Mega Sketchies

Secret Santa CA.org

2012-01-22T09:40:00.000-08:00

A little somethin'somethin' I doodled with gouache and pen for conceptart.org secret santa. While watching Dexter.

Lil' Comic Bloop

2012-01-16T21:20:00.000-08:00

Here's a little banter between the two parents in the comic I'm working on. I feel like I'm getting a bit better at pulling facial expressions out of thin air (er, my brain).

¡ay dios mio!

2011-12-30T12:44:00.000-08:00

Here is where Carlos turns into a cow, after eating some of the curandera's magic cookies.

This is my Roommate.

2011-12-02T00:44:00.000-08:00

He is not this refined in real life, though he definitely does get the Crazy Eye. Check out my other roomie's blog, you'll see what a spoiled little bulldog he is. :)

Lady

2011-11-08T12:21:00.000-08:00

The final render.

Can't stop the Axolotl

2011-11-02T11:54:00.000-07:00

A little gouache/ink doodle, about the size of a postcard.

Landscape Painting!

2011-10-30T23:19:00.000-07:00

I went hiking today in lovely little Millard Creek in Altadena, CA, about 30 minutes or less from my apartment. Our hiking crew was also an artistic one, so while climbing around in the creek, dodging spiders, and hopping boulders, we were looking for some places to paint. This was my first time at attempting plein air gouache painting (and first time using gouache in yeeeaaaars!). So I am only showing this quick little thumbnail I did. :) There will be more painting sessions to come, which I am beyond excited for. Mmmmmmmm....nature!

Vroom Vroom

2011-10-13T11:28:00.001-07:00

Axolotl!

2011-10-13T10:46:00.000-07:00

Tractor

2011-09-21T19:39:00.000-07:00

Vehicle design! For "The Turnip"

'nuther page

2011-09-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

Another page from the comic book.

For Gondor!

2011-09-13T16:14:00.000-07:00

Woohoo! Here's a card I illustrated for Fantasy Flight Game's Lord of the Rings Card Game.

Layout

2011-09-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

Sneak Peek!

2011-09-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a spread of the graphic novel I'm working on. Layout, inking, coloring, lettering... I basically went to my local library and checked out dozens of comic books to learn their secrets and study their ways. It's a lot of fun! And I have a cool script to work with. Basically, it's a Hispanic fantasy children's tale.

Paper Wings Podcast

2011-08-30T15:58:00.000-07:00

For those that don't know, I just started my apprenticeship with the Paperwings Talent Exchange Program. It has been great and I have already learned so much from everyone there. Here's the little caterpillar mascot I have been working on.

Busy busy busy! I'm doing more arting now than at art school!

eee

2011-08-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

This week's letter was hard to kick out, for some reason. A lot is going on in the world of Meg, art-wise. More details to come next week! ;)

D

2011-08-10T03:11:00.001-07:00

Beluga Week!

2011-08-04T16:21:00.000-07:00

I vote that we change shark week to Beluga Week. So cute!

Relevant: This and This

Trumpet Progress

2011-08-01T16:10:00.000-07:00

Here's some reference, inspiration, and progress shots of my piece. I wish I had saved some of the older steps, but alas, I have a serious case of merge-layer fever.

The Letter C, a Trumpet, a Whale, and a Comic Panel

2011-08-01T01:38:00.000-07:00

Here is a little collection of "C" sketches from the project Rico and I are doing (Rico is rockin' it, BTW). I think I'm finally finding a comfortable and freeing way to sketch characters loosely based on shapes. Mmm, it feels good. Two of the sketches are based on one of my roommates (a bulldog). He is an interesting character. Shelly and Angel took him hiking at Runyun Canyon today. Imagine two girls in flipflops dragging a lazy bulldog up a mountain. A little kid pointed out, "Daddy, look at that weird dog!" Hurley (said bulldog, named after Hurley from LOST) was too grumpy to even drink his water. Or perhaps too busy panting.

Aaaaand, here's my final for the PaperWings Podcast contest. Click here to vote (click on the FACEBOOK "like" button in the scrolly box in the left side of the page). If I get the most votes in my category, I will win a new Wacom tablet. And tablets are wonderful!

Last but not least, here's some test panels for a graphic novel I'm working on. I'm going with the second panel from the left. There differences here are quite subtle, but I'm trying to find the most efficient style to effectively tell the story. I finally got my library card for the Glendale Library, so the first day I checked out about 15+ comic books and just started studying (I've never really had much more than an appreciation for graphic novels. I've read Sandman, Watchman, a few mangas, a few Fables...). So many styles rely on heavy inking. In my head I was thinking of a more painterly and rendered feel, but that would end up taking forever. So I'm going to dive into the art of inking and work on creating a painterly color pallet. So much to learn!

PWP wippy wip

2011-07-26T23:57:00.000-07:00

Here's a work in progress for my entry to the Paper Wings Challenge.

“Don’t play what’s there. Play what’s not there.” – Miles Davis

B

2011-07-24T15:49:00.000-07:00

Some sketches based on the shape of B!

A!

2011-07-21T01:06:00.000-07:00

I'm relearning my ABCs with Rico Jackson. We are posting a different letter every Wednesday and Sunday. This Sunday will be "B!" Yea, I've tried this before, and already did an "A" page, but time to start again! :) We're experimenting different designs, styles, methods... an awesome themed practice basically. I want to find an efficient sketching style... and this should def help. It was definitely difficult to think up ideas using the letter to define the shape. Time to strain the brain. Yee haw!

This letter turned into a wee little journal, though I probably won't do it next time. You will prolly want to see this image full-sized...

L.A. has been my home for one month! Many exciting adventures have happened already. I am quitting my cream puff job and working on a graphic novel full-time (along with portfolio building and job applying).

Yeah! :D

Diggin'

2011-06-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

I'm trying out my first Art Order challenge! This topic: Grimm Tales. I'm basing this illustration off of the prework I created for "The Turnip," I hope that's ok... "The Turnip" is a a legit Grimm's tale, I swear! haha

A Strange Freelance Project

2011-06-20T14:06:00.000-07:00

Last night I got a rush freelance project (to be finished before this morning). Ended up looking pretty cool on the poster! Commissioned by the Creative Patch, for a community party canned food drive.

Kung Fu Red Panda

2011-06-12T19:02:00.000-07:00

I realized too late that Master Shifu is a red panda, and his design is way cooler. But. Here is my little piece of fanart... because KUNG FU PANDA IS SO AWESOME.

Evironments

2011-06-11T10:07:00.001-07:00

Just workin' on environments and color. I'm envisioning a utah-esque delicate arch as the entryway to a capital city in a valley. Anything thoughts/suggestions?

Meet Tup (and a few others)

2011-05-01T19:23:00.001-07:00

My characters for 'The Turnip' illustrative drawing assignment. These along with my landscape ideas will be taken a lot further down the road in my free time.

Sandman!

2011-04-30T16:36:00.001-07:00

Just some pages in mah sketchbook. That's all.

The Turnip

2011-04-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

I can't fight the swirls, they always seem to show up in most of my work. weeeeeeeee

How to Make a Sad Lion

2011-04-14T13:51:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! I've been finishing up my cowardly lion mold from last semester these past few weeks. First I made a lion out of sculpey (based off my cowardly lion illustration from last year). Then I made a mold from that sculpey figure out of silicone. This mold annihilated my original sculpey figure, so I don't have any pictures of that to show you... fortunately the mold yielded a nice batch of resin copies. :) This is my first time making a mold and resin copies... it was super fun and I totally want to do it again and again.

Now I have eight sad lions, and you should check them out at the CCAD Art Sale this Saturday! Buy one of my small prints! Haha. This is my first art sale ever, so we'll see how it turns out. Exciting!

Warning. My silicone mold looks like an organ. People were impressed that lions came out of it and not some kind of twisted who-knows-what. Function over form.

Fun with Maya Lighting!

2011-03-31T17:36:00.000-07:00

Playing around with lighting for the first time in Maya... I like it. Tis fun. I hope you enjoy my awkwardly large and shiny piano room.

Back to drawing!

LIFE LIFE LIFE

2011-03-29T08:17:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a spur-of-the-moment road trip to Los Angeles with some friends. Ohio to LA, no stops. 36+ hours each way. It was awesome. I saw a shooting star in the desert, a giant moon, a blizzard on the way to the Grand Canyon, a spirit coyote, a Luchador 5k run in Tulsa, old friends from high school and college, family in St. Louis during our two pitstops, and some amazing studios. Whenever I walked into a studio, like DreamWorks and Nickelodeon, rainbows spewed forth and butterflies and sparkles danced around happily. mmm. :)

Here are some shots from my computer animation 1 class. Yeah, totally modeled that piano and staircase. yay.

Here is a little taste of what I'm smashing out this week. I am taking Grimm's fairytale "The Turnip" and adding a bit of a Utah/Indian/Istanbul spin onto it. It will make sense, I promise.

aaaaand a finished portfolio page. My website is in the process of an massive overhaul, there are a few more pages there if you want to check it out. (link on right sidebar)

BG colors

2011-03-09T19:41:00.000-08:00

more stuff for Molly Sandwich

Molly Sandwich!

2011-02-10T15:13:00.000-08:00

Here are some color/scene ideas for Stubble Animation's thesis short. Fun with texture brushes! I'm loving the painterly feel.

And two of my pieces got into CCAD's Art of Illustration show! I haven't had anything in it for two years... aiya maiya. Here's the finals I submitted:

Miyazaki Homage Contest progress

2011-01-08T16:39:00.000-08:00

This is due today, so I tried finishing it up!

Here is the contest.

There are some amazing entries, I'm not expecting to win anything, but it was fun painting.

Miyazaki Homage Contest

2010-12-29T23:01:00.000-08:00

Many people had mentioned the influence of Hayao Miyazaki in my Brew work, so when I stumbled across a CGhub Miyazaki Homage contest (due in four days...), stretching Brew even farther into an entry made sense. Fun fun!

wippity wip Cu Chulainn

2010-12-25T19:47:00.001-08:00

I also posted this on oondu

Bloopity Bloop

2010-12-19T19:10:00.000-08:00

Some work this semester...

Annnnnd... Here is my animation final. Not very close to "final," since I spent all my time on the BG art and designs and walk cycle.
:3

"Brew" Composition

2010-12-04T21:50:00.000-08:00

"Brew" should hopefully look something similar to this...

Some Works in Progress

2010-11-28T13:16:00.000-08:00

Character designs for Darren's short ("Molly Sandwich")

Storyboards and character designs for my animation 1 final, tentatively named "Brew."

aaaaaaand some redesign of my Wizard of Oz piece. I'm attempting sculpting these four designs before the semester is over, wish me luck.

oooOOOOOooo sucky

2010-10-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

Another animation from animation 1. This past semester I've been opened up to the world of animation and media studies... maybe I should have majored in it. BUT BUT BUT I love illustration and I feel like my background in illustration and design transfers over to other artistic disciplines quite nicely. It's just another dimension of storytelling, really.

It's hard to believe that our next project in animation 1 after this one is a 20 second short film. I have a masterful plan evolving in my head and it's quite exciting. My ideas will lend themselves nicely to portfolio-ready character development pieces and backgrounds. Think mouse chase and a witch (or maybe a gypsy).

On top of that project is the 3D short I'm working on with a great bunch of guys. Our studio name is Stubble Animation. All the vis dev work needs to be completed within the next few weeks.

Busy busy busy.

OH! AND Illuxcon is coming up! I went two years ago and had a blast. Is it weird that one of the main things I'm looking forward to is that amazing Pennsylvania gas station that has computers where you can order your own specialty breakfast sandwiches and frapps 24/7? What a perfect concept!!!

And we get a hot tub this year, awwwww yeah. And plenty of exposure to some of the best illustration around.

Look what I got in the mail!

2010-10-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

Last year I did a few freelance gigs with FFG. I drew the wharf scene and character. AND NOW they are printed and it feels awesome.
yaaaaaaaay!
I am not well-versed in the world of Warhammer, or any RPG for that matter, but I DID read and enjoy a Warhammer novel a few years ago.
Knowing what art style and the amount of polish a piece needed was a challenge, to say the least.

"Dust" concept

2010-10-03T20:45:00.001-07:00

I'm working with some other CCADers on a digital short animation. The original story was about a dust bunny and a vacuum cleaner (a battle ensues), but the direction was changed today to something completely different. One word: STREET LAMP. You will understand in time. But beware. This little bugger is going to be EPIC.

I will be working on color scripting, concept art, character designs, and hopefully the credits and intro sequences.

Some works

2010-09-28T10:04:00.000-07:00

Happy 50th Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa from New Orleans!

Aaaand some drawings from Drawing Workshop with Gordon Lee. Love that class (even though it is a Monday 8am... I think I've already mentioned that before on this blog. haha!)

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

2010-09-26T12:32:00.000-07:00

Too much work. Work work and school work.

This is a project from animation 1! Timing is a bit off... ah well. Makes me wonder where I would be if I had gone to SCAD for animation (SCAD and CCAD were my two top school choices).

There are some cool projects going on this semester/year... can't wait until I have more to show! I'm attempting to herd my random skill sets into "visual development"...

Doodles

2010-09-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

The top doodle is from my "drawing workshop." This was over an hour of doodling... I almost fell asleep a few times, it's quite therapeutic (and also an 8am class). The other two sketches are basically some doodles I'm playing around for Base Trip Records.

:D

2010-07-15T09:59:00.000-07:00

I visited LA and now I want to work at Disney, or something similar. Why have I never thought of that before?

I have this sudden desire to draw neopets. Or, everything. When I was starting out (artwise), all I drew were neopets, horses, and charcoal celebrity portraits: http://kiwikitty37.deviantart.com/gallery/#_browse/scraps--2

Tiger WIPs...

2010-06-27T20:53:00.001-07:00

I'm going to add another character in here, probably a boy, who travels with this mythical herd of white tigers. I guess it depends if I can fit him into the composition...

White Tigers

2010-06-27T12:50:00.001-07:00

A very preliminary sketch! Hopefully this will mosey itself into an epic digital painting.

Hostess Doodles part 2

2010-06-21T19:57:00.000-07:00

Some more poorly photographed sketches from my hostess job...
It was Pride Fest, so I used that as an influence on one of these works.

HOWARD

2010-05-20T19:20:00.001-07:00

This is Howard. He is my cat and he is 17 years old.
His crown is made of gold leaf my friend from China gave me (she is a traditional Chinese Painting major, and uses it sometimes).

:(

2010-05-17T09:47:00.001-07:00

so... basically... my computer died, or something happened that is fixable that I don't know how to fix because I am not so computer savvy. Either way, I should be getting a laptop pretty soon and all will be good.

meanwhile... ROADTRIP(S)!!!!

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Courier WIP

2010-05-07T10:49:00.001-07:00

I working on this week's ca.org CHOW (topic: Courier). The next week is the biggest CHOW (character of the week) contest, the Queen of CHOW, so there should be MANY awesome entries. Dunno if I have time to finish this, but I think a gothic/moth queen would be pretty cool.

What I do at Work (besides working)

2010-04-28T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my sketches I do in my free time at my hostess job. Most of these pages are from Fridays, since Saturdays can get a bit too hectic for sketching. Y'all should come and visit me and get some nice red wine and lamb burgers (mmmmmm...) The Burgundy Room.

I sometimes jot down notes to myself as well as doodle my little brains out. The handwriting and sketch styles change due to the amount of coffee consumed. I can neither spell nor write in pinyin.

The Wizard of Oz

2010-04-12T18:54:00.001-07:00

The Wizard of Oz

2010-04-11T20:19:00.000-07:00

Working on my w.o.z. character of the week (CHOW) challenge at conceptart.org. Her left hand looks a little wonky.

Wippy Wip Update

2010-04-08T08:48:00.001-07:00

An update on my "dragon/eel flying/swimming through the sky/air with lady". I'm not sure what's going on here, but I think I like it.

No art today...

2010-03-13T06:34:00.000-08:00

But I'm redoing my website. The new colors and header of my blog is a taste of what I will be uploading within the next few days.

Woohoo!

In the past few weeks I've become a pharmacy technician and a hostess at a wine and tapas bar. I took a picture of a very intricate sketch I made while working (good thing I have a clipboard to doodle on), but there is really no immediate way to upload my camera photos to my computer. Note to self: get a card reader.

In conclusion, I need to find more time around my new jobs to work on my artings.

Peace out.

Yet ANOTHER piece from China

2010-02-23T08:33:00.000-08:00

It seems like I haven't really done much art since I got back, which is not necessarily true. With all my free time in China (I only had one class), and my internets, I established a little freelance gig with an RPG company. Unfortunately, I did not have a tablet or scanner. So I borrowed my friend's tablet (Luman! her blog is here) and was able to create some work there. I'm currently working on some projects with them now (all my work is NDA however).

Here is a little birthday card I made her (using her tablet). If you look to my previous entry, you might recognize the dragon. x)

very WIPPY WIP

2010-02-20T08:34:00.001-08:00

This was something I started working on in China... I didn't really have any references for the person or pose, I don't know how successful and realistic I can render something without a proper reference.

The Morrigan WIP

2010-02-08T14:16:00.001-08:00

I painted this in China for a Conceptart.org Character of the Week (CHOW). The theme: The Morrigan. From wiki: The Morrigan "is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have once been a goddess, although she is not explicitly referred to as such in the texts. She is associated with sovereignty, prophecy, war, and death on the battlefield."

I worked on it a bit further, I think I will add a simple border.

Any suggestions?

I'm posting like a crazy person

2010-02-08T12:02:00.001-08:00

Here's a little something something from electronic illustration last year. I had totally forgot about this until I randomly ran across my teacher's blog: Here

Wildcat Express Delivery!

2010-02-08T11:49:00.001-08:00

I redid a logo for a friend. How to make the Northwestern Willie the Wildcat into a generic hip wildcat? Add a V-neck!

mmm food. I did all this work in China, on a Chinese version of Photoshop. Illustrator would have been nice to have for this, but you do what you gotta do.

CHINA DUMP

2010-02-08T11:36:00.000-08:00

Here is an assorted dump of China work. And a photo of a puppy.

puppy... :(

Xi'an!

2009-09-07T05:15:00.001-07:00

Hey, I'm moving to China for four months. Dunno if I can access blogspot. Probably not. So.... bye until January. :3

Sargent Study

2009-08-23T11:42:00.000-07:00

A copy of Sargent's Lady Agnew.

digital, about 2.5 hours?

I loooove the colors in this piece

Sadie :)

2009-08-12T15:33:00.000-07:00

woof

Doodles

2009-07-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

The last picture here is pretty indecipherable, but hopefully when I finish the final, it will shed some light on my process, or lack thereof. :)

Final?

2009-07-09T18:44:00.001-07:00

I finally got a Wacom Intuos 3 off of Ebay. It's purdy nice. Today I played around with my unfinished methods piece from this past semester (previous post).

Here we go...

Henry Yan is a Super Master Artist

2009-07-07T16:14:00.000-07:00

Rock climbing is hard! If you don't have any arm muscles. Actually, that is pretty rare, I'm sure I have some sort of muscles in there somewhere, but I don't think I've ever used them before. They were in hiding.

Henry Yan is coming to Columbus in August to give a workshop on long and short pose charcoal figure drawing (one of my favorite mediums and subjects)! I'd definitely go if I had the funds:
http://spindlestudios.com/henryyan/index.html

Check out his website, amazing stuff: http://henryyanart.com/

Charcoal mmm

2009-06-23T11:35:00.000-07:00

I am horrible at keeping up with blogs/journals/any really. Obviously. But I need to practice at blogging regularly because I need to keep a blog when I'm in China this semester. I'm studying western painting there for four months (ironic, maybe).

I just spent a week in New Orleans visiting family. The last night I was there I drew my grandpa's portrait:

I wish I had more time to draw my grandma and try again with my grandpa. I hadn't drawn a portrait like this in a long time... I forgot I much I love it. I really did enjoy sitting down with people and drawing their portraits last year at Cedarpoint. For some reason, people love to talk when you're drawing them. I met many interesting characters last summer. My grandpa always has so much to say, I'm so glad I was able to spend some time with them this year.

Here is an old drawing (done 1.5 years ago?), it's probably my favorite large scale charcoal portrait:

Elephants and Cards

2009-05-20T11:18:00.001-07:00

My final series for Design for Illustration. I only really like the 1st and 3rd paintings. Overall I learned a lot. The theme for this assignment was "Visual Metaphors." How can you make a picture mean something more? To solve this problem I again juxtaposed two different images/ideas: elephants and playing cards. The reoccurring Jack of Spades perhaps holds some significance... that's for the viewer to decide. I think it's pretty straight foward... I basically wanted to draw many elephants. :) (and explore the concept of visual metaphors).

The picture types in order: Flattened space, Heirarchies, Montage, and Tablaux: Metaphorical Space.

Good VS Evil

2009-05-19T17:41:00.000-07:00

I had been wanting to do a piece for the wacom/deviantart "bring your vision to life" contest (http://news.deviantart.com/article/76573/)... but I started it today (the due date). Yeah, not going to happen in time. But I like this idea, probably going to work on it and make it a finished illustration.

The black thing is a shadow. (thanks med! ) :)

Robin Hood part dos

2009-05-06T05:24:00.001-07:00

My finished file for electronic illustration (part two...). I still have a ways to go, but extra time during finals week doesn't exist (I like sleeping). :)

New York tomorrow!

Advertising and Graphic Design Teams...

2009-04-26T12:31:00.000-07:00

Here's my ad/graph team, "Sparkle Motion 2.0", and our latest project: invent and create a board game. We had a photo shoot and then the fun began with a google search for "mullets." The font I made is based off the "Fresh Prince of Bel-air" font... a t.v. show I never saw...

Gurney and Sullivan CCAD adventures!!

2009-04-15T06:45:00.000-07:00

In the past two weeks, CCAD has had two incredible visiting artists: Dinotopia's James Gurney and Mark Sullivan, a masterful and industry experienced matte painter.
First of all, I grew up with Dinotopia. I played with toy dinos and lizards for hours and created miniature worlds in my backyard. I'm sure I did this prior to reading Dinotopia (honestly... the pictures held my interest more than the words... but the story is quite good). Both Gurney and Sullivan talked about how they create scale versions for photo reference, which is AWESOME. Scale models are probably my favorite thing ever. Their dedication to their craft really puts our own passion for illustration in perspective.

Check out James Gurney's blog, he updates nearly everyday and always has great insight to offer on art and art schools: James Gurney

Mark Sullivan is awesome. His mentioned that his generation (or any pre-computer) generation has it easier than us in their past necessity to master traditional drawing and painting. We still need to "master" these media, but computers do make it easier. I feel like I'm missing some sort of "artistic character building," like the generation before had to walk to school uphill. Both ways. And I haven't. Then again, I have a strong(ish... I didn't get xp until this year) tie with computers, I learned to paint on them before I really touched a tangible paintbrush (thank you GIMP! and mspaint...).
Mark Sullivan

I never really imagined myself in a room where James Gurney draws C.F. Payne's portrait while Mark Sullivan watches on. I do have many qualms about art school, but certain aspects of it, such as visiting artists and the inspiration that stems from them and my peers... are super.

Robin Hood Finished Design

2009-04-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

I suppose this would be my first character concept design. I did enjoy it, but this learning experience definitely shed light on my artistic weaknesses (drawing poses/clothes/anatomy from my head, making a fluid pose). The face is a creepy combination of my original reference (kenny) and me... and maybe one of my brothers. Something like that.

More draw!

Rock & Rule Robin Hood

2009-04-11T19:02:00.000-07:00

I'm combining the archetypal Robin Hood figure with iconic 80s style found in the sadly underrated Rock & Rule film (1983 Canadian animated anthropomorphic glory). I like my design, but my drawing of poses... awkward at best. I'm doing the finals both digitally, so the poses will be changed around and loosened up. I'll post my finals in a few weeks.

Check it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWruudEQBW8

Also, an ink drawing from Commercial Figure Drawing... (on 11" x 14" bristol)

Methods WIP

2009-04-08T16:58:00.001-07:00

In my illustration methods class we're using a mixed media technique consisting of pencil, colored pencil, ink (optional), acrylic, and gouache. To make things even more interesting, we took photo reference of ourselves and swapped them randomly... here's the WIP:

2009-04-05T15:12:00.001-07:00

Hey, it's my first blog post on my blog! I'm going to try to keep this updated (daily? maybe) and produce some sketches, process work, and random thoughts. Once I get my website up and running smoothly, I'll get this started.