My Cousin Laura's Gift

Drew this for my cousin Laura who's been asking for a portrait for a while, I waited for the right time.

Merida the Brave

This is a painting I did yesterday of Merida, Pixar's heroine from their new film, Brave. Spent all afternoon practicing painting on this one, usually I'd use the eyedropper tool to sample colors but I wanted to do it visually, also I haven't really sat and painted rendered characters much at all since last year due to animation thesis. I could never find the time. So I'm actually happy with how this came out. I used a poster for reference and altered the pose slightly as well as her expression: you'd know if you saw the original version is different even on the mood. I added a filter now with instagram because I hadn't drawn a background for it and I like it much more now, it's not how I originally painted it but I think it looks great this way.

Practicing new style similar to Pixar's Brave

But not quite, but I'm really liking it. the second picture is from my new sketchbook, it's another style too. My blog doesn't get any visitors I'm starting to feel bad about it, idk how to promore it more so that more people give me advice or comment, critique anything, or just take a look. It'd be nice, keeps me going. Not that I'd ever give up, this is my love.

Thesis is Complete

Will show at the 23rd Annual Dusty's Festival at The School of Visual Arts. This is a screen shot, although I edited this frame. The actual film has no shadows nor highlights on the character, just flat color. I learned a lot while working on this film, mainly painting, lighting, and better timing in animation. This project took a lot of sleepless days and nights, mainly because of those backgrounds, but the characters themselves were a bit detailed. Feels like I was testing myself but I doubt I'll make a film with that many characters and details again. Never hurst to try and I guess thesis was that time.

 These are some backgrounds: the house is for a subtle 3D Truck-in.

One interior background of the house, the picture frames are from left to right, a cameo of one of my friend's old characters, the middle and right are my 3 oldest original characters.

Animating my thesis intensly, won't post for a while

But here's a recent fan art of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Also a drawing scan of a style am trying to develop for my portfolio also because it's really fun to draw. Getting out of my confort zone. Loving it, drew it in like November I believe.

New Layout from Thesis Animation

This is a final background layout, the characters are from the blown up storyboard drawing. It's how I scale my backgrounds by drawing onto of the storyboard.

Final painted background

New Piece "Moments at the Cafe' "

New piece I did as last drawing for 2011 Happy New year, now back to my thesis.