Falcon Punch

Previously - Made evident from the Assassin's Creed titles and symbols, the game in question had kept me rather busy. I should say "games", as the series consists of four titles up to date, with a fifth due to release near the end of this year. I should also add that games in particular have always kept me busy, and are a large part of my life. I wouldn't describe myself as a hardcore gamer or some such extremist, but I still manage to spend an awful lot of time glued to the ol' monitor.

I was not that pleased with what resulted from the sketching this time around. I had done the line art and base coloring before taking a break, and upon returning to work I noticed that I had lost my reference picture. In frustration, I hurried the picture to some form of concluded state as fast as I could. I did try out working with a large image this time (1000 x 1000 px), and I think it shows in the overall smoothness of the image. Larger files do take up way more space in source-files, however. I turned out to be an exercise in shadowing once again, and I could have been more brazen had I retained the reference image.

Sketch-Stretch 4

An Illustrated Guide to Life

I'd have hoped to have posted this yesterday on May 1st, but I wasn't able to reach the necessary art files. Long story short - It's been a busy time in my life. Rather than explaining the stuff that's been keeping me busy, I'd rather try showing it instead. It is my intention to draw five subjects over five weeks, but let's see how that goes. I tried out the open-source vector illustrator Inkscape during the weekend. What a positive surprise! I was expecting an uphill battle but it was a rather smooth ride instead. I've tried my hand at Adobe Illustrator by way of drawing logos and GUI elements, so I wasn't a complete stranger to the purpose of Inkscape. Perhaps I can post some of the output here once this sketch-stretch is over.

Sketch-Stretch 1

All systems 100% and feeling jolly good

Haha! So I'm finally rightfully reunited with my beloved desktop 'puter. It's amazing how faster I can get stuff done. Well, at least surfing the Net seems a lot faster! The lack of downtime updates is explained by my refusal to attempt another drawing with my laptop mouse. That was such an excersize in frustration that I felt it better to do without another such venture. This week's drawing portays my two household 'puters. I don't think I tried anything new with this one, but felt inspired to draw it nonetheless. And yes, my laptop is a bit on the aged and senile side of things.

Life 2

Technical Difficulties

My desktop computer blew up last week. A power-out occured, resulting in an electric surge that most likely fried the power supply along with the motherboard. It's been a week since I took it to the tech shop to have it repaired. Still no clue as to the true extent of the damage. I've been living in processing-power-limbo on my laptop in the mean time. Funny how doing anything with the ol' 'puter suddenly feels so slooow... I did the picture with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI (dig the name...) and my lil' laptop mousie. I nearly lost my temper until I discovered the pen-tool and how to draw lines with it. Drawing with a low-DPI mouse is suprizingly frustrating. Here's to hoping I can get my beloved CPU back next week, hopefully in working condition.

Life 1