Onyx

21-game design student/ art student and hopefully the future owner of a concept art degree 📜 0nyx.and.art on insta! ( the o is a zero )

[xxonyx]

Trying to do some work to put into my uni portfolio!

Gotta whip one up by January so I’m currently running around like a headless chicken as I also run my current college group project, safe to say I’m overworked and over stressed but I wanna be smart and have a degree 📜🤓

[xxonyx]

Not done a self portrait since I was a teenager but felt compelled to draw a photo I took. I went out for a cigarette at my mates house and they gave me a mink coat since it was cold, never felt more like a mob wife in my life so I had to illustrate it. Gave me some good understanding and learning on how to render fur and leather, with the leather glove being my favourite part. Anyway sorry for the lack of posts I’m back in college so cant draw much rn.

[xxonyx]

Drew this today as I’m trying to figure out lighting and subsurface scattering, I also collect bones so see how light travels through them first hand however I’m not lucky enough to own a human skull just yet so had to use a reference online for this, hope you enjoy tho!!!

[xxonyx]

Second landscape study, this one took two hours as I wanted it to be a tiny bit more polished yet still very flowy and loose

[xxonyx]

Just a quick highlighter doodle of a cow for tonight as I work on another landscape to post soon!

[xxonyx]

Wanted to try something totally new and out of my comfort zone, so here is my first ever landscape study!! Only took a hour and a half because I just wanted to get the rough shapes and colours but I’m actually happy with how it turned out !!

[xxonyx]

Some horse sketches in pen and highlighter only !! I always find myself faffing about with being perfect to the point I forget to just have fun so this is an exorcize I love doing - I have also been making good progress in my riding lessons so my horse inspiration is flowing lol, anyway I hope you all enjoy thank you !!!

[xxonyx]

Another sketch of medieval fashion!!! Really loved how the colours turned out on this one something about the shading on the bodice is really tickling my brain lol. I need to invest in a good little paint pen to go over the pencil for things such as buttons or chain so hopefully I can do that soon ! I hope you guys enjoy !!!!!! :)

[xxonyx]

Fun fact about me, I love medieval stuff!!! Every year I go to as many events near me as possible and watch all the beautiful people dress up and reenact the battles, I hope next year to save up and buy myself a dress but for now I’ve just been drawing them! Though I’m used to only using pencil it didn’t feel bold and bright enough to truly convey that medieval feel so I actually added colour for once !!! I hope you guys like it as I have many more to post soon !!!! ♥️

[xxonyx]

Decided to try something super out of my comfort zone and painted cat portraits of big boy and Tilly, my best mates cats.

I’ve never even drawn a cat before let alone painted one, I also haven’t painted on wood before so it was a very interesting and challenging project. I used gouache paint as I thought I would make them super bold but I ended up liking the first few watered down coats as you could still see the wood grain and it worked well as the shadows so I decided to instead work in lots of thin layers, one big issue was the wood soaking in the water and paint. This made it dry different to when I put it down as well as bleeding the pigment. For big boy I also went over some spots with coloured pencil as the bleeding was much more obvious with the black colouring.

Overall though I’m extremely proud of myself and these may be my new favourite pieces I’ve created, my friend was also very pleased and loved them !!!!

[xxonyx]

Just a quick tone sketch of a horse, also IM GETTING RIDING LESSONS WOOOOOO. Been out of it for quite a few years now so I’m super hyped to be back so expect way more horse drawings lol

[xxonyx]

Here is an example of a pose study that didn’t go to plan, though I’m fairly happy with the body (the left hand could be more accurate) it was the face that made me loose my mind!!! She was at a turned up angle and that’s something I’ve not done before so of course it didn’t exactly turn out right

but art is about more then producing perfect pieces all the time, it’s about making mistakes and learning from them. Though I’m still not quite comfortable with sharing all my mistakes I am comfortable making them ! So just remember art is a roller coaster of ups and downs so don’t get stuck on the low points and look up to the exciting new possibilities if you continue to persevere !!! 

[xxonyx]

Cheeky lil pose study, I like the perspective and flow of this one. I also tried to draw the face accurate to the image to show her tension in the face. Thanks for looking !!

[xxonyx]

Random sketch I did late last night ,very very loosely based on me. This is more so what I wish I looked like - maybe in a few years with some surgery and miracles it might be more accurate

[xxonyx]

I resonate a lot with owls, their nocturnal nature and their ability to spin their head around 360

[xxonyx]

Ah I can’t believe I forgot to post this here! This is a drawing of Mallory heart on tik tock !!! I’ve been a fan of her content for a while now and as a fellow vintage lover I just had to draw her - I also thought she was the perfect subject to try practicing that classic 80s art style , I love how this turned out and SHE SAW IT!!! Super great moment for my art career and second “celeb” to see my fan art (some one remind me to yap about the first one at some point) anyway I hope y’all like it here too!!

[xxonyx]

Big horse I also drew in clip studio paint!