Some Random Doodles For A Mini Sketchdump. Haven't Been Very Active Lately (so Sorry!!), But I Think

Some random doodles for a mini sketchdump. Haven't been very active lately (so sorry!!), but I think I feel my drawing juices coming back. Hope to be back again real soon!

Wanted to try something a little different in terms of style, and I'm really happy with how these two came out.

This is Finneley Hannigan and Ophelia Melbury. Finneley is the quiet and very shy gardener at a huge country estate and Ophelia is a polite and very imaginative daughter of one of several aristocratic families who frequently stay at the estate most the year.

Finneley comes from a magical family and is the youngest of 7 children and lives in a house just inside the woods on the estate grounds. His mother, Mabel, and Finneley have the same kind of magic, which is the growing and nurturing of plants and animals. Mabel's magic is best used through singing and dancing, but as she was getting older when Finneley's magic finally revealed itself (he was quite a few years older than his siblings when they discovered their magic), she began to forget how to use her magic. Except for her singing, which she taught Finneley.

After I came up with Finneley's story I realized that I basically made a male version of a Disney princess and I absolutely love it.

I hope to actually make some comics with these characters and this story this time ...

First post of 2018! YAY!

(but it’s already May ............ woops)

Experimenting with Autodesk Sketchbook and these schnazzy little art figurines I got as a birthday gift. Here’s a link to show what they look like:

https://bodykun.com/products/body-kun-models-for-artists?gclid=CjwKCAjwiurXBRAnEiwAk2GFZr50NEnBkwGwqo4Q5UCekREKbt7aKk-5PUDmUtPbJfExCMg4MJClURoCBnQQAvD_BwE 

Start to finish didn’t take as long as I thought it would (though it was still probably about 2 hours). It seems I can be very efficient sketching-wise with the figurine, so that’s super neat.

Still not 100% satisfied with the coloring of his hair, but with time comes skill, I guess.

Decided to try my hand at some landscaping. This is more or less my backyard, with some moments of artistic license ;). All done with a mechanical pencil, an eraser, and my fingers (I didn't have a Kleenex on me so I had to use my hand for smudging)

Quick repost of side-by-side drawing and reference

Repost of all of the sketches I couldn't help but doing during classes