doodletime

 

and then Roy Orbison and Devotchka joined in.

site seeing

I made this website about a year ago.  It's birds, because birds are neat.  Not only were birds featured on this website but so was my work.  It's gone now though, a new one will be up later this month when I can get my domain back.  Everything + sub pages were hand drawn/written because I came to the realization that there were no internet rules saying I couldn't and this simply made more sense (it was also more fun).  But back to the topic at hand, websiiite.

As a side note, I had a bunch more sketchbook bits edited and ready to go but my macbook up and died.  Those scans are going to stay where they are until I can perform an autopsy.  In the meantime, funeral services will still be held next Friday as planned.  I hope to see you all there.

bushtits

Now that I'm in California I'm going to have to start learning the birds.  These are Bushtits.  They're wicked small and super cute.  Kind of like dust bunnies, but you know, birds.  The other morning there was a small flock of them foraging in the mulberry tree outside my 2nd story kitchen window and I was able to get a pretty great look at a few who got near.  This may become a monoprint/screenprint in the future.

SPACE

I realized while doing this that this is the only way I've ever really seen space and probably the only way I ever will.  That's ok though, because it's still crazy beautiful.

For Illustration Friday, topic: "space".

And while we're on the topic, do yourself a favor and download Stellarium if you haven't already.

gator

 

I started sending postcards via postcrossing earlier this year.  This one went to Russia, so I made it extra Florida-y.  Gouache on ink on bristol.  It took a lot of ink to get that bristol black but it was worth it - better surface finish.

DAB2012

Today was April 8th, better known as Draw a Bird Day.

if - launch

Illustration Friday, topic: launch.

Growing up in Florida I've had the opportunity to watch a lot of shuttle launches. I've seen them on tv, at home, at the beach, and even as far away as Sarasota. It's not all that exciting as a sight itself. It's really just a dot in the east going up and leaving a short lived plume of smoke in its wake. But when you remember that there are people on that dot, and it's going to space AND coming back, it's just way cool. The final flight of the space shuttle program will be made by the shuttle Atlantis as mission STS-135 and is tentatively scheduled for July 8th. If you're in Florida don't you dare miss it.

if - bottled

diptych on scrap wood. Left is acrylic gouache on transparencies, glued. Right is silver spray paint, ink, acrylic gouache, photographs that were taken and then lacquer transfered onto paper, and a picture of a wolf from a children's book.

For Illustration Friday, topic: bottled.

finding beauty

Some stuff I did for a silent auction for charity. Lots of fun (:

children's book illustration

Final pages w/ dropped in text for Children's Book Illustration class. First is the cover, second is a spot, third is a bordered full page, and fourth is a two-page spread. Not pictured: 32 page dummy. Illustrations are in pastel over a purple gouache wash, the princess lineup has gouache detailing overtop as well.

catman

Final painting for DFA! I tried working in an entirely new way on this and it brought a whole bag of its own unexpected troubles and led to a lot of reworking, especially of color. Working completely flat makes you really have to face value, texture, and the information conveyed by edge quality, and it was really great to do.





This was done in photoshop, mostly polygonal lasso tool, some solid brushes, and a little bit of blur. All colors were kept separate so the file ended up getting really huge (well over 100 layers), but that allowed for easy editing of specifics and quick specific color adjustments (and color adjustment was a very very big thing in getting this to work).

Aaaaannnnnd, here's some of the process! I always find it interesting to see how things came about....

value painting

intermediary & final

final is color corrected to compensate for the different appearance of the image when viewed outside of photoshop. I suspect it's due to a discrepancy in color profiles used inside and outside the program. I'll probably look into a way during break of standardizing things when I work in photoshop so I can cut back of all the problems that come up when coming out of it. If anybody's already got some profiles know how and would like to share though, please do!

process!

A black & white painting I'm working on for DFA right now. Super High Res. Photoshop. (jpg profiles made it a lot darker too...)

birdWhisperingBandit

so much to do and so little time (and putting things together to post takes time).

but here's this (:

thugz

Made stuff for the Character Design Bi-Weekly today (topic: Thugs with ugly mugs)!

My mom's a first grade teacher and I go in at the beginning of every year to help her set up her classroom. Helping usually means playing with all the awesome toys :). I had tons of manipulatives at my disposal including pattern blocks, links, milk caps, stacking rings, buttons, and snap cubes (not to mention all the office supplies).





Drawing based on the first dude; he was my favorite.


Here's a thug for life. Cut him and he'll make you cry.
This guy was tons of fun to make. Ears and nose are made out of thin (bust strong) blue plastic from the cover of an old planner from high school. The rest is gold acrylic gouache (for his teeth!), black acrylic gouache, holbein ink, and of course 1 onion. Balancing on onion on your wrist, even with tape, is not as easy as it would seem.

if - caged

For the Illustration Friday topic "Caged".
I'd also like to start listing stuff on etsy, so I'm kicking it off this this one :).

as of late

Relatively recent miscellanea!



True story. Good luck trying to copy/paste pieces of money in photoshop too. Had to scan in with acrobat reader and the shift the hues before copying and then shift them back again after pasting.


3 unrelated images layered up in photoshop. Fun stuff.


Saw this dude in the student union on my way to the computer lab. Instead of doing whatever I was supposed to I had a new important mission. You just can't pass up purple polo w/ sweater vest.

concept2

Story's not my strong suit, but here's some shots from animatics from concept design class!

slither

I just realized how much I like messing around in photoshop and just making stupid crazy stuff and exploring aesthetics without any of the pressures of usability. So, I've taken the illustration friday topic of the week, "slither" and made this,



grass photo from
illustration friday

workworkwork

working working working and then working some more.
This, is not work.