Val's Art Blog

Love Train in Vain

2011-07-06T08:19:00.001-07:00

Booster

2011-06-27T07:52:00.002-07:00

Booster Gold doodle for my bby

read my thangs

2011-04-15T06:18:00.002-07:00

hay guys. don't forget to read Mystery Babylon every Monday & Friday.
like Hayden Christensen does.
www.kick-girl.com
♥♥♥

you're jamocha'n me crazy.

2011-01-23T09:29:00.006-07:00

sorry it's been so long since my last update! i'm sorryyyyyyyyyy!
i usually love to post drawings or doodles i've been doing,
but lately all of my drawing efforts have been for Mystery Babylon.
which is what i probably should be working on i guess...
okay. so i take it back. i'm not completely sorry.
yay for productivity! \o/

anyways, here's a panel i just finished last night.
it's perfect because it's unspoilerific
and its Kick Girl making a cranky face.
WIN-WIN!

i hope you guys have been enjoying the comic at least!
i love you like rainbow sprinkles on chocolate ice cream at an amusement park.
(that's pretty much my love-power at 100%)

here comes a new challenger

2010-12-07T21:29:00.001-07:00

sorry i haven't been around or posting much!
i've been busy with work and trying to get ahead on comic pages before x-mas times.
here's an early concept doodle that's been sitting around on my computer.
it's KG and a brand new character for Mystery Babylon.
he won't make his first appearance in the comic for another month or so...
but i wanted to give you a sneak peek!

ilu~

2010-11-21T13:47:00.002-07:00

so, i was checking my DeviantArt account today,
and i noticed that i suddenly had a paid account!
and then i noticed that my lovely drawinks had given me one!
THANK YOUUUUU! AHHHH! ♥
i have no idea how long this has gone unnoticed for... hopefully not long!
so of course i dropped everything i was doing and immediately had to draw giftarts ;__;
(this was waaaay long-overdue anyways!)
so here is his new character Varg.
he is so super-manly, but with such lovely hair~
(which is the best type of character ever, in my opinion.)
thank you so much, my darling! hohoho!

what what in the butt

2010-11-15T00:29:00.002-07:00

this is me falsely getting your hopes up.
this is a reject-drawing from a page i was inking today.
i ended up redrawing this 500 times because i just wasn't happy with it.
i'm still not crazy about the final version, but i just gotta move on now. :c
but i felt like it was a waste not to share my first reject-version with you!

Comic-things

2010-11-01T09:05:00.002-07:00

the time has come at last! the first few pages to the new Kick Girl comic, Mystery Babylon, are now online.
i've got a few pages up now, and i'll be uploading a new page every Monday.
so please, check it out! you can start reading from here:
http://www.kick-girl.com/
i hope you like it!
(and i'm sorry to spam up the internet with my pimping)

:0

2010-10-30T00:12:00.004-07:00

new Kick Girl comic "Mystery Babylon" is starting up on Monday.
it's about time, huh? well, i'm pretty excited!
http://www.kick-girl.com/

KG

2010-10-13T15:36:00.001-07:00

soon, my pretties. soon.

Grand Admiral

2010-10-09T09:10:00.002-07:00

i am all about SW baddies lately.
here's another one of my favorites, Grand Admiral Thrawn.
he's the closest thing to a Star Wars Bond-villain,
carrying around his lil Ysalamir-lizard thing on his shoulders,
or when he's sitting in his mega-chair he's petting it on his lap.
he's clearly awesome.

Art Dump

2010-10-03T12:00:00.005-07:00

here's some stuff that i've been meaning to upload.
hope you like 'm. hohohohohoho

yesterday was my sister Kakara's birthday. so this was for her~

scribbly pencil drawing.

finished thang.

blue

this is the first Meme thing i am ever posting ever.
i am so proud.

this is my Dragon Age character.
i didn't know she'd look so much like another in-game character when i made her. :B

i did this for work.

i did this one for work too.

i'm working with Shayla on some things, and here's some of my drawings!

annnnnd. the end!

Art Blitz

2010-09-22T13:06:00.003-07:00

i'm still not entirely clear what Art Blitz week is, but i took it to mean "draw and upload cruds." so here's some arts.

Hearts

2010-09-16T01:17:00.003-07:00

Revan and Malak
from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Exar Kun

2010-09-13T13:12:00.003-07:00

he's not in the KOTOR games...
but they make reference to him a lot which is awesome.
one of my favorite SW baddies, Exar Kun. what a pimp.

KOTOR

2010-09-07T20:31:00.003-07:00

over the weekend i started playing the first Knights of the Old Republic.
i love it. i can't believe i waited this long to play it.
who doesn't love HK-47?

0 out of 10

2010-08-17T08:53:00.003-07:00

s'more concept stuff. just attempting to just really psych myself up.
and also, stupid bonus doodle.

The Pit

2010-08-12T00:36:00.002-07:00

Here's my first public work related to my new Kick Girl comic I'm working on.
(here's a picture of Kick unobstructed if you wanna see.)

Sorry I've been an internet-failure lately! I've given up caffeine, and so I've been suffering headaches and general tantrums of val-crankiness. I think I'm pretty much through the worst of it though.
Let's see how long my caffeine-free life lasts this time. ;(

If you could see where I've been

2010-07-15T16:56:00.002-07:00

my angsty characters The Widow and Ego.
most definitely drawn to this song.

p.s. Comicon soon! amirite?! who is going?
no new book for me this year,
but i'll still be signing stuff at the Bad Karma booth.
'nd shiz.

Nerd Rage

2010-07-11T00:43:00.002-07:00

♫ bongo, bongo, bongo i don’t wanna leave the congo oh no no no no noooo
bingle, bangle, bungle, i’m so happy in the jungle i refuse to goooo~ ♪

Fee

2010-06-12T09:50:00.002-07:00

Cavegirl Fee and her primate companion, Darrington.

emoface

2010-06-11T13:17:00.000-07:00

i was just fooling around. this isn't really post-worthy.
(｡･_･｡)

comicthingswhat?

2010-06-09T16:47:00.007-07:00

i had this stupid comic that i started and never finished. and i just realized i never uploaded it here. this must be remedied. immediately.

i should probably just work on it again someday. probably. :0

Form V

2010-06-04T00:38:00.002-07:00

a drawering. for you.

Lady

2010-05-22T21:11:00.001-07:00

figure drawing from earlier today.

Foxy

2010-05-21T01:31:00.002-07:00

my drawing for this evening.
did this one while watching Celebrity Big Brother UK.
i'm on episode 14 and not a single person has been evicted yet.
UK, you so crazy.

27

2010-05-18T10:03:00.003-07:00

here's something i doodled for myself last night ♥

pffffff-

2010-05-17T18:51:00.001-07:00

*didn't forget about posting* :U

Jade

2010-05-02T02:15:00.001-07:00

i have to admit Mara Jade is kind of a badass.

Oz

2010-04-29T02:27:00.001-07:00

Patchwork Girl + Tin Man

Demeter

2010-04-26T00:46:00.002-07:00

not feelin' super hot tonight. hopefully not gett'n sick.
but here's something i doodled while watch'n a movie.

Red

2010-04-21T23:21:00.002-07:00

possible redesign. i dunno.

happytimes

2010-04-20T12:19:00.003-07:00

peecher for Eiri~

Animu

2010-04-17T00:01:00.006-07:00

alright, i watched an anime today. you caught me. :(

My OTP

2010-03-30T22:12:00.004-07:00

KG x KB = <3

Et tu, Brute?

2010-03-22T02:28:00.002-07:00

i meant to post my annual Harkin Sneed drawing for the Ides of March, but of course, i'm late! d'oh!

Love Bubbles

2010-03-10T00:51:00.002-07:00

i just started watching this reality TV show on Hulu called "Solitary" and it is my new favorite thing everrrr. it's so evil and awesome.

Cupid

2010-03-05T11:56:00.003-07:00

the greatest superhero ever.
i wish i could take credit for him, but i can't. Joe called me one morning with the idea for this brilliant character. now, i draw him everyday.

Process

2010-03-02T02:40:00.003-07:00

how i drawer'ing comic panels! :0
thumbnail, sketch, ink, and final.

Practice

2010-02-27T22:45:00.002-07:00

You're going to have to bleach this (and every other Kick Girl thing) from your brain. But here's some pages I did for fun/practice. Try'n to get back into a productive groove again.

noooo

2010-02-22T00:58:00.003-07:00

god. i had the worst case of drawing-impotency this weekend. all i wanted to do was draw something, but everything i drew was totally terrible. so sad. :(
here's a sad kitty, and nerdy Mass Effect doodles.

Jacob

2010-01-30T21:24:00.002-07:00

a quick nerdy fan-arts.

part 3

2010-01-24T02:12:00.002-07:00

Boom

2010-01-21T21:41:00.004-07:00

oops, i forgot i drew this one.
i don't know which one of these two i love more... don't make me choose! :'(

part 2

2010-01-19T02:01:00.003-07:00

heres s'more.

artzzz.

2010-01-17T18:03:00.003-07:00

there's more panels to this, but GOD coloring takes forever.
if i had endless time, i would love to do a whole comic like this. its fun.

Stalker Goes to Babylon

2010-01-15T21:30:00.003-07:00

i realized the other day that the only thing i've drawn for awhile are boob-girls. so i decided to mix things up and draw my favorite manz.

Return to Oz

2010-01-05T02:13:00.004-07:00

now she just wanders the halls, thinking nothing. thinking nothing at all.

Noir

2009-12-13T02:54:00.008-07:00

"Luna Nox" was too close a name to "Fonda Cox."
So, I've changed her name to "Luna Noir" instead.
the postal space chicks need love too!

pfffff

2009-12-03T02:02:00.004-07:00

ghey

2009-11-11T02:25:00.002-07:00

i believe you VASTLY underestimate the amount of cutesy star wars crap i have.

Nero

2009-11-05T00:10:00.005-07:00

I wanted to see Rome burn.

Self Portrait

2009-10-21T01:30:00.004-07:00

don't believe these lies. it's hard to resist my charms.

Smells like something I've forgotten.

2009-10-01T00:27:00.003-07:00

I can't decide whether you should live or die.
Oh, you'll probably go to heaven...
Please don't hang your head and cry.

Peepo

2009-09-14T01:01:00.005-07:00

here's a sample of a new comic idea i had. it's about a cavegirl named Fee and her white Mammoth, Peepo. my friends know how much i love the mammoths. as pointed out to me by my bro Eric... i should have made it take place on Swamp Planet. how right he is.

Dark Empire

2009-09-01T00:09:00.002-07:00

more Star Wars art. surpriiiise!
as far as evil Luke Skywalker goes, he looks a lot less crazy than i typically like to draw him... but he is clearly up to something naughty.

Solo

2009-08-29T23:06:00.003-07:00

i decided to mix things up and post a Han Solo. pew pew!

Ego

2009-08-21T01:20:00.003-07:00

i've been trying out Champions Online, and i made a character named "Ego"
her nemesis is going to be "The Widow" (once i get around to creating him). i doubt he'll be as cool in videogame-form, but i'll try.
check her out: Ego1 / Ego2
she uses brain powers and everyday is pretty much the worst day of her life. pretty awesome.

Vaal

2009-07-29T21:14:00.003-07:00

don't look surprised. this is actually Star Wars art.
oh, by the way, what's up, neglected art journal?

Who is John Galt?

2009-03-30T02:41:00.004-07:00

Poisonous Words

2009-03-12T02:36:00.003-07:00

unattainable, unmanageable, unsustainable, and for the most part ...undesirable.

bad dreams. maybe i'm losing my mind.
i wonder if this is a cry for help.

Klogg is Dead

2009-02-13T02:36:00.004-07:00

when i was a kid, i loved the crap out of The Neverhood. i have so many Neverhood comics and drawings back at home, it would make you sick haha.
Klogg has always been my favorite. i still refuse to believe he's dead. even if there is a whole song about it. :'c
oh gee. i love it. i have all that crap MEMORIZED. even the Mouse-Cheese puzzle. i remember back in middle school, Liz Hall and i sat down and drew the whole thing out so we could solve it quickly.
man, how many times have i watched this??! like a million haha.
(oh man. and this part too! one of my favorite cut-scenes fo sho)
yeah. Klogg is great. i wish he was in the game more. he's hardly in Skullmonkeys at all.
and. of course. i must point out: villain in a skirt = awesome.

oh the Dark Side of the Force, of course.

2009-02-06T02:36:00.007-07:00

i think it's about time i revealed my true identity to you...

i'm actually Darth Plagueis the Wise. SURPRISE!
you know all that stuff they blabbed on about in Episode III?
well, it was ME all along! hohoho.
(nono. don't bother wasting your time looking it up on Wookiepedia. they don't know crap.)
i taught Palpatine everything he knows. i mean... they don't get much more sinister than me. and i'm pretty smart. and all that. and whatever.
apparently, i have the ability to keep those i love from dying. and i only love people who buy the comic book Jesus Christ: In The Name of the Gun. so you better get on that. and if you're really good, i might make you some Anakin-babies. maybe. i'll think about it. no promises.

oh yes. also. for those who haven't seen me in awhile: pigtails are now my new offical look. i think they suit me. :D

The Sun

2009-01-20T13:17:00.004-07:00

here's a sample of a picture i made for this webcomic tarot card project.
any of you dudes with webcomics should check it out!
its just kind of a fun thing, and you get to promote your comics.

feels so good to draw something.

Listen Up, Pooh

2009-01-16T02:21:00.004-07:00

Hopefully next week, I'll have time to be able to draw again.

Here's a quick drawing of the Joker and his girlfriend, Harley Quinn. I stumbled on some drawings from these "Batman the Animated Series" comic-thangs. Holy crap they are so freaking adorable. and I must have them. D:
Ever since discovering it, I've been wanting to draw some Batman arts. Anything drawn by Bruce Timm is automatically wonderful. I plan to make a whole LJ post about it sometime.

I just curse the sun, so I can howl at the moon

2009-01-05T17:34:00.004-07:00

the Ten of Spades [aka Mastermind] is a minor Kick Girl character at best.
His hair gets crazier every time I draw him.
He is a hecka fun character. I made him up because I wanted to do a little "Kira versus L" sort of thing.

i just like the attention.

2009-01-04T20:12:00.002-07:00

here's a dorky Death Note doodle that goes to this song. i promised myself i'd try to draw more fan art this year.

:)

2008-12-16T01:45:00.002-07:00

yayayayayayay. i don't know what to say. other than i've been feeling really good lately. maybe its the training. i haven't had time to draw as much, but i'm working on changing that.

A Long, Slow, Goodbye

2008-11-16T17:00:00.002-07:00

Goodbye, my friends. I'm off to Dagobah.

Feel Good Hit Of The Summer

2008-11-12T22:35:00.003-07:00

nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol.
c-c-c-c-c-cocaaaaaaaine.

The Widow

2008-11-12T02:32:00.003-07:00

this is the second drawing i've posted inspired by the song The Widow, by Mars Volta. only this one is a lot more trippy. i used to draw weird creepy stuff like this in college all the time. but tonight it just kinda came out of left field. right before this one, i was doodling my typical cutesy-crap.

Grey Gardens

2008-11-07T19:10:00.003-07:00

for the Kick Girl graphic novel, and for the webcomic, i'm going back and un-toning all my pages, and making them just grayscale. i'm glad i taught myself how to do the tones... it was useful to help me learn some tricks. in print though, the comics never looked like i wanted them to. onscreen, it just looks hideous.
grayscale is easier. and easier to change.
going back and redoing everything also gives me a chance to fix any pannels i dislike. it takes time to redo it... but i'm happier with how the comic looks now. i hope you will think so too!

Foxy Lady

2008-11-03T22:49:00.003-07:00

pencil sketches are okay, right? i think if i tried to ink it, i'd just ruin it.
Foxy is pretty much my ideal girl i think. despite the fact she's looking naughty here, she's kind of a tomboy, and she really is the sweetest person ever. way sweeter than any realistic person. she's the main female role of my "Orion" story stuff - the comic series i'd probably start after Kick Girl. "Orion" is kind of like... a space-Rome story. with gods and demi-gods and empires and spaceships. lovely. if i had to relate Foxy to a roman (technically, greek i guess) character, i'd have to say she's like Helen of Troy. only she doesn't come from a god-like background. i think her father works in the empire's main palace, so she spent a lot of time there growing up, learning how to fix and build stuff. and of course, she befriends our future hero and villain. when she's all grown-up, she helps Orion by making him the best ships and other things to aid him on his way. eventually, she is captured by Emperor Rage, who has been enamored with her since childhood.
here's some sprites i made of the main characters about 2 years ago:

Halloweenie

2008-10-31T12:58:00.002-07:00

here's some Halloween pumpkins Anna made! one is her and one is me! ahhhh!! ♥ gosh darn it. thank you, annas! i should probably marry her. i know she'd always treat me right ahaha c:
happy halloween, internets.

EGO

2008-10-28T23:41:00.001-07:00

so glad it amuses you!

Here Comes A New Challenger!

2008-10-27T23:53:00.002-07:00

YES! FINALLY! I've been leading up to this for forever now!
I'm so excited. I can't seem to keep anything to myself these days ahaha.
C:

Evening Wear

2008-10-27T00:17:00.001-07:00

I dress myself in fuckin' lies.
Guess what?
I don't care.

"You Got A Killer Scene There, Man..."

2008-10-21T01:18:00.002-07:00

10/10
"Got no good plans, but a good idea.
Let's put this town in my rearview mirror.
Yeah, I got enemies, but they don't know.
They won't get no glory on that side of the hole."
~Queens of the Stone Age

Last Caress

2008-10-17T00:54:00.002-07:00

here's Harkin and Davey as friends. :D
probably is not canon tho. :C
or if it could be, it probably is irrelevant haha
the guys are doing a great job coming up with stuff about Davey. i am liking him more and more all the time. just in my email 5 minutes ago, i read about his possible history. it's val-approved.
i am really liking Harkin in the scripts too. he is the poster child for "pissed failure." that, and he likes donuts!!
i couldn't ask for more!

Character Cruds

2008-10-15T02:00:00.002-07:00

my first concept drawings of two characters from a project Shay and i are working on. this is by no means an accurate drawing ahaha.
i drew it because when i read the scripts, i always picture Jasper as Kill Boy. aaaaaand Jasper is not Kill Boy. so, even if it's not right, at least i can get my brain working better. Shay said that Jasper has more of a Shinji-build than a KB-build. so here's my first go at it. Sable was just for fun, and her outfit is just terrible. gotta start somewhere i guess. :D

Escape

2008-10-13T01:09:00.005-07:00

and i'm so confused, about what to do...
sometimes i want to throw it all away.

holy CRAPPPPPDFDLSFJKLSDFJDFLK!!!
Star Wars doujinshi!? FRICK'N YESSSSSS.

ahaha. hilarious. its published through Tokyopop-Japan.
not for Americas... wahh. i want it, but can never have it. :c
it's drawn by Hiromoto, who makes part the offical manga, too.
he has that "it's ugly but it's pretty" style that i've come to love.
look look look look: Sample 1 / Sample 2
i went out of my way to see if i could find any more...
i could only find yaoi though. booooo. yuck. :c
this one had a cute cover though.
god bless you, internets.

haunt you everyday

2008-10-10T00:46:00.002-07:00

Freeze without an answer,
Free from all the shame,
Let me die...
Cuz I'll never, never sleep alone.

E-Pro

2008-10-06T01:19:00.003-07:00

have i mentioned recently that i'm kind of an idiot?
oh i did? just checking.

Pity or Guilt?

2008-10-05T01:27:00.003-07:00

What did I do? Was it so wrong? 'Used to fit in, now I don't belong.

K Scum

2008-10-02T00:41:00.003-07:00

happy 20th birthday to my youngest sister, disease girl! :D
i hope you do something fun! but remember... you're not 21 yet!
when in doubt, just remember...
"VAL SAYS NO!"
>;(

Doubt

2008-09-28T18:06:00.002-07:00

I'm kind of an idiot.

Shojo V

2008-09-22T22:02:00.012-07:00

there are many things that are great in the world. let me tell you them.

-Penn Jillette has a video-blog. To my suprise. I totally love him. I have to go through and watch all of these.
-Freakazoid is still hilarious.
-Sparkpeople.com is kinda fun to use. I watch Nicole's videos every day. I think I'm starting to fall for her.
-Robot Chicken Star Wars. This clip isn't from the Special. I lol'd.
-Mark Hamill on the Muppet Show, from 1980. Cuuuuuuuuute. ;__;
-Tegaki. But of course I never ever use it. Cool doodle site for 14 year olds tho.
-Snorlax. HE'S MORE RIPPED THAN YOU!
-Gravitation. Of course. This is one of my favorites. Hoho.

Songs of the NOW are:
In My Head - Queens of the Stone Age (lyrics)
My Slumbering Heart - Rilo Kiley (lyrics)
Smile Lines - Incubus (lyrics)
and
Mindless Self Indulgence (i can't just pick one)
Money, Mastermind, Bomb this Track

Palo

2008-09-12T23:14:00.002-07:00

*insert Shayla and Val fangirl squeals*

Kyrie

2008-09-10T12:43:00.001-07:00

JUST AS PLANNED.

Go Ahead

2008-09-05T18:17:00.005-07:00

if you want better things...
then i want you to have them.

Dark Empire

2008-08-25T11:54:00.003-07:00

i did some fanart of Dark Empire, one of my favorite Star Wars comics.
yayayayayayay.

the world.

2008-08-24T23:57:00.001-07:00

i suppose i should be mad at the world. but i'm not.
not even a little.
i feel okay.

My Favorite Loser

2008-08-20T21:00:00.003-07:00

I can best sum up Sneed as "a pissed little failure."
Maybe we can just forget the movies, and just make Davey comics instead!!
... :0

I think I'll call this one: "The Reason Why Davey And Harkin Aren't Friends Anymore."
No BL intended.

CLONE WARS

2008-08-15T15:09:00.003-07:00

There just aren't enough tears in the world to properly express my feelings on this.

Dia de los Dangerous

2008-08-12T14:28:00.004-07:00

i was going for a Venture Brothers kind of thing. (this, and the last one, too.)
it doesn't really look like i drew it, really. besides the hair.
i hate to admit it, but picking up my pen and drawing has been like pulling teeth for me recently. i can't really understand the exact psychology behind it.

Life On Mars

2008-08-11T16:58:00.003-07:00

*shrug* (:\

Six Shooter

2008-08-08T02:49:00.001-07:00

Pathetic

2008-08-06T16:46:00.004-07:00

Hi! My name is Val! I'm 25 years old and I'm a mature adult!

COMICONS!

2008-07-22T17:44:00.003-07:00

ooooooh it's that time again! Comicons time!:0
This year I'll not only be selling KG issue #1...
but, it's the offical release of Kick Girl #2!!! :D
So please come visit me in the Small Press section, at booth N7!
I can't wait to see you there!
♥♥♥

you're just another love song

2008-07-16T03:15:00.003-07:00

now i can get back to what's really important.
like drawing stupid things and playing Sims2.