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.

What I've Become

 

This installation is made of prints, a 3d self-portrait, a map of my heart and a the one thing I regret most. All these piece express who I am inside and how I have gotten to where I am now. My heart is full of emotion and my heart map show my heart is full of different emotions, every continent, a different set of emotions. For the armature of my s that main piece, I chose wire because I felt it was the best material to use for what I wanted to accomplish.  I simply used paper mache for my skin in order get a kind of skin texture that I wanted. My prints and pieces of art I placed in my installation all represent me in some way and the journeys I have gone through.

 

 

I chose a set color scheme and drew a quick sketch of a picture I took of myself accidentally. It was fun to draw with a set color scheme instead of making it up as I go along. I find myself looking to capture an event in the moment, and so as I go on to draw more, I prefer to draw someone in the act, similar to this. 

 This medium of oil pastels was new to me, and at first, I hated them. They were hard to work with and difficult to maneuver. This was my last attempt with the medium, and this with when I felt like I was understanding how they worked. I used different mark making techniques in a single piece and tried to manipulate the colors into doing what I wanted. In the end, I was proud of the work I did, being as I had never used the medium before. 

 This image came before the previous one. I am also proud of this one because I can see the mastery emerging from the image. It is exciting to see myself grow in this one compared to the others before this. I also really like the color scheme of this one. It quite nice. I love the reds and oranges and yellows. It's cool and fun. 

 

After making my own short gif during the summer, I wanted to try again, and then here came along this one. He was a little simpler, yet more though out. This character is from ubisoft, and is not of my creation. 

I am proud of this for two reasons, and one is my use of water color. I have not used water color too much, and yet I am in love with the medium. I am also proud because this is not simply a vampire but an original character of mine that I have really taken a liking too. He is very fun to play around with and is often in my sketchbook. I will try and hopefully strive to make a web-comic, staring him and his sweet father and boyfriend.

This art is by Max Qin, and his art amazes me. He is an illustrator and concept artist and works for Ubisoft on the Assassin's Creed franchise. I love the games, and his art. I buy Assassin's Creed art books just to get his art in my hands on nice laminated paper. You can sometimes see the simple strokes of the brush in his art, and yet you can still understand what it is as a whole. I love it.