Quick Life Sketch

A package from Clio

I come home yesterday to find a UPS note on my mailbox saying that it was coming from Disney. Awwww, Clio. You shouldn't have. But when I received the package, it was just the best surprise. A Disney plush toy and Christopher Elbow treats!!! I love it. Thanks, Clio. You REALLY shouldn't have! Best b-day present!!! I can't wait to try the Christopher Elbow. I think he's our favourite chocolatier, so far.

How annoying to load video that I've edited. Even youtube loads it funny. So, all these 7 clips were all in one but it didn't load that way.... This is as good as experiencing the gift opening, live!

hungry

Why did I draw this tonight? Well, first off, I was itching to draw and need something relaxing to do before bed, besides watching TV. Second, my animation contract for the current show I'm working on is quickly coming to an end this month. And with the economy being so bad, I am unsure of where or when my next job will be, hence the "starving artist" drawing. Third, I really think that the kids that get played on those children's charity commercials that seem to bombard my TV after every Xmas are truly beautiful. I wanted to see if I can draw the emotions as well as the beautiful anatomy of a child who suffers from malnutrition. That's all.

self portraits

long time,,, no post

It's been a while since I've posted. I have been trying to put a more current demo reel together but loading videos, and also pictures, onto blogger has proven to be frustrating. But I'll find a way... For now, I'm pretty happy with this simple drawing because it's my first drawing "clean-up" done in Sketchbook on the Cintiq. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, finally.

old old fashion stuff

Well, why am I posting old stuff from about 12 years ago? It's because I just got a push to post it for a potential client. Unfortunately, the project got passed on so I am now just doing this for fun and to rehash some old, fond memories of the fashion program. How old school we were with our dot-matrix print computers (honestly, there were ink-jets back then but they were soooo expensive, and our team was awfully thrifty). All the illustrations were hand-painted with gouache, water colour, ink, crayon, pencil crayons, etc. No digital painting here. A lot of us did things the hard way... mainly because we missed art classed from high school. These day, when I go back to visit the gradshow, the new fashion graduates can produce a pretty good-looking portfolio. Where artistic hand lacks, computer can definitely compensate. I think that I'd have to up my game by 10 folds if I were to do fashion all over again (as if!!!)
These five are from my first year fashion illustration class that covered... colour. We had to use a 20th century artist as inspiration to create a line of avante-garde eveningwear. Where most of my classmates chose guys like Milo, Dali, Picasso, etc, I chose a mainstream comic book artist... we can all guess who. I don't know why I chose McFarlane, because he didn't really colour... I think Frank Frazetta would've been a better choice, in retrospect. But I made my choice and it came out pretty alright. Don't let my old instructors know that comic guys may not colour at all... shhhh. They might take my "A: back... har har. Anyway, we had to use colour schemes into each designs: Monochromatic, Triad, Complimentary, Split Complimentary, and Analogous. I think that if I was to do it all again, I'd be a much better illustrator, thanks to 2 years as an animation student and being surrounded by great artists all the time... but the designs were still so raw back then. Meh... who knows...

More old fashion stuff

These are also from my days in fashion school. A Pastiche project, designing for an old local company, that no longer exists, and illustrating in a style of another artist. I forgot who I was imitating but it was a challenge at the time because I needed to loosen up my drawings. Then we have a few exercises on illustrating different fabrics and textures. We also have here, the Ultimates, a team project to design a suit line. Our storyboard you see is not like storyboards in animation. This style of storyboard is still used in the apparel industry to sell an image or give ideas of lifestyle. It helps with the selling presentation of the line, honestly... And the final one is a spec drawing from my professional work back in the days. Most fashion illustrators, I was told by an instructor, end up making most of their earnings through spec drawings because that is what is most needed in the industry. It can get way more technical...