An overlong promise. Sorry this is about three or four weeks of work from class and then it was graded for midterm. I got a B+ on everything.
-the pissed off fellow is Tim Robbins we were studying faces
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
My first nude
and some value studies that I'm rather proud of.
(a promise to the rose boys)
Especially the head of the old man and the woman who is blinded by the scarf.
Not really as proud of the nude... I liked it when it was more elemental. I hope we get some variety with these nude models. Seriously. haha but it's so weird cause there's this naked woman there all chill and you don't know if you should say anything to her. But I'm liking it down here. My teachers are great and I've learned so much in already two weeks.
and some value studies that I'm rather proud of.
(a promise to the rose boys)
Especially the head of the old man and the woman who is blinded by the scarf.
Not really as proud of the nude... I liked it when it was more elemental. I hope we get some variety with these nude models. Seriously. haha but it's so weird cause there's this naked woman there all chill and you don't know if you should say anything to her. But I'm liking it down here. My teachers are great and I've learned so much in already two weeks.
Friday, September 16, 2005
It's really early and I PROMISE I'm going to post the countour line drawings that I did in class the other day on here because I think the composition of one or two of the items are really good. We also learned about certain techniques we could use to warm up our hands. i never knew this until know. I'm really happy here at SCAD.
But the main reason why I wanted to post this was because, here at SCAD they have a television studio and the fantasy story about fairy tales being true got picked up as their new show. I just have to write three basic storylines for the first three episodes... can be as long as an hour... so INCREDIBLY excited so I rushed back to the dorm and madly typed away.
(BILL if you want to get in on this bud, now is the time)
Here's the characters and their descriptions so far
(Major characters)
Thomas G. Wilheim- Caucasian m. 20s early 30s- He was adopted into the Walker family at an early age of three or four. Long dark brown hair. Thomas also has long sideburns and a goutee and wears very distinct glasses. To us Thomas looks as if he’s completely out of place but if he were born only two hundred years earlier he’d fit right in. He wanders around in a long trench coat. His clothes have a very british style. Thomas’s only real friend growing up was his step grandmother who started the boy on his now impressive collection of old fairy tale books. Thomas is frowned upon in society
Katherine Walker- Caucasian f. 14-16 a troubled girl, her parents are going through a vicious divorce. She has few friends in school and even so, none of them are really that reliable. She lived with her mother, until now and is sent to go live for the summer with her Uncle Tom until the settlement is over. She’s never met him before. Enjoys a good story.
Jelly-an enormous lovable dog. Thomas is asked by his owners to watch the dog while they’re away on vacation. They never come back and their house is quickly sold. Thomas despises Jelly but cares for him all the same. Jelly has to be walked often.
Hobb the dwarf- m. Hobb is a small dwarf in his twenties or thirties. Beard is optional. He lives in an abandoned alleyway in Savannah, Georgia. People mistake him as a sleeping bum or as a pile of trash so it’s often people’ll throw MORE stuff on top of him. He is grungy but kind hearted and fancies old mushrooms. He is a lookout for Thomas in exchange for the mushrooms he brings as payment and is Thomas’s first encounter with a ‘magical’ creature.
Fenswick the Elf- Caucasian m. 60+ but energetic a british elf with long wiry hair and pointy ears. Fenswick was kicked out of the realm of elves for suggesting that human interaction isn’t all that bad. That was over two hundred years ago. Now Fenswick has a strong dislike for humans especially the Americans. Fenswick now believes that humans are only good for scones, tea, and their scandelly clad women. A humorous role. Society overlooks Fenswick’s odd ears as a birth defect that he usually hides with a hat. He is very intelligent in the magical societies of Savannah. Think Bill Nighy or David Morris
(Medium characters)
The Scarecrow- m a buff leader of a secret society or cult out to purify the world of anything magic related. Located in Savannah. They get a hold of fenswick and try to kill him at a ritual. Scarecrow leaves messages around Savannah in the form of dead crows in odd positions which signifies when and at what time a meeting will be held.
Angry Neighbor- Neighbor to Thomas always upset about something and often blames Thomas. Jelly often is a neusance to him. His wife makes him tend her garden out front which Jelly is usually found eating. The wife is also a collector of lawn gnomes which on occasion will get stolen.
Police Officer- by now, Thomas is a regular. He knows him and neighbors often complain about him.
Aunt Petunia-a very large woman. Snooty, dislikes her half brother Tom incredibly. Would take in Katherine if she wasn’t on the road promoting her cat food. During the school year, she takes guardianship over Katherine until the summer when once again she goes out to try and promote her disgusting cat food. She lives with twenty or thirty cats.
(Minor characters/cameos)
Mary Walker f. 30s-40s mother to Katherine Walker. We only briefly catch a glimpse of her in the beginning shipping off her daughter to Savannah. Don’t really see her again.
Crazy homeless man m.- an old guy who’s lost his marbles. Thomas humors him by allowing him to be his lookout for weird things going on in the park.
Waitor- serves Thomas on a regular basis at a small coffee shop or the Gryphon Tea Shop.
If is successful then we’ll move on with the story and introduce these characters….
(Medium characters)
Leader of vampires- distinct figure his job is to slow down and kill in necessary Thomas from finding the artifact.
Vampires- need all ethnicities they are traditional vampires under the command of the dark witch. They cannot walk in sunlight but they can change into bats.
Dougal-m. voice over role a black wolf with a long scar on his belly. Deep voice. Only Thomas and those who are of magical ancestry can hear him. So Katherine cannot. Dougal lives with the Swamp Witch and this is our first encounter with him.
Swamp Witch- f. 50+ any ethnicity More of a voodoo lady than a witch but still contains mystical powers such as forsight and the knowledge of potion making. Informs Thomas and Katherine of their quest/ task but not before branding Katherine with a symbol on her arm which can only be exposed when heat is applied. Full of knowledge but at the same time can be humorous and a little crazy/ tipsy.
Ghosts- m/f live in a large abandoned house. Rather comedic most are don’t realize that people are trying to talk to them.
Little ghost girl f- a ghost in a white dress. Leads Katherine down to the basement to drown her and have a new friend to play with.
Necuri m/f or zombies they live in the flooded basement of the old abandoned house and come alive only to drown a person to join them.
(Minor characters/cameos)
half breed vampires- need all ethnicities under the command of the dark witch, they come to Savannah as Thomas comes closer to solving the mystery of the elven flute artifact. More to track his progress during the day. Can walk in sunlight are very pale or a hint of green, but surprisingly can get around town pretty well. Yes they have the teeth. Gothic maybe looking but most just wear black. Sunglasses possibly.
Gypsies- sellers of unique items on street
Jenna f. 18-20s a wiccan girl who works in a comic shop or some other odd shop in Savannah. Friends with Thomas she creates a bag to help protect Katherine when the vampires come.
Book collector m. 40s-50s- lives in a large house. Snooty and isolated has an unfathomable amount of books. One contains a page about the elven artifact in Savannah. He will not sell it to Thomas nor let him look at the page. When Thomas comes back he finds him dead killed by the vampires and the page in the book is gone.
So I'm off to sleep GNIGHT
email me thoughts if you have them
-Chris
But the main reason why I wanted to post this was because, here at SCAD they have a television studio and the fantasy story about fairy tales being true got picked up as their new show. I just have to write three basic storylines for the first three episodes... can be as long as an hour... so INCREDIBLY excited so I rushed back to the dorm and madly typed away.
(BILL if you want to get in on this bud, now is the time)
Here's the characters and their descriptions so far
(Major characters)
Thomas G. Wilheim- Caucasian m. 20s early 30s- He was adopted into the Walker family at an early age of three or four. Long dark brown hair. Thomas also has long sideburns and a goutee and wears very distinct glasses. To us Thomas looks as if he’s completely out of place but if he were born only two hundred years earlier he’d fit right in. He wanders around in a long trench coat. His clothes have a very british style. Thomas’s only real friend growing up was his step grandmother who started the boy on his now impressive collection of old fairy tale books. Thomas is frowned upon in society
Katherine Walker- Caucasian f. 14-16 a troubled girl, her parents are going through a vicious divorce. She has few friends in school and even so, none of them are really that reliable. She lived with her mother, until now and is sent to go live for the summer with her Uncle Tom until the settlement is over. She’s never met him before. Enjoys a good story.
Jelly-an enormous lovable dog. Thomas is asked by his owners to watch the dog while they’re away on vacation. They never come back and their house is quickly sold. Thomas despises Jelly but cares for him all the same. Jelly has to be walked often.
Hobb the dwarf- m. Hobb is a small dwarf in his twenties or thirties. Beard is optional. He lives in an abandoned alleyway in Savannah, Georgia. People mistake him as a sleeping bum or as a pile of trash so it’s often people’ll throw MORE stuff on top of him. He is grungy but kind hearted and fancies old mushrooms. He is a lookout for Thomas in exchange for the mushrooms he brings as payment and is Thomas’s first encounter with a ‘magical’ creature.
Fenswick the Elf- Caucasian m. 60+ but energetic a british elf with long wiry hair and pointy ears. Fenswick was kicked out of the realm of elves for suggesting that human interaction isn’t all that bad. That was over two hundred years ago. Now Fenswick has a strong dislike for humans especially the Americans. Fenswick now believes that humans are only good for scones, tea, and their scandelly clad women. A humorous role. Society overlooks Fenswick’s odd ears as a birth defect that he usually hides with a hat. He is very intelligent in the magical societies of Savannah. Think Bill Nighy or David Morris
(Medium characters)
The Scarecrow- m a buff leader of a secret society or cult out to purify the world of anything magic related. Located in Savannah. They get a hold of fenswick and try to kill him at a ritual. Scarecrow leaves messages around Savannah in the form of dead crows in odd positions which signifies when and at what time a meeting will be held.
Angry Neighbor- Neighbor to Thomas always upset about something and often blames Thomas. Jelly often is a neusance to him. His wife makes him tend her garden out front which Jelly is usually found eating. The wife is also a collector of lawn gnomes which on occasion will get stolen.
Police Officer- by now, Thomas is a regular. He knows him and neighbors often complain about him.
Aunt Petunia-a very large woman. Snooty, dislikes her half brother Tom incredibly. Would take in Katherine if she wasn’t on the road promoting her cat food. During the school year, she takes guardianship over Katherine until the summer when once again she goes out to try and promote her disgusting cat food. She lives with twenty or thirty cats.
(Minor characters/cameos)
Mary Walker f. 30s-40s mother to Katherine Walker. We only briefly catch a glimpse of her in the beginning shipping off her daughter to Savannah. Don’t really see her again.
Crazy homeless man m.- an old guy who’s lost his marbles. Thomas humors him by allowing him to be his lookout for weird things going on in the park.
Waitor- serves Thomas on a regular basis at a small coffee shop or the Gryphon Tea Shop.
If is successful then we’ll move on with the story and introduce these characters….
(Medium characters)
Leader of vampires- distinct figure his job is to slow down and kill in necessary Thomas from finding the artifact.
Vampires- need all ethnicities they are traditional vampires under the command of the dark witch. They cannot walk in sunlight but they can change into bats.
Dougal-m. voice over role a black wolf with a long scar on his belly. Deep voice. Only Thomas and those who are of magical ancestry can hear him. So Katherine cannot. Dougal lives with the Swamp Witch and this is our first encounter with him.
Swamp Witch- f. 50+ any ethnicity More of a voodoo lady than a witch but still contains mystical powers such as forsight and the knowledge of potion making. Informs Thomas and Katherine of their quest/ task but not before branding Katherine with a symbol on her arm which can only be exposed when heat is applied. Full of knowledge but at the same time can be humorous and a little crazy/ tipsy.
Ghosts- m/f live in a large abandoned house. Rather comedic most are don’t realize that people are trying to talk to them.
Little ghost girl f- a ghost in a white dress. Leads Katherine down to the basement to drown her and have a new friend to play with.
Necuri m/f or zombies they live in the flooded basement of the old abandoned house and come alive only to drown a person to join them.
(Minor characters/cameos)
half breed vampires- need all ethnicities under the command of the dark witch, they come to Savannah as Thomas comes closer to solving the mystery of the elven flute artifact. More to track his progress during the day. Can walk in sunlight are very pale or a hint of green, but surprisingly can get around town pretty well. Yes they have the teeth. Gothic maybe looking but most just wear black. Sunglasses possibly.
Gypsies- sellers of unique items on street
Jenna f. 18-20s a wiccan girl who works in a comic shop or some other odd shop in Savannah. Friends with Thomas she creates a bag to help protect Katherine when the vampires come.
Book collector m. 40s-50s- lives in a large house. Snooty and isolated has an unfathomable amount of books. One contains a page about the elven artifact in Savannah. He will not sell it to Thomas nor let him look at the page. When Thomas comes back he finds him dead killed by the vampires and the page in the book is gone.
So I'm off to sleep GNIGHT
email me thoughts if you have them
-Chris
Monday, September 12, 2005
(the Mount DOOM bridge)WELCOME TO SAVANNAH:
Home of ghosts, homeless people, druggies, voodoo rituals, starving artists, and just plain WEIRD people!
I've been here for a mere two days and I'm having the time of my life. No art yet, sorry. Classes start wednesday. Though as soon as I have something to post, I definately will. Until then I've been photographing my experiences so far. Here's my impressions so far.
For some reason when I started heading off to college, I had this feeling that I was heading off to Hogwarts in a way. Like Harry Potter... I know sorta silly right? yeah but once I had my HUGE trunk of entertainment, my bertie botts beans, and my trusty laptop, I was set. Then, I get a look at this place
Ellibris, or BARNES AND NOBLES COLLEGE EDITION! Definate magic feeling stepping into this building, just look at the pictures below. There were FOUR FLOORS of art supplies ranging everything from books, to entertainment, paints, paper of all different sizes and texture... sorta a nice WELCOME TO COLLEGE ART KIDS!
You're always going to see some creepy person on the side of the street, just keep walking. (some are becoming regulars and I guess I'll see em everyday) I bent today for an old guy who needed money for his brother and him to get on a bus... Fraid I won't be able to keep doing that, hope God'll understand.
I'll post more later. Right now I'm working on a new idea for a book... movie... thing.
There's a whole storyline to it, here's a quick blip
Thomas Wilheim has always believed that there is really magic in the world. Ever since he was poked in the eye at the age of seven by a 'fairy', he has dedicated his life to tracking down original manuscripts and folklore in order to solve the mystery, is there still magic in the world? We meet Thomas at his current home in Savannah (if you walk the streets you'll know why) where his step niece Karen has just joined him for the summer (her parents are getting divorced) which sets them off on the adventure of a lifetime. The first book is about Thomas meeting up with strange characters; Hobb the dwarf who lives in the alleyways; Fenswick the elf who has been banished to the world of men, and the swamp witch of Georgia (more a voodoo lady than a witch there are four that rule the known world) who sets Thomas and Karen out on a bigger and more important quest; to destroy the Dark Witch.
Dark Witch- the same evil mother who tries to kill 'Snow White', at her wedding day her feet were burned and she crawled away. She then stole away a child locking her in a tower, hoping to someday train her in the dark arts and take back all that was hers. But fate would prove differently as her long locks and isolation brought the girl into the hands of Snow White's son. Once again the dark witch is thwarted, on the way towards her escape she came across a dying wolf able of speech who has been cut in half. The wolf had tried to eat a family but an axe men severed him in two. He swears he'll serve her if she saves his life, the witch agrees. The Witch realizes the authorities will soon be after her so she escapes through her mirrors sending her body and soul to a complete other demention where no one will ever find her and she can rebuild her strength. Servants to the queen hid the mirrors around the globe along with the only weapon (5 swords of the different races that have to be wielded together into one blade.) powerful enough to destroy the witch entirely.
Thomas and Karen meet dragons, the horsemen of the forbidden forest (or a cult of headless horsemen), elves, mermaids, talking animals, gypsies... and a bunch more of odd characters on their quest. The school offers help in writing, which I hope to utilize on this project.
Cheers
Chris
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Well I haven't been on here in a while to post anything new. I've been so busy lately with trying to get ready for college and the work on Youtes has been slow. But since this IS a blog for me to post my works in progress, then I should show you what I've done. This is a picture of the original black and white and the color is that of it in it's current state. Recently it was brought to my attention an easier way to do shadows, as my current style is extremely tedious and this new style would allow me to produce more of the comic faster. Three panels that I simply love is the black backdrop for the first two frames along with the blood red sky in the "over my dead rumpus" panel. I'm also proud at how straight those boxes are. If you look at www.youtes.com you'll see that most of the panel boxes that I drew were slanted and not very straight.
I've been practicing out this new form of shadowing through a birthday present for my friend Bagmi Das. You may remember seeing her character drawing earlier this month. This will hopefully end up being a miniposter which she can hang up in her room. Because the poster will be larger than an 8 1/2 by 11 I will end up using two and blend them together. It will be composited of mostly her favorite pieces of literature but as you can see from the picture it also incorperates her dance practicing and love for music.
Now this is it in an early sketch of it, and you can see the blue pencil lines... which should've disappeared, but I guess it wasn't a black and white scan. My scanner's amazing but weird. Now something that changes between the sketch and the current is Bagmi dancing. I didn't feel that the original sketch turned out very well (I didn't exactly plan it out as I had hoped)
So what I did is I scanned in a picture of her dancing and the texture was weird. So I blurred it and added a shadow (which I found out how to do through Chuck) I'm really proud of it so far and am determined to finish it before shipping off.
I've been practicing out this new form of shadowing through a birthday present for my friend Bagmi Das. You may remember seeing her character drawing earlier this month. This will hopefully end up being a miniposter which she can hang up in her room. Because the poster will be larger than an 8 1/2 by 11 I will end up using two and blend them together. It will be composited of mostly her favorite pieces of literature but as you can see from the picture it also incorperates her dance practicing and love for music.
Now this is it in an early sketch of it, and you can see the blue pencil lines... which should've disappeared, but I guess it wasn't a black and white scan. My scanner's amazing but weird. Now something that changes between the sketch and the current is Bagmi dancing. I didn't feel that the original sketch turned out very well (I didn't exactly plan it out as I had hoped)
So what I did is I scanned in a picture of her dancing and the texture was weird. So I blurred it and added a shadow (which I found out how to do through Chuck) I'm really proud of it so far and am determined to finish it before shipping off.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Mom's 50th birthday went by successfully! Yay huzzah! Youtes is going slow lately but I have been involved with other projects lately, big one's been MY LIFE but I think most of the art projects that I've been setting up for lately I'm in for the long term.
Charlie and Caitlin (Chuck or Bill tell me if it's spelled differently) Rose are taking the helm this years project which I helmed last year, the annual Halloween couldesack. This year's project is a DARK WONDERLAND. I found these pictures on my computer from a while ago of one of the first printings of the wonderland stories.
I must admit I love the dreariness of the landscape. The dull colors makes it rather depressing already and a tad surreal. Definately will have to take a class in storybook artwork while at SCAD.
Charlie and Caitlin (Chuck or Bill tell me if it's spelled differently) Rose are taking the helm this years project which I helmed last year, the annual Halloween couldesack. This year's project is a DARK WONDERLAND. I found these pictures on my computer from a while ago of one of the first printings of the wonderland stories.
I must admit I love the dreariness of the landscape. The dull colors makes it rather depressing already and a tad surreal. Definately will have to take a class in storybook artwork while at SCAD.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Best Animated Shows on Television Right now...
When people ask where I get my inspiration from it mostly is from television, movies, and literature. These are some of the most enjoyable shows that i've been watching lately.
1. Family Guy- Seen on Cartoon Network, also on Fox for new episodes. It's quick witted and always hilarious. People may not like however that it pokes fun at everything and really pushes the envelope.
2. Life and Times of Juniper Lee- New to Cartoon Network An 11 year old asian girl who saves the world on a constant basis. One might be screaming 'Kim Possible ripoff' but Juniper Lee is focused around humor and often tlks about things that are relavent to now. And with a talking scottish dog as a pet, who couldn't love this show?
3. Aqua Teen Hunger Force- A show about nothing. Shake, Meatwad, and Frylock three random food products, it's been running for three years now but I only just now decided to watch. And you know what? It's funny stuff! Give it a try, it's on Adult Swim, some people get turned off by the fact that they're a shake, a ball of meat, and a floating fry box.
4. Camp Lazlo
Feels like a spin off of Spongebob somehow, but make no mistake Camp Lazlo has a flare all it's own. Although Lazlo's imagination sometimes can become of annoyance, his friend Raj, a pink elephant with an indian accent is brilliant. Each character has been given his own flaws and desires and then pumped with sillyness. I can always watch this with Mikey and Katie. It's on Cartoon Network.
5. Spongebob Squarepants- A huge cult icon, Spongebob and especially Patrick and his Bertlike neighbor Squidward always give me a laugh. This show has always been creative but the repetiveness on some jokes and gags make it hard to watch sometimes.
6. Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends- Although repeatable sometimes in terms of storyline and constant screaming, Bleu is one of the funniest characters on tv. The style is also very loose and the ideas are always creative. It's on Cartoon Network
7. Sam and Max
Okay, so it came out in the 90s and I had to get it on ebay in vhs format. Nonetheless, Sam and Max was one creative show, it's one flaw? The comic strip it's based off originally was intended for teens/adults and for the kids show alot of the unnecessary violence and swearing was lost but the dialogue was still as sophisticated as ever. If it was only made now and produced on something like Adult Swim, it would fit right in and be gobbled up. Oh well.
8. Full Metal Alchamist- a show about two brothers trying to locate the Philosophers stone to bring back their now dead mother, one brother lost his arm, the other his entire body and is now stuck in an enormous robotic suit. I'm not a big fan of japanese cartoons persay, but this rather well drawn, especially the brother in the metallic suit, and i see it as a brother show, one that you watch with your brother and smile. It's on adult swim and is a little violent at times, there's a cannibal sometimes....
9. Avatar- probably Nickelodeon's freshest new show other than catscratch (yeah not a fan of rugrats anymore, they killed it long ago) It also appears that they've done their homework on this one as there's a whole history to the series and the style is japanese but it's with an american flare.
10. Catscratch
Three cats, with an awful lot of money, and one is scottish. Good times.
When people ask where I get my inspiration from it mostly is from television, movies, and literature. These are some of the most enjoyable shows that i've been watching lately.
1. Family Guy- Seen on Cartoon Network, also on Fox for new episodes. It's quick witted and always hilarious. People may not like however that it pokes fun at everything and really pushes the envelope.
2. Life and Times of Juniper Lee- New to Cartoon Network An 11 year old asian girl who saves the world on a constant basis. One might be screaming 'Kim Possible ripoff' but Juniper Lee is focused around humor and often tlks about things that are relavent to now. And with a talking scottish dog as a pet, who couldn't love this show?
3. Aqua Teen Hunger Force- A show about nothing. Shake, Meatwad, and Frylock three random food products, it's been running for three years now but I only just now decided to watch. And you know what? It's funny stuff! Give it a try, it's on Adult Swim, some people get turned off by the fact that they're a shake, a ball of meat, and a floating fry box.
4. Camp Lazlo
Feels like a spin off of Spongebob somehow, but make no mistake Camp Lazlo has a flare all it's own. Although Lazlo's imagination sometimes can become of annoyance, his friend Raj, a pink elephant with an indian accent is brilliant. Each character has been given his own flaws and desires and then pumped with sillyness. I can always watch this with Mikey and Katie. It's on Cartoon Network.
5. Spongebob Squarepants- A huge cult icon, Spongebob and especially Patrick and his Bertlike neighbor Squidward always give me a laugh. This show has always been creative but the repetiveness on some jokes and gags make it hard to watch sometimes.
6. Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends- Although repeatable sometimes in terms of storyline and constant screaming, Bleu is one of the funniest characters on tv. The style is also very loose and the ideas are always creative. It's on Cartoon Network
7. Sam and Max
Okay, so it came out in the 90s and I had to get it on ebay in vhs format. Nonetheless, Sam and Max was one creative show, it's one flaw? The comic strip it's based off originally was intended for teens/adults and for the kids show alot of the unnecessary violence and swearing was lost but the dialogue was still as sophisticated as ever. If it was only made now and produced on something like Adult Swim, it would fit right in and be gobbled up. Oh well.
8. Full Metal Alchamist- a show about two brothers trying to locate the Philosophers stone to bring back their now dead mother, one brother lost his arm, the other his entire body and is now stuck in an enormous robotic suit. I'm not a big fan of japanese cartoons persay, but this rather well drawn, especially the brother in the metallic suit, and i see it as a brother show, one that you watch with your brother and smile. It's on adult swim and is a little violent at times, there's a cannibal sometimes....
9. Avatar- probably Nickelodeon's freshest new show other than catscratch (yeah not a fan of rugrats anymore, they killed it long ago) It also appears that they've done their homework on this one as there's a whole history to the series and the style is japanese but it's with an american flare.
10. Catscratch
Three cats, with an awful lot of money, and one is scottish. Good times.
Friday, August 19, 2005
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Mwahaha!
Today I finally figured out how to paste a links section into my template so I can give credit to the Rose boys who got me on here.
I found this link last night http://www.born2haunt.com/ got to admit the guy has some talent. Charlie oughto use some of the ideas from this website for the halloween couldesack this year. Which since the trees were removed made it harder for the kids to be creative. It's hard to be scary with baby trees.
Now onto Youtes.
Youtes is hopefully going to be copyrighted very soon, I've finished the paperwork and I just have to print out pictures of each of the characters I want copyrighted. That way when I go into business with comixpress they won't try and double cross me if infact the comic becomes in any form popular. Right now, I'm working on the creation of a 60 paged comic collection of new Youtes comics. Whether the comics will keep their original sunday style, or be free I'm still deciding. Comixpress isn't accepting any new material until September, which is fine with me, it'll give me time to start writing and coming up with ideas. I got a rough estimate of the cost, the book will likely end up costing you about $15. But seeing as how it'll be all in color and is a collection of more than one Youtes story it really is a great thing. Hopefully when they produce a Graphic Novel I can publish an Ultimate Youtes Collection... but first things first right?
Today I finally figured out how to paste a links section into my template so I can give credit to the Rose boys who got me on here.
I found this link last night http://www.born2haunt.com/ got to admit the guy has some talent. Charlie oughto use some of the ideas from this website for the halloween couldesack this year. Which since the trees were removed made it harder for the kids to be creative. It's hard to be scary with baby trees.
Now onto Youtes.
Youtes is hopefully going to be copyrighted very soon, I've finished the paperwork and I just have to print out pictures of each of the characters I want copyrighted. That way when I go into business with comixpress they won't try and double cross me if infact the comic becomes in any form popular. Right now, I'm working on the creation of a 60 paged comic collection of new Youtes comics. Whether the comics will keep their original sunday style, or be free I'm still deciding. Comixpress isn't accepting any new material until September, which is fine with me, it'll give me time to start writing and coming up with ideas. I got a rough estimate of the cost, the book will likely end up costing you about $15. But seeing as how it'll be all in color and is a collection of more than one Youtes story it really is a great thing. Hopefully when they produce a Graphic Novel I can publish an Ultimate Youtes Collection... but first things first right?
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Although I feel as if I have scarier pictures of Dr. Syn as the Scarecrow, I definately like his yellow eyes. They definately stand out and I do enjoy how he's erupting from the marsh. This being my first picture from the 'hope to someday turn into a graphic novel but need Disney's help to do so' is a step in the right direction.
Just wanted to talk about this one really fast... the cover for the hopefully new Youtes comic collection is based on a painting hanging up in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The original title of the painting was "Hope is: Wanting to Pull Clouds" and after several failed attempts at creating humorous covers based on other concepts, this seemed the most appropriate. However originally David was going to be pulling as well with Chris but then that would give the reader the false assumption that the story of Youtes falls upon Jason, which it doesn't. Everything has to be done for a reason, which is something I'm starting to realize and include in my storytelling.
Monday, August 15, 2005
The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh
This is a drawing I did based off the character created over a hundred years ago written by Russell Thorndike. It was then picked up by the walt disney company and made into a live action movie in the 60s/70s. Since then the property has been rather dead. This is my rendering of the character. The eyes were inspired from the Hellboy comics. I like his clothing in this one picture it sort of looks like ancient robes that of a warrior and his hat reminds me of Indiana Jones a bit. But I definately think this is an improvement and is much scarier. I have gone on with this picture and played with it in Photoshop, I'll dig it out later.
Ah the first blog,
I think i'll keep this more art related than about my personal life.
Was working on a female character the other evening for the new Youtes comics. Quite impressed with how she came out. Her name is Bagmi. Basically whenever I start with a new character I can usually get the design I like by the third or fourth time. But with girls, it takes me a little longer. Especially when I know them. Now if you go and read the old strip at www.youtes.com you'll notice that there was three other girls that I added to the series from the beginning. Lauren, Alley, and Renee. The problem with Renee, is that I sort of added her into the story just because I knew the person and I thought it'd be cool to have her in there, yet it served no purpose to the
story. Alley was sort of the slutty mean girl who would use all the boys to her advantage and then dump them. Lauren was supposed to be the anti Alley, but over time she became just a girl with a beach tan fettish and her passion for soccer died out after the first few months. She just became the butt end of all the bad stuff to happen and she just came out as this real jerk of a woman although in real life she's quite sweet. Out of all the girls 
introduced to the series from the website, the one that still has the most potential is Alley alhtough Lauren had more comic strip time. Now I thought about it and Bagmi has the potential to work and be successful in this environment with the three guys on crazy adventures. Because she's funny and cooky in real life I can easily bring that to the character and it'll fit better. I need to be careful not to make her out to be another Lauren. What's also great about Bagmi is that she's Indian (from india). Something that I've been having difficulty adding to the strip is cultures and races other than whites but for the longest time Black people would be hard cause they would always come out weird. I hope to change that with the new Youtes. 
This sketch took me a bit of work to get something pleasant. Two days of thinking about it how to make her keep her indian traits yet in the youtes style... ouch. Kept starting with the head but it would always come out wrong. It wasn't until I tried drawing the entire body that it finally worked and came together. I love the hair. It's all one thing but it could easily be made amazing in photoshop. Don't you hate it when you do something really neat and you don't have a single idea as to how you did it?
Inspiration for Bagmi came from multiple places. I looked heavily online for pictures of Princess Jasmine, Juniper Lee, and some former characters that I've created before. The pictures were used more as references than guides in order to create Bagmi. The raised eyebrow seems to become more of a common trait among my work. Hope you enjoy
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