Gallery - Richard K Niner

Smile!

2011-12-27T17:06:20-05:00

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RK holds up his camera to snap some pics.

Felt like pulling my painting supplies out this time, and making a new conbadge — the challenge was trying to work with a much smaller area (I'm still a bit shaky with a brush, but it's gotten better I think).

A Rainy Day Badge

2011-10-26T20:10:05-05:00

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It's been raining a lot lately, and I'm not a fan of that. Especially since the temperature has dropped too.

I decided to put that annoyed, wet expression on a badge for this weekend's furmeet.

Firevixen in a Tree

2011-09-18T18:11:08-05:00

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Michelle, a red panda (a.k.a. firefox) relaxes in a tree.

Decided to pull out the paints for this one, since I could use more practice and they're slowly improving with time. Besides, here's a character I haven't drawn for a while. Enjoy!

Jerry Always Wears his Sneakers

2011-09-11T20:14:14-05:00

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JerryArr always wears his shoes, even when he's not wearing anything else.

Silliness inspired by random IRC comments, committed to paper with coloured pencils in a Google+ Hangout.

Okay, Blue Jay

2011-04-10T15:43:54-05:00

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A puppy (not RK this time, an anonymous yellow lab) tries to play fetch with a blue jay on a nice day. Baseball season is here.

The sleuths among you might recognize that the Blue Jays are Toronto's baseball (they play in the AL East, along with the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays and Orioles). The pic here is a play on their theme song chorus (appearing during the seventh inning stretch): "OK Blue Jays / Let's Play Ball!".

I decided to paint this one for a change... Seem to be getting the hang of it in parts, but looks like I'll need a bit more practice before I'll make it look as good as my digital works (which also get proper shadows on them).

Conbadge by Arrowroot

2011-03-05T10:30:04-05:00

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A conbadge I commissioned from Arrowroot for Furnal Equinox, which starts next week.

Self Portrait

2011-01-24T18:54:27-05:00

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Over the holiday season, I managed to procure a painting kit as a gift. I decided to open it up this weekend and give the stuff a try.

My first painting didn't come out so great (it's linked from my Twitter feed if you want to find it), but after trying again with a new drawing, I feel a bit better. It's not perfect, and looks sloppier than my digital works, but this one's a decent starting point.

Acrylic on paper, which started to curl once the paint began to dry near the corners. Since the last time I worked in this medium was grade school, it took a bit to get used to, and I still need to work around some problems.

A Fox in Socks

2010-12-04T19:37:42-05:00

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A fox in socks rocks his box
To figure out what prize he's got.
Is it good or is it bad?
Made a lot of noise he had.
For in that box held by that fox
Was not another pair of socks.

Figured I'd have some fun with foxes, socks, boxes, and the holiday season. Coloured in with markers and a bit of coloured pencil, though some of those colours are out of gamut. The rest of this image has been adjusted to compensate for that.

Headshot conbadge for Furnal Equinox

2010-02-28T14:18:52-05:00

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Decided to make a new conbadge to wear to Furnal Equinox next weekend. Simple and much easier to read than my other ones, I think.

Got my degree!

2009-06-03T21:23:30-05:00

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A badge of Niner collecting his degree at the June convocation for his university (Waterloo, for those who don't recognize the crest behind him or the regalia).

Okay, that doesn't happen until the 12th, the day before my B-day, but since I have a furmeet this weekend, I felt it was time for a new badge. The part where I did the calligraphy was fun, and I thought it would look different with circles for paws (wristless, at that). Hood colours were matched to my grad photo, and no we don't use mortarboards.

Badge Commission - SilverWulf

2009-03-12T15:15:53-05:00

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Got commissioned to make a badge for this local fur, a grey wolf with a few robotic/cybernetic parts. It was fun to mess around with, especially when I started to add in the silvery pupil and name. (You can't tell here, but along with the metal parts, those have a glossy finish.) It took a couple of tries to scan in a faithful computer-screen version thanks to those parts, so enjoy.

Warm fur

2009-02-09T19:24:40-05:00

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Niner shows off one of the properties of his winter coat (of fur); he's warm enough this winter without requiring extra layers.

Interestingly, I don't need any extra layers either, and was overheating whenever I wore anything other than a single shirt and jacket (this is in Canada, you know). Conbadge for a furmeet in a couple of weeks.

Bang!

2008-11-07T22:48:13-05:00

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Niner flashes a period firearm in this conbadge for tomorrow's furmeet. Seeing as how I'm the fur bringing "Bang!" for anyone who wants to play, at least.

Feral Niner badge

2008-10-12T10:02:03-05:00

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I decided to try a couple of things differently with conbadges this time; using, the feral version of my fursona, and shaping it. Came out well, wore this at a furmeet this weekend.

Torfur furmeet badge

2008-06-12T07:27:12-05:00

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Conbadge I made for the Torfur meet this weekend, the day after I turn 23. This is my explanation for the reference to my day having finished (it will be tomorrow, but as the badge is for Saturday, that will have just finished).

The bandana and sheriff badge are only there for neatness and because I will be bringing with a copy of Bang!, a western-themed card game.

Kelix's conbadge

2008-05-06T01:46:49-05:00

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Drew up a conbadge for Kelix's trip to Anthrocon next month. He asked a while ago, and I said okay with the caveat that it would wait until I was back in school. This was the result.

Kelix's conbadge version 2

2008-05-06T01:46:31-05:00

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I decided to have a little fun, so I drew Kelix in a more risqué manner; nothing's showing, so it should be fine to wear (the word choice at the bottom might make it cross the line, but that was his idea; I made it smaller so it would be less obvious).

Free conbadge: Canix

2007-10-13T02:03:10-05:00

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The fourth free conbadge for MFF goes to Canix. There's one more slot available, since number 5 hasn't been filled yet. In any event, here we have his fursona going kayaking.

Free conbadge: Ozzie

2007-10-12T06:28:32-05:00

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Well, this is the third of what is now four free badges, for Ozzie (of her fursona). Here she is relaxing in an inner tube.

Free Conbadge: Heat

2007-10-10T02:57:16-05:00

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The second of (what is now) three free conbadges for MFF. I particularly like how the shading came out on this one, which was fun to draw.

Free conbadge: Lascivus_Lutra

2007-10-09T05:38:08-05:00

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A free conbadge for Lascivus_Lutra of Furtopia, for his character Playful, an otter. First of a maximum of five (I have three spaces left, at the moment). See this thread for more info.

More badge practise - finished version

2007-10-02T06:37:59-05:00

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The finished version of this conbadge. Essentially, more coloured pencil, so I can better get the hang of it. Though it seems my inking needs work again…

Khaz's conbadge

2007-09-20T09:04:33-05:00

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Well, you can think of this as more conbadge practise if you like. In any event, I decided to try drawing someone else's fursona. Specifically, the fur that will be going to MFF with me: Khaz.

Hope he enjoys this, it was fun to make. And I seem to be getting more comfortable at this.

Conbadge, attempt number two

2007-09-18T05:01:44-05:00

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Yarr, 'tis be a second attempt at me badge for MFF, sea dogs! And it be just in time for "Talk Like a Pirate" day. This time, I be using a different orientation, just for fun. The shuriken be the weapons of those ninjas, come to send me to the Locker, but I shall be having the last laugh. Ha-harr!

Tablet Area, take two

2007-09-14T07:43:42-05:00

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Well, unfortunately, the drawing I put on my tablet last year is no more: it disintigrated under my mouse. So, I decided it would probably be a better idea to place this under the glass. First though, I wanted to have a set of walls around the safe area of my tablet, because it still has that problem with gaining/losing pressure when it slides into or out of that space.

Some experimentation with tape and index cards later, I had a frame, and so I tried to draw a replacement image, one that had my newer look. This one uses both markers and coloured pencil — I like how it came out. Enjoy!