Dammit Dexter! #01

"Dammit Dexter! Fine! I'll fill up your damn Kong! Seriously, how do you always end up with the most embarrassing things to run off with?!"

And this is what I get when I make Dexter wait more than 2 minutes to fill up his Kong with food. I never leave anything on the floor either, he'll knock over my laundry basket to achieve this.

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Quick Sketch Paint - Talim

Soul Calibur II Talim sketch - about 4 hours.

Another piece, this time a quick paint over an old sketch I've had laying around of my favorite character from Soul Calibur II, lil' miss Talim. With this one I wanted to try another painting style. I still haven't gotten the hang of it but I'm learning a lot from it, even if this didn't come out at all how I'd wanted or originally intended it too. For one, it was supposed to end up not having visible outlines... We see how that turned out. Overall the sketch wasn't much of a success in the sense that it didn't end up the way it was intended but it has definitely served to teach me some things about my painting process and things I should try to work on - working from simple, big shapes and working my way in to detail for one is proving to be a tough practice for me to do - I tend to start out with that intent but almost always start trying to add details as soon as one section is blocked in and it really impedes my ability to get a composition I like. Note to self for next time: STOP THAT!

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