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Swat Girl - Final

tess — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:26:24 -0800

Final version. I could do more tweaking with this picture, but it's really a piece of throw-away art. I would be more interested if I knew something about the character.

Earlier versions:

Prints are available on DeviantART.

DOR 2007

tess — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:47:02 -0800

Completed version. My rough estimate is that it took 25 hours in total to complete, and it was more than worth it. While the positioning and composition of the image isn't complicated, it uses nearly every trick I know.

Previous versions:

Prints, up to 12x18, are available at DeviantART.

DOR 2008 Sketches #01

tess — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:59:46 -0800

Concept art for my Transgender Day of Rememberence Webcomics Project submission this year.

Paper-Girl

DOR 2008 Sketches #01

tess — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:52:31 -0800

Windowlight DR5

tess — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:40:49 -0700

A developer's prerelease of the "Windowlight" theme intended for deninet 6.

Prophetess

tess — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:53:56 -0700

Just a little sketch, maybe a warmup.

Stranded in Trainlight

To Doom, or Undoom...

tess — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:09:46 -0700

deninet staff

Dejected - Flat Color

tess — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:21:41 -0700

Just a little drawing. I'm surprised I still can turn out half-way decent pieces like this given how little I use my drawing skills any longer.

This image started out as a pencil drawing. While the simplicity can be enjoyable, I spent some time cleaning up the static read during the scanning process. I had forgotten how annoying that is. I also had forgotten to draw the side-strip and pocket cover on Novella's jacket. After reconfiguring my tablet on Linux (I had lost it in a reformat a few weeks ago), I added the missing details digitally. I'm rather surprised how that turned out.

Paper-Girl

Leaves

tess — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:23:18 -0700

Taken from a hotel parking lot in Carmel, Indiana in early Spring.

Feathered Cat

tess — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:25:44 -0700

Maybe Catgirls can be Haibane too?

I drew this while sitting in a conference at the IBM IMPACT event in Las Vegas in 2008. I was worried about my flight the next day; the weather was horrible in Minneapolis and I feared a delay. I needed a little confidence booster, and this image (and the person who motivated it) helped me through.

The sketch is really messy since I only had one pen at the time. I tried to clean it up a bit -- remove the prep lines, fix some obvious errors -- but I could only fix so much without redoing the entire image.

Art de la Neige