Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

Artloada: Yes they are similar in many ways; for instance, you have to pick the right values, dilute or sharpen edges, it helps to step back or zoom back from the piece. However, when you mess up in traditional, it costs you money, not the case in digital. You have to plan remarkably well for traditional, but the bonus is that things come out a lot more interesting, since you can mix and dip into colors you wouldnt anticipate, and find cool effects with just the gravely tools youre using. that and... you can sell it! but for getting in the entertainment industry, digital is a necessity, AND 3d

Past while ive been doing lots of oil painting and having a blast; got some new brushes and they are holding up much better. Still struggling with keeping the proportions locked down from the drawing, which is expected but im still getting it right here and there; i think the biggest thing im struggling with right now is, 

1 drawing a nice head on a figure drawing (or at least one that doesnt look really stripped back and generic)
2. fitting the whole drawing on the page (i've been making progress on this though)
3. maintaining the drawing to the end without things getting stiff or too wide
4. stubby legs
5. maintaining good red to yellow color balance with a zorn pallette. (shading with white or black)

The girl with her hands over her eyes is an oil painting for a show i did; i had this idea to put some real earrings through the canvas and it ended up really cool. I had a curator and a few artists throw me some unbelievable numbers of how much the painting was worth, and that really made my day, or my week rather. i have a gallery show on the 23rd, even if i dont sell anything, im very grateful to have people into what im doing. 

In other news, for when i have to go back to town to do caricatures, i got a really cool banana costume with some feather boas and some cool rave glasses so it'll hard for anyone to resist me lol

Oh and some 3d!