Little Red Riding Hood

Here is my main portfolio project that I did over my summer break, redesigning Little Red Riding Hood.

I placed the story within the culture of the Hopi Indian tribe and their villages in the Arizona desert. My design inspiration came from the tribe’s art, in particular their Kachina dolls which are the spirits that rule over various aspects of the tribe’s life. This can be seen particularly in the designs for the Wolf and Huntsman.

I had a lot of fun with this project especially in the research phase, learning about the Hopi Indians and their culture.

Re-Imagined Modern Day Monsters

One of my side projects these past few months has been to revamp some of my Modern Day Monsters from last summer. It was fun to re-look at them after a year and see what new things I could do to them!

Some Characters

Character Traits:

Body: Tall/Medium

Clothes: Street Clothes

Face: Demonic

Weapon: Thin sword

Character Traits: 

Body: Tall/medium

Clothes: Crystal Armor

Face: Cat-like

Accessory: Tattoo

Character Traits:

Body: Short/Built

Clothes: Hakama

Head: Dog-like

Weapon: Broadsword 

Character Traits: 

Body: Medium/Built

Clothes: Royal 

Head: Human Female/old

Accessory: Crown

This old queen has a habit of pinching the butts of all the cute male courtiers in her palace, and tends to walk around barefoot because shoes are just too uncomfortable.

Found a cool character generator site that gives you character attributes to use in character designs. Check it out! (http://www.kuautli.com/randomizer/)

Character Design Alphabet

One of my summer projects was this character design exercise I created. Each day I went through the alphabet and picked a boy and girl's name beginning with that day's letter and designed two characters based on those names. It was really fun and I definitely learned a lot!

A is for Ace and Alberta 

B is for Birdie and Bruno

C is for Cliff and Cecile

D is for Demetrius and Dolce (from the Gabbana family)

E is for Ezra and Edwina

F is for Felix and Flavia

G is for Gia and Giuseppe

H is for Hugo and Harmony

I is for Ike and Imelda

J is for Jules and Jetta

K is for Kirby and Kazzi

L is for Lezaro and Lottie

M is for Milton and Margorie (I was in a super hero mood so I drew some elderly super heroes. Despite growing older, they still haven’t lost their powers. Milton has the power over nature and earth, and Margorie can shoot lasers out of her eyes and hands)

N is for Nicky and Naomi

O is for Otto, his son Otis, and Olivia

P is for Pubert (1970s boy genius) and Penelope

Q is for Quincy (the eccentric pirate AKA the Mad Hatter of the Seas) and Queenie (who lives up to her name)

R is for Robin and Ruby

S is for Sylvester (Jazz player extraordinaire) and Shizuko (Japanese Pop Idol)

T is for Tristan and Tabatha

U is for Uri and Uma

V is for Vincenzo and Veronica

W is for Wiley and Wilhelmina 

X is for Xavier (Edwardian vampire playboy) and Xenia (Arabian sword fighter)

Y is for Yoshie (major gamer and possibly Nintendo’s biggest fanboy) and Yvette (a lounge singer who ends up getting ridiculously drunk by the end of her performances. Her final songs always end up being performed with her sprawled on the piano)

 Z is for Zander (a Scottish warrior whose flowing locks are the envy of every woman in his village) and Zora (a voodoo witch doctor).

Laika/House Creative Challenge: June 2012

For June's Laika/House Creative Challenge, the concept was to create monsters at the beach! I wanted to do something different and I wanted the beach experience to be something only monsters could take part in. I created this 1950s style family of fire serpent monsters who are taking their annual trip to the lava sea!

Monsters!

Bummed beetle girl who wears Lolita fashion

Boar boy who wears a t-shirt and plays with yo-yo

Friday night elf girl who wears a trench coat (I only just realized that its Saturday Night Fever and not Friday Night Fever...which is why I had her looking 70s Disco...I thought I was being sooooo clever!)

Mammoth seahorse boy who wears a jean jacket

Stressed vampire girl who wears thigh high socks

I recently found out about this Monster Generator (http://www.generatorland.com/usergenerator.aspx?id=2339). It gives you random ideas for characters! Its really fun for when you're in an art rut and need inspiration.