In August of 2021, I found out that I got accepted to scad, a school I've wanted to go to for a long time since High School. The first number of months, I was pretty busy working on projects etc. and trying to get into the right headspace.
Decided put 2022 art instead of 2021 because there wasn't much that came out of that year in terms of art for me. So putting more finished work in 2022 and showing progress photos and sketches as well.
Speaking of sketches, over the holidays I got a beautiful handmade looking journal that I put a lot of my sketches into and so far the majority are my favorite characters from Warcraft. Which I would like to give my opinion on the current state of. I've played WoW since I was about 12 years old, and I knew at that moment that it would be a game that would be special in my life as well as others I played then like Daxter and The Sims 3. As a player, yes I will continue to play WoW and enjoy the game as it currently is because I want to see how it evolves as a game. I do agree the story is a bit much at times with the character Sylvanas and how she's sort of a Garrosh 2.0, yet still, I don't really mind it too much. I hope she doesn't die off, because I am a fan of her character and would still like to see her as ruler of the forsaken, even though for some reason now Arthas's sister seems to have made an appearance, and might end up being the leader, who knows.
I want to see what happens with the jailer in shadowlands, and yes I enjoy shadowlands. the graphics are wonderful and I love Maldraxxus, and having my character Morgan be a Necrolord. I also enjoyed Warlords too (not that popular of an opinion surrounding the game) but I go back often to collect transmog and it's the closest thing I'll ever have to player housing. Which I really hope would make an appearance in WoW.
Since 2017, I've managed to produce a decent amount of art, but not as much as I would have hoped to. I have managed to update my pages at least with work that I have done for 2017-2021 (recent). With that being said, for now I will give a good update as to whats been going on the past while and also what I hope to accomplish as well as some newer photos in this post. (This is a long post so be prepared)
2017 Year in a Nutshell
During the year 2017 I had just become a full-time student at Georgia Military College and wanted to take my work into a different realm. I joined a theater group there, and many of the photos you will see here are from there. I took photos during each of the productions and did many of the posters that were each one with the exception of many a few (there was a poster with a red backdrop for the play It's a Wonderful Life that someone else made). This to the left, is the cover art for the album currently still on Facebook.
I would say this was quite an eventful year, and probably close to the last time I was on Facebook actively until maybe around 2018.
This album is probably one of my favorites, given that I am a sucker for black and white photos with bright lights. I love color, but black and white has a certain feel to it that just makes it interesting (the theme was black and white for this).
This is in the same year I did the previous photo, but a number of months prior. This was for the production Charlotte's Web. A lot more colorful and many of the photos were very bright compared to the next production.
This was before I actually had begun working at the college and was just volunteering. As well as being a part of Art club. which was also a good way for me to work on sketches and various other projects after having moved into a small apartment nearby.
This was a turning point for me because it had been quite some time since I had actually been in some form of theater since 2011. So Things were very different. In theater in 2011, I was in a much much smaller space compared to an actual stage with professional lighting etc.
2018 Moving on
A year later, for most that know me, know I went through quite an awful depression later in the year. I won't delve too deep into that, given that I view this blog site as a place to put my artwork which generally tends to speak for itself. But I will say it was not a good era in my life, as well as the next two after, 2019-2020. I believe 2020 wasn't a good year for many as well.
During 2018, I still created a number of pieces in which were different to the prior year.
One such piece was this one, to the right. An updated piece of another drawing I did in High School. My inspiration for this clearly came from World of Warcraft in the colorization of it, along with the theme. Despite the fact that the colors in the original one are not the same. This one contains more blues and browns and greys were as the previous had mostly blues and greens. I do feel that eventually I would like to update the horns and the photo of the girl in the tree. As well as the body of the dragon, since it is far less detailed as I intended. But it does show progression. So there is that.
2019 An End of an Era
At the end of 2019, I moved from the old apartment I was regrettably in for longer then I intended, and moved on to a new place. Towards the end, I had attended Georgia College and State University for a semester, which I had done a few pieces in a Drawing I class. (There weren't any art classes at GMC). I've also posted these here as well. At least one is here, I have more in a sketchbook I plan on also showing later.
(just wanted to point out this first one was not at Georgia College I did, but the same year of 2019. Towards the end of GMC). While I enjoy using traditional art, I had begun to use the program that many are familiar with if you've been on Instagram or TikTok, called Procreate for the iPad. I downloaded the app in 2018 (used it for the dragon drawing) and used it to try my hand at creating a form of landscape. I am not too skilled at perspective but I managed. This digital piece was inspired by one I saw with mushrooms and an alien landscape. So I decided that was easiest for me to do and did that. It has it's own certain amount of charm to it and I appreciate the colorization of this one.
Even though, again, it does have the appearance of a beginner almost in the program. Though I will say Procreate with its creative use of per-made brushes is able to help with that. At least for myself it did. I used this program up until I got my current iPad Air 4. the only reason for that is due to the fact that my apple pencil needs to be replaced. (something happened to the pressure points of the stylus)
The photo to the right, is one that I had created in Drawing I and was of a still life. In which the instructor placed random objects people brought from home in the center of the room on a black cloth and we were to draw them. The one thing about this that gives me a chuckle, is that it is one of the few drawings I've done in charcoal (R.I.P to the charcoal and pencil I used. And also my hand covered in it) and also one of the few that has the appearance of being more professional then previous projects. The lighting certainly helped as well as it being on an easel. which I had hardly used before.
This was also done with some guidance and a smudge stick, which I learned how to somewhat properly use and create sort of invisible lines with. Fun Fact: If you notice a blue tinge, I was going to make the background a pastel blue and green. Similar to the scene in Scooby-Doo Where Are You? in the episode Hassle in Castle where the camera pans over to an area with a skull sitting on top of a clothed table (similar to the still life). The idea was to give it a similar look but unfortunately didn't turn out that way since my skills in using water colored pencils didn't turn out well.
Pictured on the left side is a drawing I did as a sort of final piece, of Lilith. A character that I found interesting from Jewish Lore. I also did this at the time, since Activision Blizzard released Diablo 4 at the time FOR PC (a big sigh of relief of that for many apparently. So had to joke) a version of Lilith which I found amazing, visually as well as the cinematic for her. With that being said, we had to create a grid to put the person in, and compare it to a stock photo or photo of what we had to copy so to say. A long process but worth it in the end. I will say that I never could get the nose right along with the eyes, but that was how it turned out.
The Year 2020 - Beginning of the Pandemic Oh the dreaded year of 2020, the one everyone jokes or memes about on the internet as being the worst year. While it was awful, with the pandemic that is still currently ongoing, I must say it was the year I had done the least amount of work in. There are a few sketches here and there that I did but none in comparison to the previous. I won't say too much about these, except the first was supposed to give of a Van Gogh vibe but ended up looking more grey and different in person. It was made in the program illustrator and was my first time really understanding the software, in a Graphic Design class I was in, per-pandemic. The original description of the assignment was to have a photograph or create one in which you could sort of draw over it and have it be a series
dots. This image is perfect representation of how as a student, I can sometimes do the sort of opposite (if allowed, I did ask at least) of what is wanted but somehow stay in the realm of what was asked in the assignment. What I wanted was for the image to appear as if it was in a comic of some kind rather then appear like a grainy early 2000's camera phone. So I created different layers and just went along with it. having different shapes and layers I can say this was also a long process. This was also traced from a photo I photo-shopped of myself with the background of a castle that I believe resides in England. (The inside of the castle is in ruin but the outside was very well preserved). The inspiration came from early doodles I drew in math class when I was in High School of a gothic tower with a moon behind it and stars. I suppose that was were I would rather be then in that class apparently. (I am not a math person as one could tell).
As what concludes the year of 2020 and onto this one, 2021. I will say I have made some progression and am starting to regain my creative side and be the goth-artist that I wanted to be in high school since I started this blog. This month of July 2021, I applied to SCAD (Savannah School of Art and Design) in hopes I can learn more skills and become a more evolved person so to say.
I hope to be able to create more in the future and leave having created something for the world to look at and question and enjoy.
This is a basic castle I made on Sims 4 called Sapherza's castle. The castle itself is a bit basic, and was made to be larger inside. There is custom content inside the castle along with the outside. The custom content being the foundation, the statues and various objects inside.
You can find the castle in the gallery under maddy3269.
💀 Features 💀
- Three bedrooms on the third floor up (the master bedroom and two tower bedrooms).
- Currently there is one bathroom on the upper floor next to the master but more could be added.
- Second floor has a guest quarter on the left wing and a hidden (sort of) science lab in the right wing. Also includes an herb room next door.
- First floor on the right wing has a dining room with kitchen and bathroom. The left wing contains a living room/entertainment area and the middle with the entrance to the castle.
Soon to come additions:
💀 A Dungeon inspired by Scholomance from World of Warcraft
💀 Spa Room
💀 Bigger bathroom on upper floor.
More Photos:
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The following expansion and game packs were used to create the castle:
- Vampire Game Pack (important)
- Get Together expansion pack (important)
- Dine Out game pack (Not as important)
- Romantic Gardens stuff pack (Not very important, a few plants inside in the garden area).
- Patio Stuff Pack (Somewhat important)
- City Living ( I think a TV was from this expansion pack).
Mods that were used:
A number of mods that I used are from The Sims Resource and a number from various places on Tumblr. Some also are custom made mods which I can attempt to upload. These mods were made using the program called Sims 4 Studio. Most of them are paintings and others are rugs and wall mods. This is a Microsoft program, not sure how it would work with a Mac, but hopefully should.
Not all of the mods will be listed since many of these aren't available anymore.
Also some of them have been buggy, so the ones that aren't I will list. Click on the following names for the link to download them.
The Sims Resource(The Place to search for any other mod for sims games).
NOTE: When you download these items be sure to check the custom content box when going through in build mode. Not all of these are labeled under certain items.
As of right now, the look of my blogsite has changed. With that, I also wanted to post a recent piece from my Sketchbook 2017 which will soon be available on deviant art.
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(works with each photo in this blog)
This is just one of the recent pieces I did in my sketchbook, which includes the female figure and a few sketches of hair. (Description included in the drawing).
I was inspired to do this when I saw Mary Doodles latest video from her "How to Art" series called "How to Draw Hair". I watched the video because I really need practice on the art of drawing human hair. As you can very well see in this photo I have taken of my sketchbook.
Aside from my recent artwork, I would also like to talk about my recent photos. I haven't really updated my photography section of this blogsite in quite some time. So in this post I will share a few photos that I have taken recently and then I will put the rest in the updated section of photos I have taken. You will still be able to see the previous photos on my Deviant Art.
I would also like to say that I like to take photos of things with a lot of light. Because I feel like light makes things look more interesting. (Example would be the sample photo I posted entitled Recent Photos).
So without further ado, here are the recent photos that I have taken over the past few months. (with descriptions)
RIGHT: This is a photo of a rose that I took with my phone (iPhone 6s) and it was a pink rose that I gave my mother on Valentines Day when she was visiting me here in Milledgeville, GA. It almost reminds me of Beauty and The Beast. Except in that movie the rose was red instead of pink.
But still, it's a very pretty picture and I was inspired to take it when I had to sit the rose in an area filled with light. (to keep it alive till I saw her). The dust particles also added a magical touch to the photo as well.
LEFT: The photo to the left is a picture of these origami swans made of textured paper with coffee beans on them, along with some string lights (or Christmas lights). I took this photo using the selfie end on my phone.
Also due to the black ceiling I was able to get a rather interesting shot and I feel that the reflection in the window added an interesting feel to the photo.
RIGHT: Again with the cell phone, I took this picture of a church that is nearby. I never see anyone go in it, so I'm not sure if abandoned or what.
Due to a night class, I was passing by and felt the need to take a photo of this glorious semi gothic church. It looks like it belongs in England or something instead of a small southern town.
LEFT: This was one of those moments were it was a bit late at night and I happen to see a lady bug on my lamp. (which has beads that hang from it).
With that in mind, I zoomed in using my phone's camera and snapped a few shots of this little creature as it began to crawl along the beads. I think it looks rather elegant and lovely.
Also the filter I used for this is called Transfer. Also used another on Instagram but hardly added called Clarendon.
Eventually added the three shots to an app called Mixgram.
Haven't made a post in quite a while (as usual), so I figured that this time I would do a throwback to 2012 (five years ago) compared to now, 2017. In terms of how my work has changed and what I might go back to.
Music Suggestion:Since we are heading about five years back, lets put on this song by Three Days Grace called Time of Dying. (because it was my favorite at the time).
While that is playing in the background, let me continue to those days. At the time my artwork was more vivid in color and I was looking to experiment in more controversial types of art and work that involved drawing monsters or anything related to the Angel comics.
If you don't know what Angel is:It was an old TV show that aired in the late 90's and was a spin-off on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. After the show was cancelled these comics were released, and ever since I discovered Angel Omnibus Volume 1, I was hooked on not only the show (which is on Netflix) but the comics as well.
Here are a few sample pieces to show:
Right:The one to the right was called Forbidden Planet after the movie made in the 50's under the same name. It was an assignment in Art class (High School), which was to re-create a poster for an old movie and I chose this. At the time, I didn't have access to Photoshop, so I ended up using GIMP (which I still use today aside from Photoshop).
What it says:Do you dare enter the Forbidden planet? Many have tried, few have survived. Starring: Lady Gaga (because people joked about her being an alien for some reason), George Cloony, Mac the Computer, Will Ferral (as a the silly drunk), Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint, Anderson Cooper and many more...
(I was just making up stuff but it's still interesting).
Left:Entitled Gary the Sea monster, this was originally a sketch that I made at the time when I was texting some friend of mine, and for some reason ended up making this monster that looks kind of adorable. The clay model of him ended up being a lot more interesting. Which I will show at the end of this post. I can't remember exactly what I drew this with, all I remember using was green marker and some sharpies. Along with some white colored pencil.
The Next One:
This by far is my favorite from 2012, and even though I have never played the game, I watched the walkthrough (I was interested), and just loved the game and still want to see a sequel to the game.
This is a cover I designed for Bulletstorm (another assignment) and I basically just threw together a bunch of scenes from the game and added my own touch to it. "Kill off Mutant Enemies" and "Fight with W.P Tally Licker".
As you can see here my work was a bit controversial but not as much so in a sense compared to what I do now. Though aside from these pieces, I have
done some form of photography styles that can
still be seen on this blog. A few I will post as well towards the end.
Now lets fast forward to today and compare.
RIGHT:This piece pretty much has no real title other then that it was an inspirational piece of something I saw on Deviant Art. This kind of looks a bit more tribal and combines my love of castles, the moon and night time in general. It is a mix of my past and present in that in my past I used to doodle a lot of images of a small castle next to a field with the moon up above in the sky. I'm not sure why I did, probably because I loved fantasy stories.
LEFT:Adding to my long list of Fan Art, comes this Eyepot from the game Alice: Madness Returns. A game that when I first saw it, I immediately became inspired. To me, the game was like a goth version of Alice in Wonderland, yet still containing it's childlike appearance. (sort of).
It is a very odd game but for some reason I am drawn to it. The story line is very strange too, since it appears that Wonderland is all in her (Alice) head. I would give an example, but I don't want to spoil anything.
This here is one of the creatures that you fight in the game, called the Eyepot. (Kind of sounds like an apple invention gone wrong). They are very annoying but for some reason I want a replica to put on my desk because at the same time, they are incredibly awesome to look at.
Quick Comparison:
I would say that my work now is more planned then it used to be. Before, I would just grab a piece of paper and draw out whatever came to mind whether it was good or awful. It sounds like a decent method, but as someone who plans on majoring in Art (digital), I had to start planning my work in order to make it a bit more precise (unlike my posts that I make on my blog which is full of typos, ha ha).
End of the Post Photos:
I MUST BE EEEEEEMMMMMOOOOO
Lighting Effects
Alice: Return to Wonderland
Even though the sequel is called Alice: Through the Looking Glass.
