Creepy Castaway

this is a little poster that I would give out for free advertising an excerpt of this 'travel' app. However, I do think it would be cool to change direction and make an app that e

Business 101

Hello!
yes updates are slowing down-- I've just been busy at school and actually having a social life this term!

I am currently taking this class called Business 101 and this is the promo assignment. Which is a continuation of the last assignment we had about what kind of business we wanted to run. So~ in some alternate universe or some time in the near future, I'm hoping to travel the world and compile my experiences in a bunch of journals that I will eventually publish.

I delved even further into the idea and thought that it would be cool to make traveling more fun for kids. Happy kids= good and memorable trips. So that the next road trip or visiting family on the other side of the country wouldn't be so boring. Since a lot of families are upgrading to the digital age, so are a lot of magazines and books. I thought making an animated kids travel magazine would be fun to do. It would be both informative but also interactive.

So since it's currently the month of October, I've decided to do a Halloween edition of this magazine and since families usually don't travel to other countries for the holidays (unless their entire family lives in another country) I've decided to do one about the Queen Mary which is more local and well known. Here's an image of what it would look like on the phone because the video couldn't really capture it as well.

I did not make the iphone template, I downloaded it from 365psd.com . I did make the images on the screens though. I created the digital magazine using MagPlus which is an add on to your InDesign. This thing is amazing! I've only been using it for two or three days but it is so much fun when you get the hang of it...I'm so hooked. Anyhow, on the left is just a sneak peak at what it would look like and on the right is what happens when you tap one of the words colored in yellow- a box pops up giving a short definition of the word. I tried to stick with an art deco feel for the scrolling and pop up assets because the Queen Mary interior was built with Art Deco sense of design.

I animated quite a few little tidbits of each illustration but found that it overloaded the program so I just stuck with one or two little animations per page. Here it is in action!
I would have just recorded the screen using some kind of app but apparently you have to jailbreak your iphone for that. So excuse this grainy video-I will find a way to make a better recording once I'm done with this :)

Thanks for reading guys! I'll post more progress later on.

It lives!

this is something I made for business 101 but just animated!-- there are definitely a few kinks...actually a lot of them but I was just so inspired by Robin Davey's work, I had to give it a go!

Poison Kitchen

wip of Zuzanna and Karou's corner at Poison kitchen. The Pestillence statue would be placed to the right of the coffin and church pew.

Karou and Hasma stamp

Just finished up Karou :) I was kind of feeling a little stuck on this project so I made a side list of small design projects to help keep me moving forward. So I designed Karou's Hasma tattoos and carved it into a stamp. I've only done this once before but it's actually really therapeutic to carve a stamp and really rewarding when you see the results!

Akiva costume designs and more Poison Kitchen props

So here are a few designs for Akiva's costume...even after going through Laini's book twice, I don't think she ever mentions what he's wearing haha. So I tried to make medieval knight inspired vest thing. It's his beauty that should set him a part from everyone else- not his clothes. I always pictured him wearing black but what color would an angel wear besides the obvious white?

I still need to work on his face because this story is about beautiful people haha. He may be beautiful but i feel like he's got a broody expression on his face through most of the book.

Update--
August 8, 2013

a little update on Akiva in color

Update--
August 12, 2013

something still bothers me about this...gonna pick it up again later

Yes, I am alive!

No! I haven't dropped off the face of the earth! I worked on my travel diary in Japan a bit--but didn't have any way to scan everything--even then I want to scan it in when the pages are finished. I know said I was thinking of publishing it by the end of summer but that might not happen until the end of the year. But I will work on it during weekends!! :)

At the moment, I've decided to put myself to work this summer and do the visual development for Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I finished the book before I went to Japan and although the romance in the story is kind of...well something geared more towards teenagers, I thought it had a lot of really interesting visuals and characters that I could create. Plus--it is full of periodical architecture and animal anatomy- things that I am weak or inexperienced at. I thought it would be a good way to challenge myself, not to be lazy and hopefully get some scholarship money.

Here are just a few props and designs for Karou and Poison Kitchen.