If I were a cool brawler

I have always loved brawling, and it is one of my favorite types of fighting. It's simple, punch and try not to get punched. If I were in a fictional movie or book, I figure myself the brawler type. I'm heavy set and strong. So these are just doodles of me, with a very similar personality, but the skill of a brawler. 

Short Gifs

Interior Space and Parsons' Challenge

Interior Space

I chose to do my chest because I believed it would be an unusual subject and one that certainly grabs attention. I chose it as interior space because as I looked down my shirt, I thought it would be a great idea for the assignment of 'interior space'. I started with a sketch, and then added base values to I knew and understood the colors, so as to not make it all one color. From there I preceded to get dark values, trying to capture the shapes. The composition was chosen to help the view's eyes lead into the cleavage. I tried to work in triangles in my foreground, middle-ground, and background. The assignment was engaging and fun, and I believe the outcome, was a good one.

My Parsons' Challenge

Something I believe is underrated is the importance of my hair. To me, it is a very important characteristic about who I am. My short hair helps me be gender fluid. I can style my hair differently and change my clothes, drastically changing what gender I look like. I particularly don't feel that I am exclusively one gender. I like to dress in v-necks and skirts from time to time, but then there are other days that I feel like I want to be more masculine. My short hair helps attribute to both genders, and that is very important to me. Even though not everyone may see that, I know that it makes a difference. I chose to depict this in 3 pieces that display my feminine side, masculine side, and neutral side. They were done in water color, a fluid medium. To me, this was the most sensible medium to convey that idea of 'fluidity'. In the end, the idea came out to be more personally emotional then I had planned in the beginning, but I like it, and I am proud of it.

Summer 2014 Doodles

Maya Animation!

Went to design week at Mount Ida and learned some Maya! A pre-made human skeleton, made to walk! It was a lot of fun to make~

Random Doodle Day

Me and best friend Cat running around, because we do that a lot.

Sketch of a boy playing guitar just to practice drawing a background and stuff.

Draw a picture of my friend Mickey because he was really adorable and colored it digitally.

Modern Robin Hood

 Robin Hood. An urban legend. I wanted to take this story that we all know and turn it into a more modern day, but still have those distinct characteristics. Robin Hood is green, has a hood, and a bow and arrow.

I worked a lot on the character I wanted. I looked at what many other artists and movie makes did when they approached a thief, spy, or hacker. I wanted him to have that feeling of mysterious, but not 'bad' or 'evil'.  A phone to allow him to hack into security systems and break into banks and homes. He needed that bow and arrow, no matter what. I couldn't see 'Robin Hood' without it. 

I started in a black and white sketch, then created an overlay of color, just to get some understanding of what colors went where. Then I went ahead to blend and shade, adding more detail along the way. it was tedious to zoom in and get the details all said and done, but I was proud of getting this image done. I draw a lot of people, but barely add background. I focused heavily on the background in the piece, which was not what the assignment asked for, but even then, I am excited to know that I can do backgrounds.