Happy Halloween!

Here's something I sketched late last night and added tone to during my lunch break:

Sargent Study 00

Today's lunchtime sketch:

Lunchtime Sketch

Here's a sketch of me as a gelfling! Some of my colleagues and I spent this lunch time sketching and one's currently working on a self portrait in the style of another artist...Dark Crystal is one of m favourite films, so why not? :3

Please excuse the colours if they look really weird - the Cintiq I'm using at work really needs calibrating.....or maybe my second monitor does....

I wanna fix it up already but need to get back to work!

I'm Still Alive!

Updates have been pretty sparse since working full-time but here's a quick lunch sketch.
I was playing around with my colleague's Cintiq as I'll be borrowing it for a couple of months soon. It's soooooo nice to sketch on!! My only previous experience with one of these was when CA bought a few just before my contract ended with them. *pout*

Also getting used to Blogger's new UI. Very clean and Google-esque~ I feel like I've been out of touch with these side of things since freelancing (which is a dumb excuse, but true).

In other news, I've set up a Facebook page for those who wish to follow me via FB. That's it now - no more social media accounts! ;P You can find them all linked on the right of this page.


Enough rambling. Hope you're all having a good day~!

Naomi

Yin-Yang Dragons

Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! It's the Year of the Dragon, which is my zodiac so I'm super happy and excited about it. ^_^

My free time feels all too sparse nowadays and I didn't get to work on this as much as I'd like, but it's better to call this done for now, otherwise you'll never see it. It's so tempting to keep making tweaks but then you end up in a place where it just doesn't work anymore. Ah, the life of a perfectionist artist!

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say yes, I'm still alive! It's been quite a while since the last blog update and that's mainly due to hopping to different locations for jobs. First, I had a short contract with The Creative Assembly to work on the expansion pack for Shogun Total Wars (Fall of the Samurai) and now I'm a full time 2D artist for NaturalMotion Games.

Happy New Year and best wishes. Let's hope luck and good fortune will be at our sides this year~

Naomi

Self Portrait 2011

Here's a glamorous, stylised version of me!



If you're curious as to what I actually look like, here's my current Twitter/LinkedIn pic:

Sketch Dump

I got fed up of carrying and drawing in the big sketchbook 'cause it's so cumbersome so I've downsized to an A5 hardback and splashed some paint on it:

I'll be attending the Eurogamer Expo this year in attempt to get some crits and exposure of my work, so it wouldn't hurt to dedicate some time to packaging to make it more memorable. Normally, I paint a character, but this will coincide with my portfolio so they'll look better together. All in the name of marketing, baby. ;)

The first sketch inside:

Been watching Tangled and Book of Kells lately (excellent films and they're both on LoveFilm) and I like how both used hair as part of the character's movement and personality, so here's what I would look like if I were an animated character of some sort! Though I don't have the tattoo yet....the rest shall be explained when it's in full colour.


These lot are from the old SB:



These were from the Oxford Meet where we went to Pitt Rivers to look at lots of sharp and pretty things behind glass. Miiiight have spent too much time socialising instead of drawing, though. Still, it was good fun.


1-minute poses.


Rawr, abs!