Imaginary Colleen's Art and Nonsense

Whoa

2011-12-04T15:04:00.000-08:00

So, I'm not feeling the format of blogger anymore. I'm finding tumblr way more effective and easier to post. SO I'm not going to delete this blog, but everything new will be on my tumblr.

imaginarycolleen.tumblr.com

It's just easier. Thanks for following me/finding me here and I hope to see you on tumblr.

WoooHooo

2011-07-06T15:17:00.000-07:00

I got into the Dragon*Con art show. Now I have so much work to do in a month. Brain = exploding!

This pretty much guarantees I will be posting more frequently with updates of all the work I finish, since nothing gets me going than a fast approaching deadline. I actually might post a finished piece tonight.

Over and out for now.

I'm So Bad At Updating This Year

2011-07-04T15:20:00.000-07:00

So ok, I totally suck at updating.

I have two new finished boards scanned and cleaned up. I have one waiting in the wings to be photographed because it is too big for my puny scanner baby and I have two in progress boards. I have some models lined up so hopefully I will have a good amount of new pieces. I want to start working bigger but until I find a reliable way to scan/photo them with the right about of detail it'll be sticking to smaller sizes.

First up we have Athena, goddess of wisdom. This is going to be the cover of a book of poems that will come out later (actually no idea when if the book is still going through. this seems to happen to me a lot.) Oh well. I love it.

Next we have The Pale Man. If you remember the books Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, you will clearly see where my inspiration for this came from. I mean those books in general really.

And that's it for today. I've really got to try to update more regularly. Stupid work being all workie and paying me to do stuff and stuff.

Over and Out.

Back From The Oblivion of Real Life (WHOA way to be dramatic much)

2011-03-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

Alright kids, it's been BUSY! My IRL job hours are erratic at best though the inconsistency is quite consistent. My art life has been busy as well.

For the past few months, I was gearing up for Lunacon (a SciFi convention in Upstate NY). Those Lunarians put on a good show, so if you are itchy for a con to go to in early spring, that's a good one. Anyway, I like to show my work in their art show. This year was different. I had a fair amount of new work from the previous year. So first three days of the show, there are no bids on my work for the auction. Day three and wham bam thank you ma'am, I sold pretty much all of my original work. Not only that but I wont Judges Choice for Body of Work. SO AWESOME! Here is one of the newer pieces I showed.

This week, I applied to Dragon*Con. I mean if conventions are the venue that work with me than great. I love nerds because I am one. I'm also trying to figure out the possibility of getting a table at Comic Con NY.

I'm also working on a book cover for Greece.org, no idea when/if it will be published but yay! I have lots more work to post and scheduled time to post it.

I'm also working on starting a mood board blog, I really dont want to waste paper so if I put all the images that inspire me in one place I can find it any time.

Well, the shoestring licorice, Buffy (of the slayage kind) and my latest scratchboard are calling. Over and out.

Winterfell aka Jaybird Forrest aka Happy Trees

2010-09-05T19:40:00.001-07:00

I finally finished this guy. Took me months and months. This piece was too painful to look at for a while and then it became a way of coming to terms with some bad things that went down. I'm so glad I finished it.

I just started a new piece today, it's about a 1/4 done. Will hopefully get a chance to post progress after work tomorrow but most likely as not. It's the first in a series of weird moody dramatic portraits of mutants who have just come into their powers. I'm starting out with a Pyro but not Pyro since my mutant can start the fire on his own, plus my mutant seems to have more um feelings as it were. Anyway hope to get it done asap so I can start on the next one. A telepathic girl.

I'll close out today with the coloring I've been playing around with. Enjoy.
Over and out.

Sketches, Covers, Portraits and Making Up For Lost Time

2010-08-06T16:16:00.001-07:00

Hey there kids, I guess it's been awhile. I finally got my hands on a new sketchbook. Life has been a little crazy this summer, maybe when it gets cold and I don't want to be outside all the time I'll post more often. Anyway. I did some work for a friend and I got paid with a new intuos4 wacom tablet. It is so cool. I've been trying to get back the skills I had in school on this thing, so I've been doing portraits of myself since I'm a convenient model. This is my latest one, it might be turned into one of three labels for jams my friends and I are making to enter into the County Fair. Precious, right? Anyway, I really like how it turned out. I think these are my new favorite colors right now.

Here is the in-progress of another book cover I am doing for a friend. It's for a poetry book about Athena, so naturally the subject is on the cover. I like where it is going, let's hope I knock this one out of the park because I want my friend's book to sell really well.

So back to the new sketchbook. For some reason I've been on a portrait/landscape kick as of late. I'll post the landscapes when I finally get around to photographing them, but for now here are two of the portraits. The first one is a whacky skewed perspective of myself (my mirror was at a weirdo angle). I really love how it turned out. The second is my friend Mary from memory. It looks like her and doesn't look like her, but that's how memory goes.

These last two sketches are of Spiro during one of our Junk Yard Dates. They are the best kind of dates. I get to take tons of photos and make sketches of interesting things and he gets to pull random parts out of cars. Then a lovely shared romantic lunch in the back of a pick-up. Go sketching from life!

That's all for now. I have some finished work I need to photograph, so I'll post that soon. Over and out.

First New Post In For-Ev-ER

2010-06-23T17:22:00.000-07:00

So life kind of caught up with me there for a little bit, so no real time to update this guy. Anyway, a lot is going on. I got hired to do a few book covers. Mostly just work for hire collage work, but one of the covers is my original work. It's my first real legit, getting paid for job. Sorry to all those folks I barter with, those are real jobbie jobs too. On that note, I have two new flyers to post. Both shows are well past, but that's ok too.

Also recently, I designed a tattoo for a friend of mine. I can only post the artwork now, because I can't seem to remember my camera when I see him. Hopefully I will have awesome shots of the finished product and I will post them as soon as I can. Ok kids, back to work. I'll post the finished book covers when they tell me I can. Hopefully soon.

Over and out, space cadets!

Flyer

2010-03-12T06:49:00.003-08:00

Finished up another flyer for my friend Bob. I really like how this one came out. I think it actually might be my favorite. It just all came together in this one. I'm really happy with it and I hope the show has a large turn out.

I started a new scratchboard, yeah I know a week before Lunacon, but it's a present for a friend.

Over and out.

Totally Slacking On Posts, A Travesty

2010-03-03T15:08:00.000-08:00

I really need to get back on the horse of posting often. This time round, I've got two new flyers and a quickie scratchboard (i did it in 3 hours, which is a fraction of the time I usually spend on a project).

This first flyer I did for my friend Bob, his band the Chariots were playing. I think it's pretty effective. I got my point across cleanly and the turn out was good. I really need to start signing my flyers or putting my website at the bottom.

This flyer I did for my friend Michelle. She and a partner put on a dance/music night in DC. I got mixed reviews on this flyer. I like it, but some people didn't. Can't please everyone.

Lastly, a quickie scratchboard I did for a forum thread about H.P. Lovecraft and Cthulhu in art. I like it. I think if I had spent more time on it then it would have been much tighter.

Ok space cadets, that's enough for today. I have two large scratchboards at the point of completion but there needs to be a kinkos trip to scan them. I am not at all equipped to take on projects of that magnitude with my scanner. Over and out.

Trickster Series Is Complete

2010-02-08T18:19:00.001-08:00

Last but not least in the series, the Hare/Rabbit. Found frequently in folk tales of south eastern America. Think Br'er Rabbit. I think the colors worked out well on this one. They print really well at least.

I suppose this means I need to color the first one in the series. I'll get on that tomorrow. Over and Out.

Two More Scratchboards, Now In Color!

2010-02-08T15:03:00.000-08:00

So this long snowed in weekend has led me to be quite productive.

First we have the second in the Trickster series. This time it is the Crow, found in many of the North Western tribes' folklore. I really like the color work I did here. It's the first time I have worked with color in my personal work in a long time.

Next we have a steam punk jet pack girl. I mostly did this to try and sell at Lunacon. Nerds like steampunk, right? Duh. Anyway, another trip into color. I'm not sure I like the color work here as much as I like it for the above piece. Might need a little more playing around.

Coming soon, I have to finish coloring the last in the Trickster series and finish up a half way done scratch board. I'm on pace to definitely reach my goal amount of work for Lunacon. Over and out.

Trickster Archetype 1: the Coyote

2010-01-24T23:09:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time since my last post, it is a disgrace I know. To make up for this egregious mistake, I bring you a finished board and a new flyer and my life in sketches tomorrow. So much to get done before March, but I can do it. This board is the first in a tryptic about the trickster archetype in native american culture. The Coyote is an archetype found in the Hopi indian and other SW tribes. Next on the list is the Raven, native to the Inuit and other northern tribes. Last will be the hare, found in the Cherokee and SE tribes.

More tomorrow, good night. Over and out.

Poe Done

2009-12-07T21:37:00.001-08:00

I actually really like how this one turned out. I'm starting on the Tim burton in the next few days... when I get the time to sit down and actually do it. I hope they all go as well as this.

Over and Out.

Two New WIPs

2009-11-30T20:11:00.000-08:00

First, we Jenny Greenteeth. I started this a week ago, but I haven't found time to just finish the last bits off. I need to decide whether I want to make the water/grass to look more realistic or more geometric/patterned/stylized. It's a blurry photo, but the board was just slightly too big for my scanner.

Next is the start of a series of portraits of people who have influenced me in some way. So far on the list is: Poe, Tim Burton, Elvis Costello, Jim Henson, Twiggy, Henry Rollins and maybe more. These people obviously have to look interesting in some way. So to kick it off, I started with Poe. I'm still deciding on what path to take the background. I'll probably go with a fade from med grey to white. I hope to finish this tomorrow.

That's it for now.

Scratchboard - DONE

2009-10-26T20:47:00.001-07:00

So after totally procrastinating on this one, it's finally done. I really like how it came out. I'm working on finishing up another one tomorrow.

Flyer Fun

2009-09-23T14:12:00.001-07:00

I did a flyer for some friends. I really like how it came out. I like the black and white best, but it's kind of my thing.

Go to the show too. It'll be good.
Over and out.

My Life in sketches: Lake Anna + Scratchboard

2009-09-08T20:03:00.000-07:00

So, I've been super busy. It's good because I have a new job and bad because I have less time to work on my art.

First things first. Labor Day weekend at Lake Anna. Roasted pig, so interesting I had to draw it. It's skin was all leathery and blood was dripping into the fire pit. Creepy and cool all at the same time.

I got some more work done with my new board. It's been put on the back burner while I get situated into this new job. I'm hoping to finish it soon, I'd like to enter it in some things. Let's hope it comes out well and that it's willing to cooperate with me.

That's all for now. More soon. A new board is in the works, it's an update of an older piece. This time with better reference! Over and out, space cadets!

Holy Crap New Scratchboard - WIP

2009-08-27T22:23:00.001-07:00

Started a new board. Bride of Frankenstein. You know how we roll. Anyway, got as much done as I could tonight (started at 8:30pm), hoping to finish tomorrow. Slight adjustment to the background, and I need to figure out how to make metal. Totally not the best photos, but my scanner is slightly too small and all the scans come out blurry.

It's a little blurry but here is a pretty good detail shot of what I have so far.

More My Life in Sketches tomorrow plus a hopefully finished board. w00t.
Over and out, space cadets

My Life in sketches: Florida

2009-07-29T10:26:00.001-07:00

Went down to Florida for a week and a half with Nick and Kish, we stayed with Nick's uncle Otto in Clearwater, Fl. Pretty neat. Swam in the gulf for the first time and snorkeled for the first time. Saw some dolphins and some manatees, one of which effectively translated popped out of the water with an "oh, hai!" Anyway, good times mostly had by all except for a few strange incidents involving burglars, bugs, rogue sprinklers, Clue: Harry Potter edition, one sassy, foul mouthed 11 year old and much needed jack n' cokes.

Drawn while sitting and watching the sun set on Clearwater Beach.

Night fishing off a pier in Clearwater Beach. Nick caught 1 salt water cat and I caught a puny pinfish.

An amalgamation/time lapse of things I saw on the water after I came in from fishing on Honeymoon Island.

Chilling out after catching 5 salt water catfish with my rod leaned against one of the beach chairs. Otto leaned his there too which he cut more bait.

Gestural sketches of Nick and Otto trying to get a snagged line to release.

Over all a very productive at relaxing trip. Back to the real world. Over and out, space cadets!

Art Behind The Banner...

2009-07-20T11:09:00.001-07:00

So I totally need a better scanner. Anyway, got bored, made this and turned it into the blog banner. Sounds fun right. It was!

My Life in Sketches: DC United

2009-07-19T17:32:00.000-07:00

My friend Nick on the train heading to the DC United Game. We won.

Going to Florida for a week, hopefully I'll get a ton of sketches done of awesome stuff like sand sculptures or manatees.

My LIfe in Sketches the Laurel Addition

2009-07-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

Went with from friends on an adventure in search of food. We found and interesting spot called Shane's Rib Shack. Good life choice. I drew while we waiting for out food to arrive. I'm actually really proud of this sketch because I'm usually terrible at drawing people I know, but I did a good job this time.

My Life In Sketches, Plus New Old Art

2009-07-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

I missed a couple days of sketches I think, lame on my part. Anyway here are my latest encounters/experiences/whatever.

Thursday hung out with some friends while they bottled their home brewed beer. Here you can see Shane siphoning the beer into the bottles.

Saturday went out to the bar. Same bar as before but a different angle, different day, different bar tenders.

I'm really trying to buckle down and draw every day, but i'm slipping up already. I'm getting better about it. Here's to chronicling my life in pictures.

Here is some art I did early senior year. It's a wood block, illustration of an alien princess and her monster pet/companion on the prowl/look out. It's weird, I didn't know how I felt about it at the time and I still don't know how I feel about it. It's interesting. I think the angle and composition are weird and could have been better.

That's it for this post. Over and out.

My Life In Sketches Day 3

2009-07-06T22:13:00.001-07:00

Washington, DC

Went out to the bar with some friends who came down to visit from Philadelphia. The owner of the bar wants a copy of the sketch to hang up, which is cool. This is a continuation of my weekend in sketches. I plan in pursuing this over a full year. From July 3rd to July 3rd... or maybe July 4th to July 4th just to make it easy to remember. So far, so good.

My Weekend In Sketches

2009-07-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

Slash, I totally haven't posted in forever. Anyway, here are some sketches I did on my 4th of July weekend mini-vacation.

Colonial Beach, VA

Weird jetty thing concrete barrels, potomac river.

Kishani's legs on the left, and my knee and foot on the right. Bait bucket.

Pier we were fishing off of. The fishing pole holders whistled when the wind blew, it was really neat. I caught 3 catfish (largest one was 11in) and found 3 sharks teeth.

Lake Anna, VA

Random sketches I drew while it was raining.

A lime and a boat... yup.

Nick's arm, a bird feeder and the tip of the toy surfer.

So that was my weekend in sketches... most of the time I was fishing which makes drawing hard since my hands were usually wet. I hope to post more soon.

Over and out

Vader Totally Done!!! Throw Down #3

2009-05-08T12:35:00.001-07:00

So yup, Vader is done finally. I was going to send it in yesterday but I need a better scan, so I'm sending it in a bit. It's pretty straight forward...

Sometimes Vader just has to choke a bitch.

More later.

DONE, Art Thrown Down #2 "The Infernal Nun"

2009-04-06T21:58:00.001-07:00

I am finished. I am done. I am absolutely insane. Three days worth of intermittent work. It's going to be apart of a series of four boards. The first being the Infernal Nun (which corresponds nicely with fire I realized). Second the Crow Witch for air, third the Hag/Babba Yagga for earth, and fourth the Sea Witch/Circe for water. I'm excited about this series which is good. Let us see how fast I can crank them out shall we.

I really like this one.

Get Thee To A Nunnery

2009-04-05T21:09:00.001-07:00

Ok, so sometimes I get in this zone and I totally lose track of time. I also might have happened to work until I blistered. Alright, done for the night most likely. I'm going to go wash my hands to make it official. Though I'm in a mood for work so, who knows. Totally going to be finished tomorrow/later today.

Continued

2009-04-05T16:35:00.000-07:00

Got more work done today. Taking a break to get something to eat. I think it is definitely going in a direction I like. I hope I can keep this up. I totally can... totally...

Sketch Scratch Board

2009-04-04T19:20:00.001-07:00

The beginning of my next scratch board. I'm putting the fairies on the back burner for a bit to crank out the new stuff. Anyway, totally don't know why I drew this besides that I like nuns, weird shit and I watched a ton of shows on weird apocalyptic religious sects and their architecture and junk today with my dad while doing house work. Apparently Friday the 13th is superstitious because on October 13th, 1307 King Philip ordered the arrest and execution of all the Knights Templar in France... well at least that's one of the superstitions ... my dad wouldn't tell me if that's the reason he is superstitious about it but when does he tell me anything when it comes to that. Whoa tangent. So yeah this is some funky weird nun/priestess who can foresee the future with the infernal eye or something to that effect. So yeah, sketch on the board and away we go.

*EDIT*

Here's some more work I did tonight. My hand is starting to cramp so I think it's time for bed. I really like how it is coming along so far. If I can manage to not screw anything up it could be a really neat piece.

So here's to hopefully quantity and quality!

*EDIT #2*

So apparently my dad is superstitious of the number 13 because he broke his arm on the 13th when he was 13 and several members of our family died on a 13th of a month and some even on Friday the 13th. Weirds! Anyway more progress.

Art Throw Down... Post #1

2009-04-04T17:50:00.000-07:00

So, a friend of mine and I decided to compete against each other to see who could produce the most work starting from April 1st and ending June 30th, winner gets total bragging rights. I figured a good way to keep track of what I've produced is by posting with numbers. See the lovely #1 in the title. Anyway, starting simple. Quote of the Day.

"He plays Jedi mind tricks on jungle creatures." - Rik
"I am not the food you are looking for." - myself

Hopefully I'll post some more work later this evening.

I Need A Job Like None Other... More Quote of the Day

2009-03-27T20:32:00.000-07:00

Quote of the day for March 29th, 2009.

"But there's cake" - Brittany

So yeah got a lot of work done today. Played with some worms too. Huge night crawlers, totally awesome.

I'm On Fire, Yes

2009-03-27T13:19:00.001-07:00

I think this will be the last update of the day. Anyway, getting a lot of work done which makes me happy. The perspective on the bench is a little off but at this point I really don't care. If I can finish a piece this big and a descent amount of time I'll be happy with myself. yeaaahhh...

Quote of the Day

2009-03-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

Quote of the day for March 25th, 2009. Karaoke night at the Stained Glass Pub.

"Guess it's time to get a new one." - Kevin

A vintage quote of the day from Mrs. Games-Young. "This is Austria; note the attractive hat."

Back to the scratchboard...

Actual Scratchboard Progress!

2009-03-27T09:50:00.001-07:00

Ok, so here's an update of the work I did last night and the day before. I'm pretty much finished the girl, I just need to tighten up her knee. I think I'm satisfied with how it looks for now. Maybe I'll get in a bit more progress today, and by a bit I mean a lot.

Here's a full board shot. I still have a LOT of work to do, but I'm getting there. Hell I definitely have the time now.

Yes, that is Pippi's ear in the corner. Alright, off to bake a cake.

More Vintage Quote of the Day

2009-03-24T17:50:00.001-07:00

More Quote of the Day. Why? because there's nothing better to do.

Who's the most boring person you are friends with?...Al Gore..." - Lyndsey

"A mind is a terrible thing to confuse with an egg." - Lizz

Quote of the Day... something new perhaps

2009-03-24T16:26:00.001-07:00

This is vintage quote of the day.

When I was little, I was mad that I didn't have a dog, so I dragged my cat around. - Lyndsey V.

A totally new awesome section of my super totally awesome blog! or something like that...

I Have A Computer Pixie Problem

2009-02-27T21:19:00.000-08:00

So I was going to finish this drawing tonight but it looks like my scanner is being obstinate and/or was taken over by pixies (because we all know how you spell trouble P I X I E). Anyway, here is what I have so far. My scanner decided that it knew what I wanted better than I did so it cropped the image weird. It looks good but it's not what I wanted. Anyway hopefully later it wont be so cranky.

I wanted to draw something that looked underwaterish. It's Cate Blanchett. It's just a messing around sketch that I wanted to refine but I wanted to make sure I had a copy of it in this stage just is case I royally fuck it up. So let's hope my pixie problem goes away by morning.

Cause I Can Sketch Dump Extravaganza Part Whatever

2009-02-18T15:44:00.000-08:00

So the time of the great sketch dump commences... though really I'm just going through to find the best ones because a job I'm applying for is asking for a very varied portfolio.

First we have a nice nude model sketch, I like drawing butts and backs... and nuns strangely...

Keria Knightly reading the paper, I think this was an assignment of some sort. Can't remember, but Chang liked it.

Woot more nudes. I liked the curve of her back, it was weird and fun to draw... the portfolio requirements ask for this sort of thing so this is what they shall get I suppose.

Don't remember why I drew this, I just like it.

I drew these in a boring panel at Comic Con that I really couldn't leave... random stuffs.

I drew this for an assignment as well, but I can't remember why.

Well that's it for now. I have more to go through. Nuns are involved.

Trudging Along

2009-02-18T12:45:00.001-08:00

Still working, I've gotten into a little funk, but I'm still trudging along. I hope to finish it before the weekend is over. And a note to self, working bigger than 15 inches is a silly idea.

Terrible Work In Progress Shots

2009-02-15T21:36:00.000-08:00

An update on my work in progress. I just got back from a fun weekend in Philly so I didn't get a chance to work on it very much. I got a fair bit of work done tonight. My camera, however, decided that it hates me and didn't want to take a decent picture so this is what we're stuck with. I think sometime this week I'll head to Pratt to use the big scanners. Hopefully I'll be done by then. Woot.

New Scratch Board Work In Progress

2009-02-12T22:05:00.000-08:00

I started a new scratch board. Along the lines of "if I did a cover or something of that nature what would it look like." So I picked The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar as my inspiration and subject matter. The idea is the two fairies are busking in the park. First I've got two close ups and then a slightly less close up, the finished proportion will be about 18 x 24 unless I cut the margins. Hopefully this will be one of many pieces I can put up in the Luna Con art show. Thanks to Darrell for being my last minute reference model.

DONE, Finally

2009-02-05T22:41:00.001-08:00

This thing seriously took forever, but I think I'm done and I think I like it. I'll have to live with it for a few days to really know for sure if this was a major fail or win. Whatever. Comic Con tomorrow and I need to get to sleep.

Still Going... Work From Last Night

2009-02-04T14:53:00.001-08:00

I'm kind of terrified to start the space ship, I feel this might be the most difficult part...

I'm Trudging Along...

2009-02-02T22:14:00.000-08:00

Gah! I'm taking way longer than I wanted to on this but here's more work in progress on my random I'm bored art...

Giving Up For The Night

2009-01-21T20:49:00.001-08:00

It's not much but I'm liking the direction it's going.

Sketch Scratch Board

2009-01-21T17:59:00.000-08:00

I sketch I did a long time ago, but I'm finally doing something with it. I was going to do a wood block, and I still might but as I am lacking in the MDF and money department... it's going to be a scratch board. I already started and it's coming along nicely. I'll post it when I'm finished which will hopefully be a little late tonight. I also straightened it up on my board.

Sculpture Update Yay

2009-01-06T22:01:00.000-08:00

The first and most creepy on the list is the teddy bear I felted out of human hair.

Next is my inner personality or something. It's a yeti.

Then we have Manabat. A doll. There are others I'll post later.

Last and the most awesome. The wings I painted for the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Randomness and Updates

2008-12-11T06:41:00.000-08:00

First things first, I had to work overtime at work because of extended lab hours for finals. Around 8pm I got a little bored, so I decided to make some scratch board. I was looking at pictures of rock climbers. One of the climbers was hanging in the best pose, he looked like Atlas changing his weight. So I scratched it out of my newly made scratch board.

Update #1 Here is my pretty finished self portrait. The eyes need to be worked and the lips need fleshing out, but over all I think it's a success.

Update #2 I am so behind on my triptych, but I'm still trudging along. I have until Tuesday to finish it and I think I can easily make that deadline.

Self Portrait - WIP (got a little more done) and Two Sketches

2008-11-25T11:18:00.000-08:00

These two sketches are for a Triptych assignment for Digital Painting. My theme is the Trickster archetype, based in native american cultures. To make it work I have to make the different patterns seem to flow seamlessly. The sketches are testing out patterns and positions. I think I have my final patterns down but I'm not sure which composition is stronger, so you masses out there help a girl out. Maybe even keeping the coyote on the right and just flipping it and the rabbit.

This self portrait is taking forever, but it's probably because I put it on the back burner to get other assignments done. I think it's progressing nicely, and will look pretty cool when finished. After I finish the painting I have to put on a texture in some area to complete the assignment, I'll probably put a paper texture on the ochre.

Over and out Space Cadets!

Freelancing - Assignment COMPLETED!

2008-11-18T21:17:00.000-08:00

This is something I made for class. We had to do an entrepreneurial project so I decided to use an idea I had already started designing and making two summers ago. It has evolved of course, but here he is. MANABAT the cute little vamp. I'm also making a monkey, an owl, and a rabbit for this series. My last series was all cats which i will eventually post. So enjoy. I will be posting MANABAT for sale on etsy soon.

Messing Around At Work

2008-11-14T14:29:00.001-08:00

I'm hella bored at work and I have access to a tablet so fun with textures and keira knightley insues...

Finish - Skeletal Remians

2008-11-12T18:55:00.000-08:00

I almost forgot about this. A one week assignment. I got a pretty good critique in class so that's cool right. :P

Super Awesome Sketchy Fun Time

2008-11-12T18:22:00.001-08:00

We did life drawing on the tablets today in Digital Painting. It was a bit awkward at first but it started to get easier as we went on. The first one is at the bottom and the last one is at the top. I like them. It was fun. Garbage bag.

Self Portrait - WIP

2008-11-07T08:59:00.000-08:00

Yay for my never ending supply of unfinished Digital Painting assignments. I keep trying to post my lasted finish but the internet hates it so it wont. Anyway.. We're starting on self-portraits. They don't have to be typical straight self-portraits sooo i'm green/blue and kinda furry, though I'm working on smoothing it out without losing texture. Here's the work so far, and the picture it's based off of.

A Quick Halloweenie

2008-11-03T09:22:00.001-08:00

A sketch I did at work, a did some coloring on cause I was bored...

Halloween Up Yours

2008-10-27T08:24:00.000-07:00

My totally ass kicking pumpkin (that only needs minor tweaking to get the small bits to show better). I'll post some in progress shots later. Anyway, it's Hellboy vs. The Baba Yaga and it rocks. I'm hoping to have enough time to go a death star pumpkin and a good ol' fashioned scary jack-o-lantern.

I Almost For Got - Ginger Bread House Finish

2008-10-17T16:02:00.000-07:00

All finished and I like it, kinda. It looks chalky, maybe it doesn't I don't know.

Digital Painting - Book Cover Assignment - WIP

2008-10-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

This assignment was to do a book cover using the techniques learned in class so far. Here is my sketch for "The Mists of Avalon."

Here is my work on progress. I am no where near done, but it's a good start for the evening.

WIP Added Color

2008-10-07T14:11:00.000-07:00

Still trudging along, the leaves look funny and need to be fixed but otherwise it's a good start...

WIP Scratch Board to Digital Painting

2008-10-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

So here is my base scratch board design for my digital painting homework of something in our neighborhood. This is the Gingerbread House. I think it came out well.

Class Work

2008-09-17T06:58:00.000-07:00

Digital Painting 1st Assignment. Drawing based off a picture of Zooey Deschanel (because my normal reference model has a boyfriend now and is never home). The assignment is to practice laying in flat color under a line drawing and coloring the line. I couldn't get the color the line thing to work, maybe because of the pencil shading or maybe because it wasn't dark enough, I don't know. So here's to the learning process, cheers! It may look a little yellow on some computers, it's just how they are lit.

WIP

2008-09-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

Here's something i started on cause I was bored. It's pretty much a sight copy of Emma Watson in Parade magazine with some subtle changes to her face and obviously hair. I'm thinking of making this a Midsummer Night's Dream scene or something to that effect.

Almost Forgot

2008-08-28T21:15:00.001-07:00

Here's one I started of a futuristic samurai based off a picture of Christina Ricci. Sorry it's such a bad scan, my scanner is craptacular, but then again it's mine and it's the only one I've got. So bare with me.

WIP Continued

2008-08-28T21:12:00.000-07:00

Day two. Not much to say, except I get some good quite time a work and sometimes I really don't.

Sketch WIP

2008-08-27T21:24:00.001-07:00

Here we have a crappy scan of my new work in progress. Enjoy.

Hag Number Two: The Nanny

2008-08-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

Typically found in Britain the Nanny is of the foulest class of monsters. Believed to be evolved from ogres, Nanny inhabit our world to terrorize small children. Their tea, bread, and butter are the screams and wails of children who have had their ears boxed with tremendous force and are not forced to sit in time out for 12 years. There is nothing you can do, once a Nanny infiltrates you house your parents are helpless to save you because they are under the Nanny's spell. Not all Nannies are evil but 9 times out of 10 in an ogre.

Monster Recently Discovered

2008-08-18T20:29:00.000-07:00

Never before seen Wide Mouthed Cave Monster is truly a master of deception. He lives in damp caves and his skin blends well with the rocky interior. When you find him in a cave be prepared, while he looks like an obese squatting troglodyte with no face, he is really poised for the attack. If you are not prepared, he will unfortunately for you gobble you up with his strong jaws that you have mistaken for rolls of fat on his belly.

Two New Monsters

2008-08-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

The first new monster is your common hag. She likes to eat children and suckle the marrow from their bones, and this particular hag is a nasty one. She hates to hear the screams and shrieks of children so she sews their mouths shut and cuts off their eye lids so that they can watch in horror as she delights in their delectable fingers and toes.

Next we have the strange creature known to us as the Seartle because of is odd resemblance to an elephant seal and a turtle. It came from another planet on an astroid that landed in South America near the coast of Peru. It is said that when angered the Seartle with sink cruise ships, because it sees them as potential threats. Not for the inexperienced owner.

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Welcome to my Monster Emporium

2008-08-06T15:51:00.001-07:00

Monster on sale today!

First we have the mysterious Yeti. Reclusive and can rarely be found at high altitudes, which makes this monster a highly valued creature. It has a skittish and sometimes aggressive temperament, but usually is just likes to keep to itself. The Yeti is for a discerning collector who will take the time to socialize this shy creature.