obscurity.: Character Design And Vis. Dev.

Turn aroundseses.

2011-05-02T20:23:00.000-07:00

Quinn! Spy and Nada spy.

Girls, Girls, Girls

2011-01-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

Here is another freelance character design project I did for a studio. It's variations of the same girl, who is "environmentally aware" but "unaware of limitations". I wanted to show a ton of different styles, while keeping it copesetic and vaguely compatible. Also, her name is Kat. So there.

Anna Ampersand Agitation Abound!

2011-01-21T23:04:00.000-08:00

So, I am recouping from a week long stay at the hospital, and now I am getting sickness boredom, since I am not allowed to move from my apartment and go have a life until I get better. So what better time to update my poor, forgotten blog in which I do love but have neglected? It's like an old stuffed animal you used to carry with you everywhere, but then moved and it fell behind the bed, and then you were like "Oh my god! I love you!" when you found it. Here is a couple of freelance character designs I did for a studio here in the Burbs of Bank. I will post more in the future (once I have restarted the blog it would be sad to stop again, but who knows the fuchah! If I could time travel forward to see the stuff going down, I would.) This is for a show about a neighborhood with a strange dynamic, with a select few of the main characters selected out. They had a very specific look in mind for the characters, which is kind of nice for a change. Anyway, welcome back, me!

muhhh

2009-10-13T22:57:00.001-07:00

Ahhh, one more redo. More like visual organization of colors and shapes. Totally better, makes me feel better. Time for the bed.

Real quick like

2009-10-13T19:13:00.000-07:00

There is an unexpected deadline! Here is a new composite of our lovely octopus friend. I AM doing new stuff, but only because its redoing things in a better way.

After I do this stuff, I am doing more actual new stuff. So I haven't gone back to Posey Knows Best yet, but I was just touching stuff up. <3

I do love cats.

2009-10-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

Look I found an old Quinn magazine cover from the 60's. Weird, right? No but seriously, folks. I have a computer. I hope it keeps working. I lost everything. Most of everything. My backup failed on me, man. No original art files, no nothin.

Luckily its not game over. I am back to the Quinn project in full force. I never left it, I just digressed. I have a painting, too, for a movie called "DEEP TROUBLE". You will see that when I am done bonding with Frankie.

In the meantime, expect either Quinn related things or Halloween related things. But do not expect nothing. I am sick of nothing!

So, back to the photoshops.

This is what is sounds like when anna cries

2009-09-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

My computer is officially kaputnik. Thats why I haven't been a-postin', or doing anything on the internets at all really. I am currently waiting for my new (PC...) computer, which is not new, but old parts that my brother will be putting together so I can use the photoshop and the webbernets again. His name shall be Frankie, because hes a frankenstein of a bunch of other computers. Maybe I will spraypaint the case green. Hopefully this will be soon. In the meantime, I am painting and drawing so there will be a great big cache of stuff to show whenever I get my lovely frankie.
So, it is only appropriate to do a euligy here, please bow your heads:
May my trusty mac, Elton, R.I.P. He was a good computer, despite all the new Harddrives I had to install. I will miss his sleek white exterior, his great way of avoiding viruses, and the glorious chorus of angels that sang everytime I turned him on. May the computer gods be kind to him, and may his design always be remembered.
Amen.

Hey Brah

2009-08-05T19:09:00.000-07:00

Sex waxin' the boards, hittin the tubes, scopin' for wahinis.

I only know surfer slang because of Michael McKean in Earth Girls are Easy.

Anyway. Posey's Papa Poseidon

Octofussy

2009-07-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

The dog just put his nose in my armpit. It surprised me so much I had to tell you about it.

OH! and his name is Otto. Props to Matty for the inspiration.

In French we say Couleur

2009-07-26T01:44:00.000-07:00

Her school's mascot/team/whatever...its the Trojans. And the rival? Did you guess the obvious? It is a kids show after all. The Titans. I am pretty sure there is a dab of irony somewhere in this.

Line Up

2009-07-19T22:10:00.000-07:00

In order:

Pan - Posey's best friend

Medusa - One of the popular, bitchy girls

Posey - (holla)

Athena "Tina" - Part of Posey's posse

Artemis "Emi" - Also part of Posey's posse

Color next? Maybe?

Posey Poses

2009-07-16T19:48:00.001-07:00

hurrayyy...

Octo3.14

2009-07-16T18:39:00.000-07:00

Here is Posey's Best friend/Pet. No name yet.

Posey Knows Best

2009-07-13T19:52:00.000-07:00

So hey, hows it going? How's your mom? Remember I said I was working on two projects simultaneously? Yeah well, this is totally the other one. Her name is Posey, daughter of Poseidon (ha get the name? I am clever.) and she lives on land and in the ocean. Her best friend is Pan (half goat bwaha) and she has a pet octopus who goes with her everywhere. Or tries to, he is an octopus after all. Her natural enemies are the popular kids: Aphrodite, Scylla and possibly Achilles. Outcasts of school are Pandora, Artemis, Hermes. She is friends with Athena, who is a nerd. So I have plans, as usual. But only sketches of both Posey and her Octopus, who I dont as of yet have a name for. Its better working on both of these at once. My goal is a more cartoony feel, as I haven't at all done that in a long time. Anyway.

mid century man

2009-07-12T01:58:00.000-07:00

I think I might name him Everett? Nothing is solid really, its all still in pencil stages even. Hes the main male character, but totally not the most important person in the story. Hes a side character more than anything. I like that I kept drawing him worried without meaning to. He must have anxiety issues. Maybe I'll draw him a psychiatrist with a tiny little prescription pad and a dusty fake plant. He can cry into her shoulder pads.

boy howdy

2009-07-12T01:36:00.000-07:00

Here is the main bad guy character. My thoughts for her were this: actress turned fashion designer (craaaazy woman) who hates all things beautiful cause shes totally a big raisin. I havent concretely figured out her name but its something like dita von dita or something von something.

She hates children and has two pet ferrets she wears around her neck like they were furs. Remember the eels in the little mermaid? They are like those. But the best part is that she dresses them up too, and they hate it(and comedy ensues{?}). I havent figured her body yet but its full of that old person body type that seems to be a mixture of awkward pooch and bony corners. So her face is figured out. This project seems to be about outfits now. What the hell?

I love your face(s)

2009-07-11T20:14:00.000-07:00

So...hows it going? You miss me? I missed you. I thought about you often.

I just moved....a month ago...but I promised myself no fun stuff until I found a job. Which I did...at Andrew Christian. He is one of the designers from The Fashion Show on Bravo. I do things for him, most of it involving photoshopping muscly models. I totally like it so far.

SO ANYWAY I started doing stuff immediately for my portfolio. I have a TON of stuff to show. I have two projects that I am moving back and forth from. The Quinn Project, which I have a bunch of stuff planned, and another currently untitled project that is more Cartoon friendly, i.e. television not movies. Its a little girl (I am leaning towards Olivia as a name but I kind of want a really weird name, maybe an object, like Apple) and her best friend who is an octopus. I am going to show all the Quinn project stuff first. These are 3 henchmen of the main bad character. Process. The bottom three are the final faces, and the numbers correspond to their silhouette. So expect POST EXPLOSION! HANDLE IT!

right?

2009-04-30T11:33:00.000-07:00

no longer flat

More Neemah

2009-04-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

Her face

Neemah

2009-04-29T13:35:00.001-07:00

Neemah character movements - she's very composed and not out there as Zuri, who is very animated

More Zuri

2009-04-29T13:33:00.000-07:00

Emotions for Zuri + her new face. *Sigh*

They're baaaaack

2009-04-29T13:22:00.000-07:00

So I made it to second tier with Disney Feature and they wanted me to go back and "elaborate" the Africa characters, that is why I have been m.i.a for a while, but I have lots to show for it. I am just redoing Neemah + Zuri. Here is Zuri and some movements to show her personality.

Well, you know how it goes

2009-04-21T12:33:00.000-07:00

Been super focusing on getting a job lately, interviewing, sending out, dropping off, etcetera, etcetera. I finally got some down time to just finish a quick Quinn pose. Things are winding down and now it is time for the dreaded waiting game. Worst. Game. Ever.

Hokey Oakley

2009-03-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

I redid the Oakley poster (I kind of was not happy with the other one, and decided it needed an overhaul.) Not sure if I am 100% on this one, but I like it better reguardless. Sure shot, or a blank shooter? It's up for debate.

SHE CAME FROM MARS

2009-03-17T23:25:00.000-07:00

But could not resist human man!

Tomorrow loft

2009-03-15T01:37:00.000-07:00

In the future, there are flying cars + microwave technology, self cleaning ovens and computers the size of a closet! Exciting.

Here is Quinn's loft apartment living room. I could live here if it existed in other places than my mind.

p.s. there will be pictures on the walls...but they are movie posters of Quinn and that is my next thing to do. So deal, holmes.

Oh snap

2009-03-07T01:32:00.000-08:00

Her thieving outfit in which she runs amuck and pillages evil CEO/politician bungalows of beautiful + rare artifacts that were taken from their original owners. Among other things. I think it would be amusing if one of the things she recovers is a rare cheese in which it's made of something hard to find but kind of awful, like the ground bone of an ancient ruler or something, and has to return it to the monastery it was stolen from. I can see it in my brain, the whole hilarious episode. Can't you? Say yes.

New project time

2009-03-06T15:25:00.000-08:00

My new project, since I am done with the Africa project: Quinn Starling, known as "The Darling of the Cinema", is an actress who is in many popular films. She often graces the covers of top magazines. At night, Quinn becomes a thief "robin hood" figure in which she steals many valuable objects. Think Catwoman but without the "I steal things for myself too" and less corny and holier-than-thou than robin hood. My goals for this project, along with environments (think 50's + 60's) is to bring in a strong sense of design, which means I will be doing movie posters, or magazine covers, and to show her in many outfits. There is more to the story but thats all you need to know, at least for now. Sorry for the ramblingness, but I am on a roll.

Zuri in the water

2009-02-16T23:55:00.000-08:00

I don't draw naked people often, I think that will change. Nakedness is good, no? Or at least bathing is. Delicious cleanliness.

In other news: While researching, names that stuck out to me as being quite excellent: Ho, Hobo, Titi, and Yaa. Not to mention one of the meanings of some name I don't remember: "one who was a mistake." Thanks mom and dad! Loves you too! I'll be sure to tell my sister "one who is ugly" to gather grain for a celebration later.

Ring-a-ding-ding

2009-02-13T23:56:00.001-08:00

Oh snap! Second painting finally done. There was a fiasco involving a logo and then something about some kind of tshirt design? And then trips to the library? And a bunch of drag shows? And maybe issues with other things Icarenottomention?

I DON'T KNOW! I had a premature senior moment. A post-pubescent moment. And now that moment has past and I can continue doing fun stuff. Hurrah!

Early Morning Walk

2009-02-01T19:45:00.000-08:00

This bitch is in Acrylic. You KNOW when the last time I painted in Acrylic was? January 27th. But BEFORE that? Forever ago! Holy bananacreampien'puddin! But anyway it was fun, full of what Matty calls "splendiforousness". Indeed.

One two Tree!

2009-01-27T10:46:00.000-08:00

Here is a taste of the stylization of how the environments are gonna be. Is it a delicious taste? Is it full of splendor? Seems like this would taste like popcorn.

It is, what, 29 degrees now? For realz?

2009-01-21T22:21:00.001-08:00

It's Florida! I am not prepared! My poor fingers are little blue frozen pigs without blankets. And why, for once, did that image come up big? Damn it. Someone will pay...someday. SOME DAY.

Savannah Matte Painting

2009-01-20T20:22:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I have painted realistically in Photoshop. This piece took longer than I would have guessed, but I like the outcome. Oh boy. It's that one environment.

p.s. Never again do I want to draw bushes or grass. Ever. Again.

Go Here

2009-01-16T12:38:00.000-08:00

Go here and vote for my shirt design (a 5!). It would be super awesome and I would love you forever!

thank you <3

Oh, and

2009-01-04T22:49:00.001-08:00

Here is my sketch for the next Digital Painting. It's cinematogrific!

Casa Dos, Tres, Quatro

2009-01-04T22:01:00.000-08:00

2008 we really hate, 2009 we're feelin fine. That is my motto, suckaz.

Despite the hours that it took me to come with that nonsense, I have been busy...DRAWING. What else? What else IS there? Nothing.

So here are a FEW of many (so so many) housing designs. They are my favorites out of the group:

Oh, and hey, if I haven't told you yet, have a happy New Year my brothas.

Houses Uno

2008-12-18T20:53:00.001-08:00

Here are some quick housing designs. More to come soon.

Girlies!

2008-12-15T01:42:00.000-08:00

Here are the characters for the environments I've been whipping oop. You like?

On the second day of christmas

2008-12-13T22:28:00.000-08:00

...or is it the eleventh day of christmas? Yesterday it was a partridge and a pear and today its more birds? or are we counting down and not up, and does that mean i get eleven pipers piping? and if I DO get the pipers do you think I could get them to play Rick Astley for me? A nice orchestra of bagpipes playing Rick Astley. Now THAT is an awesome Christmas present.

The big 5-0

2008-12-12T12:39:00.000-08:00

Hey its my 50th blog entry! And here to celebrate it with me is another environment! Hurrah.

Environmentzaahhhhhhhh

2008-12-11T18:18:00.000-08:00

Expect to see a lot more of this non-nonsense. Fattening up my folio.

Delicious

2008-11-24T23:23:00.000-08:00

Breaking out the hand turkey in celebration of Thanksgiving.

The Monarch

2008-11-08T01:14:00.001-08:00

Brock Samson

2008-11-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

Dr. Girlfriend

2008-11-06T22:11:00.000-08:00

I am doing a comic - someone ELSES comic!!!...(officially!) so until then, fanart will have to be it. I can't help myself.

Tricker Treat

2008-10-29T01:02:00.000-07:00

Frankenhotty

2008-10-22T23:44:00.000-07:00

She was sick of all the dead beat guys. Get it? Get it? Too vague?

After her break up, she had to piece herself together again? No?

She had a monster of a headache? She worried about a matter of grave importance?

Someone needs to call the pun police.

Not quite headless

2008-10-20T00:05:00.000-07:00

Hes' a pretty hard core shopper. Waiting for a sale, and then double dipping with coupons.

(hour long project, fo sho')

Shark + the Narwhale

2008-10-16T01:01:00.000-07:00

Aquatic brothers show some love (in my moleskine).

the scan really washed this out. the bastard.

Jeepers Creepers!

2008-10-06T14:46:00.000-07:00

Nearly haunted house? Or just naughty housekeepers?

Finger food

2008-09-30T21:46:00.000-07:00

Inspired by The Wolverine (almost) Daily. Wee!

It's always sunny

2008-09-21T22:27:00.000-07:00

One of Matty + I's projects. The messenger. See illustration version here. I am not a religious person at all, but this seemed appropriate. And whatever, I love the little monk hair cuts. They make me laugh through my nose.

p.s. its not letting me save it so you can click it. so you can't see the bee. there is a bee. its true.

say wha?

2008-09-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

I have been working on a lot of process work for the Alice project, and thus, most (if not all) of it will not be worthy of showing on here. Plus I am both painting and working on freelance stuff so I don't have time for fun stuff. Oye.

Storm's a brewin'

2008-09-09T00:35:00.000-07:00

I think I might be too random for my own good. Or any good...to be any good? (it makes sense to me.)

Here is my first attempt at speed painting. I thought, hey, I have alot of environments that need to get done for Alice so why not try to learn? It is a sad attempt. I will post anyway (for the sake of the children). Also, really tiny it doesn't look as bad. I spent an hour and 10 minutes on it...does that still make a speed painting or does it need to be like 20 minutes? cause if so I am totally screwed.

The Queen of Heart's City.

Bucket of curmudgeony

2008-09-07T23:08:00.000-07:00

That is what he totally is. This is another assignment of Matty and I's "projects"-this one is to design a ringmaster (and also the dancing bear). This is pretty straightforward. See the dancing bear{s} here.

He'll cut a bitch.

Curiouser and curiouser

2008-09-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

Alice turn around. Redone for the new style, holmes.

Jigga WHA?

Potholes in my molecules

2008-08-30T23:32:00.000-07:00

And you thought I forgot Alice and got all ADD. Well, I did the latter, not the former. Getting character sketches together for a big fat giant sheet o' Alice. The size of your mom's face! Oooh snap. Wait...it's probably gonna be bigger than that.

Anyway here is a tiny little drawing of her. It is, in actually, really tiny in the sketchbook. IN WHICH, by the way, never rush when you buy a sketchbook. I got stuck with the smooth plastICKY pages, and it's too late to turn back. It makes me sad, and yet I am forcing myself to use it because....because I am a shameless sado-masochist. There. Now you know something about me. Too much?

Harbinger of Doom (and possibly justice)

2008-08-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

Matty + I give each other matching projects (cause we're good like that). This assignment was to design a prophet of doom, but be not so obvious about it (my mind automatically goes to the crazy guy on the street screaming- see here) BUT since this has to be more creative than that:

yes.

Less wench and more hench

2008-08-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

So, this was the idea that I didn't have time to do but did anyway.

By the way my favorite characters: Joker, Harley Quinn, Scarface, and Babydoll. To make it 5: Ra's al Goul. Sweet.

le sigh

2008-08-22T23:56:00.000-07:00

I had this other most excellent idea for Harley Quinn but I have lots of other (freelance related=money related) stuff to do so I got lazy and did this. I should not be spending my time doing fun things but I can't help myself. I get ideas and I need to do them all right away for some reason. I don't get bored, I get distracted and full of ADD. Then I eventually come back to things. Anyway. Harley Quinn (who is totally in the top 4 favorite characters of Batman. Can you guess the other 3?)

The Truth About Bats

2008-08-17T23:05:00.000-07:00

....what can I say. I love me some batsy.

And when you reach the end...stop.

2008-08-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

M. Hatter. Size relation. On to the Cheshire Cat.

Domo Arigato

2008-08-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

So, I keep traveling back and forth with the Industrial Alice project. It pours forth one second, the next I am stumped. It has turned into basically a brand new story, sharing the same kind of characters and general outline, but is no where CLOSE to Lewis C.'s original. Which what would be the point in redoing it that way anyway? It has been done enough. So, that being said, I designed the "futuristic" march hare. I love me some robots. The whole premise here, however, is that the M. Hatter is a lonely, genius inventor, and his "hare" is his robot companion (in which he built himself for company), but his software never quite took. I haven't designed M. Hatter yet, but I have a good idea as to what he will look like. I also have an excellent idea of the sort of environment. Anyway, here he is. He IS the modern man, after all.

A is for Anna!

2008-08-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

So I have a new logo. It has more to do with character than it does illustration I feel. PLUS new character study here too. I know it is borderline illustration but whatever. I do what I want.

The Anna v. mechanical doohickies

2008-07-22T10:21:00.001-07:00

My dumb scanner broke. I have a couple true enemies in this world, one of them being printers (ask Kinko's, things go haywire when I walk in no joke) and the other being SCANNERS. This is the third scanner in 2 years. IN 2 YEARS! These things are supposed to last for more than that. Ugh. ANNA SMASH!! ANNA HATE LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTIES! WHY THEY LIMITED? THAT ALMOST LIKE OXYMORON! On that note, if I were the hulk I would throw angry squirrels at people. Everyone is frightened of angry squirrels, but loves them enough not to do anything but try to unsuccessfully swat them away. It's true.....so...anyway....here is the Queen of Hearts. I can't help but every time I look at her I think "you sassy bitch" in a bemused voice. Seriously. Every time I think that. Mm-hmmmm!

Mmm-hmm.

girl talk.

2008-07-21T18:34:00.001-07:00

So, it's been a while. I have been doing lots of stuff. I learned a bit of flash (to be seen later), I worked on 3d projects (you know, like stuffed pb+j sandwiches). I did everything but go on the computer (the flash part doesn't count. I took an INTENSE workshop, and the laptop I was on had no internets)

Anyway, after much thought, I decided my redesign of Alice and co. needed to be redesigned. I asked myself who I was gearing towards, which was gaming, more realistic, blahblah. But instead I am going down a route that is more geared towards something/somewhere not so dark. (surprise!) The storyline is the same, the environments, just the characters (minus the tweedle bros. I like them) being redesigned. So here is Ms. Alice.

Whatever. I am working again. It's nice. I feel better for once. Expect more soon.

Box castle time!

2008-04-29T17:59:00.000-07:00

I am moving so there won't be any updates until I settle in. I have so much crap.

Rabbit Habits

2008-04-19T00:30:00.000-07:00

Oi oi oi! Boondock Saints is on, stirring my need to be rebel rousing. Oh Willem Dafoe, you are such a good crazy person. Makin out with blokes, hiding guns in your purse. Only to be just. like. you.

Anyway, here is the Alice turn around. Sorry it's so tiny ::

I am possessed!

In nomine Patri Et Fili Spritus Sancti.

Down the Rabbit Hole

2008-04-15T00:18:00.000-07:00

Environment thumbnail #2. These will be all together on the same page, of all the places Alice will be. Then there will be a final environment, more detailed than these. This particular environment is a scene of Alice emerging from the rabbit hole. I have not put her in it yet, just like the other one. I am waiting for that. The white rabbit in this spin is in actuality a diety of a forgot and destroyed civilization. Notice the juxtaposition of the climbing trees eating the ruins vs. the pipe forest? Eh? Eh?

Anyway off to do more.

The sun is like a toy balloon (all in a golden afternoon)

2008-04-14T02:35:00.000-07:00

And it's spring finally! Flowers and bunnies and evil squirrels that mock my cats by eating in front of the window. My toes want to be free, and I hate socks, and I am itching to break out the sandals. Anyway. Here is my first THUMBNAIL (n-o-t final) for Alice's environment ::

I haven't added her yet. Guess where she goes! It's like the opposite of Where's Waldo.

Here is the final color comp for the Tweedle Brothers. They get an environment too. This project keeps getting bigger + bigger. Always in motion is the future. (haha lame Star Wars joke. you know you love me so shut up.)

I am really happy with the way they came oot. Tomorrow I hand draw Alice + the queen to match the feeling this color study has (which means, I have chosen finally the style of this damn story).

Next for Anna :: pillow time. Remarkably like hammer time. Except with pillows.

Tweedle Doo, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle You, Tweedle Me

2008-04-11T22:13:00.000-07:00

So I had to do it. I just...I just had to. I made the tweedle brothers. Except, of course, with a twist. Siamese twins (mwahaaahahaha!!?!) Yes, well, it is in the future and also it is all industrial which means at some point there was some sort of leakage of pipes, or whatever happens when things contaminate things and people....when you get babies in jars with one eyeball. The research was super fun with this one. And I am not even kidding. So enough talking, I do that too much.

My favorite. Just imagine the way they would walk and tumble aboot! Oh, joy!

Also another one that motion would be amusing. Mm-Hm. Be intrigued.

I dont have it in me to do kittens/jesus/jesuswithkittens calenders. Only if they are evil/mutant/robot kittens with a vampire/zombie/ninja jesus. I could jump on that boat.

It should also be known that the decision has been made that one of them will be intelligent and the other, notsomuch. SO you should picture in your head the first drawing, the top being smart-ish, the bottom being stupid and dancing aboot and making noises while the top one is trying to get work done. Hilarity ensues! Makes me oh so full of giggles.

And I love being full of those.

I'm telling you

2008-04-07T17:15:00.000-07:00

I have a problem. I must get lots of things done. Projects, projects, projects.

My parents came up 10 days ago, left today. I got absolutely no work done, but it was worth it. Ok, thats kind of a lie that I didn't get anything done. We went up to North Dakota and damn if I forgot my nice camera. SO many abandoned buildings to explore. Anyway, my grandpa is master of all things wood related, so we (together, mind you, even though I am terrified of saws because of how accident prone I am. Side note: I picture my fingers being chopped off, flying in all directions, and one of them flies up right into my eye and now I am eye-less and fingerless) NEVERtheless out there in the shop cutting up boards and plexi-glass (another side note: burning plastic is no fun to cut ohmygod.) to make give away portfolios. These are way too much work. Simple in design, incredibly complicated to put together. I will post photos later. But I did get that stuff done. And I got to see my mom! I love her and we bawled whenever we thought of parting. Lots of cuddle time that I needed. It's so empty in my apartment though, so I have my tv and itunes on at the same time.

In the meantime, lots of stuff to do on the Industrial Alice project. Must come up with more creative name than that. Let me know if you have ideas. Here is a boring color study of the queen of hearts. I.E. JUST a color study, I dont think I have decided on that face yet...same with Alice. What I really need to do is decide what this is for...movie? Game? It matters. Cause its too....human? They are too fashion model. Im going to work on that next.

Anyway here is the final color study. After MANY. Enjoy.

p.s. Its good to be back.

I heart.......hearts?

2008-03-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

Why are evil people so much fun to draw? I mean, yes. Yes they are.

So here is a short story:: I sent Mattytattatwaitinthebushesandshootyouintheface an 8-bit song (know that out of the hundred or so things I am obsessed with, 8bit is in the top 5) and he said it matched strangely to the Alice I had created. And it was true. So when I was working on the Queen of Hearts silhouettes I was listening to M83 + Grizzly Bear. There is some kind of weird connection here to how stylistically music rules how I draw. Or maybe its just because I am awesome. *raises eyebrow* So here are my two favorites::

This one is my favorite <3>

I was trying for the burlesque look. Just imagine it without the top hat. That was vitoed.

Anyway. Expect more updates shortly. I have to go back and do turn arounds for all these bitches. Also expect:: White Rabbit designs, MAYBE tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb, and MOST definetly the mad hatter and the march hare. They are robots. OH YES. Muwahahahaha.

Malice in wonderland?

2008-03-23T21:13:00.000-07:00

No. That's a band. Cause I looked it up just in case I was breaking the copywrite rulez. Beeeecause it sounds super kewl. "Malice in Wonderland". Sigh. Not to be. So something more creative I suppose. So anywho years ago I did some AWEFUL illustrations. I mean aweful. So bad. See below. Mind you, there are two more WAY worse than this. Yes! Three full illustrations. Sweet. (This is the spread. Note the comic page insert. Even then I loved me some comics)::

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA oh god *cries*. So the idea was an "industrial" Alice in Wonderland. Alice of the fewchah! Since I was still in school (and very EARLY on in art sk"cool" mind you) I totally admit to being one of those people that was like "stupid traditional illustration! I want to be different! Screw puppies and damn Rockwell!" yes, but. Crying mascara. A girl wearing a tie with emo hair? WHATEVA. What the hell was I thinking. I was still a teenager? Can that be my excuse (please?) I can laugh at myself now but you can totally tell i put work into this shiz. Meaning I totally took myself WAY to seriously.

Anyfreakinway, I must admit that I still love the concept. I mean, the marriage of future industrial world with pipes and robots + whimsical Alice in Wonderland? Holy bananas. You can't tell me my mind/heart weren't totally in the right place, but unlike alot of artists born with the natural abilities to shit out great artwork, I had to work hardco' at mine. Sooo, for my next project::

Note :: She has a hoodie + also her cowl covers her face. Because it's all smoggy in the future. I'm guessing. OH and she has three pony tails. Why? Cause the last concert I went to I wore three ponytails and I got hit on twice. TWICE.

(p.s. I totally have a little bit of goth kid in me still. Don't tell nobody.)

my chair + I are of one being

2008-03-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

As is my wacom tablet pen and my hand. Which my hand looks suspiciously like a claw. And also thanks to my glass computer table I have a battle wound from going back and forth back and forth on my wrist, drawing. Yes, I declared WAR on this environment. Who came out victorious? ME! My first "real" environment! Not flat, lovingly rendered, and tediously detailed...oi. 4 days. the first day was all for finding reference of seaweed. the reason it took so long is because actually its KELP that grow in massive mounds like that. who knew? (besides smart people and marine biologists) so first day the KELP kicked my ass, second and third day the jellyfish won. cause there was...so...many...of them....uhhhh....not to mention I did not sleep both of those days in order to get it done by Monday. So today ( I did not sleep last night either) I kept on truckin. I was committed. And it helps if insomnia plays into it. So yes. Here just look ::

Yes. I wish you could see the detail up close, in all its environmentally goodness. yay, complicated lighting. ugh. thats it. Im going to go lay down.

fin.

Is that...the sun?

2008-03-13T05:58:00.001-07:00

It's 7:58 am meaning I have been awake a long time. But, it was either lay in bed until now waiting to fall asleep and doing nothing but getting aggravated, or stay up and get something accomplished. This is what happens when I choose to not hear a certain bed calling ::

Besides being highly annoyed that no one can see the immense detail in this turn around, I am quite happy that I have gotten it done so quickly. Also, on the teevee, Cash in the Attic is on with both Jonty AND Paul! Lucky me! Never have I seen such an epic show, it's usually one or the other adventuring through other peoples stuff. Both of them should, at some point, realize they love me and whisk me away to a fabulous loft apartment full of antique furniture and take turns spoiling me. I haven't slept, let me daydream at least. Honestly. Now to work on the environment. But not right now. Right now, I sleep. I hope. Being sleepy makes me much too chatty.

THIS IS MY NEW PROJECT

2008-03-11T01:38:00.000-07:00

hes my epic bad ass boss charictah! Ain't he kewl? he is not a nice person. he will have the full extra special treatment: turn around, final painting (look below), character development page, environment. the whole speel. I can't wait to do the environment. (hint: it involves jellyfish)

I am hoping to finish the redo of my thesis from senior year , since I have some time and it feels like personal work, (I am going to post it on Wunderment) whereas I feel this kind of character work is more towards getting a job, thus it is work. 9-5. or in this case, 2pm to 6am.

AHHH!

2008-03-02T22:35:00.000-08:00

A couple sketches from me book of fun. I'm going to start doing alot more gross stuff. Or at least more intriguing characters down the path of...darkness? Whatever that means, here are some excerpts. There will be more (and better) ones. Word.

I think the one at the bottom left is funny. And way too cute to be evil. Must revise.

GUESS WHAT

2008-02-28T17:54:00.000-08:00

The reason why nothign is new? My website is up! Everything but E. Umbrella works, and don't forget to make the robot dance by mousing over him and the little bubbles.

www.annalutherart.com

Happy VD

2008-02-14T13:43:00.000-08:00

Even though I kind of hate this holiday.

ok.

2008-02-10T14:57:00.001-08:00

Generic female turn around. Why not.

Environment

2008-02-06T16:28:00.000-08:00

For Valberta and Mrwinkles. Hopefully it will let you click on it to see it larger.

MAN oh MAN

2008-02-02T22:50:00.000-08:00

Here is the turn-around for my colonial gentleman character (see emotions for said character below). I think his name might be Alcott Bainbridge, but we will see. Quirky female character coming shortly. And also the environment these characters should be in. <3.>

EET UR DINNAR

2008-01-30T23:31:00.000-08:00

hahahahahahaha! this puppy is going in my folio. I don't EVEN care.

EMO.

2008-01-20T18:12:00.000-08:00

Better than Fabio

2008-01-19T19:31:00.000-08:00

THIS is epic. Damn it. I drew him, liked him, so I painted him. There will be more on the way. He is sexy, admit it. You have a secret crush on him. We all do.

Yes.

2008-01-18T14:57:00.000-08:00

I did a little reworking on mademoiselle Christina Ricci a while ago. Had to smooth out certain parts, but it's oil, so its not hard to mess up. + I'm kind of reaching here for content, so bear with the repeats, please. I am organizing the new stuff, slowly but surely, so I will have some actual character stuff up that is brand spankin' F-R-E-S-H.

Not scary, but necessary

2008-01-17T21:53:00.000-08:00

HA! Mz. Valberta Whistlethrou, her dog mrwinkles (said like it was one word). I am working on her environment still. She's cute, right? A pistol is what she is. I am picturing her animation clearly as a shuffle, her dog is the same way. Who the hell wants old lady character designs, though, really? They want evil. Well, maybe she is evil, damn it. Maybe she is.

obscurity begins, man

2008-01-17T01:48:00.000-08:00

To start off, here are some older character designs. Those of you who have already seen them, you know you missed them <3.

The Inventor.

He spends many a day in his basement, inventing pointless things, but always for the benefit of the destruction of human kind. Really, he is such an old codger who hates children and finds himself quite dapper. I have his library environment all done. Maybe I will put it up later. It fits with the patterned style, and at this point I was experimenting with texture as well as shape.

King of Crows.

His story is a lonely one. He is extremely misunderstood, and lacks any sort of "off" switch of sorts. The king is exorbitantly angry character who acts on whims. He seeks love often, but is always rejected, and uses his crows as revenge on whatever he sees fit to destroy. His hat is shaped like a large, sharp beak in which he uses for intimidation as well as to hide his ghastly looks and he dresses quite garishly for the same reason. I liken him to a sort of Captain Hook character.