Things are happening...

Yeah, so things have been happening as of late... I am really happy. It's been a good week. My sketch cards on eBay sold. 4 out of 6 isn't bad I don't think. And I just finished up revamping my website, StudioWOnline.net. It is sooo nice. Cleaner, more polished. I even added a forum to it so that anyone that follows, can sign up and keep up with what is going on right now. And yes... even more so, I fell into the fad of the Twitter. I was told that it would help me to pimp my comic, and keep in more touch with possible fans. So I figure, what the heck...

So now that is done. On to the next thing... WhiteNinjaGuy.com. I am sooo excited! I have decided that I want 3 covers done by well known artists over Deviant Art. I'm gonna have to fork over some cash, but you know what, I think it's worth it. And so far, I have two. The very first cover will be featured and done by a very well known artist on Deviant Art. I'm getting it for a nice price too, and that always makes me happy. I have started work on the first issue or chapter of the six issue mini series. So with that said, all of you here that are reading this blog, be sure to keep up with me on StudioWOnline.net, and sign up for the forums. I got a contest going on right now, and being in the forum will allow you news about WNG.com before everyone else. Also you can possibly win stuff. And who doesn't like that, right? So I invite you all, to follow me, tweet me, stalk my work... once the issue is done, and interiors begin, I will reveal only in the Studio W Online forums who the cover artist for Issue One will be, as well as other information. You never know, you might get some other stuff too...

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Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Yes, it has begun! The mad dash to getting all my goals completed. I have a month to finish and I am already on the right track I think. I have been working hard on designing my current website at StudioWOnline.net, and soon there will be some new artwork, and I am hoping that I will have the new gallery up by the end of the week! This artwork will be exclusive to the site, and won't be up on Deviant or Artican until the end of the month.

I have also begun work on WhiteNinjaGuy.com. Well, not the actual work, but I did buy the domain name and webspace. So once Studio W is done, then on to White Ninja Guy.com. I have to say, I am really excited, and I am loving how things are moving. They are going steadily and at a good pace. Now to find the balance between real life stuff, job hunting, and house duties as well. It's a challenge, but it's all getting done. I have some new sketch cards that I am really excited about. These cards will be up on my gallery at the Studio W site. Anyway, that is all I have to say right now. Thanks to you all who are keeping up with me for being so patient.

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Signs and Portents... Of improvement

So I have been taking some time off over the past month in an attempt to change and create possibly a new art style, or polish it at the very least. If you are a watcher of my Deviant Art site, you will no doubt notice that I have not put up any brand new works as of late. I have been drawing for myself. Taking the time to learn fundamentals of figure drawing, and gesture drawing and the like. I have been very pleased so far with the results so far. I hope to see more change as time goes on. I am really concentrating on learning to draw women, as that is my most difficult subject. I always seemed to make them too masculine, and it took away from the sexyness that I wanted to achieve, and it angered me.

I have also been getting constructive criticism from other artists, but most importantly, folks that are not members of the art community. I don't know, I have this thing where I think that the people that are on the outside, and their criticisms are almost more important because in the end, it is these people that will decide to become a fan of your works or not. While it's true that not a lot of them have talent in the area you are trying to master, or know much about the genre we may work in, these people KNOW what they like, and see. These will be the people that very well may be your fans in the future. So because of this, I have been getting ripped up and down and sideways, and I have been doing something about it. I have stayed away from drawing superheroes and stuff, and have just been focusing on the drawing of the figure in all shapes and sizes... Literally. I will probably have these posted up soon on my Deviant Art site later for you all to see.

Now, I want to say something, but I don't want to draw any hate or nothing, or be accused of being a jerk, but all I have to say is... drawing fat people is fun. They are probably THE most accurate drawings I have ever done. I don't know if it's because it is such a huge difference and deviation from what I normally draw, but it's fun, and funny to look at. And shows me that I can really draw most anything if I concentrate and put my mind to it. Drawing from life is something that I have tended to stray away from because I thought that it would make my quality of art lower, but I was very wrong. I have learned to draw new things on a regular basis, and now when I go through various art sites, I look for TONS of new references to draw and sketch from to see what else I can pull off. Anyways, I think I'm done ranting for right now. But there is improvement and change coming, and I like it...


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New Style & New Direction

Hey everyone. It has been a while hasn't it? At least for those that have been reading my blog if there are any of you. Either way it's been a minute. I am working hard right now in trying to improve my art, and possibly change my art style. There is so much that I have been lacking in the past, and I am on a mission to change it, and become a better artist because of it. I am not posting any new art for a while, until this change has been made, and I'm just gonna be doing art for myself for the most part. I want to get better, and I will be. Now once I get started, there will be no stopping, and there will be something new for you all to see and appreciate hopefully. So please bear with me, and be patient. There are going to be so many new changes in the coming months, so get ready for it.

White Ninja Guy hasn't gone anywhere, and he never will. I just didn't like the direction he was going, and I decided to change that. So there will be new adventures of that coming up really soon. I was going to do a graphic novel, but decided against it. But there is a lot of new writing going on right now, and I hope to have some stuff going onto paper really soon. I plan to make the year 2010 be a big year for White Ninja Guy, and I am on the rampage of getting this guy out there for you all to see as the face of me, myself and I, that is Ian Walker, that is, Studio W. Anyways, if there are any that are reading this, thank you for all the support, and your patience. It is greatly appreciated...


I'll be back...

New Battles & Goals

So I got into another Brawl match with a person in an original battle character competition. This guy's name is Nash, and WNG is here pretty much busting him in the face. He's not in a good mood. Go check it out if anyone of you are actually checking out my blog here.

As for my drawing skills, I am always sketching and trying to improve. Drawing from real life, and things, and learning values. I have decided that I need to take a break from ConceptArt.com for a while. It seems like they never find anything GOOD about the things I am doing. And though critiquing is a good thing, when people nitpick only the bad things you are doing, it becomes discouraging. So I am taking it upon myself to just learn in my own way, and at my own pace. It feels like they critique based on the things they do personally, and I don't think that is subjective criticism. If someone else doesn't do art the same way you do, it doesn't mean that you are not a good artist. It just seems like that is their attitude. Your not doing it their way, so it's bad. Art is art, no matter how it's done... Period. That's just my opinion.

So anyway, I'm trying to continue with my pimping of White Ninja Guy this year, and making sure that I put out some good stuff. But right now, I am soooo behind, it's insane. I need to get focused and cracking, but at the same time, keep the things that are most important to me foremost. I got 2 pages that I need to put up for WNG this week, and soon, I need to get to work on my personal website. Those are my goals for this year, out of many that I have. So that is where I am at right now.

Be back later...

A Few Steps Back...

So... I went on this AMAZING website today called Conceptart.com and spent some time there, putting up a few of my art pieces that consisted of my new style here. Talk about getting humbled. Turns out that the amazing art that I thought I had been putting out over the past few months is really... at a beginner level. Yeah, imagine my surprise! The thing about it, is that all of the statements and opinions of everyone there were backed up by analogies, and situations that described me to a tee! I am 27 years old, and have drawn since the age of 5. Over these past 10 years, I have been drawing off and on, and I have felt that over these past two years, my art has improved dramatically! But boy was I wrong. I was told from most of the artists there that my work was very "beginner level". They talked about values, and other things that quite frankly, I had never heard of. I basically taught myself to draw over the years. Took a few art classes in school, and read a lot of books, and tutorials from other artists, looked at TONS and TONS of comic books, and created this style that I now see is very rudimentary.

This site, and the amazing people on it literally made me step back and take a look at myself as an artist. I had realized that from a certain standpoint, I may be better than the average person, but in the realm of other artists, I have more than a lot to learn. I have never drawn from life for an extended amount of time; at least not enough to make it stick for me, and that is what I have decided to do. I am going to take a few steps back. Go back to the basics and start over again as if I am a brand new artist learning to draw for the first time. This is not to say that I am going to be stopping my art that I do now, like White Ninja Guy. That's not stopping. But as far as my other art things, I am going to be posting a lot less, and studying things in life a whole lot more. So beginning this year, you are going to be seeing a lot of changes, and some newer art. And I hope that it will be reflected in the newer art that I do.

I love this site, because it is a site that gives you legitimate critiquing of your skills as an artist. This is something that I have searched for over on Deviant Art, but have had no success in. Conceptart.org was in reality a "kick in the face". It made me realize that I really wasn't as good as I thought I was, and that I really had some learning to do. I don't back down from a challenge, and thus have come to terms with my ability and have every intention in the world of changing it, and becoming the best artist that I can be. So here is to new beginnings... Literally.

Be back later...

New Styles

I have been trying to do new forms of art for the past few weeks, and I have to say... EPIC FAIL FACE!!! I am trying to paint in a new way, to add to my artistic versatility as I want to be able to do all forms of art that appeal to me, and I am finding that I suck face. I am going to keep practicing, and I hope to get better, but sometimes, I just wish that I could get some 1 on 1 training to get it right. I have been doing tutorials and finding stuff on You Tube, and Deviant Art, and they have been a bit helpful. So I'm gonna keep up with the fight, and see where it takes me, you know? Someone out there seems to like my stuff. Both my fail pieces have been faved by at least 1 person, so it can't be TOO bad I guess. Anyways, here they are if you would like to check them out.