Monday, May 27, 2013

continuinnngg the challenge!

I combined day 8 (do something with your favorite color) and day 9 (draw your favorite cartoon/anime character) together. I like many colors but I went with purple. I like many characters but I went with Vegeta because I was up late and I became nostalgic.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Revised Pole Render

I definitely learned the big difference in edges. I still need more practice under my belt, but that is never-ending. :)

I'm super excited for the stuff lined up during the summer, such as the weekly illustration challenge, a monthly project thing where all areas of the major are being challenged, and the revision of the Three Barking Dachshunds animation.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

FREEEEEEEDOMMM

Finals are over yaaayy!
I knew from the start of this semester that I was going to go in hard by taking both 115 and 117A together, and I mentally prepared myself for a very challenging time. For the first few weeks, I kept my head above water, until spring break (and the weeks afterward) happened, and I found myself trying to get back to the surface.

All in all, I learned and improved so much this semester. Not just about how to tell a story and growing as an artist, but dealing and balancing people.


My 115 Reel, including the final, which was to animate a person sitting.

For 117, our final was a character design project. We had to develop an animal with a food cart. We started the process with doing 100 (or more) thumbnails with just a stream of consciousness and no editing. It's pretty relaxing to do with just a pen, paper, and nothing else to distract you.
In the end, I ended up with a Vietnam War veteran gray wolf selling Asian-Mexican fusion food from his cart that he pulls with a Triumph motorcycle.



I love food and I love to eat it, so I definitely had some fun mixing up different Asian food with Mexican food and what would taste good.


Looking back, there are definitely many things I want to improve on this before I put it on my portfolio, such as redesigning my character so I can have more poses/acting out of him and designing my cart to make it look like it's from the same universe as my character.