"redraw it!"

you know those "redraw it" memes?
I'm applying that to some old animated projects
one is my 30 second scene, and the other is my first dialogue scene.
here's an example:

the one on the left being the older version (frame #17)

and the right being the re-work

I'd like to get this done before the semester ends, but we'll see - I've still got other projects that take precedence, but I just wanted to give an update on my little side-projects :)

take care, everybody! and thanks for dropping by :D

My hand works again, therefore I can work again

I seriously did not know what to do with myself yesterday when I couldn't work. And I was starting to feel incredibly down.
But thanks to some wonderfully kind words on another piece I had done, as well as my hand no longer being in pain, I am back to work with gusto today!

have I mentioned how much I adore the Blob Brush in Illustrator? Because I do! and the Eraser Brush along with it. They allow me to 'sketch' a rough silhouette and then go back and adjust later :3

of course, drawing a desert scene makes me incredibly homesick…

I may not have it quite as graphically styles, but Maurice Noble is my touchstone for this BG in progress (which I think is fitting since the character I designed is heavily Chuck Jones/Looney Tunes inspired - but I can't show him till the entire project is revealed :/ )

keep moving forward guys, even in your 'deserts' you can find some life! :)

I just wanted to see this 'Bot happy...

seriously, the last issue Rung was in, he looked so pensive (in "our" timeline at least). And in the latest issue we get to learn about the doom… er... SUPER HAPPY FUNTIMES heading towards the Lost Light crew.

ended up using this piece to practice shading with gradients and using textures. Coloring cues come from Alex Milne's (who is a god of Perspective, and you can't convince me otherwise) character sheets and Josh Perez's (Dyemooch - his coloring always makes me feel like I've walked into a candy store •OwO• ) cover art color pallets. (the free space bg is also Perez's, btw)

think I'm finally getting comfortable at drawing robots… :3

okay done with fun/fan art for awhile. back to art that will get me paid. *kicks at ground*

hope your day is going well everybody, and thanks for dropping by! :)

So we threw a Faculty Appreciation Day -

for our Animation Professors yesterday (because they honestly don't get enough appreciation).
I didn't get to take too many pics, but I got to do one of the caricatures! 8D!

I got our Figure Drawing for Animator's Prof. Larissa (who also happens to be my boss for OC Art Studios)

If all of the caricatures get posted, I'm going to add the link, because there were seriously awesome ones!

Everyone did a great job helping (thanks for putting up with my anal-side when it comes to serving food guys - it's hard to purge that part of you when you worked in food service for years). Decorations looked great. We…kinda... might of… tripped a breaker when we plugged one too many electric griddles into one line - we were in a completely different space than last time, so I didn't realize there wasn't the same ampage going into this other room. There were also gifts for each professor and we had a Piñata. I'm so happy with how it turned out!

let those teachers that have helped you along the way, know how much you care guys! they honestly don't hear it enough, and they deserve to.

(EDIT: SHE LIKED IT! I'M SO HAPPY! - do you have any idea how frightening it is to do a drawing for a figure drawing teacher, while you're trying to make sure you get the anatomy right, but still push the caricature?!)

Made/Making new business cards

And I still want to do a couple more variant faces. These guys fold, so on the outside you have either of these, and the contact info on the other side, while the inside has a surprise! :)

and a Happy Easter everyone!  whether you celebrate it or not, I hope you have great day :)

Clothesline Project

My school is participating in the Clothesline Project, a project that brings attention to abuse against women. And since I've got work to do, I couldn't be there. But I wanted to do something to show support

 here's a link to what the different shirt colors represent :)
http://www.clotheslineproject.org/aboutshirts.htm

please know that if you're in an abusive relationship, there are people who believe you when you call for help. You can get out. There are places to go to be safe. And there are people who will support you.

I have a robot addiction

And it can totally be traced back to my brother sitting me down with him to watch Transformers when it first came out. Yep, all his fault ;)

Thinking about doing a "my favorite robots" kind of compilation (freelance project permitting, as I'm seriously making blitz runs working on it, and it's draining me)

but the idea came when I was drawing this WIP to de-stress:

(hi Rung!)
and I considered my tag "i have a robot addiction" and realized I've never really drawn any of my other fav robots. I should amend that :)

so yes, another side project to add to the ever growing pile. oh, the never ending artist problems…(and I still need to find time to sneak out and get some actual animation done!!)

take care of yourselves, and thanks for dropping by!

back to TA'ing this week

and this time I took part in the beginning 15 minute exercise. This one, we take one of our characters and draw them in the style of another artist.
Couldn't decide on one till about half-way through. It was so hard to pick! I did finally choose Chuck Jones :)

I didn't really try to go for his stuff after Grinch, but his mid-years while on Looney Tunes. With more time, I probably could have gotten even closer.
Then we had a treat in class. Got to watch Song of the Sea, and the professor literally (honest-to-God) told everyone to work on fan-art for it, or to do art inspired by it. I was encouraged to participate again (yay! work and play!)
so I merged the two 'exercises' and came up with these versions of my characters:

I got too involved in watching the movie to get to my last character, but I really had fun with these!
Think I figured out a working title too: What the Stars Say
kinda like the sound of that :)

hope you guys didn't have too hard of a day on this April Fools. Don't worry, it's almost over!

WonderCon

turns out I'm getting to go on Saturday!! Besides CTN, I haven't been to a Con in years, so I'm super stoked (and a little overwhelmed, I've been out of the Con loop for so long…)

hoping I'll be able to meet up with some friends and get to meet some of the artists I admire. wonder what the Panel situation is going to be like…

if anything, it's going to be a great chance to do some 'cafe sketches' :D

when things like this happen to me, this is the song that always plays in my head:

take care all! :)