Old Woman and the Tea (color correction)

Here are a few sketches i did today. Enjoy them. The old lady is a cross between lucille bluth from Arrested Developement and Miranda Presley from Devil Wears Prada. The head sketches are shapes i scribbled in painter that i then turned into faces. The middle one is an imitation of Uwe Heidschoetter, an artist i really like (i thought i'd just try on another style... even though i don't really do his work justice but it was fun to do anyway, ya know?) that's it for now... thanks for all the support you guys give me :) and the inspiration from your blogs... thanks. later

even MORE michigan

Okay so i got some better pictures of michigan from my sister (the one with the little girl) and i really like these a lot better so i thought i'd post 'em. My other niece celebrated her first birthday while we were there. i'm sure you are all sick of this trip (hahaa) and YES i WILL post some actual work soon, calm down. (sheesh) okay... enjoy. p.s. III took the picture of the rainbow (yay!)

Where i work

This is just a plug for my work. I work at a place called DAZ 3D and they have a new social networking site where you can create a profile and get to know other people who enjoy or do art. It's kinda cool to look through the people and find really good artists. I post basically all the same stuff on there that i post on here (probably more here though since i can do it on my free time). Anywho... take a look if you want. here's my profile to start out feel free to add me as a friend. :) later http://artzone.daz3d.com/?DAZ_lindsayH

More Michigan

Here are a few pictures from my trip to michigan... the little boy is my new adopted nephew Jeremiah. He's so sweet and that's my dad with him. We basically spent every day playing in the lake and we went skiing and tubing too which was fun, i wish we had done that more. I got up on the skis on the first try... it was complete luck though because im blind as a baby platypus and so i was just going on what "felt" right...needless to say, i didn't stay up for very long because i was scared of not being able to see.. OH, i guess i should mention, my contacts had been destroyed earlier that week by Kora my niece... yes, she decided to do science experiments with aftershave in my contact case... oh well, they were old anyway... guess that's pretty much it. I had fun and i REALLY needed the rest...sorry this post is a little boring. ha. :)

Michigan Sketches

These are the sketches i drew while i was in michigan. I'll talk more about the trip later. for now.... take a look! I had a blast. :)

me

okay so i lied... THIS is my last post before i leave... (i actually might post one more time but.. ) so yeah.. i decided to do a little sketch of myself for the blogspot picture. The background was not done by me... i forget the artists name but i absolutely loved it. I feel bad that i can't remember his name... but yeah.. i'll find out and post it so i can give proper credit.

Little man

I decided to do draw this little boy because i was thinking about kids and how they are so bloody cute sometimes... and i thought you know... i should draw a little man. yes, indeed. that's what i did friends :) i won't be posting anything for a while because i will be out of town and away from civilization so it'll probably be like two weeks before i post something again. Not that anyone looks at this blog anyway (except like my parents.... wa WAA.) anywho.. for those of you i DO know look at this... that's what will be happenin' later :)

These are both high school inspired. I have a question, why did girls in highschool like these really ugly guys that were popular? I don't understand it. I KNOW i wasn't guilty of that so that's why i am legitimately asking this question. I'm sure the reverse applies too (guys like not so cute girls because they were popular) . Anyway, it just makes me mad. I (like a lot of people) wish i could redo high school and just NOT care what people thought of me. Okay, i'm done venting. The green girl is what i imagine medusa looked like as a teenager a real MAN killer. hA. (cheese) Both of these (as usual) aren't finished. who knows if i'll ever finish them. i'm really bad about that.

Penguins, Hawaiians and Things

Okay i just have to say that i HATE when i draw something that is pretty good before i color it and then i just sketch up some crappy background for it, throw a few photoshop effects on it and the BACKGROUND ends up looking better than my freakin' drawing!! (see Hawaiian girl). Oh well... take these for what they are worth. I'll post more later. The penguin was inspired by a friend on here, i figure, i call this site penguinstandsalone, why haven't i drawn any penguins.

TOO MANY CATS

here i am, posting another cat that looks pretty much like the others. But you know what's strange... I'm not even a big fan of cats... so i cant figure it out.. anywho.. it haunts me so i must post.

Sketchy Fat Lady

Sketchy as in lines, not as in her business... she's pretty much your average fat lady on a beach. yes... probably waving to her fat son who, unbeknownst to her, is about to be eaten alive by a great white. I'll update her as a progress, this is just a quick color mockup.

Let's talk Cars

Okay so i saw cars this weekend and i must say it was good. At first i thought it was a little slow but then things began to pick up. This film has quite a different pacing than that of Incredibles or Finding Nemo and i think that's why the reviews are kinda mixed. I realize it wasn't meant to be a fast paced film. It was supposed to convey the small town lifestyle of it's locals and how america has lost the concern for one another in an ever advancing world. This I quite admired about the film. That all being said, i would also like to voice my opinion on the opposite side of this argument. I feel a little scared to type this because i know that I, in no way, have the authority or experience to BE saying what i'm about to say but i'm going to say it anyway because i feel it is true. I feel like a lot of people (not everyone of course because we all have different tastes but..) feel like this movie did not quite succeed it's predecessors. PLEASE don't think that I in any way didn't like this film but i feel that as each Pixar movie has come out that we all have come to expect each film to be a bit grander, a bit more mind blowing. Now, as far as technology goes, there were some jaw dropping effects in this film that i could barely wrap my mind around, (namely, the stadium filled with moving cars, how real Bessie's tar looked spilling out, the trees during the cruisin' scene as well as the waterfall, the dust effects, not to mention the BRILLIANT character animation, mean come on, honestly) but as far as story goes, it was a bit, i dunno... stop and go, for me. I'm sorry to say anything remotely bad about Pixar but this is just how i feel. I hope nobody hates me after this and if you have anything more to say i would be glad to hear it. I guess what it all boils down to is I had a certain tingling excitement when I went to see The Incredibles something that gave me hope that in this world of animation where a lot of crappy 3D movies are being pumped out like dirty sewage water, Pixar gave us all a ray of shining light that reminded us why we love this business so much. Cars just felt a bit misplaced among the Pixar films, as if it came along at a time when it would be under appreciated. Again, I did like Cars and OF COURSE it is better than all the 3D animation movies coming out right now but it just didn’t give me that ah-ha moment that each Pixar movie has given me. I’m sorry if you hate me for saying any of this. I’m not being too harsh, I think, I’m just a befuddled fan searching for answers. Maybe i just need to see it again. Actually, i dont think that was ever a question, pretty sure i will see it two more times in the theater.

Posting

Sooo... i've been extremely busy animating and whatnot so i THAT'S why i haven't posted anything new. Don't worry... the time will come my friends.... the time WILL come (probably sometime this week) okay... soo i'm not dead and all is well. Speaking of dead, here are some pictures to entertain you so this post isn't boring. These are pictures i did when a was about 11 years old. After these my cousin thought i was cool, letting me into the offical "cool cousin" club. I dont know what made me draw these, maybe too much violent tv? and see, i turned out fine (or did i?)... ha.

Color Experiments

I drew these yesterday when i was feeling frustrated with drawing. It really loosened me up. All i did was take a basic brush in painter classic (it's the only version of painter i have at the office) and made some thick strokes of color and then i drew over them. They were really fun to do. I did them because i'm the kinda person that stares at the patterns and pictures i see in the floor when im in the bathroom somewhere (too much information? ha.) and then i'm like, "i gotta draw these right now! Look at all these cool animals in the tile!" (nerd) I'm deciding more and more that the less you care about the WAY your drawings are gonna turn out and more about enjoying the process, the better they will turn out. They may not turn out great but you have to let go of it. They helped me get outta my rut, anyway is what i'm getting at.

What happened to that kitty you know, he's suddenly a stranger and a bit emo.

And then you start to see something strange, the sly look in their eye has a hint of derange (forgive me i can't rhyme when i don't have time..wait.)

At first you think a kitty is neat, extra handsome than others and really sweet.

Kitty Sketches

I was thinking today about kitties and how strange they are (my is at least). And so i decided to draw some kitties in typical kitty positions.... okay... maybe not. The funny thing is, i know these drawings aren't that great but i just HAD to draw them because they were just too much fun to think about. anywho... here they are.

Safety Bear

i don't know why i post stuff up here before i'm done... i guess i just get excited to post...Nevertheless, here is Safety Bear. Leading the world in safety... he looks like a hall monitor doesn't he?