Sketch Blog

WALL-E Sketch

2012-02-27T18:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a sketch of Wall-e and Eve. I love this movie. Wall-e is so cute. Done in mechanical pencil. Drawn from reference.

Roller Derby Girl

2012-02-27T18:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a drawing I did of a roller derby girl. Inspired by the Psych episode, "Talk Derby To Me." I really like this chick's hair. It makes me happy. Drawn in mechanical pencil.

Animal Hats

2012-02-27T18:26:00.001-08:00

Here's some sketches from my new sketchbook. These are some animal hats designs. The bottom one is based on a hat that I own. I really like the penguin one. I wonder if I could find one like that. Done in mechanical pencil and scanned in.

Beyond Admissions: Simplicity

2012-02-21T23:34:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest of my comics for the school newspaper. They asked for one based on the budget cuts in the theater department. This was done entirely in MangaStudio Debut.

For those you who are not familiar with "Our Town," it is a play with basically no set and hardly any props. Basically all that it uses is several wooden chairs, a couple wooden tables, two stools, a board, and a ladder. All other "props" are pantomimed.

Wedding Dress Sketch

2012-02-21T22:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick sketch of another wedding dress. This time with color. Yay!

Dress Sketch

2012-02-21T21:06:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick sketch of a wedding dress design I saw. Done in Photoshop.

I is for Ice Cream

2012-02-03T16:27:00.000-08:00

And here comes the Ice Cream. The alphabet book continues. Strawberries are amazing.

H is for Hippopotamus

2012-02-03T15:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the next installment of the alphabet book. I have also updated all of the previous letters with a little texture.

G is for Gift

2012-01-28T18:36:00.000-08:00

Here is my latest installment of the alphabet book. I really like the dark red wrapping paper on this one. :)

The Wolf Hunt: Graphic Novel

2012-01-25T17:37:00.000-08:00

My senior project is a graphic novel adaptation of The Wolf Hunt by Gillian Bradshaw. This is the first page of the graphic novel I am working on. I can't post all of the novel but I will post a couple of my favorite pages as I finish them.

Juno and the Peacock

2012-01-17T23:08:00.000-08:00

This is a sketch I did to accompany one of Aesop's fables about Juno and the Peacock. The peacock, not content with his great beauty, goes to the goddess Juno and asks her to give him a beautiful singing voice as well. Thanks to my friend Suz for telling me the story.

Zagnat: The Puppet Master

2012-01-09T19:04:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick concept sketch for a new monster champion. Zagnat, the Puppet Master, sends out his webs to control the battle. His abilities include a slow-down/speed-up, a suppress, control of minion aggro, and poison.

Lux and Janna

2012-01-04T18:56:00.000-08:00

This was my entry for a fan art competition for League of Legends. The contest was to take existing LOL champions and draw them as either bears (in honor of Volibear) or as nine-tailed foxes (in honor of Ahri). So here are Lux and Janna dressed up for a party in honor of the new champions. Done in Photoshop.

F is for Fish

2011-11-30T21:38:00.000-08:00

The alphabet continues! I actually did this drawing right after C is for Cupcake and then had to hold of posting it until I had done D and E.

E is for Elephant

2011-11-30T21:36:00.000-08:00

And yay for the next installment! E is for Elephant!

D is for Dragon

2011-11-16T20:19:00.000-08:00

Here is the next installment of the Alphabet book. Done in Photoshop.

C is for Cupcake

2011-10-20T00:21:00.001-07:00

Cupcakes! Yay!

Done in Photoshop.

Foundation

2011-10-18T21:20:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration for a group called Foundation - a group of local business men who meet to discuss the purposes and goals of the Univeristy. Done in Photoshop.

B is for Baby

2011-10-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Continuing the alphabet illustrations. Again, done in Photoshop.

A is for Apple

2011-10-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

Here goes the beginning of an illustrated alphabet from randomized subjects. Done in Photoshop.

Wireless Printing

2011-10-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I did for the school newspaper, The Huntingtonian, to accompany an article about the new wireless printing system that allows students to print from their laptops wirelessly, rather than using a thumb drive and opening the file on one of the school desktops in order to print. This illustration was done in Photoshop.

Door Schedules

2011-10-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

This is one of the door schedules I created for the Digital Media Arts Department of my university. Done in InDesign with artwork done in Photoshop.

Olympiad T-shirt Design - Burning Baby Bird

2011-09-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

Here is another t-shirt design. The olympiad shirt design is chosen through a campus-wide contest. I know of at least six other people who are submitting ideas. So yeah, no idea at this point if mine will get chosen but still a good exercise for practicing design.

Olympiad Tshirt Design - Axe

2011-09-26T09:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a t-shirt design for Olympiad. Done in Photoshop.

Olympiad Design

2011-09-20T10:47:00.001-07:00

Here is an initial design for the Olympiad event.

Beyond Admissions: Powderpuff

2011-09-14T19:40:00.000-07:00

Here is my newest comic strip for the school newspaper, the Huntingtonian.

Character Design - Eline

2011-09-12T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here is my first character design for Eline.

Character Design - Marie

2011-09-12T17:18:00.000-07:00

This is my first character design work for my senior project. I'm going to be working on a graphic novel adaptation of The Wolf Hunt by Gillian Bradshaw. This is my first design for the main character, Marie.

Birthday Card

2011-08-29T13:17:00.000-07:00

Today, Professor Ballinger asked me to create a birthday card Sandy, our department administrative person. So I designed and created this card in about 3 hours during one of my classes with Ballinger. We could only print on one side of the paper so the design reflects that. It was done in Photoshop. The birthday message came from birthdaymessages.com.

I haven't been able to post for the past several weeks because the computer labs have been down for upgrades and installation. But now that school has started I should be posting more often.

Senior Project Logo Design

2011-07-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

This year I will be working on two senior projects. My personal project is a graphic novel based on The Wolf Hunt by Gillian Bradshaw. I will also be doing design work for my husband's senior project. This is a preliminary logo design for the back of one of the character's leather jackets.

Old Art II - Random

2011-06-19T16:15:00.000-07:00

These are a few of my random drawings I did last year when trying to learn how to use a tablet. The first (Fury), third (Insectoid) and sixth (Liliana) were all drawn directly on the computer with a tablet. The others - Goddess, FairLady, and Drogan were sketched on paper, scanned in, and redrawn with a tablet.

Goddess and FairLady were sketches inspired by my search for my wedding dress at the time. (And no I didn't end up with a goddess style dress but I do think they are gorgeous.)

Old Art I - Portraits

2011-06-19T16:08:00.000-07:00

So these are some portraits I did last year when I was trying to learn how to use a tablet and draw directly onto the computer. If you can't tell who they are then I apologize. (They are all movie stars.)

Vacation Time

2011-06-19T16:05:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Sorry I haven't been posting much lately. I'm on vacation visiting my family and have been on the road. Now I'm staying with my parents but don't have the means (scanner/tablet/cintiq) to post any new stuff for awhile. I did find some older drawings on my computer and so I'll post some of them later.

The above is a coloring sheet I submitted to a coloring contest. (I did not draw the ladybugs. The coloring page was provided.) It's done with fine point sharpies and is the beginning of the book of Ephesians NIV. I won the (second) first prize.

Steampunk Girl

2011-05-27T19:54:00.000-07:00

Yay, my first steampunk character! This was a lot of fun to draw. For those of you who don't already know, steampunk is a genre of sci-fi/fantasy that basically is a mix of victorian era fashion/world with steam-powered anachronistic technology. It's pretty awesome. Some examples of steampunk include Treasure Planet (Disney movie), Howl's Moving Castle (Miyazaki film), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comic and movie), literature by Jules Verne and lots of other great fiction. :)

Anyway, I plan on adding some color to this pic in a few days.

Druidess

2011-05-24T15:23:00.000-07:00

Well here is my first of the summer posts. This is a quick painting of a sketch I did my freshmen year of college. I ran out of time and so had fun with the fairy dust brush from Painter.

Junior Project Stills

2011-05-11T10:16:00.000-07:00

Here are some still shots from my Junior Project. I was on a group of four people. Our short film was called "The Stalker Story." Rachel Wonderlin was the project leader and took the lead on Story and Cameras. Sarah Kryznowek was in charge of textures and lighting. My husband, Jake Knight, was lead modeler, rigger, and animator. And I was lead design, I made all the cut-outs and I was the render wrangler.

Fisti-Cuffs: Bad Loaf

2011-05-02T12:11:00.000-07:00

Here are my final versions of my superhero card. The Fisti-Cuffs-style showdown is tonight against the other class. I don't personally like the layout for the front of the card but my class went with a common layout and this was it. Perhaps if I have time I'll make my own version later. If you can't read the words, you should be able to click on it for a larger image.

*Also the quote on the front is an actual movie quote. Can anyone name the movie?

Colored Superhero

2011-04-24T21:35:00.000-07:00

Here is my colored version of my superhero. I will have the card completed by Tuesday. I'll post it when I'm done. The front is almost done, I just need to add a background. The back of the card has not yet begun. Very exciting to see it coming together.

LineArt for Superhero

2011-04-22T19:59:00.000-07:00

Here is the finished inking for my superhero, Bad Loaf.

This is for Bryan Ballinger's Inspirational Design class. We're gonna have a FistiCuffs tournament against the other class. I'll post the finished version soon. Below are the main steps to get to this point.

Lighting3

2011-04-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

This is my third lighting practice. It's a little weird trying to find the right colors for desert plants because they're green, but not really. This is a pic of somewhere in Arizona, my home state. :)

Lighting 2

2011-04-10T22:39:00.000-07:00

Here's my second lighting practice. I did not keep track of how long this took me. :)

Lighting

2011-04-10T14:38:00.000-07:00

This was a painting to practice lighting. I'll be doing some more of these. I want to get faster. This one took me like 45 minutes. I want to get to the point where it takes me like 10-20 minutes.

Scribble Style

2011-04-07T21:47:00.000-07:00

This was attempt at a different style of art based off of Roger Cruz's most recent style. He obviously does it better. But this was fun.

Quick Painting

2011-04-06T21:21:00.000-07:00

Here's the painted version. I tried out a new brush and it was surprisingly fun. :)

Turtle Wisdom

2011-04-05T20:29:00.000-07:00

School is super busy right now. It's hard to find time to do anything but work. Here's a 10 minute sketch.

Zoo Sign

2011-03-25T18:07:00.001-07:00

Here is my linework for the title of my movie monster poster for Ballinger's class.

Confusion

2011-03-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

This was a sketch based on the topic Confusion.

Lady Liberty

2011-03-14T20:51:00.000-07:00

This is a really quick painting of a sketch I did when I was in high school. My school was doing the musical Music Man and this was my version of the mayor's wife's lady liberty outfit.

Pencil Sketches

2011-03-13T20:53:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of my pencil sketches.

P is for Predator. This was done like a week or two ago.

Dancers. This drawing was done during class in high school. :)

Easter. This drawing was done during the Easter Sunday sermon. And yes, I do draw a lot during classes and sermons. And yes, I am still paying attention. Drawing helps me pay attention. If I don't have anything to do with my hands I get distracted.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;)

Keir Reece. This was a design sketch for a comic I tried to start when I was in high school.

Sick. This was a sketch I did for Shahbaaz's Drawing for Animation class last year. The topic was sick.

Girl in Dress

2011-03-12T20:53:00.000-08:00

Today I found an awesome site. This site has 3d turn-arounds of human figures in various poses at various angles. The figures are textured with the muscle structures so that artists can tell where the muscles would be in each pose. It's a really good resource: www.posemaniacs.com
:)
This was drawn on paper, scanned in and painted in Painter 11.

Chameleon Sketch

2011-03-10T16:04:00.000-08:00

Here is a random sketch of a chameleon.

Alphabots!

2011-03-09T19:07:00.000-08:00

My alphabots are in COLOR! How exciting! :)

Q is for Quail-bot

2011-03-07T19:59:00.000-08:00

This is my line work for my Q robot - the mighty Quail-bot! Done in Painter.

I'll post the colored versions of my Alpha-bots when they're finished. :)

Beyond Admissions: Summit

2011-03-06T20:59:00.000-08:00

This was my latest comic for the school newspaper. You probably will need to click on it to be able to read it. Done in Painter.

Tutoring Illustration

2011-03-03T21:52:00.000-08:00

This is an illustration for the school newspaper to accompany an article about tutoring at the high school. Done in Painter as always. ;)

P for Pixie Robot

2011-03-02T18:30:00.000-08:00

Ballinger's Inspirational Design class is doing a robot alphabet book. This is my line work for my pixie robot. I'll post the finished colored/textured version later.

Poses

2011-02-23T20:28:00.000-08:00

These are some explorations of poses that are likely to show up in my proposed Senior project. Hopefully I will be able to start posting some character and location designs in the next few weeks.

BatSquirrel

2011-02-21T12:15:00.000-08:00

This is a creature I drew in Public Speaking class and then scanned in and painted in Painter 11. I really like this animal. I want to create a world for this creature to live in.

The school's internet blocker is still blocking all of the images on blogspot image servers so I can't see what I'm posting. Hopefully they will sort that out soon.

Cereal Box

2011-02-19T15:59:00.000-08:00

Okay, this should be a picture of my cereal box design for Ballinger's class. For some reason the university's internet blocker decided to declare war on sketch blogs. Every one's posts have the images blocked. So I am posting what I cannot see. Hopefully it is working.

Creature Continued

2011-02-17T20:42:00.000-08:00

Here is a second sketch of the creature I drew yesterday. Today its looking a little more puppy-ish. :)

Creature

2011-02-16T20:59:00.000-08:00

This was a random sketch that I did on the little Bamboo. I didn't have a plan for this drawing, just started sketching and this is what emerged. Kind of fun though. :)

Gladiator

2011-02-15T20:53:00.000-08:00

This is a really rough preliminary sketch for a gladiator (??) This was drawn on my laptop with a really small bamboo tablet that I have not used before. It handles rather differently than the Wacom tablets at Becker. It's harder to draw with but I will continue to work with it since I can use it at home. Hopefully we'll see improvement. :)

Headless Horseman

2011-02-14T20:12:00.000-08:00

Yay, headless horseman. Luckily the horse is leading.

Smurffette

2011-02-12T19:24:00.000-08:00

I am going to start attempting to post a drawing a day. I already typically do at least one drawing a day but not always on the computer. On days that I can't think of what to draw, I will choose from one of the DrawerGeeks subjects. There's a lot of them so it should keep me busy for awhile. :)
This is done in Painter with the Oil detail brush and then taken into photoshop for the texture and text.

Lighthouse

2011-02-09T19:54:00.000-08:00

Today's sketch. Done in Painter with the Pencil, Tinting and Blender brushes.

Robin Hood

2011-02-07T01:14:00.000-08:00

A quick sketch of Robin Hood. This is my first exploration of using the tinting and blending brushes.

Color Script

2011-02-06T23:05:00.000-08:00

This is the color script for my team's Junior Project, an animated short about a pair of chameleons.

Woodburn Technique

2011-02-03T13:58:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt with a digital woodcut technique. Mine ended up looking more like a woodburn. :)

The Vamp

2011-01-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

And here I tried and almost succeeded on creating a perfectly proportional woman. I liked this painting style with the very thin outline in a darker shade of the object's color.

Camoflage

2011-01-17T16:11:00.000-08:00

This was a fun painting to make. I used a sponge brush and just layered on lots of colors. Very fun. :)

Quick Sketch

2011-01-17T16:09:00.000-08:00

This is a quick cartoon version of my sister Laura. It shows her in her natural habitat: at her desk playing World of Warcraft. :)

Puppy

2011-01-12T15:32:00.000-08:00

Here is my second offering to this blog. For this drawing I found a random picture of a puppy online and did a very quick sketch of it in Painter. I then painted on a layer over the guide using a Oil brush called Tapered Flat Oils 15. I had never used that brush before and it was a little weird to get used to but it was kind of fun to try something so different from my normal technique.

I do not claim to have any rights to the photo of the puppy. I found it online and I do not believe that it is copyrighted.

First Day

2011-01-12T15:25:00.000-08:00

Well, here goes my attempt to start a sketch blog. Hopefully this will work out well and I will be able to keep up despite schoolwork. :)

This is my first IllustrationFriday drawings based on last week's topic Resolutions.

I started with a pencil sketch. I then scanned that in to the computer and using COREL Painter 11 re-drew the picture. For this drawing I painted the whole thing in grayscale (similar to the bed skirt) and then painted the color overtop with Color layers.