Triumphant Return! Plus some fun things~

Hello my friends! 

After a long, sad dry spell, I am back. For a long time I've been concentrating on just making and saving money. But now I work for a fantastic company called Paint Nite. There I am a teacher, a party host and administrative assistant. I get to teach a 2 hour long class in a restaurant or bar. The paintings are acrylic. They are usually composed of simple colors and shapes, but a few utilize advanced techniques of blending and texture. 

I've never had a more fun and fulfilling job. I get to explore my creativity while also helping others do the same. Plus drinking and great tunes always makes a Paint Nite Event a great time. Below is the link to my page where all my current events are listed. If you want to come to one of my classes (or any other event for that matter) use coupon code: "Kerri" to save $20 off your tickets!!

https://www.paintnite.com/pages/artist/view/nashua/383

I've also attached some of the work I've done recently. After seeing How to Train Your Dragon 2 I've been on a big dragon kick!! Enjoy :)

Beelily










Steven's Lion

 Miku Dragon




Fat Dragon





Turtle Dragon

Figure Study- Wirehead

Did a watercolor figure study tonight. I've been slacking on working on basic skills and since I'm looking to explore concept art and graphic novels, doing a figure study would be helpful. From gesture to finish. Enjoy.

From Bad to Worse, refined sketch 2

Here is a different scene, refined. I added more main characters instead of anonymous candy zombies. Enjoy.

From Bad to Worse: Refined Sketch

Just a more refined sketch I whipped up, adding more main characters than candy zombies. 

Seriously love drawing Zombie Jake :3

 

Adventure Time commission

I just got commissioned to do a really fun project! A friend of mine from North Carolina asked me to paint him a scene from an episode of Adventure Time. Specifically, he wanted Finn the Human running away from the candy zombies in the episode "From Bad to Worse"

Here are some preliminary sketches. Enjoy! 

Shear Sharpener Logo Commission

Hello all!

My apologies in the delay in updates. I've recently relocated and started a new job. I've also been working on a logo commission for a very talented and friendly gentleman I met while working in the salon business. He wanted a new logo for his company. Here are a few sketches and the final result.

Final image is owned by Edgy Guy Shear Sharpening Inc...

Final - Sketches

1st Commission: Logo

As a main source of income I am a salon receptionist. I enjoy it very much and find that I am able to express my creativity in that environment. Two of my jobs I created unique salon themed art for their interior design. I also made connections with others in the salon industry like reps from product distribution companies and shear sharpeners who freelance from one salon to another. One of these sharpeners asked me to design a logo for him. He was looking to improve his visual marketing.

Here are the sketches I came up with based on the criteria he provided me with. Sorry about the poor quality!

A wonderful night for sketching

Last night I was in a particularly inspired mood. I sketched in a group of fellow artists and I find that I feed off the creative energy in the room. We all did some great sketches. Mine were on the...stranger side. Enjoy!

 I was looking at a lot of spinal chord and skeletons lately to help with figure drawing. 

 ...I couldn't tell you honestly. It's just a turtle squid....

 I like drawing tentacles and snakes. Something about really curvy lines appeal to me.

 You gotta watch out for those dream spiders, man.

Hip Hop Event Poster

I was very fortunate to meet a fellow artist with a fondness for the Charlotte independent art and music culture when I visited North Carolina in April. Talking with him was very inspiring for me. I was also lucky enough to have him ask me to donate an illustration for this community event he was in charge of. When I asked him what he wanted he said "A funky character throwing the stink eye!" Ummm I sort of did that. Here is a progression of photos of the piece. It's not done yet but it will be soon! 

Graphic novel character design portraits

I felt like recently I've been lacking in my portraits, so I decided to sketch some. These are some of the male characters from a graphic novel idea I'm hashing out. I based their features on a certain set of celebrities. Guess who I used! :) (Forgive the poor quality of the photos. It's dark out and I have extremely poor lighting.)