Bang!

Outlet

some write emo poems, some vandalize...
I draw little pictures to channel out thoughts and emotions.

soul drawings

Someone once told me that on some subconscious level, artists tend to put themselves into their drawings sometimes. Since I cut my hair, I found I'm always drawing females with short hair.

hm. Interestinggg...

Routine

My karate-sensei coworker.

Typical "Janine" outfits.

1) Sketch
2) Scan
3) Upload
4) Wash
5) Rinse
6) Repeat

= ways to keep your blog constantly updated whilst brushing up your skills.

Hop Skip Step

My favourite Filipino dance: Pandaango sa Ilaw (dance of the lights)

Scene from an episode of One Tree Hill (before I stopped watching). Cookies if you know what I'm talking about.

Funky Animals.

My friend from work. I love her clothing style!

More doodles, trying to find my style.

Dragon Trainer

I was watching How To Train Your Dragon and then Harry Potter Goblet of Fire, and I had this crazy idea of international Dragon Trainers all over the world coming together for some sort of tournament just a few years after Hiccup and Toothless' story. I had fun looking at different cultures' versions of dragons.
This is Chiba, and her dragon Pochi from Japan.

Gonna explore more cultures soon! Wait for it...

Cornucopia

Legend of Korra. Gotta love her design!

 

When I still had long hair, I wanted to draw myself in "Ghibli" style. 

Barongs (filipino dress shirts for men) are weird because they're see-through.

House near my house.

Doodles

On the run doodles

schoolboy

ramen and starbucks.

Mrs Smith & Emma Watson

My design take on Korra. How I wish I could work on this series!!

Drawing Prompts

So I recently made a goal for myself to draw at the very least one picture everyday. I realized I'll never get better as an artist if I don't draw everyday, so I told myself that for an entire year, I'll clock in at least one drawing everyday, to make it a burned in habit. Some days, my problem is that I don't know what to draw, so to solve this, I spent an entire hour creating a small bucket full of pieces of paper with random words written on them. The goal is that if I don't have something to draw for the day, I pull out a slip of paper from my idea prompt bucket, and draw whatever was pulled out. Some of the words were taken from http://www.illustrationfriday.com/ , and some were words I thought of on my own. I really felt like it helped me find a focal point to draw, rather than spending hours figuring out what I wanted to draw. This is proving to be a very helpful method for me, so I recommend other artists to do the same! Some of the words are very simple (like boat), but depending on the mood you are in that day, you could end up drawing something totally different on another day in another mood, so it is very unpredictable with what you could end up with. I may revisit some of these words or drawings to see what else I can come up with. The possibilities are endless! And best of all, its always exercising your creativity, imagination, and most importantly your artist skills!

Today, my word was "FAIL". I spent about 20 minutes drawing all the pictures I could think of with that word, and here is what I came up with:

The total fail moment with the boyfriend goes in for a handshake, while the girlfriend's father goes for a more intimate hug. Things get... touched. Cheeks go red. FAIL.

I'm sure many women have gone through this FAIL moment. Ooops.

Suitcases opening is a big enough FAIL, its worse when "delicates" are exposed.

Aaaand just for fun, I did these two scribble doodles. They started off as lazy scribbles and ended up as these:

Yay for being excited to draw again! Felt like I lost my flame a little bit back there. Desperately fanning it back to life!

Its been a while...

So, its been quite a while since my last update... a thousand apologies. I've been doing a bunch of art since my last post, but for some reason, my inhibitions kicked in and I've been unable to bring myself to post anything. But then I remembered that this is a blog, and that its not meant to be perfect and polished, but more like a journal to help me grow as an artist. So I've scanned some samples of my art from the past few weeks.

 

These two were watercolour doodles I did late at night. The left is Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series, and the right is a Filipino kimona (traditional dress). How I've dearly missed watercolours. Of all the paints, its still my ultimate favourite to work with.

Below are small acrylic on canvas paintings that are for sale if anyone is interested in purchasing. The asking price ranges from $25-$30. Please email me (janineantolin@gmail.com) if you are interested. Most of the canvas paintings are entitled inspirational quotes from the Bible, as they were my inspiration for these paintings.

"I am the Vine"

"The Harvest is Plenty"

"Waves of Mercy"

"The Air I Breathe"

 

"Fruitful Tree"

"Left Brain"

"Right Brain"

NEW PORTFOLIO SITE UP!

Hey guys! Finally was able to get a Portfolio site up and running.
Still a few kinks to work out, but for now, feel free to peruse the space!
I hope to get more links worked out soon, and hopefully more videos up as well! I'll keep you guys posted on any changes I make!

click below to view:
JANINE ANTOLIN'S PORTFOLIO SITE