look what I got!

12 vials of Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Inks! *dance*

I've been curious about these color inks for a while now, but they are not available in Thailand. (I've looked all the places I knew). So it's up to Santa to get me some, which I'm very thankful for. Thanks santa!

This is the very very first test.


I love how the ink flow so easy, unlike the current ink I use for inking, altho the black isn't as opaque, but nothing photoshop can't fix*, yeah?

 
 
 
 
 

*except crappy anatomy/perspective. :P

A gift you can share

I got a gift from Francis Vallejo, not personally, hahaha. He put a zip file containing 117 Dean Cornwell's illustrations up for download on his blog. I must admit I never heard of Dean Cornwell before, but I love this style, I love this mute colors, compositions, everything.

Some examples:


go here and grab the file! you'll like it. (if you like this sort of thing)

Also, as a bonus, a while ago, I stumbled upon the site with illustrations of J.J.Grandville that I found very inspiring.




They are here if you are interested.

If you know any illustrators along this style you'd like to share, share!

Merry Christmas/Holidays/Winter Solstice/yay-long-days-off

2008 is bad year, the worse yet, I'm just glad it will be done soon.

I bought myself this as a xmas/new year gift:


yeaah Moleskine® sketchbook, it's something I have been wanted for a while, I wanna know what's the fuss is all about. It's probably one of the most extravagant things I bought. The price is like 5 times what I usually pay for sketchbook, (if I pay at all, I prefer drawing in individual sheet).

I must say I'm really happy with it, and will probably buy new one when this one is filled, (assumed that I won't be totally dirt broke beggar then.) I have read people complained about quality of papers and how it won't work with their mediums and stuff, but really, I absolutely have no problem with it at all, in fact, it's the best paper for copic I have found so far, and I tried craploads of papers.

I ran out of title about doodling

First, cg that I was trying to finish, but, you know what they say about my concentration, hahahaha....

*sob*



The sketch:


A few random doodles, still trying to find balance between speed and details




(no, that dogman isn't feeling up Nefertiti)

a sketch for new comic page:


and this, is what keeping me from ever finishing anything, ever.

Doooooodles night!

It started with helping a friend with some quick graphic.







Then I realized, hey, I can do this pretty fast, each one take less than 5 mins. Why not do more for fun?

and more I did.