Imagineering Fantasia

Hello everyone, sorry for the long wait between posts. I'm here to announce the beginning of a new project; Imagineering Fantasia (title in works). I'm still working on Mean Girls the Later Years, I just like to have more than one project going at a time in case I hit a stand still on one of them. This project will involve plussing the Disneyland Railroad between the Fantasyland and Tomorrow land stations, using the 1940 film Fantasia as reference. This would include the additions of fountains, topiaries and simple animatronics. Right now I'm still in the preliminary sketching stage so there's not much to show yet but updates for both projects are soon to come!

I'm a Disney Emoji Contest Finalist!

A few months ago I signed up for Disney/Adobe emoji making contest and was lucky enough to be a part of the top 20 finalist. My winning submission was Lady from Lady and the Tramp, one of my favorite animated films. The emoji was created using Photoshop. Thanks for your help, Lady!

Happy Mother's Day 2017

Now go out and give your mother or any important woman in your life a big bear hug!

Mean Girls the Later Years Update

Here is a large update for my ongoing series, enjoy!

Here is the Layout of the old folks home, a total of 3 floors.

This is what one of the rooms may look like during different times of the day.

This is the wallpaper I created that was used in the previous room. Note the use of lilies as they are funeral flowers.

This is a small prop page of item that might be found within their home with a large emphasis on color. 

Finally here is a list of my color pallets. I like to have a list of the colors I've used for multiple works on a single file for easier access. These ladies are still far from finished so more updates to come soon!

Dalmatian Animation

Here is my final from my observation in animation class. The assignment itself was very open ended and we were allowed to animate anything we wanted, I chose to animate a dalmatian shaking its spots off. I chose a dalmatian because I've owned two before, RIP Desi and Maggie. This is about a months worth of work. First I animated on Photoshop which I do not recommend, but I wanted the feel of a software like TVPaint which I do not have. Though I do find Adobe Flash easier to animate on, I feel that my drawings tend to suffer from lack of brushes to work with. After the animation process was completed, I exported the file as gif and then imported onto flash to fix any timing issues. This meant loading each image (about 70 in all), and resizing them all individually. A very time consuming process but I believe it was worth it all in the end.

Sketchbook Pages

Along with my usual 9x12" sketchbook I like to carry around with a much smaller 5.5x8.5 toned tan sketchpad. In here, I will usually only work in pen since pencil doesn't show up as well and it also serves as my art notebook for critiques. This is also one of the few times I'm able to use my white gel pen for highlights which I really enjoy using. Here I've been trying out a more anime-esqu drawing style just for fun. I went with a happy memories theme here, times with my cat, meeting princesses, and my time as a cast member at Disneyland.

Happy Easter 2017!

Have a wonderful Easter Sunday everyone!