Spring Fashion 2012 - Study Collage

I finished another study collage, focusing this time on fashion in an attempt to improve my costume designs in the future. This particular piece presented two big challenges - I had to wrestle with the color I chose for the background, Pantone's color of the year, Tango Tangerine. The second challenge was dealing with the mostly vertical subjects I chose to depict, and filling the gaps I had left. I also enjoyed playing with keeping the faces to the minimal shapes of light and shadow and avoiding painting features in.

Now that that's done, I can move forward... with old projects I neglected, since I find it so hard to keep myself motivated on more than one project at a time, when I'm working on my laptop in my free time. Setting time aside on Thursday to go down to the MVZ to work on the mole skeleton keeps that project going smoothly, I finished filling all the bones in today, going to show it to my supervisor on Monday. If there are no issues, I'll scan it in and move on to inking.

Closing the Ohio Chapter

This is it. Final work as an undergrad student at CCAD.
4 years ago I barely even knew where Ohio was on the map of the USA, much less place Columbus on it. Didn't know what a Buckeye was, or why wearing blue and yellow was a bad choice in this city.
3 years ago Design Square studios were under construction, the Triad was an official dorm, the AMF was called the B&E, Design Studios on Broad were known as the Broad Street Facilities and the cafeteria was in the basement of Schott. color concepts, painting, 2d design and 3d design were separate classes. Styles and Concepts was taught by 3 different teachers - Tardino, Mahan and Wong. I've had them all. Professional practice was available at different times, and seniors could have taken Entrepreneurial illustration.

I'm going to stick around Columbus until early June, relax, work on personal projects, pack up what I can, sell what I can, toss the rest, clean it up as best as I can, and drive down to Texas (although my mother is trying to convince me to look into taking the bus.)
I might have gone to Austin just because it's a game development mecca, having relatives in the area is icing on the cake. :)
My Optional Practical Training should be coming in soon, and will make June 13th as the first official day I can work. I'm crossing my fingers that I will start working at a game dev ASAP, with late Oct / early Nov serving as the looming deadline. My brother is getting married at that time, and there's no guarantee I'll be allowed back in the country, even thought my OPT doesn't officially end until June 13th 2012.

Alright, on to my final projects as a CCAD undergraduate. (I have no plans to return, but you never know.)

Most of the stuff is under my Operation: Steel Stag umbrella.


Illustration Professional practice:
Officer of the АНЧИ (Army of the New Human Ideal) and a "tunnel dog."
Character and Creaturee design:

(Big thanks to Hannah Rivera for posing for me at Anime Punch :) )

Adv. Painting:
Navy of the Union of Nations (My personal favorite from the show)
a 36"x24" oil painting.

Union of Nations Space Force
36" x 60" painting, the biggest I ever attempted

Sculpture I:
Flight 19
Combining the second project: Hydrocal self portrait and project number 3: Welding into a single piece.
"Flight 19 was the designation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared on 5 December 1945 during a United States Navy-authorized overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida." (Wikipedia)

Project number 4 was time based.
I created this domestic fighter for it. I've built one of these when I was 14, and thought it would be fun to do another, something retro futiristic that would fit right in with Crimson Skies.
There was also a time limitation to consider.

Serigraphy:
I silk screened patches for the AUoN, fulfilling my requirment for alternative surface, and having something to wear on my uniform when I set up my table at Directions. I knew not to take it seriously from hearing what former participants had to say about it ;)
I printed on felt and foam sheets with sticky back I bought at wal-mart.

I also combined my final silk screening project with my science project, creating this piece on the short term effects of Dioxin, the nasty stuff in Agent Orange. A toxin we are all exposed to.
I think I like the origin file better.

Last but not least, the free model session
 I don't know her name, but I know she's CCAD alum, and studied American sign language.
Colored pencils. Didn't notice the distortion of the lower part until I photomerged today. Done 4.19.11

It is perhaps fitting that Jeremy would be the last nude I draw at CCAD. He is probably the model I drew the most, with Kelly coming in second.
Charcoal. I actually let the distortion happen as they will in this - the face, hands and legs

I should have been painting

Updating takes a long time. Have to collect my work, scan, photomerge, photograph, resize. Then it's upload, to facebook, deviantArt, Flickr, conceptart.org and this blog.
A short description of what I'm doing, tags, and I'm done, for a week or two.

Someone better be enjoying it. ;)

Our first sculpture project was called Dust and Mass, and taught us how to mold plaster and carve alabaster.
I made 2 pieces.

For our 3rd silkscreen project we had to use drawing fluid, with monoprint being optional.
I chose to do something that mirrored my digital concept art, with some uniform designs.

Free model session: Bob

Mobile Advanced Repair Platform: Vehicle/environment concept design for Pro practice

Part 2 of the ongoing Comp Anim project: lighting

Slow updates

I think I should update more often, but it's the nature of this semester's classes, and maybe you, my followers, don't really mind.

Anyways, what have I done since my last update? A couple of free model sessions:
Matt, who has been confirmed as creepy by others, in oil pastels. Thank you Mrs. Wang for making me feel like I'm not that great with them whenever I pull them out.

I still don't know this model's name, cartoon duck tattooed on her lower back.
It's been a while since I've stretched my charcoal muscles, felt good.

Painting I finished for adv painting before Spring Break, dealing with Augmented reality.

 

Silk screening photo stencil project.

Mid-terms

I don't remember mid-terms as being a significant point during the school year, but it seems that there is certainly something going on.
I spend the evening at the sculpture lab carving alabaster, modeling clay or casting plaster. Then I head to the media studies lab to work on my Maya project. Once the lab closes at midnight, I head to the print lab to add another color and reduce my silkscreen.
I'm gonna need to finish a piece for adv. painting homework.
Took an exam in natural science topics today, it was nice having some lunch when I don't usually have time for it on Mondays.

I'm neglecting my pro practice class. It's the only class I have to take, aside from science, and the only illustration class this semester. Funny how that works.

Student assessments next week. Good opportunity to catch up on some sleep on Wednesday. Thursday will be the same.

Went to the Home and Garden show Sunday. I wish I had gone during the past two years. Came home with a supply of tote bags, magnets, pens, 2 yard sticks, a jar opener, an LED flashlight, sanitary wipes, antibacterial roll-ons, pinwheel, candy, flyswatter... :)
This weekend we have the chili cook-off which should be even more fun than last year, and the Arnold sports festival. I might check it out. Could get some good reference, if I feel like coughing up $15 and dragging my ass out of bed.

Not so great - taxes, job seeking, letting the landlord know I won't be leasing next year.

Rant over, sketches from Monday sessions:

Quarter done

Week 4 out of 16. On one hand we have just started getting into the thick of things - I'm working on the details of my painting.
I finished building my silk screen, and would have prepared my class screen for the first color pass but someone else left his screen to dry on my table.
I'm going to polish my second alabaster sculpture, a mate to my first, while also working on the clay bust which we will make a waste mold of.
Portfolio review in Pro Practice, so the project will be due next week.
Garage is WIP, worked on the Autocars Carmel for 6 hours, and I'm no where near done. :/

Faith (I saw her model card :P ) Modeled for us in the latest free model session, and I used the opportunity to illustrated the first spread in the sketchbook Groff wants us to keep - one in which we focus on visual storytelling.

Not much to show

Painting is still being worked on, a snow day hit silk screening, planning out a garage for Comp Anim I.
Popsicle ad for pro practice needs to be worked on, self portrait sculpture in preliminary stages.

What I do have is work on Sketchaton blog I recently joined that was Started by Hannah, one of my Sketch Group regulars.

I also have the latest from the free model session. A guy who looks like a lean, mean, one fingered fighting machine. How often do you get to draw something like that from life? :)

Post con impressions

It took some trial and error, but I figured out exactly how to "attack" the chaos that is Ohayocon. Chances are slim I will return for 2012, but maybe someday in the future I will revisit. I guess I can consider it my home con after all.

I'm far more interested in sitting at a panel and listening to people talk about their favorite things (unless I am completely lost in a sea of fan girls screaming things I do not understand, like the Hetalia panel.)
I also like to collect freebies, but those are in low supply at this particular con. (The Asian Festival and Marcon are far better for that.)

Too bad I didn't have a camera, maybe I could have started posting on my Navel Warfare blog >_>

At least I took my sketchbook.

Did an oil pastel painting of Dayna at the free model session.

Happy new year :)

I ended 2010 attending the annual life drawing marathon at Tiltan, my old college. I talked with Erez and Michal, the couple who founded this small art school, and with Mail, the head of the graphic design course, who taught me back in the day.
I also saw Kobi and Ilan, old professors of mine, but we didn't talk.

On Friday I took the car to IBM in Petach Tikva, for the 2010 Israel game unconference. It was pretty sweet, seeing who makes games in Israel, listening to lectures, and dropping off some of my business cards. Free pastries for breakfast, free pizza for lunch. Can't complain. ;)

Sagi, charcoal, first drawing of the night, warming up.

Sagi and Andre, charcoal, one hour pose (These guys are champs, sitting for an hour straight)

Yael, 6B pencil, 30 minutes? hour?

5 min. gestures of Yael, charcoal

 

Yulia, 6B

Where are my finals?

I have a few longer assignments I'm working on, and a few I didn't get back yet.

I guess I'll show some love to my blog with some sketches.

I'm still trying to get my schedule in order after spent the weekend attending Illuxcon as a student. Sleep schedule is all fucked up because I have been trying to keep up with homework.
I think this con is going to be a significant experience in my professional life, passing my business card around, getting feedback on my portfolio, making connections, learning new things.

I'd love to attend again next year, but I just don't know where I'll end up after graduation, maybe even in another country.

And now to the sketches, these all come from the sketchbook I am keeping for Groff's class, in which we are asked to fit certain themes.

"Liquid," a marker drawing of Jeremy, done during the free model session.

 "Armored," Graphite sketch of Courtney, done during the Illuxcon award ceremony.

"Toys," graphite sketch done during the Illuxcon model session.

"Organic," Jeremy again, this time in crayon.

November - super month

November 2010 is going to be epic. A month I will remember until I die, even when I forget the names of my brothers.

Britanee and I will be celebrating our birthday next Saturday. It marks the start of my 3rd decade alive.
Time to start a career and lose my virginity. ;)
I'll also be going to Mid-Ohio-Con on Sunday, portfolio and business cards under my arm. Need to make some opportunities for myself.
The following weekend we are going to Illuxcon. The plan this year is for 10 of us to share a room, boys and girls. It's going to be interesting.
I have a portfolio review with Rob Ruphl, who happens to have been born Nov. 7th. :D

Better get to work on my branding.

Enough words. Pictures say more, right?

Landscape painting at Highbanks Metro park:

Professional practice: Vasselin Behrovitch, combat tracker, character design

Illustration Methods:

Seated figure graphite value study. (Thanks for modeling, Emily :) )

Human animal hybrid, greyscale acrylic. Lizzie with an Inca Tern.

Full color acrylic painting. We needed to come up with 5 nouns and 5 verbs and use them to come up with an interesting idea/composition.
The words I ended up using were lizard, missile, leap and fly.

Free model session:
I killed Audrey for the "Horror" theme required for Groff's sketchbook.

Audrey again. Choose this angle for the challenge.