Gestures

Its been a while since Ive done gestures, but it is one of my very belated new years resolutions to go every weekend. SCAD offers great open model sessions all day on fridays, so it has become a part of my weekly routine.

Here are the results from this past weekend:

3 minutes each

Eureka, CA

So I went to visit a friend in Northern California this past winter break. It is the second time Ive been there and it is beautiful! Here are a few snippets of what I doodled while there:


There was an energetic young boy at the airport that kept leaping over a soda can on the ground..

I cleaned!

If anyone ever wondered where and how I work, here it is. I cleaned so I would be even more inclined to spend many more sleepless nights here..

Its been a watercolor kind of week

I have rediscovered one of my oldest loves, watercolor painting! Here are a few things Ive been turning out:

The first sketches done in my shiny new watercolor sketchbook. A christmas present from the talented Daniel Woodling!

These were done during the 2011 Grammys



Just some fun color shapes Id like to import into photoshop and draw characters on
A bunny and a special cameo appearance by David Chen (Right page, left side) and Daniel Woodling (Right page, right side)! Thanks guys :D

Finals Week Fall 2010

As this quarter comes to a close, I feel more pressure then ever to decide where I want to end up after I graduate from SCAD. The funny thing is, I have been thinking of where I want to go instead of what I should really be focusing on. What do I want to DO once I get there? California has always been this great, bright beacon beckoning to me from across the US. After my visit this past summer, that light has only gotten brighter. However, by not over analyzing what specifically I want a career in, I have realized what I love, who I am as an artist, and the type of people Id like to work with in the future.

I love dark humor. Nothing is more fun to torture then something fluffy with big puppy eyes. (In animation! NOT reality! I love all the fluffy forest friends) I want to make people laugh! Making people laugh makes me happy. :) And if I can do something that will make the world a happier place, then thats enough for me!

My most recent project, about a loofah who is used by the wrong person, makes you giggle. But my hope is the next time you go to take a shower and see your loofah, you wonder who might have used it. Maybe even sympathize with it.. who wouldve ever thought you could have feelings toward a fluffy ball of plastic.

Also, the southern dialect has sunk so far into my brain that I must apologize to anyone who is victim me saying "yall".. It happens

Janelle

The Devil went down to.. the Gap?

This is a dialogue exercise for my Digital Cell Animation I class, with Professor Webber.
We were taught to use the nesting and swapping methods for the mouth shapes and lip syncing. I preferred and used the swapping method for this assignment. I enjoyed animating his inflections, mainly because of the great dialogue clip i recorded with Mike Walker (thankyou!). I would like to go back in and do more eases with the body movements. I was strapped for time, but overall, I am happy with how he came out. Critiques would be great! Thanks!

Flash Walk Cycle: Hipster Girl