Weekly Sketches

sketch dump

2008-01-11T12:09:00.000-08:00

practicing noses and eyes. Actually really practicing on the wacom more than anything :P

daddys lil girl

2007-11-05T19:49:00.001-08:00

Trading cards

2007-11-03T21:09:00.001-07:00

If boo was a trading card :)

Contest!

2007-11-03T08:27:00.001-07:00

Theres a contest on DA for original characters that are human. So this is what Im going to enter. Ill have to color him..but I think I wanna add water colors to him. My boyfriend says "Its a gay Arnold" lol :P I really hope I win. I may still mess around with him a bit line work wise in CS but I like how hes "coming" out. ;)

Restless

2007-11-02T20:36:00.001-07:00

Me just letting go.

ARR My life for a carrot

2007-10-24T22:54:00.000-07:00

My scanner sucks. End of story. lol

final

2007-10-21T20:11:00.001-07:00

tried a new retro look as they say for this one. I really like it

concept art

2007-10-21T13:09:00.000-07:00

Im working on a new piece. Im trying to get in touch with other aspects of art. Im not very good at scary stuff. So thats what Im working on now. I wanna do the Disney Princesses in undead creepy form. So far this is what Ive got.

sketch dump!

2007-10-17T18:27:00.000-07:00

yay for mixing animals together! WOOT. the Bunny and the antelope are my favorite so far. Im having a lot of fun with these Im going to keep doing more.

new work

2007-10-15T22:41:00.000-07:00

Something new that Ive been working on. I really love chinchillas..Im hoping to get one for Christmas :D Im also going to post more in this PROMICE! lol Heres something that I just finished the other day. I am really proud of myself. Im still learning but I like painting so far.

digi art is hard.

2007-06-19T05:40:00.000-07:00

I donno whats up with my wacom but its all shaky and theres no pen pressure. But if I use it at school its fine...wierd. I wonder if theres settings on this thing.

Heres a dragon that Im working on. Im not happy at all with the line work..and I need to redo his arm and ad in his wings. SIGH. I just dont get how people get such great lines?!? Im doing it in one stoke and its all shaky. But if I use the school comps its fine and theres no problems. Is there something wrong with my CS?

Fooling around with Photoshop

2007-04-29T14:11:00.000-07:00

I want to get better at the pen tool and its shape technique. So I created a character based off of only shapes made by it. After creating her I realized how to really use it and will now go back and remake Penny. But heres my first try. Its a red panda by the way...SO CUTE.

More Pictures for the portfolio

2007-04-18T14:15:00.000-07:00

Mini Portfolio

2007-04-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

Im looking for work..Because Pearl SUCKS. lol Anyways so I put together a mini portfolio of my works in Photoshop in hopes for some freelance work. Unforunatly, a lot of my works were lost in the computer crash of the century. But still it seems to be promicing. Here are the peices:
Before:After:

females drawings

2007-03-01T05:34:00.000-08:00

Emotions at their finest

2007-02-01T08:26:00.000-08:00

Sorry no posts last week, seems that my computer is going down the toilet and I might loose all of my D drive. I guess theres a lesson to be learned here. Anywho, hehe.. So I wanted to create something kinda evil for once, since most of my cartoons are cute and cudly.
Heres my attempt at painting on the wacom. This is a 5min piece just as a trial and error of how to use it. I'm a little bit home sick if you cant tell. :\

New ink

2007-01-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

I came up with this idea awhile back for a new piece that will go on my arm. This was done on wacom free-hand. It represents my Grandmother and Grandfather (R.I.P) and their love for one another. I had written a short story symbolizing them as great oaks right before my Grandmother passed away. I have the basics inked on my left arm that was done on last Sunday. Though its a hard for me to have this because it reminds me they are no longer here; it is also helping me to always remember everything they stood for. Family.

5min Studies

2007-01-16T18:32:00.000-08:00

I always believe that life drawing is the single most important thing to an animator or any artist really. Keeping a constant grip on anatomy is extremely important in all aspects of art. Though a character may have a large head to maybe show that he’s an egg-head; he still needs the rest of the body to flow with him and be sized accordingly. This is a 5min.

This is another 5min study I did in the same sitting. They are from live models that I saw at the park. I looked beyond the clothes to see the true form of the body. I start all of my studies with working around the body in circles. Having a line of action and then just using circles for my proportions. Then shading comes next with the hatching effect. I would use more polished shadings on longer studies. I did notice that the footing on the man was kinda funky. Also the arms on it was really weird. But I really like how the 2 turned out over all.

Ghangus Khan Concept

2007-01-16T17:59:00.000-08:00

I came up with this idea awhile back for a Ghangus Khan character. But I thought I'd throw a twist in there and make him feminine. And for comedy purpose make him plump! I started out here by trying out different little hats and round little faces.

After some decision making I came up with this design. I did a lot of research on the time frame of his time. A lot of his costume design came from that era of soldiers in his part of the world. And even though I did like the costume design the "gay" look was a little to weird in this one to me. Plus the anatomy in this is reallllllly off. Enough said back to the drawing board.

During my lunch yesterday, I went back and tried for a new look. I love the boots and they are actually from the same time era. Although they are more middle Eastern some Asian countries did pick up on this fashion. I made his feminine qualities more subdued this time around and kept the proportions more readable for his silhouette. I want to add some beads and like a little sword maybe. I'll keep posting up more of him as I progress.