"What's New in SAND 1.5" comic
So I can't actually post it here, but I essentially completed my very first comic. We completed version 1.5 of SAND at work and were asked to give a presentation of it to the TD sup's and leads. We put together an outline of the material we wanted to cover and then I decided to put it into a comic form! It took a few late nights at home, but it turned out really well! (It was received really well at the meeting and word spread about it.) I'm quite proud of it and it works really well as a proof of concept for communicating very technical things in a visual, accessible way. I've been wanting to do that for a while and have some other ideas on where to go next :)
Avatar: The Last Airbender - thumbnailing
I finished up thumbnailing episode 2, but since I started in the middle of it, I decided I should thumbnail the first part too. So I wrapped back around and still have about a third of the episode to thumbnail. Oyy... still learning a lot, but some days it's pretty monotonous. Will scan them up soon.
20th Century Boys - thumbnailing
In case I haven't mentioned it before, I've also been thumbnailing the pages of 20th Century Boys, currently my favorite manga. I'm also learning a lot here and getting a better sense of pacing in the comic form and how much dialogue you can get away with and how to keep it interesting. Progress has been slower on this though because I'm working much smaller and it feels even more tedious. Will scan some up soon.
Project Apricot
I haven't made much more progress on thumbnailing and have spent more time working on the two studies above. Though honestly I've probably been using the two studies above as excuses to not work on my own stuff some days. I need to readjust my goals and motivate myself to just do it. New goal: thumbnail for an hour for Project Apricot every week; outline for an hour for Project Apricot every week.
Concept Art
Haven't done much in that regard lately, but following the posts of my talented friend Patrick Jensen, I found and joined a great facebook group where an amazing collection of super talented concept artists from the industry post 30 minute paintings inspired by topics of the day. Daily Spitpaint is simultaneously inspiring and makes me want to pick up my tablet, and also intimidating because I have so far to go and no time lately to follow down this new path. New goal: Do at least one daily spitpaint challenge a week.
Artists to watch
Since my last post, I've gone to APE (Alternative Press Expo) again and though we were rushed this year because of time constraints and other engagements, we saw a lot of amazing artists, and I've compiled a list of links to blogs and websites that I will frequent for inspiration. Here's the list:
- artist blogs
- e t e l o i s
- Rad's blog
- d3capmode
- gheehappy
- Greg Peltz
- Brittney Lee
- Francis Vallejo | blog
- Josh Kao's blog
- Nathan Fowkes Art
- LIBRA BEAR
- Charicreatures.com :: The Art of Genevieve Tsai
- Charicreatures Blog :: Genevieve Tsai
- The Art of Eunjung June Kim
- Tuna Bora
- Scribbles For Sweetpea
- cake-o
- Keiko Murayama - Online Portfolio
- Everyday Love – the art of Nidhi Chanani – Home
- Everyday Love
- LITTLE BITS
- Nhu Q Diep - Home
- Waffles the Cat | Home | Online Store Powered by Storenvy
- Pickle - The little bird who doesn't Tweet!
- Hediun's Atelier by hediun on Etsy
- Thousand Skies
- tonybuifanclub
- ♥Cindy Chen♥
- Pin Illustration
- Hula Bunny - Cute Animation - Dress Up Games - Sketches - Art
- Berkeley Mews -
I've also been playing with the idea of making some shorts out of the Prairie Rabbits universe. This has gotten me researching shorts and digging up my favorites again. Here are a few:
Mirage (which I've shared before)
Oktapodi (Octopus love)
Paperman (currently not available online because it's being considered for an Oscar)
Carn (visually striking and haunting)
The Wedding (perfectly neurotic and just a bit poignant and just a bit profound)
I found some of these from a site called shortoftheweek.com. Great collections of animated shorts. I'm still making my way through. A lot of good stuff here. Paperman (currently not available online because it's being considered for an Oscar)
Carn (visually striking and haunting)
The Wedding (perfectly neurotic and just a bit poignant and just a bit profound)
http://www.shortoftheweek.com/
http://www.shortoftheweek.com/
Wow. That's enough for now I guess. Not much to show, but there's definitely a lot happening.
