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Nov 17, 2012

My Portfolio for CTNx




















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Nov 9, 2012

Can sorta draw goats now

Just a little practice, like I said I would do yesterday but didn't. Instead I did it today. :T

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Nov 8, 2012

Can't draw goats


Yeah, I can't draw goats. I saw some of Tron Mai's drawings of goats last night in class though. Now that guy can really draw goats. And just about anything else for that matter.

He told us "You all want to be storyboard artists, but I see some of you put down that you only invest 6-8 hours of homework time to this class. If you want to get a job at a studio, that's just not going to cut it. You're going to be competing against guys like me--people who do this 50 hours or more a week."

50 hours or more a week. Suddenly I feel like a lazy POS. I get the feeling Tron wants us to blow him away, to show him drawings and boards that he can take one look at and go, "YES! NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!" And he'll be so proud. You can tell he really really really cares that everyone learns from him. He has things he wants to teach us and he's disappointed when we don't show him that we were listening when we show him our homework (or sometimes, don't show him anything). That he cares so much is a really good motivator.

On that note, if you're in LA and thinking of taking a feature animation style storyboarding class, you have got to take this one, Story Development for Animation, at Concept Design Academy with Tron. Of the three storyboarding classes I've taken so far, his is exactly what I was hoping a storyboard class would be like. Lots of time demoing, showing storyboard examples from shows and movies he's done, giving us really cool homework assignments with lots of personal feedback--yep. Awesome.

I'm going to perfect my technique for drawing goats today. I need to, 'cause they're a critical part of the story I'm boarding for homework.

And then I'm going to work on thumbnails and actual storyboarding, and hopefully by this time next week I'll have a new portfolio that I can ask professionals to look over and critique for me next Saturday at CTN (which I stilllll haven't bought a ticket to, ick).

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Aug 29, 2012

Drawing Club - 10 Year Anniversary

From August 2nd :)












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Aug 27, 2012

Getting another entry in before August ends... hah

Whole Foods Guy:



Lady Knight Commission Piece:


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Aug 5, 2012

Dream of an apocalypse...

I have this recurring apocalypse dream every few months. It usually has something to do with megatsunamis and floods, and a very few times, zombies. And every time the details change a little. This one was a few months ago... I vividly remember this one image, where my husband and I are paddling through a flooded city, and we pass a collapsed building with other survivors inside, but we knew they were dangerous somehow....




Please click to full view, as it's really dark >_< (Really need to learn how to paint, hah.)

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Jul 31, 2012

Quick update

I've found thousands of four-leaf clovers in my lifetime. c:


 Waiting for Matt's car to be washed last Sunday... this guy had sharply angled legs.


This week's homework. I'll upload the entire sequence soon!

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