Mythimna, Island of Lesbos
July 2018
Hijabis are so fucking fahsionable, makes me ashamed of how I usually leave the house.
Check hijab-wearitright for awesome hijabi fashionistas! That’s also where I found my reference.
anthropomorphic-personification
hmmmm.
Wtfff? I haven't clicked on that link in a couple years, no idea why that blog is there now.
an old tiger sketch i had lying around
Working on those storyboards, hammering my portfolio into shape.
My piece for the @coventhezine, organized by @allisonranieri.
I hope it gets picked, but even if not, I’m quite happy with it!
My humble contribution to Bisexual Awareness Week! Support your local bisexuals 💖💜💙
Some space tests. I don’t think I’ll go with this style, but it was lots of fun regardless.
I always end up drawing people napping on couches. I’m sure there’s some deep-seated psychological explanation.
Self-indulgent WIP.
I love all his eras, but WW2!Bucky has a special place in my heart.
Lindy hop sketching really brightens up a slow day at work.
Been practicing portraits. What better subject than the ten dollar founding father without a father?
More to come!
Quick panel from my current storyboard assignment.
An assignment from a storyboarding class I’m taking. The assignment was to board at least 10 consecutive shots from a movie, I picked A New Hope.
The visual storytelling is really clear in these films. There’s a LOT of cuts though - I’m working in tv animation and there’s no way we’d have given this sort of scene 40+ shots! Really puts the differences between live-action and animation in perspective.
A logo my friend commissioned for her new fairytale podcast, The Witch In The Woods.
Find her on iTunes, tumblr, SoundCloud and Wordpress!
16, 18 & 30 !!! :D
- 16. Do you draw more today than you did in the past, or do you draw less?
Hmmm not sure? I tend to do everything very cyclical, so I will draw like a maniac and then rather little for a while. I try to draw at least one thing everyday, so I think I’ve gotten more consistent overall, but it really goes up and down. Plus the fact that I’m not in high school anymore and can’t draw in class and have the entire afternoon off cut down my available drawing time a lot. I’m trying to branch off into storyboarding for work, so hopefully that’ll help me get back on top!
- 18. What are you currently trying to improve on?
I’m taking a class in storyboarding right now, since visual storytelling is my overall focus, personally and career-wise, and my 9-5 previs job teaches me more about cinematography every day. I also try to tighten up my writing (scripts!) but art-wise, it’s mainly composition etc. And sketching from life without being intimidated by people, scenery... Anything that’s not animals or plants, really! Hehe.
30.What inspires you to not just make art, but to be a better artist?
STORIES.
Nothing inspires me more than a story that gets me so emotionally involved I wake up and go to bed sleeping about it, and that feeling is always always always tied to characters. I will obsess over characters like nobody’s business; drawing random characters is alright but what gets me going is digging my claws into a juicy, well-rounded character with interesting relationships and themes.
This goes for other people’s stories (fanart always gets me out of art slumps, like meeting old friends) or my own. I’m super invested in the story I’m right now working on, and I want to hone my visual storytelling so I can tell my characters’ stories and just get all these feelings out of my system.