Deflated - Pet shop owner - Character design

So recently i went to my first Deflated meeting. Id already been set the task of finishing a turn around sheet for the maid character, but in the end they changed the design and started over -.- what a waste.... oh well...

so they set me this on Wednesday and its now... Friday. so this is what i achieved on day on... just a couple of simple sketches and ideas on paper as i didnt have a wire to use a wacom tablet -.-

so you see my first design was an old asian lady with an apron in a hopefully recoginsable chinese - white outfit...  (based on how my grandma used to dress when she came to england, minus the fleece jacket)

the other image has some simpler variations, no colour.... 

please excuse the random half compliments written at the bottom of my page, if you follow my blog you'll see them jotted around as a little gift from my boyf -.- cute and sad at the same time i know...

so i scanned the drawings in and traced the outlines a little, cleaned up the drawings, coloured it all in ... and this photoshop file appeared:

I've yet to have any feed back on it but i think theyre adorable as hell and they match the style i believe they have :) hopefully these will get used... or atleast one of them...
i used different colours in each outfit in the hopes theyll like bits and pieces, mix and match them to make a character if they dont like any one individual drawing :)

Self Portrait Project - getting started

So I made some headway today with regards to my Self Portrait Project. and by headway, i mean i actually started it! FINALLY!

Okay, where to start... I picked up my favourite lined paper book, grabbed a grippy pen and googled myself. I had a look at what people could see about me, what i knew about myself, and then a little history of my families... theres some stuff there.. theres all the chinese pressure to become a lawyer.. theres the english side who are just happy if you get to uni... theres great grandparents with success and a cousin who was murdered, theres.. (my family is a mess)

yeah..


So. I wrote facts about me, and the year of the pig. i wrote about lucky charms and numbers, friends I've had, friends I've lost, pets and hobbies.. anything i could think of...
but then i did something i didn't think that anyone else would try as research into ones self... I got my boyfriend to write some stuff about me... not my name and hair colour.. other stuff... and.. i was pleasantly surprised :)

So basically, since then, I've had loads of ideas.. but i don't want it to be a 'draw your life' kind of thing... i was some drawing, some symbolism, some animation using toonboom, photoshop and hopefully after effects :) I'm hoping to do a little stop motion as I've balanced my camera between two elevated skateboards and put a LED lightbox underneath.. so hopefully.. :/ theres so many ideas and i didnt really know where to start until today when i had a dream about how to get the camera in the right place.... i know.. its sad that i dream of ways to get around issues in my work.. -.- I'm so lame...

but here we are, the first piece for my Portrait Project.
 i know its a terrible drawing, but you need to bare in mind that i was drawing onto of a photo, on top of a lightbox, while filming, trying to do this as fast as possible... and. i did it in fine liner, you couldn't make stuff out so i had to go over it in marker!!!! so yeah.

next stage is to put it into photoshop, colour it in, and then maybe animate the faces to blink a little in toon boom later.. if i have time and the effort... :/

Wish me luck

- xox -