blog for so long (since September 1st of last year sheesh!).

But I am back now and ready to jump on the tablet again! So many things happened the end of last year. I got a new job and it was like 2 hours away from my home so I had to move. I finally got a nice apartment but I had to furnish and decorate it, aside from getting busier and busier at work (which I like by the way, I enjoy being a busy bee, not a lazy pig, although being a lazy pig is really nice sometimes). So there, I got a good excuse for not updating my art blog!

Okay okay, boo for excuses, there should be no excuses at all for a little drawing and doodling! It should only take me what, 5 minutes to do a couple doodles~~~ not just for the fun of it but for joy and everyday practice. So guess what, I did doodle! (For some reason I prefer the term "doodle" than "draw" although there is a big difference between them, but "doodle" simply sounds more fun and free for me~~~ and that is how I feel about drawing.) I doodled a bunch of drawings at my work (sssshhh don't tell my boss... kaka). I drew random drawings and I also drew my co-workers! The people at work "discovered" my special doodling talent so they offered me to doodle on their quota boards. Oh joy!

So behold the doodles I have made at my work:

-Since the studio I've been working at is a 3D studio (it's StereoD by Deluxe!), there is no Photoshop or any special drawing software, unlike a Flash studio, so I just went ahead and used MS Paint (the classic) to fulfill my addiction (drawing/doodling!). At least I got my very own Wacom tablet, which makes everything much easier (although drawing with a mouse can be a great and exciting challenge). Since it is MS Paint, it is a challenge. There are no layers so I got to be extra careful to not make any mistakes, otherwise, I would have to start over and over after erasing it with the MS Paint eraser (Did you know? In my first English term, the British English, it's "rubber"). So here you go, my MS Paint portraits of my awesome StereoD folks!

The Commander

The Man

The Partner

The Sister

The Dude

-And a little exaggerated portrait of myself (you know sometimes you just feel like making yourself pretty~):

The Geek

-Before drawing all of those portraits above, I did experiment a little to see how well I can draw on MS Paint, and this was the result:

The Random Old Man

-Bonus drawing: a sexy chick~

 -Eh~ not completely satisfied with it but I guess it is not too bad.

-Anyway, that is not it. MS Paint bored me at some point. So I thought to myself: "What brought me lots of joy in the first place? --- A pencil!" Of course, every basic doodle starts with it.The classic. The love. The unforgettable:

 -But the eraser ran out (the dang rubber!), I decided to make it another challenge, doodle with a pen! That way, I forbade myself to make any mistakes:

 That's all folks! Thank you!!! And one more thing...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!! :)

It's still the first week of 2013 so it should not be too late to say it~~~

A little self-portrait doodle on a busy day...

I love working, especially when my work is related to my best interest at heart - art and animation :)

But you have to admit that at some point during the day when you're working, you gotta feel very tired and extremely sleepy somehow, especially when you are a very busy person who does not get more than 8 hours of sleep everyday. Sooo I am that person and in order to avoid that, I doodle. And this is the result:

Alright this may not be the best doodle I've done but I kinda like it, and I did have fun~
At least it kept me up for a little while~~~

Zzzzzzzz...

P.S. By the way, the doodle was inspired by the (AWESOME) animated series BLACK DYNAMITE, which I'm currently working for as a Production Assistant. I totally admire the style and get hooked with the story. You can check it out on Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, at 11:30 pm. Make sure all the kids have already been put to bed before you can watch it~

When I become an accomplished artist...

... My mole shall have already grown a lot of very long hair.

Right after I posted my very "precious" self-artist-portrait - how I look when I'm drawing, my boyfriend asked me "So whenever you're drawing, your mole grows hair." Well, not exactly but... it is possible due to the excitement level in me when I'm drawing. And because of that, I was dreaming of how I would look when I am an accomplished artist. The more I draw, the better I become, the more experience I get, and the longer my mole hair grows. Well~ at least I have my own signature that proves that I am a successful artist. 

Please behold Tina N.'s sign of talent~ very precious indeed~ :)

 

Thank you for your supports~ Cheers~ :D

 

How I look when I'm drawing...

... and it could be very shocking...

Behold, the rare beauty emerging from the deep of comic and jokes:

BOOM!!!

And that's all folks~!!!

P.S. This is truthfully how I look when I am drawing. It's just so addicting, like drug, but a lot more fun and less dangerous~ Thank God for awarding me such beauty, I would like to cheer~ CHEERS~~~ ♥

The Bride (Girl with a Flower 3)

Do you remember my ongoing series "Girl with a Flower"? Of course it has been a while since the last time I drew the latest series drawing, but don't worry I have never forgotten about it so this time, I finally created a brand new drawing for the series (yes brand new because I have just finished it like 5 minutes ago before I started typing this~).

At first my intention was not to create another "Girl with a Flower" drawing (Awww~!). I have been doing a lot of drawings for my portfolio as well as to improve my skill. I was doing another constructional pose sketch when suddenly I felt like drawing a profile picture of my character. And without any hesitation, I went ahead and started sketching out a big profile head. I had no idea what to do with her head but I did not want to leave it with just the hair, either down or tied up. I was thinking "Aaaah what to do? What to do?". Then pop, I thought of flowers. I began to doodle different flowers on her head including lilies, daisies, some weird spiral flowers I made up etc. But it did not look right. I then thought of roses. So I drew a bunch of roses on her head. I really had a lot of fun.

Well okay, roses are fun but a bunch of roses on the head, what's the point? Is she supposed to be the princess of roses? Then I thought of bridal veil. Oh boy, it would go beautifully with the roses. As I was drawing the veil, I suddenly remembered about my "Girl with a Flower" series, so I thought "Why don't I make this the 3rd piece for the series?" And voila, it is now the 3rd artwork of "Girl with a Flower" series. It is called "The Bride". I'm not sure if there has been a bride wearing a bunch of roses (perhaps just one rose) on her head, but this is my idea.

The girl in the drawing does not look happy and she is looking down, as some of the rose petals are falling off along the veil. The message simply is: Being a Bride is one of the most important and happiest events in a woman's life, but at the same time, it is also depressing somewhat when it is also a huge turning point bringing more responsibilities and less freedom to the woman. The wedding alone is already a disaster. The roses on her head symbolize happiness and love, and it is up to her to keep them fresh without all the petals falling down.

I am not excellent at coloring, but I really enjoyed painting this piece. It was fun playing with the shades and light values~ 

Wow, that was a long post. Anyway, behold the beauty of "The Bride", the 3rd "Girl with a Flower" (or rather flowers/roses):

 

And the sketch:

Here are my previous "Girl with a Flower" 1st and 2nd versions:

 

Click for more information of "Two Faces"

Click for more information of "Crusher"

All Night Drawing: Painting Girl

Oh yes I did. I just sacrificed my sleep to finish this little drawing. I have been working on poses and facial expressions along with a lot of different concepts of my own characters only to add more to my portfolio. I did not intend to color at all but only do line-works or sketches. The main purpose is the solid construction of the drawings. But since I adored this specific drawing so much I figured I just had to color it as well. And this is the result of an all-nighter!

 

Right, I never shaded the drawing. Why? Simply I am not an expert at shading with colors and I kinda figured I might mess it up. I suppose flat colors are not bad and it shows more of the cartoon's side of the drawing, of course it is cartoon style. Although shading might just add more depth and detail to it~ Ah well, I'm pretty happy with this and I will move on with the next drawing.

By the way, good morning Thursday! :)

Update: Well I forgot to put up the construction sketch for this drawing so... here it is! Cheers~ :)

 

Launching: Tina N.'s Online Portfolio

Finally, it is here!!! Although I really still do need to put more good stuff on my portfolio for it is currently a bit too simple, simply I just wanted to give an idea on what I can do and like to do and my skill level, I will update it regularly.

Behold, the Online Portfolio of "Mademoiselle" Tina Nguyen!!!

http://tina-n-portfolio.blogspot.com/

Thank you very much for your lovely time~ :)