Dixie

A couple months back my brother in law requested an image of a modest pin-up girl for his Harley Davidson motorcycle. The pose is referenced from an image he liked by Dominic Marco (titled "Anchors Away!"), but her outfit is based off the WWII era WAVES uniform.

Unfortunately, he passed away in July and I was torn between being determined to finish the image, yet disheartened when I would open the file. It took me a while, but I'm grateful to have completed "Dixie".

I'm pretty sure he's happy with the result.

Fanart and doodles

During my stay in Lincoln City I brought along my sketchbook with a few things in mind to draw. I only got around to one. The others came about from the blue. The weekend retreat was geared towards quilting, but as I am by no means a quilter, I stuck with my familiar medium.

These two above were random doodles, triggered by the desire to draw something out of my usual "style". I tried working off silhouettes, which the dog I believe is stronger of the two. Additionally, I was able to create an applique of the dog through a method I learned over the weekend with one of the quilters.

Marceline from Adventure Time

 Marceline was my weekend project, mostly due to the shading in her hair. I worked on her on and off throughout the 3 days I was there.

Twins doodles

These two are characters in re-development. Back in middle school my hobby took form in short comic panels featuring these two girls. The had the most creative title of "Lil Twins", and the comic centered around these identical twins with completely differing personalities. Although I've held on to the original sketchbook they were drawn in, they will never again see the light of day. I've been stuck trying to develop a small personal piece to include in my reel, and I've decided to bring these girls back, redesign their appearance and animate the interactions and stories I created ages ago.

Site Studies

Before I made my moving trip from sunny Orlando, FL to not so sunny (but much less humid) Portland, OR, I had a little open invite get together to say goodbye to friends in the area. Unfortunately, everyone ended up showing up in the afternoon so I had to find a way to kill time between 10am (where nothing is open at Downtown Disney) until my first friend was able to arrive.

I'm usually awful about carrying around a sketchbook on me, and when I think I won't have time to draw I typically leave it home. I've learned since then. I brought one of my smaller sketch pads and decided on what to do. As much as I enjoy drawing people/figures, at Downtown Disney there are either too many people, or people (children especially) are there and gone in the blink of an eye--so I opted to just draw scenery instead.

My first Downtown Disney Sketch in front of Once Upon a Toy

 Prior to my first drawing I started to draw a little girl who was waiting along with her parents nearby. I made the mistake to take my time and be detailed, which prompted my shift to quick, indistinct sketches of people to occupy the surrounding area.

In front of Margarita Bar overlooking the Lego Store

 By far my favorite of the two sketches. Working on this image made me want to keep up with scenery drawing.

View from the beach house looking towards the Pacific Ocean

This past weekend I was out in Lincoln City, OR. It was my first visit out to the West Coast beach, and the water was cold. Really cold. Despite being a painful level of cold for someone used to Florida beaches, it was gorgeous, and I worked on the image above on the last day of my visit.

Demo Reel

My 2012 animation demo reel

Personal Business Card

Yesterday night I was working on a simple business card design to have on hand. Once they're done I'll make a new design. Keep it fresh.