The Crabshack Gallery » Paintings http://crabshackgallery.com/blog Art and Game Dev Blog of Marina "MashPotato" Siu-Chong Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:02:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Three Pages http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/12/15/three-pages/ http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/12/15/three-pages/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:55:27 +0000 MashPotato http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/?p=477 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 :)

spread #1

spread #2

spread #3

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A character design for a bloodthirsty harlot-turned-pirate.  I have more of her, but I like this one best :)

PLUNDER!

]]> http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/08/21/ahoy-thar/feed/ 0 I’m Tired of Looking at Me http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/07/06/im-tired-of-looking-at-me/ http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/07/06/im-tired-of-looking-at-me/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:46:58 +0000 MashPotato http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/?p=435 I made about 5 self-portraits within the span of about two weeks…eep.  Anyhow, here’s one I finished tonight :)

Meeeee :O

Hopefully I can take a break from these for a while ;)

]]> http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/07/06/im-tired-of-looking-at-me/feed/ 8 Mona Lisa(ish) after Sophie Griotto (sorta) http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/04/15/mona-lisaish-after-sophie-griotto-sorta/ http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/04/15/mona-lisaish-after-sophie-griotto-sorta/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:26:35 +0000 MashPotato http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/?p=406 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 ;)

Bonjour!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 ;)

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I'm getting a little teary-eyed...

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

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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:

A 'coon with 'tude!ACORN BONGOS

]]> http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2011/03/11/not-just-pawsed-but-an-end/feed/ 2 Differing Opinions on Rainy Days http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/12/17/differing-opinions-on-rainy-days/ http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/12/17/differing-opinions-on-rainy-days/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:29:05 +0000 MashPotato http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/?p=339 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!

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His eating habits remain… peculiar.  Some might even say unsettling ;)

]]> http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/10/24/the-strawberry-head-man-returneth/feed/ 1 Can I Get a Couple of Hands, Here? http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/10/21/can-i-get-a-couple-of-hands-here/ http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/10/21/can-i-get-a-couple-of-hands-here/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:05:46 +0000 MashPotato http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/?p=316 …Ahh, there they are.

My hand felt a bit gnarled after modelling for this one.

And it’s surprisingly hard to hold a pointing gesture.  A good reason for people not to jump to conclusions and start pointing fingers willy-nilly ;)

]]> http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/10/21/can-i-get-a-couple-of-hands-here/feed/ 0 The Most Beautiful Fanart (in this post) http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/09/03/the-most-beautiful-fanart-in-this-post/ http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/2010/09/03/the-most-beautiful-fanart-in-this-post/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:43:11 +0000 MashPotato http://crabshackgallery.com/blog/?p=309 Just finished the second season of Flight of the Conchords in a day long binge, and have Bret and Jemain <3 to spare ;)  So, fanart!

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