Oh god, 2 weeks to midterm.

Alrighty then! Twice in a week, I know it's crazy talk. However, I have some drawings I wanna share with you guys and if you have some feed back to please, please give it! All of the images are low resolution so if you want to see something up close, let me know. I might just submit some detail shots because I'm actually quite proud of myself!

Firstly, here are some line drawings :D

This was the preliminary drawing that I used for a promotional piece I did. I will probably be using parts of it for business cards/postcards/stickers/what have you. I like the way it came out.

 This was me fucking around with pen and ink again. I really like how these are turning out but I'm struggling with a way to make them a bit more unique. I feel like I'm on to something but I'm not really getting enough feedback to know where to go from here.  These flowers are "Arab's Eye Lilies"

And this one was a drawing I did right after the one above it. I got a little curious about what flowers mean what and according to the Victorian era, flowers meant a lot! From secretive love to I'm sorry we're through, I found it a very interesting read. These here are white clovers. They were kind of hard to draw, but not really. I don't know how to categorize them. Anyway, they mean "I Promise" and I thought it was interesting to juxtapose that with crossed fingers. "We can't always keep our promises." Perhaps it's something I'll delve into more, putting more meaning into my work will make it more successful.

Lastly! I finished my character designs for Jekyll and Hyde and colored them! Enjoy!

 

Thanks for looking!

Week 5

Well, I realize It's been a good 10 days since I posted....okay okay...15, but I've been so busy I just couldn't find the time to sit down for a good thirty minutes and come up with a post (pffft, no body reads this anyway...right?) So, I've only got a few things to show you...by a few things I mean the finished piece from Little Red Ridinghood (which I hate) and the next few sketches for my new Project...Futuristic Jekyll and Hyde. So, yea.

Ugh, this is just awful. I still don't like it. I took out the patterned wallpaper that I had in because it just made everything too busy....and now it looks too plain. I really need to just work looser. This tightness isn't going to help me with these short deadlines. this is about twenty hours of work. I think the only thing I like about it is the clock haha. It was fun to paint and actually came out looking pretty good.

This is our new project. I chose Futuristic Jekyll and Hyde cause I thought that'd be kind of fun. So far it is proving to be very fun, even if I don't have a lot of sketches I have a ton of research. Jekyll is going to have been so old that he wanted to transfer himself into an android and in the process of doing so, a glitch happens and thus Hyde comes out. I'm changing the detective into a girl because I want a girl. :D I've got more sketching to do tonight. I am in love with the chalk brush right now, it's making me draw better somehow. I'm going to be changing some of the design to include glowing things on his face and other parts...think of Tron meeting Aeon Flux.

The prototype for my website is all good and done. I actually like the way it came out. Here are some pages. All the buttons are hand written and then scanned into Photoshop. I decided to use the octopus lady as my banner cause I like her so much! Anyway, this is what some of it looks like....

 

I've also been doing some modelling in 3D design but I don't have all the files with me. Next time! I'll try to not go 15 days without posting...but I can't guarantee it. It's been one crazy semester. I also think I'm going to bind my portfolio myself, create my own book. I'm trying to think about how to not make it crafty looking...I think the front and back pages are the hardest to figure out. Eh, I'll find something.

Anyway, See ya later.

Whew. Weekend. Done.

Daaaang. So much drawing this weekend! So, what I had to do was at least 3 sketches of my Illustrations for my Little Red Ridinghood, at least 3 sketches of our proposal for our webpages, and 3 sketches for my Illustration based off of an article( eh-heh the only one I haven't done yet...I still have time). So, I was feeling a bit down on my luck on Thursday because I really didn't feel I did well on that butterfly piece (yea, see blog post before this) but now I'm feeling a little better about myself. I think I was just in a bad mood. So, without further adeiu, here are sketchesss! (Oh yea! And some test animations that I said I'd put in my last post but decided agaiiiinst.)

Little Red Ridinghood

So, these are all shots of the interior of Grandmother Gang Leader's House. Old fashioned, antique, a little colonial, a little Victorian( Gothic and Baroque), and still not quite highly decorated enough. Hey, I'm only one girl with one weekend that has to be split about five ways. I think it's a good start, anyway. ONWARD!

Webdesign. These are not the final designs, just sketches for the layout. I feel that the boarder I want to create will be very crisp, clean, and somewhat faded into the background. I really want a personalized site that invites and welcomes my viewers. I'm all about making connections and portraying myself as a very easy going (and easy to get along with) person!

 

It's a little hard to see, but that's okay. You'll all see it when it's nice and tidy :D

Introduction to 3D Animation. So we're using Maya to do our animations and so far we've done a few very, very simple animations. Oh my gosh, Maya is so confusing. Menus for your Menus for your Menus. seriously. I don't think I could have gotten any sort of hold on this program without help from a teacher. Seriously. Interface is so confusing. However, I think I'll get the hang of it. I can't wait until we do rendering and props...I think I'll like that more than animating! Here are a few of my very, very short and crappy Playblasts.

   

   

   

Last but not least I did try my hand at a little cell shading, took a few hours (I was watching all the starwars things on Adult Swim last night) and finally, finally drew Errandis. The owner of the character is quite happy with the outcome as am I. I had fun with the little shapes of light and shadow in the clothing and hair. I have some improvement to be made on the hands but whatever!

So, that was about the biggest freakin' post I've ever made and probably will ever make. Well, maybe for the next two weeks. I appreciate your views and even your comments (if you guys ever made any!). I did make a tumblr, so if you are tired of all my talking, I just post images on there. ringaroundcapozzi.tumblr.com. Ta-ta!

Week Two

Oh man am I tired. It's been two weeks of classes and I'm just feeling exhausted. Going from having all the time in the world to no time at all is really quite a shock. It will be interesting how the next 14 weeks are going to be playing out as projects begin to over lap and I have to budget my time.

I've now turned in my first project of the semester and I'm really not satisfied at all. I am now beginning to doubt myself in every aspect of making art, whether or not I can actually make art that is sellable or printable. I'm trying to network more, broaden my horizons but It's just so discouraging when looking at 13 other pieces of art from my contemporaries who had the same amount of time and the same problem to solve and they did it so much better. Smarter design, better drawings, contemporary look and feel. Maybe it's time to somehow come up with another style, do something different because I dont see anything that I have as a viable portfolio that can be directed at any of my potential clients of Merchandising, Editorial, or Conceptual.

So, here is my stain glass butterfly...I will have to revise it or something...as of right now I'm putting it up to just start off. Even if it's not exactly on the right foot. I've got lots of sketches to do this weekend so perhaps on Monday or Tuesday I'll get up all those ideas and hopefully feel better about myself and what  can accomplish. I guess I have some soul searching to do.

I also did some basic modeling and animation in Maya. I'll upload them later too, laptop is about to die and I'm tired as heck. Probably couldn't find my flash drive if it was sitting in front of me.