Sketching at the bar

I don't get out much. Sometimes I want to go out to bars with my friends but most of them are tired from working so I don't bother asking, so sometimes I get the craving just to go so I can relax and draw while enjoying a nice fruity drink.

Even then I feel like I'd become that person who you stare at every 10 minutes "did someone seriously come to a bar to draw?!"
I also wouldn't appreciate any men coming by to flirt. If I'm drawing in a sketchbook it probably means I'm not in the mood to flirt, as fun as it is.

I think I haven't tried it yet because I'm afraid of that awkward situation, but sometimes I feel like doing it just to enjoy the awkward/funniness of it all.

You only live once after all.

Sketching in a bar isn't even that crazy of a notion.

What am I even saying!? XD

Blessed Elven warrior

The first image is the rough character design I drew in photoshop. I left things very basic with a clear image of where certain details would be later on. For now it's sorta like blocking out the design of the outfit in a sense.

Below is a wip(in progress) of what I have so far.

I'm gonna start with the most current piece.
This is something I started 2 days ago(precisely! haha) of an elven warrior, and MY GAWD ARE HER BOOBS HUGE! Seriously. I have no idea how they got that big! One minute she was a sketch and BAM. It actually really does happen that way...for cartoon characters that is...
Just for the record, I actually enjoy drawing any female characters with small racks but every so often it's fun to make them utterly ridiculous. To be honest they weren't this big in the rough and I'm not happy that they ended up bigger from my original sketch.

But all silliness aside I brought the rough sketch into flash CS5(not that the version matters for something like this) and inked her with the pencil tool on the lowest size(which I forget what it is..)
It's very annoying inking at that size BUT, you can ensure that all your lines are closed, making the coloring process soooooo much easier and less painful.
There's nothing more frustrating then trying to fill an area to find out SOMEWHERE is a gap in your lines. The key is to always try to cross your lines or "intersect" them. This ensures they're closed and you can just delete the little 'nubs" afterwards.

The more I work in flash the more I get used to the vector look. I really enjoy it though it takes time with detailed character designs. In Adobe I wouldn't consider this detailed, but in flash...it's detailed, haha.

This girl, she doesn't have a name :< !

Introducing the ArtBlog Of Heather/Cloe Bloss

Greetings and welcome!

My names Heather Bloss but I like to go by the name Cloe.

Where did Cloe come from and why do I prefer going by it?

To go back all the way to the beginning of time...The name was derived from my first original character I ever created. Sounds really cheesy I know. You're probably all thinking "wow..she named herself after her character...Ooookay" But I promise you it's not like that really!!  Really!!

I used to just go by Heather, and honestly I don't have any resentment towards my name or anything like that.
I had two really close friends in high school. Emma and get this, Heather! So you it often got confusing for us as well as our friends when someone called our names, although I think we found it amusing just as much as they did but nonetheless, if my memory serves correct, my friend Emma came up with the idea of us going by our characters names.
I think to me it was a kinda silly and fun thing but after a while it just stuck.

A lot of people ask me "So what do you want me to call you?"  to which I'll usually reply "Whatever you're comfortable with." If you want to call me Cloe though that's great, but at this point in time, legally and officially my real name is Heather Bloss, haha.

So there you have it!

Onto other extravagant news and info(I suppose)
I've finally created an art blog! Wowza!
I'm trying to make it a goal to draw something for myself everyday. Anything
Could be a sketch, could be a finished piece, could be a cat farting, who knows!
It's so exciting right!?....RIGHT D:

If I can get away with it I might post some sexy stuff but I'll be sure to warn you first and change my blog setting to "mature content"

You've all been warned..

But really, who doesn't like a little sex appeal?
kiiiiiiidding(not really)

For now I'll post the fun cute stuff! Honestly I really enjoy drawing in every genre. I think it's especially fun to go from drawing light-hearted cute stuff to dark macabre, etc. Sometimes going from one to the other can inspire you in combining two genres, and you'll come up with something very unique or interesting.

So enjoy, leave comments, drop a "hello"...or..you could stalk I guess..if that's your thing..x__x...

I'll leave it up to you
~Cloe