Thanks to an awesome person (mr. Ian Abando), I'm lucky enough to participate in the Cup O' Doodle blog. Here are some of the better results from that:
In other news, I'm moving to Boulder, CO. shaWING!
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May 19, 2012
January 05, 2012
Mooooooaaar
More daily work sketches, including some backlog from the holidays.
Satan Claws
Rudolph
Sloth
Fancy Pants
December 20, 2011
Skeeeetches
We've started doing daily themed sketches at work. Here's a few
drunken dinosaur
fruitbat
tentacles
scamp
December 11, 2011
Hall o' Bones
We went to the LA Museum of Natural History today to check out the (somewhat) newly opened hall of dinosaurs. I was trying to do Norm's teaching justice, but I was definitely rusty. missing you Norm. so we drew us some bones then decided hot dogs were in order. Minus the mobs of screaming children, it was a good day.
science is cool.
November 30, 2011
August 03, 2011
thresher
SHARKWEEK
July 25, 2011
I fight bears
What happens when my mind wanders. I'm really starting to enjoy doodling in Flash. It makes all my lines look so purposeful.
June 22, 2011
Tidings!
Well, I haven't quite dropped off the face of the earth, but it definitely feels like it a little bit. So just to tide you over until i finally get to fixing the paintings from Bill Perkins' workshop (omigodAMAZING) here's some sketches that I banged out at work while waiting for this n that.
February 26, 2011
Monsters!
I like 'em. My buddy Ian Samuels is gearing up to make his thesis film, and he asked me to do some designs for the puppets who will be the centerpiece of the story. It was a fun departure from my usual style and it's REALLY exciting to see these guys come to life. If you have some change to spare, head over to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1832560538/caterwaul and help Ian make his movie!
The first monster design
The second one:
In completely unrelated news, I made a minishort! Titmouse holds a 5 second day each year, when everyone has the chance to make a film. So I gave it a shot, and this is what came out the other end. Thanks to everyone at Titmouse for helping out, having the opportunity, and even clapping at the end. YAY!
February 01, 2011
rounding the home stretch
Whelp, this is it. My last term at Art Center. While the thought fills me with glee and sparkly rainbows, one last very large, spikey, intimidating hurdle stands between me and freedom: grad show. That time when all my work gets blown up real big and displayed on the wall next to allllll of my classmates. The stressful part? I haven't made the work yet.
In the meantime, here's some bits and pieces from last term. If they look sketchy, well, that's cause they're sketches. Full color versions of all of these are in the works, but not materialised yet.
wish me luck!
November 21, 2010
CTN oh baby!
Thoroughly enjoying myself at CTN. I'm so glad it's such a success so that they can keep the event going for many years to come. Such a great resource for students and professionals alike. And come on, who wouldn't get chills (literally) bumping elbows with Peter de Seve, Andreas Dejas, and Moebius (what!?).
So, true to form, I go home with the intention of doing homework, spend the next 3 hours hanging out with friends and watching cool animation, and then spending my remaining evening drawing.... but not my homework. Just some quick sketches of some people I know. Trying to keep it fun and loose while still getting their personalities. Cookies if you can guess who they are!
November 04, 2010
quickquick..
Ok, cause I spent a long time on these aaaand I'm not quite ready to start the big painting...
the other 2 characters from the Subtle Knife and the 4 new sketches for Willow set in Africa.
October 21, 2010
Damp
I love it when it rains in LA.
Quick dump in the middle of a tough week. I have a bunch of landscape paintings, but they need to be cleaned up and made pretty, so no trees for you tonight. Instead, you get characters and props. the colored ones were designed for The Subtle Knife and the uncolored ones are from a personal/class story.
Enjoy!
August 17, 2010
Scorch it
More doodles, attempts, and other productions as I try to find shelter from icky heat.
3 Catwoman drawings from life at The Drawing Club
then an attempt at an environment. feel free to critique. ..please..?
and some sort of glowy bunny thing. i think i need to study foliage shapes.
August 09, 2010
Afterglow
Well I'm back from a wonderful crosscountry trip x2. Now that I'm back in LA, it's a little depressing to realize that i'm not sure what to do with myself when I don't have homework. So what do I do? I give myself homework, of course! But i gotta say, it's really nice to do art without the pressure of a deadline behind it. Kind of reminding me of why I used to love to draw. I have a lot of things to work on before I graduate, so here's hopin I actually keep to my schedule.
In the meantime, here's two pieces that came from *ahem* random conversations that somehow developed into drawings. May I present Mobster Ashley and Zombie Velociraptor...
February 26, 2010
Spifferific.
I really don't know why I love that word so much. Maybe because it has more f's than it can handle.
So I was updating my portfolio and decided I should see how my sculpture work looked in there. Which led to late-night awkward photo session. Which led to surprisingly dramatic photos (hand-held spotlight does wonders). Which led to me wanting to share.
So firstly, I re-shot my Imaginatomy project from a few terms back, which has been one of my favorite projects at school. I call the creature a Bone Singer (named for the large bone on its head which produces whale-like sounds). They live in the high desert, have about a 20-ft wingspan and eat carrion.
Next up is a project from Image and Idea (Steve Turk is the best). The idea was to create a figure with tattoos where both the design of the figure and the tattoos formed a cohesive narrative or concept. I was inspired by the Pacific Northwest Indian tribe, the Haida. Specifically, their obsession with ravens and their death spirits. Ravens play a large role in the Haida pantheon and are associated with the creation myth. On the front, the figure is engraved with the peaceful death spirit (Tia) and the back is engraved with the violent death spirit (Tax'et). The spirit has come to collect the death of a baby bird, which he holds in his hands.
And just so this post doesn't end all allegorical death and melancholy, here are two quick sketches that I've been doing for the "Picture This" challenges. The 'stripes' one is rough because I had to rush the color and didn't include the bassett hound, who i kinda love. The polar bear one the prompt was '67%' 67% of what? Dunno, but when I plugged it into the internets, that random statistic is what Google threw up into my lap. Enjoy!
Yes, I had a cat named Snowball when I was young. No, I never painted him. At least, not that I remember. RIP buddy.
July 05, 2009
Animal Magic is a silly name for a class
but that doesn't mean the class is silly.
assorted sketches and finals. bummed that I didn't have my camera with me at the final presentation cause there were some excellent showings. i made up for it with tacos.
the finals were meant to be done every week and could be in any style, any format, any anything really. i feel like i could have pushed all my finals more, but then, i always feel like that...
June 05, 2009
Gary Meyer come back!
Ok, I love Alex Schaeffer, but I took this class for Gary. Here's hoping he gets better quickly and comes back before the term is over. Go Gary go!
Advanced Sketching -
Also some better snow white sketches:
June 01, 2009
Poot.
Some sketches for a young Snow White set in Egypt. Better ones coming... eventually.
First sitting in Advanced Sketching for Illustration. Here's hoping Gary Meyer can come back, cause there's no words for how awesome he is.
