Experiment Series 1

I decided to try out all the different art supplies I owned, and as every experiment needs a constant, I decided to make Chibiusa the subject of all of my drawings. Obviously some of them came out better than others, and there are still some supplies I haven't gotten around to using, so this will be updated in the future.

why don't the other colors streak? this was supposed to look awesome. not bad for markers, i suppose...flesh tone was hard...bleh. failure. wonder what the date means translated from binary? don't use color change/erase markers except for normal use.
are oil pastels good for ANYTHING???
YUCK. markers just suck. where did that red come from???
can't really tell it's her without color...
Experiment One:

color change markers

copied

10-11-01

Experiment Two:

oil pastels

copied

10-16-01

Experiment Three:

markers

copied

10-14-01

Experiment Four:

charcoal pencil

copied pose

10-14-01

ooh...i like ink...
not bad. not great, but not bad.
yay! glitter! yay! day off! yay! alex!
been a while. i still can't do sailor moon eyes. i actually used lavender for the hair instead of pink.
Experiment Five:

ink

copied pose

10-14-01

Experiment Six:

pastels

copied pose

10-15-01

Experiment Seven:

glitter crayons

copied pose

10-17-01

Experiment Eight:

crayons

copied

10-23-01

not too bad...oh no! the black is running!
gave up on sketch halfway through, think i'm losing my eye. turned yellow mistake on moon into a concept. paints are difficult.
6 mos later - who knew? at stonybrook w/alex. pens are my friends. wish i had light pink though
bleeding...
Experiment Nine:

watercolor pencils

copied pose

10-24-01

Experiment Ten:

poster paints

copied pose

1-5-02

Experiment Eleven:

pens, milky pens

copied

3-11-02

Experiment Twelve:

Prismacolor markers

copied

5-27-02

primsa pencils ROCK!
      
Experiment Thirteen:

Prismacolor pencils

copied

6-4-02

Experiment Series 2

"Mama, I Want To Be..."

To get out of my rut, I am returning to my old muse, Chibiusa. There are a lot of pink haired anime ladies out there, and I figured Chibiusa would turn to them for inspiration for what she wants to be when she grows up.

Ooh! This came out really well! Okay, well, the colors are a bit off, but her face and pose and linework came out great!
ARGH. As I suspected, my scanner didn't pick up any of the shading I did on her top or her skirt. Bloody hell.
Well, let's keep trying to get that muse back, shall we? Naruto's so popular, I just had to have Chibiusa try to emulate Sakura.
I was at my grandfather's and I wanted to draw something relatively quick and easy, both to pass the time and to keep up with my relatively productive streak, so I went back to the Experiment Series. Here's Chibiusa as a nurse, based off of Nurse Joy from Pokemon. The fairly flat colors and shading and the boring background are all based on the original image.
"...A Duelist!"

colored pencils, computerized background

Copied from Revolutionary Girl Utena

1-7-04

"...A Reporter For Space Channel 5!"

colored pencils, computer background

Copied from Space Channel 5

1-13-04

"...A Ninja!"

colored pencils, computer background

Copied from Naruto

9-14-06

"...A Nurse!"

prismacolor markers, computer background

Copied from Pokemon

5-17-10
I'm terrible at any perspective that's not, you know, head-on, so copying this image of Haruko was challenging for me. I don't think I got the perspective quite right, and trying to draw a guitar was a nightmare, but on the whole I like this one.

"...an investigator for the Galactic Space Patrol Brotherhood/Stellar Fraternity!"

colored pencils, computer background

Copied from FLCL

8-3-13