Teaser.

A little something I'm working on for this month's issue.

Badminton issue.

'Sup, guys. Our school has been hosting an interscholastic badminton tourney for the past few days, and since it's kind of a thing for us to give live coverage to at least one big sporting event per year, the entire staff has been working their backs off to pull a mini-issue together. The "IASAS BADMINTON SPECIAL" text really should have been higher up on the page but I'm quite proud of what I did with the A-shuttlecock and Q-racquet. Very clean.

Putting out a mini-issue (16 pages instead of 24) with a sporty focus meant that there really wasn't a call for much artwork. This is the rough sketch for the back cover. Initally we were going for a sort of Ellen Forney Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian dichotomy kind of vibe, but that didn't go too well.

Cleaned-up lines. Her arm is stupid and so's his foot (and, come to think of it, hers are too). Racquet looks decent, though. His face is nicely angular.

 Colours by the inimitable Ydriss. Love you long time, girlie. ♥

Various posters.

And by "various", I actually mean two. Process pictures sure go a long way towards bulking up a post.

First is a poster advertising my friend's one-act play. Given that the actors billed are all underclassmen, I'm not sure if life will precisely imitate art where costuming is concerned.

EDIT

What do you know, my friend agreed with me. He also asked for a version with Satan put in. The kid playing the demon (and let me make this clear right now: he's a great guy, really ace, really enthusiastic) just so happens to be terribly and irrevocably blond, which messed up my entire colour scheme for a little while. Everything turned out okay in the end, though.

Second one's pretty cute. I've done a poster for Fashion Rationale before and loved the end result, so this was a fun client to come back to—plus this time I remembered to save process pictures! Here we have the rough sketch; the font is Infinity, if you are so interested (and if you ever want to identify any font I've used, feel free to drop me a line).

Cleaned-up lineart. Getting from the first image to this one took about three and a half hours, for those of you keeping track.

Finished product. This project was basically an excuse to draw questionable fashion trends, and by that yardstick I'd say it was pretty damn successful, thank you very much.

EDITED AGAIN

Playing around in Photoshop resulted in two more versions! I almost think I like the teal one better than the original, honestly, but I've always been a sucker for teal. (click for big)