C. McAlpine's Art Blog!

Skyrim is fun!

2011-12-06T17:02:00.001-08:00

Was in the mood to draw a Wyvern, so here it is!

LOL.

2011-09-08T17:29:00.001-07:00

A quick sketch rife with internet memes. Silly? Yes. Quality? Far from my best, but just sit back and enjoy.

Cat is 4 fite!

2011-05-23T12:59:00.001-07:00

Mothzilla.

2011-04-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

Just a rough squiggle of what Mothra and Godzilla's baby would look like.

Random.

2011-03-08T17:39:00.000-08:00

Random doodles from the couch.

Woozle Played Guitar.

2011-02-08T17:17:00.000-08:00

Made this little guy for a friends B-day, they play guitar, so woozle does too.

Drink 'n' Draw

2011-02-06T15:49:00.001-08:00

Hammies, Fu Manchus and Sadthulhu's. Also... bacon poutine.

Hammies.

2011-02-01T17:22:00.000-08:00

Hammies! They're not the brightest bulbs of the bunch.

I decided to use another aged looking BG, since it looks better than plain white.

More Cow.

2011-01-31T17:25:00.000-08:00

A different take on Gorehorn. I'm not sure why he's wanted, but thought it would make a nice poster.

Gorehorn.

2011-01-26T18:26:00.000-08:00

I want to be a minotaur for my friend D&D campaign, so I drew him.

Moo take three.

2010-12-08T18:40:00.001-08:00

I made up my own gear and such.

Simple.

2010-11-14T16:51:00.000-08:00

Basically just a simple sketch I did at work.

Squidley.

2010-11-04T15:41:00.000-07:00

Squidy Squidy Squidy, I made you out of Sculpey.

Chimp.

2010-10-24T18:59:00.001-07:00

More Work Doodles

2010-09-06T11:56:00.001-07:00

Mcgurgles

2010-08-22T07:29:00.001-07:00

Mrrrrgrrrraaaaallllrrrrrraaagghhhh!!!

Squibbles.

2010-06-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

I got this idea while listening to Pseudopod, The episode on question is called The Tamga. Just my own little musings on what it may look like.

And a brutish woozle.

It's been a while and I really should get back to posting more, I just have to remember to actually scan in my drawings.

Moo take two.

2010-02-07T07:09:00.001-08:00

Moo.

2010-01-24T13:32:00.001-08:00

Sometimes I take Pictures...

2010-01-10T11:49:00.000-08:00

As the title says, I like to snap pictures sometimes. These were taken in Ottawa, Guelph and Vancouver.

Squidoos.

2009-11-29T18:09:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure why I did these.... The brain works in mysterious ways.

Pug!

2009-11-02T18:59:00.000-08:00

So I was headed to my friends Halloween party on Saturday and a woman's pug had gotten loose, I helped her catch it and it bit me. I thought it rather amusing given his tiny little pug mouth, he wasn't able to leave anything more than a bruise.

The moral of the story, pugs are funny.

Monster Thingie.

2009-10-26T18:46:00.001-07:00

Lifedrawing.

2009-10-23T19:01:00.001-07:00

I did this at the Sandy Hill Community Centre life drawing session this past Wednesday. I feel bad as I've gotten a bit rusty and don't go as often as I should.

Ghosties.

2009-10-16T16:20:00.000-07:00

I drew some ghosties at work.

Random Work Doodles

2009-10-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

Just some more random stuff from my brain, the middle one is the magical shawarma-beast, it's meat is known worldwide!

Werewolf.

2009-10-05T18:06:00.001-07:00

It's October, so it's time for the obligatory horror posts to begin!

Jungle Fun.

2009-09-15T19:12:00.000-07:00

Did this one up for Sketchy Business for this months theme of 'jungle'. Rather simple sketch, but I had fun.

Goblin

2009-09-10T19:26:00.001-07:00

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted, I just had sort of a slump in my life that kinda left me a little unmotivated and uninspired. Time will heal all things though, and it's time I got things back together again, so here is a squiggle I did at work today.

Also.... I think my scanner is finally dying.

Random Scribbles.

2009-07-02T18:12:00.001-07:00

Just some random things I did with some crazy colours added, enjoy!

Sketch Night 2!

2009-06-24T18:04:00.000-07:00

I drew up my own rendition of my little sisters tauren druid. She loves the little pets in game and I thought it only fitting that they should love her back.

Sketch night!

2009-06-10T18:24:00.001-07:00

Just some random things I did while at sketch night. I'm not really fond of the robot face, but it's all good.

Museum Trip 3

2009-05-14T10:00:00.001-07:00

I managed to avoid the dinosaur floor this trip to the museum (it was tough to do since it's my favorite exhibit). I worked a bit more on drawing mammals and avians, still a bit rough I think, but working on it.

Under the Sea.

2009-04-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

Tried playing around with this one in photoshop, it handles a bit different than painter (at least the versions I've been using).

Museum Visit 2

2009-04-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

I took a look at the birds section, and I'll be going back, so many specimens to draw! But until then, more dinosaurs!

Museum Sketches!

2009-04-06T11:20:00.001-07:00

I bought a year pass to the museum of nature up here in Ottawa so I could sketch the animals (or their bones in some cases). Here is the first set of drawings! (I spent most of the time in the dinosaur wing, hence mostly dinosaurs).

Fire Dude.

2009-04-01T12:52:00.000-07:00

I was playing around with painter and did this guy up. I'm trying to get a bit better at my digital painting as I feel I'm lacking. Hopefully I'll get better and have some awesome things to show off!

Goblin.

2009-03-24T19:39:00.000-07:00

Just a rough sketch I slapped some paint on.

Penguins.

2009-03-04T19:37:00.000-08:00

I've been sketching up penguins for a little project I'm working on (those who've known me a while know what it is). Anyways, these little guys are Adelie penguins, and I sketched them from reference from the web.

Enjoy!

Dragon?

2009-02-10T15:56:00.001-08:00

Just something random I doodled up, tossed some quick paint down on it in painter for fun.

Woozle 3D

2009-01-27T14:33:00.000-08:00

I umm, posted this on the wrong blog to begin with, but it's all better now. Anyways, I made this little guy out of sculpey the other day, he took about 2-3 hours and fits in the palm of my hand.

First post of the new year!

2009-01-03T13:12:00.001-08:00

Yep, 2009... A whole new year to look forward to. Hope everyone had an awesome 2008!

2008-12-21T15:08:00.000-08:00

Been a while...

2008-12-01T14:58:00.000-08:00

Have a hyena..

Sketchy.

2008-11-06T14:23:00.000-08:00

Again, waiting for scenes to render, and such...

Workplace doodlings.

2008-11-05T16:02:00.000-08:00

Nothing amazing... Just rendering a scene at work.

Robots

2008-10-27T15:13:00.001-07:00

More sculpting.

2008-10-21T18:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the lighting, I'll take a few more shots during the day. I got the idea for the top sculpture from a monster band called Lordi and the bottom one is my wolf head again. Sadly the wolf head fell and got kinda smushed afther this picture.

Sculpey fun

2008-10-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

Just a quick thing I did while watching some zombie movies in the evening.

Squiggles.

2008-10-14T17:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-10-13T11:21:00.001-07:00

Messing with some new paper and pencils....

Bear King: Redux

2008-10-05T15:26:00.000-07:00

Alright, here's what I've got! I'm looking for comments/critiques/suggestions on my painting, remember, I'm still learning so I want to pick your brains for tips and tricks!

My Druid may miss me >.>

2008-10-03T16:34:00.001-07:00

A quick sketch of my Druid, the only things he'd hurt are dwarves, and night elves.... and well, the bosses that might have loot for him >:D

Tis the season!

2008-10-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

For zombies....

Just a 'for fun' doodle cleaned up with marker.

Update.

2008-10-01T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hey all, I got a lot of great feedback/suggestions about my painting, so sadly it won't be done today, but hopefully for the end of the weekend (I really want to spend the time improving my technique). I'll try to post some random work doodles up in the meantime (sadly I have none from today, they're all affixed to peoples monitors).

So today I link you to a magazine I just got a subscription to on the recommendation of my friend Max.

Enjoy!

Work in Progress.

2008-09-30T19:04:00.001-07:00

Hey all, just figured I'd toss up what I'm working on right now, I'm hoping to have it done for tomorrow, though there's still quite a bit I need to do on it (the sword, more shadows/highlights, drop shadows, you name it...)
It's all done in painter, I'm having a lot fun tinkering with this program, and hope to continue to improve with it (did I improve?... Maybe.... well, I sure think so)

Anyhows, Enjoy!

Wolves

2008-09-25T16:58:00.001-07:00

They're my favorite animals, though for some reason I haven't drawn them for a long while...

Sick :(

2008-09-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I'm feeling a bit under the weather so I think tonight I'll be curling up in a little ball and hugging a pillow. I've also got Tales of Earthsea to watch so I'm not a total lump....

P.S. Cold, if you're reading this, go away.

Bear King Linework

2008-09-23T16:18:00.001-07:00

Cleaned this one up a bit, will probably start painting it tomorrow.

Sock Monster.

2008-09-22T18:31:00.000-07:00

I was doing laundry and noticed a sock failed to make the return trip from the laundry room with me, I can only assume this guy was responsible....

Rough Sketch.

2008-09-20T22:26:00.000-07:00

Just a rough sketch of the 'Bear King' I plan on tightening the drawing up, but just felt like tossing something up. Also note, I missed a few (a lot) details.
Oh, and before anything crazy happens, Blizzard Entertainment owns the Lich King which this is based off of (not that I'd expect them to find this drawing, but the last thing I need is some wacky lawsuit)

Painter Practice

2008-09-18T19:27:00.001-07:00

Still trying to learn how to paint digitally, so I snagged one of my national geographic's and painted a gorilla from it, I kinda like the eyes, but it's still pretty rough.
I'm hoping they get better as time goes on!

Bears!

2008-09-17T17:28:00.001-07:00

a warm up drawing since I've let myself get out of practice for so long, I needed a good kick in the butt!

Colossi

2008-09-13T10:11:00.001-07:00

I've been playing Shadow of the Colossus again, and I'll be honest, it kinda scares me, giant beasts trudging through the landscape that are bent on crushing me? Yeah, scary. The soundtrack is beautiful though I must say, it's probably one of the reasons I get a bit nervous when seeing one of these behemoths wade out from the mist.
But yeah, the top one follows my woozle theme, and the bottom one is a rough take on the first colossi encounter.

Minotaur.

2008-09-04T13:58:00.001-07:00

Self explanatory.

More I say!

2008-08-14T14:25:00.001-07:00

Random

2008-08-12T15:21:00.001-07:00

Just a link.

2008-07-30T05:44:00.001-07:00

Was perusing websites and found a really neat crochet blog, you can check it out here .
As well I placed it into my links section, it's called Monster Crochet. Awesome designs for those who like to think outside the box, enjoy!

Pondering the cosmos...

2008-07-22T15:18:00.000-07:00

Ever hit a creative rut where you feel like everything you do is garbage? Yeah, I've got one of those going on both professionally and casually... Ah well, only one way to get through it, and that's going headstrong and tackling it outright. Here goes.....

A tauren and a woozle.

2008-06-25T13:50:00.001-07:00

More scribbles from work! My tauren doesn't look that happy in game, though he should!

So I downloaded the Spore creature creator today....

2008-06-19T19:50:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I'm going to be buying the full version of this, it's too much fun to pass up! I can't count it as my own art, but yeah, they're my own creations at least :)

Waterwings and dinosaurs.

2008-06-17T15:07:00.000-07:00

Just a quick colour wash on this, wanted to add a little splash to it. Hehe, hehe, I'm sorry, bad pun.

More worktime fun!

2008-06-16T15:01:00.001-07:00

Ahhh summer.

2008-06-13T15:07:00.000-07:00

Mutant bunnies and Crocs.

2008-06-11T15:10:00.000-07:00

Work doodles.

2008-06-08T09:21:00.000-07:00

Never leave blank paper and a drawing utensil near an animator if you expect it to be there when you get back....

Revision Cake.

2008-03-28T15:33:00.001-07:00

Yum! Sadly, like the portal cake, this cake too is a lie... But let's enjoy it for the moment.

Magic Imp Ball.

2008-03-20T14:09:00.001-07:00

The Magic Imp Ball has only one prediction, that you should be friends. I was perusing the WoW forums, and a CM made a comment about checking her magic imp ball, so I chuckled at the thought and doodled it up. Does this make me a geek? Possibly.

Sock Monkey!

2008-03-19T14:45:00.001-07:00

I made this guy for a friends birthday, it's the second sock monkey I've ever made, and I don't think it's TOO too scary :P

Warhammer Dryad.

2008-03-18T14:50:00.000-07:00

My most recent miniature painting, it's a wood elf dryad under 2 different types of lighting. This took me about 4 hours to paint, and I have to say, I think it's my best job yet!

Really simple sketch and paint.

2008-03-03T16:49:00.000-08:00

I was waiting for a scene to finish at work, so I doodled this. I brought it home for a quick 10 minute paint job.

Scribbles.

2008-02-28T14:54:00.000-08:00

Random critters.

Warhammer!

2008-02-25T17:43:00.001-08:00

I don't actually play, I just like painting them. Mostly Chaos warriors and Dryads right now, I'm tempted to pick up the little rat people next (Skavens I believe). I wanted to post these since it's still 'kind of' art.

Dino-mount!

2008-02-20T14:17:00.000-08:00

It's a dinosaur mount... thingie. I'll be colouring this one up in painter, if it looks good I'll post it up!

Charon = mine.

2008-02-11T15:36:00.000-08:00

I've just decided to annex Pluto's moon Charon... I have no real idea why, just because I can really. Maybe I'll be like that guy selling deeds to the moon... Except that Charon's just so much cooler, since it's so minuscule and far away. Enough of my rambling for now, I'm off to design a flag or something...

Dodos.

2008-02-10T12:49:00.001-08:00

I need more practice with rocks and trees, but here is the flip side of the monkey painting. There will be scribbles on the rocks (which is why it's empty in both cases).

Doodles

2008-02-06T16:05:00.001-08:00

Random fun.

Any Suggestions?

2008-02-03T16:56:00.001-08:00

I decided to leave out the top monkey to give added room for lettering. Work complete... Unless I decide it isn't :P

Slow but steady.

2008-01-29T17:21:00.000-08:00

Tossed in some stars, added some better shading to the palms, and laid the base down for the monkeys.

I decided to learn Painter.

2008-01-24T17:58:00.001-08:00

They are angry monkeys!

Rough work obviously, any tips people feel like tossing my way would be happily received!
Any one know how to get rid of that white border on the rocks? it's not erasing or deleting...

Trying something new.

2007-07-24T17:17:00.001-07:00

Another take on Cthulhu, I'm rather enjoying going back to my more sketchy style.

On another note, I'm wanting to mess around with the site a little bit, so expect it to change a wee bit. I'm also hoping to add a drawing or 2 every week from this point on, I've let my drawing slide a little bit.

So I opened a book earlier today....

2007-07-23T18:26:00.000-07:00

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Work Doodles.

2007-06-27T16:27:00.001-07:00

A rather hefty Woozle. He will fight you!
An angry looking fellow.
A puffball of a woozle, likely off battling squirrels for acorns.

Zoozle

2007-06-20T18:46:00.001-07:00

did this one while watching a movie, perfect time really.

Hobo.

2007-06-20T15:10:00.001-07:00

Hobolicious.

More woozle.

2007-06-10T18:42:00.000-07:00

Did this one while watching movies.

Racoozle.

2007-06-10T16:17:00.001-07:00

I had a bit of time while waiting for a scene to export at work, so I drew this.

Inaugural post

2007-06-10T16:01:00.001-07:00

So I've started up my own art blog, just something fun and interesting to do when I'm not animating.