Poignant Quotes with the Word "Poop" in Them, Part 1

"Art is simply this: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination. That's it. A nightstand is indeed art. The craftsman saw wood, said "this will not do," and formed a nightstand. If another man comes along, sees a nightstand, and says to himself, "but it could be something else", rotates it thirty degrees and lays a poop on it, that would also be art. Art is not a magical thing. It is not majestic, moving, ephemeral, or hard to define and imagine. It can be those things, but art is a very basic concept. Art does not happen by accident. That is the only qualification. You intend to make art. And whether is says something profound, plays with the emotions of the viewers, is aesthetically pleasing, or any of that is secondary. Those are qualities of GOOD art. But there is also BAD art and SIMPLY art, and that's fine and expected."

- Anonymous

Bang, Zoom, Straight to the Moon

Another one of those RPG character art pictures for a game I'm running. 

A Female Deer

Hopefully this'll be the last one of these random girl portraits for a while.

April Arts

Another random drawing of a girl, as I am uninspired. 

Star Nosed Lovers

Feeling uninspired, so here's an older picture of mine.

Year of the Dragon

Yeah, that "more or less where I'm still at" bit I pulled the other day in that art progress post felt like a cop out to me too. So here's a sketch of Nephyrem for 2012 I did. Enjoy.

Lookin' smug.

The March of Progress

Hey, that wasn't an intentional omission. While I would say that I am more skilled in some dimensions, I fall horribly short to your own skills in many other areas.

But anyway! Today I'm going to show a little of my artistic progression, all via pictures of that lovable rascal, Nephyrem.

This particular image is from around... 2008, I think. It's hard to remember, and the image data isn't accurate since I moved computers. Anyway, the poor perspective and pretty boy look were pretty dominating factors at this time.

This one is from 2009, I believe, and shows my attempt to add a few more realistic elements to my art style, but it still hasn't escaped the pretty boy zone completely.

This image, from 2010, shows a return to a more stylistic, simple and clean (is the way that you're making me feel, tonight) style, but kind of a regression in many other ways.

This particular portrait appeared in 2011, and shows a newfound interest in the semi-realistic style, and does a lot to reconcile past issues. While not perfect by any means, it's more or less where I'm still at.

I hope you've enjoyed this walk down my memory lane.

Shameless Plug

Today's segment is a little different than the latter four, not that there was really a cohesive theme behind them to begin with. They were all pretty random and aimless, come to think of it.
Anyway, today's segment. This will serve as a plug for my good pals at 6d6CON(to advertise them to all of my readers, all four of them), and to show off my modest logo work.

                        

 

Weekly Work of Art

I've been on a bit of a Rider kick lately(dohoho), and the fixation has crept into everything. Here's a drawing I did of a Rider a friend came up with, Gambler, whose got a slot machine/playing card motif. I struggled with putting a massive heart on his chest without making him look ridiculous.

Yes his belt is a slot machine, why do you ask?