Some animal-head caricatures

Some stripes and spots for Inktober

A story for Inktober!

Today, my friend Amelia invited me to hike up a trail leading up to the "Wisdom Tree", and this gorgeous view of LA. She warned me it was steep, and I was stoked to go, BUT MY BODY WAS NOT READY. I did fine about 3/4 of the way there, but the last stretch was........rough.

The neat thing about this place (other than the gorgeous view) was this little metal box that was sitting right underneath the tree. It was filled with with notes, drawings, and even photos from various people who had made the steep climb to the tree.  We found a composition notebook with some empty pages, and this was my contribution.

(Note: Drawn with the SHAKIEST of hands. As I said, my body was not ready for this hike.)

Some foxes for Inktober!

Initial character sketches for new sequence.

Inktober. Missing that autumn weather from home.

My business cards arrived! :D

Saw Guardians of the Galaxy, therefore raccoons.

(But less badass, more fluffy) :P

First time at The Drawing Club in LA!

Gahhhhhhhhhh I have to DRAW SO MUCH MORE aghjdfsabnfbefivwbuwdjs

Sketchbook Dump

Made it to LA! I'm excited to finally make it to all those amazing sketch groups and workshops around here.....and this is the result (some of it) of the first one I attended at the Art Director's Guild! Ohhhhh boy am I rusty :/

Wild dogs quick doodles

Saw Wicked last night!

Work doodles

Sample Storyboards

Some sneak-peek storyboards for a quick chase/action sequence I've been working on :) In no particular order!

Germany vs. USA

Quick sketches of soccer payers while watching the Germany vs. USA game. DEUTSCHLANDDDDD!!!

Listening to the new HTTYD soundtrack and feeling mighty.

Dragonssssssss :]

Birthday Shoutout

Happy Birthday to my amazing sister Julia!! :D She likes turtles.

Father's Day Card

Belated Father's Day post! This is the card I made for my Dad. I have my Dad to thank for learning how to approach life with a great attitude, and to always be laughing and joking around. He is always around to make me smile when I'm feeling down about anything, and I wouldn't be the happy and optimistic person I am today without my Dad. I love him so so much.

Plus, he makes a mean steak. The true Grill Sergeant in my opinion. (Hehehehe GET IT!?)

A little preview :]

How I'm surviving my wisdom teeth removal.

Star Wars Storyboards

So yesterday was pretty much a FANTASTIC day. I went to Bookcon this weekend in NYC, and found this gem right here. I saw it on display and it was the LAST COPY LEFT aaaaaaaaand it was 20% off!! I zoned in on it IMMEDIATELY and bought it without even thinking twice about it. Every page is filled with gorgeous hand drawn storyboards, it's super inspiring, I can't stop staring at it, I love it so much, and I will treasure it for years to come. Extremely pleased with my purchase :]

Cafe Sketches

Gotta keeeeeeeep drawing, always drawing, drawing drawing drawing

Beatboards

 I drew some beatboards of a quite embarrassing childhood memory for my online storyboard class. Hehehehe enjoyyyy.

"Wings"

http://wingsproduction.tumblr.com/post/86419278232/hd-renders-of-scene-2-are-in-progress

Ok so I've gotta post this cause it looks TOO beautiful, but this is a recent render from a short student film I did storyboards for a year ago, and the progress the team has made since looks INCREDIBLE.

They have a tumblr, check it outttt: http://wingsproduction.tumblr.com

Also shoutout to the animator who brings such wonderful charm and appeal to the characters in this film, check out Garrett Lewis' blog: http://garrettlewisanimation.blogspot.com/ 

And Madeline Bearzi who did the gorgeous texturing as well as some of the animating! http://grizzlybearzi.tumblr.com/

I can't WAIT to see more, it's so inspiring to see all this beautiful stuff brought to life! :D

Marathons