Merry Christmas!

 Here's a little something to wish you all a Merry Christmas! :D

Artists' Alley- Tips

 If you're going to have a table at an Artists' Alley, I'll leave here my two cents on what and how to do it.

 Since I got the basics from reading other posts, here are the sites I went to, to get myself prepared:
http://strip-con.com/how-to-do-artist-alley/
http://www.animeboston.com/artists/artists_alley_beginner_guide/

I reccomend:

-get everything ready one or two days before! This will allow you to have enough time to solve last minute emergencies and remember other things you might want to bring with you;

-learn from the pros. When I went to Comic-Con, I was among professional artists and I couldn't help but feel a bit intimidated at first. But I figured the only thing I could do about it, was learn from them. And you know what? I did. They are the "stars" for a reason;

-get contacts! If you see an artist that has work you like, go talk to them and get to know them. Ask what they're working on, where is their art influenced from, how did they learn to draw and/or paint, etc...  and get their e-mail, blog, phone, whatever! Get a way to talk to them again...who knows, you might want to make a project together!

-take a break. Seriously, breathe. Getting anxious and stressed will not make your work better nor faster. If you already have a lot of commissions to make, close them or tell your costumers to come back later. You can even suggest them to order your work online;

-bring business cards. A lot of them. And glue. Believe me, you'll need it;

-keep hydrated!

-be nice and polite to your costumers. Take time to explain them your work and talk with them. Ask how they are enjoying the fair, what kinds of work they prefer, etc;

-while you're at your table, work. People like to see the artwork appear and how it was done. They need a proof that what you're selling was really made by you, and the best way to show them that, is by working.

-put prices on your works. There are people who would like to know the price of a certain artwork, but might not really feel like asking. If you have the prices on everything, they'll probably try to negotiate with you, at least;

-be prepared to repeat things a lot. Even if you have the prices on your products, a text explaining how to order commisisions at your table and every single information written, people will still ask you all of these things. Why? Because they need a confirmation;

-don't take yourself too seriously. What I mean with this is to have realistic expectations. Of course you may sold out and get a million dollars on the first day. You can even grow a pair of wings! It's just that it's a bit unlikely...

-last but not least: relax and have fun! Sure, you're there to show your art and work, but conventions are wonderful events and you should take your time to see the fair you're in :3

If there's anything else you'd like to know, just comment below :D

Take care!

Comic-Con Portugal 2014

 Hello!

So, I'm finally back from Comic-Con, and I have to say, it was really awesome!
I'll tell you everything in this post :D




Day 1

 I got to the event early so I could choose a good table. I got one by the entrance of the main hall, which was pretty nice, since everyone had to go through that place to see the fair :)

There were more people around after lunch, so thats when I started receiving commissions :D

I also met Joe Reitman! He is very funny, and really does have a talent for cheering up anyone around him :D
We took  a picture and I made a commission for him:

"The next Spiderman! Never fear, Joe is here!"

He also signed one of my paintings :3 

This was a particularly fun commission to make :D

 During Comic-Con, people could rent a zombie and walk with him around like a dog. Gosh! That was creepy O_O
One of the walkers was in the cafeteria, and I swear, if I wasn't so hungry I would've lost my appetite xD

Sometimes a Storm Trooper army came by with the music and everything!

I was there working until the end of the day.


Day 2

From this day, I remember working. A lot.
I also gave an interview (that wasn't published yet).

I was super happy, because some people recognised me from my previous convention and came by to say hello :D

Day 3

I decided to see the fair before getting to work and have some fun. I really needed to breathe a bit ^_^;

When I got to my table, I found out one of the prints had been stolen, and was kinda stressed for a little while, but then I got so many commissions to make I didn't have time to even think about it anymore xD

I made about 35~40 commissions during the whole event, and the experience I got from this convention was worth it.

I'll share more of it soon!

Obrigada a todos os que me vieram visitar!!!

WIP_Harley Quinn

1st step

2nd step

3rd step

 Here's the work in progress for Harley Quinn!
 I'll show the project this will go to, soon :)

Wonder Woman- WIP

1st step: Lineart

2nd step: Colouring the skin

3rd step: Colouring the hair and armor

4th step: Done :3

 Made this today for my project :D

I used about 18 colours and a blender to paint it.

Hope you like it!

Full Work in Progress- Link

1st step: Sketching and making the lineart

2nd step: Colouring and shadowing the face

3rd step: Colouring and shading the hair

4th step: Colouring and shadowing the clothing

5th step: Finished! :3

 Here's what I did today: Link from Legend of Zelda! Took me about an hour to complete.

 I made two of these, because I'll need them for a project I'll show you later :D

 To paint this, 24 colours were used, plus a blender:

I wanted to play around a bit with the colours, since I don't usually make this kind of work with markers (for semi-realistic paintings I'm more used to watercolours or digital tools), and I never used the blender much.

It was really fun to do this, because markers are used very easily :D With watercolours, I don't have as much control as I do with this material (obviously, the result is completely different, because of their different properties).

Hope you like it!

Templates- Work in Progress

 This is what I've been working on for the past 2 weeks :D They're templates with super heroes for me to draw in your pretty faces!
 They were all hand made with markers, and, so far, I have Spider Man, Wonder Woman and Wolverine templates.

 You can get one of these at Comic-Con Portugal (5,6 and 7 December), or order online :D

 Now I'm working on templates for Harley Quinn and Batman. I'll post them soon!

Unchain

 I made this to honour something that was beautiful and made me very happy while it lasted. I think it helped me grow as a person and I'll cherish the good memories :)

Everything in the painting has a meaning... but I'll leave the interpretation up to you! :D

This was made with "Academy" watercolours. It took me a week to finish. (The colours are a bit different than the original).

Fire Dragon

 I'll be selling this at Iberanime and at Comic-Con Portugal!
 It still needs a bit editing, though.

 I'll tell you which table I got at Comic-Con as soon as I know it :)

Dragon Knight

 I made this to study light and shadow values :)

 Hope you like it!

Sona

 Here's the coloured version of the last sketch I uploaded :)

 Enjoy!

 I'll be posting more works soon!

Sona- LoL

 Hello!

 Here's Sona from League of Legends! It's still just a sketch with basic shading.

 I apologise for my absence, but I've been working on new drawings to show at an anime convention, here in Portugal, called IberAnime.

 This is one of the works I'll be selling :)

More sketching!

 Here's a random sketch I made yesterday. I've started to paint it and it's almost complete.
 Her eyes are kinda weird here, but I've fixed that digitally ^_^

 Constructive critiques are always welcome!

I'm curious

This is a speed painting I made inspired on Chitanda from "Hyouka".

I've been doing some digital paiting to practice, but choosing the right colours is still difficult...well, practice makes perfect!

I'm on holidays now (finallly!), and I've got a bunch of work to do, which means, I'll have a lot of new things to upload :D (It may take a little while though...).

Portrait Exercise

Hello!

Yes, I'm still working on that Green Lantern and Flash thingie, but I needed to do something different, not to get bored. Soooo, I decided to exercise on digital portrait :)

Jebus, getting the shading tones right ain't easy! But when I think about it, it all boils down to using complementar colours (green and red, purple and yellow, etc...). When I stick to that rule, it usually works.

Okay! I must get back to work! See ya!

WIP II- Green Lantern and Flash

I'm still working on this. It'll be finished by this week :D

WIP- Green Lantern and Flash

 Heyy!

 I've been working on this Green Lantern and Flash mix digitally, on Paint Tool SAI. It's still in progress, but as it is just a speed paint, it won't take me much long to finish it.

 Here I've painted the base colours and shadows of the upper-body suit and face. He's supposed to be concentrating energy on his right hand (still have to do it ^_^; )

 I'm still going to make another suit for him, just for fun :)

Best Wishes!

Green Lantern and Flash

 The other day, my bestie and I were talking about DC Comics's heroes, until we arrived to this question: If two of them were to be mixed (their powers), which combination would be the best?

 How about Green Lantern and Flash? Green Lantern's creation power and Flash's super speed power would be invencible together!

 This gave me the inspiration to draw... how would their suit be?

 I got the biggest paper I could and sketched away! The pre-sketches (first three on the right) led to the one on the left. I still have to paint it, though...

I want to mix more heroes, so give me ideas! What powers do you think would be great together? Do you have any new power in mind? I want to know :)

Have a nice day!

Green pen sketches

 Hello!

 Here are some doodles I made the other day with a green pen ( I didn't feel like looking for a pencil -.-; )

 Hope you like it :D

Best wishes!

P.S.: Don't forget to follow me on Facebook!

Face Challenge!

 This is something I finished yesterday! Yay! Took me three days to complete. 

 This is an A3 sized "canvas".

 I wanted to make something fun, so I thought that, maybe, taking a photo from someone's face and using other references to make a drawing could result in something interesting. As this was an experience, I decided to take my face (wouldn't want to scare other people with a first drawing experience) ^_^;

 I mixed my face's photo with steampunk style here. I guess the result is kinda cool...wish I had that outfit -.-

 I was thinking about making this for other people...for a price, of course. I would just need a photo and some other reference to make the rest of the drawing (anything from a theme, like, water, fire, etc, to an existing character (Lara Croft, Guile, Ashe, etc)).

 So, just ask me for commisions for more information! :D

Best Wishes!

Sketch Dump! II

Hello!

Here are some of my latest sketches. I'll paint the last one digitally.

The quality of these photos is just... great.

On a side note,

I have a bunch of projects to make, because this week I'll make an exposition. It'll be right on Valentine's Day, isn't that cute? :3

So, wish me luck!

Mini Tutorial- Eyes

 Some people asked me to make a tutorial on eyes. So here it is! I hope it helps!

 Eyes can have many different shapes and sizes, and they're really important to give emotion to your characters. 

 This is hand written, so if there's anything you don't understand, please ask me :)

 You can download the file on my deviantArt account.

Sketching Process- The Girl and her Dragon

1st Step

2nd Step

3rd Step

4th Step

 Hey, everyone!

 Here's the process of one of my sketchs. This one took me 2 days to complete :)

 I had never taken so many photos of one drawing...I apologise for their poor quality.

 Anyways, I hope you enjoy it :D

P.S.: I know it's a little late, but, Happy New Year!!!

Dragon sketch

Just a random sketch of a dragon from my graphic diary. It was inspired from a sculpture I saw on deviantArt from one of my favourite artists, Wenqing Yan. Here's the link.

I love dragons :3

On a side note, I finally created a Facebook account, so come follow me!

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