Wicked (Part 4)

Here are the remaining pieces of my Wicked project that I 

forgot to upload. I explored some designs for background

characters playing with shapes and silhouettes. The B&W

key scenes are basically particular moments in each of the 

musical numbers with some in between key moments to

tell the story. I had so much fun on this project and even

though it's been nearly a year and a half since I've finished

it I still have a fondness for it every time that I look back on it.

Brave: A Friend for Merida

I'm excited to say that the Brave book that I worked on will be
coming out soon! It's spoiler-free so feel free to read through it as
many times as you want before seeing the movie.
It's available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Pokemon Battle Royale

I was asked to be a part of the Pokemon Battle Royale gallery show at Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis, MN. I picked Rapidash out of the 151 because I'm a horse lover and it's a pokemon I've always wanted as a kid. The gallery show opens on April 20th. If you're local to Minneapolis please check it out!

Game of Thrones Season 2

Yes!!!!!!!!! I am excited for this new season. It's going to be great.

Brainy is the New Sexy 2

Red is red,

Blue is blue,

You must be Reichenbach,

Because I'm falling for you.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Mademoiselle

I doodled a lady in the background of something I'm working on for my brother and I thought I'd take that sketch and work it into a finish. I was inspired by the elegantly bold paint strokes of Earl Oliver Hurst and René Gruau.

Brainy is the New Sexy

I recently got into the Sherlock series on BBC and I adore this character. I think I've watched all the episodes at least 3 times now. Also, the soundtrack to this series isn't bad either. I love everything he wears, he can even make bed sheets look good.

Gratuitous Victoria's Secret Model Post

The VS models are so beautiful they must not be human. Their job description must be to have wavy flowing luxurious hair and the metabolism of a hummingbird. I like watching the annual VS fashion show every year to see all the crazy impractical costumes they get to wear. And those wings! They can get pretty crazy but I like how creative and different they are every year.

Meow Paws and Puppy Noses

I did some Christmas commissions for my co-workers at Disney Interactive Media. The two cats, Butters and Sissel, were for Lauren. She wanted her cats to be drawn similarly to how I drew my cat. The dog, Greta, was a commission for Leah's husband. I hope they were happy with it!

The Land of Oz

Hope everyone had a great New Year! I would like to post more on my blog this year. So my first post of 2012 will actually be an old painting I did to go along with my Wicked project. This is an establishing shot of the road that leads up to the wizard's castle. The house is the one that fell on Nessa Rose and you can see the Munchkin huts in the background. Looking back on this project I want to do more with it (i.e. storyboards, animatics) but I have other projects I should work on. Someday I'll revisit Oz!

Turkey Day Doodles

I'm horrible at updating my blogspot. I've been busy

with work so it's been taking up most of my time.

I can't wait to post what I've been working on when

I am allowed to :) I attended CTN again this year

and met so many wonderful talented artists.

I'm hoping to get a booth next year with a friend of mine

That'll be so exciting!

Here are a couple of gestures I did on the computer. It's

always great to warm up before drawing for work.

I would like to have better shape and silhouette like

how Alex Woo and Matt Jones draw gestures.

I'm still learning :)

On Thanksgiving I usually wake up too late to watch

the Macy's parade but I usually try to catch the

National Dog Show each year. I did a couple of

drawings of the breed as they appeared on screen

and my favorite out of the batch turned out to be

an Old English Sheepdog. They're so funny looking

with their fur in their face and adorably round head.

Scruffball!

Character Design Blogspot Interview

I got an amazing opportunity to be interviewed by the
Character Design blogspot. I was so nervous at first because
the site is full of amazing professional artists who are milestones
ahead of me and to be featured on the same website as them is
mind blowing. I never though this opportunity would come so soon.
I am very excited to show you guys the finished interview.
You can read it here!

My Little Night Crusader

I adopted a cat from my friend recently and he is everything
I could possibly want in a cat. He's super friendly, playful,
loves to cuddle AND he's an excellent lap cat which
is very important. I love the little black mask he wears
on his face so I named him Batman which is appropriate
because he likes dark corners and cave-like places. I'm
hoping to get another cat in the future and name him Robin.

Back To Watercolor

I don't watercolor very often which is a shame because it's
a medium I successively used before learning how to paint digitally.
So I'm working on a project that will be completely done in
watercolor. I am excited and scared to be going back to
this old medium that I once used to conquer so
fearlessly. This is actually going to be another musical
adaptation, this time based on a film and it will be done
in Earl Oliver Hurst and René Gruau's painting style.

Mononoke Color Script 2

This is fairly old but I realized that I never uploaded it on here.
This was a color script for the Princess Mononoke project I did a
while ago and it goes along with the previous color script that I did.
As you can see it was heavily influenced by Lou Romano. I hope
I achieved the same cohesiveness he did with just using
shapes and color to tell a story.

Senior Project Wicked Part 3

The Wizard's Cathedral Photoshop

The Wizard's Cathedral Sketches Pen

The Wizard's Air Balloon Photoshop

The Wizard's Air Balloon Sketches Marker and Pencil

Carriages Marker and Pencil

Trains Marker and Pencil

Senior Project Wicked Part 2

"Elphaba" Photoshop

"Glinda" Photoshop

"Fiyero" Photoshop

"The Wizard" Photoshop

"Chistery" Photoshop

Elphaba and Glinda sketches Pencil

Fiyero and Wizard sketches Pencil

Chistery Expressions Pencil

The Flying Monkeys sketches Pencil

Dr. Dillamond Pencil

Madame Morrible Pencil

Graduation and Senior Project Wicked Part 1

So I finally graduated (a month ago!) and I am really excited to start
my new life and take on new challenges. For my last term of Art Center
I wanted to do a project that held a lot of meaning to me and would be
something that I'd enjoy. So I picked the Broadway musical "Wicked".
It's a brilliant play as it is but wanted to add my own whimsical charm
to it. It's a special little story about friendship that really touched
my heart and captured my imagination.

"Dancing Through Life" Photoshop

"Popular" Photoshop

"Wonderful" Photoshop

"No Good Deed" Photoshop

Scary Dreams

Sorry for the lack of activity since summer but I've been working
hard on my senior project since July and I am graduating in
5 weeks. Yay me! I haven't had much time to myself to do
any personal work (I go to Disneyland once a week while the
rest of the 6 days are spent on my project. Running around a
theme park has been my only source of exercise...)
Also happy late Halloween you guys.
Enjoy these two old contest pieces.