in which there are many a character

so this is all part of our first project in Concept/Character/Environment, which basically involves creating characters.

the first part:
to create a bunch of silhouettes and doodles and then refine them into different characters....basically.

i like the poofy girl, but i wanna try more designs for her because that one's a bit stiff?

the second part:
to find forms and faces in textures in photographs and refine them into fully rendered characters.

ehhh....i like these better. the tiny leaf girl is best friends with the pointy guy. C:

the third part:
working on it! it'll consist of forcefitting two things into one creature. the first character will be an animal and an insect (marmoset and harlequin cabbage bug for me); the second is an animal and a vehicle (i got a wolf and a chopper).
....we'll see how this turns out.

~kelsey

in which i post my first illustration project

the project:
to create a full-length, self-portrait with at least 1 rendered shape, 1 flat shape, and 1 patterned shape.

not quite exactly like meeee, but i think those are purty colors and that's all i care about right now. P: nina took the reference photo and um....yes, i have a wonderful red trench coat. mayhaps i will dress as carmen san diego at some point? mmmmmmm....

adios, muchachos!

~kelsey

ps, i will update more often with stuffs now that i have stuffs to update with. hope you followed that sentence! :D

in which i rush off to painting

for some reason, i'm feeling especially guilty about never updating this blog enough! so here are some of the unfinished digital paintings i did over the summer.

i really wanna finish that pink and yellow one, but i think i wanna take it in a completely different direction. oh well, at least you can tell i've been playing with color.

anyway, i'm off to do some oil painting. like...IRL oil painting, not just the Painter X kind of oil painting. it's much messier. XP

~kelsey

in which i post again quite soon!

GUESS WHAT! i've just made this other thing. um yeah. here!i guess this counts as a speedpaint? ummm reference from http://adharabatul.deviantart.com/ because i don't have any kind of figure drawing class this summer. :( *misses it mostest*

okay, i'm insanely tired. hehe, sorry for beeing loopy! good night!!

~kelsey

in which i laugh maniacally

MWAA HAA HAA HAA!
now that that's out of the way, here's some arts! :D

actually, i lied. just one arts. some random mermaid i just maaaade. uuummm, this is probably as finished as it will ever get. D: i've been working on a lot of other things, too, but they are ucky so you will probably never see them. :|
reference used from http://janejayne.deviantart.com/

~kelsey

in which i'm watching star wars

so i've finally taken a few pictures of my figure stuff, as well as my final project from intro to illustration.
here we go! off to neverland!

Contextual Figure Drawing:
made by covering the page and erasing away. i really like this one.
charcoal; model: can't remember her name, but she was good.
from the last drawing day of figure.
charcoal; model: don't know her name either, but she was super thin!
charcoal, black conte, white conte; i believe this model's name is Barry.
charcoal; model: Annie, one of my fave models this semester.
one of my other favorites i did this semester.
white conte; model: that girl that looks just like a fairy.
Introduction to Illustration:
acrylic.
the final project was to take a nursery rhyme and spin it into something completely different. this was mine:
Jack be nimble.
Jack be quick.
Jack FAIL over a candle stick.

that's all, folks! i'm supposed to be designing and building spacey, death star-esque sets for the Great Escape this summer. if they turn out okay, i'll post pics. :)

~kelsey

in which i'm up too late

still haven't gotten pics of my school stuff BUT, i drew another pictureeeeeeeee. on painter again, with a little work in photoshop:i like parts of it... her nose is still off, but i'm tired. AND i need to get up tomorrow morning. blegh! g'night, folks!

~kelsey

p.s. i love the random painterly backgrounds you can make in painter.....C: