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Wow, back from a big trip to Italy. I'ma post some arts.

Right now I'm trying to figure out which courses I need to take to work in art development for animation. I've talked to some awesome artists such as Hannah Ayoubi http://hahahayoubi.blogspot.com/and Stephen Silver http://stephensilver.blogspot.com/

I think I'm going to take a Bachelors of Visual Arts...am I crazy?

Kids are totally smart.

We don't give kids enough credit. Adults should realise that kids can take alot more than we expect, in the areas of more serious tones such as drama or horror.


Now I don't mean scare the poop out of them, but take a movie like Finding Nemo for example.


That has some very mature and serious undertones! But it never looses sight of the fact that this movie is made for families and should be funny and adventuous. Just don't fluff it up 'cause you're worried that the kids are not gonna get it if you add more "adult" moods. Kids are smart after all, they'll probably tell you themselves.





Anyways, enough of this mumbo jumbo, time for some arts!


This was fun to make, especially since I finished it around Halloween. I tend to fantasize about making this into a kids' show. Just a fun thought ;D


My first attempt at lighting and shading with purple hues (before this I had never made a picture that was set at night.) I later realized that I highlighted with yellow. Yellow!


Never highlight with yellow guys, it makes the image look dirty and looses the overall effect.


But I like it anyways.

Skeleton + Mummy + Witch = SHENANIGANS.

Inspired by the super talented Jill Thompson. Amazing, magical art and stories, she is the creator of Scary Godmother and Magic Trixie.

Her watercolour skills are the bomb! http://www.jillthompsonart.com/

Here we go...

When I was a little girl, I would gush over the little mermaid. I absolutely loved that movie.
Back in the 90's, when movies were still played on VHS, I could draw, draw, draw all day long.
My parents say I could draw as soon as I could hold a crayon (of course they were only brightly coloured scribbles at that time, none-the-less my parents still have those stored away somewhere.) My passion for it was probably mostly influenced by my art teacher of a Dad,
and maybe by the works of Walt Disney... just a little.

Where most kids would eventually move on to things like sports or dancing, I didn't grow out of my obsession with drawing. I can remember getting into trouble sooo many times for drawing in class! Of course that all changed when the "experts" discovered that, that helps with memorisation of the lectures. Yeah, sure.

As I grew up I discovered there was more than just movies about mermaids and fairies.
Japanese animated movies became a big influence, as well as CGI movies.
Companies such as Studio Ghibli and Pixar Studios showed me that both the story and the imagery can bring people together in one fantastic experience. I hope someday I will work for one of these studios.

So, what is art to me? Why do I draw so damn much? I suppose its the moment that you visualize something absolutely fantastic in your mind, and can bring it to life by putting a pencil to paper. That ability to create what you imagine, and share it with people.

Anyways, my final words for this entry will be this. Imagine, dream; and this goes for you too out there, who doesn't consider himself or herself to be an artist.
If you love something share it, because I just bet, that everyone will love it too.