by on

Weeks have been getting more busy as I grow to become acquainted with city. My Spirit Interpretations illustration project has been such a big practice in not only my own self-reflection but how I approach going about executing my concepts (part 2 of the series on the left). In the mean time not getting over Black Panther and re-hyping myself for the DVD release lololol.

Also Free Comic Book day is a blast around these parts, and much more of a strong culture/community compared to my hometown. Purchased some goodies and looking forward to meeting Ronald Wimberly!

by on

Finished Yemaya

yemayapeek

Yemaya Two-Tailed Guardian Spirit

The first piece of my art series of interpreted storytelling illustrations combining hand-drawn with digital medium exploring and connecting Yoruba mythology and folklore within the African Diaspora. Yemaya is the spirit deity of the waters, patron to women and maternity. Across the Diaspora she goes by many name variants and is often portrayed as a mermaid, sometimes with two tails as depicted in this piece.

mainmollusklogocopy

I also got a swanky personal emblem(still figuring out a few tid-bits) Glad I finally got to refresh this.

 

by on

Thanks to my friend who can’t stop gushing for Chadwick Boseman, I started to develop a small crush myself. :/ #Help #CrushSketch.  Some handy-hand warm-ups for another on-coming illustration.

by on

I’ve been working on a couple very short graphic novel projects, so I’ve been prioritising doing head/facial expression warm-ups. Funnily it’s one of the things that go easily missed and has been one of my goals to improve upon, especially sketching around the city. Decided to crack open a few old books I had lying around (still in my moving boxes) focusing on the subject as well as scaring myself into the mirror lololol.

 

Onto doing a series of illustrations that focusing on African/Afro-Carib mythology that I’m looking forward to playing with on CLIP studio 🙂 . IMG_8612

by on
Sketch of the morning. “Who is you Chiron?”
 
Confession: I’ve been going through some up and down periods of grief throughout my adjustment here. So to wake up in the morning thinking about my favourite film(s) has helped my find and be okay with the act of comfort.

moonlightandImcrying.png

by on

(A necessary message that I took a picture of as I was walking down the street, graffiti not by me)

fuckthatdoitnow

life stuff: My life has made a complete flip. I’ve found that my relocation as a “nobody” has made me more in tune with both my weaknesses and my strengths. My weaknesses being: over-thinking, beating myself up (perfectionism), and my very measured sense of self-value. In order to adapt to change and keep myself composed, I’ve realised I can’t view these entirely new obstacles with the eyes of my “past-life”. However, my present me can be reacquainted with learning from what my “past-life” could have done better at, has done well (because there were positives), and made them driven from the very start.