Circle, Square, Triangle

Circle, Square, Triangle

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Well I just started a character design class and our first assignment was to design a Native American Shapes with the body shape of a circle, square, and triangle respectively.  It was really fun and actually surprisingly challenging to think up new creative ways to make the different shapes fit into all aspects of the character’s design and personality.  I also tried speed modeling some old man Native American heads loosely based off of my grandpa.  They are also roughly in the circle, square, and triangle shapes.  For now I just have the heads but I might post samples of the other stuff later. 🙂

Business Cards!!

Business Cards!!

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Oh man I finally got my business cards in the mail from Moo.com. XD They are way more pink than I realized I made them.  Oh well, leave it to the un-girly girl to end up having tons of girly stuff at her comic table. Haha..

 

In other news, I have been really busy putting together stuff for a new print of the comic (Sans embarrassing typos >_>) and stuff with my knee as well.  It just feels like it never quite goes away.  I have the next couple pages of ZK drawn out though.  New job has been exhausting.  It’s just a completely different type of environment than I am used to and it killed me creatively for a bit.  I’m slowly getting into the groove though.  Just in time for classes!

 

Wedding Invites!

Wedding Invites!

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.. ha!  They are not mine. XD  A coworker of mine asked me to do a simple design for he and his lady-to-be.  They wanted cute little stick figure people, so this is what I came up with for them. (The quotes were written by the bride to be.) I had a lot of fun doing it and I think the card turned out really cute.  They used this nice rustic paper with twine threaded in it that was tied in a knot that was supposed to represent their marriage.  I’m just happy they liked the cards. :> Pics below!

Cupcake Time!

Cupcake Time!

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Lately I’ve been trying to get into things that involve other areas of art.  I bought a bunch of scrap booking stuff with the intent of making a fancy book of all the cool times Jae and I have had.  It hasn’t really been quick going, but I’ve got a lot of really cool ideas for it!  Anyone done that stuff before?  It is strangely involved.

We also went to Hangar 1 the other day and learned the art of boozing.  That was some pretty damn interesting stuff.  Luckily, I don’t think it’s made me any more of a booze snob than I already am (a pretty big one,) but it did give me a lot of ideas for fancy high alcohol drinks!  Hangar 1 is this isolated place out in the middle of fuckall nowhere on an abandoned air base.  There was some really pretty scenery there and I pity the soul that gets drunk out there because there wasn’t a food joint or public transportation to be had for miles.

I have also been dealing with more crap with my knee.  Really, when am I not at this point.  The pain just flat out hasn’t gone away.  I can’t do normal stuff anymore and I’m really starting to get sick of it.  The doc has me on 600mg of ibuprofen 3x a day in the hopes to lower some inflammation but it’s not like I can do that for the rest of my life.  Hopefully it will help stave off surgery #3 though.

Finally, Jae and I did a booze and cupcakes night.  I had been promising to bring some to work and Jae has wanted to do cupcakes together for a while.  For once our roles were switched and he was the one making a mess instead of me. XD Unlike him, though, I wasn’t making fun of him about it (like he would to me) because I am a nice girlfriend.  Below is a picture of one of my fancy-ass cupcakes!

 

Big WOW Comic Fest

Big WOW Comic Fest

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Figures I’d have two convention posts in a row. XD When I was at Image-con I was really kinda bummed because it would have neen the perfect con to have a table at. Mostly artists, pretty low key. Anyways, when I was there I put some Zombie Killerz fliers onto what I thought was a freebie table. Lo and behold, it was actually the extra table for Big WOW Comic Fest! I got to talking with Steve, the organizer, and got really interested. If you haven’t seen the web page you should check it out because it looks like they are going to have a lot of artist centric workshops and panels. Not too many cwlebrities, but that’s actually how I like it.

Well long story short, I ended up signing up and will be sharing a table witg my friend Sam. Steve was saying he hoped we’d get a few more people attending because Wondercon moved this year and I think his prediction is correct.

Anyways, more updates coming soon but I am very excited!

Image-Con

Image-Con

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Yesterday was Image-Con up in Oakland from 10-6. I don’t really know what I was expecting. They pretty much didn’t advertise it at all and in fact the only way I found out about it was through a friend who is into The Walking Dead because Robert Kirkman was part of several panels. So, I got poor Jae to get tickets for us and we rolled out of the car two hours late at our destination.

The first thing I noticed is that it was small. VERY small! You know I liked it though. It was very reminiscent of how calm and laid back APE used to be. Lots of awesome folks who were obviously just there because they loved comics.
Awesomely, a couple familiar faces were there as well! Sam Garland, who is an excellent comic maker was there to showboat his awesome stuff.  Elle Skinner, a person I seem to have developed a friendship with through conventions alone was also there!  It was awesome to see her and we actually ended up doing a sketch trade.  Last but not least, I met a wonderful colorist named Christina Strain who had an awesome art book for sale.  If you get the chance, you should really go check her out.

I met a slew of other awesome artists who, surprisingly, weren’t part of the normal Artists Alley circuit which was great for meeting some new talent.   All in all, the convention was great and I even found some places to leave some post cards! 😉

Missing

Missing

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First page of a tiny mini-comic I decided to do called “Missing.” I mostly wanted to do it as a foray into something a little more different than normal. It was definitely a lot of fun to make. I enjoyed getting into the weirder side of things with ghosts and all that, too. It was kind of inspired by the urban legends that often circulated around my neighborhood.