I barely have time to sleep let alone pay attention to this blog. But, I'm starting to get used to the work load and hopefully I can begin to update regularly again. Here are some older sketches; newer stuff coming soon:

    Drawn this past summer while waiting to go paddle-boating with my friends. It just about made my day when a cardinal and a sparrow came within a few inches of me while I was sketching. 

    I'm almost done fixing things up! But, it's taking me a bit longer than I had hoped now that school has started again(mainly the result of an AP score fiasco; my school never got them/lost them).
    I am pleasantly surprised to find that college is different than high school in many ways. But, I can already tell that it will take me a while to adjust to drawing for 3 or more hours straight. I've always worked quickly, and I usually end up overworking drawings because I feel like I haven't done enough work when I finish before everyone else. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever spent more than an hour on a piece in one sitting, and certainly not more than 3 hours on any one piece in total. Hmm, not good.

    Anyhoo, Here are some doodle pages from one of my sketchbooks from earlier this year. I've spent quite a lot of time fleshing out this character, but I still can't  grasp consistency.
    Her name is Lyn and she has a habit of causing trouble. In the top corner of the bottom page is also one of the first drawings I did of her accomplice, who is still unnamed. More to come.
   

    It occurred to me the other day that 99% of the art here is ancient history and that I haven't really been going in any particular direction with this blog.  So, I believe a total revamp is in order.
   Over the next week or so there should be some big changes. Almost all of the art on here is at least a year old, so quite a bit of it will be moved or removed. I have a ton of silly sketches and whatnot from the past few months that are just screaming to be posted.
   When the fog clears I am going to attempt to turn this into a sketch-blog with updates every Monday thru Friday.  Then again, I start college on the 20th, so we will see how that goes. :S

Wow, time flies!

High school is almost over and I am both excited and apprehensive about college. I applied to a whole bunch of art colleges (MICA, SCAD, SVA, and Pratt) as well as academic, but ultimately I decided that I would like to give this artist thing a try :). We'll see how that goes, haha.

I updated a new page that will hopefully be the beginnings of a webcomic that I would like to launch in about a year. It's in a different style than I usually work in and I'm not yet sure if its good or bad. Take a look, hope you enjoy!

       Hello, my name is Christina Rycz. I am also known informally as Nikki, and as Ravirin on most internet haunts. I'm seventeen and an aspiring artist from Brooklyn. I currently attend Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.


       This site is set to function as my creative outlet, and will feature both finished and unfinished work. I have several projects in development, both written and drawn(or a combination thereof), that I need to flesh out (as a result, the site may get a bit messy at times). 
       There will also be some images that involve nudity, all tame of course. But, if you dislike the naked human form, consider yourself warned. 


       Regardless,  please enjoy!