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