Insisting on Rainbows

Post to say I'm alive

2011-12-07T18:31:00.001-08:00

... and doing well!

Unfortunately I haven't posted much here at all, despite a lot happening in my life.

First of all, I've started a daily journal comic with my boyfriend JF and, recently added, our friend Eva. You can check it out here: MagmaDoodle. Excuse the colours! The site was created over two years ago as a secondary site to my boyfriend's main webcomic, Northern Geeks. It will be going through an overhaul soon enough. :)

Second on the list; today I was hired as a 2D animator at Copernicus! I'm starting sometime this month or early next month, and I'm very, very excited! My first animation job is at a studio I love! Woo!

I hope everyone else is doing wonderful, too, and I hope to have an art post up soon!

Sparks

2011-08-18T19:40:00.000-07:00

Playing around in Paint Tool SAI for the first time.

Getting a little forceful

2011-03-20T13:36:00.000-07:00

To all those who get it - HEYOOOO!

To all those who don't get it, we're working on using more force in our drawings. :)

Esther turn around

2011-03-03T08:29:00.000-08:00

A quick turn around for my animation character, Esther.

beautiful tonight

2011-02-26T15:41:00.001-08:00

Princess Alisha colour ideas

2011-02-25T12:10:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! If you could post or email your favourite colour combo for my princess character, that would be super helpful! The top 4 will be in my portfolio. :)

Evolution of a character

2011-01-18T08:11:00.001-08:00

So, this is pretty neat.

I was cleaning up my workspace when I found a tonne of concept art for one my main characters last year, Princess Alisha.

I decided to put it all together for my portfolio, then thought, "Well, maybe others would like to see my process, too!"

Sharing is caring!

Sparkster turnaround

2011-01-15T15:36:00.001-08:00

This is the character designed for my push assignment.

I won't lie - the colour job was done quick and will undoubtfully undergo some revisions (as will the character) as I want this in my portfolio. Wa-hoo!

Hello Nurse!

2011-01-13T17:16:00.000-08:00

Profile walk from last year, which I'm still very proud of. :D

Little Red Dots

2010-11-26T12:54:00.001-08:00

Hope you like bare-breasted redheads.

Nakey Lady

2010-11-17T14:31:00.001-08:00

Frustrating day today. Best way to unwind?

Drawing cute naked ladies! Yee-haw!

Let me give you a hand!

2010-11-01T14:52:00.001-07:00

GAW-HAW-HAW.
Hand stuff.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-30T06:21:00.000-07:00

Well, early Halloween.

Anyway, the Little Red Riding Hood piece I've been working on is finally complete. Enjoy!

Preview 2

2010-10-27T17:11:00.000-07:00

'Nother progress picture.

Pub Doodles

2010-10-17T14:32:00.000-07:00

Went to see the band krupke a couple'a nights ago (love their stuff!)and ended up doing a few doodles.

Buddy Brandon.

Band member Kate.

No one in particular. Just a doodle of a scruffy guy.

11 Second Club

2010-10-08T09:23:00.000-07:00

Here's a WiP for my 11 Second Club entry!

Also, YouTube is mean! It won't send me the verification code for a new account. Any suggestions?

Also - contest submission!

2010-10-07T17:23:00.000-07:00

I just re-found this art that I did for a friend's art contest. Have some more post!

If you're interested in the art contest, you can check it out at her deviantART.
Also, her art's pretty amazing and deserves to be oggled at.

Gestures!

2010-10-07T16:55:00.000-07:00

Some nice gestures from the past month.

We have a male model now! Yay!
I gave him a super butt in a couple of these. Ignore that.

New blog!

2010-10-02T14:54:00.000-07:00

Chrissi's Digital Sketchbook

For everything else. :D

Rad Bromance

2010-10-01T13:22:00.000-07:00

Doodled the lovely Lady Gaga.

Lately, I've been exploring this style. This work isn't as exagerrated as I was hoping, but it was still extremely fun, and figured I'd share it. :D

New art preview

2010-09-29T07:39:00.001-07:00

A Halloween piece I'm working on.

New art and apologies

2010-09-15T07:18:00.000-07:00

Soooo ....

A billion kajillion apologies for neglecting the blog over the summer. I thought I would have access to Photoshop - or at least a scanner - but I don't run the show when it comes to my boyfriend's laptop.

SO HERE'S SOME ART RIGHT NOW.

24-Hour doodles

2010-06-18T05:44:00.000-07:00

Here're some doodles that came from the 24-Hour Comic Jam!

(Blue pencil on paper, textures added.)

(Marker on paper, background done in Photoshop.)

You can also see my comic at my dA gallery.

Sheesh.

2010-06-16T19:37:00.000-07:00

Talk about neglect.

I'll try to update this more over the summer. :/
I'll be (f)arting it up as much as possible!

'Specially considering I just passed out a tonne of business cards with this URL on it. Hrm.

I did better!

2010-04-08T11:46:00.000-07:00

Yay! I'm proud of this 3D assignment!

The photo for the background image was found with Google (type in "Country landscape" under Large images) and the grass and wood textures were also found with Google.

Based on a reference photo provided by my instructor.

Is today going to be an odd day?

2010-03-26T06:59:00.001-07:00

Yeah, I think it'll have it's moments.

Life Drawing part 2!

2010-03-24T09:13:00.001-07:00

GESTURES

5 min gesture

5 min gesture

5 min gesture

LANDMARKS

15 min pose

LONG POSE

10 min torso study (for muscle study)

Life drawing! Yeah!

2010-03-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

So, today I did lots of drawings that I'm proud of! Yay!

We started learning about landmarks, and they are so much fun! : D

Also:

Drew my instructor while he was talking.

Good day today~!

Note to self:

2010-03-11T12:20:00.001-08:00

Do better on next 3D project.

:I

It's a jungle! Yeah!

2010-03-01T07:27:00.001-08:00

*fist pump*

If I have the time later, I'll post the original, lame, pre-revisions jungle.

Angry Beavers animatic

2010-02-28T09:52:00.000-08:00

:U
I actually do stuff in school?
wut?

Louise Beezer again

2010-02-12T07:32:00.001-08:00

Model sheet numero deux.

..... she still looks like an alien.

OWELL.

Louise Beezer turnaround

2010-01-12T04:02:00.001-08:00

Yeah. It's pretty crazy-go-nuts.

Also.

Headchop ftl. D:

Fireflies

2009-12-20T12:49:00.001-08:00

Here's what I'm up to!

As inspired by Owl City's "Fireflies". Huzzah!

Drawing Jam post!

2009-12-03T15:48:00.000-08:00

Some stuff done for Tara's Drawing Jam!

(This is actually a larger image, but everything else looked cruddy, so I just finished the face. YAY FOR THE MAGIC OF PHOTOSHOP!!)

Arcade girl

2009-09-16T19:35:00.000-07:00

My pen has been found! Yaaaaaaay~!!

Here's what I'm working on! : D

(Next is cleanup of her colours, then I'll start on the background!)

OMFG ENVIRONMENT AND PERSPECTIVE WTF KIDS.

Cold to the core

2009-09-01T14:25:00.001-07:00

Working on something with these two girls. : D

Complete!

What I'm up to

2009-08-30T14:40:00.001-07:00

Heyhey - so here's a WiP of a poster, based off Lois van Baarle's graduation project.

Gaaawwwwww .... I love her stuff so much!!

Anyway, I'll be updating this as I complete it. In the meantime - go watch the animation! It's beautiful!

Complete!

Salem Darcy - protector of food and knives!

2009-08-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Yay!
So my Salem Darcy magnets finally came in - and I'm satisfied with how they look!
They are kind of cheaply made ... it's kind of like they took pins and wedged a magnet on the back instead of a needle. Other than that, though, the designs are tightly sealed behind smooth plastic (that they assure is scratch-resistant). There's no faults in the printing of the designs, and even the smallest details were picked up (although they're really too small to notice on this wee little magnet |D;; Not unless you're looking, like I was XD )

Salem Darcy store!

2009-07-31T10:11:00.000-07:00

I've opened a Zazzle account to sell some Salem Darcy swag, so go check it out!

Get your Salem Darcy products here!

I'll be doing my best to have at least one new Salem Darcy design every one or two weeks. Just give me lots of pageviews (maybe buy a thing or two?) to keep me happy! Lots of feedback is also great, so leave a comment!

(Just so you know - as soon as I can, I'll be ordering those cute li'l Salem magnets. I'll post pictures to show them off!)

Salem Darcy colour test(s)

2009-07-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

Any colour tests I do of Salem will be posted here. :D
If you want to do one, the lineart is available on my dA

I think I really like the blond hair/blue eyes. o3o

Well, this is annoying.

2009-07-29T12:39:00.001-07:00

Well, I've lost the pen to my Wacom Bamboo, as I've stated before, and I'm getting a really itchy drawing hand. So I'm like "Well, until I can find the pen for the Bamboo, I'll go back to my crappy old Genius tablet."

So I go into my study, find the pen to the Genius tablet - but what-ho! Guess what?
Tablet's nowhere to be found.

Gnrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh. *headdesk*

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Well, I found my old tablet, but it's broken.

Nnnnnnngggggghhhhhhhrrrrrrrggggghhh.
*eyetwitch*

we gangsta. yo. my bodies. 'n stuff.

2009-07-26T17:44:00.001-07:00

Nyeh-heheheh.

..... I'm really bored without my pen. D':
I should do one with Leo, but she's so skittish. =3=

I left out two images: one where I'm resting my head on him, and one where we're "making out". (I ate olives and he shoved his muzzle into my mouth, trying to smell my breath. XD )

Gnrgh.

2009-07-25T21:05:00.000-07:00

I've lost my tablet pen.
D':

I really want to do a Vocaloid piece and a Beauty and the Beast piece, similar to the Little Mermaid one I have on my dA. As well as some ideas for original pieces.

>:

EDIT//
Arrgh.
I'm 60 cents away on my Paypal account to afford the 3-month subscription on dA. D':

Gaia Avatar WiP

2009-07-23T16:17:00.001-07:00

More to come later~

EDIT//

Completed!

Go to http://catgirl-animefreak.deviantart.com/ to see it!