Sorry I have not written for a while. There a couple of things going on right now, but I am waiting before I share them so as not to jinx myself. I am trying the "create yourself" approach with a dash of going with the flow and sprinkled with some patience.
Over the past 2 weeks I have also been implementing the separation of my website. I now have one site for my graphics work and one site for my game work. I think this is a much cleaner approach to introducing myself to companies and it will allow everyone to see just the work they are interested in. For my friends and fans, I know you would like to see it all which is why I am sharing it here. I will eventually have a fine art site as well, which will serve as my most personal work but I need to focus on my 3D work. Maybe one day it will all be implemented together. Actually, I would say it is more possible than not.
So here are my new sites!
Games
Graphics
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Art For Healing
Hello internet world.
A few months ago I got hooked up with an amazing woman named Laurie who runs a non profit called Art and Creativity 4 Healing . She helps children, teens and adults work through anger, stress, grief and confusion by giving them some art tools, instruction and compassion.
My first volunteer experience was at Camp Pendleton which is a Marine Base near my home. I got to work with children whose parents are in the military and encourage them to draw. It was fantastic, because I find my time spent with children inspiring and I hope to inspire them as well. Tomorrow night is a fund raiser and I am donating a piece of art to help out. I will also be volunteering there and meeting lots of new people so I feel like tomorrow will be a great night!
Here is the piece that I did for the event. I treated it more of a commercial piece and not so much as a fine art piece because I want it to serve my intended purpose before it serves someone else. I am really enjoying working with the watercolor and ink so I am going to need to learn how to control it better.
Another thing that is coming into my life... wood. So think about that until the next update.
A few months ago I got hooked up with an amazing woman named Laurie who runs a non profit called Art and Creativity 4 Healing . She helps children, teens and adults work through anger, stress, grief and confusion by giving them some art tools, instruction and compassion.
My first volunteer experience was at Camp Pendleton which is a Marine Base near my home. I got to work with children whose parents are in the military and encourage them to draw. It was fantastic, because I find my time spent with children inspiring and I hope to inspire them as well. Tomorrow night is a fund raiser and I am donating a piece of art to help out. I will also be volunteering there and meeting lots of new people so I feel like tomorrow will be a great night!
Here is the piece that I did for the event. I treated it more of a commercial piece and not so much as a fine art piece because I want it to serve my intended purpose before it serves someone else. I am really enjoying working with the watercolor and ink so I am going to need to learn how to control it better.
Another thing that is coming into my life... wood. So think about that until the next update.
Monday, July 13, 2009
5th piece
This is my second good piece that I made at the academy. The last one didn't go over so well. I loved the figures, but the bg and the situation were definitely not working. If I ever fix it, I will post it, but for now it has been forgotten.
This assignment was to demonstrate the sound snap, pop or crackle. I chose snap and made a big fat bird falling out of a tree. I love this one! Plus, I worked with mediums I have never used to compose before and now I feel that I am going to do this more often. Watercolor+Ink+Pattern= Happiness. Mark English even went as far as to say that it was professional which I was actually surprised by since I used such bold color and I got some mixed feedback on Sunday from other people after everything was pretty much done. So all I must say is "Success is Mine!" (for this one at least).
This assignment was to demonstrate the sound snap, pop or crackle. I chose snap and made a big fat bird falling out of a tree. I love this one! Plus, I worked with mediums I have never used to compose before and now I feel that I am going to do this more often. Watercolor+Ink+Pattern= Happiness. Mark English even went as far as to say that it was professional which I was actually surprised by since I used such bold color and I got some mixed feedback on Sunday from other people after everything was pretty much done. So all I must say is "Success is Mine!" (for this one at least).
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
I am alive
Hello my fellow darlings...
It has been a long, long week, but for every crazy week a beautiful one will follow.
I can't wait to go to the library tomorrow. I officially have a list of books I want to get.
Art School libraries are the best. They have such a variety of helpful magazines, books
for inspiration, reference and learning. I think one of the first things I am going to do
when I get back home is go to AIOC and see if they will allow me to take out books from there.
Anyway, I thought I would also post my last project up called Vanity. I know it's not that
good, but putting the bad ones up can show the growth I guess. I do like the colors though.
I know this is short, but I am off to Figure drawing. Maybe I will post some of those as well.
It has been a long, long week, but for every crazy week a beautiful one will follow.
I can't wait to go to the library tomorrow. I officially have a list of books I want to get.
Art School libraries are the best. They have such a variety of helpful magazines, books
for inspiration, reference and learning. I think one of the first things I am going to do
when I get back home is go to AIOC and see if they will allow me to take out books from there.
Anyway, I thought I would also post my last project up called Vanity. I know it's not that
good, but putting the bad ones up can show the growth I guess. I do like the colors though.
I know this is short, but I am off to Figure drawing. Maybe I will post some of those as well.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Long Update
Alright kids... So I went to Florida. I have been taking an extreme illustration boot camp for 2 weeks now and I have 5 more to go.... It has been really good so far. I have been meeting really inspiring people, learning new tricks and in the process of either adding or eliminating things about my artwork and where I want to be.
For anyone who was following this freaking saga, there was a lot of back and forth of me going, but I am definitely happy that in the end I decided to go. A huge part of me can not wait to go back to California with all of this knowledge and start applying it to my personal work. I do not really have time to finish personal work here, but I am working on sketches for a few different projects so that at least I will have a head start. Part of the Academy is learning to strip yourself and the importance of the process that leads you to your wonderful finished product. I am definitely going to start doing more pre planning before jumping into projects from now on.
SO! Here is my second project that I did. The assignment... Celebrity Portrait. Given by the super talented Anita Kunz I got to hold tracing paper sketches that were in Time and Rolling Stone Magazine. How crazy.
Now... here is Eminem. I drew it out on paper, then vectored it in Illustrator, printed, mounted and then covered in an acrylic/polyurethane mix.
For anyone who was following this freaking saga, there was a lot of back and forth of me going, but I am definitely happy that in the end I decided to go. A huge part of me can not wait to go back to California with all of this knowledge and start applying it to my personal work. I do not really have time to finish personal work here, but I am working on sketches for a few different projects so that at least I will have a head start. Part of the Academy is learning to strip yourself and the importance of the process that leads you to your wonderful finished product. I am definitely going to start doing more pre planning before jumping into projects from now on.
SO! Here is my second project that I did. The assignment... Celebrity Portrait. Given by the super talented Anita Kunz I got to hold tracing paper sketches that were in Time and Rolling Stone Magazine. How crazy.
Now... here is Eminem. I drew it out on paper, then vectored it in Illustrator, printed, mounted and then covered in an acrylic/polyurethane mix.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Local Flavor Competition
I just did a quick design for tote bags. This is a competition for the Chez Panisse Foundation. They are an organization that supports teaching healthy food habits to children and growing in schoolyards.
The idea was to show a food specific to your region or country. It was quite nice to work on a design for a purpose again.
The first one is my adult one, but is being playful so that adults can go back to a more carefree time. It could also be grape juice though, eh? I also really like that Local almost reads as LoCal so it's double meaning.
I made up the saying on the avocado design after being inspired by reading the Organization's website and mission. And I love avocados. REALLY love avocados. With salt and a spoon love.
The idea was to show a food specific to your region or country. It was quite nice to work on a design for a purpose again.
The first one is my adult one, but is being playful so that adults can go back to a more carefree time. It could also be grape juice though, eh? I also really like that Local almost reads as LoCal so it's double meaning.
I made up the saying on the avocado design after being inspired by reading the Organization's website and mission. And I love avocados. REALLY love avocados. With salt and a spoon love.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
I will sleep tonight
Hello my dear internet,
It is a bit late for me right now. I stayed up quite late last night and woke up early to work on this new piece. I really wanted to finish it so it was worth it. Tomorrow starts painting 3 of the Monotone series. The first one was Jaded, the second was Aristocrat and now we move onto Birthday. I have had this idea for a while so finally getting to work on it is quite exciting. I already have the sketch done so tomorrow we go to canvas! Hooray!
I found a really great art store this past weekend called Sterlings. I had never heard of it, but it was a giant warehouse filled with everything from architectual tools to furniture to buy one get one free canvases! So of course, I left with six... If you are in the Orange County area, I would definitely check it out. They are a local business and have the human being discount(%25 off your order on anything, anytime), why would you give your money to anyone else?
Alright, so my hand is hurting and I am falling asleep. Onto the linking...
This one will enlarge when clicked on b/c I made it pretty big and I lost a lot of detail shrinking. I also have decided to start signing on everything. I can't really say anything if people want to print my work on their own. I just want them to know it came from somewhere. I am flattered that they would take the time to print and display my work actually. I feel that helps me b/c they are sharing and it they obviously loved it enough to want to look at it all the time. I am an advocate of piracy. I believe it helps the artists, but that is another discussion for when I am not so tired.
It is a bit late for me right now. I stayed up quite late last night and woke up early to work on this new piece. I really wanted to finish it so it was worth it. Tomorrow starts painting 3 of the Monotone series. The first one was Jaded, the second was Aristocrat and now we move onto Birthday. I have had this idea for a while so finally getting to work on it is quite exciting. I already have the sketch done so tomorrow we go to canvas! Hooray!
I found a really great art store this past weekend called Sterlings. I had never heard of it, but it was a giant warehouse filled with everything from architectual tools to furniture to buy one get one free canvases! So of course, I left with six... If you are in the Orange County area, I would definitely check it out. They are a local business and have the human being discount(%25 off your order on anything, anytime), why would you give your money to anyone else?
Alright, so my hand is hurting and I am falling asleep. Onto the linking...
This one will enlarge when clicked on b/c I made it pretty big and I lost a lot of detail shrinking. I also have decided to start signing on everything. I can't really say anything if people want to print my work on their own. I just want them to know it came from somewhere. I am flattered that they would take the time to print and display my work actually. I feel that helps me b/c they are sharing and it they obviously loved it enough to want to look at it all the time. I am an advocate of piracy. I believe it helps the artists, but that is another discussion for when I am not so tired.
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