Thursday Panda

Has it been that long already?
About time to add a new post!

Today I went to the printers to drop of my design and -yes- to get it printed. Tomorrow it will be done and I can't wait!

It is the poster design I made for my little brothers birthday.
I worked on it for quite some time and as a perfectionist I can probably find another 30 things I could change. But I decided it was
time to stop editing and I think I made the
right call. And I hope you agree :)

The artwork is created in Adobe Illustrator, for the design of the panda I made a small pencil drawing to get the pose right.

Original artwork: Stefanie Hatzis
Background vector:  DragonArt
Font: Oil Can

Saturday recap

ohh my I have been overworking myself.
The good thing is that all the things I have been doing will found a great place on my blog.

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Last post I told you about an animation project I was working on,
and I am pleased to say It is almost finished!

I started off with the basic idea for an introduction video for my portfolio site,
with this video visitors will see a short introduction to the website, which will be presented as an exposition.
In the video advertisement papers will float until they reach a character. The character reads the paper, puts it down and suddenly the exposition will appear.


Thestory for the animation was set in a short time, but it took some time to create all the artwork, do the animations and paste it all together.

I did the artwork in Illustrator, usually I draw the figures in pencil before I make them digital, but I decided to try this out and I believe it worked out well.
For now I will show you my color palette and some artwork, I will show the video as soon as the sound design is done.

Thursday Planning

Oh my it has been a while since my last post,
but fear not, I am not sitting still!

The reason is that I have started a few long-term projects, and I do not like to post half-finished products!

So what kind of projects?

The first is a new crochet figure.
As my mum has all different kinds of wool thread, usually I just pick a random type (this time it was a think grey white wool blend) and take it with me.
I started with a shape that could be a dogs head, but then I found the needle I used was too thin and the result was a very solid shape.I found the texture and color would be great for a turtle shell, so that's what I made!

(the Ikea pencil is a size reference ^^)
I really liked to follow my own view instead of copying from the book, and now that I finished the shell I am working on a small turtle shape that can be inserted into the shell, maybe I will even make different colored ones (if I have time).


The other project is for a present.
My little brothers birthday will come up soon (19th fo March), when I asked him what kind of present he would like he told me he needs a new poster, because he hates the empty walls in his room (and his girlfriend doesn't like the sexy-lady-posters he has now).
Of course I could buy a poster, but that is no fun..
As my brother really likes Pandas I have to add at least one panda-like shape to the poster, and after some brainstorming I finally got the most brilliant idea!
But naturally I can not post this until I handed him the gift, but trust me he will love it!

Wednesday Illustrating

So yesterday I decided to make a digital illustration using Illustrator.
Most of the time I work in Photoshop, but I thought it would be good to improve my illustrator skills!
I started off with a pencil drawing, scanned it in and went on from there. I didn't exactly hold on to the original drawing, but I am really pleased with the result.
I might tweak some parts but I think it is good enough to post here :)

I don't know exactly what the meaning of the image is, or the feeling I wanted to capture. The colors and all just made sense and It is just really a result of some nights without a lot of sleep.