Thursday, November 1, 2007

Character Design funness...

Task: To create several new costume designs for an unspecified, and fairly diversified cast of characters....very village people-esque.

So the first image, obviously, is not mine. This would be Shang, from Mulan. We had to take this image and make five different costumes based on the pose, not necessarily sticking to the style of Mulan. While they are far from professional, my personal favourite would be the last image, of him in a dress...I'm pretty sure this would be my exact facial expression if placed in a dress. For it would be against my will.

Adios!

-Howard

[Edited: I found the images were far too....visable. I had to scare them down. I didn't want you viewers to think I was actually attached to these drawings in anyway...jibblies.]










Friday, October 26, 2007

My first Posted Animation!



Well, it's not pretty. The feet jitter around a lot. I'm going to go in later, and fix that up, but right now, it's 3:30 in the morning, and I'm tired, so I'm just putting this up. Hope to be posting more often now. Adios!

Edited: I have replaced the first one with a much better version...um...not improved, only more...visable...which is perhaps not a good thing, considering the horrible content...but I'm hoping that positive change will affect even negative things. Like the way Plus eats Minus, and spits him out as a Plus...that's the only way I got through grade 12 math.

-Howard

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Harry, Harry and more Harry...





Here is the assignment for my first week at school. Done for character design. I've drawn this little guy pretty much all through my school career, and quite frankly, he's becoming a bit of a pill. I've never actually seen the show, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, but I can imagine it's probably on par with watching paint dry, as the saying goes...I don't have the patience to be witty right now.

In any case, this first one is a turnaround, the second a series of poses we were to do, and my personal favourite, the third one. Harry. Hanging from a fishing line. Not. Living.

Well, that's the end of that horrid post. Tune in next time...

-Howard

Saturday, September 8, 2007

More Classroom work...





More pictures photoshoped by me. Again, I did not draw these pictures. They were provided by my teacher, and I'm told they were actual backgrounds for various tv shows. My favourite is the frat house. There's more 'frat' than 'house' on those walls, let me tell you!

Well, anyway, back to doin' stuff. We'll talk to you later! Adios!

-Howard

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Shhhh...top secret picture...



Here's a picture I did earlier this year...as in before the summer 'officially' started. It was for a company that wanted to run a comic character. I never heard back from them. I think if you look at the picture, the 'whys' and 'hows' will automatically be answered. You see? I'd never leave you in the dark. And this is the page that I decided to show you. Just imagine the ones I held back...on second thought. Don't imagine them. Save yourself the headache. And if you have to, imagine that they are amazingly better than this one.

I like the method of passing off food the character is using in the first panel. As the squiggly black lines indicate, the best way to convince a person to try some new food, assuming at first they reject your offer, is to shake said food product in their face, as if the sudden proof that the object is mobile will do the job your initial offer couldn't. It helps to through in some, "H'uh? H'uh?"s, for effect. Give it a try. See what happens.

-Howard

Friday, August 31, 2007

Digital BG Painting...



Here are the first two assignements I received from school. The drawing itself is an actual background from a show or movie. I just applied the colours.

-Howard

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Sketchbook work...





Well, here they are. Sketchbook pages...not pretty. Horrible, maybe. Horrendous, perhaps. Pretty? Only if you're married to a cow...and even then, a cow gives you milk. Try getting milk from these pieces of chicken-scratch. The best you'll find here is a one way ticket to "Paper-cut City"....I believe that's near Wyoming. Or France.

At any rate, the top drawing was done whilst I was a-watching Troy. It's not exactly Brad Pitt, but Brad Pitt isn't exactly Brad Pitt. And if you know what I'm talking about, please fill me in. I'm clueless. The other two pages of 'drawings' are from the Jazz Frestival near downtown Toronto last night. I'm reminded how rusty I've been getting, but there are aspects I was happy with...at least they are starting to look more humanoid in shape. I'm pretty sure my life-drawing teacher would back hand me for saying that, but it's an honest effort at this point. Well, I'm going to go...do...something.

Adios!

-Howard

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Here comes the Venom now...




Here's a quicky I did today. Will get to colouring it soon. The cleanup isn't that much different from the rough. That is all for now. I'm late for getting my self to the festival of the Jazz...

-Howard!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Y'all...



...he's fat. And doesn't look like he's the fastest draw in the world. Looks like he'd break into a sweat reaching for a bag of pork rinds. You shall see his coloured cousin within the next few days.

This is possibly going to be the design for one of my flash animation characters for my third year film. Well, one possibility. We'll see. I may show more later. Maybe not. Again, we'll see. Just stop bugging me about it, okay? Peasant

-Howard

Pants...?



Well, here is a picture I did the other day. I'm trying to get back into the grove of doing more fine art drawings. If I have to tell you that this is a copy of Michelangelo's David, then I haven't done my job....and you need to get more culture.

-Howard

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Through Christ be the power...

So it's been awhile. I've been pretty busy/lazy lately. I'm working at a day camp again this summer at my church. It's a really fun job. Tiring. And it'll likely mean I won't be able to post alot here, but it's not like my track record has been great anyway. But I'm gonna try to pick up the slack. On the days I'm not busy, I'm going to try to not be lazy. Something I've learned about myself lately, and I'm sharing this because I know I can't be the only one, is that, given my personality type, it's easy for me to just coast through life, never really going out to look for a challenge, or to improve myself. For the times I have branched out, it's mostly been from the encouragment and support of friends and family. Recently I was sitting in church, enduring a sermon that wasn't quite captivating my attention. I borrowed a piece of paper from a friend beside me, and took a pen from the pew in front of me, and began to write. This is what I came up with:


This is the day that I want to give myself to Jesus. Fully. Completely. Every aspect of my life. My art life. My social life. My romantic life. In everything, I want to rely on Jesus. He can have me, my effort. I have learned I don't like me. The way I have turned out. The thoughts I think, the actions I do, and those I don't do. I know what things I want, and have learned I don't like what I want. Jesus knows what I need and gives me that, I trust Him far more than I do myself.
I need to learn to listen to the voice of the Lord, for without it I will do nothing. I must heed that voice. We need to let God take the initiative. We just follow His command.
This decision, even though it is written down, will tomorrow mean nothing, unless I daily give my life to Jesus. Hourly, by the minutes. It will not be any easier. I have made this decision before, and I have fallen back in apathy. I must give up and let my God fight this evil in me.
"Lord, only through You can this victory come."
There is no guarantee that this will improve my life. And I am willing for the opposite, if that is His will.
This is not for me, at least, some part of me is sincere. Some small part. But that is enough. That is enough for God to use. "Use me, God. I love You.
"Wake me up, Lord. I want to actively serve You."


I've written this down here as a kind of check point. A reminder for me, and hopefully an inspiration for others. I don't want to coast through life anymore. It's no way to live, and it was never intended by God. So here is my challenge. I hope to live up to it, everyday of my life, but only through Jesus Christ. Hopefully this will not be another failed attempt at jump starting my life. The trick with this is to 'Just do it!' The trick is to not fall into a state of being where you realize how you are, and just accept it and fall into depression about how you'll never change, and you're a wretched being who doesn't deserve to exist. To make you feel better, none of use deserves to exist. But by grace, He let us continue on, even though we spit in his face, and gave him the proverbial finger. What a God!

Anyway, that's all for now. No pictures at this time worth sharing. Hopefully I'll have some very soon.

Peace be with you (how very Pauline of me),

-Howard

Post Script: If there are those of you out there who don't know the power that Christ gives to His followers, I suggest that you investigate the claims of the Bible. Pray to the God that you may or may not believe exists, and ask Him to reveil Himself to you. Your not making a decision, you're just making yourself available to finding out. Spirituality is an important part of your life, whether you now realize it or not. It has a bigger impact on the here and now than you know.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Behold! My Mighty.....uh.....Thing?





So I'm all moved into my new place. It's a nice place, too. Very spacious. And in addition to having sweet awesome room-mates, I also have free access to said sweet awesome room-mates DVD collection. I've kind of become addicted to Smallville, as of late. I hate the fact that I love Lex Luthor so much. I mean, he's the bad guy! Come one! He's supposed to be decapitating stray cats and chucking their cute little craniums into Brownie meetings, handing out head-cheese sandwiches to homeless people (ew...head-cheese), or picketing the freedom of speech or something.

Well, at any rate, here's yet another existing character I've ruined. Per usual, I'll try to have the colours up another day. Enjoy!

-Howard

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Don't let 'em get-cha's brain!




More mindless doodling. I was sitting down, trying to think how I could combine an anatomy drawing, and a cartooning drawing, when low and behold, this happy fella began to appear. Once again, the true colours will come, soon. Hopefully I'll be getting good work done on the comic pages today....until I have to go to my other job. Isn't retail wonderful? Actually, I don't do anything at my job, other than stuff myself into boxes, and swing from the ceiling (both of which actually happen). Enjoy!

-Howard

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Indie on the prowl!



Here it is. I've started a very nasty habit ( albeit though a very fun one) of doing warm up sketches, and then taking them too far, working on them, instead of the work I was originally warming up for. Darn it! I've gotten some sketches I like out of it, and some good practice, but the work I'm supposed to be doing is going undone. I gotta start the warm up sketches just on my work, I guess. I'm still trying to find my best working habits. I think I need to give up personal drawing until I can learn to do it in moderation. Oh well. Here is my latest warm up sketch that is going too far. I'm not even done yet. I still plan to clean it up, ink it, and colour it. But not till later. Until then, enjoy!

-Howard

Monday, April 2, 2007

Very easily distracted!




Well, I'm still plugging away at some submissions I'm sending in for a comic illustration gig I'm trying to get. Here is a warm up sketch I did a few minutes ago that I decided to colour (gotta work on my photoshop skills).

Enjoy!

-Howard

Friday, March 30, 2007

A real 'swingin' picture!





Well, I was busy tonight doing work that I SHOULD have been doing, but then, I got the Spiderman itch. I know you've all been there. It's the kind of itch that a quick little scratch won't make go away. It's an evasive mother, and must be satisfied by just the right application of pressure, and....drawing a picture of Spiderman.....so that's what I did. Once again, I've shown my various steps. Roughs, line, and colours. I tried inking this one (something I've been practicing, though not enough), but it just looked awful. So there you have it. Enjoy!

-Howard

Random Doodle!



A drawing I did while on the phone with a friend of mine. I like the way it turned out. It could use more work, and I should probably try colouring it, but I post it as is....maybe I should start posting some finished works....hm.....Maybe not.

Enjoy!

-Howard

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Old School Pr. 3





The third batch!

-Howard

Old School Pt. 2







The second batch.

- Howard

Old School Illustrations








Here's a series of illustrations I did for a childrens book a couple years ago that was based off fables from India which were being printed in english in Toronto. Unfortunetly, I wasn't paid much for these, and I'm not even sure if they were used. This is the first batch, and I bascially just wanted to show-case them not 'cause they're good (cause they're not), but 'cause I did put a lot of work into them.

-Howard