See You at WordPress!

Hey! To anyone who checks out the ArtzDeeva blog, I just moved over to Wordpress!

Yes, I've moved over to WordPress. Not only do I feel that its customization options are better than Blogger, but I just feel I'll be able to reach more viewers and other artists with a much bigger and more powerful blogging platform. It's a move for the best and much artsy goodness will come out of it.

So if you want to continue following my art, find me here!

We Happy Few-Islands Apart

We Happy Few-Islands Apart: It's been a while since I've put out some We Happy Few art. But now that it's coming out in the summer, that's definitely about to change. This is a piece I made after Compulsion Games teased their female playable Downer.

Tools: Pencil (outlining), Micron pens from Sakura, Mincho gray scale alcohol-based markers, and Crayola Twistable colored pencils.

Moving the Blog

Greetings from the ArtzDeeva! I've got a pretty big development happening pretty soon.
While Blogger has been very good, I feel like the blog would experience a lot more success and visibility if run on a different blogging service. So I'm simply going to be moving the ArtzDeeva blog to Wordpress in February.
I'm not going to take this blog down - I've put so much work into this version of the blog that I'll simply leave it up with a post directing readers to the Wordpress blog when it's up and ready. I've still got a lot of work to do for getting the Wordpress blog up and ready yet, but I will let you know when it's ready. From then on, the art and the ArtzDeeva journey will continue!
Also without spoiling a whole lot, I've got a lot of great content coming up soon! I'm going to start putting more emphasis on video content, ranging from things like the ArtzDeeva video I put up last week to more formal things like speed draws. But I've got a lot of fun, crazy ideas I can't wait to get started on, and I can't wait to share them with you on the new blog!
That's all I have for today - ArtzDeeva over and out!

ArtzDeeva Emerging

ArtzDeeva Emerging: I'm so excited to share with you a test for a form of new content - ArtzDeeva videos! This will be my animated persona talking about a variety of personal, nerdy, and artsy stuff in what I call the ArtzDeeva Den. Again, this is just a test, but I was so pleased with the result that I had to put it out there!

Tools: Photoshop (background), Adobe Animate (ArtzDeeva persona), and After Effects (editing).

Busting Out

Busting Out: I haven't gotten political with my art in a while - and while I don't want all my content to be political, 2018 is the year I finally allow myself to make it more frequently. I especially want to do more with the Liberty and Justice characters.

(Also, Jeff Koterba who makes cartoons for the newspaper here in Nebraska liked this on Instagram, and I'm still freaking out about it!)

Tools: Pencil (outlining), Sharpie Ultra Fine pen, and Pigma Micron pens from Sakura.

Power Couple

Power Couple: Happy New Year, everyone! What better way to start it than with new ideas and concepts? This is a couple I designed over the holiday break (most of which was spent lazing around being sick). One is all about science, the other about the arts, but in the end, they will bond together over love and the one enemy they can only defeat together - the stand in for stupidity. Who will totally not emulate Trump in any way, shape or form.

Tools: Pencil (outlining), Sakura Micron pens, and Crayola Twistable colored pencils.

L Triangles

L Triangles: I was struck with inspiration today. I was looking through the first volume of Death Note, especially adoring the drawings of L. On drawing really caught my attention. Because of how his body was folded in the crouch and the interplay of negative space with his form, I realized "He's a bunch of triangles". Excited, I broke him down into his shapes and then built him up from those shapes into his full form. This just goes to show that no subject is so complex that it can't be broken down into a simple process of building off of shapes.

Tools: Pencil, Crayola Twistable colored pencils, and a Sharpie ultra fine tip pen.