Peach Dress

What I wore the other day. 

Pokin' A Fish

Here are the characters I'm working on for a short film. I want to tell a story about a little girl and her dad. I want it to be lighthearted, fun and relate-able. Right now I'm playing around with the whole line-less look, trying to push contrast in size and shape. Not quite sure if I want to go the full animation route or something more limited. 

I'm lucky enough to have a really amazing dad, who gave me quite a scare last year when he was diagnosed with cancer. Luckily, we caught it early and were able to get rid of it before things got worse. But holy damn was it scary. I'm so glad everything turned out ok! I love my dad! :)

If I had a superpower...

Purple

Modern Harpy

Another sketch prompt: Supernatural Creatures.

I thought I'd take it in a more modern direction and make her an athlete. Some kind of sprinter/flyer? Oh, and I put her in Nike gear on purpose considering Nike (the winged goddess of victory) and harpies were both greek myths.

Kind of an 'out-there' idea but I like it. :)

Also, this idea was inspired by a daily doodle! Here's the original drawing.

I knew as soon as I finished I wanted to push the pose WAY further. 

Graduation, Crash+Sues, and Slime Monsters!

I suppose I should write a little bit more about my experiences over the past few months just to keep everyone up to date. My life has been changing so much lately! 

I've graduated! I'm no longer a student of AiMN! My class' portfolio show went well, I had the privilege to meet some great people, show off my work and (of course) get tons of hugs from my family. I think overall my experience at Ai was really positive. I think the trick is surrounding yourself with dedicated and passionate people; the friends I made there (and of course the rock-stars of the faculty) certainly pushed me to be better. I'm a firm believer that school is what you make it. If you give 110%, that's what you'll get back.

Through a mixture of timing, persistence and a bit of luck I managed to get brought in to Crash+Sues as a full-time, freelance animator. I felt like the luckiest person in the world, getting a phone call a few weeks before graduation from their producer asking if I was available. The whole experience felt unreal. I'll always be incredibly thankful for the opportunity.

But of course, when doing anything new and outside of your comfort zone, there's a certain amount of fear that needs overcoming in order to grow. I definitely felt that coming in to Crash+Sues. It was nice that I had interned there a year before, so I knew the building and the people. But coming on as a professional meant a whole new set of responsibilities that had to be tackled. It's true when they say you'll learn more in your first few weeks on the job than you do in your entire four years at school. It's a roller coaster ride, and like a roller coaster it's exciting and scary all at the same time.

And also fun!

I haven't felt this motivated in over a year. The new experiences and environment are exactly what I needed to remind myself why I loved animation so much in the first place. Being surrounded by the incredibly talented animators, editors, and producers there is humbling. I have so much to learn! It just makes me want to CREATE. 

Anyways, this little project was something I did in my spare time at Crash+Sues. I just wanted to make something with monsters and eventually it evolved into a fun little PSA about eating healthy. I liked the idea of this guy being talented enough to chew an apple into the Crash+Sues logo...

Burd

Monster!

An afternoon project during my downtime at work. I wanted to see what I could do with Photoshop's animation tools in a limited amount of time.

Weapon of Choice

2012

The other day I stumbled onto some old speed paintings I had done almost 2 years ago. I really liked the pose and feel of this one so I figured I'd update it. 

2010

Ron Swanson

The Rookie: Kitchen Background

Final

V2

V1

Well this particular background was definitely a good lesson in perspective. All I've gotta say is that I'm glad there are people around me that know it better than I! :)

Rookie

The main character from a little project I'm working on. :)

Drizzt

Wonder Woman

Even superheroes need to stretch before they go out and kick some butts.

I actually really like Wonder Woman's redesign. I think it's way more functional than her old halter top/ granny panty combo. For this image I decided to play around with a cleaner style. It was way more time consuming than I anticipated but definitely worth it. I'm really happy with the finished piece!