3rd year life drawings & acroche studies

Home for the holidays :) Looking at some of my old work and decided to post it on my blog. HAPPY HOLIDAYS & MERRY CHRISTMAS.

lion cubs

Inspired by my siblings and my grandfather :) Learned a lot from this painting. Made various passes. I had initially had the idea of laying down flat colors, but i'm happy i didn't. The color line and render turned out better than i had expected.

animation journal

These are for my animation journal this fall semester. I decided it was good practice for me to paint them. There is actually a painting i am currently working on with the same character design which i will be posting asap. The design of the character is inspired by the talented Chris Sanders. I love his use of colored line and balance of structure and design :)

my current leica as well as an animated test. At this time in the year i wish it were picture locked, however i am still making final tweaks within the roof top sequence to make it flow better. the animation is not final timed either. planing on tweaking the timing. With the help of my mentor Stephen Barnes and my mentor group i realized i put way to much emphasis/screen time on my character looking stage left. Enjoyed animating it. For the first time im beginning to really think about what the character is thinking :)

On another total separate idea i would like to thank everyone for complimenting my work online and in person. Specifically when in person i always follow up with a quick "thank you" and "however, it could be better". That last remark i make is obviously me being humble and at the same time being very truthful. There is always room for improvement and i am no where near where i personally feel comfortable with my art.  In no way is it an insult or should betaken with negative connotation. Thus no reason for others to react to it rudely. In addition to that please do your best to be respectful towards others. Especially if you are not familiar with their culture and background. Some things in one culture that may be acceptable can be disrespectful in another.

caricatures

these are some of the caricatures i did at Centennial Colleges Christmas event. i should have taken more photos of  the drawings i had done that evening, but decided it was best not to. For those who came by to get a caricature by me, especially Iyjah Toussaint, thank you very much. As well as Mrs Taylor for coordinating  the event :)

caricatures of some cool people part2

Using this print for tomorrows caricature gig at Centennial College :)

caricatures of some cool people