Fantasy Earth Zero

Actively trying to find art competitions and was able to find one on deviant art for Final Earth Zero a free MMO of Square Enix. Check it out!

Game:

http://fez.gamepotusa.com/

My submission:

http://tweetmoo.deviantart.com/#/d2s3w38

Heroescon

Well, I have survived my first Heroescon and it was a blast. I was impressed with the great turn out of artists. There was such a concentration of talent that it blew me away. It also made me realize that I have a lot of work to do in order to get ready to table next year, but I am always ready for a challenge.

This year I was just observing and seeing how the artists set up their booths and work the crowd. It was nice because I was there to meet people and get acquainted. Some of the artists that I had the pleasure of meeting were: Sean "Cheeks" Galloway, Tom Bancroft, Chris Schweizer, Guy Davis, Frank Cho, and many more. They are all solid artists and people I admire, and recommend you look at their work if you haven't.

Also, stay tuned during the coming year because I am going to push myself and hopefully see some results in my art. I have a feeling Heroescon next year will be even more fun!

End of the Spring Quarter

So another quarter has gone by and it was fun. Plus I get to share my test pages I did for Marvel. They are from the Marvelous Land of Oz script. I also included character designs and sketches as well. Enjoy!

Tip

Jack the Pumpkinhead

Mombi

Getting distracted

Trying to work on homework, but having a hard time focusing so I decided to make this sketch instead. Materials are black pencil and a fat permanent marker. Trying to work on my focal point and treating the drawing as a design when using spot blacks.

Also, here is a funny picture that my girlfriend took about a year ago. I think it demonstrates how I feel right now.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/susanholsteinphotography/4543936754/

Airplane Comic

Last quarter I wanted to make a comic. It was a good thing that I did because it helped my teachers and myself assess what areas of crafting comics that I need to work on. The biggest one after I got a lot of good critiques was to work on my word balloons and placement so the space is economic and doesn't cover any important information. Bad balloon placement is partly due to my lack of nailing down a script at the beginning. Coming from an animation background I never had to worry about word balloons and treated pages like storyboards, which is fine of course until the word balloons are put in as an afterthought. That's when things start getting muddy and clarity can start going out the window. As my friend Missy would say if you fail to plan, plan to fail.

End of the Winter Quarter

Hi Everybody!! So it's the end of my first quarter at SCAD so you know what that means? New Art!!! The first group of images was all geared towards a story pitch where we had to create a synopsis, 2 characters, 2 environments, and 2 vehicles.

So just a quick premise on the story: Its about a girl who finds a opportunity to turn her family's once famous airplane company around by entering a competition to compete for a government contract to create the military's next long distance tactical fight.

So with the look I really wanted to focus on the 40's and 50's flight and art deco style.

Protagonist

Antagonist
Antagonist Hanger
Protagonist Hanger
Antagonist Plane
Protagonist Plane
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These environments have nothing to do with the above story. This was a previous assignment that I forgot to post where the class had to create two environments. Both environments are supposed to be different locations of the same world. My inpiration was the Jupiter's orbiting satellite Europa which is covered in ice sheets and has a low level of oxygen. Scientist predict that there could be life between the ice sheets due to the water being warm enough from the friction created water tides between the ice sheets. Fun science stuff!!

Don't Look Into Her Eyes!!!

I need to work into my schedule at least a hour a day where I draw for myself. It's the only way for me to experiment and address any drawing issues that I have. Like for example my characters need to be more expressive. They're all starting to get bland and stiff which stinks.