Animated Illustrations

Here's some animated illustrations I did during my last semester at school!

Breakfast Series

2013

Long Time No See!

Wow, it's been a few months since I've posted anything here! The reason for that is-- I'm in my last semester at MICA, and I've been spending almost all of my time working on creating products as opposed to individual narrative illustrations.

So here's the closest thing to a full illustration I've done recently-- a drawing for some friends' Lemongrab zine!! After Pierre Auguste Cot's "Spring", one of my favorite paintings. This was way too much fun to draw.

For those who are interested, the zine will be available to purchace at MOCCAfest, April 6-7!! It should be super awesome, it's full of talented people!

Science Fiction Feelings

"Tank"
"3:00 AM"
The last of my first semester thesis drawings! Phew. I've covered all of my narrative art bases, I'm pretty sure....

Food Celebrity Portrait

I haven't posted a lot from it here, but I've been in an Illustrating the Edible class this semester! Our latest assignment was a portrait of a food celebrity, along with two spot illustrations, one of which needed to be their name. I was really pleased with the way this turned out! It's Jamie Oliver, British food guy-- based on this article.

Fanart Break! Soon, Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

I'm really enjoying The X-Files.

Maintenance

Though I have (for now) moved on from Dumpling Princess illustrations, I'm still working on narrative illustrations for my thesis! As you might be able to tell from this illustration, these are going to be about handsome dudes in space, because if I get to draw whatever I want, I'm going to cover all of my bases.

Dana Scully, Super-Hottie

A side effect of being in the middle of senior year is that I go through a LOT of television in an attempt to stave off insanity while drawing for 10 hours at a stretch! I got into X-Files because it is infinite. I stayed because Dana Scully is a queen, and a super-babe to boot.

Black Tea (Promotional Piece)

I had been meaning to do a new lifestyle illustration for some promotional postcards I've been working on, and I finally got a chance during the hurricane! I was inspired by this gorgeous scarf-- if I couldn't afford it, I knew I had to draw it. Sigh!!

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - The Wedding

And last but not least... happily ever after! This is actually the last drawing in this series-- next week I'll be moving on to a different story. I've had a great time doing these illustrations, and was super glad to see that so many people liked it! If you were into this, don't despair... Masha and company are probably not gone forever!

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - The Duel

In which Masha brings dumplings to a sword fight.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - The Meeting

Our hero meets her prince! Or our prince meets his hero, or our hero meets this super talented baker lady, or something. While on patrol at the local market, Sorej made the (happy) mistake of doubting Masha's dumpling-making prowess. Clearly, he is about to eat his words... just as soon as he finishes chewing.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - Cover Illustration

Cover illustration for "The Dumpling Princess"! Drawing food is lots of fun.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - Concept Art (Thesis)

Masha is a baker who falls in love with the prince of her war-loving kingdom. Won over by her kind heart and her amazing dumpling recipe, he proposes to her... but tradition dictates that if Masha wants to marry him, she has to fight the last person to marry into the royal family: his mother. Leader-Consort Zareni is a stern woman who famously lost her left hand fighting for the Leader's right, and the last thing Masha wants to do is fight her-- especially when, orphaned by war at a young age, she has no taste for fighting at all!

 

Long time no see, guys! I thought it was finally time to share what I've been working on... the first part of my thesis! I'll be doing a series of story concepts, each complete with character designs, environment concept elements, and a series of illustrations, all to be finally packaged as a zine. This is only the first story concept I'm working on, but I'm really enjoying it-- I hope you do too, because illustrations are on the way!

Call Me, Beep Me

Today, in celebration of Labor Day Weekend, Noelle Stevenson and I watched 6 hours of Kim Possible.