staying busy....

ive been getting alot of work done, on my film and on my other work...trying to mix things up so i dont get too bored, i just uploaded a few older pieces, that i never got around to putting on the internet....im proud of them. colroed pencils are fun!

i think that i found my soundtrack for my student film. its by an artist called Owlwood, from Toledo. The song is called "wolves", ad it basically embodies the idea that Red Riding hood was wronged in more ays than one. Im really excited to start arranging my shots with the climax of the music.

I will keep you all posted on how my progress is going!

new photoshop and stuff....

me.

shannon smith. my pal

kimo...my bf.

been having fun with photoshop pictures and my friends pictures. Here is some of it! i should be getting my scanner next week. I have 2 HP scanner printers, but neither of them will work with my mac. Apparently there is a big problem with that. O well, im gonna buy an epson.

Freelance possibilities.....

So today my practicum class sat down with the Toyota/Detroit Science Center Engineering Theater Team, and discussed our opportunities to be involved in 8 short shows that high light the possible engineering careers. I am really really excited about it. The animation is going to be fun and slightly campy. But the real kicker is that this is a gig that could continue after I graduate. It is some animation that will be shown to thousands of people who visit the Detroit science Center each year. Its a really great chance for all of us to get some work and stay in the Detroit area. Im really really excited to get to work on the project.

In other news, classes have begun again, and Im very excited about all 4 of them, Senior Studio, Creative Writing, Advanced Environments and Characters, and Practicum. All 4 classes are going to keep me on my toes. But my creative writing class is going to give me a chance to write short stories about the characters in my environment and characters class. Well the semester has begun and it is my last one...So i hope I dont get behind, and make it count.
More Artwork soon to come.

this is it.

yay! i finally am up to date with today! i got my iMac in the mail the other day and am set up with my high speed internet and all. ive got to buy my programs tomorrow. thank goodness for student loans. by monday i should have my flash, adobe after affects, photoshop, and illustrator all installed and working.
i am so geeked to be able to work at home on my senior project. i think it really is going to give me an advantage this next semester.
i cant wait to start school again, and i can believe that i am done in may.
alright. thats it for now. more later.

progress......

This was the poster for the oringal carwash...just so you can see my progression between a few years....same idea, different pose...and better band! lol..the band Bullets over Broadway became Mary Shaw a little over a year ago...they switched up a few members and have become a much more interesting group....they stick true to their metal heritage...as is essential with Nina, the female lead singer, who screams heavier than most men....but the guitarists, basist and drummer have background in all kinds of music, from punk, hair metal, hip/hop, and folk. these background have allowed the band to introduce jazz...blues, and hip hoppy beats into their seriously sleazy metal guitar wrifs.
be sure to check them out... the next show is at the Modern Exchange in Southgate Mi, on December 27th....it is a benefit show to help them reaise enough money to buy equipment that was stolen from them....it should be an awesome time!

pin up time

Haha...here is a slightly humorous piece that i did over the summer. fun times....fun times....

i miss my pin up girls. i am a pin up enthusiast through and through.....love it!
check out the band@

myspace.com/maryshawmusic

Christian Slade + The Detroit Zoo= Cold

Especially if you decide to go to the zoo in december. It was fun and we really had a good time sketching the animals that were enclosed. The giraffes were amazing and so was the polar bear and seal exhibit. I had a good time overall. I just wish that i hadnt left my lights on and drained my battery...and I wish i had worn boots.

We got to have a quick drawing session with him and a lecture about where he started and where he is at now. It was hilarious to see the stuff he was drawing when he decided he wanted to be an artist, and where he is now as an artist. He seriously is amazing. His studies of people and animals are sooo extensive. He talked about filling up one sketchbook a week while in college. That is perserverance. I mean, I love my sketch book and I think I do a pretty good job of filling them up, but one a week!? Holy Crap. Maybe its a different situation with being an animator. I feel like all my time drawing is put into each seperate page of animation....i feel like its hard to keepo drawing after youve done so many frames in a day. But its good to know that all this drawing will pay off one day.
I really think that I do need to start stretching my legs in the whole basics of characters....Im so stuck on what im animating at the moment. The fact that this is a year long project, is starting to make me depressed. I dont want to just draw one character for the rest of the year!
Im terrified of drawing animals...so i probably need to do that more.....im just not familiar with them...im not around them....i dont have pets...i dont like pets...ugh.
so apparently i should learn how to draw animals....like so i can from memory. it would be good to be able to understand the basic anatomy of some animals....like dogs, cats, that kind of thing...i mean i have some understanding, but its not convincing enough if i dont have a picture of it in font of me.
my teacher is a total hippy. he definetly looks like he is wearing a night gown over his jeans.
Ok well...so hopefully more to come...on the whoel sketching deal...
and check out my rough animation animatic...Its posted on my youtube site....
its still rough! so be kind!