I Like to Move It Move It

Yeap, it's been a long while. I've graduated finally, looking for a job currently. And yea, I've moved on to a new space on wordpress too. It started as a portfolio site, but soon, I decided to post my junk there too. So here's a little notice :)
See yer around! (If there's anyone...)

Red Kite

Saw an image of a red kite and was awing at its beauty. Tried painting it with watercolors on a piece of watercolor paper that was treated with gesso. It was hard to paint at first. The paint doesn't get absorbed due to the waterproof nature of acrylic. On the other hand, it makes lifting easy, thus the benefit of 'undo'. It also creates some texture.

Used some gold poster paints for the background and when everything is dried, I used a pen knife to etch out the white highlights. Quite fun

Portrait Emma Watson

Doing my FYP and felt very restless. Decided to do some digital painting, but I'm just not getting the hang of it. Then thought maybe I can grab some random image and paint it as an exercise. Portraits, led to actors, leading to random female actress. Googled Emma Watson and grabbed a picture I felt happy to paint and painted it. Started out rocky and unsure but after an hour or two, felt quite at ease. However, I'm still not able to overcome that plastic-y look of painting from photos. Trying to aim for a more painterly look. Maybe next time.

6 hours, photoshop cs5