Current Residence: Michigan, USA Operating System: Windows XP MP3 player of choice: Sandisk - small, cheap, works well! Just don't put it through the washing machine. Shell of choice: Turtle shell? Wallpaper of choice: Nothing floral or paisley. Skin of choice: My own. Favourite cartoon character: Uncle Iroh
Favourite Visual Artist
Lots
Favourite Games
Final Fantasy VI, D&D, C:TL, C:TD, V:TM (WoD games)
Favourite Gaming Platform
The computer, a table, or maybe the floor.
Tools of the Trade
Pencil, random scraps of paper, Photoshop, Wacom Tablet
I've recently updated my website with a new layout. It's still in process, but it's come a long way. In other news, for ease of selling commissions I put together an Etsy site:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/illustrationsbyraina
To sum it up: I do character commissions.
Single figure colored images run $40
Color/Painted busts/portraits run $30
Pencil drawings run $25-30 depending on what you want.
Anything else, message and talk to me!
In order to force improvement upon myself kicking and screaming if necessary I try to make a point to do a daily practice sketch. What I do is this:
1) Find a nice figure drawing. I like The Satorialist for this, and DeviantArt has some awesome stock art photographers for this purpose. I make the image big on my monitor, clear away my keyboard, get out some printer paper, and then try to do a loose but accurate figure sketch.
2) When the sketch is complete as I'm going to get it, I'll scan that thing and bring it up in Photoshop, then open a copy of the original photo. I drag the sketch over the image, resize it, then adjust
Howdy! Gosh your art is awesome. I noticed that many of your pieces are D&D related. Would you be interested in checking out # Dndeviants ? It's a D&D themed Deviant Art Group that's quite new and looking for members. Thanks!