2009 Summary of Art

As the year winds down and i prepare my long treck to snowy NJ for the holidays I made this meme :-) sorry i dont have a link to the original. it should be easy to find if you search DA ;-)



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Wanted to do this and take a serious look at my progress this year. I think I made some definite leaps and bounds over the end of the summer with my photoshop skills, but i like some of my character design better from the beginning of the year.

I was sadly surprised at myself at how little there was to choose from... got to draw more. add that to my list of resolutions.

This was fun :-) hoping next year ill improve even more! But i do believe this was my year for most growth artistically.

*ps: i havent finished anything i like for December yet so i put a sketch im working on ;-)

Ariel... Agian

decided to redo the full body anorexic ariel..

the first one was cool but wasnt capturing the vision i had. perhaps i will return to it one day. i want it to be more about her sorrow than her body, though her body does play a part in it.

will finish soon :-)

AWESOME GIVEAWAY FROM KMYE-CHAN!

An amazing holiday giveaway from one of my favorite artists! i hope i win ^^

Ariel Full Body

A lot of people loved my "sick Ariel" drawing a few weeks back and suggested i do a full body version. Here is the first draft. Shes examining herself in a mirror, the statue of Prince Eric looming behind her.

More to come :-)

New Commission Account

NEW COMMISSION ACCOUNT!
So after much thought and consideration, I have decided to create a new account for all the commissions I do that don't really fit into this gallery. I thought it would be nice to let everyone know before I move them all over :-)
COMMISSION ACCOUNT


I wont be checking that account all that often, so if you need to reach me this is the place to do it :-)
Please don't think im moving your work out of this gallery because I don't like it. Iv just grown and started a new look to my gallery. And I want my main gallery to reflect that.I know lots of other artists that don't even post commissions so.... consider yourself lucky ;-) This means all stories except the Terratoff one will move. I already have way too many mediums going on here 0_0
Ill still accept and keep track of all of my commissions on this account only! please dont message me at helloheath-commish with commission requests.

Give me about a week or so to get everything transferred please :-)

RAVENSKAR FANART!

So one of my favorite artists, Ravenskar, was nice enough to let me color some lineart for her :-) it was a quicky but i love the concept. here it is!

Prints now at my Etsy store!

So iv given the ol' etsy shop a makeover and added in custom artwork commissions, and digital art prints! Prints are only $4.99 plus FREE US SHIPPING! Plus get a free gift with purchase :-)

Wouldnt some commissioned artwork make the perfect gift for your friend? You could commission their OCs for them! Check it out ^^

FINISHED MY DRAGON!

So i finally finished my dragon for the contest i mentioned in my last blog. Here is the final deviation

Prints Available here
OR you can email me for a deal on a smaller print.


Here are the detail shots, exclusive to the blog!




Please critique? i really pushed myself and i want to improve

LATEST MASTERPIECE

So iv moved now so i should slowly begin to be more active online soon. Iv been working on a piece for this contest, and really pushing myself to go above any beyond.
DRAGON CONTEST


Here are the progress pics so far, theres another one i have not uploaded yet, will probably do that tonight. and then hopefully the next version will be the finished piece!















Also, iv been having problems with procaster and livestream lately. Its been crashing my computer like crazy. im currently defragging and cleaning up my computer so i can be streaming again soon. I really enjoy streaming so it will come back, i promise ;-)

Moving on Thursday

Some of you might have noticed a lack of art recently, thats because im moving on thursday. After we get the apartment set up and everything ill be back online and drawing full force :-) believe me, im dying to draw but simply havent had the time!
....art... i miss you


Heres something im working on for a contest ;-P

QUICK LIVESTREAM COMMISSIONS TONIGHT AT 9!

Heres how it works, tonight at 9pm est i will be broadcasting on my livestream while i draw and offering a special kind of digital illustration commission.

The commission made on livestream LIVE so you can watch an receive it instantly via email. The advantage is that you can give me live feedback as I work to get the commission just right! It costs $20 and there is a 30 minute time limit.

[link]

I hope you will join me tonight! see you there!

New Blog Again.... sorry guys

BACK ON BLOGGER
So i swear this is the last blog switch! Well, for the next 10 years or so anyway. I tried Livejournal and it wasnt as cool as i remember it being when i was in highschool, so im back to blogger. If your reading this than most likely helloheath.com's make over is complete. Please check it out.

www.helloheath.com

ETSY
Another big reason why i came back to blogger is because i am starting a jewelry business on the side at etsy.com

www.greenheathtreasures.etsy.com

Click the link to see my handmade jewelry, and this link below will take you to the official GHT website.

www.greenheathtreasures.com

STREAMING
Iv also really gotten into livestreaming, its going to be a regular thing for me so watch out for tweets and journals announcing my broadcasts, or you can just take a peek at the front page of helloheath.com at my embedded stream :-)

http://www.livestream.com/helloheathtv

CLOSING
I know i have been a little MIA lately, but thats only because Iv been getting a ton of shit ready to better promote / organize myself and my work. And im also moving in a few weeks so life is hectic.
In closing, here is my favorite new piece of artwork iv done, ill do a full body version soon.





My depiction of Ariel...

Started this as an experiment, but it turned into this. I wanted to see how a flatter element (the hair) would look against an element (the face) with more dimension.

I wanted to make Ariel look sickly, BECAUSE come on people, shes a love sick teenager whos in love with someone she REALLY cant be with! Shes rebellious, sad, heartbroken, and confused about life. so i wanted to paint a more real portrait of her. plus, have you seen her waistline? poor girl is starving herself...

dont hate, i love ariel but i wanted to explore giving her some exaggerated features that speak to who she really was at one point in her life

Photoshop CS2
CGTextures.com