Let the sky fall

Warm-up. 10-15 min. Reference used.

By the power of the pressure, I finally landed on tumblr! I think for starters I will upload there the same stuff that I have put on here before. 

And just in case you were wondering will I abandon this blog, no worries! When I have new stuff to show, I will also upload them here.

Lights

ett lodjur

A drawing, a test or something for.. something. I don't remember anymore.

Oh, look. The hind leg is longer than the front leg. Bummer.

Skull of moose

Because sometimes you have to draw skulls. Reference used (and still I managed to screw up those horns. Whatever).

And for those people who prefer animals with flesh and skin, here's a lion. It was a birthday card for my dad.

What the in the name of pancake

I just realized that maybe, just MAYBE, I’m not such a failure at drawing after all. Hmm.

Now while I think about this, you can all stare at this bird. If you can guess what kind of bird it is, good for you!

Back to school

Today was my last day at Rovio. But I'll be back. Soon!

Have a digital sketch for a change. It's an owl by the way.

Friends

Old sketch, again. From 2009 if I remember correctly. A drawing of my dog sleeping next to a giant stuffed toy.

DOG

I have been so incredibly busy that it's not even funny. That's right.

Have a puppy.

Behind the scenes: AB: The Motion Comic, part 1

Alright! Here's something related to Angry Birds: The Motion Comic.

These are the very first sketches of Red. The design is off in almost every drawing because I was struggling with the shape. Even though the Angry Bird characters are made of simple shapes, it is hard to make that shape to work when the character is showing emotion or doing something physical. The characters don't have feet or wings so you have to focus on the face. Everything has to be clear, the viewer has to know what the character is thinking so that he/she can follow the story. That means that you have to use very extreme expressions but tone it a little bit down so that it suits the mood and the style. It's tricky but also fun.

Some of you may have noticed that Red gets a black eye right from the start when the pigs attack. That black eye will be on his face to the end of the story. That little detail may not look special, but that alone makes the story more grittier and more personal to the character.

And now about the DVD...

When the first episode was finished, we made a DVD version of it and sent it to Rovio. They were amazed and said that they don't get gifts like this very often!

The back of the DVD case isn't special, it has screenshots of the comic and the text is the same as on youtube.

And of course I had to draw silhouettes of the characters on the DVD. Can you recognize them all?

See you all next time!

Heads

So many things to do, so little time..

Sisters

And old sketch made 2008. This was the first time when I drew a bald eagle. I think that this is the only eagle drawing where I got the beak done well. Or at least somehow right.

And the finished version made at the same year. The lighting is wonky and the shadows are way too dark.

the penguin

This was made three months ago. I was trying to make a picture that could be used as an illustration in a magazine. Something simple and traditional looking.

This is not over.. BEARS!

The original sketch and the finished version.

 

Felines

Because we all like big cats! Sort of.

A birthday card for my classmate. I tried my best to get the colours right but they still differ from the actual card. Oh well.

Nokkavarpunen juttelee

The title means: "Hawfinch chats".

I started to work on this two weeks ago and I'm still stuck with it. I don't what to do with it. My plan was to colour it digitally to make it look like it was coloured with coloured pencils but that plan flew quickly out the window.

The real-life hawfinch has a little bit of white below the wing but I left that out. It started to look too distracting..

Original sketch.

 

Quick studies of hawfinch.

 

This time.. gray backgrounds!

My friend drew a great picture of me. I'm using it as my avatar right now! I also changed the titlecard on top.

I put watermark on my sketches just in case if they start to wander around the internet. At least people will know where they come from.

Everytime when I start a new sketchbook I have to draw a very detailed sketch in the first or second page. Because then I can draw bunch of more or less great sketches and never worry if they all look horrible because I will always have at least one good drawing. Silly, isn't it?

 

I really envy artists who can draw in public. So, I took a big step and forced myself to draw in a train. It was indeed a great accomplishment, except that I was the only one in the train.

 A proud and yet tired looking lioness.

 Spooky bunny. Yes.

Moody

 I really, really should stop using unnecessary textures in my artwork. But I just can't!

Somehow this sketch has more appeal than the final work.

Holiday card

I planned to put here a nice Christmas card that had a bunny in it, but then I saw this.

Thanks to that I changed my mind.

 Feel free to share this beautiful piece of art with your friends!

After thinking few days I decided to start a sketchblog. I have no idea how often I am going to update but hopefully more often than once a month.

 I was thinking about animating a short scene where I use Bruce Willis's voice for the boxer. But I still have work on it.

Cheetah's head is very hard to draw.  I keep drawing too low or too high forehead. I have the same problem with the muzzle.

 I guess the smallest on the corner turned out pretty good.

I started drawing elephants few months ago. I almost get the head right but I still have to practise to make it look natural. Legs are also a big problem.

Yes, that's a mandrill on the right corner.

 I love that egg-head-flamingo.

I forgot how to draw flamingo's beak properly so I googled some pictures. 

 

 I was tired of drawing realistic looking mandrills so I tried to stylize a little bit. The heads are okay but there's major problems with the hindlegs and hands. And that's because I haven't studied them so much. Again, if you want to draw something well, you have to understand what you are drawing.