I've been trying this new thing. It's rather difficult actually. The head at the angle thing while keeping the eyes somewhat peripheral to each other. The results have been disasterous. Still I don't think this one is too bad. The original picture was supposed to be more of a steeper head angle but it didn't work out. I'm working on a Love Hina one with Naru in a school uniform. Head angles and eyes suck to do. Also I don't know when it became a problem but it takes a lot of focus for me to get strands of hair right.But I imagine since I even have remote skill to draw this, a few more sketches and I should be up to speed. Normally when I'm rusty at something I know I've done extremely well in the past with it takes me a couple of weeks of training to get it back to what it was. I've been fortunate in it so far. At least I'm getting better at details if nothing else. Oh this is Miharu from Girls Bravo. This picture stood out for me while reading the manga. I really drew it for a friend but I don't think it's worthy to even give her. My hand is so shaky and one of the downfalls of being a left-handed artist is that your hand drags against everything you write (try it) so you smudge a lot. Another thing I learned as a result of this is that if I have to erase it's best to do it with some kind of brush to remove the eraser crud because using your hand makes things smudge 10x worse. I just use a thick paint brush. I will touch this up a little more. It'll especially look better once I get that Copic set and color it but for now this is good. Click on the pictures for a better view. You have to remember this is a scan. It actually does it even less justice. I'll see if I can improve upon that. If anybody knows how please email me. Moving along......

This is one of my favorites that I plan to redo to make it even better. Obviously everything body-wise looks a little out of proportion here. Why post it? The face. The details on this face are some of the best I have ever done. You probably won't be able to tell from here but the hair, eyes, and facial hair have extraordinary detail. This is an original character I drew for a villian design that is supposed to be Chinese. He has wolf powers thus the pointy ears and bushy hair (). I don't know why I threw in that earring but it looks awesome. The shading was an inspiration from my Metal Gear Solid days when I most admired Yuri Shinkawa though I have a long way to go in terms of his skill cuz this doesn't come near close. I have yet to put this character in some sort of story. Still the shading and the facial features have yet to be topped in my sketchbook. I seem really pessimisitic, don't I? At least that's what my brother tells me. I guess you have to be an artist to understand why we're so anal about our works. That's all for today. This scanning is infuriating with the cropping and color adjusting. But it is nicer than most. Anyway, I may put one or two more up tonight depending on what my plans are for later and how long they'll take. Enjoy.