Blzzcon!!!

Hello Nerd Herd!

Thought I would pop in for a quick post.  You know this time of year is one of my faves.  Fall I mean. Temperatures fall, hot cocoa is in season and then my ultimate fave, Blizzcon! 

Blizzcon happens typically every November.  This year I am bittersweet as I love to have the opportunity to watch the live events on the digital ticket option but I won’t get to be there in person. :(  Last year was AMAZING!  I had the opportunity to test out Heroes of the Storm and see their development of that.  I also got to see the first look of the new Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor.  I love Blizzard and I appreciate what they do for their fan base.  Their conventions are so in depth and hands on.  We even got to play Hearthstone on tablets there to get a feel of how it would be at release.  I can’t wait for this years convention! 

I will post updates regularly during that weekend, Nov 7-8 on my Twitter (@girlygamernerd1).  2 of my favorite cosplay artists will be in attendance again this year.  Lightning Cosplay and Kamui.  Kamui put a fantastic original concept together last year.  She created the Protoss wizard (combining Protoss race from Starcraft and Wizard from Diablo). The costume was created with warbla and tons of LEDs that lit up the stones embedded in the armor.  Her staff was sooo well done.  She mentioned it took a bit of effort to get the LEDs to work correctly but her hard work paid off immensely.  

Lightning Cosplay is also from Germany.  She was in attendance last year with her fiance (they got engaged on stage!!) as a barbarian couple.  Both looked amazing. I was very excited to see she attended a con recently in the states where she went as Magda, a sorceress from Diablo III. Details on this costume were amazing. The wings on her back are actually 2 large moths that allow Magda to fly around.  

I can’t wait to see all the costumes from this years convention! I look forward to the in game goodies we will get too.  Hoping to see more on Heroes of the Storm as it is still in Alpha. I wonder if they might release something about the Protoss expansion of Starcraft.  Protoss was always my favorite race to play.

Comment below on what you look forward to see from Blizzcon! Share photos with me on Twitter (and follow me!!) @girlygamernerd1 and on Pinterest.  

GAME ON!

Art Style Series - Digital Painting

So this week, I decided to share a basic (vrey very basic) breakdown of one of my drawings that I have worked on. This is not the final as it's still a work in process but I like to share my progress. I am in the works of developing my digital painting techniques. I have so many styles I like to try and I personally think the style of the coloring/painting can help your picture.  If I went with my typical 'toonish' style of heavy ink lines and more of a vector image, it could convey a different mood as opposed to a more painterly image.   I am always learning so feel free to share constructive criticism! I'd love to hear from you!

This particular breakdown is not a tutorial. I assume that you understand basic Photoshop terminology and actions and do not detail the process but simply show you my work flow.

Enjoy!