Lots of watercoloring x_x

Here's my alter ego self portrait for my watercolor class. I decided to depict myself as some sort of whimsical bird person, simply because I've been told I have bird-like features. There isn't any sort of deep meaningful concept XD I did this in one night (I'm so sick of all-nighters), so there are some parts that I would like to fix still, such as the birds and the part in the hair. My decision making skills aren't the best at 4 o'clock in the morning x_x


These are double page spreads from my children's book class. I think I'm more of a vignette person, rather than large full page images.

Seven Deadly Sins

Sooo I intended for this assignment to be a watercolor painting, but my midterms were crazy, so it ended up being demoted to a pencil rendering. I would like to eventually make a painting for this piece because this is one of my favorite compositions of mine and it has more than one figure : D I would sit and explain all the symbolism and thought I put into this, but I have a poster due tomorrow in my watercolor class... Maybe I'll explain later.

Finally, some color!

I finally have a finished piece to put up. Seriously, my blog has been looking so depressing with nothing but black and white preliminary work and nothing finished. Here is my food illustration assignment for my watercolor course : D

My teacher showed me the wonders of doing a quick wash of color before painting, and because I prefer using a glazing technique it really helped \(^o^)/ Next is a theater poster assignment...

Seven Deadly Sins Sketch and Finalized Monster Sketch

For my survey of illustration class, I have to do a piece about one of the seven deadly sins. I picked envy because that is one of the sins I relate to the most. It was a tough choice between that one and pride, but I got the idea for envy first. Envy is defined as not just a desire for others traits, but it is also described as the delight one may feel, seeing the person deprived of the trait they desire. I honestly think this sin probably leads to the most sadistic behavior of all the seven deadly sins.
My teacher wants me to draw a third figure in order to reinforce the concept more, so it's not quite done. The hands were quite evil to draw, and I still don't know if I'm satisfied with them -_- Also, drew a "man" for the sake of not getting chewed out, when my overall portfolio is critiqued. I still say men in art pieces is like posing static matter. It's so hard to make them look interesting without looking stupid >_<

Now I just have to paint it x_x

Sooo I've been doing a lot of sketching and painting a bunch of...forks O_o

My teacher wanted me to start my children's book assignment by doing TONS of sketches that describe movement. I scanned in my process of developing the bunny because that character is still the most finalized. I included some of my gestures, to show how I got to the character that I have now.

Same concept as the first bunny, just more dynamic and interesting now.

I decided it would also be good for me to get involved more in the illustration department, and they're having an exhibition in October with the theme revolving around monster masquerade. The theme doesn't have to be taken literally, and we can pretty much just run with it. I decided to try to do something that will still fit with my portfolio and came up with the idea of having a monster tea party. Yay! for froo-froo hats.
As for forks, I've been taking a watercolor course. Seriously, I've painted so many forks this week. If I do get awesome at painting something this school year, there's a strong possibility it could be forks x_x

Done in about 20 minutes.

Sketching for children's book

Just a character I drew up for a story I made up for my children's book class. I have to be up at 6:30, so I don't really have any time to explain it, just wanted to post something new. Hopefully, he approves my first choice story, so I don't have to do a stupid story about a girl traveling around and drinking tea with different people around the world or The Nutcracker D:

Preliminary Sketches: Painted Face and Nest Fit For a Queen

Drawing can be remarkably therapeutic, when something is bothering you. Anyways, I got the idea to maybe start doing a series about some odd/extreme things women in history have done for the sake of beauty. The sketch in my post is for the piece about geisha/maiko make-up. At one point geisha and makio used a type of white clay for their white faces, but later they found out, as they got older, the clay was actually a toxin and created yellow growths on skin. It's actually strange I have yet to ever really do a geisha/maiko piece because I do find geisha culture to be interesting. I drew a maiko, instead of a geisha though, because I love all the little kanzashi/hair ornaments they wear. I'm thinking my next piece might be about a queen that I heard about at one point that would bathe in the blood of young women in hopes of not losing her beauty. That should be interesting, but I really need to get some drawings of men in my portfolio, so I'm a bit more well rounded. Maybe I can give the queen some raunchy man servants XD

Oh yeah, I decided that it would be interesting to show how I work, and start uploading my sketches on here as I work. Here is my preliminary sketch for my Nest Fit For A Queen piece.