47. Melancholy

No photoshop, no problem. Instagrammed it.

46. Chandelier

Song of the day

Sia - Chandelier

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

 Quick sketch so here are the Refs: girl + chandelier

No scanner, no photoshop to sharpen :[

45. Dragonling

Managed to sketch him up when I was still in the hospital. I think I will try and find a way to include him into my Mimosa and Lotus story.

First sketch of him

Second. He is slightly different than the first because I was basing myself on memory. Didn't have the first drawing next to me to have an accurate representation of him with the cookie jar. Which is quite random.

44. Sea of drawings

Healing up, taking forever so sometimes I try and draw. I have no photoshop, no scanner so quality can be soso. Let's start with those done last night.

Random girl 01, was trying out necks and hair.

Random girl 02, trying out the same thing. I find connecting the head with the neck can be quite difficult.

Aeris from Final Fantasy VII, the absolute best.

Maeva, the princess who barely changes. Done with purple col-erase pencil. I really like this one.

Woman based on another drawing on the net. Hate the feet but what can ya do. Top part is the best.

Now for older drawings. Tifa from Final Fantasy VII, even though I hate her with a passion.

Sketch of Maeva where you can see her elf ears. Same dress and circlet since 10-15 years ago.

Random girl for hair purpose

Another hair study

Another profile and hairstyle study

Mermaid because mermaids are fun.

And a col-erase girl, the first drawing I did in my new sketchbook.

38. Lance

A friend's fish hurt himself :<! But he is now okay!

27. Forest?

Oh snap, not a woman.

Just fooling around in flash. Photoshop is kind of intimidating for now.

08. Learning.

Gathered a few sketches I did that never made it here over the week, and some older things that I thought quite fitting (and to fill up space).



[x] Mimosa top left and the colored head. See how she keeps changing.
[x] Random girl with colored eyes beside, never finished.
[x] Tentacle ish design that will be developed way more, even perhaps animated and future [x] tattoo design :O?!!
[x] Pink kneeling weird girl.
[x] Random girl with closed eyes.
[x] My WoW shaman Draenei that has no clothes on, never finished and awkward pose.
[x] Self portrait random thing done in flash (bored i guess :I )
[x] Pirate girl with a very awkward pose, lots of mistakes, eventually will fix and clean, I like it a lot (cant really see her left hand boo :I )
[x] Random girl with fishbowl.

What can we learn from this ? Need more practice and more variety :D All girls, pretty much same facial expression. Now to vary.

Good stuff ;) ! ^o^!!

02. Two of my little girls

Capucine

Young Capucine received a fish whom she named Carbon (Carbone in french) on her birthday. She became the star of my animation short Aquassad -don't even ask, you wont see it ! I haven't drawn her since. Carbon didn't want to come play for today. Another time perhaps.

Drew her by memory.

Before I continue, for those who don't know me, I've been drawn by the sea, the water, the fish, the coral, mermaids and whales before I could draw or focus on something to draw. The little mermaid in 1989 was a revelation I suppose. So whatever school subject I could adapt to underwater settings, I did. My projects had robot aquariums, real aquariums, underwater ruins or fish painted on the walls. With that said, here is the origin of this blog's name.

Mimosa

She is a type of mermaid that has a tail in water, legs on land. The main character of the story I'm writing "Children of the Sea" (working title). Her sidekick is her mysterious, silent (because Mimosa can understand the sea creatures) Octopus called Lotus. Latest design was a large octopus in the water, a small miniature octopus with mini legs on land that rides on Mimosa's shoulder. Completly throwable, shuriken style.

I have the first ten pages written out. This may appear to not be a lot but I find it's important to set out a solid introduction to the characters and considering the fact that I'm also learning how to write decently, it's another learning experience. I know however how the story will flow to different locations and the ending ;) !

At this point however, every time I draw Mimosa, she is not set in stone. The character was born 2 years ago and is in constant evolution :D! Her age changes, her style changes, her clothes change. But she'll keep her green eyes, the lotus trinket in her sea blue/greenish hair and the few scales on her skin.



-Stephie
(holy crap it's hard to edit in such a tiny box @_@;; )

01. Introduction

Note à mes chers amis francophones: J'écris ce blog dans ma langue maternelle, mais s'il y a des personnes qui désirent une version française, ça me ferait plaisir de le traduire :)

A bit about myself (yes the long boring introduction).

I sign my drawings with Stephie (I'll explain Mimosa another time); a name my friends gave me way back. I've been drawing since I was little and I'm blessed to work with combining drawing (flash animation) and my love for video games. I've been a hardcore gamer, playing up the nintendo line (skipping gamecube), part of Sony and been playing MMORPGs for over 8 years. Sad I know x.o! (saying this because there'll probably be some fanart here and there).

As a very late resolution, however, I've been meaning to bring back the spark and slowly (I say slowly because I come and go as the wind) become what I've been wanting to achieve. Maybe having this blog will manage to kick me up to my wacom again and finally learn the secrets of photoshop.

What you will see will be sketches, experimentation, wobbly lines and more unfinished pictures. Reason is being I do not have a scanner yet (I have so many drawings I need to scan T_T ) and I need to practice with my intuos3 !

I was never ashamed of my art but I have always been shy to show it. So let the learning begin :D!

-Stephie

tl;dr
Hi, I am an artist and here are some sketchs. Thank you for looking at my part of the woods. Yes, you may have a cookie. They are the yummy kind.



"Walk, walk, fashion baby, work it, move that bitch crazy"
30min sketch of a woman with funky hair. Hi2U pretty lady :D