Pin-Up Girl

Two years ago I got a book call "The Great American Pin-Up" and I felt in love with all the different styles and gestures in the book. Now I finally got the time try some of the style out and make it my own.

Ahhh within in a month and I will be out of college...I only have three more weeks of school left. It's quite a scared thought. Anyways for the pass couple of weeks now I been devoting myself to character designs for my pitch story. I learn quite a few things and I hope in the future my characters designs will get better, but for now I really need to have a pause on character designs well because I kept changing their features when I should be working on their expression and poses...XD...that is for my pitch book after all designing characters is just part of the pitch book.

I'm quite happy with how the characters came out so that why I submitted my characters design to AAU Spring show 2011. Now the chances that me getting into the spring show is quite slim, but I'm still happy with myself. I know I can push myself alot harder (That's what she (he) said). This is going to be my last submission unless I returns to AAU for grad school, but it's still a new experience for me because within my three years at AAU, I have not submit to the spring show once and now at least once I tried to submit something before I left AAU.

Inking a comic page

AHHHHHHH I spent 15-20 hours...on an inking page...INKING!!! I mean it's great practice, but I might be a bit over my head with this project for my final semester inking class because...Lee Bermejo the penciler has a very interesting take in drawing comic page, there isn't any curve, very straight lines and that's one of the reason  what I wanted to ink his page, but again I feel like I was REALLY over my head. It really take a master of inking like my instructor Mick Gray to capture Lee Bermejo penciling, but you know I try. For a person that only started to ink comic two semester ago..I think it's not bad. But yes...this page is really time consuming and hand sore. I used tech-pen more than anything because I'm still not too confidence on my brushing, I can't do straight SUPER thin lines with a brush like my instructor (he can do it like it's no one business...oh my gosh....well he been doing this for 20 years, but still gosh I'm very happy to have Mick Gray as instructor).

Sorry for that rant there, but here are some pictures of the page:

 

Some of the materials that I used are Tech Pen .05 and 025, black ink, brush, rulers

WARM-UP SKETCH

I really should start a warm-up sketch daily or weekly. I need to practice more...and it would help me looks at something else beside characters that I been working for my pitch story. I don't want to look at it too much or at the point that I hate my babies because I'm sick of looking at it T_T....it's happen...anyhow.

 

I did this, this morning and it took me about an hour or so to finish it, it's just a warm-up for the day so I'm not worry too much about details, it's just a sketch to get my blood pumping lol. The reason why I am drawing Babydoll from Sucker Punch is because I saw it yesterday with a couple of friends and so the movie is stuck in my head and I love the music is the opening. 

CHECK IT OUT: Sweet Dream

Thanks

Penelope Mortin

Another character in development.

Erwin Lourdes

On a working development for the character Erwin. I'm testing out different color study for the character.

 

My friend, Amy decided to sketch some idea hairdo styles for the characters. I LOVE number 5 XD, but it won't suit his character too well.  I will sketch some different hair style for this character later to see if I can come out with a cooler hairdo for his character.

Some pages study for my pitch book story idea. This is a character design for the mother of my story.