Last day of Summer

Starting classes tomorrow. Illustration methods with Kovach at 8am. Followed by Web Design II with Bennett.
Time to summarize my summer.
Memphis for 11 weeks, for an internship with Resolute Interactive. It was a good experience. I picked up a few new tricks, I felt like I was needed, got some artwork that I can say is out there, made some good connections, ate a ton of pizza. Even get a tablet PC as a gift (still trying to figure out how I can use it.)

You can see what I worked on at garage.appanda.com

On the other hand, I would have liked to work on games, and do more illustration work.
Memphis isn't exactly on my list for places I want to live, considering how it's rich history basically comes from the fact it's such a shit hole, from yellow fever epidemics, Jim Crow laws to it's usual ranking amongst the most dangerous American cities.

Came back to Columbus an a greyhound bus that ran 1.5 hours late. Good thing I didn't have to transfer, or I could have been stuck in some station for 4-5 hours.
I've had a stack of mail waiting in my box, and I knew I had more waiting in the office.
Bad news from the doctor. I thought I was fine when I talked with the nurse in Memphis, but here in Ohio I am told I'm pre-diabetic.
I also have a letter from the IRS saying I owe them money, but I sent a check when I asked for the changes to my forms. I bet that that's going to be a real pleasure.

Tomorrow I need to see if I have a job waiting for me with IT, pay tuition, and see if I can add the internship to my schedule.

Artwork update:
Just a quick digital portrait. Feeling rusty.

Messing with custom brushes.

INTJf: inner beast.

Quick character concept.

Birthday thing for mom.

Mid Summer review

Been in Memphis for over a month. Back to school at the end of this one.
Turns out being a graphic designer isn't that bad. Maybe it's because it's for interactive media, or maybe it's because I don't have to deal with clients.

I have done a few more concepts for Eightsphere. Could do some more, namely weapons and spell effects. I know Wei wanted it done by now, but the distance poses some problems.

Archer concepts:

Light infantry:

I'm also ready to call Shiverlick Mk. II done

Flicker Street Studio

I would have liked to have taken some college level art classes this summer as well, but the Memphis College of Art started any class which might have interested me before I moved.
While looking for alternatives, I found Flicker Street Studio, and took the encaustic and wire sculpture workshops.

It's a pain in the ass to get there by bus (What isn't? Memphis Area Transit Authority sucks hardcore) but they are good people, I learned new things, and I had fun.

Here's what I made:

Guess my blog is suffering from the Memphis heat too

I am staying at Studio 6 Memphis, going to Resolute Tuesday and Thursday nights, currently working on web design for our newest app. Seems that making games doesn't make financial sense, although it's the reason why most of us joined.
Most of us are hoping we could get back on that track, at least part-time.

I have been working on art for Eightsphere, our GCC game, although the distance makes it a little hard to stay involved, and the leader, Wei, is being a little unclear on what to do next.
Here's what I did until now.

Drill worm:

Golem:


Homuncali:

Shiverlick is still alive, albeit as lazy as everything else :P

Won't be slacking over summer break much longer

I found myself an internship in Memphis, I'll be meeting the CEO of Resolute Interactive to hash out the final details of what I will be doing. I know it won't be full time, but I'll try to get the best out of it.

There have been a few more GCC meetings since I graduated, but not for the last couple of weeks because of finals.

INTJf's:
Eyes:

 

Meaning of flower (Orange blossom):

 Something you don't want to find in your kitchen:

And finally a personal project. Storm clouds for my facebook pet dragon, Shiverlick, to ride on :)

Acronym Soup

Summer break is officially here. Now that I'm a week in, it's begun to sunk.
There's still the big "if" of the internship at Neopets or elsewhere.
I'm still doing art - DSGs, INTJfs, GCC.

I have been part of Daily Sketch Group for six years now, and 1060 posts later, I'm still doing every single one (though they are no longer daily.)
It has helped me a lot, but looking at the other art posted in the forum, I still have a lot of room for improvement.

Here are some from the past week:

DSG 1559: Creature • IMPRESSIVE ALIEN BEAST BLENDS QUALITIES OF BOTH RHINO & LION

DSG 1558: Sci-Fi • FRIENDS ON GROUND WAVE AS FUTURISTIC FLYING CRAFT KICKS UP DUST

DSG 1557: Fantasy Scene • PRAIRIE GIRL USES STICK TO POKE AT THE THING IN THE PIT

I have also doing the art challenges at the INTJforum. (Do I even do anything for myself anymore?)
Some of the latest work.

Eyes.

Creature from Mount Bosavi: The world's biggest rat (This was my suggestion)

Dogma

Last but not least, we are working on our own game project at the Game Creation Club, for which I am making some of the in-game art.

Engineer, picks up weapons and adds skill points to player.

Carrion worms, eats up bodies and spits out flies.

Heavy infantry (based on another GCC member's concept art) one of the basic units.

Final finals, finally

From the last days of Fall 2010.
Mr. Kumlien was still pushing the idea of mass tones. (charcoal / Conté)

Mrs. Wong gave me a B on the spot illustration for an article about "winterizing your skin," the highest grade I got in that class. She thought I was avoiding painting. I was just looking for what other techniques I might use. I have been painiting for color concept all year.
A C+ on my sketchbook and final grade.

The final Bunn guns for Advanced Structural. (They don't shoot coffee :P )

I'm still waiting for an answer from Neopets about the internship, or that someone else might pick me up.
CSCC has a pretty cool lineup if I do stick around, I'm not too worried about being sexually assaulted in the toilets. I read about that last week, smells fishy.
I'm also working with the GCC on Project X, and having a blast.