Recon Operative and Drawbox Challenges

Good news, I don't necessarily need my right index to make art! Well, while I technically knew this, it's good to see proof. So what have I been up to? Not as much as I'd like to have normally done due to the injury. Thankfully it's starting to heal, but it may be out of action for a bit longer. Here's to hoping that I'll be able to get full range.. normal fingerness soon.

Not wanting to touch the Motoko piece until I'm healed enough, which may be now, I decided for the last week to read books and work on a comfort-zone painting. What better than to paint a cyberpunk chick! Specifically inspired by the Deus Ex universe. I absolutely love the design aesthetics in that game, and look forward to the next installment.

Until then, here is my take on a character in that universe. Stupidly I went into it full swing, and failed to do as many design iterations as I think I should have, but I'm happy enough with the final. Below are some process shots as well as the final.

Final. Started off as a simple doodle, decided to do more with it and experiment with different stuff.

Process Shots. Sadly her expression got lost in rendering. Oops, lesson learned. 

Last but not least, I have another quick practice piece I did in about two hours. Long story short, my girlfriend has created a "draw box" where I pull ideas out of a box that she wrote on a slip of paper. Depending on how much I like it, I can take it anywhere from a sketch to a full rendering. These as well as more master studies (which are included in those boxes) will be my daily submissions here on my blog.

This "first draw box challenge" is to create "a god or goddess inspired by quartz & crystals." what came out was a simple coloring and line-work. Had no idea how to render crystal, and the planes-of-face practice got killed in the color sadly. Unfortunately that's where I spent most of my time too! So didn't budget my 2hrs well.

On the plus side, I do love the background.

I'm looking forward to competing another challenge tomorrow, roughly I'll spend anywhere between two to three hours on them. Be sure to check back then! Thanks for reading!