nightmare team

Hey guys,

heres a painting (yay)

just thinking up a team of gals at this point not too sure what to do with them...

nothing too crazy...

one of them has a reverse dream catcher thing (?!) aka nightmare powers (woo!)

the other one's a knight with a panther-ish helmet that was fun to design.
and... a dark armored elf lady trying to get the armor to contrast against her pale skin.

Process wise- just basic rough sketch, rough color block-in under the lines and then painting opaquely over top.

trying to keep the values close, yet having the hues differ from character to character was a tough balancing act. still don't feel like i nailed it down, but hey.... needa work on balancing multi-figure comps. i have a lot of fun and learning a bit. totally gonna do more of these.

i don't think i have much more to say about this one, but yeh..

if you guys have any questions or comments feel free to email me 

marjoriedavisart@gmail.com

Thanks for looking,

Marjorie

 

final image

process gif

Wither

New personal thing.

Thanks for looking! :)

Legend of Slicehawk

soo uhh heres a personal thing. it was manly as a warm up before client stuff.




The rough sketch



playing around~ people in my chat on livestream were talking bout oranges and stuff....



And the final.

Thanks for looking!
Marjorie

a something

Heres a lil' something personal.




got another thing in the works thats kinda the same feel.
doing that other piece in oils, though. I'm updating as I go along through the process it on instagram
so, follow me there if ya wanna see more on that.


Thanks for looking!
Marjorie

Self Portrait

Hey guys!

so... I decided this year to partake in national self portrait day... it was a challenge, in a good way.

I used a mirror and spent like 3 hours on it.

 For most of the painting I did not have my glasses on, so I think it came out way more blurry looking oops :x 

    

all in all, it was a good learning experience and I hope each of you guys try doing one.

Here a link to the timelapse video.

Portfolio (subject to changes and updates)

Valiant Goddess Process

Hey guys! :D

I made a GIF of what my process is, and yes, its messy.  

I had some, or a few(?) people asking for the psd to this file, but I really don't think it'd of much help anyone who looked at it. Because, I really only paint on one to three layers, tops.

So I'll just do my best to explain a little of what goes into things of this nature. 

I start off with a low res sketch, then once i'm happy with the composition I up the size of the file, to around 300 dpi.

next I paint in all up in grayscale, and then add a soft light layer on top to add a light wash of the colors I plan on using, but that can always change, so thats why I put it on its own layer.

Once I'm happy with the overall colors I flatten that all down to start painting in details....

 open a new layer paint details, flatten, etc, etc... then do another detail pass 'til I feel I am happy with it. then i call it done and merge any remaining layers (if any?)  

really I treat it like if I was painting in a acrylics or oils. 

so not many fancy photoshop tricks other than overlay and soft light layer settings, for this painting anyways haha ^^      

but yeah, hope you guys are well.

until next time you guys, happy painting! :)

new(ish) painting

Hey guys! haven't posted in awhile so... I will share this.

eh I've been in a snowy cold weather type of mood... too damn bad its hot as heck over here :( 

I just want it to be cold already ><;

anywoo until next time you guys! 

selling this bad boy here > link

Traditional Speed Painting

Hello, guys!
Lately, I've been doing some quick traditional paintings to exercise my visual memory.
I have to say it's a pretty good way to do studies and to relieve some stress.
For these types of paintings I only allow myself an hour or two per painting without using references.
Satisfied or not, I can't touch or rework them after that.
This sort of process helps me by allowing me to make my mind up faster, focusing on the over all read of the piece, and not to get caught up in unimportant details. And, also, most importantly, to use my imagination~!

Oh, yes, and for painting this way I much prefer acrylics 'cause they dry super fast.

If you or anyone you know are interested in purchasing this piece I have it for sell here Link!

A New Kids Book + More :)

Hi you guys sorry long time no post :,( things got a little crazy and yeah today I get to sit down and blog so yay (I kinnda miss it) no but really miss shouting into the darkness and hoping you guys are still reading this haha! if so feel free to comment I don't bite. xD

 As of lately I've joined up with a group called Clash of Weapons you can visit our website here clashofweapons.com (I go by the name mabushii on the C.O.W site long, long history having that nickname on the interwebs lol) But yeah I've doing illustrations for book with them

and one of our newest books has been released! It's called The Calf and Butterfly. You guys can buy the book here http://www.amazon.com/The-Calf-Butterfly/dp/1484839080

it's been very exciting! I've been stoked the whole way. Its been a dream since I was little to illustrate kids books :) I'm glad Konaa-chan and S. G. Renee were so nice to invit me into their group! 

Currently working on the next children's book in line, can't say too much but its super cute and I'm having a blast working on it!   

Suzu the C.O.W mascot 

Oh! and next week I shall be filming a  new video on my youtube channel~ So if you have any input, questions, or requests please leave them here or at my twitter @MarjorieDavis91

If you would like to inquire about freelance illustraion or design: Please email me at xmarjoriex.md@gmail.com

visit me on Deviantart
visit me on CGhub

Thanks, hope you guys have an awesome week!

Ocean Inspired Illustration

Hi guys! hows everyone?

So a few days a go I decided to do a bit of a test live stream VIA google+ and uploading it to my youtube account 

And I gotta say it was pretty fun! I got good feed back and I shall be doing more! but next time shall be talking next time! So please post your questions and I'll try my best to answer all of them. :D

I'll be streaming every other week 

heres my youtube channel  every live stream will be taking place there and if you miss it it'll be uploaded so you can watch it when ever its most convenient to you :)  also follow me on twitter if you want to be more up to date @marjoriedavis91

^ this is a photo i took last weekend returning from the beach, and consequently used as my color pallet for the paintings (that i'm going to show you below) lol  

the not pretty, extremely rough idea in my sketchbook. the idea behind it is pretty much a blackmoor goldfish, water and the ocean in general. 

so i chose to do two versons one a little cooler and one a bit warmer.

I'll be doing 18x24 prints of these so comment here or shoot me an email xmarjoriex.md@gmail.com if you'd like to have one :)

anyways I hope y'all have a awesome weekend!  

land ho!

arr I haven't paintaard landscapes in a long while ;3

so i did some quick paintings for yeh land lovers out there. lol

these be ye thumbnails 

:) lol these two could possibly be the same planet xD anyhoo i had fun painting these. all those times watching joy of painting didn't go to waste. ;b

I hope y'all guys have a good weekend. 

biosuit hyperstar things + more

Hello you guyz :3

got a few new things i'd like to show y'all~ 

i think this is one of my personal favorites 'cause when designing this i was think about project run way and harper's bazaar lol (sucha girl) but yeah, heavy inspired by those things... in my own weird way i guess.

and heres is my version of a steampunk space pirate (based loosely off the thumbnail on the lower left corner)  done for fun. cause fun is awesome :D

update

                  so this is one variation of a friend character I've been drawing out... so this is  fully fleshed out costume and of course colors ;b

and the humble beginnings 

things I miss + update

Hello you guys~! hows it going?

So today was meh and yeah, started think about things I used to really enjoy and miss doing.

Like I miss painting in acrylics; I miss the feel of a brush roughly dragging on the uneven canvas surface and having to wait for the paint to dry to see how much the color changes (for some reason acrylics seem to dry a lot darker than when its first applied :x ) and also ruining my favorite clothes looking like an artsy douche with paint all on my clothes lol.

and I miss playing guitar and piano its been ages I think I forgot everything I used to know how to play. lol I dunno why I have done those things in a long time and I kinnda miss it :/ I think I'm gonna take some time to finish the paintings that are gathering dust in my closet. I would like to show you guys some of my traditional stuff anyways, I think it'd be nice.

heres some of my realllllly really old paintings. I'd thought i'd share 'cause sharing is caring ;) lol 

     and i also miss karaoke T_____T

update :D

she's done YAY enjoy you guys!

click for full view and enjoy all the hard work i put into it >:3

update + happy friday

^ click for full view on this one ^ killed myself with all the small details, so you guys better enjoy them.  ;b

dat ass :E... *cough* i mean i think the design on the suit is flatting... 

hey guys how goes it long time no post (sorry) ><;

took two of the girls outta the thumbs I posted earlier and fleshed them out... nothing too too awesome just practice.
anyways enjoy you guys' weekend!

howdy! + update zaiaku no kami :D

Finished this one up really late the other night... though i didn't post him right away 'cause i wanted to see if i still liked the way it looked in the morning x) did a little tone and lighting adjustment and tada~ he's looking sharp.      

                                                          enjoy you guys!

Super Awesome Monday: update :)

Howdy, happy monday!

finished these a while ago forgot to post them here (though i did post 'em on DA marjoriedavis.deviantart.com ) soo tada~ hope you guys like it.

these guys sketches been floating around my sketchbook so I took a few fleshed them out... don't really have much more to say 'bout them...

anyways- have a good day you guys :3

  

happy halloween! + update

 

 Happy Halloween you guys! 

I think I'm the only person who has no idea nor a costume to wear this year, but I will celebrate none the less xD

 

not much to say about this one other then its done despite how long it took (lesson learned)  lol... still need to think of a name for him... I'm not the best at coming up with names for my little creations :/...

hope you all like it!