As Promised

Here is some of the work from my Character Design I class I took:

My first 5-point turn.

My first 3-point head turn

And now, some random emotions. Can you guess what they are?!?! If you can, I'm impressed! Because I can't tell what some of them are.

This one has more than emotions in it. Hrm... Maybe they're out of order a little???

Ok, that's it for emotions.

Now, POSES!

And, that's about it for this girl. I really enjoyed this first class at the Animation Academy. The next session starts July 7th, and i'm really excited! I'll be taking Character Design II.

I really feel like i've improved a lot in this 6 weeks. I've been drawing so much, and also i've done some personal stuff that's not quite finished yet. As soon as it is, i'll post that, too.

So, let me know what you think!

Some grey girls

A flying backwards, naked girl for you.

and Jeena, from Spectrobes. Don't know her, look it up!

I'M NOT DEAD!

SEE? I'm Alive!

ok, now for nakedness!

I took a couple of weeks off of life drawing. Frankly, I was getting bored and frustrated. I didn't feel like I was improving at all (no suprise, I only went for 3 weeks), and I felt out of place. But, I recently met a guy at work that used to do alot of life drawing, but hasn't since he got out of school. So, he went with me last Monday. It was nice to have a friend there. it made m work harder and i felt more relaxed and ready to draw with someone else there! Some of you Memphis Folks should move here and go to life drawing with me!

My friends name is Boramy.  I added his link to my links, so you should check out his stuff too. He's a much better life drawer than I am, but that's because he had a much better teacher than i did in college. Fred Burton is a JOKE as far as teaching life drawing goes. But, I'm going to try to learn from him and make my drawings better!

Hooray to like drawing again!

p.s. i have some other "non-life-drawing" style sketches, too. I'll do another post of them later. I want to add color and i'm lazy about that. I wish i knew how to use markers well........

More Life

Ok, more from my life drawing thingy. This week was a little tough, though. I got there earlier than I have been, so i got a seat up front, and more centered than usual. I was excited!!! But, the model, while not fat, was out of shape. She wasn't so pleasing to draw. And her poses were a little boring. And her last 25 minute pose was really bad for me. She was laying on her side/back with her head towards me and her body was completely forshortened. I couldn't draw this upsidedown headed, forshortened pose. So I left about 1/2 hour early. I was getting frustrated.

So, here's what I ended up with.

Oh yeah, I never mentioned that I got hired back at Disney. YAY FOR ME! I also got a dollar more an hour than last time! I'm making $10 an hour now! (yeah, it's the same as 2k, but I don't hate my life now)

Don't ask about the separate, disembodied ass. Just accept it.

Life drawing was a little harder this week. The model was different and she wasn't as good as the last one. She couldn't hold a pose so well. She would start shaking almost immediately. And she kept trying to do these "artistic" poses, which obviously made her shake more. She was also pretty thin and muscular, which made it a little harder to draw her. She had too many lines! That, and I was sleepy when I went and I didn't really feel like drawing at first, which is why I'm only posting the best from last night.

But, I did my best.

Life Drawing!

I've been busy!

I started going to a life drawing thing! Monday was my first day and it was alot of fun. I'm really excited about this. I'm going to start going once a week to increase my drawing skills. I started off a bit nervous, but towards the end i got more comfortable. I tried to post these roughly in the order i drew them. Also, this is about all i got from the night. I would have shot for more, but i was kinda stuck where i was. There were alot of people. about 15. And the model kept turning her back on my side of the room! how unfair! it got boring drawing her back over and over.

Can't wait for next monday!

Hey, look at that....

2009....

Doesn't feel different from 2008. oh, well.

Maybe i'll do a drawing for it later. I'd do one now, but i just thought of it and it's almost 1:30am. I'm sleepy!!!

Ho Ho Ho??

Santa looks like he stepped in something.

Or he's witnessing something horrible.

So, whaddya think?

Sorry for the notebook paper, it's what I had at the time.

That, and if I had been drawing in my sketchbook during work I would have been in trouble, I think.

Be honest.

I think i've come up with a project for myself.

I want to try to do some portraits. But, I have no people to draw! I would try drawing Rie, but since I've been with her for 4 years i know how she looks pretty easily and i tend to generalize her. (i don't know if that's actually what i'm trying to say....but, i think you get my point.)

So, i want pictures of you guys! Send me a picture of yourself and i'll see what i can do drawing you! also, send me pictures of people you would like me to draw and/or people you think look interesting. I want to challenge myself.

This could be fun, or a disaster.

EDIT: I realized i didn't say how to get pictures to me. I figured "e-mail 'em" was implied, but perhaps i am a bit to assuming. so, E-mail your pictures to me, and if you don't have my e-mail, let me know.

Ok, so the paintings i promised.
I painted these a number of months ago, and fell out of love with them kinda quick. That's why i never posted them.

The first one is painted on a paddle-ball paddle. I had the ball attached for a fun packed 5 minutes before it broke. So, i saved the paddle to paint on. I suprised myself by actually painting on it!

Close up.

Full Paddle.

These were painted on the backs of Coasters. The green one was first.

Then this one. I don't like the brown one much at all anymore. i was starting to get tired of painting then, and i think it shows.

Tha End!

p.s. these were taken with my phone. sorry for the crappy quality.

I drew this a long time ago, while I was still at Disney. I had a brief, and torrid love affair with robots.

I've been drawing a bit for the past 2 days or so. It seems like my depression is waning. But, i think i figured out the source: My work schedule. I have to get up at 5:30 in the morning, just to commute for an hour and get to work by 7:00. Then I come home and I'm too exhausted from getting up so early do want to do anything. It makes me depressed!

I'm gonna try to draw my way out. That, and I plan to go back to Disney in January. I was happy there.

p.s. I realized that I have a few paintings I never posted. They're not too good, but it's something you haven't seen. Maybe soon!

I miss art.

i miss the feeling of creating something i enjoy. i miss having ideas that i want to make. i miss showing people my work and feeling proud of it. i miss being around other people who create art. actually, i don't miss that, because being around people who create art now reminds me how much i miss art and then i feel terrible because i can't create anymore. then i start hating myself and my art even more.

I don't want to be in the video games industry. yeah, it's enjoyable and easy work, but it's hollow. it's not what i want to be doing, but what i want to be doing is pretty much completely out of reach for me. mostly because i don't know what i want to do and i know even less about how to get into it. I'm very depressed lately.

I got an acoustic guitar. mostly because i couldn't learn to play on that electric V i had. here's a picture.

Pumpkin

Halloween

More News

ok, so i got another job. i now work at 2K Games and i'm actually making a dollar more an hour than i was at Disney. But i miss dosney and i think i'm going to try to go back soon. if they can match 10 an hour, that is.

but, hooray! i won't starve/become homeless!

another small bit of news...

I got laid off today...

it's terrible timing because i have a big credit card bill to pay due to car repairs, and Rie still can't work because her green card stuff still hasn't cleared the government.

if anyone has any leads or ideas for me (besides filing for unemployment) it would be great to know.

A small bit of news....

I work at Disney Interactive, now.

I got a job as a game tester at Disney about a week ago. I'm making $9/hr, which isn't great, but i really enjoy the job. plus, it's FUCKING DISNEY!!!!!! and, i'm getting hella overtime. i just finished my first week and already i have 58 hours. but i'm not tired, and they treat their employees very well.

somehow, things are getting better for me lately. maybe being positive really does pay off.

also, i love the world now. (that sounds strange, but somehow it was so natural to type)

i hope you love the world, too.

(because i don't want to have to say something completely different here than i said at my livejournal, and i like what i said there, i'm just copying and pasting. don't be mad...)