Harder than I thought...

Keeping up on a blog the day you start at a new school is a lot harder than it sounds. Since I put this thing together I have posted nothing. Zip. Zilch.
A promising start? Not so much. Time to live and learn.
In other fields however I am happy to report that I have been a bit more productive; a young company I've been working for in California has set me on to a new project- background designs for a web comic. You can check out their Facebook page here- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toxic-Creativity/389193291130373?fref=ts

Set in a fantasy Middle Ages type of world it is a lot of fun to work on- though a bit overwhelming to design an entire civilization in architecture. Each of the different races have their own styles and materials for building so combining them in the few communal buildings there are is a challenge.



The first edition of the comic will probably come out later this year, once the final coloring and inking is done.

I was lucky enough to have one of my pieces of fan art shared on Facebook a few weeks ago by one of my favorite artists Brian Kesinger. Called the perfect cup it features his two characters Victoria, a lovely steampunk lady, and her pet cephalopod Otto as well as two of my own that were modeled for the same period. Angela (a steam punk chemist and cousin to Victoria) and her own cephalopod a squid named Syd, Sydney. You can see the post and share here =) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Kesingers-Tea-Girls/212094505475204


I hope to color it later in the same style as Kesinger's tea paintings.
As for keeping up to date I'll do the best I can- hopefully that means something more regular than what I've been doing. =)

Beginnings...

Well, here we are! A new place, a new school, and definitely time for some new art. I've been looking for a place to share my work and get some feedback and ideas and this seems as good a place as any -let the fun begin; I must ask all to bear with me as I am always trying to learn in my work, so please refrain from needless derogatory comments, I love to hear suggestions and thoughts on my work but simply slashing it because you have nothing better to do is not acceptable.

For starters, a watercolor portrait of a friend of mine- though many people have also asked if it is a self-portrait (we must look more alike than I thought =); watercolors are one of my favorite mediums to work with because they always very forgiving to use, mistakes can easily be worked into the final piece and used deliberately. One of things that I love the most about this painting are the colors, sunset golds and reds.

      The most recent project I've been working on -both in and outside of school- is a small set of children's books, written and illustrated by me. The whole thing is still in the writing and editing phase but in the next few weeks I'll try to put up a sample of one of them.