Let’s Fighting Love!

I am going to give you a sneak peak on a drawing I am working on… but! It will only be a sketch, even with the watercolors, because I plan on drawing it later on an A3! Yes, you hear me well! On an A3 paper of Daler Rowney! Wowowowow! I bought it few days ago, and I really can’t wait till I start drawing something on it! I wanted to draw the one I am doing on it, as I have done to another drawing, by actually doing a thumb nail drawing of it (around an A5) and copied it onto an A4 sized paper, I know, the paper sizes are a bit small… but its because I dont have the kind of brush that I need (have no worries! I bought one few months ago!) and so thats why I am ready to tackile this challange, and have it done.

Having said about my new purchases, I bought a new printer! wow! its sooo coool! i always wanted similar printer but no luck in finding one. It prints without the stupid white borders! How cool is that?! Now I can have a Great portfolio, and Great set of drawings, that I can use as a reference, hahaha… and it doesn’t end there, I also bought (finally!) my first woodman/stick figure I named him Jack the stickman! he’ll be posing instead of me, cause I used to stand in the way I want my character to, sometimes it was hard to do, sometimes very easy, but this time, I’ll have Jack (should name him Jack the poser!) do them for me! though he is limited in terms of flexibility, he can’t tuck his knees to his chest, which is lame, cause losers with no physical fitness can’t do that! (that is you jump and you raise your knees to your chest… I can do it, other losers can’t)

And now back to my drawing shall we! I have included the three together, after many thoughts on how to do them, and I am glad with the outcome, though once I copy them to the new sketchbook, the sizes of their heads will differ, like more zooming on T and Pikor, while Bunk will still have her wicked smile on her face, though she has a more of an innocent smile, but we’ll see what will happen later on!

 Wont bore you with more text, Enjoy!

Ayyoub Arsalan 

After A While!

Many now have probably seen this drawing on my facebook profile, but I just wanted to post it here, because I promised I’ll explain why did I draw it the way I did, if I don’t get bored while explaining, because I am excited to post the next sketch soon :D hahahaha

 So! here it goes, many have wondered why did I create her nose with that line? Some have felt like it was a clown’s nose, well… if you are a clown fan, sure, you’ll see it as a big shiny nose! And the answer is not easy… so I’ll cut it short for you guys… cause I like it this way! And why is it all red? Well, mother used to tell me how she used to play in the fields, so I figured, if I am her son, and I get my nose (actually entire body) all red from the sun, so she must have this red feature in her as well! (thats genes for the smart people out there :D) so comes the strong red hue in the drawing… and for her hair (no stay out Ukka) if you look closely enough at the picture, by making it lighter, and more clear, you’ll notice that she actually had her hair lifted up!

 

 Well background, looks nice, and inks are okay… well thats what I believe! So here you go folks! Enjoy the show.

 

p.s. Actually the reason why I drew the nose like that, is to give it a more comic feel into it, otherwise it would be a realistic wanna be, which I didn’t want, because I started off, with it, and I kinda liked it, and you’ll notice many French artists, use the same nose detail that I did, and I am talking about the manga artists, anyway, that said, I wanted to have an old feel to it, but still maintaining some freshness to it, thats why I used the titanium white acrylic color, with water, to give it a more classic tone. I don’t know thats how it turned out! And I did enjoy doing it, also I am happy with the outcome.

 

Till next time,

Ayyoub Arsalan 

Process Pictures

This specific topic has taken too much time, I should finish it, because I am 98% done, only few things (which I am not sure what are!) and then I’ll be done.It is a joy to be able to do something which you thought you can’t do. I used to have fear of doing a specific drawing few years ago, but I have proved to myself that I can do it, after many years of just thinking about it, time passed, and I have done another painting that I thought I wouldn’t be able to paint it.For some unknown reason, I create doubt in myself, saying that I am not ready yet, its not fun you really do feel like you are not ready, although you have been ready for your entire life for this, but no, you lack the required self-esteem, guess it goes the same to the portrait I am doing, but then I would be lying if I told you that all of these drawings, I was capable of doing but I didn’t have the confidence, I was, few years back, lacking in experimenting with colors, or with technique, but now, that I have partially matured, my style evolved to my liking, I can create similar technique, but I know the basics, its the basics that take the most out of you, and the acceptance of your style by others, everyone loves a basic portrait, with classical realistic technique, that’s what really shows skill in an artist.I know now, that I am capable of doing such drawings, but why was I reluctant to create them? Guess I didn’t accept the fact that I didn’t have my own style, something that will speak about my personality, something that says, hey this is me! (This is the real me!) I’m not sure really, or maybe I was just a coward! But if I was a coward, I wouldn’t have done them in the first place, so maybe I was waiting and practicing in the background among other drawings, learning how to create a complete one from the first attempt.

This is how a perfectionist would think, sadly I am one, in one way or another, but also a quitter, refusing to do anything, if I am not sure about how it will end 100%, so much for becoming an artist, how would I become one if I don’t experiment.

And so starts a new year, a fresh start, with the experience of the past, I will tackle this year with my strongest will.

And for now, enjoy the process, you will learn in the end, if you have a vision (a goal for some) you can reach it, if only you start, and so I can say, I have many visions, for how I will become, I only need to connect them together, to create a big web of paths, no matter which way I take, I will always end up at my vision.

Yeah I know I just had to let it out,

Ayyoub Arsalan

The Gift Must Be Handed!

It’s been how long? 8 days after mom’s birthday? Sounds like yesterday huh? :D

Due to Laziness and busy days (mostly facebooking, exteel, and simply killing time) I wasn’t able to update the Blog properly, also cause I am already preoccupied with this drawing, I figured (while typing) I should have more sketchbooks! I used to, but its hard to keep track of all of them, so I am using this one now (the reason for multiple sketch books is because once I start a new drawing/painting on the same sketchbook, I ignore the older one!), it has this wonderful texture to its paper, that runs pencils smoothly, and the watercolor is absorbed fairly well, which makes it perfect for my drawings!

Hup! No pictures! So obviously my sister took off with my process pictures(its on her camera)! Well, no posting then… sorry mates! Guess I’ll post another picture, the cover of the comic book I love so much; I did it when I was what? IG2?

 

Later mates!

Ayyoub Arsalan

Continuing With The Gift Process

I thought that I wont have any more processes, but came instead a new year (Happy 2008 yo’ll!) and few requests, that made me a bit busy, but I always had this blog in mind, and now I feel more comfortable that I have at least posted something, I don’t know, have it been a week? Not sure, and I hope it haven’t been a week since my last post.

 

I don’t like green eggs and ham ;) just had it click in my mind for a second, I read it once, from Marsho’s (my niece) story books, and I loved it, but I think I would eat green eggs and ham, try everything in your life, it feels like I don’t plan for the future but I do :D

Anyway, on with the show, I am glad that the picture turned out like this, but it is still not done, my mom’s birthday was two days ago, but still I plan on making this picture a good one, a late gift you could say, though she knows about it, I showed it to her, and this gift might be my first (since ages)! I never give out (proper) gifts or even cards for that matter! But I plan on changing that. I will be doing watercolors then shade it a little bit more, with more pencils, a mixed media, but no inks… It will turn out great :D

Happy Birthday Nana :D

p.s. I wish Google would program an Internet browser, the IE7 was working great, I hate Firefox, and Safari crashed on the spot, Opera is okay (I love the mouse gestures) but while typing it doesn’t sometimes warp the words, which bothers me. And today iGoogle changed its “Gmail” link to “Mail” then back to “Gmail” in the evening, felt like sharing :D