Arwen's Art

Another step!

2011-02-09T19:53:00.000-08:00

Alrighty! Page 2 and page 22, now with TONE. Huzzah! I've got about half of the comic toned and cleaned up so far. I'm still trying to decide whether to keep the ink washes natural or if I should halftone them. For now, you get to see the natural ink washes. I hope you like them!

Death by Comics.

2011-02-02T18:00:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple pages showing you a sample of the comic I'm working on. It's called A Life Inside Mine. It features Zoe, her boyfriend Kevin and their dog Tostito. I've been working really hard on it, and I hope it'll be a great part of my portfolio at graduation!

Fable Part Two

2010-12-11T15:43:00.000-08:00

I can't believe this is what I want to do when I grow up (in five months). I must be insane! Anyway, here's the ending to the fable, I hope you enjoy it! That third last panel is the saddest panel I've ever drawn, by the way. It was hard to draw and hard to colour. I don't think I could handle doing stories like this all the time, it was exhausting!

The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage.

2010-12-09T21:40:00.000-08:00

This is the first part of a two-page narrative that I made based on the Grimm Fairy Tale The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage. I feel a lot of sympathy for that poor sausage. I'll update with the second page probably on Saturday.

Why so serious?

2010-11-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

Fancy Slow

2010-10-18T21:43:00.000-07:00

The Werewolf and the Savage

2010-07-31T10:42:00.000-07:00

I painted this for my boyfriend for his birthday. He digs werewolves so I made him into one, and my last name is Savage. Yes, we are a good match.

Scan (inaccurate colours and the subtle background is lost, but good detail retention)
Iphone photos for detail/better colour shots (I need a new camera)

Decorative Wall Fishie

2010-07-10T21:25:00.000-07:00

Painted! A fish! On the wall! Had lots of fun!

Jurassic Juice

2010-04-11T07:25:00.000-07:00

I showed my graphic design teacher my drink label design, which was primarily illustrative and she sez to me, 'Too much time spent on dinosaurs drinking from twisty straws! Not enough time spent on logo text!' I sez to her, 'Lady, there's no such thing as spending too much time drawing dinosaurs drinking from twisty straws.'

Bob.

2010-03-23T11:53:00.001-07:00

More Bob. And more to come in the future. Charlie seems to be put on the back burner a lot lately.

Some computer arts.

2010-02-08T21:10:00.000-08:00

A coffee-sleeve design from 2009

And a recipe for childhood that I drew today

Bob thanks you for not smoking,

2010-01-26T19:01:00.000-08:00

My art-thing farted, big-time. I'm working my way out of a slump. Here's a really scrappy coloured pencil/photoshop Bob thanking you for not smoking. We all know and have friends like Bob, it's possible and acceptable to love and hate them at the same time.

Oh yeah, and a sky pie and a cat-pillar.

Thumper shares a secret

2009-12-26T08:52:00.000-08:00

For the Christmas family draw this year I had my grandma. I remembered having a discussion about the Disney movie Bambi with her, my mom and my aunt sometime in the past year and she exclaimed how much she loved Thumper, so I figured I'd make her a painting of 'my' version of Bambi and Thumper instead of a Disneyfied one. Same characters, same personalities as the Disney story, slightly different look. It's a belated gift, but here's the preliminary sketch for it (mucky scan, sorry, no Photoshop at home to clean it up). I'll update with the final in a few days.

Mmmoustache

2009-12-01T16:50:00.000-08:00

Random art attack sketch. I was thinking about moustaches today, and how everytime I see a really good one I want to just rub my nose and lips into it. It doesn't have anything to do with the person attached to the moustache, other than the fact that they can grow a good one.

...What. Is that weird?

Eustace Kong

2009-11-11T22:15:00.001-08:00

An assignment for interpretive illustration class, a spin-off of Eustace Tilley, designed for a postcard. It's meant to be a promotional New Yorker image. The idea is that King Kong dressed up and bought a ticket for a show, but once he arrived on location (Empire State Building) he realized that he WAS the show.

...in my head it was funny. (PS: Happy Remembrance daaay)

Zombie and Art Dude face off

2009-09-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

This is the first computer generated art I've made that I actually like, a huge step for me. It's part of an info-graphic poster about what art supplies to use to kill zombies should zombies suddenly happen. 'Cause they could, y'know.

Blank Canvas

2009-09-26T07:59:00.000-07:00

Stay tuned, dear friends.

Phase two: background colours blocked in.

And foreground subjects! There's Bob and Charlie, hanging out in their favorite corner of the tank.

Overhead Sketches

2009-09-15T13:56:00.001-07:00

Our introductory assignment for interpretive illustration this year is to overhear a segment (three-four lines) of exchanged conversation between two strangers and interpret that into a picture. It's fun, but very difficult. Too many people know how to use appropriate indoor voices and it's easy to mishear what they say. I thought these two through a lot but I'm gunna try to develop one more image for both of these conversation pieces. Edit: after uploading these I looked at the digital copy of the first picture and added glasses to the ape-teacher.

"I'm not stupid, y'know?"
"My teacher wrote to me."
"He abused his wife."

"A little fucked up."
"But then!"
"A plate of nachos."

Lake Ontario

2009-09-03T14:01:00.001-07:00

I biked to the comics store, bought my Wednesday comics. Then I biked to the beach. I sketched in acrylics on a weenie 6x8 canvas board and I art-creeped some guy who was swimming in the yucky water.

Dr. Sketchy themed session: Tank Girl

2009-09-01T06:49:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to my first Dr. Sketchy life drawing session and it OWNED. I'm seriously wishing I had read some Tank Girl comics before attending, but it was fun regardless. Here are some ballpoint highlights:

Bob'n Charlie

2009-08-31T20:51:00.000-07:00

Some influential individuals inspired (how's that for alliteration?) me at Fan Expo this year and I springboarded off of the charicatures I did of the goldfish Bob and Charlie. I intend to produce a webcomic about it, but in the meantime here's the first teaser segment of smartie-pants Charlie and dumb-ass Bob.

Cthulhu

2009-08-27T11:10:00.001-07:00

Hello... is it me you're looking for?
I can see it in your eyes...
I can see it in your smile.

Old men are great.

2009-08-18T18:58:00.001-07:00

Some of my images are slightly pixilated... I got a new laptop (yay!) but I have yet to install photoshop (sigh) so I'm resizing them in microsoft office picture manager, which... needless to say, does not compare.

I H8 LION KING FAN ART.

2009-08-16T16:49:00.000-07:00

...but I love how lions are depicted on flags and in Chinese culture.

Ryukin Goldfish!

2009-08-13T16:51:00.001-07:00

I've been doing a little goldfish research, and I think I've fallen for the Ryukin goldfish. They're fat and sassy. The goldfish-memory gag never gets old. Happy sigh. :)

Andy and Frank Schleck!

2009-08-12T20:41:00.001-07:00

A portrait of professional cyclists Andy and Frank Schleck! Whoa-so-cute brothers! Photo creds to: herrre.

Tangentia.

2009-08-10T22:33:00.000-07:00

Inspired by twine, I investigated twine in my head while at work. My twine has shit in it. Edit Aug. 12: added another'n that I did today. I figur'd I'd do a series, 'cause they're fun and quick. Edit 2 Aug. 16: final and third installation. I like the gorilla-snake tumor.

T-shirt modification

2009-08-01T08:10:00.001-07:00

I bought a book from Michael's that showed me different ways of modifying t-shirts and I had a few t-shirts that I wore rarely or didn't fit properly, and then I went to town at Value Village knowing that I could completely change baggy t-shirts into one's that fit! I'm also making a Brer Rabbit totebag for my mum, and seasonal coasters for our Oakville apartment. :) The cat one looks better wearing a strapless bra, and I've got a little modifying I still want to do to the back of that one. And the hulk one was fun but a bit of a failure, so I'll probably just use the cool braided strap of it on a different shirt.

Malystryx

2009-07-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

My scanner cut some of it off and washed out details, but this is a commission for Justin of his pit bull Malystryx. He told me a really inspiring and sad story about how his dog was found as a puppy in awful conditions and addicted to meth, and now he's a big ol'sweetie. I love big dogs and the way they smile.

Zombie Hackysac

2009-07-17T19:23:00.000-07:00

Inspired by a few of the powerfully awesome people I hang out with (aka Zombie Graham, Zombie Josh, and Zombie Andrew). Graham has a didgeridoo-leg, if you're wondering what that is. I'm going to do a final version in watercolour soon.

How much is that daddy in the window?

2009-07-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

I love seeing fathers interacting with their kids, so I sketched one looking at puppies at a pet store with his daughter. I have a few days off next week, so I'm planning to refine this and paint in oils then.

Farting Tyrannosaurus.

2009-07-13T18:05:00.001-07:00

A modern bird mocks a young tyrannosaurus for his primitive "proto-feathers". And the tyrannosaur farts. Aha.

I'm a lucky duck.

2009-07-03T17:05:00.001-07:00

This is for all those rare and wonderful people in my life who've been there for me unconditionally. I can't express how much that means to me.

Holy moly Birthdays!

2009-06-30T15:32:00.000-07:00

For my mom's and brother's birthdays I created some artwork, alongside other gifts. The first is graphite on canvas (an experiment which I found worked out pretty well) and it shows my mom hugging Frodo, a hobbit from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The second is ink and brush, depicting a computer tech pin up girl.

Series, parts 1 and 1.

2009-06-11T17:09:00.000-07:00

I've been a busy bee this summer. These are both portions of what will be separate series. One involving the cuteness of cats and dinosaurs, the other about the magic of inner dragon-ness. I'll be selling prints and the originals.

Life Drawing.

2009-04-16T18:14:00.000-07:00

We're starting to work in oversize, which totally gives me artgasms. This is 4'x4' paper, using ink brush, graphite, water colour and black wax. Sorry for the crappy quality. I need to figure out how to take better photos of this stuff.

Last week I did this one, it's more like 3'x3'.5" unprimed canvas, using india ink, pastel and coloured ink.

Good Friday

2009-04-10T20:24:00.000-07:00

I biked and walked around Old Oakville for six hours today on a whim and documented it here. Then I bought a movie for seven bucks (The Happening, I haven't seen it before). Then I bought bananas, oranges, granola bars, peanut butter, an avocado, and a couple cans of tuna. Then I watched a chick flick with my roommate (which she also bought today for seven dollars) and I ate a creme egg. Happy Easter, everybody.

Some projects from 2008

2008-12-21T14:20:00.000-08:00

Ink.

Acrylic.

Acrylic.

Halloween self portrait sketch.

2008-10-16T17:48:00.000-07:00

Blaaaaaahhhguvaahh.

Zombies are the flavor of the week.

2008-10-01T13:42:00.000-07:00

March was my last update? Shame. Sometime I will attempt to crack your eyeballs open with a sharp layout but in the meantime here are some zombies.

Life drawing and a unicorn.

2008-03-27T16:28:00.001-07:00

India ink on rice paper.
India ink on rice paper.

Painting, Second Semester.

2008-03-18T18:33:00.000-07:00

Transparent watercolours, one 3hr. session

Acrylic, one 3hr session

Acrylic, one 3hr session -- in progress

(the actual image was too large for my scanner, that tangent at the edge of the page thankfully doesn't truly exist).

I should do more extracurricular painting... I love it so much.

Visions of a Lemon Warrior

2007-11-20T17:18:00.001-08:00

Art Journal and Water Dwellers!

2007-11-04T16:38:00.000-08:00

Stop yelling! Nobody cares.

2007-10-03T08:34:00.001-07:00

Battleship

2007-09-27T08:41:00.000-07:00

The cover of my journal.

Peter Agre

2007-09-25T15:03:00.001-07:00

A wonderfully lazy-eyed scientist: Mister Peter Agre. This is just a sample of what I've been ruining my eyes, wrist, and brain over the past couple days.

Juice

2007-09-16T19:52:00.001-07:00

The inside cover of my visual art journal. My first "attempt" at watercolor.

Simplicity

2007-09-13T17:42:00.001-07:00

We were told to make line drawings of a mechanically shaped object and an organically shaped item respectively, on separate sheets of 8.5x11. Without thinking I did my gameboy and a bunch of bananas. I completely forgot I had both in my biography, which just goes to show how easily I can be understood.

Mister Man

2007-09-08T15:46:00.000-07:00

This is a study for the main character of a comic idea I'm developing. I don't know his name yet.

Sculpture Studies

2007-07-24T13:38:00.001-07:00

Studies of my cat Max in preparation for sculpting in soapstone.