Commission: Tailwind!

Well, here is another pony commission!

A friend of mine wanted me to do a drawing of his pony OC, Tailwind. The basic concept was an image of her flying away from Cloudsdale, the pegasus city from the show. I agreed, and got started.

The first order of business was to get used to drawing Tailwind herself. I did these two sketches, which worked out prtty well. Part of her concept if that her wingspan is unusually large, so that had to be reflected.

Upon feeling more confident in drawing Tailwind, it was time to draw Cloudsdale. I did two versions that were radical reinventions of the city, but it was ultimately decided to go with something similar to what was seen in the show. The third and lowermost sketch in the above image as the agreed upon design. The other tow take cues from Indian temples and the minaret of the mosque of Samarra.

It was time to draw. In the end, Tail is depicted as  flying away from the city in the evening, as the sun is giving the clouds a golden hue. In the end, I was very satisfied with the results of this image.

Pony commission: Twinkletail.

This was a commission I did for a friend of mine, of his original character Twinkletail.

He wanted a drawing of he with the character of someone else he knew. The basic concept was that Twinkletail (the one on the left) would be writing on her iPad, while the other character was drunkenly doing a radio broadcast. The idea was cute, and sounded like a fun project, so I was more than eager to take it on.

The first order of business was to get used to drawing Twinkletail. He showed me a few other images of her, and I did the above sketch, in my own style. She is a cute, personable character that is fun to draw. A good deal of thought went in to her surroundings. all the furniture and other items are real world objects,

This was the initial lineart, done with copic multiliners on watercolor paper. The desktop items such as the pencil case and tape dispenser are Crate and Barrel, as is the desk. I have an affinity for Crate and Barrel. The drink is a Hennessey, and a rather expensive one at that. The book titles are all significant as well. See if you can spot anything familiar.

Two colored versions were done. Digital and analog. The above digital coloring most closely matches Twinkletail’s color.

This version was colored with watercolors and illustration ink. Twinkle looks a bit too pink here, but I’m actually pretty satisfied with it overall. Moreso than I initially was.

In the end, this as a very enjoyable project to work on. Expect more along these lines in the future.

Red Panda: WIP

Just a Red Panda. This will eventually be turned in to a t-shirt graphic.

Flower Symbol.

This is an early draft of something I’ve been sketching out for a while now. It’s a star/flower symbol that takes inspiration from the Tudor Rose, though is obviously taking on it’s own distinct style. Obviously, it also has some hints to the overall shape of a starfish. It even has some resemblance to Starro The Conqueror from D.C. Comics, though that wasn’t intentional. This is still in the very early stages. The overall motion, especially of the lower two petals/arms is all wrong. Still, this is a start, and most of the important concepts for this thing are here. The symbol doesn’t represent anything. I just wanted to create some kind of flower symbol/image, since I’ve been in this mood to draw flowers lately.

Red Panda Shirt cont.

Just an update on the Red Panda image that I may submit to Threadless. This is a closer iteration of what the final idea will resemble. The way the Panda interacts with the diamond shape is still a bit incongruous, but I just need to make the movement more dynamic, so it looks like the panda is leaping through the opening. Right now it looks like it’s just leaning over the edge, and doesn’t have a sense of motion. Anyhow, the next version will, hopefully, be posted within the next week or so.

Red Pandas and Venetian Masks.

Red panda, sticking it’s tongue out, and looking goofy. Yeah, I like red pandas.

Anyhow….

I also did this sketch of a venetian mask. It’s, well, a venetian mask. It has no mouth because I thought it might look visually interested. The shape of the mask is meant to have a shape vaguely reminiscent of a cobra. There rest of the elements are just abstraction.

Misc. Sketches pt. 1

Just some random sketches.

Just a page of random sketching. A Townsend bat, a random girl, a symbol for a futuristic school, some glyphs based on the Romulan language, and early roughs of a building that has been seen in one of my other posted sketches.