From the Ashes

Three more from Head Painting

2011-10-25T14:11:00.001-06:00

All of these are oil on canvas done in under three hours.

A World of Keflings

2010-12-02T10:55:00.002-07:00

I had the pleasure of being the lead artist on this game until I went on maternity leave. It was a joy to work on. It would fill my thoughts during the day and sometimes keep me awake at night mulling over ideas.

It was announced today that World of Keflings will be released on Dec. 22nd for XBox Live Arcade. To celebrate the news, here is some promo art I recently did for the game. Enjoy!

A good reason. :)

2010-05-12T15:32:00.002-06:00

This is the little project I spoke of earlier (no, not the painting). Our sweet little daughter was born early in February. Labor went fantastically until it was nearly time to deliver when we had a that's-no-spacestation-that's-a-moon moment. She was coming bottom first! So eight hours of labor ended with a c-section. I'm finally starting to feel like myself again, so have some art!

This is a speedpaint of my beautiful little gal. Done in Painter IX during a couple naptimes.

The Princess and the what?

2010-01-29T11:01:00.003-07:00

Please excuse my extended absence. I've had a little project keeping me very busy. :)

This is my final from Sam Nielson's Painter class. Done in...well...Painter.

More Head Painting

2009-04-03T15:39:00.003-06:00

Here are a few more paintings from 450r. These are all studies done under 3 hrs. in oil.

Head Painting

2009-02-10T23:53:00.004-07:00

I'm taking "painting the human head" to improve my knowledge of the face and color theory. I feel like I've improved alot already. The one at the top is the oldest and the bottom the newest. These are all oil on canvas board.

Game-in-a-Day Concept

2009-01-18T22:26:00.005-07:00

About once a year NinjaBee does "game-in-a-day" where we start with an idea in the morning and try to have a playable game by the end of the day. You can read more at http://www.ninjabee.com/blog/ .

This is a piece of environment concept art I did for GID.

More gestures...

2008-12-18T20:32:00.005-07:00

More gestures from this semester. Brush pen and prismacolor marker. Time spent: Between 2-10 min. (And the cigarette in the first one...not my fault...)

Okay, so this last one needs a little explanation. My husband pressured me into posting it because he thinks it "cool". It was really just an exercise in "creative" exaggeration. I think it's just....weird. 'Nuff said.

Blech

2008-12-13T16:39:00.004-07:00

I absolutely loath doing self portraits, so I've been resisting posting this up until now, but I wanted to post something a little more technical.
This was for character design with the purpose of understanding the planes of the face.

Character Design-Emulation

2008-11-25T21:11:00.004-07:00

This week's assignment was emulation. The task was to pick three artists and draw an original character in their style.This first one is in the style of Claire Wendling. What a challenge.

This one is in the style of Feng Zhu. I went a little too dynamic on the pose.

The third one is James Christensen, but I'm still working on that one. Too....much....detail!

A little more illustrated

2008-11-21T23:44:00.002-07:00

A simple painting I did earlier this semester for our senior film.
Painter+Tablet

Gestures! Finally!

2008-11-17T21:37:00.005-07:00

I was finally able to get decent photos of a few gestures from this semester. All the gestures in this first image are Conté crayon. The rest are all brush pen (with a little 50% gray marker). I'm really enjoying this brush pen. These range anywhere from 2-5 minutes.

Another Viking

2008-11-08T13:58:00.003-07:00

I took the viking from the last post and made him a little more non-stereotypical.
I'm hoping I can start posting concept art from work soon. I also need to find a good way to photograph gestures from gesture drawing.

Heroes

2008-10-13T17:22:00.005-06:00

Our latest assignment from character design involved heroes and villains. Here is my stereotypical hero and non-stereotypical heroine. Villains to come in a later post.

Phishy Phishy

2008-09-29T21:32:00.004-06:00

A sketch and caricature of Michael Phelps for Ryan's character design class.

Some faces...

2008-09-06T09:43:00.002-06:00

I decided to put together some sketches from my summer sketchbook. I'm starting to get better at likeness. (Oh, and about the jellyfish...I've been bitter at them ever since I got stung in 'bama)

More Figure Drawings

2008-07-06T18:23:00.007-06:00

The last batch of drawings from 350r. Awesome class. ^3 hrs - Out of class drawing for the final. I spent quite a bit of time on the face, so I didn't get all the way finished.

^And a closeup.

^ This is a repeat of one from an earlier post, but I got a better photo of it.

^3 hrs. - Another out of class drawing for the final. Natural light makes for very soft drawings.

Character Design

2008-04-24T09:46:00.003-06:00

This is a small part of a big final for character design. It has some anatomical issues, but I have to call it good.

2008-04-05T13:35:00.006-06:00

More figures from 350r.

^1.5 hrs--I'm not as happy with this one. There are some good things happening, though.

^2 hrs.--Drapery practice. I would have liked another 2 hours on this one.

^2.5 hrs.--More drapery.

^2 hrs?--One of my favourites from the entire semester.

gas station

2008-03-17T00:20:00.003-06:00

Minus the gas pump. It hid too much.

Figures again

2008-03-10T12:51:00.007-06:00

More figures from 350r. Getting into midterm now.^1.5 hours

^1 hr?

^2 hours--Spent alot of time getting the proportions right. Not happy with his left hand.

Dragon

2008-03-08T14:49:00.003-07:00

I decided I needed to do something just for fun, so I quickly painted this little guy from my character design class.

Figures

2008-02-25T21:03:00.007-07:00

Four more figures from 350r^1hr

^15 min. Newsprint.

^1hr. Some drapery practice (with some Bro B. additions...that would be all the dark areas).

^1hr. Spent more time on the face/head this time. Ha.

More Figures

2008-02-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some figures from 350 so far.^about 45 min.

^ about 2 hrs. Should have spent more time on the face. This one is the most recent.

^ about 25 min. Again with the face.

^ about 45 min. I think this one was from the very beginning.

Sketch Dump

2008-01-14T20:35:00.000-07:00

Some sketches from last semester's sketchbook (with the exception of the princess-type in the top corner...she's from this semester).

Environment

2007-12-10T23:15:00.001-07:00

Another Silhouette

2007-11-18T01:05:00.000-07:00

Preparing for another character design assignment: emulation. I think I'll ditch the lantern, though. It doesn't fit at all.

Onward! Ever onward!

2007-11-08T13:48:00.000-07:00

He needs color. I'm actually thinking of pitching a story for the senior film around this guy.

Freaky

2007-10-16T02:21:00.001-06:00

Yup. Freaky.

Final Silhouettes

2007-10-14T14:51:00.001-06:00

The final pieces. I just realized I gave Ryan my only finished version of the 2048 army guy. Whoops.

Geishas

2007-10-13T11:27:00.000-06:00

I never posted the Geisha due to the fact that I was always deficient by two. So here they are.

Little Preview

2007-10-08T09:16:00.003-06:00

Here's a little preview of a piece I've been doing off and on for a while. One of these days I'll finish it. If you know who it is, go ahead and pat yourself on the back.

Update: You can see the finished painting here.

Silhouette-ness

2007-10-01T02:21:00.001-06:00

Some silhouettes from Ryan's character design class.

Arrrr.....

2007-09-29T09:27:00.000-06:00

A Piratey type. He needs some color. And I need to be better about posting...

More sketches

2007-04-10T14:40:00.000-06:00

Some recent sketches from my sketchbook.

A Figure

2007-03-07T15:47:00.000-07:00

A figure sketch from drawing session this week and a happy accident. (This "Happy accident" occured while attempting to photograph irish hard shoes. Didn't realize that the camera was set on long exposure. Whoops.)

A coconut-vending wench

2007-02-26T21:58:00.000-07:00

A little study for a concept design project. Painter + tablet

Figures

2007-02-18T14:43:00.000-07:00

Some figures from last weeks drawing sessions.

Winter...

2007-02-12T16:42:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I know. I already posted this one on deviantart. I wanted to post some figure drawings today, but can't get decent photos of them. Tomorrow, perhaps. This one was just a quickie to relieve some stress.

Lifeguard Design

2007-01-28T14:27:00.000-07:00

A crappy simple lifeguard design for a story idea I had some time ago.

Selections from last semester

2007-01-25T13:07:00.000-07:00

I've been trying my hand at this CSS thing, hoping to create a custom layout for this thing...but so far I can't do it.

Meanwhile, enjoy a small tasting of last semester's sketchbook.

Well now, let's see...

2007-01-21T14:14:00.000-07:00

I decided to open a little blog here to post random sketchings and whatnot. Once I have a few minutes on my hands I'll make a custom design.

Until then, relax, pull up a chair, have a glass of rootbeer, and don't walk on the grass.