Valentine's Day

I know, I know, no drawings for a long time and none in this post. I just wanted to tell you all what's been going on with me. I am now in Concept Development class, which means that I'm almost to the finish line of school and the starting line of my senior film. (Updates of which can be found on http://myseniorfilm.blogspot.com). So most of my work has been on that. However, I have work from last quarter that I am going to post once I get back to my scanner and a couple of drawings I'm very pleased with, that I've done this weekend. I'm trying to do one good drawing a day, but yesterday did 3 things that I like for different reasons. At any rate, I will post those ASAP. So don't worry that I've lost interest in blogging or died or got scared again, I'm just lazy...something else I'm working on.

Speaking of working on my problems (especially around creating) I am seeing a counsellor at my college who specializes in creativity coaching, etc. So I'm working to be a better, stronger me, and a better stronger artist. I've made leaps and bounds, though continue to hit snags. Today I spent a great deal of time crying because I'm working on my senior film's storyboards/animatic. I struggle greatly with compositions. I do much better when I have a camera, but the whole point of storyboarding is to do the work ahead of time. Anyway, I just thought that was important. 

Take care,

Me

Concept Development for Layout & Character Design

Here's a Blue Tick Coon Hound I did for the Concept Development Assignment in Layout & Character Design. It's very much a doodle, but I like it a lot. For some reason the blue pencil was just working for me on this one. (In terms of rendering anyhow.)

Two Sketches I Forgot

Two wolf sketches Colin and I did. Me left, he right. I don't know which version came first and which second, but Colin wanted both saved. This one came before most of the ones in the last post. 

More iScribble

Two collaborations between Colin and I.

Two more.

He did the left, I did the right.

Someone came in and drew that fat Picachu, Colin added the sammich.

A face I did.

Here's the same face, plus the one on the far left is mine (the tiny one) and the weird one, bottom right, is Colin's.

Close up of tiny face.

This time Colin added blue and asked me to screen cap again.

I did the blue dog and the weird orange pig thing, Colin did the sideways dog with the lightbulb nose and we collabed on the "busty" dog...thing... That anime dog is someone else's.

Another close up of a face I did.

Undersea scene. I started doing the squid by myself, then some guy came in and did the diver, Colin came in and did the moon lander thing and the skill, some lame-o came in and did the scribbles and I did the seahorse to pass more time.

I did both the purple donkey wearing headphones as well as the goat, Colin did the brain in the jar (though he asked me to sketch the jar first) and the beginnings of a skull at the bottom right. Someone else did that little thing at the bottom.

Colin and I then joined the two characters and because I don't have the blur tool available to me yet, while he was meshing the two together, I drew "Onlooking Bear."

I drew the blue bunny and the little, weird, scribbly, purple one, Colin did the microwave bunny, this person "a-wes-ome" did the zombie bunny, far left, and someone who was in the room before us did the pink bunny, or "Bunny-Bunny." Bunny-Bunny had a weird, fully rendered eye that made it creepy as Hell. So, I drew this eye and had Colin blur it. Believe me, THIS is less frightening.

Then "a-wes-ome" drew wings and Colin and I drew the very phallic looking horn...woops...

Colin and "a-wes-ome" did the bunnies while I drew the sick Polar bear and added the text.

A head I did.

I did the purple one, as mentioned above and the black and white "Elvisy" guy. Colin did...well...you know who that is...lol.

I drew this tiger from a photo in a "Warrior Cats" room. I think this is one of my favorite doodles.

Another from a photo, Colin blurred. He was drawing "The Gorton's Fisherman." I did this next to it...

More "Warrior/RP Cats"... Colin and I collabed on the panther in the middle.

"Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Woo-hoo-oo-oo!" Colin and I collaborated again to draw a very weird and disturbing Little Richard...

This is "Pan" from an ancient fresco.

I did Ganesh. Someone else did the one on the right. There's a more finished version, but they changed the BG color and I picked that yellow with purpose...so it remains... It's in a "Best of" section though... :)

Most recent doodle, Marie Antoinette with ship hair... It's from and old illustration. Mine doesn't look much like the original and I didn't finish it, but I like it a lot. Some dude was hassling me while I was drawing so I got it to a place that I liked it and left. 

iScribble.net

Colin and I have really gotten into doodling on "iscribble.net" with our WACOM tablets...though his is much fancier. :-P Anyway, here's what I did tonight.

P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in ages! 

The Old Man & The Sketch Book

Here's that drawing that I mentioned in my last entry. I finally made it down to the Dyson Computer Lab where they have the big scanners. I dunno...whatcha think?

African Inspired Character Concept

Here's the concept doodle I was talking about for an African inspired Stop Motion animation I would like to make. (Stemming from that doodle that everyone likes and one person wants to have made into a tattoo). 

Here is the original.

And here is a version with a Photoshop filter. (Don't ask why, I honestly don't know...I assume it'll make sense later to me.)

My next post will be of a drawing that has gotten a lot of attention even though I rarely show it, it's in a sketchbook with other images bleeding through it and...well...the list goes on. It needs to be photographed because it's too big to fit in my scanner and that means lighting it, etc. So, I'll make sure to get that done ASAP, but for now I'm glad all of my back archiving is done and you can look forward to more posts in the future. 

And please, leave comments!