Category: Finished Art

Spirit Bond- Araya and Friends

18
Nov
2013

I made this one when I was working on draft 2 of Spirit Bond. I made it to be a desktop background with a calendar on it. This is the picture sans calender.

Spirit Bond Normal Friends

 

 

When I looked at this for the first time in months, I was like, “Awww, what cute friends.” Then it suddenly struck me that Desta, the girl on the right, is no longer a character in my latest draft. Lauren, the blond girl, has become even more important in her stead. Though this is a cute picture it’s a bit like looking at a photo where one of the people in it is dead (Haha, I didn’t mean to be so morbid all of a sudden).

Oh well. All writers would agree, I’m sure, that sometimes you’ve just got to chop people out of your story.

 

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Shadowy Angel

18
Nov
2013

I made this one a long time ago. I still think it looks pretty great.

 

shadow angel

 

I started with a detailed pencil sketch and then added color and more texture in Photoshop. I added the wing sort of as an afterthought. Haha, I think the sketch was originally an exaggerated self portrait. Funny what it turned into. It looks nothing like me now.

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Araya- Design Change 1

18
Nov
2013

This is Araya after I gave her a haircut.

 

Araya with fire

 

 

In class I got some comments (I don’t even know if they were complaints or compliments ^^;) that her fire spirit looks a lot like Calcifer from Howl’s Moving Castle. I’m working on changing that.

Though this is still not Araya’s current character design, I had a blast working on this character vignette, and I loved working with the texture in the background. Texture is awesome.

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The Adventures Begin- a Brief Introduction

03
Nov
2013

This blog will be my new journal of all my creative endeavors. I hope that you can learn as much from it as I can!

Here’s a picture of me and my giant fox plushie, Quinn! Giant plushies make valuable companions on creative adventures, so I recommend that you all get one!

 

Tanya with Plushie

 

A brief introduction of myself: My name is Tanya Hales. I am a junior in college, studying illustration and creative writing. I love writing stories and art is one medium through which I love to tell those stories. I am currently working on a project called Spirit Bond, which I have been working on for years. It will someday be an epic, full-color webcomic adventure for the world to see! I’m getting there, especially with the help of my art classes.

Good luck to all of you artist adventurers!

-Tanya

 

 

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