It's Helga-- doh!

Still on a Hey Arnold! train. There was a drawing contest going on in the fanclub on facebook, so I decided to submit this portrait of Helga Pataki for the contest. :)

It's leagues ahead of what I did months back. :)

I'm Batman!

He's not just a g*ddamn Batman-- he's the Michael Keaton Batman from Batman Returns. My work here is done.

Last Day of School

Just as I promised, the last update of the month before school lets out. All I gotta say is...

I Want That Bear!

This bear was a result of many sketch studies composed from my Walter Foster animation study booklet that I bought last year. I haven't been using it as often as I should, but I have started using it more frequently these past two days.

 Burnes Hogarth female studies

Once again, these two female body sketches were taken from my Burnes Hogarth book. I'm trying to pay attention more to details, so this bottom one, I decided to draw again. My Art teacher said I have a habit of drawing it a lot.

 Let's Face it!

I also have a tendency to daw this face as well. This time, I think I'm more attentive to the actual shape of the skull-- top and back.

 portrait studies

This is just a portrait study of me just to get in the habit of drawing more portraits. My Art teacher thinks that I really need to improve upon that area because he says that they're in the Freshmen High School area right now. I agree with him-- I just wish it were easier to manage.

Darkwing Duck panel study

Ah yes. I decided to revisit my Darkwing Duck fan days and recreate this panel from the very first issue when Boom Studios was distributing them. It certainly looks miles ahead from last year's attempt, which I decided not to post.

All I have to do now is take my last final and then I'm home free! See you soon. ;)

update before spring break!!

Sorry that I haven't had any time to really update this week. It's been extra busy considering that I have been preparing for a midterm or two this week. But I'm confident that I'm 99.9% done. In the meantime, here's some of the work I did.

Cross Contour practice

This is something I drew monday, the day before art class. It's nice to now that I'm getting better at drawing different angles of flags or fabrics when they're bent.

basic shapes practice

This is based off a photo that was found on my Professor's art site for students. It's certaintly helping me with basic shapes and value without relying on lines all the time.

rough sketch of Mosley North

This is just a rough sketch of the north side of my dorm on campus. It's not the most accurate sketch of the building, considering that I still need to work on perspective and other details, but it's good for a suggestion piece.

Burnes Hogarth portrait

I think I'm getting better at drawing this portraits bit by bit. Sure there's some details missing, but the overall shading and lines are proof that I'm arriving to what I want to do with my art. :D 

Amelia Enmity voodoo redux sketch

And of course, I couldn't resist a little Amelia Enmity sketch. I missed drawing her so much, that I decided to redraw my old sketch of her practicing voodoo. XD 

I can certainly tell that my value is starting to show in this sketch, and my perspective has improved.

Well, I'm getting tired. So I think I'm going to hit the sack soon. Good night everybody!

weekend work out

Burnes Hogarth portrait practice

Just a little more portrait practice so I can nail down the cranium structure of the head better. Both of these look so good that it's hard to believe that there are a couple subtle errors in this.

 cross contour practice

Yesterday, and today, I started practicing with more cross contour techniques. I really should practice with variations of this sheet from my observational drawing book.

 Dexter's Lab sketchdump

 I'm trying to assert myself to doing at least one sketchdump a day for the month of March. So I started out this month with a sketch dump of Dexter's Lab, one of my favorite cartoons growing up.

various sketchdump

This was done to mess around with what I've learned so far and experiment with different styles, aside from Bobby Bender or Amelia Enmity.

 Bitch, I live in a F*ckin Trashcan!

Hah! I couldn't resist doing a sketch of Elmo and Oscar the Grouch. I like the 2nd one better because it shows more flavor for Oscar and Elmo. Plus, it allows me to experiment with how to challenge the typical art standards of the Sesame Street gang.

GIR

Reporting for duty! (Gosh, I miss drawing him).

Lindsay/Lydia Comic strip 

These are three individual takes of one comic strip that I've been trying to submit to the Forum-- my college paper. I've been hearing that the editor's reaction has been really sketchy, so here's hoping that this one will get accepting into this week's paper.

That's all for now folks.

last day of the month

Chuck Jones sketchdump

This is just a sketchdump of the Looney Tunes that I've been experimenting with on sunday, while reading Chuck Amuck. It's nice to know that I'm getting better at drawing the characters better. 

Cross-Contour Sheets

 My Professor wants me to experiment with Cross-contour lines this week. So I decided to practice with my Life Observation book. I need to work on edges so I can get a better angle of the wrinkles of sheets.

Burnes Hogarth portraits

These are a bunch of portraits that I practiced, ala referenced from my Burnes Hogarth anatomy book. While these still need a lot of work, I can tell that there's some beautiness coming out of these drawings. Still some lines that need to be fixed up, but I think through hard work, it can be handled.

Refreshed Lindsay/Lydia comic

I almost forgot to mention that I decided to redraw my Lindsay/Lydia comic where they complain about the cafe food. I hope that this comic gets published in the next issue of the Forum because I haven't seen any work of mine get published in the college paper at all. I really hope that maybe the editors will start publishing some of my stuff because I'm really trying to push the envelope on writing these comics so I can improve on the story/scenarios and improve on timing of my jokes.

That's all for tonight. Good night, everybody!

Just posting...

I don't really have much to comment here. I'm too tired. Nothing but a whole lotta efforts this week.

 Website design...

This is for a webpage design project that I am working on in class. More details to follow.

prop design

This is another column that I have been designing for the play that I am involved with. It's different because if you look closely, it has three sides now.