Era's Art Blog

why do i even have this blog I never use it

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:07:00 -0400

why do i even have this blog I never use it

themarinianpress: Final test for class. Changed a lot, although...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:06:45 -0500

Final test for class. Changed a lot, although the ending still leaves a lot to be desired. :( Oh well! Maybe I’ll make him more sad in the future. For now, VOILA!

i never update this blog which is really sad

themarinianpress: Animation for Character Animation....

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:53:07 -0500

themarinianpress:

Animation for Character Animation. Requirements were a ~10 second short of your character expressing themselves. You were assigned 3 traits and given a few weeks to design a character and then animate them. My traits were “Sad Artist with War On Chin”

Thus, Bon Bon George was born.

did you know that painting bbq sauce is hard because I sure as...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:11:10 -0500

did you know that painting bbq sauce is hard because I sure as hell wasn’t prepared for how hard this is damn

So let me tell you about my school projects-

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:40:16 -0500

So let me tell you about my school projects-

Part one of a two part commission for Ben! <: A more serious...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:49:30 -0500

Part one of a two part commission for Ben! <: A more serious portrait of his loveable OC, Zest.

Today was a surprisingly productive day! Mostly for Princess...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:23:26 -0500

Today was a surprisingly productive day!

Mostly for Princess Kelpie, as you can see- but still productive nonetheless.

Top to bottom, right to left:

Chibi versions of PK as a male and female. She recieved an anon turning her into a “sugar rush racer” from Wreck-It Ralph, so I was originally sketching for that…. but then it turned into this.
Kelpie’s “Loyalties.” Still going to be finished, but it includes Pitch Black, Vaas, Mama Chae, Alexei, Gaj, and her own children. Lots of errors to fix as well.
Beginning sketch of Vaas on PK’s back for her “Loyalties” page. Also contains her views/a quote from her on Loyalty vs Friendship.
The eldest kelpie in existence, this female was there for the creation of the entire universe - the first kelpie to exist. She’s PK’s mentor, and was going to lecture PK on how she needs the people she’s thinking about abandoning and to “pussy up and deal with it.”

Homework for “The Voice”, an illustration class...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:05:21 -0500

Homework for “The Voice”, an illustration class based off of learning how to use your own style and creativity to come up with projects based off of a client’s wishes.

i still have to add the secondary elements to frou frou and...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:42:36 -0500

i still have to add the secondary elements to frou frou and angus (and add Angus’ text), but here are my cards so far

xAx;;;;; now I have to figure out how the hell to color them….!!!!

Personal work. This image is really sized down from its original...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:58:17 -0500

Personal work.

This image is really sized down from its original size (it’s 4350x3000 or someodd pixels), so I included a detail shot of the Nine and Karuba without the wings at 100% at the bottom.

Basically shit goes down, they’re in the White Room… and Jeri’s got Karuba down with a gun in his mouth and one on his forehead. The shadow of each of the Nine (minus Jeremiah) forms a tree, which represents life.

The wings represent every soul Karuba has murdered or tortured or caused to suffer. Red dots are any he’s killed directly, vibrant ones are main players in the series of his undoing, the lighter red dots on the “poles” of the wings are lesser’s hes killed or ordered dead. Each blue stripe is a connection to someone suffering between everyone who’s dead. Some are not connected, thus provide an “aura/glow” around the wings. They cast no shadow, for they represent death and would overshadow and overpower the shadow of life, but not even death can overcome the powers of life.

There’s hundreds of thousands of possibly millions of people/animals represented in these wings. Some of the big players include Goha, Jerry, Jasper, Timothy, and Raymond.

It’s all very symbolic and hard to draw but i love it regardless. This is really just an initial sketch, probably nothing like what it’s gonna look like in the end. ahhh it was fun to sketch really loose and really big but my computer is now lagging because of it.

Worth it.

themarinianpress: Character designs for class. The bottom three...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:14:45 -0500

themarinianpress:

Character designs for class. The bottom three are kind of stupid but they’re included because they’re the first ones I ever did, so they’re still important.

The character is a “Sad Artist with a Wart on their Chin,” and for some reason I’m stuck on making a selkie character- as you can see

Although a hipster Springbok is a very strong second.

Princess Kelpie color concepts, incorporating her old...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:53:57 -0500

Princess Kelpie color concepts, incorporating her old mana-colors-in-hair idea. Also experimenting with possible tattoos, Maori based [but not referenced uAu; ]

Chitter chatter.: Please!What are you paying for? If it’s for an item that is physically...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:17:53 -0500

Chitter chatter.: Please!What are you paying for? If it’s for an item that is physically...:

eschergirls:

pungoeshere:

planetofjunk:

graphiteknight:

tortle:

Please!
What are you paying for? If it’s for an item that is physically being shipped to you, then by all means continue!
But if it is for digital art, please reconsider!

This means that paypal is expecting me to ship a physical item to you!
And the more times that I receive money for goods, and do not ship through them, the more it counts against me.
Too many and paypal can elect to hold my funds for thirty days every time I receive them, until it reevaluates my account.
Which means while the customer has their deserved art, I do not technically have money yet.

So PLEASE always send payment for digital art via SERVICES and not GOODS!

(you can get a refund if need be just as easily by selecting services as you can goods!)

Reblogging because I’m considering opening commissions more this year and this is helpful information for commissioners and clients alike.

Reblogging for my commissioners.

oh wow, i didn’t know this. apologies to all the people i’ve commissioned and done this to!

Reblogging as a PSA to those who buy digital art, and to help out amateur artists online. :)

themarinianpress: I figured I’d share what my class notebooks...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:14:45 -0500

themarinianpress:

I figured I’d share what my class notebooks and my current sketchbook look like. Haha… notes are.. .fun.

themarinianpress: Some gestures and 10 minute drawings from our...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:13:47 -0500

themarinianpress:

Some gestures and 10 minute drawings from our Life Drawing session in Principals of Animation today

all were done in colored pencil, some were scanned in greyscale.

themarinianpress: More gestures, and some sketches I’ve...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:13:10 -0500

themarinianpress:

More gestures, and some sketches I’ve forgotten to scan previously.

Bottom three were done in graphite, the rest were in colored pencil and scanned in greyscale.

themarinianpress: Devil Succubus lady may not be able to finish...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:10:16 -0500

themarinianpress:

Devil Succubus lady

may not be able to finish this since I lost the original source (oekaki window malfunctioned after I closed my laptop)

Might see if they’ll upload it so I can finish it… Or I might just leave it like she is, since I was just sketching on her throughout the day. I dunno if I should finish her or not… what do you guys think?

Thank god I obsessively took screen shots of her. I’d be so mad if I lost her completely!!

themarinianpress: Sketching after like 3 hours of animating...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:09:47 -0500

themarinianpress:

Sketching after like 3 hours of animating feels good man

also looked into “Bone Daddy’s” Marinian design… I still don’t know what the fuck his name is going to be, but I know his character needs to stop taking a mind of its own beCAUSE ITS BECOMING ITS OWN STORY

He’s some sort of god that was a huge dick and no one liked him so he was sort-of banished into a mortal body to learn his lesson but it’s been like 5000 years and he still is an asshole and really likes fucking with the mortals so every thousand years he just rebirths as a new mortal and now he has his own gang he runs that’s allied with Goha. Will he ever learn his lesson? Who the fuck knows. Probably not but that’s just how he does u no u no

Some Brandi and Goha in there too. And Reynaud. Lookit his face. His nose is honkin and fun to draw yes it is.

Since we were just talking about Plato and Socrates in Western...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:43:15 -0500

Since we were just talking about Plato and Socrates in Western Thought 1 today, and since I’ve already gone over those guys in Western Thought 2 [haha yes, I took the second harder course before the first one], I decided to somewhat tune out and sketch a mean looking PK

I don’t like that class. I mean, I like the teacher and i love the content, but being with a bunch of rather crude, sprightly, spiteful, and fucking rude-ass freshmen really fucking puts me off. There’s some in there that’re alright, and they’re really eager and willing to learn, but some of the girls I sat next to kind of rubbed me the wrong way.

Then again I kind of really dislike women [and men] younger than me who don’t have a mature mentality so. lol. Such is the life of me as a stuck up elitist individual I guess, hahaha

Ball Point Pen + Prismacolors on Moleskin. ~45 minutes-1 hour.

themarinianpress: To try and entice more people to buy, I’m...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:50:00 -0500

themarinianpress:

To try and entice more people to buy, I’m gonna add full bodies to this current commission deal*. I already have one person buying, but I could use a lot more to help out in this holiday season! Rent is tougher to pay around January, and I need to start saving for Summer. Not to mention college! Any bit helps! ;A;

BUST SHOTS

Sketch: $2

Lineart: $7-9, depending on how detailed you want it [Depicted is a $9 piece]

Flats: $12

Shaded: $17-21, depending on how detailed you want it [Depicted is a $19 piece]

Pixel Piece: $25

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FULL BODIES

Sketch: $4

Lineart: $9-12 [Depicted is a $9 piece]

Flats: $15

Shaded: $27

Pixel Piece [Smaller tan 700x700 only]: $35, +$5-10 for background depending on detail [Depicted piece is $35]

+$2 for every added character (If you order a sketch, it’s only +$1. A maximum of 5 altogether. Yes, interacting busts will be connected unless asked).

+$3 if you want it printed, laminated, and shipped to you for use as a badge or something! [US Shipping only, sorry!]

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Send me a note/ask/fanmail for more information!

Some characters above do not belong to me: Queen Frau [lineart bust], Dopple [flat bust], Bone Daddy [flat full body], Subeta Pet [pixel piece]

*Please note that I may not start these commissions until my current commission workload is done, however if you request it, I can give you a thumbnail preview of what it will look like for you to change anything within a week of your order. We can brainstorm until you find something you like if you’re very picky about how your OC is depicted! :) If, however, there is a bothersome amount of tweaks need [over 4 major tweaks], you may have to pay extra.