Film Progress

 PSST! Here's a peek at my thesis film :)

I hope this leica makes sense!

Maybe it will only make sense to those who have seen my earlier leicas. 

Lots of v/o is missing (thus the awkward pauses).

Early character sketches of Melly from week 2 (Secretly, her name is Smelly)

Quick monster doodles.
I think I like the 2 purple ones and the sad blue one in the bottom left the most.
What do you think?

End credits design. It will be an upwards pan.

Birthdays!

Happy belated birthday to two of the book-iest (and smartest) people I know, Seema and Eyassu!

Purple Hair

Soooo ... I've been pretty lousy with making art in the past month ... 

Life's been an interesting mess of shenanigans.

Time for an update!

At my internship at Chuck Gammage Animation (sadly it's over!) I got to do some inbetweening for a Frootloops commercial with Jen, it was tons of fun and I learned lots! Tracy and I worked on some animation clean up and colouring on a super top secret studio project :D Please check out the work of these  SUPER talented (and super beautiful!) ladies. It was a blast working with them.

I went on a trip to Washington DC with my fam to visit the Smithsonian Institute! I saw lots of cool art, cool space things, cool historical / cultural things, cool animals and stuff :) If you haven't already made a trip dedicated to visiting DC's wicked museums I would highly recommend it. There is so much to see and learn from. I will post my sketches once I find a scanner.

I've also moved a million times in the month of August, but as of this weekend I will have a new home :)

I'd also been doing lots of designs for Sheridan College. I'm happy to announce that the new official logos for Health Services and Counselling Services are up! Logo-making was definitely a very cool and challenging experience. In addition to the logos, I'm also working with a bunch of other animation and design students to get our posters and pamphlets going.

School starts in 3 days, so I'm just picking up film development again :) 

My friends have been generous with their ideas and input! 

This was just a random doodle from today that started out as my film character, but is now no longer.

Enjoy the last days of summer everyone!

Grandpa He

A portrait of my grandpa as a gift.

I should start signing my art more regularly! :)

Any critique / comments appreciated.

Night Owl

Just a goofy post! I wanted to draw a tree full of owls, but some owl photos creeped me out. So I drew one :)

My Fam

Heehee <3 I have the best parents. 

And ... it wasn't a swimsuit. It was a real outfit.

I'm drawing funny because I went sketching with Noam, he's weird. 

Study

Tracy always does these amaaaazing speed paintings on breaks at Chuck Gammage Anim, so I wanted to give it try today.

I've also never tried colouring a grayscale painting before ... it's interesting.

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So I realized halfway through painting that this was a photo of Emeli Sandé. :)

Please also check Anita's blog, she's one of the best protrait artists I've ever met.

Critiques / help is appreciated!

Film Ideas 1

"Mommy, who sticks sesame seeds into my strawberries?"

Another version of the same girl. I'm still not sure about the idea yet, hopefully I can flesh it out.

Film?

Am I the last person in the whole world to have a 4th year film idea?

This is a quick doodle of potential character of potential film.

Story thinking is hard!

Rachel Green

Besties

My best friend made my crummy weekend 10 times better.

Thanks for staying with me.

If you didn't I would have been a big mess :(

Pretty sure neither of us know how to fish in real life.

Canada Day

My favouritest fat kid from going out on Canada Day :B (I like fat kids)

Monica Geller

More Friends fan art!

I love the season 1 outfits best, they're much less mainstream.

I guess Rachel is next!

Phoebe Buffay

Just finished watching all 10 seasons of Friends! :')

Phoebe's music is the absolute BEST no? Next to her fashion sense.

Lisa Kudrow was surprisingly different in the interviews after season 10. She had short brown hair and was super quiet and 'regular' next to Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox.

Comment and let me know if you're a Friends fan! <3 I'd love to know!

As usual, comments and critiques are always welcome. 

Stay tuned for more Friends fan art.

My Hero

Sketching Spots!

I wanted to share 2 great sketching spots in Toronto. As awesome zoo trips are, they can get super expensive, especially including the GO ticket from Oakville.

Both zoos are free to visit and are easily walkable from the subway.

The first is Riverdale Farm in Cabbagetown. Before 1974 it was actually the site of the old Toronto Zoo, now it is a replica of an Ontario farm of the 1920s. It's a lot of fun to visit, you can get to pet the animals and see them up close. They've got goats, cows, horses, pigs, bunnies, turkies, ducks, chickens, etc. There are also some really nice trails connected to the farm for light hiking.

For lunch, there's the cutest little mint coloured snack shop across the street that sells hot dogs, ice cream and kickass lemonade.

The second is High Park. They've got a zoo in the middle of the park with animals like llamas, bison, deer, sheep and cows of sorts. According to the website, the zoo may be shutting down this June due to financial issues ... I hope its not true.

Happy sketching everyone!

Amy7

Today's outfit doodle heavily inspired by Yuki7.

My Daddy

My dad is cooler than yours :)

Intern Buddies

Gammage doodle.

Check out her blog!

Zoo Animals

Hi y'aaaallll! 

I know I haven't posted in forever! I wish I could share the stuff Tracy Munch and I have been working on at Chuck Gammage. We've been painting some really fun backgrounds :) 

Hope everyone is having a great summer so far, and learning lots at their internships.

Here are some zoo sketches and 5 min life drawing from last week. 

My zoo bud will also be posting some sketches soon, check 'em out.

Critiques are welcome!