The start of a new obsession.....

FELTING!!!!!!

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My coworker Steph introduced us into the world of felting and its the coolest little thing! She suggested I order from Woolbuddy for a starter/practice kit. So i cut the wool in half so i could make 2 instead of just one and I loved every min of it! I was sleepy as heck but I couldn't put the needle down! I plan on doing more since it is kinda therapeutic after those long days working.

Eventually I'd love to make my characters and sell them on my Etsy (which is empty right now lol). And if u know me i have a love for cute things so it will be a cool way to channel any cute art style in me through felties!... Since i wanna stay away from cute in my illustrations. (personal pref)

So yeah sharing with the world how awesome felting is!!!

Motorcycle Helmet Project

I wanted to share what I've been, will be working on as an ongoing project with my bf. After painting his helmet up with sharpies we had a few people interested in me doing helmets for them. One of his buddies donated a helmet to us to paint and mess around with so I guess ill be posting the progress here! I'll be making a seperate website dedicated to this that will show these images as well so customers can see some of the process. My bf's friend Rudy really likes zombies so we came up with this concept.



Here I drew up thumbnail sketches for composition purposes. After a few ideas and fixes going back and forth with the bf....



I painted a quick sketched concept of the helmet in different views to get a better feel for what it would look like to make the drawing/ painting process easier. And a better way for my bf to visualize so he can approve etc.

Stay tuned for more progress! Ill be taking photos of the process as I go for my site but ill post them here too :P

Enjoy!

Life Update

Well since I've been so MIA on here I guess I'll give a quick update on what's happened in my life as of late. I was working for a startup called WishB and working on a game called Globworld. I was the main concept artist there til i hated working under my inexperienced lead who had no idea what he was doing and disliked me for being better than him. True story. Not just saying that :P Luckily I got a wonderful opportunity to work for Booyah and I took it. I've been working there since mid october as an Artist and its awesome. It feels good to work somewhere where you feel like you're learning something everyday and makes you want to work your butt off get the products done. We just finished working on Nightclub City and are getting ready to release DJ Rivals soon (which is gonna be so awesome). Oh and i learned to use Illustrator which btw i think i like better than photoshop maybe... maybe.

Not too much is up with my personal life. Still hangin' with the bf and family as usual. And as far as art goes.. most of the stuff ive been working hard on are work things. Then I discovered Fiverr where it forces me to draw for people who are willing to put in a little cash for a sketch. So even though they get a great quality sketch work a few $$ for a mere $5.. Im getting some sketching and practice in... finally. So i can finally post up stuff on this empty sad blog.

I'm also getting ready to start on a few side projects. Im working on a project with the bf and plan on doing more custom painted motorcycle helmets. He preps and sands and primes the helmet i do that art, some shop will clear coat :)

I'm trying to start up my TJ and Skweek story. Ok guys.... i really really reallly reallllly want my own booth eventually at wondercon or comic con. Im too late and short of many drawings to have one this year. But im prepping for this years Ape, and possibly next years Wondercon. Im trying to push out as many sketches and art stuff to possibly make a sketchbook book that ppl can purchase. I know i dont have much of a fanbase. But im hoping ill make a mark within a year. Exposing my art as much as i could...!

So that's all for now. Stay tuned for more art and sketches!

Jedi Training.

So I had to do a test for a company that I applied to. It was a UX Illustrator position. First of all........... I'm not a user interface person or user experience person. But a recruiter pointed me to the position and thought hey why not apply. The company itself is a successful one that works on award winning iPhone apps. So eh, why not. They gave me simple instructions to the test, to re-create Minesweeper (i totally loved the game for the longest time!). To try and make the plain grey colored blocks all modern and cool looking. I took a shot at it and heres what i did!



I felt pretty proud of myself cuz I did something.. I've never done before. I took a shot at something outside the box. And u know what.. if felt fullfilling. Now i could say i know how to. I didnt look up tutorials on the template itself. I just looked at the actual Minesweeper game and created what i saw but my own brainstormed version. Then i looked up tutorials for making the buttons. :B

Unfortunately I didn't get the position, BUT i learned something new and that was worth it. I also realized how much extra time i could give myself a night to work on anything art related. I'm determined to learn MOOAARR!! hehe.

Maybe I can pretend I'm apply to... ohhhhh lets say.. a matte painting position!! Then I can make up a test for myself and do it within a day or something. OOOO IDEA RIGHT THERE! :D

(I'm always gonna have to find ways to force myself to draw!) :B

I think someone out there should give me candy for everytime I pump out an art piece! Yes, thats a great idea.... Someone.. do it.

Oil Painting

So I decided to make use of unemployment and take the time to take classes at the local community college to further improve my art skills. I haven't had much traditional training so better now than never :P

The first painting were doing in my oil painting class is an abstract painting. Here are a few iPhone progress shots :)






I've never gone crazy with color before :D There's still more work to do on it. More progress pix to come too!