Music, Sweet Music

I have been getting a lot of enjoyment out of making music mixes for people lately - especially people with kids.  I believe that kids should be able to listen to good, sophisticated music, and parents should not have to suffer and sacrifice when listening to jams with their kids.  So I have been putting together mixes of classics and modern music and slipping in some audio files of shows like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, the Cosby Show, and the Muppet Show.  Here is a CD cover I made for a friend today:

This is what they actually got - but they did get the original ink drawing if that means anything!

Watercolors in the Park

I spent some time painting creatures today.  It was really refreshing to paint freely today.  I started the painting off waiting in the welfare office then finished it at the park with my dog, Tooker:

Jack Kirby's New Gods

Here are some character designs I made based off of Jack Kirby's New Gods character developments.  I redesigned Orion, Big barda, Lightray, Kalibak, Darkseid.  I also made up a character of my own - Darkseid's loyal female warrior:

the Ride

I just completed a 3 minute film about the importance of creativity and appreciation for eachother.  It also serves as a story about my life as a single mom attending the character animation program at California Institute of the Arts.  My son, Raiden, is the voice actor for his own role in this film.  Click on the picture below to see the video:

Link to "the Ride" Video

Airport

Sculpting

Here are some photos of a sculpture I am working on.  We had a pregnant model, so I decided to sculpt the mom from my film when she was still pregnant.  It was a bid odd because the film is about me and my son, so I was essentially sculpting my pregnant self.  Thank you John Mahoney for the awesome sculpture class, and beautiful photos.

My Sweet Side

Here are some characters I developed recently.  I really had fun with the angel.  I have also been working on different ways restraining my color schemes, which I tried doing here:

Witchy Woman

Super World

Some Different shots I am working on for my film this year (the characters are just roughed in).  This is from the scene where the characters turn into super heros:

Peace

Here is a background I made for the film I am working on.  It is at the end, when peace comes to the home:

Raiden's First Animation

My 3 1/2 year old made his first animation last night.  He used TV Paint, as he sat on my lap, dancing to the Growlers and drawing this:

Click Here See Animation!

Drawing in Space

Presidents' Day

Happy belated Presidents Day everyone!

Xena's Daughter

These are some sketches I did for a film idea I had about the daughter of Xena the princess warrior.  I colored one of the drawings up so I thought I would post these again.

Cecil's Territory

Another background for the film I am working on:

Raiden's World

Here is a background from the film I am working on - the Ride (still a working a title):

Mom Designs

Quick President Sketches

I did these sketches from a slide show of all the presidents today:

Color Keys

Below are the color keys for my film, What a Ride (working title) and a link to the animatic: 

CLICK HERE FOR ANIMATIC LINK!

I have been auditioning actors all week and we will be recording this weekend.  Now it is time for the backgrounds - crunch time has officially begun!

Welfare Office Drawings

the Stairs

You might recognize these if you live at Mountain Terrace...

Super Mom

 Here are some designs I am starting for the mom in my film this year.

Chalk Family

Here are some chalk drawings Raiden and I did the other weekend of us with his Baba, Pop Pop, and Rosie Dog.  It was a sprinkley day, but they survived.

Tension

Here are some shots from the film I am working on this year, a 4 minute short with the working title "What a Ride":

Raiden's World

Here are some character designs for the film I am working on this year.  These are creatures from Raiden's imagination.

Life Drawing

I painted these watercolors today from a model in my illustration class.  At the end of class the table gave out and spilled my coffee all over them :(  I really needed that coffee!

Imaginative Land

I made this in my little watercolor moleskin - I am telling you I love those nifty little books!  I later composited it in photoshop and added watercolor textures that I had previously made.  This is development for the imaginative world that will exist in my upcoming short.

Classmates & Other Creatures

I have really been enjoying using up my new moleskin sketchbook so I decided to get a watercolor one.  I have been using them both like an addiction and it has allowed me to explore constantly.  These are some watercolors of some classmates, teachers, and just random creatures that I did the other day:

Life Drawing

 Here are some watercolor figure paintings I did today.  Thanks for the watercolor set Mom!  I have been using it like crazy (finally)!

I want to work on this one more, but this is what came out of the session today: