Sneak Peak - "Life-Saving Facts"

Hey hey hey! I'm glad to announce that my latest animated video is finally completed! I started production on the video in early August 2017. I had to completely halt its production when I started my fall semester last year and started again in January 2018.

My upcoming animated video, named "Life-Saving Facts," will be released either this upcoming weekend or early next week!

On my social media pages, I'm posting a screenshot a day, but just for the blog, I'll post all five screenshots on here at the same time:

First image is from the credits; it seems like a weird level of conceitedness to put your own name in the credits. It's sort of like going "HEY I MAKE THIS! I CREATED THIS! ME!"

Second image is a pretty simple piece of background art; I'll be doing background art in Photoshop from now on! It's way easier that way!

Third image is another piece of background art that's my personal favorite from the video. This is a prime example as to why doing background art in Photoshop is a better method!

Fourth image is an image I'm sure I've posted already on the blog, but I wanted to bring it up again because I really like this piece since it's a huge improvement from the first version

And here's the fifth image! Who the hell is this guy?

That's all for now! Look forward to it!

Name Swappin'

Hey, remember this old post I made? And this post as well?

These two posts I made is where I sort of detailed a new character named Dakota.

He was initially going to be a quiet, bookworm sort of character in the series.

Change of plans: he's cut. He's gone. He's no longer in this cast.

I was gonna reveal that when I post the next updated iteration of the Propinquity character line-up, but oh well.

With his character gone, I decided to rename one of the oldest characters I've created "Dakota." It's kinda weird to call this old existing character by this new name after many years of them going by another name. Who the renamed character in question is, I'll detail that when the updated line-up is finished and posted.

I just sort of wanted to throw this out here in the open internet air, and to break this silence that this blog has.

I'm currently trying to finish an animated video, if anyone's wondering.

Character Doodles for "Mr. Ridiculous"

Remember awhile ago I made this post talking about a new series idea I had? The idea about a ridiculous villain? Well today, I wanted to show a page from my sketchbook with some doodles of the three main characters.

Of course, I've done a ton of drawings exploring the design of these characters, but I wanted to show where I'm at right now. The design are not finalized yet, but I like the direction where I'm going with.
At the bottom is the main character, Mr. Ridiculous. In the middle of the page is Fish Hooks, and on the upper page is Jumbo. I've been drawing these characters like this for awhile now; I'll be sure to post for drawings/design progress from now on. I'll get into the personalities of each character later.

Looking forward to how this idea will turn out with further development!

Short Hiatus

A couple of days ago, my drawing tablet stopped working.

Definitely not because of me I swear ha ha nope I had nothing to do with it ha ha

Anyways, I just ordered another tablet (same exact type); I would have taken this opportunity to upgrade to a new tablet, but I'm a bit short on funds right now. I am planning on upgrading to a new tablet later in the year, whether it's an Intuos tablet or maybe a Cintiq. I'm personally hoping I can upgrade to 13HD Cintiq; my college has spoiled me with their Cintiq lab.

I have a ton of projects I really want to do/finish before my next semester starts up, which is at the end of this month. I'm really hoping that I can at least finish my animation video and the updated character line-up for Propinquity.

I'm also looking to go through every post on this blog and adding labels so it would be easier for me or future generations to go through specific posts.

It shouldn't be a long hiatus, but now I can take this opportunity to somewhat fix my sleep schedule. I really ought to.

Illustration Class's Final Project - Theme Park Design

I'd like to take this post to go ahead and "declassify" materials from my final project in my Illustration class from the previous semester.

The final project was theme park design; we had to group up with other people and create our own ride concepts and work together to create a theme park with a certain theme in mind. In our case, our group was tasked to create a theme park based on Doctor Who.
I had a ton of fun on it since I'm already a fan of the show. Plus, this gave me a good excuse to go back in binge-watch the show.

Here's a few of the materials I created

Here's the logo I created for the park

I even came up with the name for the park, though I can't help but think that I heard the term "Whoniverse" somewhere. Maybe somewhere on tumblr? I can't remember.

Next is the poster I created for my ride concept

My ride, titled "Race to the Tardis," is heavily based on the Indiana Jones Adventure ride at Disneyland, which is one of my favorite rides. It takes the riders throughout the adventures of the 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctors with many run-ins with several enemies, primarily the Daleks. I was glad to hear that my instructor really enjoyed my ride concept a lot!

Now, I already posted all the materials on here onto my social media pages, but one thing I'll share on here that I couldn't really share with ease is the storyboard that I created for my ride. I'll post a Google Drive link for the storyboard below

Back to the TARDIS - Ride Storyboard

That's all I have to share regarding this project! At least my end of the group; my other group members have also created a ton of cool materials regarding this group assignment! I kinda enjoy doing collaborative work! I wish I did more of that for my own personal works.

Maybe I'll share my final assignment for my Advanced Storyboarding class later!

Happy New Year!

Goodbye 2017! Hello 2018!

Yeah, 2017 was alright I guess, but a new year brings exciting possibilities for us all! What new events or direction our lives will take us? Who knows! Let's just hope 2018 will go easy on us and give us another good year!

To ring in the new year, here's a small drawing I did of Alyssa goin' a little bit wild to party her way into the new 2018!

Happy New Years!