Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Shading is improving! YAY!

I'm excited to start this project. This will be part 1 of my 9 part project. This picture is my fiancé, Tony and I as super awesome spies haha. The next ones I will post will contain my bridesmaids and the groomsmen. I've been doing a lot of research and referencing photos from comic books and more realistic cartoons, because I'm really not good at them. My usual drawings come out looking like something from Nickelodeon or Family Guy. Not that there's anything really wrong with that, but I don't want to end up being Seth McFarlane- only being able to do one style and therefore never branching out. I want to be able to provide potential clients and/or employers with a veritable smorgasbord of different styles to pick from that I am able to repeat over and over again. Therefore, I will be more sought after and more likely to be hired. Boom.

But for now, practice is the name of the game. I was very happy the other day to run into a woman that my mother introduced me to. She was a municipal judge for a while, and talked to me for a bit about the legal side of the art world. Which is good, because I didn't know much. She ended up talking to me for the better part of an hour and said that she was very impressed with my portfolio. So that's happy. I felt very excited and VERY flattered that someone of her esteem would think that my cartoons are worth her time. YAY! Happy happy.

So anyway, I hope you like part one- many more to come!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Tonycakes :)
I did this picture of my wonderful fiancé for Valentine's Day. He's Italian, so I couldn't give him big bug-eyes like I love giving to everyone else I draw.. I don't really like the symbol-ish way they turned out, though. I need to differentiate between chinese-looking eyeballs and something a sixth-grader draws.. those almond-shaped things on the top of the head.. but I digress

I want to do more than just cartoons- yes, they're cute, and fun to do... but I need a new challenge. I wish I knew if I had anyone reading my blog.. I would love some feedback. I need some feedback- if anyone is reading this, please comment or something to give me some new ideas. Please please :)

My first 3D animation

This is my very first animation in 3D. Nothing special or fancy, but I want to be able to look back in 10 years and be able to laugh at how much I suck now :)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

My friend, Brooke

So, I know I haven't posted in a while- I've been busy. Breaking my foot, re-arranging my house, and planning my wedding (not necessarily in that order). But, today as I was taking a break from my latest animation project, my friend Brooke told me to draw her in cartoon form. So, I did. Here it is. More stuff to come later when I get my head out of my butt.