moonvoice (ravenari)

Getting from here to there.

(I'm posting these up as I fend off some health stuff).

So for this year's Inktober, I decided on one big project,
and decided to revisit the Bronze Forest concept,
from some years ago.

So here we go. Something that's going to take me ages, lol. The Copper Forest.


1.




( Developments )

This is a work in progress and is as yet, unfinished.
Soft pastels so far.
Some of the yellow tones have been slightly bleached out,
due to the light conditions I photographed it in.
But that's okay.

Today's photo of the day is of some unfinished fanart,
that I've been working on,
in amongst everything else.
Landed a 15,000 word count last week too.
So that's something.

( For The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. )

It's a Sunday morning and I'm scanning stuffs!
Had a nice day so far, it's been low key,
Glen is out this afternoon and I am seeing my folks tonight.
It's probably good I'm home,
I have nine different pieces of art I'm working on right now.


Ponyo as Totem - Inked/Incomplete





Swift Parrot - Inked/Incomplete




( larger scan under the cut )

Puerto Rican Amazons - Inked/Incomplete




( larger scan under the cut )

Sketch the second!

A lot of the details in this one won't come out until the inking process. I don't like layering in graphite, since it gets messy very quickly (for me, I'm a messy sketcher). But anyway, there will be more rainforest details in the background.

Two more sketches left today, though only one will be going up here.


New Zealand kaka

This is a personal project I've been working on in the background of everything else,
it's personal title is - je L'yuvoczack bruvok
and it's both significant within Vilturj,
and important to me as well.
I very rarely do personal artwork that I intend to keep (I do a lot of personal art that I then go onto sell!).
Still percolating over the colour scheme.


Melanistic Red Fox / je L'yuvoczack bruvok




( Larger photo. )

Horses are still a challenge, but a wonderful, patient client, and some great reference photos have helped with this one - a gorgeous breed of horse, the Russian trotter.
In addition, I am revisiting melanistic jaguar. This wonderful lady will have very visible rosettes and markings, instead of a solid black coat, and I'm looking forward to the inking / colouring process on both of these.
Although it does put the number of projects I'm *actively* working on at the moment up to eight! Hee.


Russian Trotter





Melanistic Jaguar

I dream of having an awesome scanner,
or being able to drive somewhere easily,
and get larger art pieces scanned.
Anyway, this piece is A4,
so it does fit in the scanbed.


Northern Goshawk as Totem




( Larger image under the cut. )

I've had to put these under a cut since both are quite large.
They're both commissions, of a larger size.
In other news, it's raining a lot here today,
so it's lovely weather.
Anyone else playing Pokemon Conquest?

( Sketches under the cut! )

There's something apt about inking animal totems,
while watching David Attenborough in the background
(The Life of Birds and The Blue Planet respectively).
'Tis cold here today,
and definitely feels like Winter.