Mineself

These are pages that I made for the Mineself website project. I figured I would post the artwork up for all to enjoy in its original format before I put together the site :)

Digital Coloring Done right

I am still mostly a traditional artist, but I love to color my artwork in photoshop. Here is my most successful coloring venture. Not only do the characters look very lifelike, but I have hardly any parts that are ruined by photoshop. Hopefully, with this success, I will have the confidence to continue working with digital coloring.

**Late Post

Didn't really have much to talk about, but I apologize for the slightly late post. However, I dug something out of my old files to post up. It is just a quick little background I made using Photoshop.

Imagination: Overload

It is here...

Things I Need to Stop Doing with a Computer: Number 1

Editing the things that people say in comics to make them sound very silly.

You can do this too with just a little bit of either MSPaint or Photoshop. Sometimes on really sad days, it's great to make a much of these and then laugh at them. To all the readers of my blog, just for fun, find a comic you like, pick a panel, and let your funny side take over for a moment. Trust me, it will be worth it.

Also, discuss: are fudge cookies really worth that amount of anger?

What do you do with a creepy photo?

Make it EVEN CREEPIER with photoshop. Happy creating, everyone.

Experimenting with Vector

Ok...well it isn't REALLY vector, but rather it's created in photoshop. It's relatively easy to cartoon yourself in photoshop if you have a steady hand, know how to use layers, and do not take yourself seriously. For fun, I made myself look like one of my favorite video game characters, The Fear. Fitting, since it's close to Halloween :)

Digital Art as a Statement

This is from yet another contest that I decided not to enter at the last minute. This is inspired by an x-ray, a technology used to identify fractures in bones. I compared the fracturing of bones to the fracturing of a child's psyche when they are bullied. This is a movement that I strongly support, as a person who was bullied as a child.

Photoshop for Cosplay

A little something about myself. I am a huge fan of cosplay, or, the practice of dressing up as anime, video game, or childhood cartoon characters for fun. Not only does it present great photo ops, but it is also a lot of fun to just be silly, or become the character.

Before I decide on a cosplay venture I usually tweak an image of myself in photoshop to see what I would look like as the character. For example, this image I tweaked is of a potential Killer 7 cosplay. I wanted to see how I would look with white hair at first, but then I decided to go all out and make it black and white and heavily shaded like parts of the game. It was a lot of fun, and I actually may pursue this outfit for a future costume.

Photoshop Animation Project: Further Inspiration

I'm thinking of doing an abstract surreal horror short, (It has to be about 30 seconds) which would lend itself well to photoshop. To inspire myself, I am posting some more videos from wonderful artists, (including more Brothers Quay, because they are fantastic).







I'm thinking of a riff off "The Cat With Hands", because it truly is wonderful. Wonderfully creepy of course, but wonderful.

Joan + Joan = ?

This is my Joan Jett + Joan of Arc project. It was difficult to use a drawing and all, but I am very pleased with it. Other people had both a harder time and an easier time cramming celebrity faces together. Me? I wanted to make a statement. With music becoming more and more ridiculous over the years, artists that actually made sense like Ms Jett fade into obscurity, as do our historical heroes, hence the use of Joan of Arc.

Granted it's not funny, showy, or anything flashy. But it makes a statement, and that's what art should do.

Face on Body Practice

To get the hang of putting someone's face on someone else's body, I messed around with a picture of my cat, Cervantes. I found a picture of a woman with a sombrero and I attempted to make it look like my cat's hair. I then made his face and body look more human-shaped and added some "makeup" to him. I'm somewhat pleased with the results, so I'm really looking forward to the actual project.

Transforming in Photoshop

Our next project will be to put a celebrity's face on another celebrity's body, essentially warping them and changing their identity. Well, I did a similar project that involved changing something's identity. I chose a picture of a cat from the website http://www.icanhascheeseburger.com/ and toyed around with it in photoshop until it resembled an owl. Granted it's not the best it could be, but it was my first experiment in transforming one thing into another.