~Rydain
Rydain Darkstar
Artist | Hobbyist | Digital Art
United States
I'm a software engineer with an artsy fartsy side and an addiction to adaptations of Three Kingdoms Chinese history and lore. I enjoyed drawing back in high school, fell off the wagon, and have been working my way back on ever since the fan art bug bit me.
My main interest is black and white line illustration featuring people. I sporadically work on digital painting as well. My formal art education stopped at an intermediate level, without any strong focus on anatomy or line rendering, so my recent progress has largely been self-taught. Follow my scraps if you'd like to see the studies and preliminary sketches I'll be posting from time to time. I also make an occasional banner or wallpaper.
I'm more of a writer than a visual artist, and I'm lazy about cross-posting. My website links to the fiction archive accounts I keep most up-to-date.
If you'd like to ink, color, or iconify any of my drawings - have at it. I put them under Creative Commons license for a reason. Just give me fair credit for my work, and please link me to yours so I can see the results.
Interests
Favorite movies
The Addams Family, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, South Park, The Goonies, Death to Smoochy
Favorite TV shows
The Wire, Beavis and Butt-head, Pawn Stars, classic era Simpsons and South Park
Favorite writers
Stephen King, Jerry Spinelli, James Webb, Rafe de Crespigny
Favorite games
Dynasty Warriors 5, Warriors Orochi series, Fallout: New Vegas, Mass Effect series, various old school classics
Favorite gaming platform
PS3, XBox 360
Tools of the Trade
Photoshop, Manga Studio EX, Scrivener, Google Docs, Wacom Intuos
Other Interests
Weight lifting, writing, singing, piano, Three Kingdoms history, modern Chinese industrialization and urbanization, my spousal unit & cats