Thursday, December 14, 2017

Inktober: Djehkäujaa Doodles at UMASS Boston

The huge, main bulk of my Inktober this year was of Djehkäujaa. I was obsessed with drawing her profile in her humanoid form. I can feel her coming forth in a new more streamlined design, but I can't quite decide on it yet. I definitely need to do more Life Drawing croquis.

I barely had any free time at all, and i was frequently stressed out. She ended up being doodled on virtually all of my notes, and my homework.

I was almost i pain at ties because the muses were just poking at me, and I couldn't sit still. I was obsessing about it for days, and all throughout the day, and evening back in October and November. the sketches aren't that great, but at times it was like I was really reaching it, and HER. THERE SHE IS. But, I couldn't quite catch it, or reach her. I also wanted to give her eyelashes a remake, and make them thinker and bolder. I was also frequently rethinking how I wanted her hair to be. Much like Lively she has a lot of freedom in her hair design and can be full, flat, wavy and part anywhere.

I was trying to get in touch with one of my idols. (I'm sure you might know who), but also my old teacher from AIPH. Ths also fueled my sketching fever back I Sept-October.

I was trying to get an Open Life Drawing "Club" started, which I might actually still do, sponsored and registered to the University. But, I suffered from burn-out so badly while also trying to manage 4 full academic classes, AND a work study job in biology, PLUS commuting. It was KILLING ME. So, I had to let it go in October.


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Inktober n Doodles: Lively at UMASS Boston

Some Inktober doodles I did at UMASS Boston


No time for refinement of sketching, just quick doodles:

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Saturday, January 21, 2017

FREE DOWNLOAD: Haunting Blue Fairy Muses

Well, I finally got this track finished! 

I start back at UMASS on Tuesday! 

I just didn't get to storyboarding my other project, probably because I needed a lot of rest, and I've gotten sick a lot. 

I hate winter! 






Thursday, January 12, 2017

"Eyewitness" Concept Art: Not Quite Storyboards Yet

I totally thought I could have this either done, or mostly done by now, since I wanted to have this storyboarded for my animated short. But, a number of things popped up. First I realized I needed to have a working character design for the little wild fox character, which I still haven't nailed down yet, but it definitely reachable.

A BIG one is my confidence, since I'm so frustrated with my drawing skills. my anatomy, proportions, etc. are just NOT up to the level I want. SO, not big deal, just do the Life Drawing stuff, or Croquis Cafe... but, I'm almost out of paper.... so, I'm guessing that's a cause for anxiety in the back of my mind... I also got sick. My lungs are infected right now, but at least I can see now.

I guess I'm trying to be as honest as I can with myself. I actually WOULD like this short to be a short, showcase of WHAT I'm capable of... however, I still need to rebuild and regrow back what I lost, and then go from there.

Then, I when I sat down several times to try and do some rough thumbnails for storyboards, I realized my vision of Lively look in this wasn't actually set... I usually have her more sleek, or sporty, even tho' she can also be VERY whimsical, and fantasy.


When I sat down for the first rough thumbnail this was what came out:


So, there she is, entering the savanna, but she's in a more sporty sleek look, which does tend to be typical of her that's skin tight.  I haven't decided on the final look for her satchel/bag yet. 

But, I'm definitely keeping the Thigh High "Pretty Woman" early 1990s boots! They will be flat tho', and EARTHY BROWN.



But, as a I sat down to work on another sketch for the Seven Days of Artworks Challenge THIS came out:


So, the old early 1990s poet blouse look kinda came back. This is what I called "the Hedroll look" since Lively originally used to be 2 girls in the early 90s.

I'm torn between the 2 looks... the Poet Blouse will actually be a LOT more work, even if kept simplified. It would require layers of animation. However, it WILL make it look & feel better....

So, I'm torn.






Misc Lively Sketches January 2017

Some misc. sketches and doodles I did of Lively since I got tagged for the Seven Days of Artworks Challenge. 

It just sort of happened. Lately, Lively, has been having the BIG HAIR going on. It's kinda because i never really got as far as a I wanted with the storyboards I intended to do. 

Anyways, here they are:





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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Little Wild Fox Sketch Scans

Here's the scanned/somewhat-cleaned rough sketches practicing drawing foxes for coming up with a design for storyboarding my Eyewitness animated short.

There's just mostly practice. They're NOT the greatest, hence why I need to get doing some croquis practice SOON. I kept putting it off the past 2 weeks. So, if I DON'T get to the gym or watch Rogue One tomorrow, then I WILL most likely do it tomorrow. *crosses fingers*