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here's some scraps I've had for a month or two which I never seemed to find a place to post. But since this is my journal I can post whatever I like so here we go:
here are some quick anatomy and style studies, of feet and hands, I wanted to mimic some styles I liked and see where it would take me. I tend to always get comments on my ability to draw feet so I am trying my best to get better at drawing them at all angles.
and here is some animation practice of frog boi's head spinning
here are some quick anatomy and style studies, of feet and hands, I wanted to mimic some styles I liked and see where it would take me. I tend to always get comments on my ability to draw feet so I am trying my best to get better at drawing them at all angles.
and here is some animation practice of frog boi's head spinning
Update on work and life
Hey I think I got all my rage out for a bit on here.
Back to the thing this blog is for mainly.
So I picked up more hours at work recently (I am a cleaner at my old university while the pandemic rages on and I try to find a job here in the UK.) My schedule is now 5-9 M-F and 13-17 S-SU and it's not too bad so far, I am still finding time to make art but animation seems to be too complicated lately to get anything done.
I think I am so used to digital illustration only taking at most 3 days now, I am so impatient with Animation. I know that digital art used to be just as much of a time sink but it's been a long time building the skill. Animation is still not a regular practice for me yet but I will keep trying to stick with it. I want to get expert level at rigging 2D so that even learning my arch nemesis Toon Boom is easy.
I have a few art updates but I've not done as much art in the past two weeks because of a combination of my low serotonin and taking on a 7 day work week. But I'm slowly getting my courage back. I've also just acquired a herd of Guinea Pigs as well and I love them. They have really helped my mood tbh.
So on to the completed art:
I'll talk about some finished pieces first from October (the last time I had any energy haha)
First I tried my hand at some looping animation for Halloween:
Then I decided to make some Halloween themed fan art of one of my favourite Disney characters Gadget:
This was really fun and probably my best work this year.
Then most recently, I did a quick illustration from a few references on Pinterest of a sort of dystopian future character:
I have been much slower with my plans for animated clips. But I want this blog to hold myself accountable to progress more. I think twitter and Instagram have caused some bad habits and I focus much more on getting something finished quickly rather than learning from a new experience.
So here are my current works in progress:
I finished this illustration of Janelle Monáe during the summer and started the rigging process in After Effects with Duik. Somewhere along the line I just stopped and have had trouble picking it up ever since. I have found that the slow nature of my current desktop computer can make me frustrated.
I usually open it for a few hours, go put on a YouTube video, and pretend I'll get it done and it just doesn't. But I should be getting a major upgrade to my current desktop pc soon and I hope it will force me to stop wasting time.
Another wip which I have actually been actively working on is some character sheets for my OCs where I am looking to simplify their designs for better use in Animation.
I really like the look of Kate so far so I'll see how I want her to match with Jerry the frog soon after. (I'll also make a sketch dump after this for misc. art I've done the past three months as well.)
That's about it for things I've actually started on. I am in the early phase of a fun side project with my older artist brother as well.
Other projects I'm thinking about too is maybe working in unity and trying my hand at UX/UI design. And I'd like to do some more fan art I recently read through the Nana manga series and would love to make some Nana & Nana illustrations.
Okay glad I finally got this out there, I'm trying to get a better hold of my problems related to my ADHD but it will take time. I know my graduate job hunt is also going to be a steep uphill battle considering the state of jobs in the UK atm.
But I'm gonna keep going and try to stay positive, I may look at freelance work more seriously once I have heard back about my tier 2 visa.
Stay safe and I'll post again soon!
Back to the thing this blog is for mainly.
So I picked up more hours at work recently (I am a cleaner at my old university while the pandemic rages on and I try to find a job here in the UK.) My schedule is now 5-9 M-F and 13-17 S-SU and it's not too bad so far, I am still finding time to make art but animation seems to be too complicated lately to get anything done.
I think I am so used to digital illustration only taking at most 3 days now, I am so impatient with Animation. I know that digital art used to be just as much of a time sink but it's been a long time building the skill. Animation is still not a regular practice for me yet but I will keep trying to stick with it. I want to get expert level at rigging 2D so that even learning my arch nemesis Toon Boom is easy.
I have a few art updates but I've not done as much art in the past two weeks because of a combination of my low serotonin and taking on a 7 day work week. But I'm slowly getting my courage back. I've also just acquired a herd of Guinea Pigs as well and I love them. They have really helped my mood tbh.
So on to the completed art:
I'll talk about some finished pieces first from October (the last time I had any energy haha)
First I tried my hand at some looping animation for Halloween:
Then I decided to make some Halloween themed fan art of one of my favourite Disney characters Gadget:
This was really fun and probably my best work this year.
Then most recently, I did a quick illustration from a few references on Pinterest of a sort of dystopian future character:
I have been much slower with my plans for animated clips. But I want this blog to hold myself accountable to progress more. I think twitter and Instagram have caused some bad habits and I focus much more on getting something finished quickly rather than learning from a new experience.
So here are my current works in progress:
I finished this illustration of Janelle Monáe during the summer and started the rigging process in After Effects with Duik. Somewhere along the line I just stopped and have had trouble picking it up ever since. I have found that the slow nature of my current desktop computer can make me frustrated.
I usually open it for a few hours, go put on a YouTube video, and pretend I'll get it done and it just doesn't. But I should be getting a major upgrade to my current desktop pc soon and I hope it will force me to stop wasting time.
Another wip which I have actually been actively working on is some character sheets for my OCs where I am looking to simplify their designs for better use in Animation.
I really like the look of Kate so far so I'll see how I want her to match with Jerry the frog soon after. (I'll also make a sketch dump after this for misc. art I've done the past three months as well.)
That's about it for things I've actually started on. I am in the early phase of a fun side project with my older artist brother as well.
Other projects I'm thinking about too is maybe working in unity and trying my hand at UX/UI design. And I'd like to do some more fan art I recently read through the Nana manga series and would love to make some Nana & Nana illustrations.
Okay glad I finally got this out there, I'm trying to get a better hold of my problems related to my ADHD but it will take time. I know my graduate job hunt is also going to be a steep uphill battle considering the state of jobs in the UK atm.
But I'm gonna keep going and try to stay positive, I may look at freelance work more seriously once I have heard back about my tier 2 visa.
Stay safe and I'll post again soon!
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I wish I learned how to use Toon Boom 😔
I wish I learned how to use Toon Boom 😔
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getting my sh*t together!
Hey blog and blog reading people.
I am Kelly and if you are reading this chances are you found this at random or I somehow posted this to my social media without much fuss and you clicked on it. (thanks friend ;) xoxo)
I am starting this blog as an outlet for thoughts and life and my ever continuing artistic journey. I feel old and comfortable here on Dreamwidth like when I had a LiveJournal and would post little blogs.
OK, some main points about me in no particular order:
-I'm 29 (atm)
-I have two degrees, one in Digital Art (AAS) and one in Animation (BA)
-I have never worked as a full time artist (but I want to very badly)
-I come from Southern California, lived in Tucson Arizona for a time, and now I live in the North East of England with my partner
-I have hella ADHD and it makes life "interesting"
-I love 2D Animation and Composite Animation
-I moved to the UK to be with my partner and work in Animation
-I made this blog to hold myself accountable to my many many projects
Right now I am very into After Effects animation using Duik Bassel here is my showreel if you want to see what my work is like:
I also have fallen down a rabbit hole trying to create a 2D puzzle game in Unity, if this works out well I want to try to create bejewelled based on my personal characters and story.
Thanks for stopping by I hope to update this blog at least once a week with more random stuff!
I am Kelly and if you are reading this chances are you found this at random or I somehow posted this to my social media without much fuss and you clicked on it. (thanks friend ;) xoxo)
I am starting this blog as an outlet for thoughts and life and my ever continuing artistic journey. I feel old and comfortable here on Dreamwidth like when I had a LiveJournal and would post little blogs.
OK, some main points about me in no particular order:
-I'm 29 (atm)
-I have two degrees, one in Digital Art (AAS) and one in Animation (BA)
-I have never worked as a full time artist (but I want to very badly)
-I come from Southern California, lived in Tucson Arizona for a time, and now I live in the North East of England with my partner
-I have hella ADHD and it makes life "interesting"
-I love 2D Animation and Composite Animation
-I moved to the UK to be with my partner and work in Animation
-I made this blog to hold myself accountable to my many many projects
Right now I am very into After Effects animation using Duik Bassel here is my showreel if you want to see what my work is like:
I also have fallen down a rabbit hole trying to create a 2D puzzle game in Unity, if this works out well I want to try to create bejewelled based on my personal characters and story.
Thanks for stopping by I hope to update this blog at least once a week with more random stuff!