tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474983076914276152024-03-14T05:51:03.574-07:00J ColaGoals and works of a Graphic Design StudentJ Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-86196083292693323282010-07-29T23:55:00.000-07:002010-07-29T23:59:44.928-07:00First Page Done!!I did it!<br />I finished the first page of my new comic. Things are looking pretty good.<br />I'm going to wait to publish it on my comic site until tomorrow, but I am so excited, I'll post it here now!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO7Uplry4fUdhyOP-8K055dw86woraep7ZoPNQTRPxzucTZeyVMtM3dxdfAQvBb9yiocz_oHLT9xnXbHPbGl-SXfZWUoi_0AMhQ8KcRXXyPryW_pDrwHsLql5ff7ks-d_PRPSRevp1Q/s1600/SR-pg-1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO7Uplry4fUdhyOP-8K055dw86woraep7ZoPNQTRPxzucTZeyVMtM3dxdfAQvBb9yiocz_oHLT9xnXbHPbGl-SXfZWUoi_0AMhQ8KcRXXyPryW_pDrwHsLql5ff7ks-d_PRPSRevp1Q/s320/SR-pg-1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499589940836694930" border="0" /></a><br />But from now on, I'll only post them on DrunkDuck. Don't worry though, I'll spread the word when there is an update.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-5897815061826596792010-06-27T21:24:00.000-07:002010-06-27T21:54:11.997-07:00Sweetheart RolandYou are not going to believe this. Not only am I updating my blog, but my update is about a new comic I am about to begin.<br /><br />I am finally done with school and I can get back to doing my own artwork. I love drawing comics and I haven't drawn my own comic for over three years. It makes me sad just thinking about it.<br /><br />But I am not sad anymore, I am very excited. You are seeing it here first! I am starting up again on my web-comic, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Faerytale Grimm</span> with a new story!!!!<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Sweetheart Roland.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAoyCFFvS8Lv3QNRLS7flULbw5kyHJaQ9dSFYlZ61V5FKjR0NpPHZ3ZHV8XIiVoIXBqt3SoMgdmkSbB-U73eljxtxI5q6f5SY072pWeNJmbgoda_yLeGdGuTEESM1EWQ-Ngy8_An4rw/s1600/roland.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAoyCFFvS8Lv3QNRLS7flULbw5kyHJaQ9dSFYlZ61V5FKjR0NpPHZ3ZHV8XIiVoIXBqt3SoMgdmkSbB-U73eljxtxI5q6f5SY072pWeNJmbgoda_yLeGdGuTEESM1EWQ-Ngy8_An4rw/s320/roland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487677429511942850" border="0" /></a><br />It's a story of escape, true love and gruesome, gruesome violence like only Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales can tell.<br /><br />Here are some Character Designs I've been working on:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAoyCFFvS8Lv3QNRLS7flULbw5kyHJaQ9dSFYlZ61V5FKjR0NpPHZ3ZHV8XIiVoIXBqt3SoMgdmkSbB-U73eljxtxI5q6f5SY072pWeNJmbgoda_yLeGdGuTEESM1EWQ-Ngy8_An4rw/s1600/roland.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSiu-Lk3bJvz_NVAORU6ITBa5av6Up1jJ4oiQ70J_3rvnZV1z6DQTB6MLLYHWmoyQxymrh3CMTxidukt0sLxa1WwOeP1dbZbQGxxVgGBW4DhsscXHgMJ8Nb4ZWbp8JqHS1eJuzFynCA/s1600/witch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSiu-Lk3bJvz_NVAORU6ITBa5av6Up1jJ4oiQ70J_3rvnZV1z6DQTB6MLLYHWmoyQxymrh3CMTxidukt0sLxa1WwOeP1dbZbQGxxVgGBW4DhsscXHgMJ8Nb4ZWbp8JqHS1eJuzFynCA/s320/witch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487677426505104370" border="0" /></a>The Witch<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXcb6NGEgbNgTgNI09d1B7hyDynHX71X_KfJv8-nF67tnF0hruzZAVt_ZGqWo16auMG25TRjuUmGwuosqcKdJs34FaoCzIZN0FrzsElaIE9L4IVudgtRJ54tbyNeIJl62etPTDaU3Fw/s1600/stepsister.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXcb6NGEgbNgTgNI09d1B7hyDynHX71X_KfJv8-nF67tnF0hruzZAVt_ZGqWo16auMG25TRjuUmGwuosqcKdJs34FaoCzIZN0FrzsElaIE9L4IVudgtRJ54tbyNeIJl62etPTDaU3Fw/s320/stepsister.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487677416878821138" border="0" /></a>The Ugly and Wicked Stepsister<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcImYKsqd2EQy1_FQvOb7Wf3KIimjNfbfyEyYmH0knOWJF1gjQCgZgJSbpO68NIdO0hhcatDDlTnrhDHRmjkbJEqr5aa0KZPeJL7vV6wZqNXkmbN-K8cMvj8YXeQ6wu6qaoMyNVNCr4g/s1600/roland-character.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcImYKsqd2EQy1_FQvOb7Wf3KIimjNfbfyEyYmH0knOWJF1gjQCgZgJSbpO68NIdO0hhcatDDlTnrhDHRmjkbJEqr5aa0KZPeJL7vV6wZqNXkmbN-K8cMvj8YXeQ6wu6qaoMyNVNCr4g/s320/roland-character.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487677414010905490" border="0" /></a>Roland<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These were pretty quick drawings, I really just wanted to get ideas out for how I wanted them to look. So now that I have their basic look, my next step is to write up the script and move on to the storyboards. Before you know it, I'll be drawing comics once again!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More about <span style="font-style: italic;">Faerytale Grimm</span></span><br /><br />I started this web-comic on July 25, 2006. It is a collection of short stories from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. For the most part they are taken straight out of the book, though for the readers sake I may add a little something to help pace it or have it make some sense.<br /><br />So far I have 4 complete stories, (one being really long) and then I began <span style="font-style: italic;">The Crab Prince</span>. That's when things died off. I liked that story so much I wanted to do it really well, and add more of my own telling to it but I got overwhelmed with it and put it on hold. <br /><br />Then I started a job where I was drawing comics for someone else, and it was hard to find the time to do my own stuff. For three years that's how it was like. But now I am done with school and quit that job for a full-time job. Now the spark to do my own work had begun again.<br /><br />I will start off with the short story <span style="font-style: italic;">Sweetheart Roland</span>, and someday I would really like to pick <span style="font-style: italic;">The Crab Prince</span> again.<br /><br />Go and read it <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/FaeryTale_Grimm/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-78538900329019497642010-02-04T17:37:00.001-08:002010-02-04T17:57:40.197-08:00So Cute! Cards and Bags!So It's been awhile since my last post. But I'm back with some new stuff.<br />This is my last semester at Pima, so I'm really going to push myself to produce some great work. My first assignment for my Product Design class, is a line of greeting cards.<br /><br />What better line of cards to make than Valentine's Day, and even better when they are sickeningly cute.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGCmOBEFOpW7XB0Fk35CZuH5-_jqXGCFPcEnpoKF4ET0X0QxQ0fcggfP7Ujp9q0eh-UcJrATS_cDS0klxvopbLIjcAgEBIXSRYxMCF1vGoROidqseiv68s93YdO55ZPLgjWJo-TSyuw/s1600-h/card1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGCmOBEFOpW7XB0Fk35CZuH5-_jqXGCFPcEnpoKF4ET0X0QxQ0fcggfP7Ujp9q0eh-UcJrATS_cDS0klxvopbLIjcAgEBIXSRYxMCF1vGoROidqseiv68s93YdO55ZPLgjWJo-TSyuw/s320/card1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434569887124103346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inside: </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"You blow me away,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Valentine."</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy-haEVF1pR2ajIAfQS7_PfZsf4RtgeQOCT_kiK3qrWVloCtKq-NKhWc0A-72xjgzO_sF7My7U9ZF1cbzZOb03h3DElIWwYuo4T6OIABPnZ5y0-aR0kdeA7fPPSGhM1Pb4D-SyXcxjA/s1600-h/card2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfy-haEVF1pR2ajIAfQS7_PfZsf4RtgeQOCT_kiK3qrWVloCtKq-NKhWc0A-72xjgzO_sF7My7U9ZF1cbzZOb03h3DElIWwYuo4T6OIABPnZ5y0-aR0kdeA7fPPSGhM1Pb4D-SyXcxjA/s320/card2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434569873612227474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inside: </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">"You are the greatest gift of all,</span><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Valentine."</span></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYH24ZlbK_pGD8DPUI8BNO1QO-HEQk8PdQDrbnTCTyb8wQg0LwH8PaI4vKD8NSBuKiIEGH-t38_10g1PXW8XfghunqMvt-wAzwxPDLwNy6Uk1kJJ_n9DzSo4yyfGtOeTEjb9U4KnCrQ/s1600-h/card3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYH24ZlbK_pGD8DPUI8BNO1QO-HEQk8PdQDrbnTCTyb8wQg0LwH8PaI4vKD8NSBuKiIEGH-t38_10g1PXW8XfghunqMvt-wAzwxPDLwNy6Uk1kJJ_n9DzSo4yyfGtOeTEjb9U4KnCrQ/s320/card3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434569868832583682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inside:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"You are my sunshine,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Valentine."</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_K2yyo9hLtxKQZAAJxDfTF8YVcuzzKs6TZmaHB2eFYYwMYBzfEXl_EnDljtOPy9b9p8_sf7rSduElOFXT-rshH0f8PAE1VYVRtLOoE9a63knQkknDhUaMjmFhXxKx7Oa5p4CCv7mIA/s1600-h/card-icons.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_K2yyo9hLtxKQZAAJxDfTF8YVcuzzKs6TZmaHB2eFYYwMYBzfEXl_EnDljtOPy9b9p8_sf7rSduElOFXT-rshH0f8PAE1VYVRtLOoE9a63knQkknDhUaMjmFhXxKx7Oa5p4CCv7mIA/s320/card-icons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434569856090192754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">These are the icons that appear on the back on the card, along with my logo.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In my Package Design Class, we had to design a shopping bag. Going with my adorable streak, I went with a Cupcake Bag!!!<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKqx3LjFcBr454PtsdP5v3007gJQ_bazZzWLB0cyFX4ww581n6wteN2VYjOxex_Pcj7UvLgDDYRHNPGtwusBPOxfJ4nycryFKRtg_-6oli66Lxf-acRAaM3dNMNXuhhqyh48tJGQxLA/s1600-h/CakeBag.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggKqx3LjFcBr454PtsdP5v3007gJQ_bazZzWLB0cyFX4ww581n6wteN2VYjOxex_Pcj7UvLgDDYRHNPGtwusBPOxfJ4nycryFKRtg_-6oli66Lxf-acRAaM3dNMNXuhhqyh48tJGQxLA/s320/CakeBag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434569853250147570" border="0" /></a><br />This is just an illustration of the bag. I did print it, along with the cards. When I get the prints back I'll post pictures of them. You really can't appreciate these pieces unless you see them as they are printed. The cards even have envelopes that I made for them. They look totally legit.<br /><br />If anyone is interested in giving one of these cards to your sweetheart, let me know.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-24681882455796797872009-11-17T16:49:00.000-08:002009-11-17T18:19:26.368-08:00Realistic Water BottleI just completed this. I thought it was so good that I would put it up now.<br /><br />There was no drawing involved in this. Just making shapes and gradients. I didn't even start with any kind of sketch, I just looked at my water bottle, and build this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUooUN1KFaECNuP-wpYIpsD04Q15p84wqEBpwxBq21n_dXljz4EreoFKaTWd-QewPEe6UlKlYsdVEj9mMIHj9tHuEnPqNSextMohfBHvONm-PoSG7hcaHq3Dd0N43GtdRiSxpaec5leg/s1600/WaterBottle-sm.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUooUN1KFaECNuP-wpYIpsD04Q15p84wqEBpwxBq21n_dXljz4EreoFKaTWd-QewPEe6UlKlYsdVEj9mMIHj9tHuEnPqNSextMohfBHvONm-PoSG7hcaHq3Dd0N43GtdRiSxpaec5leg/s320/WaterBottle-sm.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405261941712873474" border="0" /></a><br />Illustrator is an amazing program because I can do stuff that's very fun and cartoony, but it's also a great tool for creating hyper-realistic images. I could use a 3d program, but I think this way gives it a nice illustrated feel to it, and plus this was an assignment for my Illustrator class.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-73385823844083815262009-11-12T19:51:00.000-08:002009-11-12T19:54:59.997-08:00Muscley Men and Cute DisneyI have some new stuff to show you today.<br /><br />First though, I would like to take this opportunity to let you in on some news.<br /><br />The play "See How They Run" will being playing at the West Campus until Sunday. As you know, I did the poster design for that, so I gotta spread the love.<br /><br />The West Campus will also have a Student Show that will be opening next Wednesday and it will be open for two months. I have a couple pieces in it, all of which have been posted on the blog. Though, these pieces are HUGE PRINTS; Probably about 50 times larger if not more, than the images you have seen on the screen.<br />So if you can, please go check it out, there are some great pieces going in the show. And I have to say that the people producing the show, and printing the pieces, and getting them hung have been working really hard for all us students. They are the real heroes here.<br /><br />Molly and Carl got married, as if you didn't know. Congrats to them for being awesome and having an awesome wedding.<br /><br />Also, all my dreams have come true and I now have a felt squid, thanks to Jess Bates. You should go see it, <a href="http://damnthatscrafty.blogspot.com/2009/10/felt-squid-gift-o-rama.html">she has pictures</a>.<br /><br />Now, let's get on with the artwork. YAY!<br /><br /><br />Nico had a little <a href="http://nicocartoons.blogspot.com/2009/09/guys-what-happened-to-movie-posters.html">rant</a> about movie posters, which was so totally true and sad.<br />I had to do a movie poster for my Illustrator class, definitely made me feel like movie posters should be illustrated, not boring photos of the big celebrities that play in them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inglourious Basterds</span>, one of the best movies I've seen this year. It had on-the-edge-of-your seat intensity and it was full of the lulz. Though, slightly historically inaccurate.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijr1YdHAqrCIrBeJ-_n0aQrCOok6w88zc7TAEyoiAaRvm-ZDFZn_LtOPpK6nE9WU14k_uRy8aWubqQHJSXZuMkH6w3nK8VxMdp6Vt-WtQuBoN7Tp-fsb4NoMwuoERVhG2lX-wkW9ngvQ/s1600-h/IngloriousBasterds.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijr1YdHAqrCIrBeJ-_n0aQrCOok6w88zc7TAEyoiAaRvm-ZDFZn_LtOPpK6nE9WU14k_uRy8aWubqQHJSXZuMkH6w3nK8VxMdp6Vt-WtQuBoN7Tp-fsb4NoMwuoERVhG2lX-wkW9ngvQ/s320/IngloriousBasterds.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403424455657427122" border="0" /></a><br />Yeah, it was totally not my usually style, I usually don't draw anything that includes muscles, baseball bats, blood, and swastikas. So this piece was pretty fun because I got to practice outside my comfort zone. I could have pushed it further though and made it darker and grittier.<br /><br />But, you know, I love my cute and adorable illustrations, so after many sketches of big muscley men, and manly gruff stuff, I went back to practicing some Disney-looking styles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7uue-w5PlaGH5_SBo2DCziDsPGOjsOPj2ws-38lzEXWX2Zznv3QOZDAiSe2EXHxKJsfRsKVHsUadfQaLYAkQAC2uzJAw1jry8GLdZt-mRR620h3kEpRnjHXcEm1GhEIm_3r3UMzWnQ/s1600-h/Disney-jenny.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7uue-w5PlaGH5_SBo2DCziDsPGOjsOPj2ws-38lzEXWX2Zznv3QOZDAiSe2EXHxKJsfRsKVHsUadfQaLYAkQAC2uzJAw1jry8GLdZt-mRR620h3kEpRnjHXcEm1GhEIm_3r3UMzWnQ/s320/Disney-jenny.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403426747411570466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is me, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Disnified</span>.<br /></div><br />One of my first attempts to emulate more of a Disney style, because people keep saying my work looks like anime. It probably does, because I've been doing that style since I was 13, that was how I learned. But I want to break out of that and make my work to go beyond the typical, "Eh, I like anime, look at me, I can draw anime, <span style="font-style: italic;">OOO! </span>Look the huge eyes and back-breaking huge breasts. See how I draw anime. I'm going to be a Manga-ka in Japan some day. <span style="font-style: italic;">huk-huk</span>."<br /><br />Anyway, I just want to keep working on learning different styles and practice different techniques because they all are so fun and different. So I think you will be seeing some more manly muscle men, and cute disney illustrations from me.<br /><br />I have to get back my reading my Harry Potter, I have to know what that crazy moody teenage wizard is up to next.<br /><br />Toodles.<br /><br />P.S. Marc is awesome and great.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-9208321769367772032009-11-01T00:18:00.001-07:002009-11-01T00:18:32.691-07:00MARC IS GREATHE IS AWESOME AND GREAT.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-41328402813692317272009-09-22T16:13:00.000-07:002009-09-22T16:25:28.615-07:00Vectors are cool and I like them.I'm starting to get busy with school, but that also means I'm actually starting to get my stuff together and I'm producing more artwork.<br /><br />As I'm sure you've all noticed, I'm totally into Illustrator right now. It just so happens that I'm in an Illustrator class. So I present to you, my first Illustrator assignment.<br /><br />Our assignment was to make a face using the pen tool and what have you. Most people traced pictures, but I drew another cute little character.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFKVVnZeMHwKFgD3QLayQKI6fcCUdxUsYy2pzy3g08IMLEpjdhkIPAJqnwaZ_4-gWLJ7jstPPKVCpyMKwcHWXXi95wujKNKlV2wBAOLOxSCCuoRpP5pY_Zv7dB0J50FC_3gwCpYOZZQ/s1600-h/retro.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFKVVnZeMHwKFgD3QLayQKI6fcCUdxUsYy2pzy3g08IMLEpjdhkIPAJqnwaZ_4-gWLJ7jstPPKVCpyMKwcHWXXi95wujKNKlV2wBAOLOxSCCuoRpP5pY_Zv7dB0J50FC_3gwCpYOZZQ/s320/retro.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384435924630443714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This one, I took inspiration from vintage style and colors. I really like using limited palettes, the kind you see a lot in vintage colors.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">By the way, I did not make that texture in the background, it's one that came with the program.</span>J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-71338089054361659652009-09-17T18:54:00.000-07:002009-09-17T19:07:28.709-07:003D Under the Sea!This is my first assignment in my Advanced Photoshop.<br /><br />While working with the red channel you can offset and inset different parts of a flat image and create the 3D look. You need 3D glasses to look at it correctly though, otherwise it looks weird.<br /><br />I composited this image with multiple images. I cropped out each fish, and the squids and the foreground coral reef, and pasted them all into the under the sea image.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjr_KgrKe_GEYFSIDK0JKbzwo1tvoIPo2M_sT2uqrmbm3ekT3cpuVAgFMY5QUAo4vkWh9kW6ufOWHnfhaKHOqLJkY_-a5gtGG5dpaG63f3pA2zyiqWqt-30Gmtj6BfMvpKvpmxBPn_A/s1600-h/222P1-sm.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjr_KgrKe_GEYFSIDK0JKbzwo1tvoIPo2M_sT2uqrmbm3ekT3cpuVAgFMY5QUAo4vkWh9kW6ufOWHnfhaKHOqLJkY_-a5gtGG5dpaG63f3pA2zyiqWqt-30Gmtj6BfMvpKvpmxBPn_A/s320/222P1-sm.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382621627943321778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">I don't own any of the images used in this piece.<br /></span></div>J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-59102725455096548392009-09-10T11:26:00.000-07:002009-09-10T11:37:44.230-07:00Fun playing games!So, I don't really show any work that I've doing from my Illustration job, and since I've been busy with school starting up, I thought I would show you all a sample of some games that I did.<br /><br />These games were for a Charter High School, and it was a lot of fun because I got to design a lot of the stuff based on what their school looked like, so it's really unique to this school.<br /><br />Go here to play the games, (they're pretty easy) : <a href="http://projectpledge.org/ppp_game/index.php">School Games</a>!<br /><br />A while ago I also did a game for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pima Public Library</span>. These games are isometric and pixel based. This was the first time I really worked with that kind of artwork, it's very technical. I feel I could have done better but I'll show it to you anyway.<br /><br />Keep in mind, this game is for little kids:<a href="http://www.library.pima.gov/srp/2008/library.html"> Library Games</a>!J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-71050533195188237402009-08-24T16:06:00.000-07:002009-08-24T16:41:34.694-07:00Pure ImaginationSo there I was, listening to Maroon 5's version of "Pure Imagination" from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</span>. The one with Gene Wilder, not Johnny Depp. Anyways, I usually don't like when songs are redone by other people, but I really like this one.<br /><br />I was listening to it, and then it struck again!!<br /><br />The exact pose and style and colors, they all came to me at once! I sketched it out and brought it into Illustrator. It turned out pretty good I think, but I'm still a novice when it comes to doing drawings in Illustrator. I figured out some techniques and stuff. It really is fun working with vector art, I could work on this piece forever, but it's my birthday and I have other things to do.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2ligwXRuJD673O2bOe-bZsphSbuFvRdUoktlMxaS5JeO2-F7t8QZE3KlomK4IefE8FIKCaTer8b4Jvm1OQJhzjZmN2fV_mRa4BIQFW1lZeewRZvjOQpXv6iGVFG5yQEg3tsCtFSjag/s1600-h/wonka-girl.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2ligwXRuJD673O2bOe-bZsphSbuFvRdUoktlMxaS5JeO2-F7t8QZE3KlomK4IefE8FIKCaTer8b4Jvm1OQJhzjZmN2fV_mRa4BIQFW1lZeewRZvjOQpXv6iGVFG5yQEg3tsCtFSjag/s320/wonka-girl.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373673162713178850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">"There is no- life I know- that compares to <span style="font-style: italic;">Pure Imagination</span>" </span><br /></div>J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-68101886879790375012009-08-18T12:17:00.000-07:002009-08-18T12:32:29.311-07:00Alice, falling down the Rabbit hole...So remember when I said that I was going to draw <span style="font-style: italic;">Alice</span>, from <span style="font-style: italic;">Alice in Wonderland</span>? Well, that's exactly what I did. I didn't know how I was going to do it at first. Was I going to do it like I did <span style="font-style: italic;">Ariel</span>, or what? The other day however, I was awakening from a nice nap, and it suddenly came to me, the exact pose and style and everything. I quickly got up, sketched up my idea and brought it into illustrator. At first it had line work on it, but I decided to be daring and get rid of all my line work.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb-QpnFJ4CaQylqgKq3wEUTcCIVcN5gF0ZezDtRWxG7CHUZMzuOfsj_EMOgC0X9ccVf5LjjvUPujzPld1Oxs6o6vJCqu1wtIrAWUqjSm2dOkMc-sM80VKuXxtk7X1roD3_BvXBXaFRw/s1600-h/alice.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb-QpnFJ4CaQylqgKq3wEUTcCIVcN5gF0ZezDtRWxG7CHUZMzuOfsj_EMOgC0X9ccVf5LjjvUPujzPld1Oxs6o6vJCqu1wtIrAWUqjSm2dOkMc-sM80VKuXxtk7X1roD3_BvXBXaFRw/s320/alice.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371388889765282546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So it's been decided, I love Vector Illustrations.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-73884867823579315782009-07-29T16:14:00.000-07:002009-07-29T16:46:34.959-07:00Two pieces not realated to each other...Hello again!<br /><br />So, I've been working on some more personal projects in my spare time and I think it's a good time you show you some.<br /><br />A little while ago I was having artist's block, so I asked <a href="http://nicocartoons.blogspot.com/">Nico</a> what I should draw. One thing lead to another and we decided that I should draw Disney characters. So here is my <span style="font-style: italic;">Ariel</span>!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6TVVrtzTyECkYByRCEjDpdzVzuUJsILvU1Ww6PQqTyuHyMLCZ1M9XomkSh71RpGroYzSf_p1SiGo9thijj1VbqGuknDjqYEhIvCkKNhNDqw5NeVINbXw9UPM7S07NOodFvex6lrCpQ/s1600-h/Ariel-sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6TVVrtzTyECkYByRCEjDpdzVzuUJsILvU1Ww6PQqTyuHyMLCZ1M9XomkSh71RpGroYzSf_p1SiGo9thijj1VbqGuknDjqYEhIvCkKNhNDqw5NeVINbXw9UPM7S07NOodFvex6lrCpQ/s320/Ariel-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364030205491408514" border="0" /></a><br />I was trying some new coloring techniques and stuff, and wasn't really trying to make it the best thing ever, but it definitely got me out of my funk. I think it does look pretty good though. So now I will be doing a series of Disney characters, and next up is <span style="font-style: italic;">Alice</span>.<br /><br />Also, I've been doing some more sketches of <span style="font-style: italic;">Coraline</span> ever since it came out, so hopefully I put up another drawing from that.<br /><br /><br />This other piece I worked on has been on the que for a while. Marc's sister has been wanting me to draw her a sloth drinking tea. I finally did it, and this is what I came up with.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkLzrLCXKg8iq6MhvlEkeRYiMtDlBxeaO6GQhDhEFIip9XlDFfS5LxD4ICMUUkHPuP6VLBPJzKzlLBDEnpixMBIOlhZx-XP1yGkqaUwmufPql1bjw5mMffQyf2NSS4SwCYiS9LjKwGQ/s1600-h/Sloth-Tea-sm.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkLzrLCXKg8iq6MhvlEkeRYiMtDlBxeaO6GQhDhEFIip9XlDFfS5LxD4ICMUUkHPuP6VLBPJzKzlLBDEnpixMBIOlhZx-XP1yGkqaUwmufPql1bjw5mMffQyf2NSS4SwCYiS9LjKwGQ/s320/Sloth-Tea-sm.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364030208585360162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Doing the reference was fun, because sloths look so weird, therefore I had to make him cuter than an actual sloth.<br /><br />Sloths are cute in their own what-do-you-want-from-me,-I'm-sloth kind of way.<br /><br />The teapot and table were fun to do as well. This was all done in Illustrator, which I don't usually do, but I will definitely be doing it more, it is quite fun.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-88321028208321711912009-07-11T13:19:00.000-07:002009-07-12T16:56:55.481-07:00Portraits, Cds and PostersHello Everyone,<br /><br />I know I've been a bad blogger lately. I am sorry. I have no excuse. My days at my computer have been a lot like this: "Hmmm, I should update my blog. I'll see what's on <a href="http://www.digg.com/">Digg</a> first....(hours go by) Hmmm, now what's on <a href="http://www.hulu.com/">Hulu</a>...(more time goes by) Alright, I'm going to bed now, I'll update tomorrow, for sure."<br /><br />Well, today FOR SURE I am updating. You know I'm telling the truth because you are reading it right now.<br /><br />It's not even like a don't have a lot to put up here, I do! Here are some of the things I did last semester but haven't put up yet.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Portrait with different Mediums</span> - Dale Messik.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZ-IuUVCZKoLilRhh_3nTbKjWY7LUCPn02-8tsRICWvoqeoLY5M92Betp2wAbwNAbHeEuNL3JL8DqggjUcTDxyrAY8FO4AWYJwBVhRplELDCXPhc1kyfpcu_h7datKkO5ci6Ot422aw/s1600-h/Portrait-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZ-IuUVCZKoLilRhh_3nTbKjWY7LUCPn02-8tsRICWvoqeoLY5M92Betp2wAbwNAbHeEuNL3JL8DqggjUcTDxyrAY8FO4AWYJwBVhRplELDCXPhc1kyfpcu_h7datKkO5ci6Ot422aw/s320/Portrait-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357301679543320690" border="0" /></a>This is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Messick">Dale Messick</a>, she is one of the first female comic artists from way back in the 1940's. I decided she would be the best for my 'Comic material' portrait.<br /><br />Materials from the top left: Digital Inking, Pencils, Digital Half-tones, Traditional Inking with a Micron pen, inking with Screen tones, Black Markers, and the gutter was also Micron pens.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Center For the Arts</span> - See How They Run<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILO6MoxxI1JOFw5Fdb2byt89nwFF1HhC47agIETY9UpJv3q8QbLjIhxIXjkP_D9HAm7QG_IrYi2ppoQYod7Lijg4tar1AD8Z_z4vADTGtTJXsOxaH4RBTNFJ2bLPteU5A9Lb2qXaezw/s1600-h/SHTR-poster.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILO6MoxxI1JOFw5Fdb2byt89nwFF1HhC47agIETY9UpJv3q8QbLjIhxIXjkP_D9HAm7QG_IrYi2ppoQYod7Lijg4tar1AD8Z_z4vADTGtTJXsOxaH4RBTNFJ2bLPteU5A9Lb2qXaezw/s320/SHTR-poster.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357301674969717394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">See How They Run</span> is one of four plays that Pima will be preforming next year. The others were: Ramona Quimbly, Cinderella, and Midsummer's Night Dream. So the digital arts students had the assignment to design the posters for these up coming plays. I was going to do Ramona, but so was a lot of people. I like a challenge, so I did SHTR, along with about 8 other people..<br /><br />It's a play from the 1940's. (What's with the 40's) It's set in England or whatever, it's a comedy and hilarious British weird stuff happens I guess. It's hard to describe, which is why it was hard to design a poster for this. I was even thinking about not turning it in...<br /><br />However, it just so happens that it was the<span style="font-style: italic;"> chosen piece for this play</span> and anyone who goes to Pima will be seeing this poster around next year. Pretty rad, huh? Yeah I thought so too.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">CD Box Set</span> - The Songs of Riverdance<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7j5JcFeghyTeufeUsdW1lPsVqTYBLdL23VPjk2a6htg85GktP6RQ7RFgttLZGDsilF-vq6VLbFdY5iiwRse2De0opXeZulHIYy6qCJdDCfa4rM5DUEaVY4d_BM3yTi_581B9mwKe3IA/s1600-h/CD-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7j5JcFeghyTeufeUsdW1lPsVqTYBLdL23VPjk2a6htg85GktP6RQ7RFgttLZGDsilF-vq6VLbFdY5iiwRse2De0opXeZulHIYy6qCJdDCfa4rM5DUEaVY4d_BM3yTi_581B9mwKe3IA/s320/CD-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357307636606861282" border="0" /></a> So this was my last assignment last semester, I had 4 weeks to do it, and I did it in one day. It included 1 Cd Box with a dieline, 3 Cd sleeves, 3 Cds, and 1 booklet. And I had to print and assemble them all.<br /><br /><br />Speaking of CDs. I just finished my first <span style="font-style: italic;">real</span> Cd art cover for a <span style="font-style: italic;">real</span> band. My Co-worker and friend, Mik asked my to do it, and it took me forever, but here it is, the Artwork for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theinfernalracket"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Infernal Racket</span></a>. Go have a listen, they are pretty funky, and usually play gigs around Tucson.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAJyfeWS1Xu_69oAnC4JFi-M0nUKiXpg64ACMPZAJLk3fyvoRhe21b3wIuZKz3vw2kjF1sxEJrWDWYPp4CI3vggq_fzMb4kjyj6j_W80h0SzSAtYtig9tUZ-eSuCdHW792EOy1LUa9Q/s1600-h/Infernal+Racket-sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAJyfeWS1Xu_69oAnC4JFi-M0nUKiXpg64ACMPZAJLk3fyvoRhe21b3wIuZKz3vw2kjF1sxEJrWDWYPp4CI3vggq_fzMb4kjyj6j_W80h0SzSAtYtig9tUZ-eSuCdHW792EOy1LUa9Q/s320/Infernal+Racket-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357301673959812466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On one last note, I would like to welcome my friend Libby to Blogger. she just posted her first <a href="http://lichotris.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, a wonderful rant about <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span>.<br /><br />I hope you enjoyed this installment, see you soon.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-60347316746576046832009-05-29T15:52:00.000-07:002009-07-12T16:57:18.386-07:00A Robot in SpaceThis video was my last assignment in my Painter class. I had no idea where it was going until I took it there. This was all drawn in Painter with my Wacom Tablet. It is only about a minute but it took ab0ut 4 weeks to do.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dywDmVsF9Q2UmJGc5BwLt0XXgg0YnF4OAUf5cqIWlLpgTU8HTjJdNt6_xdLCXCZ0fN1uV_wBDFVp0_AMahv' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />So, there it is.<br /><br />This has been a short post for today. I'll see you next time.<br />Bye.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-31835583415298050932009-05-16T13:40:00.000-07:002009-05-18T00:42:02.859-07:00Digital Art Step by Step....kindaSchool's out for SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I hope you know what this means blogger buddies!!!!!<br /><br />It means I finally have time to do stuff, like sleep in, drink lemonade, go to the beach, work more hours, and ....hmmm....<span style="font-style: italic;"> how about UPDATE MY BLOG!!!!!</span><br /><br />I've got a great update for you today, folks. Something really <span style="font-style: italic;">spectacular!</span> It's a piece I've been working on in my spare time for about a almost a year now. It didn't take a year to do, but it took a year to get the time to work on it. Are you ready to see it? Huh? Huh? OK, here it is!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbjQnnmkWI38ZYayA51-Q3fnOv6GoPvZUHZLEJQrng61Oju1WgIk34_01phBSxsWKF1CTbwcMJ96NhwlSg7GxET8LCCKJJDxOQaXxLaNBKegIqi5XZz0roFaHQDz_hR2KraPn2VJKew/s1600-h/step19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbjQnnmkWI38ZYayA51-Q3fnOv6GoPvZUHZLEJQrng61Oju1WgIk34_01phBSxsWKF1CTbwcMJ96NhwlSg7GxET8LCCKJJDxOQaXxLaNBKegIqi5XZz0roFaHQDz_hR2KraPn2VJKew/s320/step19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525539661192274" border="0" /></a><br />This is my <span style="font-weight: bold;">Geisha Piece</span>, (for lack of a better name) and even though it was a personal project, I got school credit for it, because I turned it in as an assignment.<br /><br />This image I uploaded doesn't even do it justice, there are so many little details in this piece. Its size was 8.5in by 11in. which doesn't seem like a lot, but I put the resolution at 300 dpi so I could make it bigger if I wanted.<br /><br />I learned a lot working on this piece, a lot about texturing and and lot about details, and a think I definitely got better at color.<br /><br />Want to know my secrets????<br />Ok, I will show you the steps it took me to make this piece.<br /><br />For all of you digital artists out there, or any artist, I think some of these steps could be useful to you, or at least interesting. So let's be begin at the beginning!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 1: Sketching your idea</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5McIpQlrs_wfaa3VG01PfZp6T1Xkc8m2-EWNrzf97Q7OMl7CSz-klGptYoRcdV7ymg6fdNAp9AwHpzr1CgQLcXKtxgSfaJ6TOL8UDwr-Cz-w78M9KzCSNjd0eV-T0QPiMWoK-hJP9xg/s1600-h/Step1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5McIpQlrs_wfaa3VG01PfZp6T1Xkc8m2-EWNrzf97Q7OMl7CSz-klGptYoRcdV7ymg6fdNAp9AwHpzr1CgQLcXKtxgSfaJ6TOL8UDwr-Cz-w78M9KzCSNjd0eV-T0QPiMWoK-hJP9xg/s320/Step1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525433883871970" border="0" /></a><br />I was just aimlessly sketching in Photoshop, and I came up with the shape of her head. The posture seemed really elegant to me so I went with it. I continued with sketching the Kimonos and the hair. I did the rough placement and ideas for the hair pieces in a different color so that I would be able to keep it from getting lost in the black lines I had already laid down.<br /><br />(This is my first piece that began with a digital sketch)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> Sketching is very important to drawing, it is the foundation of your composition. Keep your sketches quick and loose and don't worry about fixing any imperfections. This stage is just to lay out your idea.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 2: Color Break</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpSqvAuD0a4foztMy4yJ6Agv4CZOflCiXZHknd-aY75dsLjQWzzzWJAhDpsbjz5LoBx3_OTOTsroGQCxRXTTzg-jMSxvihiL5xA2uYeftnnqyfJgJha6WyOkKHuvJ37ifiD8LE_mXuA/s1600-h/Step2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpSqvAuD0a4foztMy4yJ6Agv4CZOflCiXZHknd-aY75dsLjQWzzzWJAhDpsbjz5LoBx3_OTOTsroGQCxRXTTzg-jMSxvihiL5xA2uYeftnnqyfJgJha6WyOkKHuvJ37ifiD8LE_mXuA/s320/Step2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525433929653282" border="0" /></a><br />I was messing with how I was going to color this geisha. I decided with a warm Autumn palette. I thought the idea was neat, because a Spring palette is usually used on geisha, with cherry blossoms and all that good stuff, but Autumn has much more interesting colors.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> A color break doesn't have to always be the 2nd step, you can do it any time before doing the actual coloring. I put it at #2 because this is still just an idea forming process. It's basically laying out color ideas. This is very useful for making sure there is good contrast and that the saturation and tones and all those color terms are looking <span style="font-style: italic;">groovy</span> together. It's better to do a few color breaks, because even if your first one looks good, if you tweak the colors, they can look even better. I have examples of some other color breaks on one of my earlier posts.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step3: Rough Line Art</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSPMJ0W1nNPMhZZeSVL8qCr4HXiTlzwA8k3WsinIMraO1f8g1zEbPMCk45M7wH1B0E3lyYVviPESKnqGBvnmyTY8dE3U9WL5GWIqrPCm8SQ9qWBhbPCD3Mc7dPV3jQlGsyAMMa-1o3w/s1600-h/Step3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSPMJ0W1nNPMhZZeSVL8qCr4HXiTlzwA8k3WsinIMraO1f8g1zEbPMCk45M7wH1B0E3lyYVviPESKnqGBvnmyTY8dE3U9WL5GWIqrPCm8SQ9qWBhbPCD3Mc7dPV3jQlGsyAMMa-1o3w/s320/Step3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525435273210034" border="0" /></a><br />This is where I started laying out the line details. Since the hair ornaments are going to be on separate layers, I'm not going to worry about those right now. This is in blue so that I can see it over my black sketch.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip: </span> This stage is very important to my work, but not everybody needs to do this if their initial sketch is good enough to go straight to the finished line work. My work is very sketchy, so sometimes I have to do this step a couple of times to get it tighter so that I can make sure that when I go to do my finished line work, there isn't any need to worry about making any mistakes with the form, (this is especially true if you are using an actual pen that isn't so easy to erase).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 4: Finished Line Art</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2aLFEvbFvFNYuuES-DTUUuh-aWINDwQSQRQ0GgbWsfh-paPvSHnv_4euFQTvdV1sFqJ8_t_lF-BkpWQ66a8uS3r0zjDQD6QnJcxjI5otgAy1Yn5H_aG3yiOSzRbbTjwsdiDtF9phMw/s1600-h/Step4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2aLFEvbFvFNYuuES-DTUUuh-aWINDwQSQRQ0GgbWsfh-paPvSHnv_4euFQTvdV1sFqJ8_t_lF-BkpWQ66a8uS3r0zjDQD6QnJcxjI5otgAy1Yn5H_aG3yiOSzRbbTjwsdiDtF9phMw/s320/Step4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525428628637058" border="0" /></a><br />This is one of the best line art I've ever done. I think a lot of it was luck, and not thinking about it too much, just going with the flow of my pen. Like I said before I was just aimlessly sketching so I wasn't too invested into this piece at the time. I was just having fun with it. I think that's what helped.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip: </span>Line work is one of the hardest things for me to do well. It is something that I'm still practicing, but I think I'm getting better at it.<br /><br />I know a thing or two about line work though. For one thing, you should keep your line at different lengths. For example, the strands of her hair are very light, as is her face outline, these things are very delicate, kimonos always looked very heavy to me so I made those lines really bold. I also make the outline of the hair very thick because the shape of the hair seems very dramatic to me.<br /><br />There is a lot more I could talk about line work, that isn't really shown in this piece, so maybe I'll talk about it in another post. I could write many posts about line work. It's kinda a BIG thing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 5: Reference for Hair Ornaments</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7HIydEVwf4nGwzD79MAiuDB2Y3t6zb5wHv0Xzlsk4oXWCxLPoCTWQNp4gidgWtNb0uJSB4ZmI3LZTfxDFeCicVZxK8SshiPYfEyUBHEj47i-taVZfBr0dQJg3IWja1GjC4g1xReWig/s1600-h/Step5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG7HIydEVwf4nGwzD79MAiuDB2Y3t6zb5wHv0Xzlsk4oXWCxLPoCTWQNp4gidgWtNb0uJSB4ZmI3LZTfxDFeCicVZxK8SshiPYfEyUBHEj47i-taVZfBr0dQJg3IWja1GjC4g1xReWig/s320/Step5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525427956451250" border="0" /></a><br />So I decided I wanted this piece to be authentic to what a real geisha would wear and look like. To do this I did a <span style="font-style: italic;">google image search</span> of what I was looking for. I looked for hair pieces, and hair styles and make-up. Basically I looked up every thing that makes a geisha a geisha. From these pictures, I created my own look of all these pieces.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> Looking for references can be a pain and lots of people don't do it. But it is very important if you want your work taken seriously.<br /><br />How can you draw a picture of a landscape if you don't study how that land is formed?<br />How can you draw a body if you don't study the muscles and skeleton?<br />You can try, but it won't be as good if you don't get a reference.<br /><br />Reference can come from anything: photos, still life, or anything. Photos you take yourself are the best because then you can work at getting the exact image. One thing I do want to say about reference is that you should <span style="font-style: italic;">not</span> trace your photo references. The reference should be to give you the idea of what you were trying to draw. Once you have that, put your own spin on the drawing and make it your own. Plus tracing exact compositions, and structures could probably get you in trouble on copyright laws (if using photos that aren't yours).<br /><br />So I used my references of the hair ornaments and did the line work for the kind of pieces I wanted. They are each on their own layer to help separate them to make them easier to work with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKkhzs_YxKW-w_isNu6TM-E1vF4HiBtpq1w04ufEFJ5-vRRW2OVlXEXWyHar26CDfj9lqS8ErVlYH7AG2lqyWxzfeJkNQE4NUsMbKEwuN_3BjzaZdqJZ6W2sPwJWzu_fLo-VSObZphw/s1600-h/Step6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKkhzs_YxKW-w_isNu6TM-E1vF4HiBtpq1w04ufEFJ5-vRRW2OVlXEXWyHar26CDfj9lqS8ErVlYH7AG2lqyWxzfeJkNQE4NUsMbKEwuN_3BjzaZdqJZ6W2sPwJWzu_fLo-VSObZphw/s320/Step6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525267319226642" border="0" /></a><br />Then I put the face in. Not to much to say about that. The face layout was composed with the sketches, but I put the finished lines last because I wanted to focus on the details of the hair pieces.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tHruFJ6RToSdAkX5LaDCt92UM_DJFgpOCf3yof7Au5M7t2kIz-ySklFKzbxVuU9Z4Up1Uu3h43t4-2UQuR1g-p8ceEDc0BbTyNkFwSysB2M-GpE8kJZn2ryjyx8JCU73HmXzJDilyw/s1600-h/Step7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tHruFJ6RToSdAkX5LaDCt92UM_DJFgpOCf3yof7Au5M7t2kIz-ySklFKzbxVuU9Z4Up1Uu3h43t4-2UQuR1g-p8ceEDc0BbTyNkFwSysB2M-GpE8kJZn2ryjyx8JCU73HmXzJDilyw/s320/Step7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525264320367154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More about Reference:</span><br /><br />So I did another hair ornament that had a lot of detail. So I found a very specific reference for this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-Sr3iP0Ay4P59ytAo3IrqXSMauEzHXlD0cEWMfYlgLpaVnu3U8m3WhYGFsgdY3NNgWaLyW1eUb302FPO00R4W3zLWX0tq-fzlHKICFoFEblJQnwEiewku6e3exfYDGLwfCu-BR0V7A/s1600-h/Step8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-Sr3iP0Ay4P59ytAo3IrqXSMauEzHXlD0cEWMfYlgLpaVnu3U8m3WhYGFsgdY3NNgWaLyW1eUb302FPO00R4W3zLWX0tq-fzlHKICFoFEblJQnwEiewku6e3exfYDGLwfCu-BR0V7A/s320/Step8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525267779979666" border="0" /></a><br />I drew about 1 or 2 flowers and repeated them because they had the same structure, and there were so many of them. I re-sized them where needed and redrew some other flowers.<br /><br />Here is a close-up of the line work of this ornament. (Click it, it will be bigger)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxnwpGsJ-yEifcNlcLI_vprK0DeXFNusnHNbsrtnk7ZOI6KjEFIQDv92dzjFQ8RHFVQ3X2A0UrfvTMhirzZJbVYBR0AzToDcGcQxJCz20JjSdSGZfH6lgxu3Biq59sppg3X37HYXAeQ/s1600-h/step9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxnwpGsJ-yEifcNlcLI_vprK0DeXFNusnHNbsrtnk7ZOI6KjEFIQDv92dzjFQ8RHFVQ3X2A0UrfvTMhirzZJbVYBR0AzToDcGcQxJCz20JjSdSGZfH6lgxu3Biq59sppg3X37HYXAeQ/s320/step9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525267591558562" border="0" /></a><br />Here it is in place.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNrhXDOkWo2SP1azuX0CPp_J5j0_aKDVXn4T292yo0OL-vfAhwzYpX4Qa0Pn0zjGNKYkCimfR6ZzpP2KznNauN2RHNvV1rMausWwoa4bk4c2qEqOzqWnjZuyHfmD4nxk12V_iiKhJKw/s1600-h/Step10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNrhXDOkWo2SP1azuX0CPp_J5j0_aKDVXn4T292yo0OL-vfAhwzYpX4Qa0Pn0zjGNKYkCimfR6ZzpP2KznNauN2RHNvV1rMausWwoa4bk4c2qEqOzqWnjZuyHfmD4nxk12V_iiKhJKw/s320/Step10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336525263327335186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 6: Base Colors</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjXx6AMxYhk_N4Rx8G1dur-LtiN0uDxijNrFlvOZjAsLRLCRIps58fEnLPHvZ6hI0R0KtfQm_Wgh1EMdn6Eorkah1__9ZokWFNI3QpdYtjTeBCy_k2Fvi_jY8CX4fC_JxHjuynpx-qA/s1600-h/Step11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjXx6AMxYhk_N4Rx8G1dur-LtiN0uDxijNrFlvOZjAsLRLCRIps58fEnLPHvZ6hI0R0KtfQm_Wgh1EMdn6Eorkah1__9ZokWFNI3QpdYtjTeBCy_k2Fvi_jY8CX4fC_JxHjuynpx-qA/s320/Step11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524952729552002" border="0" /></a><br />So I put down the base colors. Since I have a rough idea, it doesn't take me that long to decide on the exact color. Each section is its own layer.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> I color the base colors like it's a coloring book, I just make sure that I'm on a new layer for each section. I color outside the lines, and then when the area is finished, I go back and erase all the extra color. Once that is done, I put the layer on what is called a "transparency lock" which means that I can later put down shading and lighting without having to worry about going outside the area that has no color.<br /><br />Please note, that I have many layers at this point now <span>so</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> they are all named</span>. Not naming your layers will cause you a headache.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 7: Lighting and Shading</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">/Finished Coloring</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAFhWRh6uT9KQpGBOLMLpDJ96ASazI9p4n5vJD6drKYb-OxIMEAaYSIMSrj_94yJ22daAzr87shh7ij6eYQ8HNlYAiUzWv8kSy2rke6g4KyjceHiWc9vx_uchL200fePst4QD631geg/s1600-h/step12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAFhWRh6uT9KQpGBOLMLpDJ96ASazI9p4n5vJD6drKYb-OxIMEAaYSIMSrj_94yJ22daAzr87shh7ij6eYQ8HNlYAiUzWv8kSy2rke6g4KyjceHiWc9vx_uchL200fePst4QD631geg/s320/step12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524948688926114" border="0" /></a><br />So here comes the fun part. This only shows the skin, the hair and the sakura ornament. Notice the other details that I added while doing the shading: I put a skin tone by the hair line, and the back of the neck, and around the chest. This is how geisha make-up is, they deliberately leave areas like this without make-up. Do you know how I know this? <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Research and reference!!!</span> Also I made the hair purple, because I only use black with my lineart. Black is not in my coloring palette, ever! Black is too flat, dark and heavy, it is not as rich as deep colors like dark Red, dark Blue and especially dark Purple, which work really well for things that would usually be black.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> For rich shading and lighting, don't just use a darker or lighter color of the base color. For shading, make the color darker, but then add a little bit of the color next to it on the color wheel. For lighting, make it lighter and also add a little bit from the other color next to it. I'm sure this doesn't make since so I'll give you an example:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/images/color-wheel-300.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 154px;" src="http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/images/color-wheel-300.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The base color of the hair is purple, so I added a dark blue to the purple for the shading.<br />I added just a little bit of red to the highlights. For the really bright highlight I move it more to yellow, since yellow is a nice addition to highlights of every color.<br /><br />Another example. If you have Green, make the shading more blue and the lighting more yellow.<br /><br />I could go on, because it's not as simple as that, since the way you color things determines how the texture of that object appears. But that is for another post.<br /><br />Here is some more coloring and shading, notice that each piece of coloring helps enhance the way you perceive texture.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZjpIX921FqpdZMZO8LyAAJ4wOxDJnRDDomk9Z9ADWv7SmVYwtS3cortgPLN2frid_5Fmsjt8IFKgkEKJL18_SvUbPsOH4JxlMq_ZbRZ2SaYKfrbht3XpkZrBJQaRTk_KEsAd1sjq8w/s1600-h/step13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZjpIX921FqpdZMZO8LyAAJ4wOxDJnRDDomk9Z9ADWv7SmVYwtS3cortgPLN2frid_5Fmsjt8IFKgkEKJL18_SvUbPsOH4JxlMq_ZbRZ2SaYKfrbht3XpkZrBJQaRTk_KEsAd1sjq8w/s320/step13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524946742723858" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a close up of the flower ornament. Notice that the base color was yellow, but I added a bunch of different colors to make it more rich. Thanks to my reference, I've learned how to do some subtle color variations in my fabrics.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmVlTuHotz96IH3KbN66DPw_pzawlUihzb8ehIKpjyrNF5NvC9d9ZtqzuYm2HWr4NZEFyt69ev78WXsSURAFPxW9-d2m7g5yhVNfRVo759phyphenhyphengMRizBSZ0NYpE8bFiUGzJR06Tn-LXw/s1600-h/step14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmVlTuHotz96IH3KbN66DPw_pzawlUihzb8ehIKpjyrNF5NvC9d9ZtqzuYm2HWr4NZEFyt69ev78WXsSURAFPxW9-d2m7g5yhVNfRVo759phyphenhyphengMRizBSZ0NYpE8bFiUGzJR06Tn-LXw/s320/step14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524949285771154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some more close-ups. Notice the textures. What material do you think each piece looks like?<br />Does the hair look like hair? Does the sakura ornament look like glass or metal?<br />What about the fan or the marbles? Does the cloth in the bun look like cloth?<br /><br />Also think about <span style="font-style: italic;">why</span> they look that way, look at how the color helps make the connection.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW7ruxRSM1EBa45L3U1RerWJwUxl-H8bAcn7fmVPN-ZmDv0owJzT-JHXSQrwH0efwO96LAZQ6p8wW_ksl9h4kXvgqES-uHUcfb1YEW2oqhVCb4ZaD-Ho6cWXjUxbwRB3E0FI6fXZECQ/s1600-h/step15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFW7ruxRSM1EBa45L3U1RerWJwUxl-H8bAcn7fmVPN-ZmDv0owJzT-JHXSQrwH0efwO96LAZQ6p8wW_ksl9h4kXvgqES-uHUcfb1YEW2oqhVCb4ZaD-Ho6cWXjUxbwRB3E0FI6fXZECQ/s320/step15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524943949334530" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the soft skin. Isn't it pretty? The whites of the eyes are not exactly white, they are off-white. Could you imagine if our eyes were pure white. Creepy. This also helps emphasize that her make-up is very white.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg7yK7-kzDU1B4J_jwmWz_W-nMNSk2d_49o-R7V0Vh8Xm8zImBD_5Vb-hOIw6cYhiPyf3Jtm4nvpxDz271Vp0IP_POt_KXqMAku2vS3tjk6geTa4b3UP2ZR2P0V63g-CV0GyPmhuxeg/s1600-h/step16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOg7yK7-kzDU1B4J_jwmWz_W-nMNSk2d_49o-R7V0Vh8Xm8zImBD_5Vb-hOIw6cYhiPyf3Jtm4nvpxDz271Vp0IP_POt_KXqMAku2vS3tjk6geTa4b3UP2ZR2P0V63g-CV0GyPmhuxeg/s320/step16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524690270577794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 8: Texture</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eMYZZkQ0mKZygQo2shoZ78yh7UFBVoeYBeeRmYUxqAIuwBTFPcT8SZMkG3zkFCRqziXBCEbMWO6IaaTfMtFqPnWX4x60I8Yx6Vkf0eeB2EcxDSK5Bn4FPPghgNIw9XZi8pg1UcZL8g/s1600-h/step17-pic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eMYZZkQ0mKZygQo2shoZ78yh7UFBVoeYBeeRmYUxqAIuwBTFPcT8SZMkG3zkFCRqziXBCEbMWO6IaaTfMtFqPnWX4x60I8Yx6Vkf0eeB2EcxDSK5Bn4FPPghgNIw9XZi8pg1UcZL8g/s320/step17-pic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524686191890354" border="0" /></a><br />So I talked a lot about using color to create texture, but color can only go so far. That is where actual textures comes in. For this piece, I used mostly fabric textures, because I can't recreate them with brushes.<br /><br />Using textures is a little more complicated to explain actually, and I'm not sure if I should explain it all here, since this is already becoming quite a long post. Instead I'll just give you a quick tip.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> A lot of textures I use come from photos. It is a good idea to take pictures yourself and create a texture library. Textures can also be made by making custom brushes in Photoshop. The more textures you create yourself, the more your work will be completely yours.<br /><br />If enough people are interested, I might do a post on working with textures, so let me know.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-g8vo9bjLpl06-B6-ve76kyMwdTB0ZrqIrUYoz-Kukcy17QlJuQHIQ2XTrCFUysgeNunqaP7X255pISXdgiPYN-ZxjW32cEqfBghzayf8BgIUDheeHb7pmkkvqwXm6wQcRpedJHubMA/s1600-h/step18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-g8vo9bjLpl06-B6-ve76kyMwdTB0ZrqIrUYoz-Kukcy17QlJuQHIQ2XTrCFUysgeNunqaP7X255pISXdgiPYN-ZxjW32cEqfBghzayf8BgIUDheeHb7pmkkvqwXm6wQcRpedJHubMA/s320/step18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524684090190978" border="0" /></a><br />Look at how pretty the kimonos came out. How nice.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Step 9: Finishing Touches / Critiques </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4-fX0_8IbKLAu6wDHDsxeHXFNCaPh2YQ9CymSHDUgDfUL07fjnN_3woxENF_bsijdorjHZIyAJb-COUccq124rNH8cHzyY4jl0GJckAUkWFkDHBXy-g064hEWyFCjGsk55To7H22kQ/s1600-h/step19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4-fX0_8IbKLAu6wDHDsxeHXFNCaPh2YQ9CymSHDUgDfUL07fjnN_3woxENF_bsijdorjHZIyAJb-COUccq124rNH8cHzyY4jl0GJckAUkWFkDHBXy-g064hEWyFCjGsk55To7H22kQ/s320/step19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524687051446146" border="0" /></a><br />Here it is. FINISHED. I tweaked the colors a little more, and made stronger highlights where needed. There were still a few things I couldn't quite put my finger on, so I had some people critique it for me. Here were the kind of suggestions I got.<br /><br />"The skin is too purple" -Real life Creative Director<br /><br />"Make the lines on the flower ornament thicker." -Classmate<br /><br />"Make the fan look more like it fits into the hair." -Same classmate<br /><br />"Add an amazing background." -Chapo<br /><br />So I did all that. The last one though, I'll probably be working on this summer.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm not done with this piece quite yet. <span style="font-style: italic;">ha Ha!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> Critiques are important, but don't ask for them from someone who won't be honest with you. Your work isn't perfect, it'll never be perfect, there will usually be something to improve, it just depends how far you want to take it.<br />Critiques are one of the best things to help you improve, because more often than not, people do stuff wrong because they are unaware that they are doing it wrong. So find someone who will point out the stuff you do right, but also the stuff that you do wrong.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally Step 10: PRINTING</span><br /><br />Thanks to Chapo, who works at Pima's Service Bureau, I was able to print my art really big!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA-Ff84NzgDrF9K5na__n2FwSMMwL87Fe6PqXt2itXjis57gd1g4RMH_OqsT74A4jx-SQpKyJjs8VLWPyjHAGfvmLLFtOAuB4l9CsPP4zXWqauv3Ad8wE-7nbGz28krayaeUDij66qg/s1600-h/Step20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA-Ff84NzgDrF9K5na__n2FwSMMwL87Fe6PqXt2itXjis57gd1g4RMH_OqsT74A4jx-SQpKyJjs8VLWPyjHAGfvmLLFtOAuB4l9CsPP4zXWqauv3Ad8wE-7nbGz28krayaeUDij66qg/s320/Step20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336524682123430914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quick Tip:</span> Production and printing is the most technical of all steps, I'm not even going to go into because it is very boring. But if you are serious about being a digital artist, you would do good to learn your production! If you ever get into the business of digital art, you will more than likely work with production at some point. If anything, knowing how to set up a piece for print will make whoever does your printing very happy.<br /><br />People that don't know how to set up their prints are the lamest of lame.<br /><br /><br />So I hope you all learned a thing or two about what it takes to do a digital illustration, or at least have a new appreciation for everything that goes into doing my little doodles.<br /><br />I did a lot of work this semester, so I will have a lot more updates, please stop by again soon and check it out.<br /><br />Toodles!J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-79182081161756167242009-02-28T21:37:00.000-08:002009-02-28T21:52:28.558-08:00"You know I love you...Coraline."Ok, so over at <a href="http://www.nicocartoons.blogspot.com">Nico's blog</a> was some of his fan art for Coraline. It was a great movie, with awesome scenes and characters. However, I have read the book, and what made the book inevitably better was the imagery. Especially of the Other Mother. I decided to let you all know what the Other Mother looked like in my head. Perhaps then, you will all see why I had to finish the book the night I started reading it. I was too creeped out, to just go to sleep.<br /><br />First some sketches of her face.<br /><br />I had a hard time deciding what expression she should have on her face.<br />Here is what I decided to choose between:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvLmtiBFMzHyXAKz04Y5UUThhlH4BYP9taugPbtGW-Szq_xpk2thJ4mnEZIzT0V3VX_oVFdfwXvEn28rfcfUkDv8WnGMvac67dGJMW4XRH1WH3XDtpGZVxed8_hX3x2CwYlGuyt356g/s1600-h/mother-sad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvLmtiBFMzHyXAKz04Y5UUThhlH4BYP9taugPbtGW-Szq_xpk2thJ4mnEZIzT0V3VX_oVFdfwXvEn28rfcfUkDv8WnGMvac67dGJMW4XRH1WH3XDtpGZVxed8_hX3x2CwYlGuyt356g/s320/mother-sad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308090957826676210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4Ww6KFPYh8weYxAuG9IHDRgrBMRRZHtwENUk5aaj6YnrQlHsLH7vtn_zyv60STTGbbiOiOFIpUQGCGMC2E5F6dsLgcr7Y3W55HCxXuIwtxxz0uUeio1gN-RB8b8x0ZuVyeKTU7n4lA/s1600-h/mother-eh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4Ww6KFPYh8weYxAuG9IHDRgrBMRRZHtwENUk5aaj6YnrQlHsLH7vtn_zyv60STTGbbiOiOFIpUQGCGMC2E5F6dsLgcr7Y3W55HCxXuIwtxxz0uUeio1gN-RB8b8x0ZuVyeKTU7n4lA/s320/mother-eh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308090959858346306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uPKcQmpIijb3YTDw1FnqqKHb1X0kkpdtW5ePWfAFkK_rHF0y_b7EUWMNYh1AX_w4Qjs7UL7-lC5tw8keGxoBYx6y6nAbhxgXeR0PFLx5k6O97O0tCNELxJ8KWSI3AYOyLGu2GxqtTQ/s1600-h/mother-happy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uPKcQmpIijb3YTDw1FnqqKHb1X0kkpdtW5ePWfAFkK_rHF0y_b7EUWMNYh1AX_w4Qjs7UL7-lC5tw8keGxoBYx6y6nAbhxgXeR0PFLx5k6O97O0tCNELxJ8KWSI3AYOyLGu2GxqtTQ/s320/mother-happy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308090959840919858" border="0" /></a><br />I chose the last one, because it creeped me out the most, with the pose that she has.<br /><br />Here is the finished line work:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF9V2VkiGfxYqYMYXpRpj1NdxFz8cTy6y5GTKSqYhbc1kuG5-zz7aIkqoiGGJSHQDGKun5FGYyKQBriSWtFq8J7Kpb74zyYJbmlA18f8N25hTGh1PpKqqpxHqofszyHKHTs-3EeJIPQ/s1600-h/otherMother-line.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF9V2VkiGfxYqYMYXpRpj1NdxFz8cTy6y5GTKSqYhbc1kuG5-zz7aIkqoiGGJSHQDGKun5FGYyKQBriSWtFq8J7Kpb74zyYJbmlA18f8N25hTGh1PpKqqpxHqofszyHKHTs-3EeJIPQ/s320/otherMother-line.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308091344866258418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And now, the finished colored image!!<br />I used lots of different texture brushes and a floral pattern to give her that motherly look.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYx1AqQq2sOjn3MxXIw-8mS-OEvE3wSHjrh19dw3Tp_IX4BAOaYZS_VSfyQPrEwYfQF7OruPpXE6oJWfnqDAKIBkXVhGV0Z-qdAu_n7FNF2iCtfncg6l8Iu3P-broi9y4pGx8U0mVqg/s1600-h/otherMother.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYx1AqQq2sOjn3MxXIw-8mS-OEvE3wSHjrh19dw3Tp_IX4BAOaYZS_VSfyQPrEwYfQF7OruPpXE6oJWfnqDAKIBkXVhGV0Z-qdAu_n7FNF2iCtfncg6l8Iu3P-broi9y4pGx8U0mVqg/s320/otherMother.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308091644464587586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"You know I love you, Coraline."</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Well, until next time blog buddies. Have a good week, I'll be back with some more school work, YAY!<br /></div></div>J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-19271531467743461712009-02-08T15:41:00.000-08:002009-02-08T16:11:41.546-08:00In with the new...and the old.Here I am updating again. I've been pretty busy with a lot of work, both for school and my job. Most of which I can't show right now, because I want to wait until they are finished. However, while I am working on these new projects, I thought you all might enjoy some of my work that is complete.<br /><br />I figure, I can show all the projects that never got posted, even though they are years old. It is new to all of you that haven't seen them anyway.<br /><br />Okay, so here it goes, I'll start with the most recent and go back in time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ScqXq-gozr456ePZsGHb0X4R71ELVeqwpq2Jt5tcM7bxcMzrY_2D1AX6aKONjhiilZV1WWHn-2B5wm3My24G2iHFAghyphenhyphenyDGWgk7ulBkFr4WWk5o8k9qbQ1zZzIbO-GkYQlD-GDibpQ/s1600-h/Opp-Emo-web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ScqXq-gozr456ePZsGHb0X4R71ELVeqwpq2Jt5tcM7bxcMzrY_2D1AX6aKONjhiilZV1WWHn-2B5wm3My24G2iHFAghyphenhyphenyDGWgk7ulBkFr4WWk5o8k9qbQ1zZzIbO-GkYQlD-GDibpQ/s320/Opp-Emo-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300578221778076130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is my latest finished piece for my Illustration class. It is two opposite emotions. I choose Laughter and Crying, you know, like Comedy and Tragedy of the theater. As you can see, I have been working in a boxy vector style. This year is all about getting better at vector. This piece is really not like me because my style is very fluid and organic, and more often than not I work traditionally. Well, I did not draw this piece at all. <br /><br />I'll explain what I mean. I did draw the sketches, to get the ideas together. I hate scanning so I won't post my sketches. I used Illustrator and the pen tool, that was pretty much it. I only connected lines together, no drawing.<br /><br /><br /><br />This piece was done in...I wanna say 2007...and I don't think the star model has even seen it. So this is for you Molly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_EXJmXSIlycaS57XPRcVWW8DpgaeQ2J1OE-TSTbxBaYDHWz9Nm13T6Jb2Qy021qwsug6tPk-j_-If3f0YhXpa8yPNC3dwAFLMZ1l6BeCESZq-0HEun9h2GQV1AufxmVkwyFJRGeEtg/s1600-h/Molly-ad-web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_EXJmXSIlycaS57XPRcVWW8DpgaeQ2J1OE-TSTbxBaYDHWz9Nm13T6Jb2Qy021qwsug6tPk-j_-If3f0YhXpa8yPNC3dwAFLMZ1l6BeCESZq-0HEun9h2GQV1AufxmVkwyFJRGeEtg/s320/Molly-ad-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300578223289198562" border="0" /></a><br />It is an ad for the best thing EVER!!! It is so good and tasty, they don't even have to pay me to get people to try it. GO TRY IT ALREADY!!!!<br /><br />Anyway, thanks to Molly and Brailey (who was the photographer) for letting me make this ad completely from scratch. Most people took their photos from the internet for this assignment. The photo, the lighting, even the picture of the container was all done with my planning, and it is still one of my favorite pieces. Even though I shouldn't have centered the type.<br /><br /><br /><br />This piece was done I think in 2006, for my Graphic Design class. We had to take a local company and redesign their logo. I went for the challenge of bringing medieval and limos together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHVmB9-ehjLLG4DGCTZp53G-1hr4VBMQMFFzO81U17-Zvi6bflL9iAT2oK3TqGtHFAWVWPu2jOjeDJshK-GtiiM8dgAjjk-W1g1tSieJ7LsB9CQrlpsRu1h2gGA3JdCHPqMwQM42b5Q/s1600-h/lancelot-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHVmB9-ehjLLG4DGCTZp53G-1hr4VBMQMFFzO81U17-Zvi6bflL9iAT2oK3TqGtHFAWVWPu2jOjeDJshK-GtiiM8dgAjjk-W1g1tSieJ7LsB9CQrlpsRu1h2gGA3JdCHPqMwQM42b5Q/s320/lancelot-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300578222746305506" border="0" /></a><br />I thought it was quite successful and it is one of my favorite logo's I have designed. I had a lot of fun with it too. Maybe I should sell it to them, do you think they would use it?<br /><br /><br /><br />This one is from Graphic Design as well. We had to make a poster for a location to go to. We were in groups and ours picked Wonderland. This is just the illustration, and it was my first photoshop painting without line art. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5udn1x7F0X27ueNp5YCOdvPTj8_ZY9CL4LmWNi3vrK6RdokJDEV_KdgxeCm-cJiunmj2KIQva31kodc-xuxPjzzBFoJf1QhE-x-zkXOnwE6sHEPvXFXWLlkkAFkn7HggGApOiwukgBg/s1600-h/Wonderland-web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5udn1x7F0X27ueNp5YCOdvPTj8_ZY9CL4LmWNi3vrK6RdokJDEV_KdgxeCm-cJiunmj2KIQva31kodc-xuxPjzzBFoJf1QhE-x-zkXOnwE6sHEPvXFXWLlkkAFkn7HggGApOiwukgBg/s320/Wonderland-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300578220727713202" border="0" /></a><br />Some details you should pay attention to are the roses painted red, and the hedgehog ball in her hand. I think those turned out really cool but they are pretty small details. Oh well, that is what you get for zooming in so much and spending so much time on a tiny thing and not realizing it is going to be so tiny.<br /><br />So that's it for now. I will see you next time with some new stuff, if not, some old stuff that is new to you.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-66433281076882927952009-01-10T19:43:00.000-08:002009-01-10T19:57:41.524-08:00Seven Deadly Sins...Wedding!So one assignment of mine was to draw characters for the seven deadly sins. I wanted to make them women because I was the only girl in my class, so I figured that no one else would have a female character. Well, I began to think what type of woman commits the sin of Pride...of course, a bride would. The wedding is all about her...who is the center of attention at a wedding anyway, the bride. From there I just went with it.<br /><br />Therefore, I present to you the Seven Deadly Sins...Wedding!! Enjoy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATSCXahS519YyqsNgf7ZVTQfvSc4O_7AHB-67VdN0nyzHd4MsjkmG7KQf9aHzP_w9lAXX1KP87LPnrCAioYJU6In0KuzMQ6YaAuXsxldukH3HoF9aKqKxAPzpU0GlWRnzIldL0AAj9w/s1600-h/Pride-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATSCXahS519YyqsNgf7ZVTQfvSc4O_7AHB-67VdN0nyzHd4MsjkmG7KQf9aHzP_w9lAXX1KP87LPnrCAioYJU6In0KuzMQ6YaAuXsxldukH3HoF9aKqKxAPzpU0GlWRnzIldL0AAj9w/s320/Pride-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879622291583346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-SUBwBMiDapY-nJVHEgthGvDrQ42vS6pbrw-sBEmxSXpy8L7bKS2Z9R3LbADlh5u5Uh5Mn-IJYP4RQ_Ied-1-QnXnDdMDEXTTXjujZBgcqhh6s5zMJo-_7XoaKPeeqPCnyKGXp66zw/s1600-h/Envy-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-SUBwBMiDapY-nJVHEgthGvDrQ42vS6pbrw-sBEmxSXpy8L7bKS2Z9R3LbADlh5u5Uh5Mn-IJYP4RQ_Ied-1-QnXnDdMDEXTTXjujZBgcqhh6s5zMJo-_7XoaKPeeqPCnyKGXp66zw/s320/Envy-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879615228385218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhht9FMC-StRtI0PQjmt6BicWb369w5Q3eNumwLWmMWKH7N_0aq7hOYnRT4d638WXpzg60pc1q2fgVnym_9f10uML1a3abJh8mZGOvCsCWZEGj_SKDXr5v7ZsMNYrat5b6O8N9y0W5Zhg/s1600-h/Gluttony-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhht9FMC-StRtI0PQjmt6BicWb369w5Q3eNumwLWmMWKH7N_0aq7hOYnRT4d638WXpzg60pc1q2fgVnym_9f10uML1a3abJh8mZGOvCsCWZEGj_SKDXr5v7ZsMNYrat5b6O8N9y0W5Zhg/s320/Gluttony-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879238067215586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKobc4jdZGU0YcLKfPMMdttSo2xn-cMscecj7nH_kR0Z_tgSkhQpSrMSOBfAEGsTBrRRNg4Bo2vLckccZ6ouZCGKJ8ad8qJwLuCxikVNMha6ReZbElssVjqenMFCwaWWGV_HPVH0PeA/s1600-h/Greed-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKobc4jdZGU0YcLKfPMMdttSo2xn-cMscecj7nH_kR0Z_tgSkhQpSrMSOBfAEGsTBrRRNg4Bo2vLckccZ6ouZCGKJ8ad8qJwLuCxikVNMha6ReZbElssVjqenMFCwaWWGV_HPVH0PeA/s320/Greed-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879232762124098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMiimCUMAnHiFFyBEX9z-MWjmgw3qBBTUCnvChgKcZpeyaxlq3BjCk5zHGoqPHerumKpQncVcPxZ08S8hwnMTN9qm37fbMR8aYZAZDuRDSARZeK8gu-YRF1FukE7OKuEYKBbri7-eJA/s1600-h/Lust-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMiimCUMAnHiFFyBEX9z-MWjmgw3qBBTUCnvChgKcZpeyaxlq3BjCk5zHGoqPHerumKpQncVcPxZ08S8hwnMTN9qm37fbMR8aYZAZDuRDSARZeK8gu-YRF1FukE7OKuEYKBbri7-eJA/s320/Lust-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879229155745058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DSOyQqYVzX7bkXJJpAVWFs69jcOTSgGGkSifSjdsmygk0QEPcwIgXLpx9khCmF5YP9_pmRoQwfqvLsR3_wAhVgZxJUdHFtsMYBx2QW03TbC1KoUJr7ffEr9391anOtmmHV7KnkmRbA/s1600-h/Wrath-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DSOyQqYVzX7bkXJJpAVWFs69jcOTSgGGkSifSjdsmygk0QEPcwIgXLpx9khCmF5YP9_pmRoQwfqvLsR3_wAhVgZxJUdHFtsMYBx2QW03TbC1KoUJr7ffEr9391anOtmmHV7KnkmRbA/s320/Wrath-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879219507377410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTx6nk0LQZ2KBwnhNQIk0PXbGY1nhK4oOlaP4uzdwz7YXXHHMV98e9NBre2ONV0P0uv3wbY8dG-3pzBRdZZnEl0zbCqh-PF0cZo9gJFqyjrdU7JaLmSsohXQ7-5ZmY1Wdyn-z8DJd4g/s1600-h/sloth-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTx6nk0LQZ2KBwnhNQIk0PXbGY1nhK4oOlaP4uzdwz7YXXHHMV98e9NBre2ONV0P0uv3wbY8dG-3pzBRdZZnEl0zbCqh-PF0cZo9gJFqyjrdU7JaLmSsohXQ7-5ZmY1Wdyn-z8DJd4g/s320/sloth-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289879219230498690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This last one I colored as you can see. This is the Best Man, Sloth!!!<br /><br />See you next time!J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-26297616816335604082008-12-26T15:36:00.000-08:002008-12-26T15:51:43.796-08:00I'm back, and getting ready for 2009Okay, so my New Years resolution is to update this blog. So, I thought, why not get a head start on it. I'll update a little at a time so as to not overwhelm you or myself.<br />I will now give you a little bit of what I did during my Character Development class.<br /><br />First I'll show you my strange human character that I have named Emmit, and made him a tourist.<br />Notice the bony neck and nubby fingers, and giant feet. Upsetting, isn't it?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafJfRW-jQ6aaEzGh8sZQENXYUpuOnWPYHrk6tFrD0gkQj1HKVViXDK8E4R5TQXRKIjk4JakwYSOAtp2Z6weRh_sYnbJF1WiWGjTCR99XQLnZpaDudLj6l1L_BbTF4Kivblk8YI4dwzA/s1600-h/Emmit-web.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafJfRW-jQ6aaEzGh8sZQENXYUpuOnWPYHrk6tFrD0gkQj1HKVViXDK8E4R5TQXRKIjk4JakwYSOAtp2Z6weRh_sYnbJF1WiWGjTCR99XQLnZpaDudLj6l1L_BbTF4Kivblk8YI4dwzA/s320/Emmit-web.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284249165261614098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Now here is an inanimate object I've made into a character, this is Chuck, the Razor. Notice how the hair in the blades mimics that of a cool guy, or farmer chewing on a piece of hay.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kMcNd9VYvHvFdVN_ajhSvbuNrwvB0ge4PNvX4C1EvWAUhqqC1v5PaS3_ClCpLW5XXLf3C8eylKOB0xTNzjop1w0pr5UmNoS2r9JiWChAGThgqZ83h62P0z3CbiMcVbPRXcJuQ3Zzbg/s1600-h/razor.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kMcNd9VYvHvFdVN_ajhSvbuNrwvB0ge4PNvX4C1EvWAUhqqC1v5PaS3_ClCpLW5XXLf3C8eylKOB0xTNzjop1w0pr5UmNoS2r9JiWChAGThgqZ83h62P0z3CbiMcVbPRXcJuQ3Zzbg/s320/razor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284248731517394562" border="0" /></a> Next we have my last Character project. This is a illustration that I put on the cover of a folder. the folder turned out really well, I really enjoy the colors I chose. Also I think it's just really cute.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74qw-JJ-RDhJCFwVb-UT1aEODeRWCY_h_-Yj42cxAqPgkrQSquPx5W5p50mEi3JysfhDvH-OD32VodKU2Py_arsk_MY5aWg4X86IX9UsIXY6gbkYzoyhuaHJipwdAI_FdwXzcjaWi_Q/s1600-h/fairy-folder.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74qw-JJ-RDhJCFwVb-UT1aEODeRWCY_h_-Yj42cxAqPgkrQSquPx5W5p50mEi3JysfhDvH-OD32VodKU2Py_arsk_MY5aWg4X86IX9UsIXY6gbkYzoyhuaHJipwdAI_FdwXzcjaWi_Q/s320/fairy-folder.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284250208275588146" border="0" /></a><br />That's all I will do for now, but trust me there is much more to come, and I hope you've enjoyed this and will come to enjoy more.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-52079518816813010822008-02-29T18:47:00.000-08:002008-03-01T21:49:06.189-08:00<div> </div><div>So it's Friday, and I'm here for another post. I am on vacation at the moment so I don't have all my new files but here are some pieces I did last semester that I submitted to an art book my college is putting together. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhza4HW6JOOHhkHK7bmRTV2Zl8ZnZjAHsByhF0SKGvmaQ1aU5ptj0jSJCs9eg4Su7wO2RCJ_TwErocuq_MD-i2a8Z3DY7K73K1xwhRAbE2BD1XlLdIzrHAn-PRuYAyB4za9j1W9CDo5dg/s1600-h/The+Bunny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhza4HW6JOOHhkHK7bmRTV2Zl8ZnZjAHsByhF0SKGvmaQ1aU5ptj0jSJCs9eg4Su7wO2RCJ_TwErocuq_MD-i2a8Z3DY7K73K1xwhRAbE2BD1XlLdIzrHAn-PRuYAyB4za9j1W9CDo5dg/s320/The+Bunny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172600424938070738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GmIKTvKqjHqk2rwCkWZav9iDleMEshYS-MjfExgwfpOxDe7ovZNr49lUSBDW0uOSkMTADeW9EHLXErEwefIRGHq1DuFFTL8RnBY_pFTIJ5Wl9mSpRENg2mgtPrSPc29NEIWR4AGRlA/s1600-h/The+Humming+Bird.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GmIKTvKqjHqk2rwCkWZav9iDleMEshYS-MjfExgwfpOxDe7ovZNr49lUSBDW0uOSkMTADeW9EHLXErEwefIRGHq1DuFFTL8RnBY_pFTIJ5Wl9mSpRENg2mgtPrSPc29NEIWR4AGRlA/s320/The+Humming+Bird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172600433528005346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoY9GUi7_88dkksFZRCYtyu-uyL9DUgikLjuvuGcJCpdbH4-AYp924LbwwVb2bfxUyJ3EBy6c4DR-3TuGxDroEOYMJor_DV9vgv1hFm_JFrmAcWIHTrJVxFIvyPQ_GscxV4P-DK6drA/s1600-h/The+Creature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoY9GUi7_88dkksFZRCYtyu-uyL9DUgikLjuvuGcJCpdbH4-AYp924LbwwVb2bfxUyJ3EBy6c4DR-3TuGxDroEOYMJor_DV9vgv1hFm_JFrmAcWIHTrJVxFIvyPQ_GscxV4P-DK6drA/s320/The+Creature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172600442117939954" border="0" /></a>If the creature comes out in weird colors that's not my fault, I don't know why it's happening, but it adds to the freakyness of it, so it's ok....I guess?<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>And that's all for now, maybe I'll update with more recent stuff later this week.</div><div>~</div><div>J Cola</div><div><br /></div>J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-37476472057682562302008-02-22T15:28:00.000-08:002008-02-22T16:49:28.818-08:00Moons and color breaksI've got a couple of things for you today, mostly it's just school work, but it's still cool.<br />I've been very busy lately (what else is new) So I'm just going to get right into it.<br /><br />First of all I finished my latest Ad Design piece, it's a cover for the "Tucson Weekly" magazine about the lunar eclipse that happened this past Wednesday.<br />(Sorry for small quality, it just makes things easier to upload)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZH0NY3ZhcFcE6pYcyeSKXXRW21BIX29W5n6_aQV71Xxbwe8Yq7WkSXAcKZnddQTJ2YKzSSl8Kao8UIHaAg4g06ZCUWFoKp3SWf0Wg3SWhDfWQiRZPrOb_ujhfNb4lKNidSyGwso0GQ/s1600-h/smalTW.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZH0NY3ZhcFcE6pYcyeSKXXRW21BIX29W5n6_aQV71Xxbwe8Yq7WkSXAcKZnddQTJ2YKzSSl8Kao8UIHaAg4g06ZCUWFoKp3SWf0Wg3SWhDfWQiRZPrOb_ujhfNb4lKNidSyGwso0GQ/s320/smalTW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169951601670215090" border="0" /></a>My Teacher really liked it, which is saying something. It definitely turned out better than I expected, which is the best, because I always feel that I've gotten better and learned something when I pass my expectations.<br /> The strongest point in this piece is what most people really, severely, painfully lack in: Typography.<br /><br />Take a closer look at my headline:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvyS5L3Y9jQu7bK2fg7el_kL5ex6_ewM62OZCRR3aDtWIACXe6z1fvjHt8kEJ1nVGm8CEM_TxiuS0GO9qmThsAmk2GQ3ky545RiKLhvazxDgPTq_IsxjSYUeGVBkn5gFAS2JqtzhhRA/s1600-h/TWtype.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvyS5L3Y9jQu7bK2fg7el_kL5ex6_ewM62OZCRR3aDtWIACXe6z1fvjHt8kEJ1nVGm8CEM_TxiuS0GO9qmThsAmk2GQ3ky545RiKLhvazxDgPTq_IsxjSYUeGVBkn5gFAS2JqtzhhRA/s320/TWtype.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169956364788946370" border="0" /></a>It's readable, bold, it has nice colors, simple yet interesting effects, and it represents a feeling of what it says, it's just all around awesome.<br />I only say this about this piece because it does not happen often for me to make one so clean and spot on. The funny part is that it was partially an accident.<br /><br /> I went in knowing that it needed to be bold, and semi futuristic, but also give off a mystical feel.<br />I tried doing a fancy delicate "lunar" and a bold "Eclipse" which was too busy. I came across the dark red shadow from REFERENCE! I searched places on the internet that had a special type for a "Lunar Eclipse," NASA's website had a neat blue feathered glow behind the word "Eclipse" so that's where I got that idea.<br /> The gradient that pretty much makes this type, was an accident. I tried gradient from 'blue to red' because that's what the moon does, I did that to both "Lunar" and "Eclipse" When I switched "Eclipse" to an 'orange to red' gradient it matched up with "Lunar's" 'blue to orange,' and it blended nicely, so I kept it.<br /><br /> So yeah, this piece turned out pretty well, special thanks to my friend Sean down at<a href="http://www.trashyworks.blogspot.com/"> The Junkyard</a>, for helping me make an awesome star-filled sky.<br /><br />By the way, I went out to see the lunar eclipse that night, it was a real drag, here's a picture of it in it's full glory.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGSJLBcAcz-Tc348N7cysPN9cMQCG3qhknuhJUlM2wMFjb9RYTcsDwCMmHD2EN21JczKrm_Gedamhy74K1uNBmwUP6Uss4v-p3a3RHvXZbfsPuXftSZYhjpSyqPDjaS13EVnMJRka2Q/s1600-h/lame+moon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGSJLBcAcz-Tc348N7cysPN9cMQCG3qhknuhJUlM2wMFjb9RYTcsDwCMmHD2EN21JczKrm_Gedamhy74K1uNBmwUP6Uss4v-p3a3RHvXZbfsPuXftSZYhjpSyqPDjaS13EVnMJRka2Q/s320/lame+moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169968407877244434" border="0" /></a>It was cloudy =(<br /><br /><br />Yeah....Damn you clouds, the only force that could stop me from enjoying a night time spectacle.<br /><br />Now I said I had a couple of things to show you and it's true, here's the next batch of J Cola awesome goodness.<br /><br />I have a book I'm working on, it's a fairy tale that I wrote. I'm not going to give too much away but I will share for you all my color breaks, that I find very helpful and VERY IMPORTANT with character development.<br /><br />These are the three sisters.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVWb43NMyHgX1EzCZ2nCcXiIy03OObE6BtskQ2DeQBdBITk1aDh1vqv-NcL9USkq1sP0nKr2B4GGy-Qz1QuuS9fERkXpLyRnyQr49lWUnXY3ncZQukaciaNoRymcdlDBalwpX7ymJsQ/s1600-h/CB1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVWb43NMyHgX1EzCZ2nCcXiIy03OObE6BtskQ2DeQBdBITk1aDh1vqv-NcL9USkq1sP0nKr2B4GGy-Qz1QuuS9fERkXpLyRnyQr49lWUnXY3ncZQukaciaNoRymcdlDBalwpX7ymJsQ/s320/CB1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169965062097720818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4Zn13TU3A6xZNfgqAvIeNSiSsdf6T6jZRpPQxlT4UfN95FSea-hHvOuqJ1RdcbXRRXcHgZhldSM4iPJXJx35SZJeR32TaD7Q1-zYb55ApUzRZktc0Qin7yNIdcs7uTKJvzrV2E5R4g/s1600-h/CB2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4Zn13TU3A6xZNfgqAvIeNSiSsdf6T6jZRpPQxlT4UfN95FSea-hHvOuqJ1RdcbXRRXcHgZhldSM4iPJXJx35SZJeR32TaD7Q1-zYb55ApUzRZktc0Qin7yNIdcs7uTKJvzrV2E5R4g/s320/CB2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169965057802753506" border="0" /></a><br />I ended up with this set up, and I could go on and on about how those colors are the best choice, (though I am still working on the flesh color) but I don't feel like it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZgXlZuyJMZyzjDeajP3UYD9SpBt3-sTgYnD5FMhxJq4Ow8T9p_g-fRmohgqau8BhExmi4w_uEbiHUMSNiSdjGF7Em0UohdRKtqyv_xWyeTBDNU1f23SQl0FpWYc4JwcPBmjrvqdwFg/s1600-h/CBfinal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZgXlZuyJMZyzjDeajP3UYD9SpBt3-sTgYnD5FMhxJq4Ow8T9p_g-fRmohgqau8BhExmi4w_uEbiHUMSNiSdjGF7Em0UohdRKtqyv_xWyeTBDNU1f23SQl0FpWYc4JwcPBmjrvqdwFg/s320/CBfinal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169965053507786194" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the middle sister, a little more defined, took my hours to do it, but it was worth it.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQK3krEx_7ung3RftKAIX5UA0Hh0_Bzc8EYRHFt9QE74lK-InAABtmd1U_UPV5gwpzTnlQHz7ZHfzX9_BfhxdgAsEKnskjcdXGgfYcl4AMweIe0MeuH27oqixPIHOvPVYrVcYYrvpUw/s1600-h/MSweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQK3krEx_7ung3RftKAIX5UA0Hh0_Bzc8EYRHFt9QE74lK-InAABtmd1U_UPV5gwpzTnlQHz7ZHfzX9_BfhxdgAsEKnskjcdXGgfYcl4AMweIe0MeuH27oqixPIHOvPVYrVcYYrvpUw/s320/MSweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169965066392688130" border="0" /></a>Well, that's all for now.<br /> It takes me more than an hour to post this because of all the pictures I have to resize and upload, so I'll only be updating about once a week, probably on Fridays.<br />Thanks for reading.<br />~J ColaJ Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47498307691427615.post-33836730932840733392008-02-07T22:19:00.000-08:002008-02-07T22:35:16.350-08:00The Birth Of J ColaIt's a new year, which means that It's time to step up from last year and be an all around better person. I'm not just going to sit around letting school just pass me by and blow off the easy A's and half-assing the challenging stuff. I'm going to put my all into this year and I'm off to a good start, though it could be a lot better.<br />This blog will focus on my artwork, most of which will come from school. It will be a place that I can just dump all my ideas out and look at them, and have other people look at them as well. (Critiques are appreciated). It will also serve as a library of all my final pieces, and a journal of updates.<br /><br />I'll start off by posting my development of my logo. AKA my first assignment in Advertising Design class.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge56l68OmurCx4Gs2qVLsFxFC6U9zhyphenhyphena4mxRDz3CLSx-HmusGuEaR4YJVlGsYfEL34CI5waBsvZDC4rT78q-hEVTFdQBWnC-_2bUYkp6j80Vs_eVWELdbiD_stnZ36HZLHx9f9mXbVKQ/s1600-h/J+cola+logo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge56l68OmurCx4Gs2qVLsFxFC6U9zhyphenhyphena4mxRDz3CLSx-HmusGuEaR4YJVlGsYfEL34CI5waBsvZDC4rT78q-hEVTFdQBWnC-_2bUYkp6j80Vs_eVWELdbiD_stnZ36HZLHx9f9mXbVKQ/s320/J+cola+logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164493311169778018" border="0" /></a>This is my "I want it to look like a soda label design"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMPkKlx22gAvQ8nNvCjhVnwDtJ77Q_y8iN-IEb0lPUQzamWXSqn0jBOsbHvZyq6Al2NXUiPsPm6F56H5gWZsE2yeMtoDuE-JluNLMeVoIHK-kL53xh9lHXXZUh6MJguetA5IYJxXwvQ/s1600-h/J+Cola+copy.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMPkKlx22gAvQ8nNvCjhVnwDtJ77Q_y8iN-IEb0lPUQzamWXSqn0jBOsbHvZyq6Al2NXUiPsPm6F56H5gWZsE2yeMtoDuE-JluNLMeVoIHK-kL53xh9lHXXZUh6MJguetA5IYJxXwvQ/s320/J+Cola+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164492976162328914" border="0" /></a><br />My "I want this to be really awesome so lets put a gradient" design<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEOz92mTRRxaigXnNYRIMrQWE_caxcHBdZj_xmcaGrwt-QcVd5vmFyILT45v7ZoBeaNQL7CRXaNNINf5O7FMqIC1j6hd8HJgWvDpuPFleOQdUwpu-K7DBvv3gq0s3wCaj3ku2I4t4jw/s1600-h/j+cola+h.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEOz92mTRRxaigXnNYRIMrQWE_caxcHBdZj_xmcaGrwt-QcVd5vmFyILT45v7ZoBeaNQL7CRXaNNINf5O7FMqIC1j6hd8HJgWvDpuPFleOQdUwpu-K7DBvv3gq0s3wCaj3ku2I4t4jw/s320/j+cola+h.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164493766436311410" border="0" /></a>And of course my "I spent the least amount of time on this, but it's the best one" design.J Colahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03736424071246198093noreply@blogger.com3