naomiful

this beard is a representation of the times

2012-01-22T19:11:00.000-05:00

So a little of 2010 and all of 2011 was an indescribable time for me. Growing up has always been a huge grey area and the only black and white had been art (thank goodness) something like Silent Hill 1 atmosphere in the streets you know?? Like this is some seriously dumb fog. And I just had that radio so to speak, lol maybe that's not the best analogy. Or like that kid at 9y/o feeling like they're ready to be away from home with the handkerchief on a long stick all you got in there is a pb&j sandwich and an action figure, and you should damn well know you need more than that but you don't haha. I mean now there's more crap in there not just the radio and pb&j which are total blessings. With that said, treat people right...

You know when you see an amazing movie preview then you see the actual movie and you're like, ahhh what ... is this ..?? And then when there's a sequel you could be pleasantly surprised or disgusted or don't go to see it to even find out or maybe your friends force you and you just sit there like :| ?? I had many jobs like that during my year of freelance. But then more than that were very amazing ones that let my tiny eyeballs see what the deal was with the industry. More often than not up till now I felt like I was in school still. Now with a new gig I don't really feel like it's school time anymore and I don't think it's 'cuz I wore a blazer

I thought it was scary that some of my reasons for things have changed over time, but it's really not. Things are more clear. They are more clear like if you're on a huge huge king size bed under the sheets that are twisting all weirdly inexplicably, and you might be like wtf why??! But when you find the edge and finally get out you realize "oh sh** that was just me in there". Hope nobody saw me

I hope the Mayans seriously just ran out of space on the stone though

SCR 2011

2011-11-06T23:53:00.001-05:00

http://www.socalregionals.com/haha something fun for the community.... should be a good time :)

Dark Souls

2011-10-14T01:59:00.001-04:00

Reprieve 1.5hr photoshop

2011-07-03T15:39:00.003-04:00

a booring study.. ;o

Also I have a filled 16x12 moleskine book that is so hard to scan <.> ahh I will get to it...

CELESTIAL MECHANICA

2011-06-29T20:44:00.005-04:00

My good friend Roger Hicks has made another game... Celestial Mechanica from his cave over in Richmond, VA... along with Paul Veer who did the graphics. You can buy it!! If not the game, then trust in the awesome music he did for the game. SMH... skills !

Red

2011-04-22T15:48:00.001-04:00

Figures

2011-04-21T19:26:00.002-04:00

I hadn't been figure drawing for a while... since the accident and other things. Lately it's been REALLY frustrating getting back into it, as my muscles are super weak. So kids keep drawing or you'll lose it, lol... these are the best out of about 30 drawings or so, between 10-25 minutes ~

pisces

2011-02-13T23:48:00.005-05:00

pisces

exercise from topic off conceptart.org

i will revisit this for a final version...

also....I am currently looking for a full-time concept spot :)

Fire Reaver

2011-01-30T13:29:00.003-05:00

a fire reaver....from Dungeons and Dragons!!! 8) *nerd glasses*

- I have a soft spot for the linework, so I will show that too.

Arms up

2010-12-08T04:24:00.004-05:00

Here's a quick sketch before bed...

November was pretty awful ~ ahhh :(

tired figure drawing

2010-10-26T22:00:00.004-04:00

From last night... I was so tired I could only stay for 2 half-a$$ed sessions :(

2010-10-22T21:05:00.001-04:00

Drink and Draw ~ guitarist

2010-10-08T11:10:00.003-04:00

inspired by many things ~ ha ha

verithin black, marker, and woodless pencil

Figures

2010-09-28T13:32:00.004-04:00

im starting to incorporate woodless 2b pencil to pick up some slack my verithins arent really doing ~ Different themed figure studies

hehehe

2010-09-09T16:23:00.004-04:00

blahhhh

I need to get a new scanner... I have so many figure drawings and non figure drawings I need to post ; ; ...soon ^o^

Sarah ?

2010-08-25T21:09:00.003-04:00

I don't play the game, I'm only half Korean after all but it was suggested to me to paint Sarah this time!!! sorry for the unfinished background, I just wanted to get it off my hands for a bit because I've been looking at her too long - I will have to revisit :)

Figures

2010-08-20T13:55:00.003-04:00

2 and 3 minutes in Santa Monica figure drawing session, and last page in my current sketchbook randomness I put in last night at Drink and Draw.

Today is also my dad's 50th bday!!!! he's on east coast, and I don't see him much, so among other things I'm sending him this filled 8x11 moleskine sketchbook. I can't lie I'm gonna miss it!!! lol it's my favorite one, but someone last night reminded me I will fill many more in my lifetime... so true

anywho happy 50th bday dad

crazy Skeleton mob

2010-08-17T18:56:00.002-04:00

i think i accidentally made him more fashionable than he ought to be o__o;;

i like it though haha, next time more shabby

Unburied

2010-08-12T14:25:00.002-04:00

Freetyme...........

Figure drawings.

2010-08-11T14:29:00.003-04:00

whooooooooooaaaaaaaaa figure drawingsss!!!!!!!

Thanks for the comments and visiting :)

Rough Week

2010-08-06T15:16:00.004-04:00

I had a rough week :( But this is what I came up with in downtime at work... it was hard to concentrate! So the next one will be better.

A salty guy came at me trying to say I had no real skills. I got one thing to say to this guy: "You better check yourself, before you wreck yourself!!" :P hehehe I'm guessing it was fear talking, poor dude. Either way, keep it movin', fortunately the hate has never done anything for motivated people but make them better >_>;;

I went to Drink and Draw in LA with a friend and I had a blast... I'm excited to go next week!!! Mooorrreee drawing!

Rime // WoW

2010-07-27T16:27:00.003-04:00

Blood Elf Death Knight

original 19x24, very fun

I scanned this at Kinkos. I always hear horror stories about that place, but every time I've been in there to do something, service has been amazing and slightly above my expectations! ..I'm sure I'm jinxing myself by saying that ahhh!!

THRALL

2010-07-21T16:51:00.001-04:00

wow wow wow

coooool

2010-07-15T13:03:00.003-04:00

I went to evolution 2010 in vegas this past weekend it was soooo fun !!!!!!!!!!!! congrats to daigo for ssf4 and it was good seeing everyone again from both coasts and places in between.

here is a sketch

Janelle

2010-06-29T16:38:00.004-04:00

lunch doooooodle

Janelle Monae, she's such a character :) and great singer, check out her stuff

From Life ~ Gallery Girls, SanFran, Wednesday Night Fights

2010-05-19T13:14:00.003-04:00

Fun ~ pen, colored pencil, marker

these drawings feel good ~~

Last Eric Black lunch, meeting sketches, a doodle

2010-05-04T20:43:00.004-04:00

I'm starting something new with Roger who I stumbled through Wings of Apocalypse with (and learned a lot in the process). I don't know the name yet haha.. :O But that should be fun...

I've sort of watched Ongbak2 twice but don't know what it's about yet... so I may try to watch it tonight (probably not)

2010-04-28T15:59:00.002-04:00

UGTL6

2010-04-22T16:13:00.004-04:00

Gonna be at UGTL6 Saturday (4/24), these will be there.. + tournament and other awesome stuff. Just follow the link if you are interested in more details ~

:)

a character...

2010-04-16T21:10:00.002-04:00

From Wings Of Apocalypse, EDNIV - (wip)

...

2010-03-23T13:18:00.001-04:00

fun fun fun fun

2010-03-08T21:04:00.001-05:00

Colored pencil on moleskine

Dhalsim, u old dog

2010-02-23T20:59:00.002-05:00

BDAY AND LONG BEACH COMIC EXPO

2010-02-19T18:51:00.004-05:00

Haaaay*

My birthday is tomorrow (2/20) and also I'll be at Long Beach Comic Expo with Eric Canete selling some prints, just a few ~

I found this sketch to go along with the theme haha lucky me. Pro tip: I like cupcakes

Chun Li - from ugtl

2010-02-01T13:34:00.002-05:00

I drew at UGTL in LA this past Saturday

theugtl.com I believe is the website - come out and support/play/hangout

Some Sketchbook drawings

2010-01-20T15:39:00.015-05:00

Here are some various figure drawings done at different places in LA.

Man it's great to just put what you see onto paper, and that's the only thing you need to be doing for about 3 hours. :)

2009-12-18T14:33:00.001-05:00

Environment

2009-12-09T20:46:00.003-05:00

practice ahhhhhhhh... newest to oldest

over the past couple days... I had a chance to focus

MANBAT

2009-12-04T13:34:00.003-05:00

DC's Manbat ... done for Studio Central blog with the theme of Batman haha :) Manbat trying out Batman's job, but not successful o_o

In other news I've been playing Tekken6 sorta late in the game, and I'm hoping some of the moves will come into my artwork :D Some Tekken fanart is in order I think!

More Marvel Ultimate Alliance2 stuff!

2009-11-09T16:10:00.004-05:00

A couple other characters I concepted for MUA2 at the tell end just as I first got to Activision ~(along with IRON FIST that I'd already posted)

It was really fun exploring armored almost mech soldiers, and cool to explore the Wakanda guards and a bit of Storm's past! Working on these really brought me back to my childhood, some of the stuff that really got me into art in the first place! So needless to say what a treat to have it come around 10 years later for me to work on in a game :) enjoy

WOAX ROGER

2009-11-03T16:20:00.001-05:00

Roger, pencil and photoshop

this one was a lot of fun..

1 Neat Brush

2009-10-27T21:53:00.003-04:00

started during lunch today, i just saw this brush with a neat feel and then you know how it goes... :) photoshop

CERB XIII

2009-10-20T16:54:00.001-04:00

Another character for wings, so em0

pencil + photoshop

EDN IV character

2009-10-15T21:17:00.002-04:00

Pencil and photoshop, EDNIV

wings of apocalypse x :)

WOAX Naomi

2009-10-14T15:47:00.001-04:00

pencil and photoshop... here's an update with a personal character :)

Oh, Roger

2009-09-29T22:10:00.000-04:00

Roger that hehe

teeheE Iron Fist

2009-09-22T17:40:00.002-04:00

Iron Fist! *airpunchz* for Activision's Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

sb_26, 27, 28, 29, 31

2009-08-30T00:50:00.003-04:00

from a sketch session 'gallery girls' at the falcon recently, and 2 lunch break sketches thrown in the mix - ballpoint pen and brush pen

2009-08-22T13:32:00.001-04:00

more drawings from santa monica ywca drawing session, 20, 10, 5, 3, 2 minutes poses, black colored pencil

sb_22, 23, 24, 25

2009-08-17T12:43:00.002-04:00

figure drawing last night at medusa lounge la - dr sketchy's, guy and girl model, ball point pen

sb_12, 13, 14, 15

2009-08-16T11:16:00.003-04:00

i played around with her form, she had a nice body

i'm restarting wings of apocolypse characters soon + 2 new characters totalling 5, so watch out for that... at least i *think* i can update but i'm not sure. roger and brian will be doing the nitty gritty stuff while i have the fancy stuff :3

sb_001

2009-08-15T14:41:00.001-04:00

at lunch during work, some funny dudes

Blue and Orange

2009-07-01T04:41:00.000-04:00

photoshop sketch

"oh what, those are mine?!"

Mermaid

2009-06-02T13:09:00.000-04:00

busybusybusy - a study from photo

2009-05-21T12:12:00.000-04:00

blah not so creative :) just a study, I've been busy lately!

Native American Sculpt

2009-02-25T20:33:00.001-05:00

getting there... small preview of that turnaround sculpted in progress! YAY

Turnaround work in progress

2009-01-15T19:37:00.001-05:00

ya know, a turnaround of sorts

2009

2009-01-01T19:34:00.001-05:00

hsien-ko, she's a chinese ghost

Sketching

2008-12-29T20:41:00.005-05:00

I've been doing some serious failing at updating

my ballpoint pen ran out and had to use pencil, then a random gel pen which made my sketches look kinda funny

Christmas Eve?!?!

2008-12-24T13:57:00.002-05:00

some characters for a small project with friends I never posted right after I was done. Photoshop and painter mostly

so I've been working mostly and getting away from drawing because at work I Zbrush all day and after work I'm a big videogamer. New transitions and phases is all! Zbrush is great of course, so I hope to supplement some sculptures with drawing/concepting and vice versa. Tonight in Orange County it's supposed to rain or something? So if this were east coast (north of course) technically it might be a white Christmas ;3 oh well, take care all

Mike stylingz

2008-11-02T16:28:00.003-05:00

Mike aka Jinmaster sketch

Wings of Apocalypse character paintings are done, which I will post at some point, it's Sunday, I have no obligations except for going out to buy random asian hairclips. >_>;;

1hr photoshop

HUGOOOOO

2008-10-21T20:43:00.002-04:00

From street fighter 3rd strike and a boss in final fight

here's my first real attempt in Zbrush to sculpt a character and a quick one day in zbrush paintover.. took me about 1.5 weeks before I had to move onto something else ^_^ hahaha
- Hope you like, Hugo rocks

mj

2008-09-29T22:32:00.002-04:00

mj... 30min photoshop waiting for traffic

@ roger and brian's suggestion hahaha

X

2008-09-23T02:10:00.000-04:00

hehehehe

2008-09-11T22:13:00.000-04:00

quick sketch at work waiting for traffic to die down

thoughts of ff1/2

2008-09-08T01:46:00.001-04:00

though it's not seen anywhere in this sketch, all I can think about is playing ff1 and ff2, and wishing I had the ability to play both at the same time, ugh

1.5hrs in photoshop

2008-08-26T11:27:00.001-04:00

maybe just a feeling of shiva

sketch in ps

2008-07-20T17:42:00.001-04:00

barnes and noble sketch

ps yeah going to san diego comicon starting 7/23

Ewww

2008-07-14T12:04:00.003-04:00

yeah ew I re-did the old redridinghood because I thought it was kinda good before but that I could do better, and looking back on it now... I'm favoring this new one (top) This is the first time I actively went back to a piece of mine and sought to re-draw/paint! It makes me want to go back to others... :)

2008-07-13T01:22:00.002-04:00

Sketches I did today

From life, and some just trying to get whatever out of my head

I hope everyone is doing well!

2008-07-11T00:07:00.005-04:00

pencils re-do of my past red riding hood image, to re-color.. and I misplaced the large file of the other one hehehe... and then Taki fanart from Soul Calibur 4. I suppose I feel obligated to be excited about it coming out soon :)

if anyone out there reading this plays soul calibur seriously, I'm interested in getting some people together to play in SoCal area, since everyone else that plays is like in Norcal and SanDiego... here I am in the middle! bah

2008-06-29T12:33:00.000-04:00

creature i'm working on

2008-06-19T13:36:00.002-04:00

this is what i presented in axel's character design class at gnomon. not quite finished, and the other components will be finished before sdcc! tons of learning happened here :)

Stuff

2008-06-06T19:59:00.003-04:00

I should update? It's been a week..

First one of the Killer Klowns

Her sketched version

finished Bunny creature

2008-05-29T14:09:00.004-04:00

Spent a couple of hours on this sketch last night for my Production Design2 class at Gnomon.. I guess this is the cute one. I've been ordered specifically to create a scary, creepy monster for next class! So we'll see how that goes. Nothing that time, reference and photoshop won't solve I imagine though.

My coloring on The End League has gotten sooooo much faster! It's really exciting to realise when you get to that point where you are just making decisions (hopefully mostly good ones), and putting stuff down because of a tight deadline, or the fact that I want to draw and paint for Gnomon, so I have to force myself to be quicker but smarter.

Photoshop/reference:

2008-05-23T00:08:00.004-04:00

Updating with stuff - just 2 of the clown designs here, line drawings.. turnarounds and color and others to follow (ah the first guy not so clowny yet, majority is in color/pattern of pants, and a face on his stomach.)

I want to say thanks Axel for keeping my spirits up about this project drawings and sdcc

And thanks Eric for helping me focus in crazy times -

This is what he looks like

2008-05-15T20:44:00.002-04:00

Scary monster sketch. 1hr about -

2008-05-13T16:58:00.007-04:00

I made some time to ask myself if I was able to draw still so I opened up Painter and Photoshop to see how that went. This is what came out in about an hour - some pretty effed up stuff has went on before and this image came to mind first.. hmmm maybe I should put in a background!~ lol <3
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So what have I been doing? Well I was trucking along doing concept work and all that for classes at Gnomon, and now I'm coloring issues of The End League for Darkhorse and Eric Canete is drawing the stuff. Here's an article - http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=156587

Also, K.P.Talbott, who is also under my friends list as Kerry Talbott, is in a competition at zudacomics.com with the comic strip called "E". Vote for him - he's funny and he rules.

http://zudacomics.com/node/426

I've no idea how to embed stuff because computers aren't my thing and I have a low tolerance for taking a long time to post something, so apologies for just the link...

Wuuuut environments of sorts?!

2008-04-26T20:00:00.002-04:00

Painter/Photoshop, snowymountain, desert, jungle, underwater (underwater not quite finished) - Enjoy!

Updatiiiiiinngggggg

2008-04-23T22:25:00.002-04:00

Just an update ~

2008-04-17T14:05:00.002-04:00

Just updating with sketches... to be further realized, etc ~

And this got into Spectrum15 ;x

I know right! ha

Clowns-ish

2008-04-14T22:07:00.002-04:00

New stuffffff - all sketches, nothing final nor about to be ~There are lots more but... this is what I decided to post. /shrug

For Axel's character design at Gnomon

2008-04-10T13:53:00.002-04:00

Been a while again! :x Oh well, my first round of classes at Gnomon has gone by and just from the intros and first lectures I can tell right away that I, if not already, am going to be a super clean slate to try and absorb as much as I can from this experience, and am super inspired to work my ass off! I'm soooooo glad I signed up for this. I'm sure I'll be posting my progress with these classes along the way.

Er... the VA Tekken Myspace requested some art, so here's a quick sketch just to get my drawing muscles warm (and to post finally -_-) of Devil Jin~! I <3 my gaming community, even though I'm WC now, so definitely trying to get some art to them, and try to kick the other states' Tekken whatevers booties. Haha we'll see. ;)

Some sketches

2008-03-25T14:20:00.007-04:00

Been soooo long since I updated. I've been going through a pretty big move for me and now I'm trying to settle into a new place. I'm excited though! Things are really looking up. Been working with awesome people in Richmond on a film, the continuous project between me and a few friends on a videogame (http://wingsofapocalypse.blogspot.com/), which I'm just recently (as in yesterday) progressing on since the move, and I've enrolled in a few classes at Gnomon. I also found out I got into Society of Illustrators in NY and Spectrum 15, which is due out October 2008.

There's been some ups and a few downs, but hey, I'm still learning, drawing and painting. Ultimately and I guess pretty simply, that's what really makes me happy. Apart from sushi and a good movie. Oh I saw Paprika this past weekend - it was awesome! :D

So anyways, yeah sketches. The usual ballpoint at a coffee shop and the one of the guy with the sweet mustache is outside in LA.

New

2008-03-02T21:01:00.004-05:00

I got a new sketchbook today. Soooo many things are going to be new now, it's crazy, so I thought I'd feel the waters out with a new sketchbook. Maybe not quite the same as the other new stuff. :/ I try.

Inspiration

2008-02-25T10:11:00.003-05:00

Sooo.... got back from SCAD yesterday and what can I say other than it was an amazing school and a great opportunity to meet some really awesome people. I already knew Eric Canete but it was great to see him talk about something other than Ironman! (haha juuuuust kidding.) He did a thing on storytelling which about made everyone drool and fall out of their seats. He really talks so well but is modest, but I think his knowledge and love for the art made it natural for him to talk about it so easily.

Andrew Robinson was also there. I didn't know who he was at first, but I am sure glad I do now haha.. he works with the comics but also goes back to working with traditional painting sometimes. Seeing some of his techniques was like... oooooooooohhh.... He made me want to go home and paint. :/

Yuko Shimizu is the sweetest person ever. She's also a teacher at SVA and boy what lucky students haha! She lectured on small business of illustration and portfolios and all that. It was such an inciteful lecture that was just purely about illustration which I think helped with the almost pure business class I had to last semester. It's kind of mandatory to believe her because she's been so successful at it. And she worked in business for 10 years. :o

James Jean has great hair. I kept looking at his hair like wow, well I guess if you start working for Prada would be willing to do a haircut or something. Well I don't really know if he got a haircut at Prada... /shrug But anyways in the round table discussion thing the first night I was there where all the artists talked and introduced themselves, James said some really important things that made me think about my own situation. He is very very talented, but after hearing him and Yuko talk, he is so good because of really hard work.

Overall about style, one thing they stressed was to be yourself. In Yuko's slideshow she said that ultimately you cannot run from who you are, and if that reflects in your work then that is how it should be. Being a senior in college I am kind of freaking out about graduating... what am I going to do with my drawing ability, will I be able to present it in a way I'm happy with, will my style be liked by clients and especially by me? All those things. It sounds so cheesy, but you just have to be yourself. :P Maybe you'd see what I meant if you saw the lecture. Also... during Q&A Eric and James said they do one maybe 2 sketches for a client. Yuko quickly jumped in and said NOOOOO lol... I was so glad when she said that, because Sterling would kick me out if I tried that, then tried to justify it by saying James Jean said he does one sketch. o___o;;

After getting to know them they really are just normal people with awesome talents, personalities and a common intense passion for what they are doing. I hope to visit both James and Yuko in Cali and NY next time I'm around there! This trip was nothing less than exciting!

Feels good again ~

2008-02-16T11:52:00.002-05:00

It feels like I haven't touched Painter in months, and that probably is the case. I just got my new computer and spent so long trying to get some brushes back... It's pretty daunting trying to regain the old comfortable setup. Here's a sketch in Painter I couldn't resist between working on other stuff ~

A sketch ~

2008-02-13T19:40:00.004-05:00

Stopping points ~

2008-02-11T10:08:00.000-05:00

Ugh I really have been working, but nothing that I can really show right now. So here's an old sketch I managed to squeeze in at some point last week!
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I wanted to talk about some things going on lately and a point that I thought about with a friend the other day. In short, I feel like my whole life I've been standing in the middle of an empty street with my arms out wide hoping for some meaning or a little paper airplane with a secret note telling me which direction to go to fall onto my lap. Why did this happen and why is it like this, those types of things, but there's been an underlying theme to it all, like a synthetic happiness (not the emo kind, the kind where something really shitty happens and you try to find the good points) that ya' know, somehow keeps "everything" afloat.
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For class we had to answer a bunch of "why" questions and that type of thing is typical of this instructor, which I believe is very very important. That was at the beginning of the semester. At that point I was saying, I do art for me, because I've done it all my life, the videogames, the coooooolness of making stuff up. While all that does play into the reasons why, it is soooo linear. I thought it defined me - you know, if you're an artist, at highschool or whatever people dubbed you the artist and what not. "Hey you know how to draw! I can't even draw a stick-figure!" That kind of stuff, lol.. did it almost everyday, it was fun, interesting, etc etc. But right now people ask me, "so what are you going to do after graduating?" and I say, "well of course I'm going to California to pursue this path. Because I went there and it made me happy and seemed really cool." --
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For a while it wasn't old. That's honestly what I was feeling. OF COURSE that's what I'm going to do, a no-brainer! But yet while talking to my friend about it, I was still unsure. I thought, well, of course it's a different side of the US, I'm going to be unsure. But there's something else: I realized that these goals and things have always been about me me meeeee.. Now I'm not saying I'm a self-centered person, at least I never thought I was (o_o?), but I think I'm thinking that I would also be happy later in the grand scheme of things if I helped others with it. Whatever IT is, I dunno', lol, but it just sounds cheesy that way. For a brief moment I think that maybe art has to be my raft to hold onto what I really want to give. And wtf if I'm passionate about my raft I'm scared to know what it's going to be holding!
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Anyways, that's a tangent; focus right now, graduating! ;D

lol

2008-02-08T01:27:00.000-05:00

Yay excuse to post! hahaha... so this is the "bare bones" of my previous post.. I actually like it better. Oh wellz
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So ... this may not be an arena where a lot of people are familiar with, but, I am. Kinda sorta. Well I was but then I was like... ok let's do this thing called school. Anyways, it's about gaming! Woo, yes I am totally into it, I'll admit it. Ok now that that's over, I just want to say that videogaming is weird sometimes. The culture is weird sometimes. At least the really hardcore ones. I know a bunch of "girl gamers"... and quite frankly, it's a little disturbing how some are making a big production of themselves. Are they really good at the game? Or is it the hype and attention? Just before this post I literally deleted like 5 or 6 of them off of my Myspace friends list because their bulletins were so obnoxious. I might be angry though because it's a situation like pennyarcade... they make fun of games n' all, very awesomely I might add, and now they are making ... a videogame!

Ok ok, I have noticed that since the inception of more girl gamers the guys have been showering. The last tournament I went to a couple weeks ago wasn't so smelly as ones I went to years ago. Eek I just admitted I go to tournaments! Lolz, anyways... and I'm wondering about concept art for videogames. I'm going to be working on concept art, design and storyboards for a movie soon, which has nothing to do with videogames, and that is still exciting to me. I'm very hyped up about the project. So, I guess what I mean to say with this tangent is that perhaps my brain is opening up to new avenues, not JUST videogames... but sigh who knows. :)

Woo... lol keep your school spirit pants on ;)

2008-02-03T11:06:00.000-05:00

Meh.. just updating here. Some may have already seen this as I started coloring a week or two ago. I should finish though... and eventually put up the finished original for you all to see.
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About 2/21-2/23 I get the sweet opportunity to go see Yuko Shimizu, James Jean, Andrew Robinson and Eric Canete do their thing in Atlanta, GA at SCAD with the other students. Needless to say I can't wait and maybe while being there some of their awesomeness will rub off on me or I can collect their pencil shavings into a little jar... x_x;;

So I guess I have a few things to say ~

2008-01-29T14:45:00.000-05:00

First off, yay drawings that don't involve people, haha.. they are somewhat randomly from photos with my own touches or whatever, don't ask. :x

This past weekend I saw Rambo... that Stallone guy is a beast, basically. I actually feel manly after seeing that movie, and I'm a girl! Haha.. it was really cool. Sylvester Stallone holds a special place in my heart also because for some reason I always thought he looked like my dad, but I think now that might be because when they had long hair? Or something? Maybe it's the mouth, I dunno' hahaha.. (for those that don't know I'm half white, by the way).

Also, when I was in the bathroom the other day fixing my hair, I was thinking about WOW and *what if* one day their servers all went down... for like a month?! How many lives would that change? Would there be suicides? Anxiety attacks and emotional breakdowns from those that play it so hardcore? Haha, random.

Today in class we had to show progress on our projects and I had a bunch of character designs n' small thumbs of environments to show. The class was near silent, and it seemed everyone did their own thing while people were talking about their stuff. The teacher spent a long while going over some people's stuff, like the editorial illustrations, and real world issues, etc etc. Then when he came around to mine and Feng's stuff, who do concept art mostly, he had no input creatively to our progress. No interest in the stories, subjects, characters... only, "the anatomy, the composition etc.." which, granted, is very important, but on mine I had no illustrations, as right now that's not part of my initial stages. So needless to say I was done in 46 or so seconds.

- Ordinarily this might upset me really bad, what am I doing wrong, what can I do to please him, should I just do editorial illustrations instead of concept art because I know I won't get much feedback creatively? Oh noooooooes! Then a second later I think, what the hell have I been drawing and gaming and digital painting at home so much for? No one put a gun to my head and said to do it. So I trudge on, swatting at the insecurities of being in a now random environment (though it's my senior year yes), knowing that there are better schools out there for what I want to do, teaching first hand n' all, much better than what I am doing to teach myself... So! What keeps me going? That's another conversation for another day. ~

From Class

2008-01-23T07:42:00.000-05:00

Ballpoint pen

So my cat Kenji is the cuuuuuutest kitty ever (all cat owners say that though, right?). His meows are dainty and his eyes are 2 very dark yellow/black marbles on a snowy white and light beige face. His fur is the softest fur you will ever touch, and his paws make you want to throw up a little because they are just so disjustingly cute. Not to mention is retarded L-shaped tail which makes him very unique.

But sometimes I just want to toss him out of my 11th story window and call it a night. Like last night for example... why? What reason is there to run back and forth throughout the apartment like he has rabies? Or meow really loud in the middle of the night for attention and in turn making me feel like crap in the morning for lack of real sleep. Arrgghh but then he looks at me with his cute eyes and I'm done for, I'm such a sucker. :/

Shhhh

2008-01-18T00:26:00.000-05:00

Oops here's a small leak to a hot new game coming out in the future!!!

Hehe, only kidding. Me and 2 others are making a small production videogame .. small as in we're in the throws of school and this is a side project that sounded like it might be fun. There are 3 characters... this is mine *teehee* 'cause I just wanted to update with a sketch and the other 2 guys on this project will have theirs soon. Very soon. *o*

Oh yeah and I'm visiting CA again during Spring Break.

Back to School

2008-01-16T12:43:00.000-05:00

Back from California... back to school daze! It's my last semester though and I'm actually pumped. Before CA I wanted to stay in school lol, but after I predict I will be ready with this last semester to prepare. The trip was amazing to say the least! I learned a lot, got a lot of advice, relaxed, drew some, gained mucho confidence in my work, and saw the possibilities in what I was kind of wanting to do. I really want to do it now haha..
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Here are some misc drawings... so I don't feel so bad just posting words mostly. And the last thing at the end, something I wrote on the plane on my way back to VA. Just a bit of honesty ~ :)

Out 1/7-1/13 - Going to LA

2008-01-06T20:07:00.000-05:00

Going there to do some fun stuff.. Meanwhile, here's some sketches and things to hopefully tide everyone over. The first is still in progress, but just wanted to show what's up with it... kind of taking a different approach, I think? Maybe not haha

The others are random sketches. When I didn't have people to draw I drew the things on my drafting table, starbucks, randoms.. ; ; Enjoy

sketchezzz

2007-12-21T00:17:00.000-05:00

a nice break from digital

*_* gotta get back into practice with these haha..

Team Fortress rawwrrr

2007-12-13T00:14:00.000-05:00

they are done, yes, enjoy

comments/critiques appreciated

edit: well, I *thought* I did well, considering the time, thought and fun I had with it, but apparently not. oh well life goes on right? just one project out of many in the future, can't win'em all. :) no more class for this semester !! The updates might be slow... or maybe I can catch up on some coffee shop drawings over the holidays. cheers ~

Medusa

2007-12-12T10:57:00.000-05:00

Medusa from Inhumans ~ a commission

the softer side I guess :P

fairytale illustrations

2007-11-28T02:55:00.000-05:00

fairytale influenced by soul caliber

first is 12x16 color, second is 8x8 black and white, enjoy