Fanart from Eureka Seven

Escaping thesis for a day, I decided to make this a few days ago. My blog needs posts so here it is. Am not having a good week, I guess drawing helps me deal with it better...

Haven't posted much lately So here it goes

Background 2 from my thesis with a conceptual color scheme for the character in this lighting. I'ts a pain to animate characters in perspective.

This is the 7th finished unpainted background layout from my thesis

This is a piece of storyboard from my thesis film. Just a preview, it's my favorite scene.

Very sketchy memory of comet Hale-Bopp in 1997

This is a wonderful memory from an experience I had with my brothers and neighbors when was 7 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, back in April 1997. I've been meaning to sketch it this week and for a while actually. It's not exact but this is what I remember most. The comet was visible for about 4 days and it changed from a pinkish color to a blue gray as it passed the horizon. This was viewd from my neighbir's balcony that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.

I knew it was in 1997 so I did some research this week to find out which comet passed by that year and it was Hale- Bopp. It happened around April 14th or so.

Would've loved this design in my thesis...

This is my thesis character with his helmet design. This is how it'd be if he wore it in the film, but unfortunately this didnt make the cut. The design is very inspired by Tales of Vesperia as you can see, I just made it my own in a way. This is how I design helmets generally anyway.

Just a New Flash Assignment

Had to draw with the pencil tool in flash, it wa pretty annoying to use, I'd rather stick to the brush, even though the pencil produces very clean lines, takes twice as long and you don't get that natural feel, atleast that flow you get from the brush. The background was with the brush though, bout an hour on that bg. the girl about 2 or 3 hours XD.

New Work! New Modelsheet

So this is my long awaited Nix Raine Model sheet for my thesis animation. She wont have the shine in the actual animation, just limited ones during close-ups.

enjoyed making this one, made me realize how much I enjoy designing characters and making modelsheets like this. Mainly the process, however strenuous it gets, feels good when you finish it : ) 

Back into thesis finalized designs

This is my model sheets for the main characters of my thesis. I enjoyed making these, it's the first model sheets I've ever drawn 100% digital and colored. Usually I just draw them on paper. There's 2 more model sheets to finish that are under way.

New Thesis Concept Art Layout

This is my newest Layout painting for my first big background at the beginning of my thesis. I only has 2 versions, this being the second. Compared to the first, its much simpler and shows the character's destination much better, (notice the cave looking forest area towards the horizon)

The Castle's location has been changed too, but I tried not to make it the main focus of the background. Haha, am kinda used to doing that with tones, but I first sketched it in tones so I guess that helped with the composition. So I tried to guide the focus from Yuri in the foreground, to Nee in front of him, then to either the forest cave or the castle. I'm curious of people's reactions to where their eyes look 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc... This'll help me fix things.

Hope you like this layout, the old one is a couple of posts down. Click picture to Enlarge in a new window.

1st town and forest entrance design layout for thesis.

This is my 1st sketch for the beginning of the film, it will be just to show that the character is part of a community but at the same time I wont have to show it throughout the whole film because the idea will be stated at the beginning. The character actually lives in the outskirts of the town, but this will show how much nature means to the people in this place and why they protect it. The place the town's knights protect is almost like a sacred grove.

The person you see in the foreground is the main character. I like this design by the way, because it has a cinematic feel, which is what I like to make in my sketches.
This was draw in my sketchbook and edited in photoshop.

Thesis Character Sketches

This is my thesis character that am developing. Some small changes have been made to his shoulder armor in more recent drawings though, but this is his color scheme. The bottom model sheet has also udergone some changes in the hands, it will not have armor in the final product because am removing any uneeded details to ease my animating time. This film has to be made in 8 months so amount of detail is something to consider when designing for aniumation. Also because its a one person project. But I want to take it to another level this year.

There will be more posts to come :)

New Blog! First post and Art blog!

This is my first blogger, Didn't like how WordPress was so I left it. Hope to bring many interesting things here and become part of the community.
I'll maunly be posting art related things wether it's my own art or perhaps some cool art my friends might make to let the world kn ow about them. Also any interesting news I might find or silly whatchamacallits, you never know.