Prehistoric Goodness

In our most recent project in Drawing for Animation, we were supposed to draw a prehistoric animal in the style of Charley Harper, with photoshop as an optional tool. Since his style is rather minimalistic, I opted for photoshop. It's rather hard to achieve what he does in acrylic in color with nothing but a pencil. Nevertheless, it was a really fun and challenging piece to work on.
So, here's a smilidon...
And a smile-don! (I couldn't resist)

Shape Structure

Working on simplification and streamlining now. It's a lot harder than it looks, too! Especially when you're trying to make a readable, appealing shape while still retaining the essence of what you're drawing.
In the meantime, I'm still working on tablet drawing, figures, characters, story, school, church, life, etc... Do enjoy!

Done in Col-Erase pencil, staedtler, prisma, and photoshop. The last one's kinda Riku from "Kingdom Hearts," but it's hard to tell.

Viking Parasite

*said in thick Scottish accent* He vill eat ye face off... and be drinkin' like a Viking-man.
*thick Scottish accent off* OK, the latest project in Drawing for Animation was to design a vinyl toy using simple shapes and silhouettes.

And it had to be a Viking Parasite.

I love this class.

Done with Staedtler and prisma

Line WORK

This week's project in Drawing for Animation is... textures! We've been talking about linework in terms of variation, thickness, shadow, etc, which is something I've been needing to work on for quite sometime now. We had to draw nine different types of textures - in ink - to get a feel for linework. As a result, I've been doing quite a lot of line WORK in my drawings lately, mainly in variation, simplicity, and creating silhouettes. It's a lot harder than I thought, but improvement is making it's sure and steady course!
Done in Staedtler pen.
Figure drawing from Animation club. Faber-Castel pen.
The model in gesture drawing struck this pose, so I just played with style and line. Col-Erase and Staedtler.

Photoshop-ness

Pah. Just uploading the last of 2010. And I colored this on the 31st of December. So it's still considered 2010. The sketch is ballpoint pen from Disney World.

Back to School

So now I'm back from sunny Florida and in snowy Utah! Which means that the Winter semester has begun, as well as my first semester in the BYU Animation Department! I'm currently taking Drawing for Animation and our first drawing prompt was "Rodent Herdsman of the Burning Desert." Pretty awesome. The first sketch is the "fail" sketch, just pretty much conceptualizing and coming up with ideas. The bottom is the completed work done in Staedtler pen and Prisma tone markers. My scanner's been acting up and so the drawings don't look anything like they do in real life... but enjoy anyways!

"It's Kind of Fun to Do the Impossible"

Yay, updates! They exist! And yes, I'm still drawing! I absolutely love the Fairytale Garden at the Magic Kingdom, which is where Rapunzel and Flynn do their meet and greets. This is just my rendition of it.
Here's my photo of the actual garden:

Done with Staetler, Copic, and Prisma markers and pens.
As a side, I do like photography, mainly settings and places that I can use as references later for drawings and inspiration. I especially like pictures without crowds so I can get a good look at the details of the environment. Yesterday was perfect for such photos because of the cold, pouring rain. Seriously. This photos are real. A Saturday of Disney and NO GUESTS. Seriously. The first is the exit to Expedition Everest at DAK and the last is Blizzard Beach. There were maybe ten people at Blizzard Beach, not counting all those poor life guard Cast Members with nobody to watch. Perfect photo trip day. But too cold to swim.
Also, here's a Photoshop piece. My first attempt at cel shading. Couple characters of mine reenacting what will be in the second part of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
And now it's time to be sentimental. As my internship ends next week, I took one more day to visiting the Parks and saying goodbye for now. Walt Disney World has always held a close place to my heart as a family vacation site for the past 15 years of my life. I have always wanted to work for the Walt Disney Company, and this opportunity has been a dream come true. It has also been a foot in the door to fulfilling my ultimate dream of working on the movies that has enriched and inspired me and my family for my whole life. Yes, I will definitely miss WDW, but I'm also excited to begin the Animation Program at BYU. There are so many exciting opportunities right over the horizon and, by golly, I'll run to them, not walk! So, to put it in Walt's words, "Keep moving forward."
"We believe in our idea: a family park where parents and children can have fun - together." - Walt Disney

Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling
Disney World and "Tangled" belong to Disney
I own those two characters at the bottom.