This was drawn from a picture I saw on the back of an AP magazine. It is rather unfinished in my opinion and I probably will never pick it up again. I believe I am much like Da Vinci in that sense. I start a lot of art, but it takes a ton of energy for me to finish it. I really hate finishing a lot of my work. I think of it as a good movie that you don't really want to end, and then when it truly does end it is rarely as good as you had hoped and rather cliche most of the time. When I leave my art unfinished then I am never disappointed...then again never astounded either, but my imagination is allowed to wander and envision how it should be completed. I guess this is just what is best for me, but it is rather selfish.
Now this little guy is fun. We are having a good time together at the moment. I drew him straight onto the canvas in Painter x and just kind have gone from there. I think I might do that more often. The only thing I miss is the inability to get truly crisp lines in painter. That, however, is my graphic tablet's fault. I'm getting a Wacom for Christmas and then I can finally toss that damn Adesso in the trash. He's been a good tablet though, I mustn't be to hard on him. He (the graphics tablet) has, jeeze, four or five years under his belt. Which is really good for the crappy quality it was to begin with. I went with the Adesso because at that time I was going to be a pharmacist, and art really wasn't even an option. Then one day I said dad, I'm not going to do it that way, I'm going to live life how I actually want to...even though that money would be nice. Then the next day I changed my major to graphic design and haven't even looked back...but I do wish I got a wacom then. Woo new Wacom though. Guess who's excited? This guy ;) Anyways...see the rambling I talked about in the profile, this rat guy is fun and purple (Violet, I know, my art teacher would kill me for that, but purple sounds better) He is fun and purple and has an amazing nose. We talk to each other at night, okay, not really, but I wish we did. It would be fun. I'll finish this guy soon, I like him to much not to.
This would be the caterpillar from Alice, but in my style. He's super super rough and I'm going to go back and draw him out first. He's to hard not to nail down on paper. But as a little teaser, I am working on all the characters from Alice...including Alice this time. I'm going for a emo/gothic look and the way this guy is right now doesn't speak that at all. I see it though. This was only about 20 mins in Painter so don't take it as stone right now. Just thought I'd give you all a little sneaky poo. Ha ha gross.
This is just a little spray can fellow that I drew in my art class one morning. He was so fun I decided to color him. He's rough and technically a WIP, but I doubt he'll ever get finished.
And now for life updates. I love animation. I want to be an animator. As the days pass I feel myself being inspired more and more by cartoons. I can't go a day without watching a toon of sorts. I'd have to say that The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is by far one of the best TV toons I've ever seen. It rings with qualities of Ren & Stimpy. It reminds me of the shows that inspired me to draw as a kid. Ha ha I think the earliest piece that my parents still have was in fact a ren and stimpy drawing that I did. I remember when they had the R&S comic book and I used to read it again and again. Well...let's be honest I just looked at the pictures. Hell, that's what i still do. I don't read comics, I just love the perty colors and the fantastic characters. Umm, Kung Fu Panda was also good, but honestly it wasn't as clever as I had hoped. You can tell it was a dreamworks picture. Disney always has such clever films. Clever in story and animation and it's been that way since Steamboat Willie really. I haven't seen much before that so I can't judge. But dreamworks is just slapstick bs. I don't care if Disney/Pixar is a mega giant forming films based on formula, they're creative when they do it and their animation is just leagues better. I'm going to say it, Dreamworks is Pixar's retarded alter ego. Simply Pixar wannabe. And I'm going to say this too. Shrek sucks, Antz sucked, Shark Tale sucked, Madagascar sucked. Shrek is awful, I stand by that. Antz was a rip of of A bug's life was way better and shark tale was just taking advantage of the Nemo/ocean buzz of the time. I'll tell you this too. Madagascar only got the hype because of all the stars in it. The Wild was freaking amazing, and it's story although similar, was so so so much better. And who made that if you even remember it? DISNEY. There I'm done. Dreamworks sucks & Disney/Pixar is GOD.
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