Author Archive: Lori
JR4 Motorsports
Description: A site selling parts to upgrade and enhance your car. Client did an open request on a graphics forum requesting logo and banner creation and my work was chosen. He also returned to ask for an animated 120×90 image and another advertising banner. URL: http://www.jr4motorsports.com/store/index.php Features: Custom graphics, logo design, website banner. Completed: 2009
Continue readingGaming and the Never Ending Story
I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly how they end. I’m currently reading the Malazan Books of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson (fantastic series!) and am about half way through the planned 10 books now. The ending will be a complete unknown because it’s not been written/published yet, so I have something to look […]
Continue readingEQ2 Decorating – Yimenee’s Magic Manor (5 room)
Yimenee’s home, done in May 2009, was my first experience with the Qeynos style 5 room house. I’d been dying to try my hand out at decorating one of these homes and Yim obliged. With some plat in hand and my own carpenter skills (I leveled these up so much creating items for his home) […]
Continue readingEQ2 update, still going strong
Yep, despite my occasional belief that the only reason I still play EQ2 is to decorate houses, I’m still playing and enjoying myself. I may only log in and poke around doing quests here and there on my alts, but even that is enjoyable. I can play at any time really and have something to […]
Continue readingNaruto Fanart – Sakura Haruno v2
So, this is a revisit of my first Sakura piece done almost a year ago now. I really wasn’t satisfied with how it turned out as time went on, and I decided to redo it completely. Still used the same photo reference from Pepstock as my base. Anyways, the hair is much better this time […]
Continue readingBleach – Primera Espada Stark coloring
Found some excellent lines of Stark in his release form from chapter 361, pages 18-19. Made two versions with different colors for the sky. Overall, I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out (especially since I’m more used to coloring the scanlations and not cleaned lines). I’m working on my use of colors for shading […]
Continue readingBleach – Stark’s Release Revealed
Description: Lineart coloring from the manga Bleach, Lines redone by Hurqalya. From Chapter 361, pages 18-19. The character is the Primera Espada Stark Coyote. URL: N/A Features: Digital coloring using Photoshop 7. Completed: 06/2009
Continue readingFanart – D.Gray-Man
Finished a new fanart piece this week – Inspector Howard Link from the manga D.Gray-Man. This one is like my Sakura and Hinata pieces; I used a photo reference for the basic lines and changed them to match the character.
Continue readingVault Network Graphics
Description: Vault Network is a gaming news portal website for consoles, online, and RPG gaming. It also has a large base of gaming fansites as part of its network. These graphics were created for the fansites as featured article teasers and small teaser links using images and screenshots from the games. This is a small […]
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