Color workshop

Those are some color chips I made for a color workshop this week. John Hendrix and Doug Dowd worked with us on color theory. We did a fun project where me made "ugly" colors and "pretty colors" and then used them to color logos. Doug has a great post on color at his blog.

This all got me thinking about animation and how well color is used - I forgot about this Fantasia 2000 animation to Rhapsody in Blue - REALLY amazing use of limited color. Check it out here





I've also gotten nearly obsessed with UPA cartoons from the 50s. They use color really well. Doug has a frame from Gerald McBoing Boing in the post. In addition to great color use, they are hilarious stories. This is a great one.



I'll post some art soon. Everything is very busy lately!

Class Doodles

Doggie Sketch

Duke is a bloodhound/lab mix

Caricatures!

Another one! This is for Elise and our friend Eric. They're both awesome people. 

I drew people at the airport today while I was sitting at my gate. Sometimes I feel nervous/awkward when drawing on site because I worry people will be creeped out if they catch me staring them down and documenting their every move (kinda). Today I did not feel that way. I don't know why... maybe I'm just more comfortable with it by now. It was nice. 

Here's a detail:

And I kept working on caricature. This time I tried drawing myself - which I think is the hardest thing to do in caricature work. You have to be really honest and critical with your look, and when you see yourself every day in the mirror it is easy to forget what distinct features you have and just take them for granted. I think I got past that after two tries, and I ended up with this:

hawt.