Of Blood and Rain cover

My wife asked me to draw a cover to one of her upcoming books, but she asked me to do it as lineart-only.
If you're interested in fantasy, romance, or paranormal, then go check her out at http://ithilear.com/

Chibi Laele

Working on page 2 of the comic. Had to take a break from drawing obnoxiously attractive Middle-Eastern men to draw a cute chibi for the wife

Style experimentation

Just like the title says, just playing around with styles. I still want to do my comic, but I need to find a style to stick to. More to come!

Ragnarok Online - Chemical Reaction

Biochemist and Alchemist from Ragnarok Online.
My character, Persephone, and my wife's character, Laele.

Medea - birthday sketch

Birthday sketch for a friend

Study

Still working on likenesses, but I think progress is being made.
Top one is Vanessa Wedge, stylechameleon.deviantart.com/

Study

Working on values and likenesses

Just a plain doll

Alternate title: "...even the Doll, if it please you..."
The Doll, from Bloodborne. I tried to emulate Alphonse Mucha because why not.
Photoshop CS6. Don't know how long it took.

Bury All Your Secrets In My Skin

Birthday painting for my wife, of our characters, Laele and Arrios.

Maneater Mildred

Happy Halloween!

Random character concept

Random character design, trying to follow in Bryan Lee's footsteps.

WHO WANTS FISH TACOS

So, in Monster Hunter, they have this weapon that's a frozen swordfish and you use it as a sword (sadly, in game, you swing the fish from the nose). I was playing and using that weapon, then I asked my wife if her character would use a fish as a weapon.
"Oh, yeah, totally. She would scream, 'WHO WANTS FISH TACOS!' before smacking people with it."

Watch out, monsters!

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Xtabay

Quick pinup sketch of Xtabay, after Elvgren, as she appears in Guacamelee.

Bloodborne

So, Bloodborne is awesome.
Have a quick, crappy sketch!

Laele WIP1

Can't tell you how many times I've reworked this image. :|
I think I'm finally getting somewhere with it. I'm trying to simplify and group my values. Trying to limit to 4 values at first, then work from there.

Day At The Beach

I tried to emulate Gil Elvgren for this one, but then I'd get all caught up in it and end up over-rendering, which defeated the purpose. But hey, I really like how the face turned out, so yay for me!
So, is she putting it on, or taking it off? Ho ho ho ho!

Wife's character, Laele.

Xtina

Christmas gift for my brother. He asked for a naked Christina Aguilera on his bed.
Sorry, bro! This is the best I can do!
About 8 hours, Corel Painter and Photoshop. I have a process video to go with it, but it's not done. :)
I'll let you guys know when I upload it.

Monster Hunter Laele

Like most young artists, I started drawing with a heavy focus on anime. As time went on, I ditched the anime look and started dabbing heavily into realism.
Since I've been on a Monster Hunter kick lately, I decided to revisit my anime roots with a drawing of my wife's character, Laele (Gobul X/switch axe user, what what!).
Having been away from anime for a while, this took me longer than it should have. :|
Done in Painter.

Laele - minimalistic

Decided to try a minimalistic approach to a sketch of my wife's character, Laele.
I rather like how it turned out. :)

Poses 5

More timed poses, as before, using OnAirVideo for reference, and FUNKYMONKEY1945 as inspiration/teacher. :)
As always, critique is very much appreciated.