See? I do do something in art class.

Alright, lets start off with a really old sketch, shall we?

Venezula AKA Viza

Something I had rolling around in my head for a while. Figured I would document this character design so it seems like I've been doing something nowadays. (Seriously, I haven't drawn a thing in ages.)
Anyways, onto a short bio: she's an Italian born Spanish girl who, I guess, likes beaches, which is the reason behind the swimsuit-esque outfit. She uses an ice pick - because I heard the Mafia uses them - as well as brass knuckles (which, in her case, probably isn't made out of brass). And I like big sunglasses, but I'm a little "eeh" on the hat.
By the way, I don't recommend that you Google "ice pick" with your mature filter off, especially when you're looking for pictures. Just like Googling "cougar".

And... that's it for today's installment of sketches.

Made in openCanvas.

Okay, onto the main reason I made this post (other than updating... yeah, there's that I guess), check out what I recently brought back home:

Yup, it's the only impressive thing I ever made in art! An actual, painted board that's ready to be hung up in my room somewhere (more-so than the one still lying next to my wall, unfinished).
I don't know what inspired me to make this. I think I just wanted to draw some stupid, so I made a vegetable parade. Then I got the idea of making them walk on a rainbow road.
...aaand I forgot to put strings on the eggplant's banjo. There's also something else I messed up on, but I'll let you figure out as to what that is yourself.

Squee, can't wait to see it on my wall~

Made with tempura and spray paint on processed wood board stuff.

Recipe: Flan

You like eating? Well, no shit you do. But someone's gotta make it, right? I've been making some stuff recently, so I thought I'd share some food pics and recipes for once because that's helluva more interesting than my doodles.

First, what I endeavored to make today: flan. Sounds like something you'd find in porridge, but looks more like creme caramel. And also very popular with the animus.

I pretty much tried to make this:

But 100x less cute.

Nah, mine's looked like this.

Sides came out a little uneven, probably from the water boiling a little when I steamed the flan. And I think I should've caramelized the sauce a little darker, but I don't like the burnt taste homemade caramel gives off. And I think the pudding could've been a little sweeter, but the texture was smooth so it's all good.

Recipe's really simple. All you need is:

• 9 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp water
• 250 mL milk
• 2 eggs

And that shit makes four flans right there. I could tell you the recipe, too, but Cooking With Dog does a better job.

...and some more stuff I did for the school

Except, this time, it wasn't a contest so I was guaranteed to get it.

The picture's self explanatory as to what it's for. As for the usage, it's supposed to be a place mat. Regardless of it going to be stained and signed on by grads, I still put some effort into making the colouring at least look passable.

Check it out, dawg:

You guys get some of the references? They're movie references.

It was the same person who judged the agenda covers who also took care of the placemats, except this time, she actually liked what we did.

It's actually a collab with a friend. Since I have no originality for these things, and she outlined the Japan Day poster I never uploaded onto here, she drew it and I coloured and tweaked a couple of things in PS. I also added all the random copyrighted things around the picture, including Ronald McDonald's head (which was heavily supported by my sister, albeit smaller than she wanted). I think there were some issues with the whole copyrighted thing, though, but when I told my art teacher that I could change it, he was like "I wouldn't." So there it'll stay.

A couple of days ago, my art teacher handed us the very first copies of the place mat. Looks pretty good, especially since I made the sure the picture was big enough to print out onto that size properly without looking pixelly and ugly. The wood didn't turn out so good, though, but I purposely put a filter on it that made it kind of grainy. Oh well, that's not the focus of the picture anyways.


Coloured in openCanvas.
Edited in Photoshop.