Ocean Science final poster

I am so going to hate myself for choosing to do this -_-

the assignment is to make a poster for the Aquarium of the Pacific--my tagline is "don't let pollution consume you"--pun 100% intended in my drawing haha


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using a different approach to creating the shapes. i'm trying out Paul Roger's (my instructor) method of using the pen tool to make a line drawing...I usually just go straight to having the fill turned on with the color and everything...sooo let's see how this pans out--about 75% done with the line stuff

June 27, 2012 5:05 am

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got past the boring part and now just adding shadow and light to make it pop more

June 27, 2012 10:36 pm

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not much different than the last preview but here it is, completed

 tried to cram in my slogan thing there but there just isn't any room! :(
07/29/12

cafe du monde menu

wip wip wip still need to 'render' the coffee cup, bowl, and tea kettle
for now...can't decide if green just makes me feel like vomiting/not eating food or an interesting color choice...I was trying to emulate Donald Brun's style. He was a Swiss illustrator who did a lot of ads for Swiss consumer products. I think this is going somewhere else haha-not in a good way though D:..just not satisfied...

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Rendered everything out...and so this is my first pass on the menu! :) now to figure out how to make my printer print the color I want D:<

June 26, 2012 5:08 p.m.

Cat Woman starring Lilly Christine

Hi! Quick update--just finished putting in the font--all done by me. :)

I changed her name to Lilly Christy because it roles off the tongue better..at least I think.
anyhoo will update soon.

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7:49 p.m. 06/22/12

 first pass for color--which I know I will have to change because they had a completely different color scheme for that time period... bit I'm trying to do it in David Brum's/ Brun's style :) ughh not having a tablet is a little nerve racking but at least I'll get it back this tuesday so yay!

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rendering lilly now...have to re-do the font I think...this poster all over is too 'pleasant' for a new orleans strip joint ~_~ darnit!

June 26, 2012,  2:36 am

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last update---i made a big mistake and put cat woman instead of cat girl *facetopalm* but i wanna re-do it to be a little more raunchy-er blahh

August 1, 2012, 10:00pm

cabaret, coffee, and beignets

Cafe du Monde menu designs--still needs a few more ideas...

Lilly Christine as the "Cat Woman" of New Orleans

poster designs for Lilly Christy as the Cat Woman performing at the Funky Butt club

menu and cabaret/burlesque poster designs for Graphic Design for Entertainment Arts.
still figuring out the font. But man oh man I am so tempted to bake some real beignets for the final!

vegetarian cooking class

I took a vegetarian cooking class by Zel and Reuben Allen from Vegetarians in Paradise a few days ago. One of the items that I really liked on the menu was the peachy coconut soup! It's a cold soup that is a bit sweet but not the kind of sweet that wears your taste buds out and makes you not want to eat it again! :) so here it is!!

I really wanna get more into cooking, particularly in the vegan and vegetarian area. I really hope that in doing that, my stomach will allow me to have more guilty pleasures like this wonderful cold soup!!

Look forward to more cooking pics and such!! I also took a bookmaking class so--going to post that up here soon too!

anime expo 2012 cosplay

I decided to improve my momohime cosplay from halloween/pmx--unfortunately I didn't take the time to take a photo of it myself. However, my photo was taken by Oscar and featured on Giant Robot! Kudos to you mister! I didn't really think my poses through >A< but nevertheless, I feel like all the effort my mom and I put into the costume really paid off.

photo by Oscar Rios from Giant Robot

My mom sewed the kimono with the obi and bow. I sprayed and hand painted the flowers on the sleeve, obi, and bow (which you can't really see). I also did the shoulder armor, gauntlets, sword, socks, flower hairpiece, and hair comb.

I ended up doing a lot of things last minute like starting over my on my sword three days before the convention (which made a HUGE difference) aaand assembling the shoulder pad things the night before the convention. =A= ohh mann...it really felt like week 7 at art center haha

but I really thought nothing of it as I dragged myself there on Friday with pretty much only 2 hours of sleep under my belt. 2 hours of sleep does not make you a very happy cosplayer e__e
I got so many compliments and pictures---it's been a while since I've cosplayed.  All of that really makes me want to do it even more and get better at it. Before, it really mattered to me that people took photos but this time, I did it just for myself and I found that I was way happier doing that! 

 but arg!! I also have to think about school too and practicing to get better at that as well. =_= I feel so divided! I don't know what to do!!

I also saw Akusesu cosplaying Elsword along with all the other characters from the same game and I was just blown away!! I really look up to her and several others ( like camilliette and her crew!). It's so surreal to meet/see them in person because I honestly feel like I'm talking to a celebrity >3< I still get nervous and don't really know what to say TAT

Phantom 309 wip

colorizing the Phantom 309 pic in my previous post ;_; omg i'm SOOOOO FREAKING SLOW--that corner took more time than I anticipated (*cough 3 or 4 hours cough*)

I feel a little foolish for putting a lot on my plate especially because I now have a big side project with a looming deadline =_= owalsjfl;asjflkj
but anyhoo--I hope I can use this in my portfolio (minus the angry octopus) once I finish-
See you in t-20 hours!
 (June 21, 2012 2:17 AM)

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 Hi guys! here's another update-- I'll just continue on the same post whenever I do wips so that it's more organized :D 

anyhow...around 5:30am, my tablet totally gave out-I tried to keep it plugged into the tablet with rubber bands-I was wiggling the cord too much in there and broke the port ;_; it's kind of unfortunate that this humongo tablet won't work just because of that really small port thingy. I'm hoping some of the people in the student store/ wacom customer service could provide me with some repair information.

but anyways...crappy wacom 1 tablet to the rescue! with absolutely no pressure sensitivity! That proved to be minimally detrimental though--still (sort of) finished it

so--down to business: here's the first pass. Honestly everything in the middle ground and background is too vibrant and the hierarchy between values isn't as obvious as my value break up. I'm getting too distracted by everything in the foreground. The food on the counter is beginning to look like it's a part of the floor too @_@. Dem lemons in the iced tea are so yellow, it's almost as if they were picked off a radioactive lemon tree. So those are some things on my list to fix.  

As for additions, I need to add the 'push' sticker on the door, the poster on the side of the entrance, texture to the floor, and then add the 'today's special' thing in the bottom right corner of the foreground.

But I really did want green in the foreground, yellow orange in the middle ground, and a blue violet for the background.

(June 21, 2012 5:16pm) 

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first real pass with all the whistles and bells--i'm so sick of looking at this =_=

June 25, 2011 2:15pm