Finally an Update

Pfff I can't believe it's been a couple of months since I've posted anything. That's why you should never say you don't have an artist's block, because then you'll have an artist's block the size of Mount Everest, and shit around for a couple of months. Didn't help that I wasn't in an environment that was too conducive but there you go. Anyway, I have done stuff! I've made a necklace (which I don't have a picture of but it turned out pretty nice) and I've worked on the California Native Steampunk, which I do have a picture of so enjoy!
So yeah this is definitely one of my most involved projects, and definitely the most worked on in the Steampunk Native series. It's crazy because a) I don't like drawing backgrounds b) I don't like drawing patterns or c) all of the above. Then I decided to redraw some things because I want it to look 'nice' like the armillary sphere thing that's sitting next to the person in the picture. There's also some more things I might add in, like shown in this pic:
Like, I might add some things on the binoculars/opera glasses, and add a compass or astrolabe in the hand of the person, haven't decided yet. Then there's also some other things I might do, like an ocean scene in the window, or work on the curtain, making me work on this damn picture for another 6 months *sob*.
So that's what I'm working on. Toodles.

WIP New Native Steampunk

Alright, been a few weeks since I last posted, but for now I'm putting my last Native Steampunk on hold and started another one. Since I don't have a scanner, usually I start off with a preliminary messy sketch of the outlines (which I erased, but I'll try to remember to save it and show it next time) and then I have a a more detailed sketch.

Now, one thing I have to say is that I'm really bad when it comes to backgrounds. I tend to do portraits or figurative work, so I end up concentrating on the person that I'm drawing and leave the background as an afterthought, and it shows. This time though, I really tried to incorporate the person in a scene, and painting the scene first instead of painting the person first, and it's making a big difference. It adds a lot of narrative that's been lacking in a lot of my other pictures, and makes the whole work more interesting. I think if I go back to the other Native Steampunk I was making, I might try to incorporate a scene around the person as well.
Since I haven't been posting much of my progress (bad me) I've already done a lot of work in terms of painting. One of the most difficult parts of the picture so far has been the astrolabe, especially since I don't know much about astrolabes.