Ballpoint Sketches and Weblog Awards

First and foremost...this blog has been nominated for 2011's Black Weblog Awards! Whoever nominated me, thank you sooooo much and please leave a comment so I can know who nominated me. I'm nominated for Best Gaming and/or Comic Blog of 2011. Please, take like 2 minutes out of your day to vote for the Illuminate Darkness Experiment (its like on the 2nd page) right here. This is my first nomination, and I want to make sure that I do it right and hopefully come out on top!!

I haven't really been doing a lot of 'sketching' really as of late. I used to do it all the time back in school during lectures...or group meetings....or whenever I was just stumped taking tests. Bad student...bad, bad student. I still got my A's and B's though. Anyways, here's the first sketch that I did, with a standard Bic ballpoint pen. I call this one "Music to My Melody":


This next one is of an Egyptian Goddess chilling in the Nile....or somewhere around there. And yes I know that her tattoo isn't Egyptian inspired (more like aztec inspired), but I liked it and decided to roll with it:


I swear, someone at Bic should really give me a lifetime supply of ballpoint pens considering how often I run through those.
Always gotta keep that pencil moving....or pen in this case.


Without Wax,

Fairytales & Nostalgia

I probably should be posting here more often, but I don't really want to make a whole bunch of blog posts in here containing only one drawing. Anyways, the pencil has been staying pretty busy, this time drawing stuff from my childhood and when I was younger...and fairytale (sorta) inspired stuff.


Fairytales:
This one is of Baby Bonnie Hood, of the videogame Darkstalkers, made by Capcom. Its not really a fairytale, but seeing as how the character is based off of Little Red Riding Hood, I thought that it would fit. Basically, she's just Little Red Riding Hood with copious amounts of weapons and explosives. How cool is that? And just like the rest of the drawings that I've been doing lately, she's African American.


Nostalgia:
And here are some things from my childhood. I used to LOVE Voltron...so much so, that I couldn't even watch the Power Rangers because I felt like they were basically the store brand version of one of my fondest memories. So, here's an African American version of Princess Allura, who piloted the blue lion of the Voltron Force.


Speaking of 80s cartoons, I had to do one of Cheetara of the Thundercats as well. I'm sure she's running off to Lion-O's aid from the Cat's Lair or something.


And lastly, an African American version of Sailor Moon and her cat Luna.


Uncategorized:
And this is a drawing that I posted on my blog quite a while ago, but never got around to finishing it. And by 'finishing' it, I mean, just throwing a background on it. I need to do another one of Supergirl though...maybe sometime soon.


I'm still open and accepting commissions as well. Always feel free to email me at Illumistrations(at)gmail.com. Or you can send me a message via Twitter as well.


Without Wax,