What if Star Wars were a retro style cartoon

This is the first of many of the series "What If BLANK Were a Retro Style Cartoon."





There's a reason "Princess Leia and The Baggy White Dress" isn't anyone's sexual fantasy.






The infamous Gold Bikini.

When I can do this, I'll know I've come far

So I really want to eventually animate John Cleese's silly walk from Monty Python's Flying Circus, but I am nowhere near skillful enough to actually do it. Here are the key frames, someday I'll fill in the in-betweens.


It's so silly! I love Monty Python.

Self-conscious Superheroes

Here are some drawings I did of superheroes. In one the heroes have an eating disorder and in the other it looks like she had some plastic surgery somewhere. Guess where.


( I really like drawing super skinny people. There will be more).


(I like big booties. There will be more).

15-second nudes

Here are some sketches I did in ink of nude women. I took 15 seconds to do each. Unfortunately, I didn't have a live model, so I had to google "nude photography" and time myself.

What I've Been Up To

Sorry I haven't been writing lately. But since I "finished" my house, I haven't really been up to much.

Here are a couple of things I've been working on.

This is the secret project for someone close to me. I've decided to post it even though I haven't finished it because I don't think she reads my blog haha
So she really want a Burberry trench coat, but can't afford it yet. She's starting he first big job soon and I though I'd make her a painting to hang somewhere for inspiration and to remind her of what she wants haha



I've also gotten into bird watching. Go figure.


And finally, this is my first little clay character to take a stab at claymation eventually.


Oh, and even though I said I had finished my house, I've still been working on it. It's back to being a boring gray for the time being, just so I can get the pieces in place. I added the detail on the porch roof and the curved supports for the tall columns.


That's all, folks!

Beautiful Day!

I just had to post these pictures so everyone could see how beautiful it is in Williamstown today!




The day was so nice we decided it was perfect for a nice drive to Pittsfield.




We found this little Italian cafe on North Street with the best Gelato and pastries!

Cookies on the house!


Can anyone tell me what this sign is supposed to mean?





I hope you are all having such a nice day, wherever you are!

PS
A bunny!

Finally "Done"!

And by done, I mean turned in to my professor. Of course, I could spend countless more hours tweaking and improving... And I also know that there are some mistakes here and there. But all in all, I think it looks good :)

Take a look! The pink and turquoise is my favorite color combination, but I also liked the blue and green.
Plese disregard the shadows that the house makes on the background haha Just imagine it's like The Truman Show.










Now that that's done, it's time for the next project! I will be writing about it soon so stay tuned.

Behind the Scenes

Some pictures from behind the scenes of what I talked about in my last post.

Good News and Bad News

So last time I showed you all my experimentation with color. What may or may not have been obvious was that the color scheme studies actually started as a way of ignoring the slight structural problems of the house. The color was a nice distraction for a bit, but eventually I needed to get back to fixing up the house. I worked on all of these imperfections today.

The first thing I did was change the shape of the porch. Having it go around the whole left side of the house wasn't really working out for many reasons, so I ended it right when the back module of the house begins. Then I adapted the railing to fit the new porch. I also finally got the steps in the right position :) And after they where in place, I realized that in order for steps to even be necessary, the house would have to be a bit above the ground in the first place. This elevation also required the wooden under-porch thingy to cover up all the virtual foundation and rat babies. Finally, I positioned the columns in place to keep the little roof up and stable.

After all of this structural work, I wrote in the magic code to add color and, with one little click, it was rendering... After rendering for two and a half house, it was finally done and I realized I had accidentally positioned the camera way to far away...


So then I fixed the camera position and thought it would be a good idea to rotate it a little bit so the sexy little house could show off it's (her?) left side...

Low and behold... I rotated it around the wrong axis... so after 3 hours of rendering, my little house took a dive of shame into the grass...


This was the roller-coaster I took a ride on today. But, to look on the bright side, the house is finished! Now the problem is taking the pictures of it... yay!

TOMORROW I will be posting up the final product!!!!

PS
I forgot about the chimney... I'll put it in tomorrow.

COLOR

As the process of building my house gets further and further to the end, it becomes less and less clear what still needs to get done. I made a chimney, some steps, and I've been playing around with COLOR! I had gotten pretty tired of all the white, hadn't you?

Here is the chimney. I still have to create a material that resembles brick more, but for the purpose of building it, the redPlaster has sufficed. I based it on a picture of a real chimney that I found online and really liked.





Next, I made the steps that will eventually go from the grass or walkway to the porch, which will be elevated a bit above the ground. And as I made these beautiful steps (aren't they?), I realized it would be the perfect time to work on materials and colors. The way I make the colored wooden materials is by looking for a picture online and then setting it as the surface image or grain image of the object. In this case, the steps.


After I had figured out the colors, I started playing around with them :)





My personal favorite.



Please ignore the floating steps. When I positioned them there, I forgot that the house was acutaly scaled to 5 times it's original size, so I miscalculated a bit...


Besides positioning the steps in the right place, my plans for tomorrow include playing around with color some more and working on getting the grass and sky in so that it starts looking more like a scene and less like a floating house.

Enjoy!

PS
I'm also working on another project that's going to be a present for someone close to me. I can't tell you all about right now because said person may or may not be reading my blog, so I'll leave you in suspense!

PPS
Oh! I'm also working on a third project! This one is actually going to involve animation!

Some Old Art

As I was packing up my stuff, I came across these. They're done with colored ink, fountain tips, and the occasional paintbrush to fill in the big areas. I hope you like them!

These were from a circus-themed photo shoot in a fashion magazine.






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