Thorin "Sticks" Bert

Here is one of the bigger projects I've tackled lately... recreating a scene from the Hobbit. I re-read the book last year and this scene stuck out to me as one of the most drawable. So, after doing a bulletin drawing of it, and having a fellow artist request that I draw it for her, I made this. Because of classes and perfectionism I took a lot longer on this drawing than I intended, but I like how it turned out. I'll post a few pics of the drawing process later, but for now, here it is.

Thorin "Sticks" Bert

P.S. Drawing this scene taught me, among other things, the importance of using high-quality drawing paper when tackling an extensive project. I'll keep that in mind for next time.

Chess Set

Here is a chess set I sketched out recently. I started with the white pawn and bishop and went from there. I think I will change the "electro-" team to the "hazard" team, since the logos of the black pieces incorporate various hazard symbols. Only the pawn (my original one) has an electric theme. Anyway, I'm hoping to digitally redo these. So here are my rough drafts. 

I think that I figured out how I want to do this blog: I'm going to use this blog for larger personal projects and any commission-type work. My other, co-op blog, The Canvas Blog, will be for random daily drawings and sketches. Any drawings that do not fit in the two categories previously mentioned will end up wherever I feel like putting them, probably on this blog. ;)
So, there you go. Hopefully I'll be able to keep a consistent rate of uploads on The Canvas Blog whilst I work on my bigger projects and update them  on here from time to time.

First Post!

Here's mah first post! I've included my first ink brush drawing as a bonus. Sorry that it's a little messy—it is a sketch, after all. ;)

(L)ink brush sketch