sketches :: random stuff

Been really busy with work ever since the semester ended. Getting a little breather now so have a little sketchdump. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer :)

gouache :: projects

The semester is now over and I've already started working. I had to do a couple of paintings for my Color&Design class, one mandala and one final project. Worst part about gouache paintings is that the colors get so botched when transferred to digital media.

My mandala project was inspired by the myth of Fenrisulfur. Here it is non-matted (the matted version can be seen on my website).

For my final project, I decided to do some 'concept' work from a story of mine. The tribal bunny style has been changing rapidly, and these characters are only work in progress. The final designs are very different from these. However, it was fun and a pain in the ass to paint. I love gouache painting, it's just the color mixing that takes such a long time (for me at least).

sketches :: fun with markers

sorry about not uploading for a while. Been very busy with school. Just a couple of final projects left and then I'm done :) I have a bunch of sketches and drawings to upload, they'll be uploaded in a week or so (don't have time to scan it till then) ^^

Here are some sketches done with Prisma markers I did while waiting for my lunch. I hadn't touched my Prisma markers for a long while, I had forgotten how much I loved them :)

stuff :: "I'm the only gay viking in the village"

I just hear that line from Little Britain every time I see this picture. A classmate of mine commented on how 'prissy' the viking was. Hoho.

Anyway, final projects have already started in some classes, so lots going on! I really hope they'll turn out the way I envision them :)

 

and a coat study. Not brilliant but at least making some progress. I have problems getting that clean line look with the charcoal, because I'm always a messy sketcher. Any tips?

old stuff :: animations

checking out one of my old hd's, I found a lot of stuff I had forgotten about. One of them was this flash animation I intended to do with the song "12 days of Christmas" .. which never got completed. It's funny to see such old and crummy animation X) Here are a few of them.. this was done in 2004 I believe...

I've been asked a lot why I didn't include my animations in my new website. The simple answer to that is that I felt they were too old to showcase. I'll include a link to them on this blog later.

homework :: perspective final

My comic for last semester's Perspective final is now online.. like finally :P

..click the image to check it out :)

springbreak :: chillin

My cat is enjoying spring break so far. 

Also, because I finally caught him doing this on video.

sketch :: spring break

yay for spring break! After two all nighters in a row to get the deadline, I have now been blessed with sore throat. awesomeness.

Gonna use spring break to work, finish coloring stuff (comic included) and clean. To get myself into gear, I colored an old sketch in photoshop :P Till later! =)

homework :: bunch of stuff

sorry about updating for a while. Real life events stepped in  so I've been very tired and the free time I can get is basically used for schoolwork.

Anywho, midterms! Yay... Here is some schoolwork from previous weeks.

concept work for Digital Illustration.. tribal bunnies find children's meat very succulant.. Needs a few changes before I'll start painting it though.

Color Theory class is interesting and has some fun stuff. We had to choose a few words and depict them in a design, but no figures or known symbols were allowed. These two were 'exuberant' and 'mysterious'.

couple of drawings from Clothed Figure 

monochromatic portrait for Color Theory class, done in gouache. Still don't know what opinion I have on that medium. Picture is yuck, just like how the hat turned out :P

homework :: painting with gouache

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