More sketchbook stuffs

Drew some birds last night in my sketch book. LAWLS. Secretary birds ftw. sketchy sketch sketch.

Senior Portrait

Alright, so here is the progress of my senior portrait. This is how I work in Corel Painter. First, I start off with my drawing in photoshop. I tweek it to my liking. Then I take the image into Corel and start rending using the artist oils and soft blending stump.

Thesis Turn- Around

This is the final female turn- around for thesis. Currently, I'm working on creating 2 male character sheets! Should be interesting. This is my main character. If you are wondering about the dress, I created it using 2 different lolita clothing brands' dresses and my own color palette. I will be sewing this dress for senior show.

Tata Gala Submission

This is my submission for this years Tata Gala! If you don't know about Tata Gala you can check it out here: http://www.tatagala.org
It's a non- profit show in Sarasota, FL that raises money for breast cancer. I painted a skateboard in acrylic this year. The show is going to be held this Saturday, November 14th, so come check it out!

Senior Poster Ideas

I'll take these down later, but these are some mock- ups for the 2010 Senior Ill Show. All of the textures and frames are high dpi and royalty free. Taken primarily off of cgtextures!

Thesis Process

So, some people have been wondering how I work and although I wrote up earlier how I do it, I decided that it would be clearer if I took pictures of the process.

First, I find really good reference. Sometimes I take it myself, sometimes I use stock photos on deviantart.

Next, I work up some sketches that are about 2- 3 times larger than the final print. I then scan those in and print them on watercolor paper.

I then paint in the flat colors and start to render. You can see a finished rendered piece behind my cup of water. The turn- around in the front has only the flat colors. I'm painting these in gouache.
Then, I go in and render some shadows and highlights in and re-scan in the painted pictures.
After scanning everything in, placing all of the images into one document and resizing everything, I add a textured background.
The final step is adding the line-work, doing some touch-ups, and adding textures! I will put the final piece up shortly!

Finished Commission Work

I actually finished these before the last piece uploaded, but here are the finished pieces. 9" x 12" watercolor and gouache.