Artwork through the ages

Just something neat I thought I would share:

http://evendar.tumblr.com/post/10756825954/ok-so-somehow-i-got-inspired-to-draw-a-pern

That's a link to a post I made on my tumblr last night showcasing my artwork concerning a particular dragon since 2007 (so junior year in high school) to now. I think its a pretty impressive transformation don't you?

CASA greeting card

So in addition to my senior project this year, the illustration department decided we needed MORE WORK too. So we have to do two community projects this year, the first one was a greeting card contest for CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children. It was a winter/holiday theme and this is what I came up with:

It took like three hours this morning, and I'm fairly pleased with it. There are some things I know I could probably fix if I really wanted to, but I know I'm not going to win anyways so I don't exactly care. xD

FINALLY! MY FINALS!

Haha yup, here they are finally, my finals for Illustration 5.  I know took forever but I feel good knowing they are finally present and accounted for.  Here we all go:

Summer time woes

So summer is over and I've begun my Senior year, and I didn't post ANY art like I said I wanted to. While I still don't have my Series finals in an up-loadable format at the moment, I thought I'd at least post some of the doodles and scribbles I have on my computer to at least help stem the tide of my massive updating.

I was working as a housekeeper at an inn back home this summer, and we had to leave these envelopes for tips in the rooms with out name on them.  Me being the artistic person that I am tried to make them a little bit more fun.  My bosses apparently didn't like them though so I had to phase them out and leave just plain old boring ones with my name on them.  But I took pictures of the best ones.  I thought they were super cute. Here they are:

Then of course there were some random doodles on slips of paper:

Then came the day when I had to leave, so I made a little something for each of my coworkers to remember me by:

And short of a map thats 3/4's finished and LOTS of concept work on my characters for my project, there isn't much else to report, at least in the form of finished pieces. But I'll get my sketches scanned and uploaded ASAP, and I HOPE (key word, hope) to be much more forward about this site in the upcoming months.  Keep everything and everyone updated on how my senior project is going.

Till next time my ducks!
~Patrick

So yeah about those updates...

Hehe...

Leave me alone life is tough these days!  I got a lot on my plate.  Anyways I do have a little something for you guys today.  The lineart for my Illustration Series final.  I'm currently working on the colors for it, and they're almost done.  But I don't want to post them until after I've gotten them printed and presented them to the class.  So yeah there is probably going to be a HUGE art dump at some point in the near future but hey, its what I got so deal. xD

Anyways here's what I got so far:

they're all images from my novel.  None of them are going to be actually written out in the story (or well at least I think they won't) but they are a sort of springboard for the rest of the project.  The idea is that in a war torn world like Sundast, plagued with constant grief and struggle, the moments in between are what matter.  The little happiness one can find and the bonds you make are what keep you going.  Each image represents one of the main or major supporting characters, and represents their closest connection and their most vulnerable and comfortable moments.  Cienn and his sister Cerenae share a piece because they are in the end each others strongest confidants.  Kain has his familiar, the beautiful Aludaria in her permanent aspect as the horse.  And Imagehi, well she has her friends there and that nice big tankard of ale.  There is actually some fairly deep, and a little bit sad, meaning behind that image.  Elementals, which is what Imagehi is (elementals are those who have the ability to manipulate one of the five natural elements fully), are a fairly ostracized group of people.  They're abnormally tall (all at least over 6', with the occasional 5'11" person but rarely smaller than that, usually closer to 6'5" and up) and have pupiless eyes in the color of their element.  So they look a bit frightening.  Imagehi finds comfort in her abnormality with big ham handed brutes who don't care cuz they too, are abnormal.  So thats why most of her non-rebellion friends are barhands and pirates and such.

Anyways enough of my talking. haha. Enjoy everybody!  Stay tuned for more!

An update on the Forums

So I know its been months since I said the forums would be done, and there have been a slew of out-of-my-control issues that have prevented said forums from being completed.  But I just wanted to make a post saying I'm sorry and that it'll be another couple of months until I can actually get them done.  My computer is currently dead, and I have become swamped with digital assignments which, while easier to complete and FAR more interesting to do most times, has left me with little time to use a computer for my own personal interests.

So the forums will be done someday, hopefully by the end of March but more accurately by the end of the summer, when I'll have time to work on them. Ugh.  But I hope people are still liking my posts.  I'm enjoying building up my online portfolio at least.

I'll have some designs for my business card and a promo card soonish.  And scans of my minumental piece (that didn't sell. :/)  IT'S WIBLY! Trust me, you're gunna LOVE Wibly, he's the cutest little monster you ever did see. xD  I think that's all I've really been working on of late.  Oh! And as soon as I get it back (it's currently mounted on the wall at school.  Yeah I know, I'm impressed. xD) I'll scan my first illustration project, which is going to be the start of my series.  Oh! And scans of my series sketches.  Guess I had more than I thought I did. xD

Until next time my ducks!

The Dragon of Brass - Colored, and Graphic Design woes

So over the months in my spare time I've been fiddling with coloring in my sketch of Aloquilande, the Dragon of Brass.  I finished it today.

It was certainly a fun experience, and is totally helping me get through my graphic design class.  Speaking of my graphic design class, I am not pleased with it.  I feel that in week 6 I have had enough time to decide that I greatly dislike this class.  Actually I'm pretty sure I hate it.  My professor is completely unreasonable in his expectations of his students, and he totally likes to rip us apart during critiques.  Now I'm not saying what he says isn't in the best of intentions, and I truly believe he wants our work to be up to his expectations, but its a very rough class when we spend 3 hours tearing each other apart.  There's no positivity in the critiques.

I'll power through, I always do, but I fear this is going to be one of my toughest classes to date. -________-'

In the positive news though I've finally started writing Quiet Courage again, the first Novel of Sundast.  It's such a relief to have the creative juices flowing again.