http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe Portfolio website of Marthe Jonkers Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:23:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a new addiction which is speedpainting! Picking a random subject and giving myself a max of 1 hour to draw something. It is nice practice and has a very different approach than my other drawings. It feels more free to just try different techniques and shapes. I’m just ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2010/02/21/speedpaint-addict/ New drawing, the koimaid :) ImagineFX.com has this weekly drawing contest (similar to the CHoW at conceptart.org) and the subject was "the far east". I wanted to draw something exotic to really emphasize the "far" part :) I love the Koimaid! It is a small aquarium though... Here is an ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2010/02/10/koimaid/ Technically this isn't a sketch maybe, still I drew this is under 3 hours. It is the Roman general Pompey, who forged the first triumvirat (a pact of three powerful men) with Caesar and Crassus during the first century bc. :p I drew him because of his recognizable portrait. Also ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2010/01/21/pompey-the-roman-general/ I'm working on a couple of drawings that are set in a student party (more info on this project later :P). These are sketches for the different characters that will be on the party. It is really fun to design these different types of people because the're so recognizable! http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2010/01/17/studentparty/ Happy Newyear! For Christmas I got the Jason Chan art tutorial "Quick Sketch" from my boyfriend. I wanted to try his techniques immediately and drew this. Tentacles are easy and  fast to draw, and girls are popular, so it's a winning combination :p. It took me twice as long as ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2010/01/06/octogirl/ For the front cover of our Comiket Artbook (see news for more info :P) I first didn't really know what to draw... And I only had a few days to make a finished piece. I started out with this drawing: But it just didn't work, the face was off and it ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2009/12/29/comiket-artbook/ I'm making concept art for a friend. She is working on a game called "Empire of Cyr" and asked me and Ward to design the characters and environment. the Empire has an asian atmosphere and so I made several thumbs of different asia-inspired costumes. I really enjoy doing this project! See ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2009/12/28/empire-of-cyr/ And here some sketches and thumbs for Cu Chulainn, one of my newest drawings. I really struggled with the weapon, but finally went for the spear because it was more dynamic and fits the topic more :) Cu Chulainn is a Celtic hero, and the story goes that sometimes when ... http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2009/11/29/cu-chulainn/ Here's the work in progress for my latest illustration: Harem! Had some trouble with the colouring because it became to orange/red, but luckily in photoshop you can use color layers to fix that problem. http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2009/11/22/harem/ I explored my computer and found a lot of old but interesting drawings I never bothered to finish :p I put them together: http://www.drawingnightmare.com/marthe/2009/11/22/kickoff-sketches/