Just a bit o'lineart I did the other day...I was experimenting with various line thicknesses, and I quite like the way it came out. I've been getting back into the anime thing lately, and it came back easier than I thought it would. what do I like about this? Her hand. What do I NOT like? The fact that she almost looks like a guy, and I totally hadn't intended that. If I HAD, I would have just made it a guy, but noooooo....

So anyway...planning on computer coloring this eventually, once I get some spare time. The finished, colored version will be on sale at Tekkoshocon 2005!

Artwork © 2005 Aeryn Avalon

Obviously inspired by the Shakespeare play. She's not any particular character...when I drew this, I pictured a young man wandering away from a party and coming across a beautiful faery woman in the forest. She runs off, and he chases her deeper and deeper into the forest. Eventually, exhausted, he falls asleep beneath a tree. WHen he wakes in the morning, he wonders if the beautiful woman he encountered was real, or only a dream brought on by the midsummer heat. Done in mechanical pencil. I had meant to draw some trees and whatnot behind her, but like I mentioned I'm bad at drawing trees >.<

Artwork © 2005 Aeryn Avalon
Additional Credits: Thanks to Shakespeare, for writing this play. ^_^

Just one in a series of Halloween pics I"m doing to celebrate my favorite holiday ^_^ There are currently two more Halloween pictures in the works, but they're only in the lineart stage. i haven't had much time to work on them lately ;_;

This pic is much larger than my normal drawing size...so large I had to scan it in two halves and paste it together in photostudio, which is why it doesn' tquite match up on the one side. I broke out my Prismacolor markers again for this one, and used Prismacolor pastels to add highlights and make things glowy. I'm used to mediums that blend better than the markers do, but pastels don't give solid colors as well, so I decided to try them in unison. And...voila! I really like the glowy effect I got around the moon, though the moon has craters and stuft on it that didn't show up in the scan >.< Things I dont like: Her face. Don't know why. I just dont' like it.

Inspired by Dan Brereton's Nocturnals. ^_^

Artwork © 2004 Aeryn Avalon
Additional Credits: Dan Brereton's Nocturnals for inspiration

I don't know what possessed me to draw an elf wrapped in caution tape...but it definitely reflects the way I was feeling at the time. It got cut off in the scan...but there's script at the botton that says 'loneliness' SO perhaps the caution tape means 'stay back-dangerous emotional zone ahead' And making her an elf...perhaps there's a lot more of myself in this than I realized. this is also much larger than I'm used to working with, too...this paper is 17x22, I think, and I'm only used to 8.5x11. Plus, it's a profile, which we all know is always hard...so yeah, I'm rather proud of it. The only thing I don't like is that the pencil smeared because I didn't spray it...but c'est le vie, I guess. Enjoy.

Artwork © 2004 Aeryn Avalon
Additional Credits: Thanks to Brad's computer for being awesome, and brad for not being home so I can use it.

'Lara clung to the fence that separated her from the human world, watching the sun set behind the city silhouetted in the distance. The red sky slowly deepened to purple, making the black spires of the buildings look like paper cutouts pasted onto a watercolor painting. For the people in that city, going home to warm dinners in their expensive cars, they day was drawing to a close. But the night was Lara's glory, and her day was just dawning.' This is Lara, once again. My very first attempt at computer coloring! Let me tell you,people who say computer art isn't 'real' art because it's artificial or too easy to do....it is not in the least easy. This took me several hours, laboring away with my mouse in Photostudio (I have neither a wacom tablet or Photoshop, I have only an eight-year old mouse that sticks and a program with limited options). Still< I think this turned out fairly well. The background looks rather fake, but I did that in a bit of a hurry because I just wanted to be DONE. I had to mask off each area of this picture separately in order to paint it-including the irises of the eyes, and the lips, and EVERY FREAKING LINK in that fence had to be masked off so I could put in the background. I drew this first in Micron pen, then scanned it and colored it. Anyway, I hope my labors paid off. Enjoy!


Artwork © 2004 Aeryn Avalon

Well, here's Gojyo. Remind me NEVER to do a pen sketch, ever again. It takes WAY too long. Plus, I usually like my shading to be smoother...but I was in Physics and all I had was a pen. I did the layout for this in pencil, then went back in with the ink. Took me all of physics, all of Spanish, and part of band to complete. The title is an inside joke, only about four people in the world will understand. ;p Enjoy! Please note: I can't reply to or grade comments because my computer SUCKS. Sorry!

Artwork © 2004 Aeryn Avalon
Additional Credits: yay for my working scanner!
Referenced Source: Saiyuki