Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jan 31, 2012, 1:53 pm
Here’s a very late birthday gift for my friend Ben! It’s his Pathfinder character, Rain! I am learning to paint armour! Exclamation point!
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jan 5, 2012, 1:09 pm
I recently discovered that the D&D 4th-ed character builder now allows custom character portraits. This, of course, meant it was time to DROP EVERYTHING and make some for my characters in the 2 campaigns I’m in. It’s a lot of work to put into a 2-inch image on a page that only I will ever look...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jan 3, 2012, 6:09 pm
I haven’t posted any lifedrawing here in quite a while. These are from a session at the Toronto School of Art, when I was in town over the holidays. (I love Kingston and generally don’t miss living in the GTA, but I do miss having access to Toronto’s art scene and multitude of lifdrawing opp...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Dec 10, 2011, 5:16 pm
I mostly try to keep this blog illustration-only, but I’m going to make an exception to show off the projects I’ve been working on over the past few months. I’ve been working for the UN World Food Program, doing some promotional videos for Freerice and WeFeedback – check them out! Then, th...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Oct 19, 2011, 1:52 pm
I’ve been working on some incredibly cool design/motion graphics projects of late, but the downside of this is that illustration has (briefly! Only briefly!) fallen by the wayside. The good news is that I’ll hopefully have this stuff done and dusted in a week or two, and then it’s hardcore i...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Aug 29, 2011, 6:23 pm
Fan Expo was four whole days this year, which is why I’m only just now – almost a full 24 hours after it ended – rejoining the human race. Extremely tiring, but very rewarding! Here’s a photo of the booth, shared with the lovely (and, in this case, highly blurry) Yien. (Karen was also t...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Aug 23, 2011, 6:23 pm
Supernatural has become one of my favourite shows, despite a weak first couple of seasons, a recent season hovering somewhere over the shark, and an inherent goofiness that its endless angst can’t seem to shake. Of course, I’m always up for a good ol’ Heaven/Hell apocalyptic romp, especially ...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Aug 11, 2011, 3:36 pm
Kimsokol.com has relaunched! It still needs a couple of tweaks, and five images isn’t much of a portfolio, but I’d rather have a 5-image portfolio up than a dozen-image portfolio in a style I don’t actually want to use, and it’s definitely better than empty space. Hopefully by mid-Septembe...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Aug 5, 2011, 5:16 pm
Later today – maybe even by the time you read this – I’ll be relaunching kimsokol.com as a digital painting portfolio. I’ve already taken down the old front page of the old site. Now, with both my blog and portfolio moving on, this means there’s no place on the internet for my old work, ...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Aug 1, 2011, 4:01 pm
I’m in the process of getting my new portfolio together, and as part of it, I’ve been tweaking some older images. This one is more than just tweaked – I spent 3 or 4 hours significantly repainting her, enough to justify the repost. (Compare to the old one, seriously. It’s much better now!...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jul 31, 2011, 6:46 pm
Another CHoW again, finally. This time, the topic was the ritually-blinded young queen of an alien planet… lots of Queen Amidala influence on this one, not gonna lie. I’m learning more and more what a difference really putting the effort into development can make to the final image. So here, ...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jun 30, 2011, 9:32 pm
Another commission, for Brooke’s friend Gargant, of her WoW character! I don’t remember to advertise and I haven’t updated the page in a while (well, ever) but I do take character commissions for reasonably cheap, and… yeah. They’re fun!
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jun 26, 2011, 3:28 pm
Back at CHoW again, for the first time in several weeks. The theme was Alice, returning to Wonderland to find a world at war – check out some of the other entries, there’s some really good stuff for this one. I’m insanely happy with this, and I went through a lot to get to it – I did a comp...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jun 21, 2011, 2:31 pm
Ref and ref source. I’ve noticed that a lot of the artists whose styles have the most impact on me – Keiran Yanner, Massimo Carnevale, even going back to Drew Struzan and far back to Leyendecker – have a strong sense of sharp edges and facial planes. My own work lacks that sharpness, and so ...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jun 8, 2011, 7:59 pm
Full view this one; the full size is quite big. Already posted this everywhere else, but not here for some reason. This is the party and a selection of NPCs from our big D&D campaign last summer, DM’d by Vince! I was the big blue guy (who you’ve seen before on this blog). I’ve been working...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jun 5, 2011, 5:12 pm
A quick warmup doodle to get back into art mode before I start chipping away at this enormous to do list. Jade from Homestuck. This is looking uncharacteristically anime, but Jade is so adorable, I don’t even care.
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - May 26, 2011, 11:35 am
Commission for Brooke. I swapped this elf for a bookcase. Now I have a place for my art books, and she has an elf. This has been one of the busiest months of my life, and I’ve had painfully little time for art. Things will be back to normal in a few days, though, so hopefully posting will pick...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - May 4, 2011, 10:57 pm
Went lifedrawing again! I’ve been in a pen sort of mood, so this session was INK-ONLY, which explains some of the goofy mistakes I couldn’t fix. Great model though, interesting poses and he held them well.
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - May 2, 2011, 1:45 pm
Another CHoW, this one for the topic “Royal Wedding”. (Gee, I wonder why.) Playing with the idea of civilization and the wilds, possibly because I was reading Midnight Tides at the time? I don’t know. There’re so many problems with this, I don’t even. I’m not happy with how stiff my...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Apr 25, 2011, 11:32 pm
God, this is boring. I’ve been really drilling facial proportions and anatomy the past few days, after realizing how poor a grasp I actually had on, you know, that stuff. This is in theory an attempt at applying my learnings, but then I went around intentionally distorting stuff (oh, those eyes)...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Apr 17, 2011, 2:05 am
I really need a haircut. I think it’s becoming sentient. Soon, it will rebel. (Karen you were saying how I hadn’t updated in a while so this is your fault.)
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Apr 2, 2011, 2:02 pm
I’ve had a hard time motiviating myself to draw in my physical sketchbook as of late. Instead, I find myself noodling around in Photoshop at 3 AM when I’d meant to go to bed ages ago. Sketching is sketching, I suppose, and Photoshop sketching can get goofy and painterly real fast. My characte...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 27, 2011, 2:09 pm
Another CHoW! Spent a ludicrously long time on this, but I’m proud of the result. The white ravens come, and tell you they are angels. That they have heard your prayers. That you are chosen – your faith, your strength, a beacon in these dark times. That the sword is holy, and many great hero...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 24, 2011, 6:08 pm
Lifedrawing at The Artel yesterday. I’m so out of practice, you don’t even know, but at least I know now that it’s on every two weeks, so… that’s something.
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 13, 2011, 4:20 am
After lurking for literally years I’ve finally decided to take a shot at conceptart.org’s Character of the Week challenge. (I saw that Mike was doing it, and it spurred me into action. THANKS, MIKE!) So here’s this week’s challenge, a Snowmancer. I don’t think I’ve ever tried to pain...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 7, 2011, 1:22 am
It’s funny – as a fantasy trope, I hate elves, yet, for some reason, I love drawing those ears. Years ago, this gave birth to a character whose sole purpose was to let me draw elf ears. I tend to redesign him every few years. He’s certainly changed since 2003 and 2006. (Also, the skill jum...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 1, 2011, 6:57 pm
First Pathfinder campaign session today, and I’ve already drawn my character twice… watch her get killed off quickly and stupidly. Been poking at this on and off for a few days, in between the stuff I’m actually meant to be doing. Having another style crisis, wondering if I should just go he...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 24, 2011, 3:02 pm
Some new work for Feathertale, for a short story by Benson Lee – won’t see stores ’til the fall, but luckily, I have permission to blog it now! Not the new style, obviously, but it was a nice reminder of how much I enjoy inking. I think my favourite part was designing that stupid baseball lo...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 16, 2011, 3:35 pm
I wouldn’t normally post studies, as they’re meant for learning rather than public consumption, but a) I kinda like how these turned out, and b) I’m in a weird place right now where I’m working constantly, but everything is half-finished, so I’ve got nothing better to show here. These are...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 8, 2011, 4:42 pm
Just a quick sketch to get into a creative mood for some work; maybe an hour. My character from an upcoming Pathfinder campaign. She’s essentially my WoW character, reimagined as an elf… I’ve long seen her as sort of a Frazetta-esque barbarian, trapped in the body of a skinny girl from a cul...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 3, 2011, 3:48 pm
I feel kind of weird about this little series I’ve done here – this is definitely Art with a capital A; something I was feeling, and had to somehow express visually. While I don’t know if others are as set in the distinction as I am, I’ve always been clear that I’m an illustrator, not an ...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 2, 2011, 8:07 pm
And we’re live again! Apologies to anybody who got spammed with pointless testing posts while I was working on this; the steps I took to prevent that outcome were evidently useless. It’s the Chinese New Year tomorrow, bringing in the Year of the Rabbit, and I’m a Rabbit (1987!) so it seeme...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 1, 2011, 3:23 pm
I did everything I could to keep this from showing up on people’s RSS feeds and then it showed up anyway because I apparently DO NOT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING so if you follow me and see this please ignore it for now! I’m putting together a new blog and this is for TESTING. THIS IS ALL TEST CRAP =(
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 1, 2011, 5:53 am
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Sep 14, 2010, 10:15 pm
My World of Warcraft character. Because why not. Gogo girltank!
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Sep 9, 2010, 7:21 pm
So contrary to the impression I’ve been giving online, I’m still very much alive and even mostly conscious. A combination of Fan Expo, moving, and being ludicrously sick for like a week dug me a bit of a hole to get out of, and I spent a while feeling an awful lot like this. But now I’m back...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jul 26, 2010, 6:18 pm
Long time no post. Here’s a recent self-promo illo I did of the Ting Tings. While I’m not a fan of all their songs, a few of them are fantastic, and I just adore the juxtaposition of Flailing Hipster Chick Singer with Stoic Sunglasses Man. And of course, the dailies continue as always.
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - May 21, 2010, 11:41 pm
How did I forget to post this? I finished this a couple weeks ago! It’s a companion to my Death Nouveau piece from last year, and it’ll be in a fanart show at 8-bit at the beginning of June, as well as at Fan Expo at the end of the summer in print form. Also, new shirt up for voting on Thread...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - May 16, 2010, 2:09 am
Here’re some things that aren’t exactly brand spanking new, but I’m going to show them to you anyway. First: A new shirt up at Threadless! It ought to look at least mildly familiar, as it’s a somewhat rearranged version of my Perfectionist piece; the kid’s now gender nonspecific (or that...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Apr 26, 2010, 4:07 pm
I’ve been itching to post these for about a month now, and as the new issue seems to finally be listed on the website, I can finally bring them out from under wraps! Here’re a couple of illustrations I did for Shameless magazine, for a profile on Sook-Yin Lee, entitled “Definitely Not Shy”....
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 25, 2010, 12:35 am
A semi-secret project – well, not anymore I guess… I’m planning on assembling a second portfolio in a more dedicated children’s illustration style. Certainly not abandoning the style I have, not by a long shot, just taking this as a chance to play with some things I don’t get to when I d...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 4, 2010, 11:42 am
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 4, 2010, 11:42 am
A new portfolio piece, inspired by an episode of Intervention I saw a while back, focused on a pair of anorexic twins.
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 3, 2010, 12:43 pm
Another illustration for Briarpatch magazine, for an article about “the politics of the burqa”. I did two versions, a greyscale one for print and a colour one for the website: …the colour one was kind of an experiment, as it was working off the already-finished greyscale; something I’d nev...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Mar 3, 2010, 12:43 pm
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 4, 2010, 6:39 pm
Hey kids, I’m still alive, still making art, still unable to blog most of what I’ve been doing. I am, however, still updating the Monthly Daily, my daily artblog, quite religiously. I finished the first month – history! – and am now on to a new theme. Check it out! Here’s a few of my f...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Feb 4, 2010, 6:39 pm
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jan 11, 2010, 4:32 pm
Here’s an illustration I did about a month ago for Briarpatch magazine. The article – by a woman looking back to her days as a radical feminist, and wondering what changed – is really interesting, and up in full on their site. Also, I leave you with another shameless reminder to check out my...
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jan 11, 2010, 4:32 pm
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Kim S. posted an article on Hey Kids: An Artblog - Jan 8, 2010, 4:32 pm
That’s right kids, it’s a whole new blog! I’ll be making a valiant attempt at posting a new image every single day, on a different theme each month. Check it out, pretty please? The more people who follow it the more terrified I’ll be of failing so publicly. For January, the theme is Stu...
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