Rats, Owls, and the End of the Semester

This is officially the last day of my Freshman year at Ringling. It's been a pretty weird day, but satisfying nonetheless. I feel like I have accomplished and learned a lot, even if I haven't slept much. Ringling is where I've always wanted to be and it's great to be surrounded by people that are so talented and passionate. Here's my Drawing II final, which coincidentally was the last one to be finished and the first one to be posted.

The assignment was to reinterpret the Trojan Horse story. So, I chose rats, owls and a giant piece of cheese do the job! And this is the result.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle...

Jungle Gardens might be a small little zoo in Sarasota, FL, but it sure is fun to bike over there and draw their animals. They don't have a very big collection, but they have a lot of loud birds and some interesting reptiles and lemurs. Oh! and one single spider monkey.

Here are some gestural drawings from my two visits to Jungle Gardens the past week.

 And here are some squematic drawings that are based more on construction.

By the way, flamingos are far scarier than they seem. Especially when they are nibbling on your sketchbooks and looking at you with their beady eyes.

Don't Mess with my Bubble Gun!

Monster in the bedroom perspective assignment.

In which a girl imagines her stuffed animal has grown to massive proportions as she, playfully, tries to fight him off with a bubble gun. Will she be able to defeat him?

And now, for process:

First crappy thumbnail

Second pass. 

Final linework

Work-in-progress. Much experimentation with a "chalky" brush. 

A New Approach to Figure

In Figure Drawing II, we have been turning observational drawings into different characters. In this assignment, we had to incorporate the character into an environment that fit the mood and the person's personality. This is the end result.

Also, Cintiqs are amazing. I missed them so much.

Oh, hey, a character sheet!

As part of our Traditional Animation I class, we had to create an animal character that we are later going to animate. I was assigned a badger, so I created a rather naïve young badger that thinks he is as strong as the rest  of the badgers.

And here's the result!

Digital Still Lifes.

Remember when I noticed I didn't know how to properly paint digitally? It was cool. Well I've been practicing during break with simple still lifes, and here they are.

In other news, Happy Holidays! :D

Sketchbook poop