Visual Communications 3 - Final

My two final renderings for my Visual Communications class. We had to show our understanding of rendering the materials that we covered during the term.

Visual Communications 3 - Fall 2013

For my Visual Communications 3 class we were taught how to render various materials in photoshop and each week we had to render that material as photorealistically as possible. This was one of the hardest classes I took this term because I’ve always been so used to painting in 2D flat colors, but I see a lot of improvement in my work since taking this class and I definitely have a better understanding of the 3D form.

Here are some of my favorite renderings that I did for this class

Cloth

Rusted Metal

Stone

Wood

Organic Materials

Plastic

Painted Metal

Advanced Perspective - Fall 2013

Here are 3 main assignments I completed for my Advanced Perspective class during my 3rd term at Art Center. During the course of the class we had to have a common theme for all of our environments, and mine was The Haunted Mansion.

For the first image we had to create the interior of a train. I drew a lounge area of the train with Madame Leota at the bar as both bar tender and fortune teller for the passengers on the train.

For the second image we had to create an interior so I transformed the stretching portrait room in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, into a sitting room/seance room.

For the third image we had to create an exterior environment so I brought us into the graveyard of the Haunted Mansion.

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).

Evil Drag Queen Final Design

Character Render: 3/4 Front and Back

Glitter Canon: Views and Call-Outs

Final Illustration

For this week’s homework in Design Process I was challenged by my teacher to take a more realistic approach to my Evil Drag Queen character design after seeing my sketches from last week. I definitely learned a lot about how to render human anatomy and fabric, and ended up with an illustration that is probably the best I’ve ever painted so far :)

Waiting for a war that will never come...

In their youth, the old woman and her husband were fierce warrior mages. After a battle that left their village destroyed, they remained in the village to avenge their people. Emotionally scared from the battle, everyday the old woman wakes up and stands at the outskirts of the village to wait for the enemy to return. But they never come. Her husband stands by her side, emotionally drained from trying to convince her to move on after so many years.

I don’t draw enough old people so this was fun!

Special Delivery!

Faces

Just messing around in photoshop as a warm up

Character Design Project

Art Center College of Design: Entertainment Design

Design Process 1: Character Design

Instructor: Raj Rihal

For this project we were given the topic of design a character within a certain time period. I chose to create a girl from the 1920s learning how to be a flapper to prepare for a roaring 1920s gala. She starts out feeling uncertain of herself and wanting a change in her life. After a few weeks of  Charleston dance lessons and a hair cut, she is able to find confidence in herself and breaks out of her shell.