Hah, so i finally get down to posting something.
so here are two illustrations of an old lady concept i did. these have a little work i know can be done to them, if you see anything glaring lemme know!

Taylor

First three pieces

Hi all! Here are my latest pieces. The Water Pygmy, the Maiden of the Air, and the scene right before he discovers the fireball inside of the Fire Fish!! I had the most fun with the water pygmy spread, but I thought that it was important to get a few people in my portfolio, and really focus on lighting and color. So, without further ado, here is the work.

A world map in progress!

So, at post-midterm (since Whitney was sick for my midterm), Whitney basically looked me in the face and said "so you REALLY plan on going through the whole semester...without finishing ANYTHING, just having in-progress work." And we both decided that was kind of ridiculous. So she asked me to finish pages, instead of just trying to INK THEM ALL.
So here's my first leap into that.



It's not quite finished yet! There should be a border added, and of course, a lot of text explaining shit (I've been so secretive about that), but this far-along-work-in-progress is way open for crit!

Finished dummy, except for that whole text thing..blahhhh

Hi ladies! Here is my dummy completed and ready to print.  I'm planning on working with Joyce, the lady who is taking over for Rebecca when she goes on maternity leave.  I'm hoping that since she is a graphic designer, she will be able to give me some good pointers on text and layout.  But please crit me on all of it! Illustrations and layout, everything! Every critique is helpful! 

This weeks work

This week i am slightly behind but i should be able to catch up just fine. Next week thumbnail sketches are due for me and here is what i need to finish this weekend by the latest

an interior cut away of the house i made


So far the initial comments i get are that it is a little plain. Im thinking of adding in a lot of pattern and some interesting nick nacks and maybe some shape to the furnature to give it a little more style and to really bring it up a notch. So far its mostly a color lay in and some other things. It doesnt needed to be crit-ed if you dont want to i just want to try and get in the habit of posting every week XD

thks!

So the top one is a mood piece that i want to do for every season in this little mountain culture place...thing

The bottom image is where i currently am in finishing an exterior concept of a house. this next week will be a cut away of the interior (and the final of this image) and objects singled out from that cut away and examined closer. So essentially there will be a 3 step cut away at several homes, this being the first attempt.

yup

Here is my stuff for last week and partly this week, but I'm just gonna say for last week as well. :D

Hey ladies! These are my character designs for last week and some of this week. For all intents and purposes, I am just going to say that this was all last weeks homework, and that for next Thursday, I will have a mock-up of one of these in pastel.  Thanks ladies! Sorry I am such a procrastinator too...*sheepish grin.* 

Louhi the evil witch.

Ether Maiden

Water Pigmy

Ukko the supreme God 

Another idea for Ether Maiden 

Couple of Vainamoinen ideas. 

Process sketches continued

First up is a "three-quarter" view of the palace layout, situated on its cliff with the road leading down to the harbor. I also did a revised design for emperor Taurun, taking the suggestion of emphasizing the bird theme and designing a mask for him based off a large bird skull.


Next, some uniform design for the royal guards (and scribbly notes that may or may not be too messy to read). Royal guards are not the same as military soldiers, in fact, Taurun hand-picks sons of families in his kingdom who are affected less by the war, in order to promote loyalty and a friendly, warm environment for the home of his family.


Next up on the "places of interest" list is a brothel in the neighboring country of Mocor (under imperical control) called Adyti (latin root sanctuary). This is a preliminary sketch of Akale, the owner and maternal matron of Adyti, and foster mother to one of the focal characters in the story. Like with the last design, there will probably be some revision made before I finalize her looks and accessories.


Lastly is a rough sketch of the same kind of "three quarter" view of Adyti itself, which is on a hill surrounded by cliffs and trees, and a very basic floorplan illustrating the layout of the building.

I'm so long-winded, I'm sorry! I'm also sorry for this post coming in late. Time to go and give commentary!

Pickle Jar

Ah, some of my containers... I think I'm behind schedule.

Since I'm going to be designing a marketplace, I feel like though even the most normal things (like a bowl or a jar) are a little visually ridiculous, they can occur in the real world. And makes the merchants' lives a little less thankless.

Now I want to think about more temporary packaging, i.e. a box of cupcakes that you'll eat in a week after your friend ditches you for your ex.

concept art for the first 3 pages i have done (so far) showing the design for the hauvesch animal the ritehen

Im still debating weather or not i should go the super clean route or keep to the texture feel. Im really really worried about this idea and if in the end the whole texture thing will work out and look as nice as i want it too.

lemme know what you think

now that i have actually done a page with color though i have a little more hope for the concept of the book and think it might end up looking pretty snazzy.