Tirqu

Hello once again! Our internet was broken all day yesterday, and we only just got it back. It's funny how you never realize how much you use something until it's gone. I kept thinking "Oh, I'll just look that up - crud." Anyway, today's drawing is of a little alien I call Tirqu. I haven't thought about him or his kind much, but I have a good feeling about him and I want to develop him more. As a character, he is a scientist, as we can see here. He always wears a single-piece cloth suit with a big zipper, making it like a comfortable jumpsuit. You never see his feet, and his arms are slightly out of proportion. No, I don't know what that thing is either, its some kind of socket that he drags around like hair. I really like this guy, but I'm less than proud of the result. The watercolors are messy, there's not much shading that you can see, and I goofed on the perspective of his lifted arm. However, this was when I was still experimenting with this new style, so I'm not about to beat myself up over it. I will make it a future project to re-do this.

~Samuel8R

P.S. I've been considering graphic novels as a path to go with my art, so I have been reading some books on the subject. My first comic is in the works now! (still planning and sketching)

Test Subject Blue 2.0

Greetings once again from this week's Tuesday's post! Here is another watercolor Nitrome character, from the game of the same title, who uses a laser gun and his wits to get through each miniature test chamber. He (a sentient, learning, goo) is injected into his suit at the start of each level by a scientist and goes about his tasks. The original suit is here:

As you can see, I have made the suit a lot more complex, and my idea is that it is a more advanced second edition of the suit. However, it still retains the glass dome to hold the goo, and a similar color scheme. I'm thinking I might send this to Nitrome as fan art.

Nitrome Games: http://www.nitrome.com/

Test Subject Blue: http://www.nitrome.com/games/testsubjectblue/index.html

Enjoy!

~Samuel8R

Balana Thranta

Hooray for Star Wars! (whatever is said about the prequels, they were great. GET OVER IT NERDS) Here we have a (now extinct) creature from the planet of Alderaan. Used to carry people like a bus. The Thrantas came in many sizes, these are some of the smaller breeds. This image was copied from a book entitled 'The Wildlife of Star Wars' as a practice with my teacher. I used pencil and pens, as always. Anyway, got my sister's horse show tomorrow, followed by a visit from a friend on Sunday (we're going to play Minecraft! yeahhhh) See you next week!
~Samuel8R

Happy Diamond Jubilee!

Well, It's been 60 years since Queen Elizabeth the Second became queen, so I decided to make my own  patriotic tribute. In Minecraft. Well, actually my dad was criticizing us (half-joking of course) that we weren't being patriotic by not standing up for the national anthem. So I decided to show him how patriotic I really was by building this. (The 60 in the middle is made out of diamond blocks and the E ii R is the Queen's royal crest) I would have done it in time for the jubilee, except for that fact that I came up with the idea only last Friday, and had the weekend to make it. Still, I am very happy with how it came out. (doing all the white spaces was an absolute BORE, I can tell you)

Well, I think that's about it for This Tuesday's post! More art on Friday.

~Samuel8R

ROTMG Final Class

Here we have the final class for my ROTMG sketches. I had to do it on it's own because the number of classes is not divisible by three. The trickster has a 'prism' (Here denoted by the necklace) that can teleport the player to the mouse, sending a dummy in the opposite direction that all enemies will attack instead of you. Pretty handy, mostly for running away though. She also carries a dagger. I really need to get the final moving. (I haven't got very far with it, I've been so busy!) I have nearly finished another digital piece that you guys will like though! I just have a few touch-ups and tweaks left to go. And some news: I went to the folk-life and got a nice hat! Slightly steampunk, it's made of real leather! (it smells so good!) So now my room smells of hat! I've also got a lot of Warhammer 400,00 miniatures sitting on my desk that need to get basecoated, though I'm not sure when I'll paint them.. (includes 1 Pyrovore, 5 (new) Tau stealth suits, and 5 Necron Deathmarks. I already have a full army of Tyranids and nearly a full army of Tau. Just started the Necrons though.)

See you next week!
~Samuel8R

Thoxen

Hello chaps/chappettes! (almost forgot to post again! herp derp) This one is done like the necromancer (which has nearly 40 views, by the way, from people just google image searching for realm of the mad god!) With pen outline, shaded with pencil, and then colored with watercolors. The Thoxen is an old creation of mine, from a story I started writing (and never finished) It wasn't very good but it was one of my first ventures into writing really. Anyway, the Thoxen is an alien race from the planet Geig. Geig is one of two planets, the other called Chék. Geig orbits Chék in a solar system, and Chék is occupied by a human settlement. Thoxen are known for stealth and ninja-like abilities, as well as their bony, serrated 'heel-spikes.' Their preferred weapons are knives and high-powered 'proton pistols' that are somewhat similar to welding torches that can shoot things (description FAIL!) I actually like how his head-tentacles came out. They aren't actually prehensile, like proper tentacles, but are still fleshy protrusions unlike hair. I think that's it for this picture! (I really do LOVE this technique though. It always looks so good!)

~Samuel8R

Dirk Valentine

So Dirk Valentine is a game character from a brilliant flash game by the amazing Nitrome. Nitrome is a small, independent British game studio who make retro art-style games with pixelly graphics and intuitive, innovative gameplay. Dirk Valentine is a steampunk-style guy who shoots a chain cannon that can stick to walls to create bridges. I kinda made him 'realistic' but not all the way, because the original was VERY tiny with a HUGE hat and big gun. I'm thinking I might send this in to Nitrome as fanart.

Link to Nitrome: http://www.nitrome.com/

Dirk Valentine: http://www.nitrome.com/games/dirkvalentine/index.html

Some other good ones are Steamlands, Swindler, Knuckleheads, Nitrome Must Die, Fault Line, Fat Cat, and Off The Rails. Be seeing you next week,

~Samuel8R