3 Pt Perspective

This is a three point perspective project I did last semester.
I enjoyed doing 3pt more than any other project!

5pt Perspective

This is a 5pt perspective assignment for my class last semester.
It was supposed to be a dangerous part of town but, after putting in the graffitti on the wall it looked too cute to be dangerous. So I just went with it. =)

Little Red Riding Hood Inked

Happy New Year!!
This is the finished ink version of my Little Red Riding Hood cover.
I wanted to give Red's hood a plaid pattern but I have not figured out how to do that just yet.
perhaps in the future I will give it another go.

I hope your year is off to a great start. =}

Little Red Riding Hood

This is the cover for my little red riding hood comic from my sequential art class.
I really fell in love with inking in this class so I made this cover with the intention of inking it.
I will post the inked version on the next update.
Thanks

Update on hiatus

Ok, so Thanksgiving and Finals have thrown me off a bit so for now updates are on standby till further notice. The holdup shouldn't last longer than a week or two.

Thanks for your understanding.

-Crystal =)

Pin-up girl

Hello,
These are some of the sketches for project 3 in my illustration class.
We were supposed to pick a person that was "large than life" and do a piece based on that person

I Choose Vilma Banky, she was a 1920's silent film starlet.
Originally I was looking for a pin-up girl and found Vilma on Wikipedia. I recognized her from the film "The Son of the Sheik" and I was like, she is awesome!

I really like the blue bottom center sketch but, I think the top red sketch has more of the pin-up quality I am looking for.

The final piece will be on a piece of a bamboo window shade(I found it on clearance for $7!) using acrylic paint.

More about Vilma--> http://www.vilma-banky.com/index.html

Paper Monkeys!

Hello,
This is my very rough character sheet for Bob.
He is a disgruntled office worker monkey for my sequential art class web comic, "Paper Monkeys"!
Here is the link to the Paper Monkeys site, check it out sometime. =)
www.papermonkeys.wordpress.com

Traditional Illustration Assig. #1

This was my first assignment for Traditional Illustration.
It was my first time using ink and it was an awesome learning experience.
Ink is great. =)

Life Drawing

Life Drawing is awesome!

Trad Illustration - Right!

Hey there,
These are a few of the many thumbnails for my first assignment in my illustration class.
We were given a random word and we had to make a black and white illustration conveying the word and it's opposition. we had to use line and silhouette.

My word was right.
My first reaction was, "oh man what am I going to do with this", but then I did a little research on the term. The right side of the brain is supposed to be creative and artsy and in many cultures the right side is masculine and symbolized the sun. while the left side is feminine and symbolized the moon. So this is what I came up with.=)

-Crystal

The first gag.

Hello,
A new semester has started. This means, 1) life will be very busy and heck tick and 2) I will have lots more art to show =)

This is the first gag comic strip I did for my Sequential art class.
enjoy.

Walk in Place

Hello,
So the walk cycle is really fun to do but, I found the walk in place very challenging. This one is a bit funky in the arms, One day I will fix it. =)
- Thanks

The Walk Cycle

This was my first animated walk cycle.
I really loved doing this, walk cycles are fun! =)

Color Analysis

Hello,
Here is another project from my color theory class.
This was a color analysis, we took a famous painting and had to reproduce the colors using ½"x½" colored squares.
After this project I had nightmares of little colored squares trying to eat me...no! Just Kidding, this was a really cool project. =)
Thanks

Title: Color Analysis - Renoir's "Dancers at Bougival"(original on left)
Assignment: to reproduce color of a Renoir painting
Size: 8"x4"
Medium: Acrylic paint,sketch paper and Bristol

Painting Walls

Another Color Theory Assignment.

This assignment was pretty cool. I took a picture of my apartment and recolored the space. I originally wanted to go with a pink and green pallet inspired by watermelon (I love watermelon), but later decided that might not be the best fit for my personality. It is my room after all. So I took my sketch into Photoshop and messed around with the color possibilities. I decided to go with a green to blue color palette while looking a an opal ring my boyfriend gave me.
I still had the pink wall in place from experimenting with the watermelon theme and noticed that the pink really brightened up the room. So I left it, and this is the result.
-Crystal

Title: Untitled
Assignment: To recolor my room
Size: 11x14
Medium: Bristol Paper & Acrylic Paint

Skin Color

This was another color theory assignment.

Title: Untitled
Assignment: Use only skin colors to paint a face.
size: 11x14
Medium: Bristol Paper & Acrylic Paint

Looking at the Sky

Hello,
So here is the update. I am taking a color theory class, it's pretty cool so far.
This class has been very therapeutic because, I don't have to worry about the grade or anything. I can concentrate solely on having fun and expressing my creativity however I want to.
It has helped me to remember what I enjoyed about art in the first place. After being In school for so long sometimes I get so busy and stressed out that I forget all the love I have for the art, but now I remember, and I hope to never forget again. =)
-Crystal

Title: Looking at the Sky
Assignment: Free choice painting using only blacks & whites
Size: 11x14
Medium: Bristol Paper & Acrylic Paint

Art Tag

Hello,
The end of June-July has been really busy.
I just started a color theory class and will post the projects soon.
Till then here is a quick image I did for the art tag game on the Character Design Forum.
You can find the link to this awesome forum in the links section.
Enjoy =}

Intro to Anim - The first attempt...

Hello,
This was my very first attempt at animation.
Yay for dancing stick figures!

Doodle Page #4

Hello,
More Doodle Pages, yay!