Teh Scribbles

You know what's better than writing up a draft for a presentation? Fan art!

Here is a Harley Quinn I just did. I wanted to play around with Harley's poses because in the Batman the animated series she's just so adorable and childlike! Also, I wanted an excuse to scribble in photo shop. It took me a million (cough...cough...one full) page of gestures to get this pose and I'm not satisfied with the foreshortening at all. Meh. It will get better with practice. I dig my blue green squares though!

Happy New Comic Book Wednesday!

That's right! I'm so excited! It's new comic Wednesday! Gaaaaaah! I've been looking forward to this since last Wednesday! Oh, also, here's a photo of my rabbit whom just received an orange mohawk!

Location Studies!

I finally went out and did a location study today. Ooooooh how I've missed my factories! *pines for factories*

Here is Pg&e in Antioch.......It's alright....My lines could be a lot better. There's a lot of mess going on with the texture of the short smokestacks. I like my crane right there on the left. He's pretty cool....Don't make eye contact with the tall smokestack on the right...he's mad that I drew him so lopsided and ugly. It felt good to sit back and relax in my car while listening to the hum of machinery and the calling of trains! sigh* It was an awesome sunset, even though the sun was out of my view!

For kicks, here's a drawing of Mt. Diablo from a few weeks ago....ignore the blatant chunk of missing drawing down the center!

Week 1 Fantasy

So here is my stab at the weekly drawing thing we have going on.  I wanted to do a wood nymph...I just always kind of liked them...I dunno why. So I went online and did some research. Nymph's originated from greek mythology and were considered divine creatures that brought nature to life.  They are normally depicted as young, beautiful women who dance and sing. This, however, was not the only kind of wood nymph I came across. Apparently there is a breed of butterfly known as "the common woodnymph." It's a rather plan and ordinary looking butterfly but I decided I wanted to combine the two ideas.  I knew I wanted the character to be singing with a bird so for an extra challenge I picked a real world area for these characters to originate from.  Since the "common wood nymph" is indigenous to north america, I thought it would be fun to depict a wood nymph that could exist in the Sierra Nevada. Lets make it local, right?! I then looked into common songbird types that exist in the Sierra and came up with the mountain chickadee. I also looked into different types of mushrooms that exist in the area. Overall, I like the piece.  I'm not sure how effective those green shadows are but I thought they were fun to experiment with :3 I wish I used a yellow light as a light source, not a white one. oh well.

Dishonored Concept Art Video

My boyfriend found this video via Kotaku.com yesterday and I just had to share it.  This is a ten minute video on the conceptual art and design of the for the new game Dishonored.  In it you'll see Viktor Antonov discuss the influences that helped shape the game universe.  There are various game snipettes and some awesome conceptual pieces throughout the video.  I find it real interesting that Antonov's art background is in Industrial Design.  At one point he references Syd Mead's influence on his art work.....and who doesn't like them some Syd Mead? Am I right? lol I'm so jealous of the Industrail Design skills these guys have!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DtsstCyBE

Financial Aid

FINALLY!!! The government finally came through for me! Oh man. I've never felt so poor in my life! I've spent so much money in cash on tuition and spent so much on credit for the rest of my expenses! Now I can pay it all off and have free time instead of working 9 hour shifts and getting 5 hours of sleep every night! YESSSSSSSS! After it's all paid off I'll finally get my roller skates! Bwahahaha! Roller skates! >:D So exciting. I will finally sleep well tonight!!!!!!!!!

The Mighty Smoosh

Love him! As I love him!! >:3