Animation Studio character designs

A couple of very simple characters for my 2D studio class. The flying pig was my first choice, but it didn't match the audio I'd chosen so I'll probably use it for my second project.

WIP - Horse Model

Something for 3D Animation Studio. It won't make it into my graduate demo reel, but I might put together a 3D-only reel after graduation, simply because I have a lot of material.

I'm not striving to make this horse super ultra-realistic, but I don't want to go the cartoony route either.

[video] Illustrators of the Future Win

This was a nice surprise to receive in my inbox!



I entered the L. Ron Hubbard's Writers/Illustrators of the Future contest in 2008/2009 as just one of the many scholarship opportunities I'd gathered as a highschool senior. When my submission got enough kudos to move onto the next stage, that was cool enough for me. But then I found out I'd be illustrating the short story of another contest entrant and that I would, along with about 15-20 other writers and illustrators, be getting published in Vol. 26 of Writers of the Future. It's a pretty substantial science fiction/fantasy anthology. I feel extremely honored to be included with such a talented group of people!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to attend both the workshop and the awards ceremony for the vol. 26 winners. It was held in 2010 and I'd just begun entering my core classes at college--I didn't want to interrupt my schooling. (Plus, I couldn't afford to stay in LA for a week.) My parents and I didn't think too much of it until we saw this video last week and realized that no, this awards ceremony was actually a huge deal. And now I feel really bad for missing it. (I'm still broke, though.)

But here's the clip with Simon Cooper, whose amazing, enthralling short story 'Confliction' I got to illustrate, and my own segment that I was not present for. I was wowed that they actually showed my other submissions, too!

Commission: Chaos-Master on dA

Here is a commission I finished recently.