Friday, July 20, 2012

Lily: Character Sheet


I've been cranking out character sheets for some of my favorite original characters from several different stories I keep on my back burner. This is Lily, from a story that still has a long way to go, but I think she's a really fun character. I want to have her in my portfolio

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Grinnat The Jerk

This is the villain from a comic project I'm working on. He's not particularly tough but he's a real jerk.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Science For Princesses

Oh I almost forgot!
I made this paper doll a few weeks ago as an illustration to accompany an article about gender stereotypes in the scientific community. The paper doll actually works, too. The article includes a high resolution file you can print out to cut out the shapes, and dress your own scientist! The illustration appeared in June, but I've had other things on my mind and forgot to tell you about it. Whoops!
You can read the article on the Story Collider Magazine's website. The article is called "Science For Princesses."

Monday, July 9, 2012

Concept Art: Skycastle Moebius

A bit of concept art for you. Things in space always have such a utilitarian appearance. All geometric shapes and exposed piping. Bo-o-o-o-oring. Buildings on Earth have been made with fancy details all over their facades for centuries. Why doesn't anyone ever put relief sculpture on a fuselage?

I was looking through the works of Jean Giraud, known by the pen name  "Moebius" in the sci fi world, and I was inspired to design this city in space. The residential central dome houses roughly the population of New York City, though majority of the business is done in the head. Life support is all housed in the nude at the ventral end of the station, but of course since the designers valued form over function, there are numerous bottlenecks and design flaws. It really isn't very efficient, but boy is life there lavish.