Pinups - Christina Yoga

Here is a fun pinup commission I got from a returning customer - Christina. She's starting a new blog, and wanted a second illustration in a peaceful zen yoga pose.

Here is a link to her original pinup - for her makeup company:
Pinups - Christina

And here is Christina doing yoga! :)

Animation - Human Lip Sync

After 9 days of very little sleep... here is my Human Lip Sync Assignment. The line is taken from the 1996 "the Birdcage", a movie starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

So voila! Here it is! Pencil on paper. Lip sync isn't easy. To be honest I only like one bit of this animation - but I talked to two wonderful teachers of mine - Sam and Blair - and I know how it could have been improved, so hopefully my next assignment will be better!

And as always, some favorite stills!

Layout - City Scape Realistic and Stylized

And here is my layout project... I'm so exhausted that I barely know what I've drawn... but here it is anyway! I think it will be fun to color the stylized one - for Photoshop class.

Realistic:

Stylized:

Life Drawing - Costumed model

More fun with charcoal! Model in costume!

Life Drawing - Superimposing Costumes!

Today was a fun day in Life Drawing - we had a nude model posing, but we got to superimpose a costume of our own choice (using some photo references we brought). The study was in folds and drapery!

Sorry pictures are so blurry, took them in a rush before leaving class! These are the 2 I handed in! :)

Conte on newsprint.

 This one is 50's inspired

And a Mongolian outfit!

Theater for Animation - Lulu Davies

For Theater class at Sheridan we were assigned the creation of a character. We had to describe the character and their history and then create an image to represent them.

So here is Lulu Davies:

And this is her story:

The year is 1937 and Lulu Davies is 47 years old. She is a fading starlet of the silent pictures. When she was young she was a stunner - and was wanted by every millionaire in Hollywood and fiercely envied by every girl. Those days however, have turned to dust.

HISTORY

Lulu Davies, born Sally Moore,  is the daughter of a Mormon pastor from Utah. Being born with raven black hair and piercing pale blue eyes, her stunning beauty attracted the attention of many local young men, to the great displeasure of her father. Raised in a house with extremely austere moral values, going to the pictures was strictly forbidden. Lulu managed, with the help of one of her many admirers, to sneak out one night and go to the movies. Enthralled with the glamour of the heroine on screen, Lulu decided at once that she would become a movie star. Wishing to escape the tyranny of her father, and the poverty of her rural life, she ran away from home at age 16 and hitchhiked to Los Angeles. Changing her name to Lulu Davies, she fought (or rather slept) her way the top of the biggest Hollywood productions. She became an icon, and was adored, envied and filthy rich. Her success was hard won, and she would not under torture reveal the truth of her upbringing and childhood.

CHARACTER

Though not by nature bad or insensitive, Lulu's life has turned her into a rather cold and self-centered diva. Trying hard to erase all traces of the young Sally Moore, she was forced all her life to play a part. She would never open up to anybody for fear of detection, and her Hollywood life was spun around lies. Her every day persona is a role she plays. She wishes to portray a clever, urban, woman of the world, used to endless luxury and a life of ease and pleasure. She has played this role for so long, that Lulu herself no longer knows if any part of her personality is quite her own.

As films started turning into the "talkies" Lulu began to see herself passed over in favor of young and fresh upstart actresses - of which there was an abundance. This was a great blow to her ego and self confidence. Having always lived in fear of her past, this new fear of aging took its toll on her personality.

Lulu is extremely ego centric and vain. She flies into rages at the smallest provocation. She speaks loudly in a theatrical and dramatic fashion. She treats people of lower class with distain and venom - her fear of ever being associated with them being the driving force in her hatred. Lulu is conversely extremely determined and focused. Her lack of education was balanced out by a instinctual understanding as to the weakness of others - a clear path to getting the upper hand.

She believes that happiness lies in riches, awards and continued success. She will not admit to herself that the two things that are lacking in her life - acceptance and real love - are what she secretly longs for. Constantly dissatisfied, Lulu continues to lie to herself and the world around her clinging desperately to her dying career.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! :D To celebrate, I'm going to post my digital painting project for our Photoshop class. I thought the theme was quite fitting!

I wish everybody lots of chocolate and love (or one or the other).

And here are my tonals for this project!