The Terrible Tragedy of Red Riding Hood

Ok this is a work in progress. I decided to try to work on something for more than say an hour. Lets see where it goes. The hood is all wrong, and it needs work but I'm trying it out.

rain

Juice

Head In the Clouds

Nice new Blogger feature via Google!

Bloggers Connect!

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/blogger-connects-to-google-friend.html

skywindow

Lincoln 16th

The 16th President of the United States

Cancer

A friend of mine posted a message on facebook that I feel the need to share.   Her friend Will Schutz, theatre-actor extraoridinare, just found out he has pancreatic cancer.  He doesn't have insurance, so they've set up a fund where you can help.  You can donate even a $1.

  http://willschutzpancan.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/5288b4172bcf91e2

Here's his story:

http://www.examiner.com/x-1033-Chicago-Theatre-Review-Examiner~y2009m1d28-Because-he-is-beloved-Chicago-artist-form-a-supporting-cast-in-Will-Schutzs-battle-with-cancer

rain

0119 doodle

just doodled. I'm winding down after an audition. And getting warmed up for a drawing for 200 lincolns, a show that I'm submitting a peice to. The theme for that exhibit is, of course, Lincoln, the president. This is obviously NOT Lincoln, its just a quik doodle.

new year new profile pic

Well its on account of Twitter, which I just joined, that I have a new picture.  I played with a small one that I didn't really like.  Then I spent a bit more time and came up with this.  It might last, might not.  I may do another one and look in a mirror.  

2008 in Review

All those experiences from the year, tangible and untangible, documented or part of the fabric of the past, all are brought together to make up 2008. You might not be able to see photos of everything I put into this image, but its written there in memories and happy thoughts that this year brought.

Merry Christmas

Since I've got soo much on my plate the next few days...Merry Christmas!  I should have more doodles over the next week as I'm off from work for quite a while. 

Cannons

Holiday!

I was asked to make a nicer looking listing of our offices hours during the holiday.  So I spiffed up the typed out list I was emailed and came up with this.  Everyone at the office loved it (of course, most of us including myself will be off starting Christmas Eve and returning the 2nd):

unraveling

logo work

I've been working on logo designs...these are all prelims, just showing the idea process.

more pencil work

Here's the pencil on paper....

Pencil step 2

Pencil with shading, it kinda works.  

Pencil graphic

sometimes I have to do simple drawings...icons...whatever for work.  Here's a pencil. It's goin to be part of another ad, once I add all the shadows and stuff.  But what you see above is made only from vector shapes.

sketchin

Haven't been up to sketching lately.  Been sick.  I'm trying to get into the mood of sketching.  Currently reading twilight, book 2.

sadman gif banner

Oh boy!  I get to animate sad man as I've dubbed him just now.  Nothing fancy, but they need a banner....I have him blinking.  I don't even know if I can upload a gif here....  I didn't check the timing, so it's not smooth at all.  But I like that he's blinking.  His eye's bug me...need to fix them tommorrow....oh soo picky.

updated sad guy!

So the client wanted his pockets out and a bigger frown on his face.  Here we go:

arm & leg

This is for a new flyer at work.  In progress....

logo design

I was asked to do a preliminary logo a few minutes before a conference call today. Here it is.

samuri

Ladybug for thoughfaucet

the big W

Noir

Here's my noir image on the Babes with Blades website:

http://www.babeswithblades.org/competition.htm

Uncle Toms Cabin

King and I- set design.

Random post

1. I'm working on some doodles that I want to refine a bit more before posting.


They'll hopefully be done sometime this weekend. I have so many ideas in my head and I'm trying to keep up and put them on paper and capture what it is I'm seeing. lol


2. For the first time ever I am a vice-chairman of the board.


Fancy schmancy title, right? I'm a boardmember for the 75th McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade here in Chicago. If you guys know anyone that can volunteer their Thanksgiving morning - you get some nice freebies and you'll be on TV, and you're done around 11am.

Check out and volunteer at:

http://www.chicagofestivals.org/




3. Im a fan of John Carter of Mars.


I share a birthday with its author, who also wrote Tarzan right here in Tree Studios in Chicago. I'm kinda exicted but kinda nervous about Pixar doing the upcoming feature- but they're good at getting the story right, so I shouldn't worry, right?



SCI-FI Wire reports that Andrew Stanton, the director of Pixar’s upcoming feature John Carter of Mars, with co-writer Mark Andrews will be putting their own spin on the iconic story. The site also shares that, according to a Pixar manager, the film will have a unique look as well. Jim Morris, general manager at Pixar Animation, adds, “John Carter is in its very early stages, and there is much to figure out about that, so we’d be premature. We are looking at a variety of different approaches and techniques for that…We’re kind of a bit early in the development of that.”



4. Chicagoanimators.com 2008 Comic-Con interviews:

I'll hopefully get working on editing and uploading the next ones. I got great ones from Chris Sanders, Ronnie Del Carmen, Adam Huges, and one of my favorite interviews: Craig McCraken! I kinda have them on Catherine's computer and she's been busy doing freelance work on said computer and I don't want to infringe on her time. So I'll post quite a few once I get my hands on that computer!! muah haa haa!!!


5. Theatre season is upon me!!


I've got a lot of work to do on the sets and some props for "The King and I". This is pretty much the first time I'm not also involved in acting in the show. I thought it would free up my time nicely. Turns out it just means people think I have more time to work on more things. I'm a workaholic, not a problem as long as its creative. Who needs sleep!Like on my way outta town tonight I get to pick up 7 48" dowels plus ribbons and snowflakes from the director.



6. Halloween!


It's one of my favorite holidays, mostly because everyone I know dresses up and has fun. I make my costume every year (as I did as a kid). Last year I was Old-School Wonder Woman, and I think it did a decent job. This year, do to the freebie wings I got at Comic-Con, I'm going to be tinkerbell. I'm opting to make a costume closer to the original style of the actual Disney movie. None of that silly frilly crud. I just got the lime-green fabric online today.

Noir reedit

This is a small upload of an image I drew for Babes with Blades http://www.babeswithblades.org/

daily vampire

lol wierd title, should explain this is the daily topic for one of the blogs I post at. I'm ok with this drawing, not loving it, but we can be friends. lol.

I set up a portfolio website (finally). Still doesn't have everything that's decent to put up there, and none of my animation (go figure!) but at least I started it. That's the first step...but calling it that makes me feel like im in some AA group.

kristineb.carbonmade.com

sketch i did for thoughtfaucet

they have a daily topic and today was cry, so I found 10 minutes to sketch something

The King and I

The community theatre i'm in asked me to do the logo for their fall production of "The King and I" and here's the image I came up with.

noir 2

film noir style for a project

Iowa Impressions

lots of clouds and open spaces in Iowa

Couldn't sleep

The thing about doing a regular 9-5 job is that i get all these ideas and no time to do them in. Unless I don't sleep. So I do fun stuff after work like drawing, practicing guitar, cooking. Tonight I really couldn't sleep though. My mind is running all over the place. Sketching helps. Not happy with this one, but i'm leaving it alone.

Poof

When I thought "POOF" I thought about a mermaid retelling her encounter with a sailor as in "Poof and then he was gone!" And i like drawing mermaids. This is a rare fancytail mermaid, tails are a bit different and very colorful and flowy hence the fancytail name. They live off the coast of Catalina Island where they can easily blend into the seaweed. This one was obviously caught off gaurd.

childhood

quick sketch of myself as a child. May work this one out some more...

back from the Con

and doodling some more

Off to Comic-con

Sorta feeling like a strange fish, actually going to comic-con, hence the picture.

recent doodle

Drew it for my boyfriend's birthday gift. It was attached to a coconut - Monty Python style gift giving. Swallow attached to a coconut with a gift inside the coconut.

lifesaver...

and this is a new image I had to make for work...

random work things

These are old and I wasn't sure if I've posted em' before . Just bored at work so posting it here.