A Note on Scrap Paper

     One of the ways I have been saving money is by using the hell out of things I have drawn on before.  For instance,

This was originally an assignment on drawing hands, for one of my final classes.  I then used it to practice drawing faces, followed by composition ideas for the Joss Whedon drawing.  None of these are any images that I care about after I have finished drawing them, and as long as I can see the idea for a composition I am fine.  This piece of paper has since been thrown away, so it is not like anybody else is going to try and figure out what is on it.

        I do this for 2 reasons:
                   1. To save money on scrap paper.  I do not have the tools for digital media, and even if I did, I would still do this for sketching and practice.  If I didn't do things this way, I would have had to buy reams of computer paper by now, and I can;t afford that.
                    2.  To get rid of things and save space.  I have a lot of old artwork lying around,and it is taking up a lot of space.  I need to get rid of these things, especially since I live in a room at a relative's place, and space is very limited for me. This way I have to use the things I have been storing and get rid of them.  Thus eventually freeing up space.  I have digital scans of all the important work, plus I need to redo my portfolio anyway so people aren't really going to be seeing what I currently have.  Some things I can use as christmas and birthday gifts, but that doesn't really get rid of much.

The Attempt on Joss Whedon's Fan Mail pt.2

While I am waiting for an opportunity to download adobe After Effects, I have been working on the image I plan on sending to Joss Whedon. So as usual I did some sketches to practice Joss Whedon's face, and try a new idea for the composition.

     Since this is to JOSS WHEDON, and he is a director that uses storyboard artists (I hope),  I decided to work on my compositions more and did thumbnails.

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       I like the one on the top left the best.  Bottom right is to intense, and this is still just a fun idea to give to somebody.  The bottom right defeats the whole purpose because you cannot even see if it is Joss Whedon, which is the whole point.  Of course form there I went to the tight rough.  

        When blowing this up to 11X17 size I realized something.

I had used the wrong format for the tight rough.  The tight rough template I used was for a side project that is suppose to be 8.5 x 11 size.  The solution to this is quite simple though.  I just trim both the working image and the final image when I send them to him.  Hopefully this will be one that gets sent a lot quicker, since it doesn't involve international shipping charges.

Let's Send More Fan Art!

    Someday I would like to live in South Korea and still be able to work as a storyboard artist.  I also enjoy music videos, and Kpop.  To be able to do that someday requires connections and knowledge of the industry.  In that case the fan art idea is a good way to try find some information really quickly, like who is in charge of the ideas for the music videos, are storyboards used, etc.  Therefore this fan art thing is going to be a continuing project.  In fact, it is really no different than what I am doing with the Joss Whedon networking attempt, but for South Korea Kpop.

       To start off with I am choosing artist I really like, because it is easier for me to come up with an idea that could connect with them.  For a project like this,  having something that connects with them means they will like it a lot more and be more eager to respond.   Otherwise it will just be another random piece of fan mail.  So, when it comes time to send stuff to artist that I don't follow often, I will have to do a lot of research on them.

       An example is the drawing that I am going to send to Ailee.

and of course this image apparently still needs to be cleaned up more.

        I have followed Ailee's career a little so I had a little bit of an idea of what to add. First off being that she is known for having a very powerful voice.  So my first idea is to show her voice being very powerful.  I then added things relating to her videos, and pet pomeranion,  to make the image seem more impressive.  Basically it is the idea of easter eggs in video games.  Like the others this is still a quicker image that I did the final pencil and inking for in a few hours.  Basically something that can be worked on at the end of the day, or with a couple of free hours.  Now I just need to package it up, and have it wait to be shipped along with the drawings for Miryo and Narsha.

 The critque:

        -  The composition is okay.  It would look better if I put a background on there and added some random things, but that would take a lot more time.  The perspective is solid and everything is readable.  Also the line work looks better than the other ones I did.  That is because I used pencil blue line for the line work and pen blue line for the perspective grid.  Best idea yet!

        -  I used a Zebra brush pen for the first time on this.  I like the fact that there is less jitter with my strokes, but there is not much flexibility with the line width.  

Let's Send Fan Art!

      A long time ago before this post, two members of my favorite Kpop group formed a sub unit called M&N.  These two artists happen to be Miryo and Narsha.  Needless to say, the fan girl in me squealed to very high lengths.  Even better, was when I found out that they had released an English remix of their song.   This made me very happy.  So I decided to send them a drawing as a way of saying thank you, and try to turn it into an attempt to found out information about making Music Videos in South Korea.

So first off I did some practice drawings and sketched out some ideas.

Afterwards I did a "working version" then I scanned and printed off a final version.  In the end I decided to send both versions to them since I would just wind up throwing it away to save space.

 I wrote letters, explaining the images, and asking questions that hopefully they will answer.

Then they got wrapped up and ready to be shipped.  Pretty much in the same way I did the Korra fan art that I sent, to Mike, Bryan, and Bill Rinaldi. So now it is just sitting under my bed waiting until the day that I can afford international shipping charges.

I had to wrap the images in old pillow cases because I had run out of newsprint.

The Critique:

- The idea is to create a cute image that will stand out form all the fan mail the artist already get and makr them want to answer the questions that I asked them.  In which case, I believe that it has the potential. to be successful.

- Artwork:  

            - In one of the images, it looks like I broke on e of the chibi's neck. Even with these being completely unrealistic, that will still look off.  However, I do believe I managed to get a likeness for each artist so that when they see it, they will know who each chibi is supposed to be,

            -  My attempt at hand lettering these was horrible.  It seems that I still haven't learned my lesson about that.

            -  My biggest issue is with the line work.  It is scratchy, and just looks bad.  That is actually because of a tool issue, 

                      These are non-photo blue pens, and boy do I love them!  I started using them while working on assignments while finishing up my degree. I love the fact that they don't erase, because I would always lose all of my structure line when trying to fish an image.  However the also indent the paper, and this causes a big issue with inking over top of them.  They are the reason that my final line art looks so bad.  Therefore they are now delegated to perspective grids and sketching.

                 - Overall I am not entirely dissatisfied with the outcome of this project, except for the inevitable long wait for shipping it.  These are meant to be quick drawings, that are still cute and well-done.  Despite the issues, I can easily live with how these turned out.  Will they reach them? Probably.  Bill Rinaldi got his artwork form and he even posted it on his tumbler page.