Se on Petriii!

I am sorry but I don't really have any step by step on this one, only the finished product.

But I hope that is alright with you guys.

I just got a feeling that I wanted to paint someone Finnish, so I somehow ended up with Petri Nygård. Not still sure how on earth that happened but it just happened, alright? 

So anyway, enough of chatter, and here comes the piece!

Wanted to try something wanna be artsy partsy collection and this is the result. So um. There's not much to say, It was a pretty quick piece and didn't put much time on it but somehow I am still pleased how it turned out. Kinda missing the summer really. I wish the summer would turn soon up. 

But anyway. Jeppisjepulis. Herewe go. 

I hope you like it and I will be back again later on with more art, of course! 

-Tove 

We need a little bit Christmas!

Since most of my friends on the Christmas card list already got their Christmas cards, now I can finally post them here!

So here's my Castiel Christmas card! This is the one I am most proud of since I kinda like his sideburn and his lips in this one : D Should do more shell shading works again, love that technique!

 And here we got my Dean Christmas Card and I can honestly say that I was not too proud of this one and I didn't come up with what he'd be saying so.. it's a bit half assed, but still I was pretty okay with the fact that I sent this one to people. Let's see in a couple of weeks when the regret hits back. And in the Backrgound we got really shitty silhouettes of Castiel, Bobby and Sam. 

And this one I was actually pretty proud of except of the derp reindeer on Sam's ugly Christmas sweater.. But there was only one who wanted Sam for Christmas /manly tears

But yes, these was this years Christmas cards from me! I know I was lazy in shadowing the Christmas balls and stuff on the Christmas tree on the Sam one but... You only live once.

(Okay I've waited the whole year that I could say that)

So I kind of doubt that I manage to do any bigger works before next year but.. Until then I wish you all stay healthy and that you all have fantastic new years and really super merry Christmas!

Love,
Thomas 

I am really sorry for lack of activity here!

But I am back here with some doodles for you, since I have been quite busy with a lot of things and currently I have been ill for four days straight, and this is the first day I kind of feel like I have some strength to do something. Like cleaning up my room and stuff like that. 

And yeah.. so I had forgotten my tablet in Helsinki but I got my baby back, so I haven't much drawn anything proper beside from Christmas cards (Which I can't yet post here, gotta wait until people receive them in the mail, honk honk!) and some doodles of RPs and AU related stuff. 

Enough of chatter, and here with the pics!

So this is some character references, for a roleplay I am having with a friend of mine telling about this guy right here; Castiel, who leaves to New York to find himself. And so well, he becomes a preformer and he's a skateboarder as well with a corgi dog named Richie. So it's really an Alternative Universe for Supernatural, technically. And sorry for the trollface, but I really fucked his face up. And the rose is a tattoo design and there's a close-up of his ear and all. 

Some more Rocker!Castiel showing off his nipple piercing Just some anatomy practice and folding practice. 

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And once I wasn't on the computer because my mother was nagging at me so I put some time on this one while sketching and listening to whine for not being social and stuff like that. No reference used, what you cal tell by the wrong proportions in his face. It's supposed to be Jensen Ackles.

Boohoo.

But anyway, I am not completely dead!

I hope to be posting more art soon for you!

-Thomas 

Apology

I am really sorry for lack of activity on my blog again, but I've had a bit personal issues going on again, and that I kinda forgot my tablet at my friend's place so I haven't been able to draw properly. (or well, I've been drawing on paper, but my scanner doesn't work so I can't upload and show to you anything... Last time it worked was last Monday, but... Today, nope. Most probably suffering of some sort of PMS... I mean my scanner.)

So I don't know when I'll be able to be drawing and painting again, it will take a while. But, I'll be updating whenever I get something done and finished/scanned.

Thank you for your understanding, and I am deeply sorry about this. :-(

Love, Thomas 

My Doctor

First of all I want to apologize over the fact that I don't really have any step by step on this piece of art what I've done lately, only the finished product of it. So I hope you don't murder me about this one. 

So well, I was requested back in tumblr that I should do a realism painting of Christopher Eccleston/9th Doctor from Doctor who, so I was like "Well, why the heck not! he's anyway really charming and he'll be forever my Doctor, even though I haven't watched the show for a while."

Yeah, haven't yet seen the newest episodes of Doctor Who yet, but.. I'll be waiting until this whole season has come out so I can then see it completely without have to wait billions of years to the next episode. /snort

But enough of chatter, and out with the result!

Did a bit more of a harsh shading on this only using the hard brush, not the soft one. And I am actuallypretty pleased with the outcome, gave it much more of an edge, you know? Yes. 

It's nice, and I can say that painting teeth is painful, but I am really pleased of the  eyes outcome and the jacket. Had loads of problem with the leather fabric outcome so I am more than happy that I got this out of the daylight!

So! I hope you have a wonderful day and see you again soon!

And yes before I forget; I've updated the 'Other' section again with some doodles and less important art, so go and take a look if you please!

Love you,

Thomas 

Amnesia

I feel like I have amnesia,

but I know it's myself I've lost.

I wonder what's happened so far,

and what might have been the cost.

I'm not sure I want to know

any of the things I've done.

I don't know yet where to go,

but I'll accept my past is gone.

I feel like I have amnesia,

and I've missed the heavenly host.

I'm surprised I've come this far,

living without what I need most.

So these are the inspirational lyrics for this next painting! I haven't been doing much lately but I've struggled real bad art block, so I am glad I'll get this even done!

Castiel has such animu kawaii eyes. But now next stop, skin!

Got it smudged in, will return later back to fix the ear and the cheek a bit more.

I need to fix his ear and a bit the shape of the head still, but  painted the eyes there now. 

Added some eyebrows and some noise to the picture, brings it nicer out. And some stubble as well!

I kinda then lost track here and forgot to take screencaps, but I guess that's alright?

So here's the finished product!

Tried a bit this old movie vintage picture style filters to the result and this is how it looks like. his nose is a bit off and the colours as well are a bit off, but... No can do I have to say.

But anyway, I hope you like it, and see you soon again!

Supernatural only consists of beautiful Men

As the title says, really. That television show only consists of beautiful men, Like Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins... And Jeffrey Dean Morgan. 

So I've decided that I'd more than love to paint Jeffrey, because he's absolutely fantastic, and I've painted the three others already, so why not, a bit of more challenge with more mature like character for a change.

I by the way added a couple of pages to my blog; Commission Info and Other. So If you are interested to order a commission from me, please check that out, and Other section kind of just consists of stuff what was not worthy enough to get an own entry and stuff like that. There will be even unfinished paintings which I'll never finish most probably. 

But anyway, back to the subject!

So, if you don't know who Jeffrey Dean Morgan (JDM) is, so here, have a picture of him.

Honestly speaking, I mistaken him first for Robert Downey Jr for a long while. It was a bit confusing, but really they look a lot alike!

....or then I just really am dumb. 

But anyhow! Let's move on!

So, here we have the sketchlineart  (I invented the word, really.) of JDM!

This is actually the first time that I take a screen capture of the progress image, but I came under the conclusion that it's quicker and easier to remember to take step pictures of the progress like this!

So anyway, I've started to do a different kind of sketch/linearting

I've started to do the shading construction right after this that I can know where to put the colours and the shades on the right place without too much trouble.

I've decided this one will be in greyscale. Maybe a bit like bleached style.

Wish me luck First time starting right ahead from the greyscale mode. 

More screenshotting! yay! So, anyway, now I've started to sculpt the face as I am trying to come to some sort of conclusion with this how it works and stuff, but I guess I've gotten some sort of hang of this all!

And without line-art and a painted eye. 

more construction

Just started to paint the shirt to the image, and so far I am pretty glad with the outcome and the result. I got a feeling that I'll get far with this one, and I'll actually finish it up.

I've started to blend the shadings into each other It's quite a... well, it's quite a work honestly, but even the best part of it all during the painting progress.

As I usually say and cry the most about, It's the clothes and fabrics. Because honestly, it's a pain in the ass to paint, and I think I am just soon on the edge to loose my temper with it, but I'll be hanging though here.
So I just did some detailing on JDMs face, so here, have a close up!

Still got a plenty of detailing and edging to do, but I'll do stuff a little bit here and there, to get to the end result. Here I got still to fix the shirt and the eyebrow. And his fingers.

Now I've got the box he's sitting on ready, and I got the shades to his shirt placed. Now it's just blending ahead and his other hand and detailing and then the filters! Whoo!
And hair! let's not forget about the hair!

So now I've got the background and some of the filters used, now I am just checking some color lookups if there would be anything interesting. I've set up the contrast and the colour balance by now.

And here's the finished result! 

I am not too fond of how the shirt turned out but, meh... I got such a headache and my motivation was dying really badly out, so I am sorry about that.

But I hope you enjoyed this new kind of posting, with screenshots and all :) 

Tove is over and out!