The Blue Room

Over the past few days I've been working

on a new project based on an urban legend.

A few years after Mary Winchester died

Harry Houdini went to the Winchester

house with a medium. She was there to 

prove that she could interact with those 

who are beyond the grave. He was there

to prove she could not. What else happens

in the story is still in flux, but that's the gist.

I played around with mediums and colors

just to get out a few rough ideas. Starting

with pencil and in a more cartoony style is

my comfort zone, but it allowed me to focus

mainly on the personalities. 

With this drawing I was worried less

about getting the character into it, and 

more about drawing in a style inspired
by Arthur Rackham, focusing on lines, 

patterns, textures and colors. 

Urban Legends

Today we got our new assignment

and I'm already excited. I don't exactly

know what story we're going with, but

I just wanted to get my feet wet. I read

a few creepy stories about ghosts, demons

and aliens and just started painting the little

ideas that would pop into my head.

I also wanted to see what I could push

with a lack of saturation or complete

saturation, low key and high key, etc.

Really I just wanted to play. 

I also talked to my teammates and 

it looks like we should be able to

try something new involving glass.

basically, I'm excited. 

recently

What have I done recently you might ask?

Not a whole hell of a lot. A 30 minute study

and some revised character designs. But life 

stuff has happened. I got to put together a 

portfolio and I realized that portfolio's aren't

exactly something you can rush. It's also something

that you slowly put together overtime.

I also got to go to CTN animation expo

this year! that was amazing and inspiring!

I got to meet some amazing artists, and I got

a few interviews which were more than

fantastic. I'm off to another class though.

Happy thanksgiving to everyone!