Ahoy thar!
Wheee, end of second semester, and two more to go :)
A character design for a bloodthirsty harlot-turned-pirate. I have more of her, but I like this one best :)
21st August, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
Three Pages
Well, here I am at the end of my semester, and I find myself updating for the first time since it started. This blog format was supposed to make me post MORE :(
Here’s a sequence of 3 pages done for a children’s illustration course in which we illustrated an Aesop fable. I did the North Wind and the Sun :)
15th December, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
I’m Tired of Looking at Me
I made about 5 self-portraits within the span of about two weeks…eep. Anyhow, here’s one I finished tonight :)
Hopefully I can take a break from these for a while ;)
6th July, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - 8 Comments
Mona Lisa(ish) after Sophie Griotto (sorta)
It’s nearing the end of my first semester in my illustration program, and so I should have a small slew of things to post when I get some time. For now, here’s a painting I did in which we were to reinterpret the Mona Lisa in the style of a different illustrator. I chose the fantastic Sophie Griotto, whose lovely website you can visit here. I couldn’t really capture her style, as I just couldn’t mimic the loose spontaneity of her work… it’s more of a weird hybrid between her art and my usual style. If you ignore the point of the exercise, I think it turned out okay in itself ;)
Btw, I’m going to be erasing all my book reviews, as I highly doubt anyone really cares about my opinion on books, and I update my reviews so sporadically it just ruins the flow of the blog ;)
15th April, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
To Fly…
You can do it, Mr. Beaverton! Just believe!
I re-jigged this painting from one I did a few years ago. Seeing the change is pretty neat–the original looked more like a falling groundhog than a flying beaver :D
29th March, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - 2 Comments
Not just PAWSed, but at an end
Yes, what I had long suspected has now become official: PAWS is cancelled.
It’s sad that it will never be released, as it was a fun game and with more time put into I think it would have made quite a spiffy game; however time is a resource that is in scarce supply. To find out more about what happened you can read Lemmy101′s blog entry about it (it’s more to do with his and CaptainBinky’s experience with another project, but it does go into why PAWS is not possible).
On a more positive note, I did learn quite a bit from the experience (my first runcycles, tiles, and more), enjoyed working on it, and I’m hoping to use the sprites I worked on in another project so it won’t be a complete loss :) I may release some more art later on, but for now here are two character portraits from the selection screen of Mr. Spiffo, the sly raccoon, and Pancake, the cheerful hedgehog:
11th March, 2011 - Posted by MashPotato - 2 Comments
Differing Opinions on Rainy Days
I’ve been a bit lazy about drawing lately, but finally took the plunge again a couple of days ago :)
It’s a sad state of affairs that overprotective/fussy fairy owners make their pet frogs miss out on the chance of playing in the rain because they don’t want them getting wet ;) Click on the pick for a bigger version!
17th December, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 5 Comments
The Strawberry Head Man Returneth
In a shocking turn of events, I did finish cleaning up the man with the strawberry head.
His eating habits remain… peculiar. Some might even say unsettling ;)
24th October, 2010 - Posted by MashPotato - 1 Comment
