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another one for the last-day-of-the-month posts! lotsa doodling been going on here, which is awesome. primarily fanart because lately I've been feeling more like drawing other people's characters than my own for the most part.

first off, some fanart for Kirby! I love this character, and this about sums up why:


I got inspired by the old 90's Kirby ads (and super smash bros of course) on these drawings. I've been enamoured with that loose 'n squishy way of drawing -- and animating! -- recently. :)







had to give Rick, Coo, Kine and Whispy some love too. :B


some doodles of my character Switch -- designed around my western zodiac sign (gemini) and how that relates to my personality. she's a lot of fun to draw if a little difficult to nail sometimes, but I've definitely captured how I intended her to look in these.

more pokemon art because I've been playing a lot of Soul Silver recently! the game's as addictive as ever.





one of the first things my beedrill Needles did after he evolved from a kakuna was to hug me! I thought that was so cute I had to make a drawing capturing the touching moment between a trainer and her giant bipedal apian monster.


he's just learnt twineedle and is thus more badass than ever. and that'll be all for now.

well it feels like being ten again

I have my copy of Pokemon Soul Silver! and of course I had to make an illustration to commemorate the occasion:


drawing myself as a ten year old is a lot of fun. :)



I've got really really fond memories of the gold-silver/Johto generation of pokemon and being excited as all getout about it coming out when I was a kid, so it makes me really happy that I'll be able to play these games all spiffed up on my DS. and with some really cool extra features no less!



of course who could forget the originals? charmander remains my favourite starter pokemon of all time ever. :D



my friend Gio thinks I'm a fool for being of this opinion, so I drew us as Red and Blue for laughs. I'm probably going to draw a better version and colour it. I'm not a huge fan of the way the people look in the games/show but it felt weird to draw them too differently. I also got a cheap old copy of Pokemon Colosseum for the gamecube (which I'd never played) that I've been playing on my wii, so I'm probably going to be drawing more pokemon stuff!

seems to be a thing with me that I make a post on the last day of every month! I've been so busy helping out my friends among SVA's current crop of seniors with their thesis films, and between that and working I haven't had much time for art of my own sadly. but now they're done and the Dusty screenings are coming up next week! if you got an evening to kill on Tuesday the 4th, go catch the show. :) it's at the SVA theater on west 21st street, at 7 PM.

I know I say this a lot, but my blog shall be getting more love. :D

back in the saddle

hi blogworld!

sorry for the hiatus. I really did intend to make posting a habit, but last month my wallet and phone got lost and that kind of threw me off track for a while. life's been getting better though, so no worries there.

most of the drawings I've been doing lately have been work-related, so I can't really post them right now. I've been back into animating as of recently too -- the first serious animation I've done since my thesis pretty much -- which feels AMAZING! :D I do need to start drawing for me again, though, and hopefully this time I'll actually start doing that instead of just talking about it.

here's a sticker sheet I did for my good friend and fellow SVA-rtan Mike (to whose blog you should also pay a visit):


I loved drawing his birdy bros! it's always fun trying something a little different from what you're used to. my drawings have been getting steadily looser since animation school and I hope this trend continues.

more custom stickers for various people, because I've been doing them quite a bit and they're hella fun:







all this art is kind of old-ish but yep, just checking in for a brief life update -- and also because I do want to average a post a month at least, heh. hopefully art and updates will be more frequent in the future now that I have a schedule again. :D

what kind of pokemon are you?

I wanted to get these out in time for pokemon month on facebook, but didn't make it. ah well. some friends and I came up with pokemon puns on our names, and I thought it would be fun to draw them out.

Ivey


Elena


Kat


Brian


Manny


Tris


Gio


yours truly.

in other news, I shall be employed in a week. hoorah!

brave new world

this is late, but better late than never eh? happy 2010! :D



my new year's resolution is to cut loose all the emotional and mental sandbags, and do my best to fly. the real world is terrifying, but I need to stop being a wuss about it.

and, just because I can:

that joke will never get old. :)

chaaaaaarge

okay, it's safe to upload these now. C:

surprise birthday cards for my friends Brian and Manny!


I may make this a 'my friends riding giant animals' series.

am also trying to make making birthday cards for people a habit, I have had hangups about it for a long time now. I'm always afraid I'll forget someone and they'll feel left out, so I just end up never making them at all. but I'm tired of holding back because of that. I get some great images in my head as gifts for people I know and love, and they all deserve them. I shall attempt to bring these to paper or screen, even if it's just a silly doodle.

so if you're a good friend and next time it's your birthday, watch out for artattacks! *ninja*
and if I do forget, you have permission to request I draw you things.

hope all my stateside friends had a great thanksgiving!

hello hello

to break this awful habit I have of not posting, here's more stuff people paid me to do:

pet portraits for a couple friends!





I am still taking orders for pet portraits if anybody is interested. :)

I've also been very busy with sticker-making -- I love sticker-making so much! will save those for another post though, I still have to sort out all the scans and photos. I've got an account on etsy now and once I stop procrastinating I will have to get active on there with art. such a lovely site!

couple drawings of a new character of mine. or rather one I've had for some time now but only just managed to be able to draw to my satisfaction.



more about her later on, if enough people want to hear about it. I figure I should stop being such a wuss and post more about my personal art here, since most of what I seem to post are random crap and work-art.



I was having a not so nice day. but it's all good now.

♥ !

boo, baby

picture that somebody commissioned me to do of their original characters:


I finished this a while ago but figured now was a good time to put it up. it was an interesting digital painting learning experience and I really enjoyed working on it. both characters are supposed to be that balloony, shiny kind of texture and I was working on making that show through.

plus, I think I need to start drawing more monsters and maybe some *gasp* gory stuff too. I actually love doing that, it's just a side of me not a lot of people see since I tend to be seen as the kid that draws cute puppies. I need to work on making my scary things look more scary. :C

here's a fun art meme someone on deviantART made, draw your character as a variety of beasties and monsters:



in case you can't tell, I'm an Alien/s and a 28 Days Later fan. hahah.

if you don't have any characters you can just draw yourself I guess! the blank one is here, just click the download button on the left side of the page. if anyone I know decides to do this please link me, I want to see. :D

happy belated halloween! I had a great weekend.

to end off this monstrous post, some cute mixed with scary 'cause that is how I roll, as they say.

work doodleses

did these over wednesday - friday in between doing work things. :) cintiq fun hah. most of these are my original characters, I labeled those with their names.

feels good to be doodling again!

will draw for cash

I'm suddenly finding myself in another I-hate-my-art phase, so here's some finished work that was commissioned from me by some very nice people over the past few months. :)


Picture for a friend of her vampire character. I was supposed to draw inspiration from the Who song 'Behind Blue Eyes'. I was happy to do something a little different from what I'm used to.

technicalities: sketched on paper, scanned, coloured in Photoshop.


A badge/nametag for my friend Mazie, of her beautiful whippet Ballie. ♥ whippets are my favourite kind of dog and I hope to have one someday.

technicalities: sketched and inked traditionally on cardstock, coloured with Prisma pencils and marker, cut out and laminated.


A drawing of my friend Mike's dodo character Randy! He paid for this by buying me a ticket for Up in 3D.

technicalities: sketched on recycled paper, coloured with Prisma pencils.


Pet portrait commission of the customer's four dogs: (top to bottom) Katie, Nemesis, Pepsi, and Kona. I love drawing pet portraits, it makes people so happy to get renditions of their 'babies'. and everyone knows I am all about the happy.

technicalities: sketched on paper, scanned, inked and coloured in Photoshop.

it's good to be commissioned to do art! makes me feel productive and useful.

based on a true story

also starring Chris and Gio



okay, the spit-take I made up, but the conversation was only mildly edited. also I conveniently erased Brian from this scene. sorry, Brian. it was an artistic choice.

I need to draw people I know more. and really just draw more in general blargh. hope everyone had a better summer than me! :)

look, i made cute stuff.

I had some spare sticker paper and a day to myself, so I made some doggie stickers:


chihuahua set


whippet set

I'm selling prints of these, actually (contact me if you're interested) and they were so fun, I want to make many more. :) maybe I should get an etsy store, I know a good number of people that have them and it looks like a great site.

dang if only I could spend the rest of my life making cute things and living off it.

everything you are/falls from the sky like a star

the d+d final animation is up!

Drinking and Drawing High Quality from fredseibert on Vimeo.

guess which drawings I did! :D I drew twice (2 x 8 frames) and there is a hint on one sequence, hahah.

I put together a GIF of my friends' and my ghetto anijam too -- click the picture to view.
(disclaimer: this is in no way indicative of our skill level in more professional situations.)



just for the sake of variety, a picture I drew recently of two of my original characters.


I listened to Goo Goo Dolls while I drew this. I don't care who thinks that's cheesy (that was kind of the point anyway).

alcohol + animators = hilarity

(I am so not happy with this drawing.)

I'm not much of a drinker, but I'm a huge draw-er (social or otherwise), and when I heard about this great animation jam event going on downtown I had to get in on the party (and of course invite everyone on my facebook friendslist who might remotely be interested). It was great hanging out and drawing with people I haven't seen in a while, and animating pretty much straight ahead on index cards within ten minutes was definitely something new and exciting -- and a whole lot of fun. I had a great time and I hope to show up at the next one!

The zombie sketch wall is a thing of great beauty, I'm glad there are pictures of it up!

my friends and I randomly decided to do our own really ghetto ani-jam while we were waiting around for people. I'll eventually put it together just to see what it looks like. (probably like crap, but oh well.)

preview:


I put up some drawings from the event, too. :) there were some great ones we found lying around and decided to just take home, heh. I would have run off with the bikinizombie wall if I could have.

post-college post

faces! I need lots more practice with drawing human faces well so I went and found some on flickr.com to draw from. I'll definitely be doing this a lot more.



some designs I did at internship for a Veterans' Day mascot! the pigeon and eagle were kind of fun but the dog's my favourite. he was inspired by the war dog Smoky, a Yorkshire Terrier that became an indispensable war dog -- pretty incredible for a so-called "lap dog" toy type.







and finally, art imitating life:


oh and I am 23 now. yay!