Melody Character Design

I've finally started doing some work on my story idea. And where better to start than with some character design! This is Melody, one of my main characters. This is basically some beginning work on what hairstyle I'd like to go with. I tried several different styles, and I think I've settled on around 3 to try coloring.

 I was proud of myself for thinking of a decent way to experiment with hair. I drew up her face as I liked it, then scanned it into Photoshop and made the hair a different layer. So, basically I was able to copy and paste however many templates I wanted. Yay for me actually thinking for once!

The school year has finally calmed down, the students are moved out, and summer has started. My hope is that with this decrease in activity, I can start getting more projects worked on, and have a much more regular posting schedule for on here. Since it's been so long, I wanted to get some more of what I have down up here. This time around you get both Toy Story and A Goofy Movie. I must admit, I'm pretty partial to the Bigfoot one. I think he turned out preeetty well.

Finally an Update...

Finally, I'm sitting down to get an update out after a month! It's been a crazy month of work, funerals, and other random life things.

This isn't going to be a major post. Just a few more of my spectrum pics. But this will hopefully prove that work continues on it.

This time around I thought I'd give you a look at Perry, all three of the Bre'rs, Beast, and the ever classic Goofy. I'm liking how everything is coming together.

The Throbbing of a Heart

In honor of the day, I shall post the cards I made for my own Valentine's distribution today. I think the showcase who I am pretty well...

I went for the uber cute look here. Nothing says I love you more than big eyes and hearts floating around everywhere.

The Spectrum Begins...

I've been working on this idea for the past couple of months now. The idea is to combine the ideas of minimalist art with the color spectrum to create a giant poster. These characters ended up seeming like a natural selection for this project. The core concept here is to make each of the faces out of only basic shapes and colors pulled from the character. This is by no means all I  have done. This is merely a.... sampling of much of the work I've already accomplished. I'm rather enjoying the project, especially the digging back through all of the animation I grew up with.

This project is really the first time I've been able to sit down and use Illustrator and the art of vector work. I must admit, I've fallen in love with the program. I can't believe it's taken me this long to sit down with it. But I'm quite enjoying the project and I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like once I finish.

Melody

This is an unfinished piece I had going of a character I thought up. Her name is Melody. She is a bit of a thief and rogue, with a very complicated past. She actually fits into a much larger world that I've been slowly piecing together. Already since drawing this piece I've started making changes to her. Namely, she now has black hair, or she will when I get around to drawing it.

This was started in Photoshop, and I planned on getting some shading done with her face, but after that first bit with hair, I think I got distracted by another piece. I do enjoy this one, though, because it not only shows Melody, but also one of my processes for doing some shading. Improvement is still being made, but it's fun to look back and what I was coming up with.

Use Toast Attack!

Poor Charmander. Everybody just wants to use him for his flame...

This was another entry with Doodle United. The theme this time around was 'Pokemon', and seeing as I do love the series, I figured I better make an entry. I always thought about how useful Charmander's flame would be if I was to go camping, and this eventually led to the idea that all the other Pokemon would think the same thing. Sometimes, you just gotta take one for the team.

This was a digital piece done in Photoshop.