Last nights spoils

When I finally got around to artng it up. The theme was convenient store.

I'v been trying to get away from doing medium shots, I seem to fall into that mode by default as you can see from the first 4 shots.

Funday Monday

Yesterday was fundamentals Monday, go back and work on the basics. as you can see I mostly did perspective work.

Sisters Gold: final

I'm not quite satisfied on how it ended up but I had to call it finished so I can move on.

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback! I hope you like it!

Golden land

I really liked the long landscape prints I got from CTN, so I just had to make one of my own.

Hope I can more of these soon.

As of now im still working on the Sister Gold illustration which is nearing completion, watch for it later this week.

Sisters gold

Started an illustration based off a painting I did on Friday. I cant seem to choose a color scheme, they are all vary interesting.

Halloween sketchs

I have never been one to celebrate Halloween but that doesn't mean I wont get into the drawing spirit!

While everyone was off parting on Saturday I sketched up a storm!

sketch post

Haven't posted here in quite some time.

Horses are hard to draw.

Wonderful colors

Oh color, how I love you so!

Fun fact: The original story of OoW can from an extreamly vivid dream I had.

Out of Water: Style frames

Worked on these for the past week or so, I will post the other 3 tomorrow.

For some background on the the third picture:
The pig is the principle of the school Lucy attends. Lucy is very helpful and outgoing but seems to get herself into trouble to often.

80's Cyberpunk

I wanted to do a set of illustrations with the theme 80's Cyberpunk. This is the first of hopefully a series of illustrations.

It was quite fun to do, let me know what you think.

Out Of Water sketches

Just working on some layouts and designs of the main character, Za said she liked the round eyes so Iv been doing the future designs with round eyes. More of that later.

Entrance to Paradise

I should have refined the drawing a bit more before coloring, but it came out ok.

This week in Layouts.

Did these B&W backgrounds over the past few weeks.

Trying to capture this odd world.

Adventure girl variations

I'm not sure they scream adventure girl as much as I like, but these are just a few rough sketches I picked out.

Adventure girl!

Whoops! I haven't posted in forever,  but I have been drawing.

Some sketches I did quite a bit ago, don't know if I want to add these to my portfolio.

S. Williams

Tennis always seemed like a fun sport, something I would like to play.

Liberty's Daughter

I read a short story recently called Liberty's Daughter. It had a really interesting setting that really got me wanting to do some concept, though these are more story broads then concepts.

Put it in Drive

Some more speed paints from the movie Drive. Each took about 20 - 45 minutes. HOORAY ORANGE!

Stories unlike any other.

 I'm ready to do A storybook, the only thing is I probably wouldn't finish it. Thats probably why I just have one idea that I illustrate like these illustrations here.

Korra's finest hour

Korra did some awesome things that you would never see in any animated show. SO many thing where done right and yet only one problem made it all come crashing down. So much character development and plot was shoved into one season with no room to breath! The funniest example was the last episode where Tenzin tells Mako to give Korra some time (after he says he loves her) well I guess 2 minutes was the only time she needed because BAM everything is better again and this relationship comes to a close (which I hate BTW)

I could rant about Korra for hours, all the love and hate I have for it, but all it really comes down to is one thing. Pacing. And I know people will say "they only planed on one season" well then they should have "planed" on less content. Plenty of shows do great things with 12 episodes so its no excuse for Korra to be so convoluted.

Summer Days Ahead

It may be hot inside, but outside is even hotter! Hot days in Portland are nice, and living on near 23rd makes it even better.

NOT your fairy tale ending.

I'm always thinking of stories. I've always thought of stories. Now I can illustrate a lot of the things I think of to a satisfying degree. I like getting these ideas down as simple storybook designs, and color is key.

Hopefully I will start designing by value and not just line drawings.

Drive: Speed paint

SO many good shots. I (hopefully) will go though the whole movie doing these quick paintings.
All 4 took about 2 hours.

Shot 5 progress

Just wanted to post some progress on shot 5, I'v been slacking lately and really need to step up my game.
Im just about ready to add effects and animation, don't know if I will do the animation traditionally or try something new.

What do you think?

CitySand shots

So i'v been working on some of these shots in C4D. namely shot 5 and 6 since they will be the most work intensive. My original thought with shot 5 was to have slow motion as the worm monster emerges.

I think it got out of hand during the boards, I though about doing a sweet camera move back and forth behind the character. Although this might be cool to do its probably unnecessary and kinda breaks my artwork.

Shot 6 is a bit simpler, at first I had a cut between the character running out of the hallway and him looking over the edge but then decided that combing them might make a better shot.

Anyways, comments and crits are always welcome.

Rough Animatic CS

Here is the rough animatic to CitySand, for some reason its slower then what I was viewing it at, but its still a rough.

The next thing i'm going to work on is the 3D environment that I will use to set up the scene, camera move and the 3D projection.

Thoughts and Sketches

I am at a point where I can relax, perfect for creativity. 

So I started a workout of 30 min of gesture drawings a day. (and hopefully 30 min of ACTUAL working out)

I am really exited to see where I take myself in the next couple of years. As an artist and at my job.

Sand City, Animated project

I have really wanted to do an animated short, something about 30 seconds to 1 minute long. No real story, just visuals and animation. May need someone to do animation for me when the time comes but it will be awhile.

The journey of Work and Skill.

Its been just over a month since I'v graduated from Ai and in that time I have relaxed, panicked, scrabbled for work and acquired a full time job. Something not a lot a people can say they have done in just under a month. But the one thing that keeps going through my head is "Whats next" what is the next step in my journey.

I have come quite far in the 4 years I have spent at Ai, the growth is like Black and White. That being said I still have much farther to go, to improve my art skills, to bolster my professional status and to understand the business I want to be in.

Last month I applied for a Nickelodeon Internship without much understanding of the competition. They picked the 13 semi-finalist, needless to say I wasn't one of them. But they posted the name and MAN do these people ever deserve to be picked.

Amanda Winterstein
Keiko Murayama
Erin Schleupner
Rachel Hunt
Samantha Kallis
Trevor Jones
William Niu
Danielle Powers
Justin Rodrigues
Kari Kilpela
Ryan Matias
Tiffany Ford
Erin Kavanagh
Isuri Merenchi Hewage

Just put the name into Google, the fist blog you find is usually theirs. Some of them have already had internships at Disney, about half of them attend Cal Arts as well. But the Skill they are working at is scary. Its funny to think that I can now be called a "Pro" comparing myself to these people, but as an artist I am still a student and that may never change. I hope to continue learning and refine my skills until the day I die, I will surpass everyone on this list no matter what.

LL Boards

Layla Lovelace Boards
Just some boards I though of when reading the start Ben wrote.
 

Out of Water, Vis Dev

 

Somthing like this i feel would be at the end of the story.
After the resolution comes the rain to start fresh.

Sketches from today

 

 

forest scene

A scene from a short story i made in my head.