Lunchtime Sketch

May the 4th be with you...

2010-05-04T22:36:00.000-07:00

Chasing Waldo

2009-11-21T22:25:00.000-08:00

My most recent Color Theory class project was to find a favorite artist, identify the colors in one of their pieces, and then use them in an original work. I have many favorite artists, all for different reasons, but the one that stuck out to me was Nate Simpson, of Project Waldo. His line work is crazy-awesome and detailed beyond my understanding, but his use of color knocks me out.

I chose panel 1 of page two of his work-in-progress comic to pull the palette from. We were required to rename the colors however we wanted, I didn't get too creative there, just combined some words here and there:

And here's the result. I asked once for friends to give me ideas of things to draw and my sister asked for a 'golden nightling.' I asked what that might be and she didn't know, just that it is what came to her. I owe her for the spark of inspiration. The result is below:

athletic angel rod

2009-11-16T08:11:00.000-08:00

eggles

2009-11-16T08:09:00.000-08:00

ghost

2009-11-13T19:39:00.000-08:00

mermaid

2009-09-09T12:36:00.000-07:00

chicken kitten

2009-09-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

fairy dragon

2009-08-26T12:10:00.001-07:00

self portrait

2009-08-24T10:09:00.001-07:00

demon

2009-08-13T20:19:00.001-07:00

Snailtaur

2009-07-15T10:01:00.000-07:00

pink grass

2009-07-14T13:14:00.000-07:00

drop fairy - Mojizu

2009-07-13T15:37:00.000-07:00

you may or may not remember this sketch from last year. I finally developed it in Illustrator and submitted to Mojizu. wish him luck!

ant walker

2009-07-08T15:11:00.001-07:00

water nymph

2009-06-25T21:28:00.001-07:00

tooth-fairy - Hellboy II

2009-06-24T09:04:00.000-07:00

jarrosh3

2009-06-23T09:31:00.000-07:00

cleric of bahamut

2009-06-20T00:19:00.001-07:00

jarrosh2

2009-06-20T00:03:00.001-07:00

kim

2009-06-19T16:26:00.001-07:00

vash

2009-06-19T15:48:00.000-07:00

celestina

2009-06-19T15:11:00.000-07:00

from the moon

2009-06-11T16:45:00.000-07:00

for Claire

2009-06-03T14:06:00.001-07:00

Pygmy Jerboa

2009-05-29T14:44:00.000-07:00

cold

2009-05-29T10:12:00.000-07:00

Sarah Demon

2009-05-28T16:00:00.000-07:00

flower

2009-05-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

leafhopper

2009-05-27T10:19:00.000-07:00

curious fairy

2009-05-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

elf girl

2009-04-30T14:33:00.000-07:00

entropy fairy

2009-04-29T09:54:00.001-07:00

w.a.s.p.

2009-04-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

trickster

2009-04-23T23:12:00.000-07:00

Big bot - Moji War

2009-04-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

After two rounds of voting, Big Bot is popular enough to enter the Moji War at Mojizu.com. The war takes place over four rounds (one round per week) where mojis battle tournament-style for popularity. This week Big Bot is looking good against his competitor. But soon he will need your votes (you need to be registered with the site to vote)!

I'm pretty excited about this, but cautiously so. Droposaur made it all the way to the last round only to be soundly defeated. If the current trend continues, Big Bot should win this week and I feel fairly confident about next week as well, but round 3 will be tough. Expect updates on his progress!

Tiny Quetzal

2009-04-12T20:23:00.001-07:00

buzzy beetle

2009-04-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

goomba

2009-04-09T23:00:00.001-07:00

Jarrosh

2009-04-08T23:25:00.000-07:00

katy zombie

2009-04-08T15:51:00.000-07:00

Armzor

2009-04-03T15:02:00.000-07:00

big bot - Illustrator

2009-04-01T17:41:00.000-07:00

Soon to be on Mojizu, here's an finished version of big bot:

*edit: He's up! Give him a ten!

Lines

2009-03-04T11:37:00.000-08:00

Meh

2009-02-25T09:36:00.000-08:00

Grasshopper

2009-02-24T15:07:00.000-08:00

Draenei

2009-02-17T10:24:00.000-08:00

Jellyfish

2009-02-05T15:13:00.000-08:00

New Year, new rules. No more videos, Colors has the playback on the same page as the image, and the process to make a video it too tedious. Look at some older posts, I draw all of these using the same technique :P

droposaur - fighting for cute poo everywhere

2008-10-06T16:22:00.000-07:00

Wow! Droposaur has made it all the way to the top! Obviously the little guy has made me proud already, but winning this match would make me a hundred dollars proud! Please vote him up, he's right there at the top of the page, fighting against a really cool cyclops samurai.

UPDATE: He didn't win :( but I'm surprised at how far he made it.

moonkin

2008-10-01T16:59:00.000-07:00

lunch: homemade beef jerky, harvest cheddar sun chips (not that hungry)

awesome box

2008-09-26T15:44:00.000-07:00

Lunch: yucatecos from Mama Testa

snail

2008-09-16T09:58:00.001-07:00

lunch: refried black beans, sesame blue corn tortilla chips, artichoke & cream cheese mini tacos

droposaur on threadless!

2008-09-04T15:31:00.000-07:00

UPDATE 9.11.08 - Thanks for voting everyone! I got a great score! Not high enough to win, but higher than I expected. I think I have one more submission idea featuring droposaur. Check back later!

More news for droposaur fans! He's featured in a submission I made to threadless and needs your votes! I've made some changes to the design that was submitted to Mojizu, mainly adding a (kinda) message. His poo is now filled with people, and his markings indicate that he's the Earth. The piece is called "Earth's Evacuation" and the big idea is that Earth is a cute, gigantic dinosaur, and it's gotten rid of all of the people by crapping them out. The message is whatever you would take from that. Anyway, your votes are greatly appreciated.

more droposaur news

2008-09-04T10:14:00.000-07:00

Droposaur has turned into the little dinosaur that could. He's been really well received by the Mojizu community, achieving the highest average score I've ever gotten. He was also hand picked as the daily special! I got an email last night ~6pm PDT, so I imagine that this evening he'll be down. It's all got me feeling good about the upcoming contests. Be sure to go back and vote up droposaur after Monday Sept 8th, he'll be in the Hot section where another round of voting happens. After that he may make it to the War, where I'll be calling upon you once more.

UPDATE: He has now been replaced. That was awesome.

big bot

2008-08-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

lunch: granola and yogurt (late breakfast)

video on tuesday - UPDATE: video is up!

droposaur - illustrator

2008-08-27T14:40:00.000-07:00

Here's droposaur all fancified. Vote him up at Mojizu!

droposaur

2008-08-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

lunch: homemade beef jerky (thanks Adam and Diane), salad, homemade green tea frozen yogurt

Video coming later today. UPDATE: Video is up!

Bunior Bot - illustrator

2008-08-20T16:43:00.000-07:00

Hey Lunchtime Sketch fans! I did up Bunior Bot all nice-like for Mojizu! Check him out!

He's getting a pretty good response too! Vote him up if you feel so inclined.

skitty

2008-08-01T14:08:00.001-07:00

lunch: leftover teriyaki chicken, chips, and some grapes

EDIT: Video now up! You can see that initially I was going to draw a regular kitty, but changed my mind:

bunior bot

2008-07-30T13:58:00.001-07:00

lunch: teriyaki chicken breast and salad

crush

2008-07-29T16:46:00.000-07:00

lunch: salad and harvest cheddar sun chips

swirlies

2008-07-01T10:33:00.000-07:00

lunch: double-decker PBJ

dark

2008-06-28T22:12:00.000-07:00

Lunch: chicken squash and cheese blinis

Sorry if you can't see this one, it didn't look THIS dark on the DS.

frog - he judges you

2008-06-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

lunch: tuna sandwich

network medussa

2008-06-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

lunch: buttermilk pancakes with peanut butter and maple syrup:

No movie this time, the file got a little screwed up.

drop faerie

2008-06-05T16:03:00.000-07:00

Lunch: leftover pizza from Dimille's:

robot

2008-06-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

My first submitted sketch to Colors:

Watch me draw it here: