Halloween is nigh!

 The base of it... white face paint and black eyeshadow to contour my cheekbones and my nose.

 And then I used a paintbrush with the black eyeshadow mixed with a bit of water to make it liquidy enough to paint with. When it dried a little, I used a different paintbrush to smooth out the lines. Blusher brush worked nicely too!

 I used the water/eyeshadow mix to paint over my eyebrows, my nose, lips and the eyes.

 The nose is block black. The nose contour is a thin line of shadow/water mix and then blended out with a blusher brush.

I got some facepaint and stuff... and decided to experiment...

WOOO.

(I know I look like an absolute twonk but I enjoyed it and it might give you an idea! For halloween am actually going as a vampire so... Ill post them too.)

Finals

Bee Campaign - Uni

This, ladies and gentlemen, is one of my final 3 for my Campaign Project!

You have no idea how many friggin layers are in this.
I've drawn 6 different bees altogether, mainly Bumble Bee and Honey Bee in different positions.
Criticism please. I'd like to fix it before I have my deadline!

The whole concept of this idea is to raise awareness of the CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) which is the name given to the disappearance of the western honey bee.

Einstein predicted that 4 years after the bee dies out, humans would follow. Pretty scary shit.

Thanks for c&c in advance!

Book Review Uno: Game of Thrones by George R R Martin.

This has been an insanely good read. Although written in a limited 3rd person narrative through different point of views of individual characters.
I'm not gonna spoil the plots or such so don't worry.
The story all takes place on a fictional land created by George R.R Martin, insanely intricate detailed maps are inside the book, as are the Houses of the Lords. Just like in medieval times, when you'd have paintings of bloodlines, the book has it all in the back, from the bloodline to the house's sigil. I.e Stark is a wolf, Lannister is a lion, Greyjoy is a Kraken.

I'll be perfectly honest with you, I found the story slow starting, and builds up as you gather more and more information about each house and the battle for the throne.
I highly recommend this for people who read alot, people with big imaginations. If you don't like fiction, such as Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, don't read this. You'd be wasting your time.

Favourite character in this is probably Tyrion Lannister. A dwarf, but he takes a special liking to 'broken' people. People with faults and flaws, as he can relate to them.
Lord Eddard Stark too, he's a very honorable man.

I loved the twist in the plots and the shocks you get throughout the book, its not typical save every character kinda book, and even though you find yourself sometimes thinking why on earth the author killed off a character, he manages to roll the story through and make it even better.

Probably a 4 out of 5 stars. Simply because it takes awhile to get into the story.

Portraits dos.

First is the original scanning.
Second is a few layers of the same scanning but with threshold. Also messing with the opacity.

Progression.

Portraits.

Been doing some work over summer,
and this is actually the first paid portrait. D: Nervous but its looking good so far :)
Might actually just finish it in pencil and then airbrush some of the imperfections in photoshop and print, would be more professional maybe...
anyway.
Criticism please!
(Drawing time: 1 and a half hours.)