BAG OF BEES

Hard Drive Failure

Pocketmole — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:34:53 +0000

In case some of you were wondering why I haven’t had an update in several days, it’s because my hard drive decided to crap out on me. I just now got the new one installed. I am still in the process of installing all of my applications though, so it might still be a day or two before I get a new painting up!

Hooded Girl

Pocketmole — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:13 +0000

This started out as fabric practice, which is a bit odd seeing as I didn’t spend that much time on the cloth. Oh, and trees sprouted out of the doodles – big surprise!

This bitch is in the hood, yo.

Failure Is A Foot

Pocketmole — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:43:39 +0000

I decided to do a study of my anatomical arch nemesis – the foot. My understanding of the way a foot works beneath the skin is pretty limited, so it came out less structured than I would have liked. There is a bit of blobbiness going on. That’s the point in practicing though, right?

This little piggy went to market and bought Sweet & Sara marshmallows.

Lava Flow Meets The Sea

Pocketmole — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:34:11 +0000

Someone I know mentioned having a dream about lava flowing into water, and it inspired me to paint this. It took me about an hour and a half to do.

Oooh, steamy!

Hand Study

Pocketmole — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:46:13 +0000

Hands and feet are both very difficult for me to paint, so I decided to do a quick hand study tonight. Done in maybe a half an hour or so. I’ll probably do more of these – and some feet ones as well.

Hand study.

Melting Crimson Tree

Pocketmole — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:37:16 +0000

I downloaded some new Photoshop brushes the other day and decided to play around with them a bit. A tree tends to sprout when I’m tinkering. The lighting in this is kind of wonky, but I think the colors are kinda fun.

Red breeze.

Feathered Back

Pocketmole — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:26:12 +0000

Someone sent me an image of a green bird and decided I wanted to paint it. This was mainly a color and texture study – and I decided not to follow the colors of the original. I wanted it to be a little darker and more bluey. Yeah. Bluey.

Ruffled up.

Hannah

Pocketmole — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:20:09 +0000

I was in the mood to paint something with long, pale hair, though I ended up being rather sloppy with it in the end. This particular gal is based on the face of HannahHavoc from DA.

Whoosh

Snail

Pocketmole — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:44:03 +0000

Photo referenced snail image done in an hour or so. In some ways this was just a texture study – but mainly I just think snails are cute.

Hold the salt, please!

Hey Lady, Take Off Yo’ Head!

Pocketmole — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:59:22 +0000

I watched several clips from the movie Labyrinth recently and decided I wanted to paint my favorite fiery from the Chilly Down song scene. I love his maniacal scream when he leaps out in the beginning! EEE-YAAAAGHHH HAHAHAHA!

You don't need two ears!