Here is a spread of possible hairstyles I put up. The character concept is cyber-fantasy (Cyberpunk with fantastical elements i.e; Elves). So I used some references for the hair and will be continuing to study a couple in rounds to get the right feel. This is a personal project so there is no deadline on it hence the large iterative process.

I ran a strawpoll in two discord groups and the results of those votes/critiques made hairstyle number 10 the choice of the people. But after putting the same image into a facebook group meant for critiques from other artists 3 was the popular vote with the advice to combine the spiky randomness of 2, with the volume of 3 and the asymmetry of 7. So my next studies will reflect these two design choices and from there I will make another decision. Or pose it to the masses.

I added the two winners to the mannequin for contextual information.

So after spending a lot of time at work I figured that I wasn't satisfied with how my Hoshiko exploration turned out. The process was good and entertaining but ultimately it wasn't where I wanted to end. So, I started again. This time I put together a mood board and listed the important aspects atm about her.

Young Adult.
Drow
Rebellious/Punk
Asian street fashion influenced

Started another character design. This character is a personal one that will be used in an upcoming Dungeons and Dragon's Stream. It is a female Dwarf who has sustained a full body acid burn on her right side. For all the nerds out there, I will be playing a Gloomstalker Ranger.

I haven't abandoned this place, but now that essentially I have no job I have basically huge swaths of time on my hands. I will be taking advantage of this and all the new people looking for outlets for their time by doing more artwork without the limiting factor of "I have work to do in the morning" or whatever I told myself that limited me in my time recreationally. I'm starting on two projects. One digital and one traditional. The digital piece will be a humanoid figure, character design. I did a random word draw and I received : Warrior, Dark, Tall, & Gun. We'll see how that plays out.

Traditionally I am working on a small canvas that I found with an unfinished portrait on it. There was a small hole so I patched it up with some gesso and masking tape. Crossing my fingers that it holds but I am not too worried otherwise. The subject I don't know just yet but I have been really motivated or moved rather by blue and white. In the styling of like fine china or porcelain. I also am still in love with Art Nouvue a la Mucha, so I will probably try to spit out something that is Mucha inspired traditionally.

Here is an unrelated project that I completed since my last posting of the Dwarf with the burned face.

This quarantine is really whooping my butt. Can't sleep and I am pretty stressed out.