OooOO, New Post!

Sooooooooooo, my computer recently died. His reincarnation is eleventy-billion times better, thanks to my personal tech (Thank you, bb). Because of this, I have been trying out NEW things (gasp) and one of them is uber womanly - knitting! I had hoped to post today about that, however last night, I went all "Hulk hands" on my knitting needles(read: I snapped my needles in half) and ruined the respectable beginning to a cute blanket I was starting to become proud of. If anyone says wooden knitting needles are good for people whose hands go dumb for no reason whatsoever, they are a dirty, dirty liar! So, I have metal needles, and have spent a half hour unraveling my poor blanket and rolling it back into a ball of yarn that my cat has been eyeballing with lust.

So, point of post, right.... I just got my photoshops back, and was able to edit this rather large watercolor Satyr girl for your viewing pleasure... and it's a (semi)progress post! Bonus!

Here is the initial pencil drawing (mostly cleaned up already). You might notice another project in the top left corner (nope, not the Pepsi throwback, which I have a recently developed addiction for). I am talkin' bout that sweet steampunk-esque looking contraption! (It's a preliminary start to a steampunk bubble machine gun I have been working on intermittently for the past month or so, just waiting on some sweet clock parts and stuff to finish it up). I like it, because it's going to end up being steampunk AND feminine...how else would you describe a gun that makes laser noises, lights, and produces neo-victorian bubbles of doom?! :P : ahem : Moving on...

So here she is all inked up, and some early shading starting to happen. I am still enjoying the hell out of watercolor pencils. They are super easy to use, and not NEARLY as messy as regular watercolor in tubes (which my bf is probably very happy about, because large bowls of water are not safe from my "Hulk Hands").

And here is the Satyr girl all colored up and lookin' smexy. PLEASE, click on it to view her in full. There are a lot of details that just get lost and I wish I could show you all (in person) the shiny, metallic colors that are scattered and accented through out her nails, horns, jewelry, and fur. She looks baa-aa-aad! (Did you think I would get thru this whole post without a goat joke? Come on!)