Car Show 2012

 

So around this time of the year we would be heading over to the Toronto Zoo, but this time we had to go to the Toronto Auto Show.  When I was younger I would go to the car show with my dad, which was fun for the first hour but then it just gets a bit boring (sorry dad). Being older and going for the sake of art made it a bit more fun, but I honestly was just more interested in looking at the cars and taking pictures.
            Anyhow here are my sad attempts at drawing cars hahah, I tried!
Also for some reason I just cannot get tires to look right in the wheel well. It seems so simple and yet I can never pull it off, just makes me want to practice drawing cars more often.

 

So this VW I was my first car I tried to draw but eventually I just gave up. I just couldn't quite get it and at this point it was getting into the afternoon so our area was getting busier. I also tried a Ferrari in pen but I ran out of space on the page... which was a shame because I felt like I was getting somewhere with it.

 

The top one was a Maserati. I tried to draw it a lot smaller on the page but I ended up taking up the whole page again and I think it caused me to subconsciously shrink it. It looked fine at the time but after scanning it in and looking at it on the computer, I feel like it's shrunk and weird looking.
The VW was fun to draw with that bubble trunk but again, once I scanned it in, I feel like it's not quite right. 

Overall the trip taught me I need to work on my cars for sure, 

but I had a good time and will probably continue to attend.

Switching

For life drawing we had to create four characters based off of costumed drawings we've done in class. Now, I can draw people but i'm more inclined to draw animals just cause I enjoy that more so I was trying to think of a way to make this assignment more fun to work on.

Enjoy the result!

Overdue Update

Heeeey it's been awhile hasn't it?
School has been nice and busy lately with preparing for our summer internships, I have applied to a few places but we'll see if I hear back! *crosses fingers*
Anyhow here are some drawings of tigers, and my attempt at line-less digital painting. As well, I brought my Botany for the Artist book to school and was inspired by the beautiful renderings to create critters based off of a pitcher plant, a pinecone, and various types of fungi.
Enjoy!

 

So I felt like drawing a sea horse dragon hybrid and thought of some fun facts to go along with him, so here we go... This sea dragon acts much like a typical sea horse, but is about the size of a Great White. Using its tail, it will grasp rocks and thanks to the spikes, it can hang onto the most slippery of surfaces. Despite its size, the sea dragon feeds on only small fish and octopi. When faced with another sea dragon or predator, the boney plates on its chest open to reveal a swollen, bright red belly with black markings. This feature is likely to frighten attackers or impress a female.

 

A wyvern and a harpy

 

This guy is based off a pinecone and here is a little bit about my design decisions.

I gave it chunky, curved claws so it would be able to dig up bugs, bulbs, and any vegetable gardens it comes across. This medium dog-sized critter has boney plates that are almost like a mane. When relaxed the plates are flattened but when threatened, they stand on end and flare out like a shield. If the attacker doesn't get the message the pinecone critter will rattle the plates along its neck or attack with its tail.

 

To the left is a fungi critter that lives in deep forests (think rainforests of British Columbia) or wet caves as it can't survive in direct sunlight. It likes to spend its days sleeping and soaking up moisture, and when it's not lazing like a sloth, it feeds off algae by still waters or off trees. This creature will move away from any threat it hears, but if cornered, parts of its body will combust and throw a spore cloud out at the attacker, giving the creature time to escape. This could choke the attacker, but if they survive they will be sick for a couple days until the spores are out of their system. 

To the right is a creature that acts just like a pitcher plant. Using its bright tongue it lures in small nectar feeding birds and bugs. Using its long serpentine body, this creature hangs from branches and thanks to its wings, it's able to relocate to new areas. This creature will try to travel as little as possible as it can't defend itself from predators.

 

And last but not least... Tigers!! Just playing around with designs, and below is my attempt at line-less photoshop work. I think i'll have another go at line-less work during this long weekend, it was fun and challenging. 

Basic Anatomy Study

So the goal of the assignment was not to make perfect renditions but to just practice drawing a portion of the body you feel you would like to become better at drawing. I find I don't have too much trouble drawing feet, but I am not too familiar with the underlying anatomy so I thought it would be good opportunity to focus on that. The top and the side anatomy under the ligament bands I found I was able to learn but under the foot was a little awkward to illustrate since there is a band of muscle that is tucked under the foot so the two bottom drawings aren't my strongest or clearest. I still learned a lot though and that's what counts!

 

Personalities of the Royal

So we just went to the Royal Winter Fair and this year we had to draw the animals and capture their personalities, which made it super fun and relaxing.

 

 

Also my recent Heroes and Villians project caught the attention of The Wandering Men and I coloured up the bugs for their use :)

Heroes and Villians

So the assignment was basically take three of your life drawings and create three characters (specifically heroes and villians) and put them in a pose from your lifedrawing. The characters were hinted to be designed more 'animatable' buuuut... I went the detailed route. 

Animal sketches!

I love to draw horses, their figures are so elegant but strong. You can pull off some fun personalities too!

I also love owls, just because they are aaaadorable!

 

And some sketches for your enjoyment

Welcome Wagon!

Another summer has gone by, and a new year is starting up! This year we were welcomed with a completely new, redesigned cafeteria! Doesn't sound like a big deal but Sheridan really needed some updating on that.
The animation department also got the go ahead to make renovations to the second and third year studios! Second year studio is fantastic, third year studio is as well but I don't think it's aesthetically AS nice... but that's just me!

Our classes were shifted around as well, I would say for the good! Although there are a few students from my group last year I wish could be with us this year, but hey, whatcha gonna do!

Anyhow, here i'm going to share the last few pieces from 2nd year life drawing that i've been meaning to share, as well as some life drawings from our first week back...

These two here I believe are 10 minutes, or the first one is the 15 or 20 minute we did and the one on the right is for sure a 10 minute... I didn't think it was too bad for our first day back, eh! 

 

And these ones down here are 30 seconds...

 And down here we had to draw the figure with our opposite hand of the dominant, so for me it was drawing with the left hand. Actually it was surprisingly fun! and not as terrible as writing with your opposite hand, that's for sure!

 

And last but not least... 2nd year life drawings. I actually really enjoyed the Cheetah man but Brian liked my horse-like critter instead so it's still up on the wall for the time being.

 

Thanks for checkin' my post out and if you have any feedback, it would be much appreciated :)

Still Alive

Yeeeeah I didn't have a lot of time for art this summer because of my full time job at the garden center but August I have off and i'm living back in Oakville with my boyfriend Mike. I have four commissions to do, two of which are completed so here you go!

As a side note, the one with the dragon I did on my Cintique so the shadows were nice a deep with rich colours but when I look at it on my mac  and windows laptop it looks desaturated and awful :(
How does it look for you?

Dragons

So far this summer, these are the first sketches to touch my sketchbook and the first ones to be coloured in Photoshop since my last commission work back in March. Anyhow, these two dragons are done up for the Wandering Men. I have to say, it's certainly nice to do something other than working.

End of the Year

Over the past month i've been looking for places to live, chugging away at final assignments as well as 5 commission pieces, and finally moving into my new apartment with Mike. Needless to say I was quite busy and stressed all at the same time. Here are the commissioned pieces, I would share school work but it's nothing exciting.