Storyboard - The Ant and the Dove - Character Design

Final project for storyboard this semester! We're taking one of Aesop's Fable's - The Ant and the Dove - and making a storyboard for a short animation.

This week we had to have character designs done, as well as location design. So far I got my characters down! I like the style - I'm trying to keep it geometric and very animatable. :)

Children's Book - What Does it Mean that You Love Me?

A while back, Alan Doucet approached me and my boyfriend Kris Cowan to Illustrate a book that his brother, Jason Doucet had written for his son. The book has an adorable concept. A little boy gets tucked in by his parents every night, and they say "Good night! We love you!" and he asks, what does that mean? So every night the parents let him know what it means by giving examples, and being a kid, he images crazy scenarios for each example.

The book was a really great collaboration and is now published by Alan and available online! A great gift for any new parent!

http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-000913600/What-Does-it-Mean-That-You-Love-Me.aspx

And here is the lovely cover for the book:

Painting - Novel Interior - Ayla's Place - Color Comps

Here is the color exploration for Ayla's Place! As per usual, gouache on watercolor paper.

I decided to go for early morning light, and moonlight.

If you want to see the tonal painting, here is the link:
http://tinanawrocki.blogspot.ca/2014/03/painting-novel-interior-aylas-place.html

Caricatures - Gab & Eric + Mady

Because they be awesome, and because they've been nagging me forever to do this!

Gab and Eric and their Diva Dachshund Mady!

Gab is an fabulous Art Director (in fashion) and Eric is the most amazing hairdresser in the world (in my humble opinion).

xox Love you guys!!!!

Character Design - Life Cycle - Ataru the Shiba Inu

So one more project for Character Design done! This is Ataru, the Shiba Inu - a very traditional Japanese dog breed.

The mandate was to draw an anamorphic character that progresses through the stages of baby, child, teenager, adult and senior.

So Ataru grows up to become a Yakuza mobster. Good on me to pick a character with crazy tattoos - those took a long time to draw!

Here's the result:

And for anybody interested in the tattoo I drew, here it is:

Pinups - Kelsey

It's a small world! I've known Steve for a very long time - he was my sister's friend back in College. He came over for Easter once. Years later my boyfriend, Kris, started practising BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for those of us who are less savvy). Turns out Steve is crazy about it, and Kris would see him there quite often before we moved.

Now Steve commissioned this pinup of his lovely wife Kelsey! She's a children's psychologist (hence the decor). So easy to make pinups of beautiful people! She really liked it and I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

Animation - Animal Walk - Snow Leopard Sketch Dump

I'm taking my Snow Leopard seriously! Here's a sketch dump of studies I've been doing this week to start tackling the roughs of the walk tomorrow!

I found references from Anatomy books and of course good ol' google.

What I've learnt - Snow Leopards are much puffier than all other big cats!