Finally, a non-photo-diary upload!!!
I've been stuck in a really bad slump (I still am), which made me really hesitant to draw anything.
Anyway, since it's the middle of college basketball season, and my school will be facing Duke soon in a big rivalry match (and yes, I have student tickets! HEEL YEAH!!), so I decided to draw my university mascot, Rameses the Ram.
Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner, so I had to take a picture with my DSLR.
but the uneven lighting gave this drawing a cool effect that were totally unintentional, when I was playing around a bit with my image editing software.
It's been quite a while since I last drew something
I believe it's been about 8 months, to be a bit more specific?
SO... I DECIDED TO DO SOME DRAWING!! YAY!!
Watermarking with my logo
(but it's actually for covering up the part I felt too lazy to draw carefully)
but seriously, I really need to get in to the habit of watermarking my drawings and photos, because, I do not have any good looking signature that I can use instead!!
This one is just some practice with drawing a face.
*sigh...
....
.......
to be honest,
I did this because I was bored in my Maymester class.
and that, I think, factored into destroying my grade.
OTL
'Ca'st. Hood' is a close friend of me and Woo Gonghyeon.
He is really into hip-hop, and actually does recordings from November to February (when he has more time).
So right now, it's the end of November, he started doing some music
and he found this.
"Born Hater Contest"
it is a hip-hop contest hosted by 'Epik High.'
so my friend is already making some recordings, and on top of that, he is a fan of Epik High.
Therefore, he decided to give this contest a shot.
he asked me if I can make a parody jacket art of the above "Born Hater Contest" poster, so I was like,
"You can count on me, buddy!"
...and made this.
I couldn't really replicate the style as exactly as it was done on the poster, but I still did the best I could with it.
I would've saved about 1 hour only if I didn't waste my time on searching for a font that I didn't have.
and he used my parody jacket art for the first and the last parts of his music video that he'd be submitting for the contest.
I wish the best of luck to my good friend, Ca'st. Hood.
and speaking of music videos,
I'll be shooting & editing the music video of Ca'st. Hood during the Christmas Break.
It's going to be pretty tough, because I'm more familiar with rock than I am with hip-hop.
but looking at his video above, he seem to have some knowledge of editing and cinematography,
so hopefully, it might turn out to be easier than I'm expecting.
Regardless, I am going to have to start watching some hip-hop music videos, so that I can make a really nice, low budget, DIY music video for my friend 'Ca'st. Hood' during the winter break.
This semester is a lot busier than I thought.
I mean, I haven't been able to exercise or practice drawing at all. (Not to mention I still have 30+ posts that I've procrastinated, and I feel overwhelmed by class work.)
Anyway, I thought it was time for a study break
and try drawing something.
So I got my third Random Drawing Idea,
which is "The Main Character to that Thing I SWEAR I'm Working on But Just Haven't Found the Time as the Opposite Gender"
I like this one.
It's neither too hard nor too weird.
Thank goodness.
So this is what I ended up with.
This is 'Zharius' (not a finalized name, I'm planning to replace it with a name that people won't confuse its pronounciation) as a girl.
Well... uh
He is originally a long-haired character, has poor growth, and does not like exposing his skin and skinny-fitting clothes.
So, drawing him as a girl does not really make a lot of difference from his original self.
(If the drawing doesn't seem like he has poor growth development or doesn't like tight clothes..... Blame my bad drawing skill... :'(...)
Ugh..
Maybe I should do some human figure drawing practices as well, instead of just doing random drawing ideas...
Ugh...
I know I really need to practice my drawing.
but I also have to work on my friend's music video, meet other friends, and have been feeling excessively tired for no reason, all of which kept me from practicing my drawing. (not to mention posting anything at all onto my blog.)
HOWEVER!
I actually managed to snap out of laziness today, and got myself a second random drawing idea from 'Random Drawing Idea Generator 3.0'
(hopefully, it's not a weird one... please!!!)
Hmm....
"'Inspector Javert' 'As a Child'"
Well, thankfully it isn't as weird as the last random drawing idea.
(Image from: http://lesmiserables.wikia.com/wiki/File:Inspector-Javert.jpg )
So, it seems like I'm supposed to draw him.... as a child.
.....
which is going to be super difficult, because I can neither draw people realistically nor show age differences in my drawings....
Yes, I am that bad at drawing (which is the main reason why I need drawing practice).
Anyway, I'll give it a shot, since I need some practice.
.......
.......
Well, well, well,
I was aiming for drawing Javert within the age range of 10~13 year old. BUT! This doesn't look anything like Javert, and to make things even worse, this doesn't look like a child either.
*Sigh...
I'll just go to the corner of my bed and cry myself to sleep....
I was starting to get the feeling that I was posting mostly food pictures and restaurant stuff.
(But, seriously, taking food pictures is sooooo fun...)
So I decided to do some drawing practice for once,
and got a drawing idea from the Random Drawing Idea Generator 3.0
and this was what I got as my first random drawing idea:
"My favorite pokemon in a sexy swim suit"
Wait, WUT...??
Seriously??
My Favorite pokemon in a sexy swim suit?
you have got to be kidding me...
I personally don't think my favorite pokemon can wear a swim suit.
I mean, it has a tail... you can't wear a swim suit if you have a tail, right?
Well, here's my favorite pokemon, Lugia.
I don't like how the official design of Lugia is getting an increasingly larger belly, so I drew my version a little bit slimmer.
In addition, when I think of Lugia....
This is what comes into my mind all the time.
(I mean, Amatsumagatsuchi from Monster Hunter 3rd is quite similar to Lugia in terms of their powers.)
So, I tried to draw my version of Lugia as if it were soaring up to the sky as if Amatsumagatsuchi would.
*Sigh.....
Well, here it is..... The bane of this post.
I just googled "sexy swim suit" and drew the easiest one that came up.
.........
So.........
I'm supposed to make Lugia wear that....???
My high school math teacher (who taught me Pre-calculus and AP Calculus) commented on my facebook post, requesting me to make a logo for him.
So I did.
In the middle of my spring 2014 semester,
I didn't feel like studying one day, and there was an inspiration that came to my mind.
So I made the concept sketch that day, and finished it yesterday, which was after my first year at UNC was over.
I sent him about 4 versions of this with different colored background, while hoping that he likes them.
Shortly after he changed his Facebook profile picture with my logo, he requested me to add "RTFQ Your Way" in there.
I guess I'll have to send him the logos again.
I think this was one of the first complete drawings I've ever made with my Wacom Bamboo tablet.
Although my drawing skills may not make it seem like one, I tried to draw a tree that looks very healthy on the outside, but is rotting at the roots.
Through this drawing, I tried to illustrate the Korean music industry:
The healthy-looking, upper portion of the tree represents the mainstream K-Pop, which is easily visible/accessible to the masses, and is currently prospering.
The rocks surrounding the roots represent the general public's and the major record companies' indifference towards indie-artists, and favoritism towards mainstream K-Pop.
With the rotting roots, I wanted to convey the message that the indie-artists are dying out as a consequence of indifference and favoritism.
Thus, all together, I was trying to say that indie-artists or artists pursuing genres other than K-Pop need to receive more attention and assistance, in order for the Korean music industry (or any other myopic music industry that are overly obsessed with money-making) to become more diverse, robust and internationally renown.
