raccoon sketches

Raccoons are adorable. These are drawn from photos. the colored raccoon is from here naturesmightypictures.blogspot.com

Ibex

Some ibexes for bio :) they're incredible! They can climb vertical rocky faces because their hooves have soft suction material between the 2 hoof bits, and they have a lot of hold on the bottom. I studied Nubian Ibex from the deserts an mountainous areas between the middle east and Africa ( in that general area where the two land masses meet across the red sea)

Temple Sketch

A drawing I did while I was at the Buddhist temple. One of the newly 'graduated' was telling a story and I always find it easier to listen and remember while I draw, when I'm relaxed because otherwise I'll concentrate too much on memorizing every word and I won't remember a thing that was said! It was fun :) That was my second time going to the temple and I love how friendly and peaceful it is there. It's the same kind of peace and comfort and wholeness I feel when I walk into a martial arts lesson. Everything just seems Right.

Figures

Sketches I did of clothed figures at CTN I was to excited and busy to be able to sit down for a good amount of time, so I didn't get draw good ones, but it was fun anyway! This is my first time trying to seriously draw clothed figures and it was hard! Some advice I got, though, was to think of the basic shapes, not the whole cloth with wrinkles and texture.

Sketch- Self Portrait

Quick self portrait

Garuda Turnaround

The project was to draw a mythological creature. This is Garuda, the King of birds. He is a Hindu and Buddhist mythological creature, and one of the 3 animal deities, along with Ganesha and Hanuman. Garuda is the enemy of Naga (snakes) and wears several snakes on his body, as earrings, bracelets and more. He is knows for his martial skills and ethics, as well as for correcting evils. I don't know too much more about him because I only found out about him for this project, but there are some nice stories you can read if you're interested in looking him up.

Wasp Lady

My design for another bio project, which was to combine a human and an animal/bug. I did a wasp lady!

Mad Scientist and Monster Animation

This is a rough test of my friend's and my animation. There are important story points missing, for instance, the monster is supposed to be hitting a machine with a ray gun, and the reason the scientist turns to run is because the machine breaks and shoots out a jolt of electricity. But! Now, unfortunately  the project has gone to 'clean up' which means that this is probably the only video I'll be able to post of our animation in this stage... For some reason the program I'm using won't let me import the background and the jolt animation... But! This was fun to do! I animated the mad scientist and she animated the monster. you can find her art blog here- ghostpeppermint.tumblr.com She's a cutie pie! Thanks to- Professor De Fato for being a helpful animator and teacher, and my doggie for being cute.

Figures

Carrot Picker Sheet

My "construction/model sheet" for a project for 3D modeling. Our assignment was to design an excavator, and I came up with this handy carrot picker for bunnies with large families to feed.
My professor just said it's deadly cute xD

Figures

This is some of what I did in figure drawing today. I wasn't having the best of days, so it's not much, but it's practice! This model is always very fun to draw and talk to :)