Kebikun's Art Journal

Life Drawings

2011-11-26T10:32:00.000-08:00

I'm here! I've been doing work on a comic and it's taking basically all of my time and eating away at my soul but I'm learning and getting some money and stuff. I'll post a bunch of crap when I can but for now, some more life drawing.

Art Dump Number 2

2011-02-07T20:12:00.000-08:00

I meant to post all this crap up by the end of January but I got terribly sidetracked. I'm setting aside this month to finish up all of my illustration work that's been sitting in the corner of my room, neglected. There is a lot...A LOT!

Also, I'm struggling with my tribute piece, again.

Giant Sketch dump Number O.N.E.

2011-01-13T09:48:00.000-08:00

So I decided to scan a bunch of stuff from my sketchbooks which have been sitting in the corner of my room collecting both dust and dog hair. The face drawings are mostly from around summer time, when I'm really rather productive. The animal drawings are also from that time but are redrawn in Photoshop because the originals are quite possibly the worst animal drawings on the face of the planet (and others). I thought I'd get clever with the orange. I'll be back with another giant dump soon.

more Commercial boards

2010-12-20T11:19:00.000-08:00

Well, this wraps up the commercial half of my "mentor-ship." Intended to be read top-to-bottom, left-to-right.

The Mitsubishi commercial has a father and son going into a dealership to find a car. They come across a Lancer and it's pretty much a done deal from there. What follows is all the excitement and wonder that comes with the prospect of purchasing a new car.

The Beer commercial shows a couple caught in the middle of an earthquake. They run out but the girlfriend is concerned for her cat's safety. The dutiful boyfriend returns to the kitchen where he discovers the cat and a beer. While weighing his priorities, a gas stove falls and the broken gas line causes an explosion which sends the boyfriend flying out the front door. The girlfriend again asks about the cat who, as we discover, is clinging to the boyfriend's back charred but (presumably) alive.

Quakerstate Oil

2010-10-18T21:21:00.000-07:00

Some boards for a commercial involving cars and people succeeding. Meant to be read top to bottom, left to right. Commercial starts with a happy guy in a mustang and eventually shifts to a little vignette where some dude graduates and seals some deal with a bunch of construction guys. Overall, I'm happy with these boards because I was able to do them relatively quickly and I think the frames read well enough. I will post my scene next, after I get around to organizing the frames.

More storyboards and sketches

2010-09-27T21:55:00.001-07:00

Here's some more storyboard stuff that I'm posting so that I can monitor my progress through this mentor-ship thing. The one with snakes is for a film called "FANGS." The premise simply involved teenagers stranded on an island that was full of snakes. Me and four other students were assigned different chunks of the script. I was honored to be put in charge of the final action sequence but was a bit ashamed when I discovered that, of the 60-70 frames I completed, only this 16 frame sequence came out okay, and even it is in dire need of an establishing shot among other things. In any case, first time working with a director. I wonder if the movie ever got off the ground.

My first assignment with Mark was one that I chose to do: Medieval Times. I felt like a total bad ass while I was drawing these. That is, until I scanned them. I don't think they're bad, but they sure are dirty. I did everything I could to get rid of all the noise but, alas, it remains. Anyway, this is the best I've got thus far. I'll be finishing up a 4 page action sequence tomorrow (80-90 frames) so hopefully I draw them well.

More Work in Progress

2010-05-17T19:26:00.000-07:00

More updates. Got the cocktail party to about 65-70% complete. Still need to brush up on the main characters and add more background characters for depth. I need to get all this stuff cleaned up and solid by the end of June.

More Work in Progress

2010-04-10T12:22:00.000-07:00

"You're saying yes all the f___in' time, yet nothing's DONE"!

That's what Gordon Ramsay would say to me if he could see me now. So yea. One semi-finished illustration and one WIP. I am planning on adding more gawking people to the first one and fixing the perspective a bit more. I struggled with this one because it reads more like an ad. I think the third one will be more successful since it's just a big cocktail-scandal party.

Pride

2010-03-19T21:37:00.001-07:00

This was the second illustration for my class. The theme is pride. This isn't quite done, nor are the last 3 or 4 illustrations I've done. I need to set aside a month after this semester is over to finalize everything. But here's the progress.

New Semester

2010-02-19T21:35:00.000-08:00

Wow, an update. So these are a couple projects I was working on for two separate classes that still need work. My theme for my portfolio class is tentatively "fashion illustration" though I've resolved that it is, in fact, taking cliche fashion illustration scenarios and putting a twist on them. It's true that fashion illustration is usually about the clothes and what not, so what I'm doing is more about the lifestyle. But rather than promoting the lifestyle to the point where it's nauseatingly glamorous, I'm trying to illustrate that high status doesn't exempt people from being people. There will be 5 total when all is said and done.

Finished Semester

2009-12-20T15:29:00.000-08:00

Well, finally finished a particularly grueling semester at CSULB and so it's time for Winter vacation. I'll be doing a few [unpaid] commercial boards to beef up the portfolio and then it's off to hopefully get some paid storyboard work. In the meantime, more drawing and more [digital] painting to prepare myself for my final semester at CSULB and then it's off to [finally] meet the "real world" head on at the tender age of 27.

Anyway, here're some drawings from life and some more colored faces which I think are more successful, in terms of color, than my previous batch. I even like the bottom right hand corner one in spite of her frightfully large eyes.

Second storyboard assignment

2009-11-19T20:36:00.000-08:00

The assignment was to take an Aesop's fable and make a storyboard out of it. We were to do a minimum of 30 frames, which is what I ended up with. I left a few out, however, cause' they just seemed redundant. Overall, I think some of the drawings are okay, but the pacing is a little choppy. Time to move on to the next one.

Watercolor series

2009-11-19T19:54:00.001-08:00

Here's some school stuff. I have to admit to being a bit proud of myself with these in terms of color. Yea, stuff is crooked and it ain't perfect, but it's the best I've done so far so, yea. I feel like I'm finally getting color, thanks to George Zebot's instruction.

Production Stuff

2009-10-24T19:07:00.000-07:00

Ever get the feeling that life is out to get you? How bout' a UFO? I decided long ago that my soul mate was abducted by aliens and that was why I couldn't find her, here in sunny Southern California. Anyway, I'm dizzy after doing this stuff.

Anybody know an easier way to draw buildings? Please let me know. =(

First Storyboards

2009-10-22T09:45:00.000-07:00

Here're most of the panels from my first boarding assignment. Some are missing but they simply feel a bit redundant. I think I need to work on drawing buildings. Anyway, the "story" is pretty retarded and doesn't really warrant mentioning, but hopefully the drawings read.

Richard

2009-10-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

I've been looking through my life drawing stuff and, strangely, all my best drawings are of the same model. Actually, it's not really strange: He's great!

Flowers

2009-10-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

So I'm taking a watercolor class and we're painting flowers. This isn't watercolor. This is my attempt to supplement my watercolor studies with less expensive computer studies. I think it turned out okay for doing it off the top of my head but I guarantee you my instructor would laugh. I'll upload more digi-flowers and possibly even watercolor flowers later on.

Style Study

2009-09-28T23:17:00.001-07:00

Here's a quick illustration where I pulled a drawing out of my sketchbook and put pretty flat colors over it. I'm trying to find a style that'll compliment the sketchy lines cause' that would be awesome.

Girl and Hummingbirds

2009-08-15T20:56:00.000-07:00

I love sketching. I don't really care for finalizing stuff though. This one is taking entirely too long. It'll probably look different once it's done but here's what I've got so far. I'll scan some other stuff later on.

edit: got the colors more or less figured out. Really have to work on speeding up my process. Slooowww.
edit2: I can't look at this anymore. I'm gonna' move on.

Some Practice Stuff

2009-07-21T18:54:00.000-07:00

More stuff. A giraffe from the LA zoo and a bannerfish from the Long Beach aquarium. I recently got a Nintendo DS so I can do color studies which is nice. I still want to invest in a watercolor kit and sketchbook though.

Daily Practice Samples

2009-07-14T19:45:00.000-07:00

Just been practicing with color and stuff in Photoshop. I try to do at least one per day but sometimes I get two and, on ultra rare occasions, three. Something about getting older makes me feel like I gotta' bust my butt to catch up to people. Not a pleasant feeling. I'll try to move on to scenery shortly.

More Color Practice

2009-06-24T00:18:00.001-07:00

Not done yet, will post final after the experimentation ends. Andy gave me his computer so now coloring is actually fun.
EDIT: I'm done with this. You can see the evolution of this practice piece and my struggle to get to, more or less, the finished product. Doing this made me realize that I have a lot (LOT) to learn about, well, everything. I flipped the picture cause' I think it looks better that way.

Drawings from Life (part 1)

2009-06-02T23:15:00.000-07:00

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So I drew a bunch of stuff Spring 09' that I never scanned and, consequently, never posted. So I scanned. It took forever, mostly because my current computer is on its last leg.

I took a "figures in context" class with Mark and apparently missed the point. I learned a lot, even if my brain is still trying to process the information. I'll post a lot of my stuff next time. My process is a bit strange, though. I'll do the gesture drawing in the time given, then at a later time, I'll come back and fill in information to see how well I know where stuff goes. At the end of the class, I realized that I really do like ink wash and water color.

The longer pose is from Robin's costume figure drawing class, again. I generally do better drawings when I have between 5 and 20 minutes.

My goal now is to do more field sketching of scenery, including buildings and landscape. I might have to start another blog dedicated to my sketches.

Couple and Horse

2009-05-21T22:45:00.000-07:00

So this was my final project for my Advanced A class. It isn't really looking very "advanced" though I think most people -including myself- were a bit burned out by this point. I tried to do a decent job, though. I'll probably end up revising the drawing and colors a little later. I'll post it when it's done.

Old Stuff

2009-05-14T20:57:00.000-07:00

Here's some older stuff that I found in some folders that I felt like posting either cause' I kinda' like the drawings or cause' I intend to redraw them all finalized style.

Illustration A assignment: My interpretation of beauty and the beast which initially involved punk versions of the two. Apparently, they fall in love cause' they're both skateboarding fanatics. I kept the rougher illustration cause' I enjoyed the silly idea of the beast eating a pig. The problem is, if you think about the situation too much, it's really sad and gruesome. I kinda' wish I could go back into the illustration where the beauty is crying over the beast's body and do more work on the window, but unfortunately I lost the originals. Too bad.

Aya and Aki faces: I liked these faces a lot. I've noticed that my older stuff looks a lot more complete. The lines are cleaner and there's more stuff going on. Everything nowadays is sketchy and incomplete. Ultimately, I believe there's much more to gain from sketching than there is from getting precious over a single drawing, but I still miss stuff like this. It's strange how when you look back on your old work, it feels like a different person drew it. I guess that's proof that people are constantly changing.

Girl: I like the folds on her pants. They still appeal to me though I remember that some people said they were distracting and strange looking. I guess I can see where they're coming from. She was based on a girl I was sorta' into, and who I'm no longer into. But I still kinda' like the drawing.

All in all, I think I had some weaknesses with anatomy and structure that I've since addressed though it may not be readily apparent. I'll post some more drawings from the sketchbook once I get back. There're just too many. This summer will be devoted to my graphic novel gig, zoo drawing, and learning how to color cause' I'm sick of my instructors saying, "the drawing is nice BUT..."

More Stuff

2009-05-11T22:27:00.000-07:00

I've been drawing a lot. Almost nonstop. I feel that I can finally draw tigers pretty competently, which makes me happy. I'll post more drawings later. In the meantime, these are from trees from my school with a make believe building in the background. The building is pretty uninspired as I haven't really done any research on school building architecture. I'd like to design a school for my characters to go to in my story. This is my first attempt, I guess.

Book Plate Thing

2009-04-28T23:19:00.000-07:00

I kinda' liked how this turned out. The girl looks a bit generic, but I like the tiger. I'd like to do more of these types of small illustrations involving a young looking girl who chills with different animals.

Lookin' Up

2009-03-09T22:19:00.000-07:00

What a crappy month February was. March is kinda' lookin' up but I desperately need a new computer. 2 minutes to lasso select and move a small section? Terrible.

These are two drawings I sorta' liked and decided to color for fun. DUKE OUT!

Wow, it's been a year...

2009-01-21T11:42:00.000-08:00

Now that I have internet, I don't really have an excuse to not update. Here's some stuff from the sketchbook...

No Title!

2007-11-24T08:33:00.000-08:00

Ugh. So many sketches and drawings to-do but no time to really go into things. I finished the assignment with the Miata. I don't care for it. Here's some stuff I drew this month. I will post my most recent illustration assignment some time next week. I haven't got much else to say other then I need my car!

Calender Drawings

2007-10-19T22:18:00.000-07:00

These are drawings I did for a client who happens to be a fellow student of mine. As you can see, these aren't particularily clean drawings. I've had a lot of stuff to do lately and so I kinda' ended up doing these over a single weekend. There are two others, but I don't feel they need to be included. I sorta wish I drew the bike better on the first image. Actually, there's a lot I wish I would've done better, but it ain't bad for two days, I suppose.

I'm currently working on my third illustration project which involves a Miata. I haven't posted the second assignment because I haven't gotten it back and, also, because I feel the drawing can be done better. I will post all, sooner or later.

My E30's transmission died. I was hoping it'd merely be the oil, but it wasn't. Oh well. At least I accidently drifted the car getting on the freeway in the rain. The good news -depending on how you look at it- is that I'm going to probably end up getting a blue NA Miata with th 1.8 liter engine and Torsen differential. Life will be better when that happens.

Another Post

2007-10-05T21:41:00.000-07:00

Wow, another one in the same day. I'm going to be doing 5 two page spreads using the Miata as the "main character" and so I decided it's probably a good idea to practice drawing cars cause' I ain't that great at it though I'm getting better. The project isn't due for a month so I have time to refine my technique or whatever. Drawing the miata, I really miss pushing through a corner in the canyons with neutral slide which the NA seemed to do so well. I don't even know that there was any skill involved on my part though I like to think there was.

There's something about driving that I love that I still can't get through drawing. See, I enjoy drawing because it requires skill and you can always get better and push yourself to do more and I can't wait to see how good I can get in the following year. The thing is, when you're full of rage or sadness or happiness, I find that nothing serves as a better medium for expressing that emotion than driving some roads in a car that can handle it. My crusty E30 325i, as you may have guessed, can't handle any of it. It makes me want to cry when I'm heartbroken and I can't assuage any of my anguish through driving. I need a MIATA!

I can't believe how bad I am with women. BAD! And I really am trying, too. Anyway, here're some doodles.

School!

2007-10-05T08:53:00.000-07:00

Since school has started again, I've found that, for whatever reason, I seem to enjoy pressure. I'm probably going to load up on 15 units next semester cause' right now I don't feel pressured enough. If I end up getting another Miata, I think I'll need to befriend a driver of an S2000 or an Impreza and have them tail me all the way to school just so I can feel pressured.

I drew this kinda' fast for Illustration class. I think my shading needs to be cleaner. There was more to this drawing but I got rid of it cause' it looks stupid. I suppose I'll start posting my school assignments here so that a year from now I can look at it and laugh.

Sketch Book

2007-08-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

Hmm. This is stuff from my last sketchbook which is filled. School starts shortly and I'll have tons of time to draw in between my two classes and -thanks to the wonderful school atmosphere- lots of stuff TO draw. I'm making it my goal to really start rocking this year. I'll have better sketches next post. Until then, here's some stuff from last month.

The first batch are random. I notice that I didn't work much on full bodied poses (shame on me). My favorite drawing is of the dog. The second batch are a collection of faces from a story I wanted to work on in which three brothers fight to save their country from a growing terrorist faction or something. I like the bottom left face. I must draw more full bodied stuff!

As for my personal life, it's been relatively simple lately: Go to work, draw, and on Sundays go do something at a friend's house. Not that I'm complaining or anything; it's a decent enough life and it's temporary so things will ultimately be better and I'll be able to drive my E30 M3 or 94' Mazda Miata around the Nurburgring will still being a prolific illustrator. I'd drive more canyons if I had more sense.

I'm 25!

2007-07-12T23:33:00.000-07:00

Yay, today's my birthday. I rock! I drew this and other crap today. I'm posting this cause' it's colored, even though I did a lousy job on the hair. She loves me cause' I drew her that way. My goal is to be famous by the time I'm 30!

In other news, I saw Transformers, went to Anime Expo with my friends Andy and Jill, and became a Jedi knight. I thought Transformers was fantastic for what it was worth. Anime Expo typically conjures images of smelly, overzealous otakus walking around and yelling out various anime quotes and battling with their cardboard swords. Though the fans WERE overzealous, there was no smell and many of the girls were hot. There was this chick dressed as Zelda that I wanted to take home with me. I'm kidding (no I'm not).

I didn't become a Jedi Knight, really. I simply don't have what it takes and I tend to succumb to carnal desires much too easily.

I will post more when less stuff in my sketchbook sucks. Anticipate the fun!

Stuff from sketchbook

2007-06-21T22:27:00.000-07:00

Yay, I've got a blog. Go me! This stuff was drawn in my sketchbook with ball-point pen because I don't believe in pencil nor do I believe in erasing. I DO believe in white out and augmenting images in photoshop, which is just as cheesy -if not cheesier- than simply drawing with pencil and erasing.

About a month ago -but tracing all the way back to the beginning of the year (2007)- I decided I wanted to try my hand at fashion illustration because I like drawing people and, occasionally, clothes. Plus I like the idea of possibly working with a prevalent fashion designer and having consumers (particularily young women) mistake me for being that prevalent fashion designer and giving me credit they don't realize I don't deserve. But such is ignorance. Anyway, my goal is to be famous in the following 2 years, so I will be drawing lots and posting lots and hopefully not sucking lots cause' people who are famous typically don't suck.

1.) Ong was drawn on Sunday at Cal State Long Beach. I usually suck real bad on Sundays, and yet this drawing doesn't suck as bad as I would have anticipated. I color penciled it later.

2.) I've begun trying to draw full bodied figures. It's difficult because I usually just give up around the waist. Well, now the laziness is coming back to haunt me as I'm realizing just how difficult it can be putting the whole pose together. Semi-success here, I think.

3.) Long ago, a friend of mine and I played the Sims 2. Like many young males who have unfulfilling lives, we decided to create ourselves within the game and -so that our virtual selves' lives don't follow the same trend as their living, breathing counterparts- created some girlfriends. Enter the Nakazato sisters. Aya and Aki are daughters of former street racer Takeshi Nakazato and his wife, Adriana Lima. They're rich. Aki is cool and Aya is, well, cute, I guess. This is a rough portrait of Aya. I've been having difficulty portraying her as I want to (half Japanese, half whatever the hell Adriana Lima is) but I think this is okay...for now.

4.) Katya is based loosely off a girl I know who doesn't like me. Fair enough. If that's the way she's gonna' be then I'm gonna' make a character that looks sorta' like her, add an "a" to the end of her name, and make her a character of mine. In yo' face. I was gonna' clean up the full bodied image, but then decided enough time had been spent and that the face was the best part anyway. I have such trouble with drawing people from the back. Hell, I have trouble with drawing, in general.

That's all I have for now. Expect more later.