Easter

 

I know it's not Easter til Sunday but I wanted to share this.

I just finished it... I'll be sending it out to my family. It's my e-card since I was too lazy to get anything printed and mailed out.

Finally she's done!

This took me a much longer time to finalize than Albert did but it was worth it. Here is the final version of his little daughter. She's so cute! I'm really in love with how she turned out. I'll be doing a turnaround next.

She doesn't have a name in the story because she isn't mentioned except for in one small part, but I think I want to give her a name. I love her so much I'm sorta entertaining the idea of incorporating her into something else unrelated to the app, like stationery or something. We'll see. I have a lot on my plate right now.


Oh and alsooo,

I GOT A JOB OFFER. I'M MOVING OUT MID/LATE AUGUST. SEE YA, MIAMI!

A few more sketches

Some Photoshop sketches of Albert's little daughter. Sketching in Photoshop is soo easy (hi undo button and copy/paste) but it's really not the same as pencil and paper. Speaking of which, I should probably get myself a new sketchbook.

Sneak Peek

Just a little in-progress peek at my next pinup girl, based off one of my best friends, Cayetana. Physically, she's known for her mole (which I actually have to reposition on the other side of her face), her boobs and her overall bangin' bod haha. She's got feathers in her hair and likes to wear thigh high socks and high-waisted short shorts... so that's what I'm trying to play up here. I was a little discouraged at first but she's actually turning out really nicely so far.

I just remembered... I really have to update my Behance page. I should just unpublish every project that's on there haha. For now I'm just gonna be using my Cargo.

I'M SO EXCITED

okay okay so I know I have like three projects that I'm working on all at the same time. That's just how I do things. But this one is definitely the BIGGEST and most ambitious, and I'm really excited to be working on it! It's only in the very beginning sort of conceptual stages and I'm probably going to need more people to help me on it. But here it is.

I'm going to be making a children's book iPad app! It's based on a short story I wrote called "The Star Man." It's about a man named Albert Plimpton, whose job is to light the stars in the night sky in his big hot air balloon. Here's an excerpt from the story:

Albert floated across the sky to light the constellations: Aquarius, Taurus, Ursa Major, Orion, Andromeda. Betelgeuse’s bulb was flickering dimly. He unscrewed it with his sparkly stick and threw it away. A couple sitting on a park bench saw a shooting star. He replaced the bulb and Betelgeuse’s warm light shined brightly in the sky.

I've done some turnarounds for Albert's design here (ew PLEASE click on the thumbnail for a higher-res version, this thumbnail looks like crap):


He's an adventurer! I still have a lot to do but I'm loving it so far.

I also made this (again, click it to see a higher-res version):

It's a pinup illustration. I just did it for fun but I'd like to expand it into a series since a couple of my girl friends wanted me to do portraits of them. I thought it'd be a good idea to make them in the same style so I could add them on to the series. This originally started off as a sort of fantasy self-portrait, inspired by Shane Glines and Bill Presing with a more contemporary feel. Mind you, I don't really look anything like this haha.

IMA BE UPDATING SO MUCH omg thuuper exthited!

The little pancakes that could

I made these pancakes in Illustrator for a redesigned IHOP menu. I eventually completely redid my first design and scrapped the pancakes for some real photographs so they never made it onto my portfolio. But they deserve some recognition! I spent a lot of time on them. I gradient meshed and pen tooled until my fingers cramped and my eyes burned. So check em out.

Spaceman Sam!

I made a book for my Studio II class. It's about a space explorer named Sam. It's an interactive (lift-the-flap, pull tab, etc) book for children ages 3-7.

Check it out here