The Anna v. mechanical doohickies

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.

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!

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

Rabbit Habits

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

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)

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

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.