Game Art - Character Development WIPS 3

I call this WIPS 3, but it isn't a work in progress at all. This is more the point where I felt that I was starting to lose track of what I was meant to be doing, and that I should stop before I find myself in a position where I'm getting lost in the details.

This is also the point where I generally feel unhappy with the results. On the other hand, being someone that has not draw more 'realistic' humans  given a preference for cartooning... I feel like I've done what I'm able to do with the experience I have at present. I'm not going to excessively beat myself up for not pulling off the job perfectly.

Like I've said in earlier entries, I only feel like I want to try harder to get into the habit of drawing and  practicing on a regular basis. It is hard sometimes to remember that I'm not just working from a "hobby in my spare time" standpoint anymore.

Game Art - Character Development WIPS 2

A minor update. With a deadline extension and my body now at a point where I'm fully operational again, I find that I still do not have a massive amount of time available to me to finish the work as I see it in my head. But I've told myself many times that I need to be realistic with how much I can actually do.

I've set myself a deadline for Tuesday to give me time to make alternate plans if my printer decides it doesn't want to function correctly. As a result, I am focusing more on lightly refining the work I did before my spine decided that I needed more pain and less mobility in my life.

I'm going to show off an earlier version of what I'm working on at this moment in time. I've used a transparancy locked layer to paint over my black and white drawings with colour, originally to deduce how they would come over in a final image... and is instead now serving as a base to add further details and refinement of character features. Further highlights and deeper shadows.

edit - A bit more

This assignment has really made me feel like I could do with upping my drawing frequency, and without feeling boastful I'm starting to believe that I just need to practice and learn a little more.