Fanart Fantasma!

This is the portrait that I'm doing for a friend of mine…I plan on finalizing it a little bit more before I give it to her, but the face is pretty much done.  I like the tweed pattern too, I imagine the character as being kind of sweet but also kind of dorky.  The tweed pattern might be a little strong, so I may tone it down with the finished product.

This was just a quick practice sketch that I did after the latest Berserk release, drawn by the genius that is Miura.  Slan isn't a particular favorite of mine- there are too many well constructed and deep characters for that- but she does have a particular flair to her.  I can't help but like a succubus who shows up by possessing the entrails of monsters. 

Oddly enough, I have absolutely no idea what colour she is in actuality.  Just when she's intestines.  Then she's that lovely blend of purple and pink!

Slan is property of Kentaro Miura. 

It must be a fan arty kind of week for me, though I'm not so happy with this one.  Its just a part of a much larger picture that I plan on doing with the Big Sister as well, though I think the Little Sister looks a bit too posed.  I think that's probably the result of the reference photo that I used, so I'll probably switch it up before I post the final product. 

Oh Dear..

Its been a busy day and I hate to update this close to the end of Friday- but an update before midnight is still a Friday update, right?  ....right?


Only one coloured picture tonight, although I did redo two older sketches that I had laying about.  The first is cute a fun sketch of one of my favorite subjects- skeletons!  I've always been fascinated with them ever since I was young, and I'll occasionally sneak them into my work.  And by sneak I mean they're constantly around.

The ravens are a kinda new touch though.  I made this as a preliminary sketch for a friend- but for some reason she thought it was a little macabre.  They look like happy enough skeletons to me.  Maybe she's ornithophobic?

Here's my Viking man.  I got a little carried away with textures with him, but I thought he turned out pretty nicely.  Now that I look at him I see that I forgot to finish his belt, but I couldn't decide on what kind of symbol or pattern to put on it. 

And finally I have a character design that I did for a friend of mine who is a comic writing genius.  Of the cast that he's told me about she's definitely my favorite- a badass woman hellbent on revenge.  I'll post her up again when I get her coloured too. 

Til next time kiddies!

Friends! Lovers! Companions!

Here's the finished product of the Succubus portrait that I uploaded last week.   She's probably my favorite piece to date-sort of a succubus and cthulu all mixed into one.  I tried to make her a bit creepy- I enjoy the idea of her lurking on sunken ships and camouflaging herself until sailors come along- where she'll promptly jump out and eat them.  She seems to sort of mockingly play the damsel in distress card too, at least until she gets close enough to actually grab someone.  Hopefully I'll get more monsters uploaded soon.

As Promised-!

Here are two other pieces that I've been working on this week. 

This one is a quick colour study I did of a larger piece that I'll be showing later this week.  I have to say I'm rather fond of this piece- though the final product turned out to be a little bit different.  I left my colour palette in the upper corner too- I find if I don't limit my colours I tend to go pretty crazy and then everything looks messy and like a mish-mash of colour.

This piece is a bit of concept art from a story that I'm making with my wonderfully excellent old roommate, who is also happens to be a wonderfully excellent writer.  These are two pretty minor characters, but I rarely draw children so these two were a treat.  If I ever have twins I would definitely make them wear matching socks.

Just A Quick Post

Hello all!

Just wanted to upload a quick colour sketch I did of Dragon Age's Anders before I head out for the night.  I'll be updating a couple more pictures later tonight, but I wanted to get this one out there.  If you haven't played Dragon Age yet you should pick up a copy!  Its fantastic!  Anders is property of the excellency of Bioware.  :)

This is the first part of a series that I did concerning mixing insects and people.  It turned out rather Mucha-esque in my opinion... though it had humble beginnings as just a quick sketch that I managed to turn out during my break at work.  I named this piece Elizabetta, which seems like a good name for an overly concerned with her looks arachnid lady.  I'm working on a full body picture of her as well that I'll be posting soon.  I particularly liked how she turned out though, especially for an introductory piece. 

This next one is a sketch I did for a friend of mine who requested an owl tattoo.  I had a hard time deciding on the colour choice for this guy, so I ended up looking up "owls" and finding the Weebl Internet song.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8el_P4yvfc

"Everyone is fond of owls!  -Except for mice and shrews and Simon Cowells!"
Funny that I never knew that there were multiples of Simon Cowells. 

This is a commission that I'm currently working on and hope to complete in the next couple of weeks.  She's a night elf from the WoW series, which I've never personally played due to its cocaine like addictive properties.  I originally wanted to try to make a .gif of the flowers opening and closing on the image, but I decided against it because I have limited experience with gifs.  I still like the idea though!  I just need to finish up the background and this one is as good as done!

This final one is another quick little sketch that I did at work the other day and hope to colour in soon.  Those odd looking shapes on her arms and legs are supposed to be the highlight points of her skin.   I rather like the smirk on her face, though I may alter the bottom hand to be more active in the piece. 

-K. Romestan

First Blog Post

Hello and welcome to my blog! 

Feel free to check in every Friday…that's when I'll be posting each week's sketches and doodles.  My main goal is to have at least one fully completed piece of work for each week as well as updates on other pieces.  Please feel free to comment, critique and show your friends. 

So stay for a while, relax and enjoy!!!