Hey everybody, sorry for the lack of update (it's been over a month! Yeesh...) but I have been working on so many things and have not had much time to do any scanning :/. Oh well - BUT, today I have TWO new things for you to see!
The one on top is the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The Little Dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon". I am taking a childrens' book illustration course this semester and that was our first project. I haven't gotten any crit on it yet, though because we have had 2 cancelled classes in a row :c. This week should go well though :)
The second image is my last piece for my Sci-Fi class with Donato. It's Hamlet as a robot! And yes, I was heavily inspired by The Flight of the Conchords.
So here is my (somewhat) finished product of 'Walking the Dog' from that original sketch that I uploaded here. I used my rapidograph pen, some watercolor, and watercolor pencils to create the tones. It could use some more work, and I will upload that sometime soon hopefully!
Thumbnails of Domestic Events
Walking the 'Dog'
'Getting the car washed'
These are all preliminary sketches for an illustration class that I am taking for the first semester. It's called "The Genre of Science Fiction", and so far I am enjoying it! I am majoring in cartooning at school, but I wanted to take some illustration classes so I would have some skills in both areas for when I get out of school. And it's nice to get a change of pace. All I used to do in school (before college) was illustrate, and since I have been making comics for years now, it's almost like I have forgotten how to do it (impossible, right?!)! My teacher seems like an interesting guy, he is EXTREMELY talented, but it was expected, all my teachers at school are awesome. So we'll see how this goes!
The first project for the class is a 'domestic event' - something that happens everyday. He wanted us to come up with a bunch of them and find a way to give it a twist of science fiction, subtle or completely blatant. The top piece is really just thumbnails of ideas i could come up with. The second one was one of the two ideas I was deciding on, and the last one is the second idea. He has us draw on toned paper so we can see the difference between lights and darks better, and to be honest, I really enjoy this technique. It forces me to think in a different way than I am used to.
