artpact

hello

2008-03-29T22:38:00.001-07:00

Hey guys. Well, this was a nice blog while it lasted. There was a good run of cool images. To keep this blog from entirely going under, I'm posting something up which Gail and I just saw a minute ago. Enjoy.

PS: Gail wants me to remind you that the Indiana Jones store will be opening soon online. There will be lots of 'cool stuff' on sale there tomorrow.

***Edit: Apparently I was mistaken. Gail says the Indiana Jones store opens on Tuesday, not Sunday.

Rudolph and Snowman

2007-12-19T18:54:00.000-08:00

I've been trying to post this video a couple times now and I can't seem to get it to work, so I'm sorry if it doesn't show up. A while back, Gail and I took some pictures of a couple of christmas toys and made a story about them. I haven't had time to put them together until now. Hope you all have a great break. Merry Christmas!

**edit:
here's a link. Please don't expect 'Laurence of Arabia' or anything like that. It's well, you'll see...

https://webspace.ringling.edu/~lquispe/blog/yultideweb.mov

2007-12-09T13:26:00.001-08:00

Hi everybody! Here are some new sketchbook pages, and my Senior self portrait!

Scarecrow

2007-12-03T22:10:00.000-08:00

Another self promotion piece, part children's book, part visual development. It's all cut paper, except for the sky, which I painted first. I was looking at a lot of Mary Blaire for inspiration, but wanted to make sure it still had some Matt Swartz in it. What do you think?

ballroom! process work

2007-11-30T02:13:00.000-08:00

hey peoples here is some process work. i've been trying to integrate the shape based stuff into my painting. wow its hard. but i was looking at the rataouille book! love the colors which i am "borrowing" for this ball room scene.
i also notics how broad the strokes are ane definitely less is mORE. so i have to keep simplifying! ;-)

fee free to point out some funny things if you don't like them. ;p

just doing a grasaille before the color.

Happy cafe wierdness

2007-11-25T05:16:00.001-08:00

yeahs uh so.. yesh that image makes me feel akward too.

2007-11-24T03:29:00.000-08:00

Soo...back to animating...

gay pirates! RRRRrrrr!

2007-11-24T00:58:00.000-08:00

yeah so i like the color pink so what!

2-colors 3 stories

2007-11-23T04:16:00.001-08:00

singing valkyrie lady

2007-11-19T02:32:00.000-08:00

from an older sketch also- it was just a doodle back then
i like bringing a little more life into it with some color. ;-)

The Chef

2007-11-18T21:28:00.000-08:00

So, this is probably the first finished image I've done in a while. But I had the day off today, and I felt productive. So here you go.

random pirate man

2007-11-13T01:33:00.000-08:00

yeah this isn't as cute and cuddly as my other paintings
;p just painted a random sketch in one of my old sketchbooks.

trying to incorporate more strong shape and trying -but not always
suceeding to keep it loose. grrr. so long has it been since anotmy class. ;p

okay enough of my whine.

2007-11-07T18:34:00.001-08:00

for fun :)

My first children's book illustration. Yay!

"hats"

2007-11-07T13:18:00.000-08:00

This a piece I did for Illustration Friday. The theme this week was "hats"

2007-11-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

I'm currently trying to come up with ideas for thesis. I'm pretty sure I want to do a children's book for it though. One of the stories I'm working on involves a little girl and her pet octopus. This is where they would live.

Happy All Saints Day!

2007-11-01T20:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I hope everyone had a good Halloween, that is if you weren't working on projects or anything. Haven't gotten around to doing anything finished, sohere is more sketchbook stuff. I won't try to pass it off as character design, because Lizbeth is right, there is no expirment and exageration, just sketches my pencil drew. Just some super heros, trick-or-treaters, scary houses, dragons, and thumbnails for my next project (hopefully). What do you think?

Big post

2007-10-28T19:20:00.000-07:00

Woah. I have not posted for ages! Time to post some recent things! Sorry about the couple month delay.

look at Gail's whale painting and listen to music on right

2007-10-28T18:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, I don't know how to set up music links on blogger, but you just HAVE TO listen to the music bar on the right while looking at Gail's whale and mouse painting. If you don't at least smile, then your heart is made of stone.

Amos and Boris

2007-10-28T17:54:00.001-07:00

This is a double page illustration for Amos and Boris by William Steig.

Kid mithos designs

2007-10-24T00:47:00.000-07:00

a long time ago back in DFA i did some cool kid mithos- viking warrior silhouettes

so i just took some and colored them ;p

this is what i imagined it looking like. it almost feelslike a warshack test to me ;p

but more fun

Hello and Thank You

2007-10-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

Hi guys! First off I want to thank Lizbeth and Oth for inviting me. I think joint blogs are a great because you can really get some great feedback. And I have looked through the entire blog (archives and all) and I have to say there is some great stuff on here too. But on to my first post, here is just a couple of my sketchbook/ character design stuff I put together for my portfolio. What do you guys think?

hey kiddos

2007-10-14T04:06:00.001-07:00

I've been a bit lazy lately but i think that's going to change now. ;p i found a more fun process that is more scribbly and not so -bothersome. i tried doing this in the blocky way- but 2d flat style is just so hard to wrap my head around.

office

2007-10-06T17:40:00.001-07:00

Red Riding Hood

2007-08-03T14:22:00.000-07:00

Gouache

Friendly "She"bot

2007-07-22T03:13:00.001-07:00

I did this for another blog. but i thought you guys would get a kick out of it too.

the robot reminds me of lizbeth and i guess i'm the wierdo guy hehehe!

Gretal

2007-07-03T16:42:00.000-07:00

A character study I did early this morning

Hmm. well uh..

2007-06-30T01:06:00.000-07:00

I had all these cool wierd elaborate thumbnails but then i thought it would be funny
to draw mark with a box brain so i did. hehehe.

i had to add some clouds too.

2007-06-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

Helloooo.....I've been working at the Cafe alot this week so I havent gotten a chance to finish up this illustration. This is what i'm doing though, somthing like the bottom center thumbnail and one of the kid characters. It's gonna be fun!

2007-06-28T19:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys for not keeping up with this. Here's a little sketch I did for the kid in a box. Well, it's a giant baby in a house, but that counts right? Anyway, hope you all are having a great summer. It's nice to see the updates. If you all are ready for the next challenge topic, I suggest 'old mermaids'. Nate Wragg had a pretty cool one on his site. Well, take care.

Recent Sketches

2007-06-26T09:27:00.001-07:00

These are some recent sketches I did while on vacation in Connecticut. I also included an old sketch I did of Edgar Allen Poe.

Thumbs

2007-06-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

I did these on break today, I didn't have time to crop organize the page so its readable..sorry

:( just playing around with the rocket ship kid gone wild in a box. i'll post more soon!

Weekly Challenge

2007-06-21T09:29:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys! Arrolynn and I were talking and decided to start a challenge. Every week we'll come up with a theme. This week's theme is child and box. Feel free to post any sketches or finished illustrations relating to the theme before next Friday.

Goober the Dragon

2007-06-13T21:19:00.000-07:00

I also wanted to try something different and painted the last one to the right.

Its this wanna be Dominic Louis- pastel/paint style.

Cute dragon designs

2007-06-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

Thumbnails with painting b&W shapes then using some Carter Goodrich-wanna be scribble hairy style drawing. My favorite is the bucktooth bowtie guy.

IYay

2007-06-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

I've been procrastinating all summer, started doodling and drawing again. I'll be posting some cute stuff soon. ;)
OOo I like narwhales. Did you want to have a loose theme ever few weeks or something?

-Oth

2007-06-01T16:51:00.000-07:00

Just two small gouache paintings I did this week.

Mr. Narwhal

2007-05-23T18:49:00.000-07:00

I did the little narwhal i drew the other day in Illustrator today...to make sure I dont forget how to use the program! "Bye Buddy...hope you find your dad."

2007-05-20T18:54:00.000-07:00

I spent Friday job hunting downtown...sigh...not much. The most productive part of the day was the drawing! Hers a few pages from my day.

Sketchbook Pages

2007-05-19T20:14:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Since I'm the only one who hasn't posted yet I thought I would post some sketchbook pages. Recently I bought a smaller version of the Moleskin sketchbook I had been using and so far I've enjoyed working smaller. Hopefully this week, I'll complete some finished artwork and post it. Hope to talk to you guys soon.

snobby guy

2007-05-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. Sorry for not posting sooner. Here's a rough sketch of the guy I'll be painting. I'll post its progress tomorrow. Ok, talk to ya later.

2007-05-17T20:03:00.000-07:00

Helloooo. I was playing around with one of those spazmo pictures Pratt sent us a while back. Hehe it makes me laugh.

2007-05-17T13:00:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys. I haven't been able to do much...My house is in pieces...we're getting all the floors replaced. So my room has been a great big tower of furnature. I did these small water colors for fun. Just messing around. Hope everyone's summer is going well!

Hello

2007-04-25T09:18:00.000-07:00

So there's less than two weeks left of school before summer starts up again. Only four months before senior year hits, which is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. This blog is set up with the intention of being one where we can post stuff and critique. But mostly, it's just as a motivator to keep working this summer. What can we do with those four months that will help us later as we're putting together our portfolios? So I'm guessing stuff won't be posted until after school is over, but it's set up and just waiting for new work to be put up. If anyone else is reading and would like to join, let me know and I'll invite you too. Ok, take care.