I know this'll post the day of my surgery.

Remember the swatches back in April? Yeah, I decided to take my current logo and fix it up.
Hopefully I should be resting right now. If not, you all have every right to tell me t'sleep.

Sketchdump #3 - A Tarot, Reworked.

Part of me says I should wait and release these in a looong time from now but since I've switched major projects from this to another, the thought occurred just to throw these sketches out now. (That and I'm still doodling compositionally til hell freezes over.)

A long time ago at the beginning of this sketchbook I've been posting pictures from I decided that I wanted to do a tarot deck based on Marvel characters. And not "just" Marvel, movie Marvel characters. For most of this deck, that proved very little issue. But there were a few characters from the normal universe that fit all-too-well into certain cards (aside from the FFFUUUU what do you mean Hank and Jan aren't going to be in the Avengers moment). So I took it as a fun design challenge to try to do some weird scribbles of costumes for the Maximoff siblings. I wanted to combine key elements of their normal costume design and the design of costumes like Hawkeye and Black Widow from the movie universe. And hell, just for the challenge, throw in the Ultimates line for good measure. I will probably revisit these in a better (*cough*digital*cough*) format when I get some spare time.

Yoga Loki

I know this one seems particularly strange, but let me explain. When I started working out last year I had done itinitatially with the idea of getting into making a version of Loki's costume. I've had some awful luck with trying to stick to a diet and exercise plan, so I created a blog for it. Thus, for some reason, the moniker caffeinated-loki was used and has been used ever since. I was playing around with the idea of making a new icon for the blog. And flailing about with poses. You'd think after a few months of trying to do these poses I'd think of a better (and draw it better) one to use.

I also attempted to test out colored pencils on my pieces. Result? On the left I used an ink pen, pencils, then shaded in ballpoint. I think I enjoy that version far more...even if the pages are yellow and I'm not used to it just yet.

Sketchdump #2 - We Work in the Darkness to Serve the Light.

The next big sketch-dump is a RP environment that is part fan-based but wholly a labor of love to the setting and the history. I'm a big fan of Assassin's Creed, no lie in that. But a few friends and I decided to do a setting based in the universe around the turn of the 20th century in London. The height of the Industrial Revolution. The Age of Jack the Ripper and the original Sherlock Holmes. As such, I wanted to work on developing an outfit for my character that would hide his distinctive features (the prominent scars on his cheek and lips) while keeping in tune with both 19th century fashion and Assassin design. 

The funny thing about this whole piece? About three weeks after I finished a design that I really liked for my character here, Ubisoft came out with the promotional art/Alex Ross's piece for Assassin's Creed 3. The similarities between this outfit and Connor's 18th Century gear were readily apparent. 

I might tweak with the design slightly and do some environment scribbles, but for the most part you can see I was trying to mess with folds of fabric/gravity.Still need to. 

Design Musings.

The first sketch inspired some wireframes in my graph book, and the second was one I thought about using as a corner piece for the gallery section. I'm still coming up with ideas for this new site, but with the second picture I can take a still life of those objects. Around Christmas I acquired a skull usb hub and it's been a lovely addition to my desk area ever since. 

I really need a better title.

Hello, hey there, all that other fun stuff. I'm not sure why I like this layout a lot more than some of the others. Despite all my desires and dark layouts and macabre urls, I'm leaning towards a cleaner, more clear layout design. Even now as I'm redoing thumbnails for my portfolio I find myself leaning towards more white-based layouts. Maybe it's because I'm getting older. I dunno, it's kind of strange.

Anyway I needed a blog that was just artwork. Not reblogs, maybe a few musings but just. Artwork. Tumblr really wasn't working for me aside from a great place to find resources. Seriously, I've found so many tips and such just from following people. I believe that this will forward my posts to Google+, so I think I'm killing two birds with one stone by using this. Who knows, might be useful after all.

I've been keeping a sketchbook to fill with my WIP, my thoughts, and a lot of design ideas for random and (most likely) pointless things. Look to see more of this in the future. Until then, don't do anything I won't.