Remember Me

Some fan art of Nilin from the Capcom game 'Remember Me'. I used actress Jurnee Smollett as a reference to give her a different more ethnic look. So now she has curly hair and a flatter nose. I feel like it gives the character a bit more definition because female characters tend to just be pretty rather than have depth to their appearance. That said I forgot the scar over her lip... I'll add that later. I don't know if this is coincidence but both 'Gravity Rush' and 'Remember Me' feature tan/black female characters and have some heavy relation to France. I know Gravity Rush was influenced by French art but I don't know about the latter.  

Apple & Cinnamon

Cinnamon: brutally honest, smart, fair, determined and ruthless. The leader of the protagonist from Project: Arrow

I really don't know where the title of this post came from.

Day in the life of the VideoGame Pawnshop

Mind Forest

An exercise I like to do is to try to trace the origin of a conversation I have with someone and figure out how it began. Occasionally someone actually asks a question, but usually one conversation is 'nested' (too much flash) within the context of something completely different being discussed or happening. I started applying this exercise to actual people, ideals and general perceptions I have. A lot of what we think about any of this is derived from what other people think about these same things. We allow others perception of life and the things in it to 'weigh in' on our own judgments. These things are relative to us, especially with people we should not allow another persons questioning, or lack of knowledge of the important things in our life to completely change what we already know, what we want or need. Maybe take another look at things but don't forget where they have a place in our lives. Except karaoke. There is no place in the future of human kind for that. Or dub step. That should go back to the Transformers sound board that it fell off of.

So this is an art blog.... Here's a concept of an alien. Based much more on reptiles than... aliens I suppose. No mouth per say because the purple tongue like object would shake to make different pitched noises to communicate as well as receive sound. The 'eyes' are light sensitive but don't rotate or move like am eyeball. The neck is thicker allowing it to turn further than a person. More like a owl or lizard.

Definition of "bitter"

Adjusting these characters to an art style that's more Flash friendly. Redesign is in order, too many tentacle like things to be static or to continuously be drawing over and over. Pppff... I suppose I'll do a motion test before any commitments are made. The boy design, inspired by Afro-Futurism could probably be slightly more complex. The girl, supposed to look like a cross between an alien and an aquatic creature.

bit·ter  (btr)

adj. bit·ter·er, bit·ter·est

1. Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.

2. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind.

3. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear: the bitter truth; bitter sorrow.

4. Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity: a bitter struggle; bitter foes.

5. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment: cried bitter tears.

6. Marked by resentment or cynicism: "He was already a bitter elderly man with a gray face" (John Dos Passos).

adv.

Do not

Do. Or do not. There is no try.

More arrow characters... had people reviewing my script but... This will come out one way or another. If it sucks... at least it's done. I'm beginning to see relying on people to do what they say, just isn't realistic. They even get mad when you mention they didn't do what they said. I used to work the equipment cage and our boss told us this incident where this woman screamed "I can't be held responsible for what I said." True story. Long story but I thought that was so hilarious. I'm going to erase "try" from my life. Heard it a lot. Almost always ends up a not. So lest I die (yeah I used that word and is always a possibility) I'm living by the yoda quote. However another quote I really loved was, "Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" Rammstein to keep me up all night:

                                                                     Love is a wild beast, 

                                                                                   it smells you and seeks you out. 

It nests in broken hearts, 

hunts after kisses and candlelight. 

Suckles itself fat on your lips, 

digs a path through your ribs. 

Let it fall like snow. 

First hot, then cold; in the end only pain. 

Love, love 

It will always restrain. 

Love, love in the end 

Prisoner in your restraints. 

Love is a wild beast, 

it bites and scratches and kicks after me. 

Holds me in its thousand arms, 

Drags me into its love-nest. 

Holds me by my skin and hair. 

And chokes me through days and years. 

Let it fall like snow. 

First hot, then cold; in the end only pain. 

Love, love, 

It will always restrain, 

Love, love in the end 

Prisoner in your restraints. 

Love is a wild beast 

In it's fall you run to it 

It stares at you 

You're bewitched from its gaze. 

Please, please, give me poison (4x)