I am a huge fan of fanmixes over at 8tracks.com and found this gem Nico di Angelo fanmix the other day.
I should probably do more full paintings for practice instead of just doing busts, but I love working on them.
(via princesse-soupir)
Want to watch Pan’s Labyrinth again. Lovely illustration for a really good movie.
what are some good scenes from the books that would be fun to rule 63? like with any of the characters?
yo so i’m italian and my mother even more so.
i didn’t just flippantly decide all italians have dark circles under their eyes, it’s a very common trait for italian skin. i know this from experience. if you’re italian and don’t have ‘em, fantastic, not all people with italian blood do.
it’s simply what helped me make Nico a more individual character design.

felt like fleshing out Annabeth and Nico in a quick (messy) growth study. side note: i’ve always drawn Nico with bags under his eyes because he’s italian- they only get more pronounced, because… well, because the poor guy’s been through hell.
whenever i’m sketching to music, i typically scribble down the name of the song that comes on as i draw. so that later, i can show you guys what pushed the drawing in the direction it went. here’s what was on the corner of this one.