Koi Fish

Hi Swimmers! Nothing much happening on my side, but I have been sketching, scanning and coloring. Up top is my latest work.

Keep swimming,

Alaia

2014 here I come!

My first FINISHED illustration of this year! I played with the color and decided with a different shading technique. More of a cell drawing than 'painterly'. Fun fun fun.

Keep swimming

Night light

Hi swimmers,

I'm still drawing, though life is getting busy. Above is a current painting I did while between breaks. My muse (of course).

Keep swimming,

Alaia

My favorite gypsy...and friends

Disney girls and their mothers...

Top: Belle
Middle: Esmeralda
Bottom: Cinderella

The Fox and the Girl

Two separate pieces, from two different universes. The girl was just a warm-up in coloring and the fox was something I've been wanting to experiment with.

Wonderland Sketch Dump

Hi swimmers,

One of my favorite things to do is reinvent characters of favorite story books. I haven't drew anything on 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' since college and these designs just sorta popped in my head.
I think what inspired me to create this, was the scene between Alice and the Cheshire Cat, "Can you stand on your head?" in Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
It was always my favorite scene as a kid, totally hilarious to me. :) Then from there, the ideas just started to flow.

Keep swimming,

Alaia

His Laugh

I hardly ever draw couples and have been meaning to start so..TADA! My muse and her love interest. I imagine in this scene that this is the first time she actually 'sees' him and starts to fall in love. It's the first time she hears him laugh. 

Keep swimming,

Alaia

Face Reference Page

This page has been worked on for a looong time, but I'm happy that it's finished.

Catch yah later swimmers,

Alaia

The Fairest...

Hey swimmers,

I honestly do not know how I pulled this out of my head. Haha. I'm usually weary when it comes to Disney art. But wasn't as tedious as I thought and I like the final product. Below is the line art and above what she would look like with coloring.

Honestly I had been watching, 'Once Upon a Time' on Hulu and the idea had popped in my head. But I wanted her to be 'accruate' to the Grimm stories. SO!She is dressed to impress in 16th century Germany and she still loves that apple...


Swim swim swim,

Alaia

Alive!

Good early morning swimmers!

I just wanted to post something up just so you know I'm still drawing in my handy-dandy-sketchbook. I haven't had much time to post online, but I'm still drawing none-the-less. Though work has been my big time compressor, I've also started working on 'my secret project' a month ago.
 It's taking a bit of time, but its going very well. I'll let you know the details a bit later once I have some things finalized! In the meantime above is a sketch and illustration of my favorite Muse!


Swim away,

Alaia

Mermaid

Hi swimmers,

This is something random that I completed yesterday. It has nothing to do with my '100 drawing' challenge. Lately, ever since I started drawing everyday I've had the urge to draw for hours(which I've been happily doing). This is one of the aftermaths of such sessions. Originally I had it for my blog page (maybe a new header?). But i'm still deciding on what to do with the background.
Hopefully today I should have time to submit Day Five! Talk with yah soon!

Dive!

Alaia

Potter-fied

I've been reading a bit of Harry Potter again (can't help myself)... I drew a self portrait in the 'Potter Universe' for funsies.

Day Two: Middles

Hi Swimmers,

WIP but not really. I wanted to render out the characters but not much of the background...meh (got lazy). This is the second of my 100 drawing days and hopefully I can keep this up. Right now I'm going by a list but I might switch some topics out in case I cant think of anything...No. 2 on the list was 'Middles'. My interpretation was the 'middle' child in the family. Though I can't speak for myself ( I have no siblings) most of my friends tell me it can be pretty lonely sometimes. Anyways here it is!

Thanks for swimming by,

Alaia

Daily

Just something to post. I've been trying to work non-stop on my big PROJECT. But I'm still in the research/ concept phase. SOON people...very soon.

Have a great day and keep diving,

Alaia

Weapon Concepts-Rough

Good morning, today I have some rough weapon designs that I have been working on last weekend and this week. Like I said,  roughs, but I may do some clean-up and coloring. I also plan on making more concepts of different weapons too. The 'Crane Priest' I may also color...everythings up in the air at the moment.


Keep in that aqua pool,

Alaia

The Wizard- Color

Good morning swimmers! I finally got around to coloring 'The Wizard'. I havent done this much detailed rendering before so it took longer then I thought. But I love the colors and how he turned out in the end. I really  want to start coloring some of my characters and props with this much detail. I think it'll be different and fun. Hopefully I'll have the patience. Lol.

Keep swimming,

Alaia

Portfolio Piece- Color Clothing Study

Hi! Its been a while...and I must admit I've been a tad busier then I would of liked, but I've finally been able to get my hands on a sketchbook. Yay! This morning I'm trying to get back into the flow of things. I've been planing on working on Willow's clothing, especially the color and design! I didn't want anything too detailed, so I stuck with something basic as a whole THEN went with more extravagant look when it came to color. The one thing I love about Indian clothing is the beautiful designs! Now its just the problem of picking the colors I think will fit her personality.


Just floating on the bay,

Alaia

ROUGH doodles

I was extremely bored at work yesterday and decided to do some five-minute sketches of the heroine of the story. I'm happy I used pen this time around, since I don't use the medium as often as I would like...

Floating and chillaxing,

Alaia

Portfolio Piece- Expression Page (Willow)

Good Day! This is Willow's expression page (she's also in her final concept). I was going to try to post the expression page, turnaround, color sheet and render in the same post. Unfortunately things aren't going as smoothly/ fast as I want, SO I'm posting this as a 'teaser'. This weekend I'm on my way to the CTN Expo( yay!), so I won't have much time to finish and post the remaining drawings of Miss Willow.

Dive, dive, dive!

Alaia

The Green Maiden

So! The character above is still apart of Willow's universe. Before I changed the 'exterior' of the original tale the woman was already a character that Willow would meet on her journeys. She is a half human hybrid called a 'Glastiag'. Her origins are not really Indian, more Scottish or Welsh...but she one of my favorites in the story so I decided to keep her and just redraw her to fit into the location that she will be dwelling.

In her summary she is said to be very beautiful, always wearing a green cloak. Some call her the green maiden. She is half human and goat, almost like a satyr. She is said to protect herds of livestock; cattle, sheep, goats (of course) and children. BUT, she also has a dark side. In her legend she lures men to their doom, kills them and drinks their blood. In my story she has inherited all of these characteristics. As you will probably guess, shes more on her soft side this morning...but BEWARE! Her intentions our unclear and she is not to be trusted....


Keep a swimming,

Alaia