Welcome 2020!

Happy New Year!

Lots to look forward to this year! Included in the bunches of hopes and goals I have going forward, I am committing to two exciting challenges; the 365art/daily posting challenge on my Instagram (@BriannaLeahyArt) & a weekly blog post here! I will hopefully be able to keep my blog posts on Wednesdays :)

I am excited to take time to draw for myself every day, exploring new topics, media, and generally improving myself and skillset! So, check back often, good luck on your new year goals, and happy 2020!

Pictured:  Some of my challenge posts so far!

Thanks for visiting, as always!

It's Mer-May!

It’s Mer-May!!! 🐚 Kicking off the month with a little clownfish mermaid :) If you haven't heard of Mermay before, it's a fun art-challenge to create mermaids all of May! Let's see how many I can contribute this year!

Good-Old Pencil: Art-Monday

Greetings! What a rainy morning....and a perfect one to catch up on blogging! I will be releasing three art posts this week. I have been working really hard on paying commissions this month, so my personal work has been pushed to the wayside a bit. But no more!

Here are a couple pages from my sketchbook, drawn in good-old graphite. Enjoy!

Thanks for reading! See you tomorrow for more art!

A Girl & the Earth: Art-Wednesday

Something a little different this week!

I felt the need to relax and enjoyed learning a bit about chakras :) So here a simple Copic marker drawing of the root chakra, or muladhara from my sketchbook. Also, a digital doodle of a daydreamer. Enjoy!

Thanks for reading! Check back next week fore more artwork! -Brianna

Zootopia Fan Art: An Art-Thursday

Had some fun with fan art this week :) Say hi to Officer Clawhauser from Disney's Zootopia! If you have not yet seen it and are a fan of animated features, go see it! It pleasantly surprised me at how much I laughed while watching it.

My fan art digital painting was done on my Wacom Cintiq with Photoshop. Thank you for reading as always, and see you next week!

 

Here is what my initial sketch looks like!

*P.S.- I do not take any claim to Disney's character, Clawhauser! Of course.

Miss Bear Portrait: Project Process Art-Wednesday

Meet the sweet Miss Bear! A digital illustration completely done in photoshop, I thought it would be interesting to some of you to see a more in-depth look at my digital process! So below her portrait, you will find my three main stages that I use in my drawings. Thank you for looking!

1) To start, I do a number of warm up sketches in the size of thumbnails until I find one that match my vision. They are usually very rough and messy. Eventually I work up to a drawing I am happy with:

 

2) I refine my design on a separate layer above my sketch, getting clear edges and planning colors:

3) On another layer, sandwiched between the existing two, I start painting! On the right, you can see my color palette for the bear. I continue with this process until the whole canvas is painted. I add another layer on top for subtle warm and cool tones. The very last step before I am done is an extra pass to clean up edges!

Thank you for reading!

Inspired by Africa: Art-Wednesday

This week I was just in an African animal drawing mood! So I had fun creating these ladies for my daily art challenge. I am especially happy with the lioness! Both drawings were created in Photoshop on my Cintiq.

(Top) Complete Lioness Illustration! (Bottom Left): Work in progress/initial sketch, (Bottom Right): Lady Giraffe Sketch

Star Wars Night! Art-Wednesday

I just had the need to watch Star Wars! And although I know 'Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace' along with II and III causes a lot of Star Wars fans to go berserk, I can't help but still love Padmé / Queen Amidala! She is so awesome! So I felt an equal need to draw & paint her!

I drew her out first in pencil in my sketchbook, and then took that image into my Cintiq and enjoyed painting her!

Above:  My finished fan art piece!

Below:  The initial pencil drawing 

*Of course, all rights to the character stays with George Lucas / Lucasfilm / I suppose now Disney! This is just my own fan art.

Impromptu Portrait: Digital Illustration

Someone was not paying attention, so I naturally just had to paint him! Thanks to my boyfriend for not moving a muscle while working on his computer

Digital Sketch: A Guy

This is a quick head study sketch done in Photoshop on my Wacom Cintiq!

Superhero Fan Art!

A couple fun digital doodles of two of my favorite comic book heroes! Wonder Woman and Thor!

Both drawn and painted in Photoshop on my Wacom Cintiq

Lucy! A Digital Doodle

A proud puppy! This is a painting of a lovely fuzzy friend of mine, Lucy Jackson.

Painted in Photoshop CC on my new Cintiq!

Sherbet: Quick Paint

This was a fun paint! Her hair ended up reminding me of sherbet :) Painted in Corel Painter 12 which I have not worked in for quite some time. It was fun to work with their brushes again!

Baby Dolyak: Guild Wars Fan Art

Digital doodle time! I was playing Guild Wars 2 today, and was inspired to paint this! A dolyak calf from the "Flying Dolyak" race event. So much cuteness!

Painted on my Bamboo tablet in Photoshop

            I do NOT claim any rights to Guild Wars 2 or the characters! This is fan art. Thank you!

New Tab! Instagram

Hello there! I finally gave in and got an Instagram! I will be posting some rough sketches from my sketchbook there, and have added a button on this blog that can bring you right to it! Or click right here!

Debbie Thornberry: Fan Art

I was feeling nostalgic about being a 90's kid this week, and felt like a fun doodle inspired by "The Wild Thornberrys" TV show was in order. So here is my interpretation of Debbie Thornberry! Drawn and painted in Photoshop.

I do NOT claim any rights to The Wild Thornberrys or the characters! This is fan art. Thank you!

Warrior: Work in Progress 3D Model

This is a work in progress model! The screenshots of my model below show my progress so far. I have been working on this warrior 3D model in Maya for a little while, but it has been regretfully slow-going. I endeavor to pick up the pace on it so I can have a completed model soon, and move on to texturing and more detail sculpting!

A Guy: Digital Doodle

Had a fun doodle day today and decided to take one of them through to color! This guy was done entirely in Photoshop CS5.

Character Concept: Casey

This is my character concept art for Casey, a twelve year old boy who is known for his love of video arcades. He is the dorky younger brother of the main character in "Starcadia"; a group project my friends and I are working on. To create this digital painting, I worked off of a bio and art direction given to me by our team leader Zack Aller.

Created entirely in Photoshop CS5, based on an earlier sketch I made for the character!

Doodle: Swirls and Dots

Swirls and Dots! A cartoony doodle that turned into a fun paint. You can still see most of my pencil, and I finished the paint in Corel Painter 12.