Okay, here we go again. One full year later.

For those not in the know. Sketchy Day is a blog post filled with my artwork I find isn't appropriate for the art portal. The goal is to showcase how much work that surrounds what I post from a behind-the-scenes perspective but also to log my mileage over the years I've been on here.

NOTE: Not every sketch is posted here, that'd be too much. But significant work that I think contributed to some improvement.

That'll be all for now! Take care

Hey y'all! Been a hot minute, been struggling with some health-issues lately so I am really sorry for going AWOL. But it hasn't slowed me down too much. Let's go!

Okay, that's all she wrote. Have a great 2023 everyone!

It's time again! More sketches!!!

Till next time!

One thing I love besides art is music. I play in a band that's been out and about and write music myself on occassion. Music goes hand in hand with my creating and many a painting has spawned from my head from what a song has made me feel.

So I figured for fun just to post some inspirational songs, albums and bands that has inspired me throughout the years. Maybe you like it, maybe you don't. Holler if you find something interesting, share alike. Let me know what drives your creating!

Stick To Your Guns - True View

A banger of an album from my all-time favourite band. Teaching good life lessons, principles and just how to overall be a good person. I make no exaggeration when I say this band has been like a parent and this album wants to say a lot about self-improvement, discovery and just realities of life. It's furious music with a buddhist-zen type of message.

https://youtu.be/bOw-P8WoegE

Dreadnoughts - Foreign Skies

I love history and here is a folk-punk album all about World War 1. What's more kickass than that? It's fast, chaotic, heartfelt and surprisingly catchy, even for those that don't like that vibe. They also perform the occasional sea shanty.

https://youtu.be/gfu-saGxnYE?list=PLqmm4-lgbhgqJ-nr9G7HpZRchznAXmmLE

DOMINA OST

What happens when you mix boxing-intro rock, guitars as synths to the tunes from ye olde Roman Republic? You get some gladiatorial high-octane tunes. It's from a rogue-like management game where you're put in control of a ludus, a gladiator school, tasked with training the best of the best and crushing other ludus's gladiators to come out on top.

This game is hot-ass controversial right now. Not for the game itself but the right-wing tangents and expressions written within the games patch notes and Steam News which in the end made Steam have enough and ban the game entirely.

It's a shame. I'm no right-winger but I value freedom of expression and think you should play the game and listen to the OST regardless, the game has zero relation to the controversy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPtSNYSqwMQ

Garmarna - Herr Mannelig

This is an old medieval Swedish song, remade into Folk-rock by the band Garmarna. It's about a pagan troll, offering her hand in marriage to a christian knight if he converts, promising gold, land and plunder by returning to the viking ways; in hopes of not being persecuted for her beliefs anymore. He responds he'd gladly accept the gifts it would offer, but only if she converts to christianity instead. A fascinating allegory for the changing of the times back in the medieval ages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjhL4XS_6wY

Yoko Kanno feat. Arnor Dan - Von

This is from the anime Terror in Resonance, a good watch to be sure but this song sticks out of the OST, it's melancholic, calm and dreamy. It is absolutely criminal how hard it is to come across this song, I can't find it almost anywhere. I hope posting this here will get at least 1 other person to hear it for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSA60FS4cBc

Let's finish here for now, hope you'll find something interesting.

Have a great weekend!

Wanna get some art-gains with friends? Of course you do, let's start an art study group!

I'm looking for some cool like-minded people to just hangout and study with. We'll join a small discord server, have some fancy meet-ups, maybe do a challenge or assignments, show off our work for critique and try to support one another in our endeavors. I'd like to keep the focus on:

• Serious enthusiasm but chill expectations, some good humour.
• 2D and 3D illustration, game/entertainment and concept art.
• Having adult members, 17+.
• A smaller group, let's start with 7-8 people but a max would be 20 tops.
• Weekly or bi-weekly meet-ups

If you think this sounds like fun then toss me a PM or comment on the post!

SKETCHY DAY-TIME!

Don't have a thing to say but enjoy!

Hello there again, fancy meeting you here.

Before I make my sporadic art-dump:

I'd love it if you'd come and watch my streams on twitch! I've started streaming on the regular again and Im having a good time. I'll be broadcasting a variety of games, new and old, from Fallout:New Vegas to Crusader Kings 3, riff together with you on some movie or show and last but definitely not least: Make and bake art for all of you to see.

So it would mean a good deal if you'd come have a look. I'll be live 2 times a week minimum between 17:00 - 21:00 UTC. Follow me on twitter or my channel to be notified. Hope to see you there

Channel:

https://www.twitch.tv/a1chemica1

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/A1chemica1

Alright, cool. Enough self-promotion, time to post some gains.

Whew, that was a lot. There's been a big focus on understanding value. It's an area Im relatively weak in and need to remedy quick. Especially when it comes to putting it in my own work.

Anywho, that will do for now!

Peace out, I'll be seeing you around!

Hello, its 2022 and that's pretty cool.

So a lot happened the last half year of 2021. I got injured, I got sick, I was bed-ridden and when it was time to get up it was time to move flats. So I've been ankle high in boxes, clutter and doo doo with little time to do anything else. It's a wierd feeling, like you don't really have any control, you just turn on NPC-mode on for a month or so until the game called life is fun to play again. But finally, my new office is ''functional'' enough to work in and I lit up like a christmas tree.

Anywho, that's why there hasn't been much to post. I got another Sketchy Day TM I can crank out soon but other than that, It will take some time before Im back up and running.

In the meantime, here's Commandotang.

Peace out!

Whew, its been a hot minute.

I am head deep into studying and revamping my technique. Me and my mentor have come to the conclusion that I have developed some terrible habits of mine, so for some time and a while more, we have exclusively focused on trying to stamp those out and I am so excited by the results! It feels like the time it takes me to finish even a simple sketch is halved twice.

So enjoy my boring studies and sketches for now till Im ready to shape up something much cooler for you guys.

Peace!

Happy summer mah dudes

It's been a month since last time so big batch coming through, enjoy!

That'll be all for now, have a nice June and stay frosty in the hot sun ;)