Recent things...

Mostly just experimenting. 

I'm a little confused as to how to manage my art online now... I've pretty much abandoned DeviantArt, and I'm now on Tumblr but only use it for inspiration; most of my work appears on my university blog, but this isn't the best way for the general internet to see my actual art (assuming anyone is interested...). So many websites to keep updated :c

So I think I'll just post everything here, or make a tumblr for my own work when I'm happier with the standard of my work. Or both. Who knows.

Chell!

And these three I did yesterday, trying to work with a softer colouring technique.

  

Sooo, I've started my degree course now. The progress of which will be shared here. Go on, click it. I'm sure you want to read my endless ramblings about different media.

---> http://sophielinney.blogspot.com/ <---

In fact, just about all my art and art-related writings will be shared there, so be sure to have a gander.



We were asked to make a "Pecha Kucha" presentation about ourselves, and I spent a hideous amount of time sitting and colouring in 19-or-so slides. I'm going to share some of them here.

I'm sure you can decipher a bit of my life story through these...













(something strange has happened to this one :( )

My nonsensical writing, if anybody is interested: http://somethinq.deviantart.com/

Well, as usual I don't stick to my own deadlines.

However it's not been a completely fruitless Summer in terms of my art.

I've been trying to practice drawing full figures.

I found a big source of inspiration in the game "Team Fortress", which is free on Steam. I'm not the biggest fan of running-around-shooting-people games, but I really like the art style! I find it especially interesting as I have a habit of mainly drawing women, and of being unsure how to stylise men. ::

One day I'll be at this standard. :'(

Here are some very rough sketches.
The left one's hat and fangs are a charming embellishment by my boyfriend :p

My ever-slowly-evolving character for an "epic fantasy" story idea I've been mulling over for a while. It will take place in a world that combines "cyberpunk" and futuristic technology with styles inspired by both Medieval and Victorian.
Sound like a bit of a mess? Perhaps...

I've had various thoughts of the story for the character. Originally I planned her to be a young heir to the throne who decides to abandon her family and run away, but I came across a very helpful article on "Mary Sue" characters (here, and one I'm going to read at some point about creating new worlds here), and I'm having second thoughts. I'll work on it.

(It's all over the place, but I like the face in this one)

And other random stuff:

(drew this whilst watching Black Swan, a film I found unintentionally hilarious)

This has been mine and Photoshop's relationship for the past few months...



I can't seem to get any good ideas, or anything done to a half-decent standard! It's frustrating.
Lack of inspiration, most probably.

I believe a bit of fan-art is in order.



Very messy, but never mind.

I haven't seen it yet, but I am rather excited about it...

Initial designs for characters in a comic revolving around a group of metalheads.

The general idea is that each of them represents a different subgenre of metal. So far I've only come up with 3 characters, more will come soon!


Left is black metal, central is a general metal guy, and the right is thrash metal.






I like this fellow!


There's also characters from other subcultures, such as indie...


"Birdy-man" as I keep calling him in my head. He transforms into a strange bird-like creature.


And a lady!







Also, on a slighly different note, I was inspired by watching How To Train Your Dragon; I doodled whilst watching the film.
Nicolas Marlet's art is delightful!




That last girl isn't Dragon-themed, just a random person.





And, misc.