Art is Going to Kill Me

Some character design and assets for my illustration class...

Look, Guys, I can Concept Art.

So I found this guy on the Tubes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx-dfHjwRf8

And I wanted to be cool like him, so I went and tried that technique. It worked out pretty well!

When I finished, though, the colors seemed really kinda dead. I was feeling too lazy (and burned out) to bother using actual colors, so I made an overlay layer and went to town with reds and oranges:

To be honest, I'm not sure which I like more... :P

Anyway. Good exercise. Gonna do more of it.

This here's a color key/storyboard for my Motion Illustration assignment. It's the second part of Dream and Let Dream. Check it out to see where she's coming from! :D

So, um.

..I had this dream last night.. Well. I had a bunch of dreams last night, but in one of them..

I was somehow cloned. But the clones were girls. Twin sisters. It was confusing for me because they were really attractive and had really fun personalities, but I didn't know if I should call them like.. my daughters or something..?

Anyway. I decided I'd draw them. Fun experiment in value painting instead of with colors..

"Rough" is more of a witty, sarcastic, sassy type, while her sister, "Tumble" is more along the sweeter, brighter, cheery side. But they're both really cool.

I don't know where the names Rough and Tumble came from, but I like the sound of it, so. Also they're probably nicknames.

Mystery Chicken

It's stupid.

But I like the colors.

Guys. I think I leveled up..

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo

With my last three pieces I feel like I've, like.. learned something or something.

Which is like.. a really big deal for me. for the longest time I've trudged around in the swamps of mediocrity, and not that I think I'm entirely out of that, I think I can maybe kindasorta see the light at the other end.. I know I have a long way to go, still, but I think what I've learned the most is just how muchpatience plays a part in making satisfying art. Also the value of taking a break from it every now and then and just what having rested well can do for your patience.. It's amazing.






So yeah. :)

Sooooooo art class was happening and I looked out the window and the Provo mountains looked pretty cool, so I started to draw them, but that looked lame all on its own, so I added some castle thing and one thing led to another and it's not really Provo anymore..

I dunno if I like the castle itself, tho. I might revisit this and revamp the architecture, but until then, whatevs. :D

HNNGGG GUYS I DID IT

I've been working on this for AGES. UGH. But I finished it!!

Sadly, I couldn't think of what to put as the background, since their pose is so generic and I couldn't think of anything practical for them to be doing with it (I mean. She's riding his fist. wtf.), so I made it a magazine cover:

THERE ARE SO MANY DETAILS.

Feel free to check them out >>here<< :D Because there are lots, and in some silly ways I feel like this piece is kind of my toe into the world of people who can actually make art.

Sort of.

At any rate, I'm really super duper pleased with it. And sooooo happy it's done. haha..... I might post a WIP process a bit later.... Now: sleep.