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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Lineart: Pirates


This is the character lineart for the three pirates. I originally thought about cropping off the missing lineart by the man's leg but, later on decided against it and drew in a boot. I resized some of the heads and made them more proportionate and had the woman sitting on top show more weight and gravity to her pose.

Sketch: Pirates

This sketch which was eventually colored was an art trade with another artist. Two of the characters belong to her in the picture, she asked for their playful, polygamous relationship to be shown in the picture and because they are pirates to give them all a bit of a gruff edge. I found the drawing challenging as it required to have more than two characters in it.

References used:

Linked for Mature Content: SilverGrey

Art: Apophan Finished


Sketch

This is the finished coloring for Kyle D's commission. The texture is a free stock image of burnt leather which I manipulated. The character was described as an elegant yet evil villain and I felt the streams of light through the jungle gave a beautiful contrast to the harsh look of his evil glare.

Just for Fun: Baby Shower

My sister will be having her first child sometime in March, I've taken upon myself to be the planner of her baby shower. This is my first time ever planning such an event and I wanted it to be tailored around the theme she had picked out for her baby (which is ocean/aquatic). For the invite I looked around at a bunch of different baby shower invites and took elements from different ones to make one. The seashells are stock images and the fonts come from Dafont.com. Sonogram photo provided by my sister. Stick on white jewels were added after the invites were printed on cardstock to symbolize bubbles.

I also created other decorations to tie into the theme of the party and invite. Below is one of letters to the banner which I created. I pretty much used the same shell stock image, colors, and fonts from the previously listed site. The dolphin and wave in the picture are wingding type fonts which I used to decorate around the letter. For each letter I had a different sea creature.


Along with the banner, one of the activities for the guest to do is play a game of Baby Jeopardy. I created a page to print out for each of the women to hold. All items were printed out on cardstock.


I'm also working on a mini baby shower video: About 5 minutes in length and looping. I'm working on it in After Effects and will place it up here when it's finished.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Sketch: Apophan

This sketch I did for a commission during 2009. The character Apophan belongs to Kyle D. This character is a tauren from the online game World of Warcraft, he was described to be as being very villainous and serpent-like (and very much like the character Omadon from Rankin & Bass' "Flight of Dragons") My references I looked at before free-handing the sketch were pictures of Omadon, the 3D model of his tauren character, and pictures of bulls.

A change of pace...

Welcoming 2011, I've decided to make this blogspot my primary website for the time being. I've created quite a few pieces of artwork during 2010 and will be posting them up. I'm dabbling with ideas for a new design for my portfolio, I'm very attached to the Persian/Aztec feel I was going for originally and would like to continue with that only update it.

-B

Friday, December 25, 2009

Happy Christmahanakwanza!

I've been working on models and updating my site over break, here's a little peak at what's in store for the website.



I'm changing the more garish website for a more subdued gray with hints of color. I think it looks more polished and is easier to navigate. I still think it needs a little something to show more personality.

Enjoy the Holidays!

-bhowell