I swear that I'll post more...but it may all be classwork...

Hey, look out for monter fish! You never know when they might try to eat you (shown actual size)!

So, I'm stomping on through Contemporary Art and Materials and Techniques of Sequential. I'm lovelovelove-ing it all. I would stay in school forever if it was free. I've decided to go with Roy Lichtenstein for my research paper, but I haven't decided on a good enough thesis that will keep me talking for 12+ pages. We're working on different techniques of rendering comic panels in M&T, and with each technique we produce one panel that is part of a cumulative 8-part storyline. I'll wait until I'm completely finished, and then I'll shove all of them into one post. However, just to stave your hunger for stuff, here's a brush-technique exercise that's due this wednesday:

I know you're asking yourself, "Who is that guy?" Well, it's Tarzan, silly! We also did an excercise with the pigment pens using a film noir-style still of Robert Mitchum and one using nibs of Veronica Lake. It's very cool (to me, at least) to take this info and apply it to my particular style.

I had an interview for an intern position at Gaijin studios on Friday! I got to meet Cully Hamner, which was super exciting! The guys were so nice; it would be so cool to be able to work with them and get some real hands-on experience seeing what they do.

I almost forgot! Geoff's movie premiere, Loaded Guns the Movie,was awesome fun last Friday. I laughed harder than I have laughed in a long time, and I was more grossed out than I have been since Narissa and I had gross-out wars. I just have to have my own copy of the dvd. It's so Upright Citizens brigade-meets-Kids in the Hall, and it stars my friends. How much better can it get? Here's how much better:

Is it wierd that I'm posting a picture of just me? I swear that I was there with a bunch of other people (you can see the Hen on the right there), but we didn't get any photos together. Geoff took this one, bc he's a photo ninja.

I make this face all the time, by the way.

School has forced me to put a big fat pause on writing my first graphic novel, but that's alright. I'll get back on that real soon.

I made ramen today.

Completely random (but delicious!)

Thought that I'd throw up a couple of things.

Here's a triptych that I did for my Methods class in the fall:

And here's Lord Voldemort, graciously representing my first stab at watercolors outside of Hung's class:

Abe fights a basilisk

Yet another submission from the Temple's weekly sketch challenge!

Dusty Star images

Dusty Star sketch challenge for the Temple this past week:

I took the simple line drawing, Then I just dropped some color on it:




















I obviously still need some digital design/coloring classes.
Also, I realize that I left the star off of her shirt, but it would have been placed so close to the edge of the large star, that I feel like it might have looked strange. So, I left it off.


I always look back at whatever I've done and I keep thinking of how to improve. There's always room for improvement, you just have to give each project all you've got!

A few of my favorite things:
High collars
Goggles
Gas Masks
Big, chunky gloves

As evidenced by this cute little ballpoint sketch that I did when I got home tonight.

Thinking about posting...

A quick graphite sketch of the main character from one of the graphic novels that I'm working on:

I love drawing different types of characters. Paper and pencil are so maleable. You can make them do whatever you want! Simply by changing the angle of a line, you can affect direction, mass, motion, anything! I still have problems with foreshortening, etc, but I love to think about how art gives you complete freedom!

Am I rambling? Perhaps.

Here's an old old self-portait from when I had long hair. But I still like it:

Happy late V-Day

I know that it's perhaps a bit late to wish the world a happy Valentine's Day (well, unless you're on the west coast, so maybe my brother will get to read this in time), but I've just been too busy for love! *sigh*

Anyway! Here's my submission to the Temple this week:

I can't wait to find out what the challenge is gonna be for next week! I really like these mini-assignments each week because, even though they're not for a grade and I'm not getting paid (if I was, I'd spend much more time on them, obviously) , they help me branch out of the subject matter that I'm used to tackling. They also kinda force me to learn about another little bit of pop culture that I don't know much about. I always knew that Iron-Man was a drunkety drunk and a bit of a womanizing jerk (info that I pretty much derived from Jonas talking about him), but this challenge inspired me to go to the Marvel website and actually read up on Iron-Man's history.

So, I'll....go back to...um.

I think I'll go to sleep now.

Just an update

I just got home from work after a day of running around like crazy nuts. I'm about to start working on some Life Drawing homework, then I'll either get to work on my Iron Man submission for the templeofcartoonmojo.blogspot.com, or I'll try to refine specifics in the opening scene of my book.

Just thought I'd throw something at you guys thatI did a few years ago:

I did this for a very good friend of mine who is a huge Hellboy fan. I think that it was a birthday present, if I'm not mistaken. I had to borrow it back so that I could scan it...I should probably give it back.

Temple submission this week

I just finished up my Blade Runner sketch challenge submission for the Temple of Cartoon Mojo. Believe it or not, I had never seen the film, but I am incredibly happy that this assignment has more or less forced me to see it. I love it when "research" consists of seeing an awesome flick.

The Kickoff

Hello! I'm Jackie, and I'm starting this blog so that I may better chronicle my rise into the wide, wondrous world of sequential art. Keep checking back, and I'll keep on blogging.