STAR WARS COSTUMES

The Star Wars costume exhibit was at the EMP, and sis wanted to visit it for her birthday.

The sketches proceeded to commence- in part because of homework requirements (this week's assignment was five pages of wrinkled and folded and draped fabric. HOW CONVENIENT) and in part because I am a giant nerd who loves Star Wars and character design and costumes and Star Wars.

Emphasis on the giant nerd part.

I took about 200 photos from the Star Wars exhibit and the fantasy exhibit also there and drew from both the live displays and the photos.

Luke Skywalker's Jedi Knight robes, Obi-wan Kenobi's Tatooine robes from the original trilogy, Queen Amidala's light-up throne room gown from Phantom Menace.

Had to get the twins on the same page here. Princess Leia Organa's iconic white hooded gown (of 'help me Obi-wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!' fame) and the front of Luke's Jedi uniform.

Naboo royal handmaiden gown. Don't remember which of the prequels this one is from, honestly it could be any of them, the handmaidens show up in all three.

One of Padme's gowns from her stay on Naboo in Attack of the Clones. The one designed 'to look like it would fall off if she sneezed'. This one is so pretty- in color it fades from a peachy-yellow to lavender.

And finally, Emperor Palpatine in his 'I just declared myself Emperor and murdered three Jedi Masters come to take me prisoner' robes. Palps, why are you doing that thing with your arms, you look ridiculous.

Weekend Catchup

Buuuuuuusy busy weekend. Didn't get to post anything, but I did work on stuff!

More Sooj and Betsy concert sketches, because I got to see them perform again! Betsy had whales on the brain.

And I bound off and blocked my Estelle wrap! OMG, this thing is huge- it's longer than the twin beds in housing!

The wrap is Estelle, made from my own handspun faux cashmere. Pattern can be found here.

I know the blocking job is kinda shoddy, but this thing is going to get dyed blue anyway so it doesn't really matter. I just wanted to see how it looked.

We went to the Star Wars costume exhibit at the EMP for little sister's birthday. I got some sketches from there, and about 200 photos that I'm going to work from because this week's drawing homework just happens to be draped and wrinkled fabric ;)  I'll scan those when they're finished.

Two Point Perspective

Kind of a boring one, but eh. It was a portfolio requirement.

Yay perspective.

Hey look, I made a thing

Pixel art animation for Digital Media production. We had to build the environment, use orthographic perspective (this weird three-quarters view) and then animate a character in it. The clock tower from Gargoyles is a cool building, so I made it. Naturally, Goliath followed.

EDIT: Saw the grade on this. Prof gave it a 93% and said it was the best in class for how short it is. :D

Heads Hands and Feet

More heads, hands, and feet- because they were homework for this week.

Heads- portraits of Ming-Na Wen and Tom Hiddleston.

Because.

Tricky Pixie Concert Sketches!

S J Tucker and her two cohorts, Betsy Tinny and Alexander James Adams, are my favorite musicians. They all do their own thing (and their work is AWESOME), but when they come together they form the group Tricky Pixie, and it's musical magic. I've been going to Tricky Pixie and S J Tucker concerts for a few years now, and it's become a tradition for me to sit there during the concert and draw pictures or little cartoons based on the music they perform, then gift those sketches to the band.

Last night, I remembered to get pictures of the sketches I did before I gave them their drawings.

There's a few doodles in here I would love to make into paintings- the river child, the dryad on the mast, and the one of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf. We'll see if I get a chance to do it.

From the Archives #2

Forgot to post last night! And going to be away for the evening on top of it.

I'll be doing sketches tonight that I will post, but for now, my two favorite Otto Octavius drawings:

Someone is not a morning octopus.