5th week of studies

It gets tough doing studies every single day. Sometimes I don't have the energy to really polish them enough to sparkle, sometimes I'm busy, other times I restart a couple of times in order to get something I like and sometimes I wind up copping out after 3 or 4 tries *cough* (like the sword) *cough*. So if you see any images that stand out as "Really? That's it?" just remember we all have rough days. I'm not really doing this for anyone but myself anyways so it's not like I'm hurting anyone else if I do become lazy. I just feel like I should explain what I'm trying to accomplish since I've decided to share the progress. I always try to find some way to make up the work no matter what the situation is. My main goal is to do something art related EVERY SINGLE DAY and that's exactly what I've been doing no matter how much or how or little. One day I didn't do a study because I wound up spending 10+ hours finishing an illustration and I just did not have the energy to do a study (and I doubt it would've been all that great either) but you can't really feel bad for not painting because you were busy painting you know? Makes sense to me. Anyways if I ever do fall behind I'll be sure to bear the shame and fall on my badly painted sword. Maybe the humility will push me to try even harder. No more delay, here's the goods...

3rd week of studies

I'm really happy with a lot of the stuff in this batch, particularly 15, 16, and 17. These studies are turning out to be a lot of fun and I feel like my work is already improving from them. I'm going to give a warning ahead of time, the start of the next batch was a little rough due to the holidays and some traveling, and some aren't so much studies as much as me staying productive. I'm still making the effort though so that's the most important thing to me. Anyways, enjoy the new batch!

2nd week of studies

Here's my 2nd week of studies for the Crimson Daggers Deathline Challenge!

William O Connor dragon

Todd Lockwood dragon

First batch of studies for the Crimson Daggers Deathline Challenge!

As I said last week, I'm partaking in the Crimson Daggers Deathline Challenge and to get myself started off I'm just trying to make sure that I take some time to do some sort of study every single day. Some may take more time than others, some are inevitably going to better / worse than others, but as long as I'm doing some sort of study everyday then I'm good, at least for the first month. Next month I'm going to kick it up to the next gear...not sure how yet. I've got a bunch of stuff to deal with right now so I'm going to finish up all that stuff and then focus more on studies and stuff. Without out further delay, my studies...