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Mother, I Remember

This is my first film piece I plan on working a lot more on improving the illustrations by removing the brush, easier to distinguish characters and heavier line weight. Remove some flashing. Cleaner sounds from the mic. Maybe even personal musical audio I create myself. This is basically my first step toward what I want to do for my Senior Thesis. This is a step still a lot to do to improve, but try and enjoy. Critiques welcomed but try and remember what I just said. I already know these obvious problems.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2tpA_d0fYc

Lunitha the Warrior

Vet Comic

Lunitha the Warrior

The Avatar Gang

So during a late night avatar watching party with friends. Me and some of my art buddies decided to sketch one of my sketches was oh me and my closest cincy friends as a warrior for each element. We all pretty much was divided in the fact that, I felt I would be a fire bender, and sunny related to the earth benders, and Emily to the water benders, then also we put kenny the extra as an air bender because he really can be passive when it comes to fighting. He is not the avatar just an air bender. Oh wait I should be tlaking about teh my work, woops!



So you can see the sketch it was taken a photo of since my scanner is currently not working. But that is right out of the book. I really wanted to make this us and not the characters but I did base some of our designs on avatar characters to fit the theme and mater our element bending tribes. But its just us.



So im working with photoshop in coloring and drawing and I thought I would quickly make a new layer to show how the colors are going to start building up then eventually I think I can remove past layers as I need and they arent needed, like the original sketch its self



So no lines and not much figured out with color balance and I know Im going to change a couple of things since its photoshop and I can do whatever, but this is what it looks like currently and there is more to do and show. I'll be sure to up date on this sketch and I have a couple of other doodles I might be throwing in here to do the same thing,

Also Sunny Han, http://influentialnonsense.blogspot.com/ has been a lot of help getting me more comfortable with drawing in photoshop and really has been inspirational to my drawing recently. We've actually have done a lot of common theme stuff I think we might be feeding each other creativity. But shes great so check out her blog

Also check out Emily Thompson, http://italianginger.blogspot.com/ she has been doing some great design work, and im really proud of her work, its really interesting and different.

A tattoo

So its not developed, but here is the idea to this design.

My step mom keeps talking about wanting to get a tattoo on her foot, and a connection to her kids.

So I thought of making a design for that, its a flower, and each petal will have a name of someone closer to her, and she could always add falling petals of future grandbabies and stuff of that nature.

Right now its a rainbow, but I think its not really her, and its more me, but its a work in progress. So here is the first step I guess.

Quick Update

So I haven't done much on here but I have done a lot. I've made comics, drawings, and done a few small craft like projects that I just haven't documented or posted. Particularly because they are more for me than for show. They arent fully developed, but it is me. Recently I've been really into gaming in the role playing world of imaginations and I really like illustrating my characters and bringing them to life.

As an artist who likes to tell stories I am trying to make a story to DM, or to Dungeon Master. For those that don't know what that means that would be me making an adventure for other people to go though. I like the idea of creating this world, and seeing how my friends who go through my world like my non playing characters, the description of the world, and the over all story. If goes well, maybe I can make a functioning online game with flash that will have choices.

Unfortunately for a video game there is so much more limitations and a lot to be developed for a story to show where the characters could lead. I made one game but didn't finish the graphics for an animation class, and I think i would like to update that and post to show what I am talking about. Like a choose your own adventure book, but game.

Though currently most of my focus and time has been to job hunting. Luckily I had an interview in one week for a Teaching Assistant job at a preschool. And I have just been commissioned to do a large family portrait painting for a good friend of mine. I am very hopeful for both of these opportunities and I feel confident that given the chance I can do a great job.

This Post is less about my art and more about me as an artist. We are constantly searching and moving forward for progress in our lives and work because we have to, to fulfill our desires to create. But I feel a calling with my work. There is something about having a real choice. Not playing a game with one time line and a guarantee of winning if you finish. Just the idea of Living a different life, where you could die and no accomplish anything, or save the world. Just the concept of being swept away in a story fascinates me. So for now I leave you with that, and I hope to have more to show soon.

Painting

Bad Joke

So there was vandalism at my College and while the school was attacked in multiple ways one of the things that happened was someone put a bunch of oil paint on all the locks at the lockers. I spent 30 minutes getting oil paint off. While it was put on my lock, to clean it, I had to get it off the locker which meant putting my key in the painted lock, then it got on my hands as I had to hold it to get it to the trash can and sink to clean. I took this picture after cleaning for awhile, it was a very long process. Also my hands where dried out because i had to use paint thinner because soap wasn't enough.

Im just putting this on here so maybe people can see. I dont know if it was just a punk or an artist who did it. But I hope there can be more respect for the art community at my school, and I hope that somehow I can assist in making the art world better somewhere.

Note: They also broke into the vending machines and robbed the snacks breaking teh glass everywhere, and spray painted in peoples studios.

Check it out!

http://www.jamesjean.com/

In life painting a friend of mine was viewing this website and was telling me about the artist, how this person was an illustrator and worked up from their to making advertising and selling personal work. I think this is really interesting and all should check it out!

In The Buff

Life Painting

Space 2010 Mini Comic

Shared Drawing

This was done by me, Kenny, and Sunny. We took turns working back and forth on our napkin art. I think we each brought something the other couldn't and that it we couldn't do on our own. 

Life Painting

So this is my first oil painting done for my first life painting class.

Mini Comic For Space

Hey dont have much time to link to all the details, but I am going to an underground comics convention in Columbus on April 24th. For part of a class I need to make a minicomic to show off, either to sell or give away. My plan is to make two brand new ones that fit with same short story, different perspective but fit together so two different comics, also thinking of fixing up some old ones, but first work on one, then the other, then the old. work by importance to get done, because I only need one new one for the class.

Its this idea I know everyone thinks of as pirates vs ninja, well what if a pirate and ninja fell in love? This mini doesnt go into the detail of how they get together, but more of their escape. I would like to do a his and her view, but right now I am working on the Girl Ninja's point of view. No they do not have names yet, because they dont talk to each other, all thought. But might create names when the story is more clear to me. but here are some sketches I have so far.

oh and they are backward because they are quick photographs, when I get the comic done I will show it off to my fans, though I am thinking of selling them at space, my following fans get free via web, but if you want a hard copy, you have to buy it. It cause money to make these things.

Make it Happen

I always like browsing through craigslist and seeing whats on there. There is always someone giving away some free trash, maybe you could make something with it maybe not, but when I found the following ad, I was very interested.

When I found this it is something i would love to get and take advantage of with an installation but I am not able to because I am currently without a car, and I dont do much installation work. But as an artist I feel we must keep our eyes open see what we can find and how it would inspire us. Any of you guys got any ideas? Feel free to contact the owner and take advantage of some free material for your next big thing.


http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/zip/1642437870.html

I have 13"/14" Apple monitors - 9 in all. Take one, take all. Really would like to get rid of them. They worked when they went into storage. Can provide a power cord just so you can see if they turn on, but no computer to connect to. Contact me via the craigslist link. Leave a phone number if you'd like. We'll make arrangements for you to come pick them up.

No deliveries, no scammers, no phishing, no solicitors. You want, you pick up. Serious inquiries only. They are free!

• Location: near Oxford, Hamilton, Trenton, Camden
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Paper Tiger Dogfight: Opening by Heidenreich and Johnson Productions

Paper Tiger Dogfight: Opening

We have a lot to do to finish the story and we plan on going back and redoing some things later. Like the visuals, but right now we are trying to get the story out there and make it look as good as possible, we already have a list of critiques, but please feel free to add. You might find something new that we havent.

A Dark Secret Production

A little Intro

This is a small intro I made to put before clips I made on my account, but I am going to have to edit it now that I changed usernames. I like being part of Dark Secret Productions. I recorded the sound myself and it was just a trial type of thing. Back before I wanted my name out there so much. Click, View, Enjoy!