Hello again!

Ive got some precious freetime from uni and i thought id get back to some personal artage. I also got some nice promarkers which should boost my output nicely.
So I thought id update my old thread with some new arty things, and get some opinions on some ideas I be having. (ill update with them at a later time)

Hope you guys enjoy!

Toby & the Monsters


Other illustrations


Thats all for now folks, but please check back regularly for new artage! =D Please be sure to check my later replies in this thread to get all the latest art!
~Zesty

As a fellow aspiring artist I'd like to comment on your style. It's very unique and quite whimsical. I like it a lot ^^ I myself, find I swing from not having enough ideas to draw to having so many that I can't put them all on paper soon enough before they fade away like early morning fog being burned away by a hot sun.

Some lovely images there, i have to say, my favourite is probably the Red Queen. It just has so much presence and attitude. The puppeteared rabbit adds this horror, while the spiked plant creates a sense of solitude and loneliness for the queen, like she cannot be approached. Very well done. And i completely agree Sakura Phoenix, i find the exact same problem, as i'm sure any new artist does. I hate it when you feel like it's a shame when you have all these great ideas, but can't put them down onto the paper for one reason or another. haha
Did any artist particularly inspire your unique style zestygrapefruit? Or have you just picked it up yourself sorta thing

Those are mighty unique pictures you got there. :3

Also as an rookie artist, I have problems getting inspired to draw something like totally awesome. Also soon gonna attend an art uni too! e.e -high fives-

I guess you can read more stories, watch movies or any tv shows , music..helps lots yanno.. also go out and just take a walk to places. Looking at anything thats interesting. Seriously theres bound to be something worth of interest outside your home.

It's hard to get inspired to draw... but just try those out. :3
I also have such a bad time getting inspired.. =A=; baad..

Thanks for all your comments guys! Very much appreciated!
And high five back to you Taikyo! =D

I totally agree with you Sakura Phoenix, inspiration and motivation are such fickle things, (currently suffering from a serious lack of both, so annoying as its my mum's birthday in a few days and I just cant seem to put pen to paper!) Although I do find scribbling to be really valuable when I do get those elusive Ideas, I always tend to have some sort of paper and pen with me, but I do always seem to loose them somehow. lol =D

And to AdamWired, I think Redd does have to be one of my fave character to draw lately, and Im glad you like her. As for inspiration for the style, I guess I cant really pin-point who has most influenced me as my style has naturally formed from years of practise and studying the works of other people. It did almost come out of the blue, and im rather pleased for that. =D

Taikyo, thanks for the tips, Reading fuels me alot but im stuck on one book atm, and just cant seem to continue with it. Maybe a new book will refresh my artistic flow and maybe go watch a few films! (Of course using my art as an excuse to go to the cinema! I still havent seen Alice in Wonderland!)

Thanx again for your comments guys, heres a little something for your kind selves-

You. OMG. Seriously. Someone has to come wipe the drool off my laptop.

You have NO idea how much a fucking ADORE your style. OMG. Your art is simply incredibly AMAZING, I LOVE LOVE LOOOVVVEEE this and can't wait to see more from you <3<3<3<3<3

*Wipe wipe*

Hehe
Thanx alot for your comments Homunculus! Means alot to hear it from you! =D
Oh and for thanx for my 4000+ pageviews on deviantART I did this little number!
(Also on original post)

Wow your style is something I haven't seen very often. And...

I'm loving it It's really neat how you managed to create such an interesting style like this! I look forward to more.

*Devwatches*

Thank you thank you!
=D

As a professional artist I can say that in my experience I've found unique artists have better careers than skilled artists. Not to say that unique artists can't be skilled, but skilled artists can not often be unique. You have a remarkable eye and an original style; there once was an artist that worked for Square co that had the same quality - you may know of Yoshitaka Amano?

Keep up the great work. While I like all your work, I find the ones without 'outlines' to be my favorite.

Thank you very much Avarius! Im not very familiar with Yoshitaka Amano, but indeed have seen some of his stuff around the interwebs, Im feel very happy to be somewhat compared to him! =D
And I think with my digital art I should pursue the non outline style further, as clearly its popular and like you said, unique.
Thank you very much again for your comments! =D

EDIT-
Heres a new one, Also in original post!

New art up and now accepting Requests or Ideas for pictures!
Post a reply if ya want me to draw ya something! =D

Wow I'm really liking the newest one you put up. If I get any ideas I'll let you know

Thankyoo!

NEW ART UP NOOOOOOOW!!!! =D
Plz check it out in the 1st post!

Once again, I really enjoy looking at your style. Reminds me of something that'd make a cool illustration in a fairytale.
Do you any more wizard of oz stuff planned for the future?

Thanks again, Fairytale illustration is deffo something I want to pursue in later life. Fairytale's are just so damn fun! =D
And as for the Wizard of Oz stuff, I will be doing all of the main characters and also my version of the Emerald city. I will also hopefully be able to put up a photo of the finished Pop-up book illustration before its exhibited at college.
So yes, there's defo more to come!

Well, I must say that I'm very impressed by this art style. Pure vector work, not very common around here. I take it you use Adobe Illustrator? It's sharp, clean and simple. Really great stuff.

Love Kratos, btw. And your user name.

I didn't know you had an art thread! Boy, am I glad I found it! I love your work . . . I think the Wicked Witch of the West is my favorite so far. Keep up the great work!

@lyla2284
Thank you very much for your comments! And I actually use GIMP, and with a dandy old laptop touch pad lol.. My darn tablet broke. =(
And glad you like Kratos, I don't know why I haven't ever done him before, he's a great character to draw! My username is much better then it used to be... I thought i'd go with something a little more original this time. =D

@Ereth
Thank you to too! =D And thanx for supporting Woof! too! I'm glad you like the Witch, I should have a more finalized version up soon so stay tuned! =D

I tried using GIMP myself once, but the file size that it generated was HUGE! You should try Illustrator as well. Awesome programme, it's a pity my trial expired.

And yeah, your name is wildy original.

I can't wait to see the final version! And Woof! is great, so of course I'm supporting it.

You could do some amazing things with Project Dogwaffle . . . it's a really cool art program I fiddle with that lets you paint without the mess!

@lyla2284
I agree the file sizes can be rather huge, and it can lag like crazy on my laptop! But it works for me, i defo give illustrator a try though! We have it at college so i'll save myself the download and give it a go there! =D Thankies

@Ereth
Thankies again, its good to have support for my art and games, I don't get it alot =(... Hehe
And thanx i'll be sure to check it out!



I love RRR and all the nice peeps =D

I'm watching your DevArt account now. I only became a Deviant a week ago. Great stuff! And I love RRR as well! Probably the best RPGMaker site out there, if not one of the best sites!

Wow! How did I not see this before?
Some really awesome art you have here. n_n
Also, I love that Scarecrow one.

Thank you very much lyla2284! Ill be sure to thank you on there and return the favour! =D And defo the BEST RpgMaker site me thinks! =D

@Harryb412
I think my thread was hidden between a magic wall in the space time continuum, its got to be the only explanation as to why you havent seen the thread before!! hehe
And thanx for your comments, I have some more cartoony versions of scarecrow and Tinman to put up when I get the time! (probably later today)

=D

Hey guys!

Its been a while, but ive put up photos of my Final Pop-up illustration in the first post! Please have a look, I'd love to know what you think!! =D

The links are all broken to me. DX

Gosh its been a while!
Hope everyone is all gravy here!

Anyways, theres all new art on the first post, so please be sure to check it out and tell me what ya think!
Thankyou all!

Urgh your artstyle makes me jealous again. It's so rich and original. Also I'm loving the re-designs...show me more D:

Well im quite fine to do an art style swap!! hehe you know how much i love your works hirei =D Thankies though for the kind words!
Im so gunna do a grulff picture soon, so ill be sure to post it here.
Bless little grulff, he's been at the doughnuts again... Just a little bit more cuddly lol =D

EDIT-
Crimbo things!

Sorry to be double posting, but i got some funky new stuff to show. =D

Epic Battle? Series (sorry, large files)


Any one got any ideas for anymore 'Epic Battles?' for me to do? =D

Those are just too awesome As for epic battles....I guess one between Edward Elric + that one Homonc dude (forgot his name), doing rock paper scissors with alchemy or something ?

So tempted to do another artwork of Nyght.

Thankies :3
Wow thats such a cool idea!!! That would be fun to do! =D
I would simply LOVE to see another Nyght by you, especially with his new beard and clothes! I really loved ur previous one =D

Another idea you might have fun with, would be the classical "Bowser versus Mario" or "Sonic versus Eggman" or even more promising for hilarity... "Darth Vader versus Luke Skywalker". D=

(All classical really...)

BOWSER V MARIO! OMFG why i not think about that? =O
hehe

XD

You could always do Spiderman versus Doctor Octopus! XD

(Imagine Spiderman thinking to himself, "why didn't I get that many arms... I'm a spider-like guy, so where are my 8 arms? He's an octopus guy and he has his arms!")

Haha, that makes so much sense! Or not as the case may be!
At the moment in contemplating combing all the ideas into a set of paper chess pieces so im defo gunna add those two into the fray. =D Thankies

Oooooo~!
Awesome. =D

I can't wait to see the result. Are you going to give it the same style as the previous image (above) that you displayed?

Yar, i took a quick photo of the Hades and Zeus pieces to show. =D
They'll all be like the medusa/minotuar style, coloured with marker pens.

they look too cute D:

Good or bad thing? hehe
Heres a very poor photo showing The Midguard Serpent and Fenrir(in progress)

Cute = good thing in this case. XD

These look fantastic. They are also an inspiration for something that I've been wanting to do... *Runs off to practice drawing again.*

Yay =D Thankaroonies!
Glad to inspire you! Look forward to seeing what it is =D

Well, I would share it but... I'm not that great of an artist. ;

The inspiration was for more than just a painting though, it was more for a game that I'm making. (Not an RPG game, rather a board game - lol.)

I love board games and things like that! Hence the whole chessboard thang. I wish you luck with whatever your doing! =D
Heres some better quality photos of my chesspieces so far-

Yes cute=good in this case.

And the midgard serpent...I had to laugh when I saw his face. In a good way again. The pieces are looking really great so far I might draw my own set or something for RE:Incarnation, since that project is starting back up again.

Albeit being reincarnated as a fighter. ;p

Any others you thinking about adding?

Oh good =D
The midguard serpent was turning into peter and the dragon when i was doing it, and i was like noooooooo! But then i embraced it, and there he is. And yes, he does have a rather funny face =D
Id love to see some RE:Incarnation characters as little chesspieces! Or even just cut out like 'Paper Children'. Would be awesome!
And at the moment heres my list of characters-

• Zeus V Hades,
• MG Serpent V Fenrir
• Lust V Edward Elric
• Harry Potter V Voldemort
• Spiderman V Dr Octopus
• Darth Vadar V Luke Skywalker
• Medusa V Siren
• Kraken V Sea Serpent

Thats all the main pieces I have planned, then will create duplicate verisons of the pawn pieces. Of which will be picnic food and the like.
After that ill create a little chequered board in the style of a picnic blanket.
I hope it dosent look too silly lol =D

OMG

The lovely SkullDog (Click here~) on deviantart was doing am Advent drawing thing, were if a fellow deviant (me) commented on her journal with a character, she would draw/paint it for you. But of course only one person will get chosen a day... And low and behold!!! I was numero 2!!!! WOOOOOOO

And guess who i asked her to draw..... GRULFF!!!! And OMG, isn't he just the sweetest overweight hairy ogre EVER!


Thank you ever so much for my Grulff skulldog!!! Check her deviantart now! (Click here~)

YAY its really got me in the mood for 'A Nyghts Tale' mischief!

EDIT-
And here is my redesign of Grulff. Inspired by SkullDogs.

A little bit of fanart to keeps things rolling along.

Valerian from 'The Book of Dead Days' by Marcus Sedgwick
Fantastic book!
Im very proud that the illustration came out exactly as i had planned.
Fineliner on paper, scanned and coloured with GIMP.
Character belongs to Marcus Sedgwick

Is amazing, I love that style.