Christmas Card 2011

Happy holidays!

Finally got myself a Christmas card, my dad's idea. If you would like to see some of the process work, check out my tumblr: http://monsterswithbigteeth.tumblr.com/

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It's a Table! Teaser

Hello all!

I mentioned that I had been working on a table. I gave it to my mother for her birthday, and it's almost completely finished! She's going to use it in her classroom.

I will post pictures when it is completely finished.

Enjoy!

It's a Monster Smoothie!

Hey all! It's been a while. I've been working with some animators on their projects, so I haven't had much time to work on my own stuff.

Today I made this monster smoothie. A friend updated their status saying they had a monster smoothie, so I decided to illustrate it.

I enjoyed doing this, I might make some more.

I'm almost done with the table I have been working on! It's pretty exciting to see a lot of work come together.

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It's a Self-portrait! Work In Progress 2

Holy mackerel, I kept my word!

I am not 100% finished with this, but I did promise to show more of my work process. Not sure if I will post the next update any time soon, but I will post!

I worked a lot of tints and shades of the skin, as well as the hair. The eyes came out well, but I do look a little like I am staring off into space. Which is something I often do, but I am going to fix!!

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It's a Self-portrait! Work In Progress 1

Hey all! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!

I've been helping around my parent's house a lot, so I haven't been able to get as much digital work as I would like. I have nearly finished a painting and just started painting on a table that I am very excited about. When it is finished, I hope to post it here.

On Facebook, a group of my friends have an event to have artists create self-portraits for a week, and I decided to join in. Since I wanted to share some of my process, I figured what better place than here?

I took a photograph and used the polygonal lasso tool in Photoshop to block out basic shapes. Now all I have to do now is to add multiple layers with different tints and shades to show the highlights and shadows. More often than not, that is the most time-consuming part of this technique. One of my favorite patterns is of wood grain, which I incorporated in the background.

I will post updates, and I should be done within the next few days.

I hope that all my American friends have a safe Independence Day!

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It's a bear!

Wow, it's been quite some time since I've posted anything! A lot has happened since then, learned a lot about myself, not only as an artist, but also as a person. I've found a direction and an idea of what kind of work I want to create, work I will share here.

Onto the artwork!

So this is a digital illustration of a bear for my little sister. She needed a design for her yearbook, and I was asked to make a drawing of a bear. As you can tell, it didn't exactly end up that way.

I don't recall the typeface, but I think it looks good. This took me maybe three hours, which isn't bad considering it was done on a laptop...never have I appreciated using a mouse more!

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