Saturday, May 15, 2010

Making Paper

Here are some doodles I drew on home-made paper. The paper is made out of kozo I cooked, chopped, and blended, to make this nice brown pulp. After I laid it out to dry for a few days, the drawing began. I also made paper out of found material, like jean, paper bags, and animation paper! I can not wait to make good use out of these odd paper creations!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Figure Drawings




Figure drawings from Fall 2009.

Birnum Wood, Acrylic



Forest I designed for my illustration class taught by Alice Bunny Carter. This was my interpretation of Birnum Wood for the play Macbeth. The inspiration for my design, was a giant redwood with bark that twisted up its trunk. It also had giant finger-like roots that engulfed the forest floor. I revisited the redwoods to find more trees of this nature and study the movement of the bark. Rendering the bark was so much fun, it was hard moving on to other parts of the painting.

Experimenting with Paint



The first assignment I was given in my animation class was to create an animation doing whatever we wanted. I decided to make a stop motion abstract short with paint on canvas, because..... I love paint. We were given only a week to do this, so I apologize for the abrupt ending. I had too much fun on this project and I plan on making more paint animation films in the future.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Totoro and Rubber ducky study


Another Photoshop practice on a still life. I'm still figuring out the program and trying different processes. It is a lot of fun! Although I still need to find out how to make neon orange...

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Strawberry poison Frog


One of my first times painting on Photoshop. Photo reference used.