American McGee - here I come

alright so another update although there is still much night left to go. or rather a whole new day... I guess at 6am it's pretty much morning. or at least early enough for me to associate it with not wanting to wake up. Fortunately for me, I am still awake.

Anyways - I finished the second layout that I started last night, and as a warm-up, I tossed out another potential character Design for the 3D modelling project that I'm undertaking. I'm going to keep working on that as the night goes on - but I'm so proud of this layout that I wanted to post it. plus techincally I haven't been posting daily unless I post this today - so there is some motivation there too.

And wow - my dream would be for the likes of American McGee, Ken Wong, or Norman Felchle to pop onto my blog and critique this. it's still technically night so I can dream. I might submit it as fanart on the American McGee forum.... maybe it would get noticed? who knows - if not then at least it's a new audience of people, and a new source of ideas.

Yesterday's work

this isn't everything, but I seriously have to get to work so these are the two major portfolio assignments that I was working on last night. I'm very happy with both so far!

... Knees and Toes... or feet, rather

alright - so two nights of sketching in a row - two nights of prioritizing learning to conciousness in class - but I really do believe that this is helping me a lot. Also, it means that I get to put a delightfully blue streak across the date today which means two days that I have drawn for myself in a row. How long can I continue this hot streak? (ungh - and how much time can I spend uploading this stuff to like 3 different sites in the hopes of getting feedback).

Will

Babes, and Boba Fett

Well, it's been a long time - but while I was tossing my leica reel together tonight and talking to Gus, I started thinking about potentially working in the comic book industry. it sounds nice... I mean it's still sequential art, and I get to spend loads of time on each drawing making it exactly how I want it to be. Sounds awesome right? Plus appariently Dark Horse takes on a lot of new talent - which is awesome because they are the label that does all the star wars comics. ha. yeah

anyways here is just some stuff I felt like sketching. pretty much whatever really.

Grab the corkscrew, pop 'er open, and celebrate my first comission ever over a most deliciously refreshing glass of bubble tea

YESSS!!

Today is a good day. First off, I'm posting the comission that I did for Up Front: A free indie magazine in ottawa. Check it out here:

www.upfrontottawa.com


Anyways this is the cover of the magazine - and here is to hoping I can pick up some more jobs like that one!

There is also a chance that I might be able to finish compositing this hell-spawn of a scene TONIGHT - which would be amazing, and it would definately mean an update soon. Hahaha I never thought animating a 28 frame animation would have taken this colossal of an effort.

Cats, Cousins, and Cops

It's been a good while since I've posted anything. I should probably stop writing this because I seriously think that I put it on every entry that I write... Anyways, here is just a couple of character colour concepts for our group project about a Cat that gets tied up in a scheme with undercover cops and the mafia. far fetched? yeah, kinda, but it's a cartoon - loooong way from being done, but I am eager to post it at the very end of the year when (hopefully) we are finished. Oh - I just finished my first comission for Up Front - a free indie news magazine - it comes out this friday, and if you're too lazy to hitchhike to ottawa to pick it up, I'll be posting it up here once it's released.

Look it's a Pirate! AAAAAAH

.... couldn't resist one more... it had to be done or else I wouldn't have met my goal for the night...