Stand back, everyone - Jenna’s attempting to Dragon.
For almost a month, I’ve carefully kept away from what I did the first two months of my project, where almost everything I did was very specifically and very directly from reference. But yesterday, Humans of New York posted a beautiful photo, and that photo made me want to try and do what… well, what I do anyway in my illustrations: draw from reference, but transforming the original photo into something else.
So I did this, and I’m very happy.
(I had some worries about taking a photo of Native American woman doing a ceremonial dance and turning it into a drawing of one of my flowey ladies, but I hope that this doesn’t fall under the sphere of insensitivity. It’s just such a lovely image, and it made me want to draw.)
Two sketches from recent days of my drawing-a-day project. The first one was done after spending literally all day at the At The Edge exhibition in Allentown. Guys, my face was two inches from an original Rackham. I was close enough to a Dulac to lick it. (I restrained myself.) There was so much art I loved there it just about physically hurt - so I’m not shocked that this drawing came out so well, her boobs notwithstanding.
The second one is dedicated to quillery: there is a certain level of classy-ass swag my drawings will never achieve, but whatever poor height I manage to climb to, I will be thinking of you. (the black eye sort of… just happened. i did not ask questions.)
New piece in the works, in and around Tristan and Isolde and a portrait commission. Tyler Jacobson is mentoring me again!
The Illustration Master Class 2012 is starting in two weeks. On my blog, I’m talking about the beginning of my progress!
Tristan and Isolde. Oh man oh man the sound I made when I saw it was an option? It was not dignified.
My three current projects. Ohyeah.
(yes, that is yet another version of the Whiskey and Water sketch I’ve posted twice before. i know.)
(Source: jeniusart.com)
