'Spose I should post somethin' or other...

My Halloween was quite fine! I hung with some friends from school. A few people went to the big party in West Hollywood, but I didn't, since huge noisy parties with tons of people in the streets at night is not really my thing. So instead, Tom, Lisa, Lauren and I went out to Lauren's house in Burbank, where we rented a scary movie and watched it with popcorn and snacks. We watched Ghost Ship, which I'd never seen before, and was quite spooky in its own right! I guessed a few things correctly; others I did not.

I don't know if I'm that good of a person to watch horror movies with, though, considering I tend to go into mockery mode and start MSTing it/commenting on it the entire way. Stuff like, "Oh, he has a fiancee, he's so kicking it." Maybe it's a defense mechanism 'cause I'm not too fond of horror movies, but I seem to feel the urge to MST a lot more with horror movies than I do with any other kind.

Most of what I've been working on lately has been stuff for Visual Structure, since I really want an 'A' in that class and it requires doing a lot of drawing. I'm sure most people have already seen it, but for the few who haven't, here's some sketches and some colored works. (Descriptions mostly c/p'd from dA...)




Character sketches for Jack Lope himself! I think I've finally pinned down the design and such.



And Jack with a full-body color turnaround. Teacher says this looks good, but that I need to draw him in a more dynamic/heroic pose, so that comes next. :P



Just a few of the other people that Jack lives with in the ground colony of the hares. There's Jill Down, the pretty young schoolteacher whose hand Jack wishes to win. Joe Coney, the big, tough burly hare worker also fighting for Jill's affections. Little Levy, one of Jill's students, and the hare that gets kidnapped by the sailgulls. There's also Buck Down, Jill's father and the head of the village council. Also, various other shapes and sizes of hares living in the village!



Some sketches of another kind of creature that Jack Lope meets on his journey; the Grabbons. Generally laid-back and easygoing creatures, their lazy habits are made worse by the fact that they've all begun falling ill.



The sailgulls are the last kind of creature that Jack encounters on his journey up the trees: they are the top-dwelling creatures that rule from the highest perch, or at least they think they do. Either way, they can be quite dangerous when they choose to be. The large sails on their back is how they fly: instead of flapping wings like a normal bird, they glide from treetop to treetop like windsurfers with their sails.



And a color turnaround! I was going to give it a purple-yellow macaw look, but decided that looked too happy/friendly, so instead I colored it more like a red-tailed hawk.



I have sketches of this guy, but I don't think I've scanned them in yet.Just a turnaround of the big bad villain, one of the wolf spiders. I just went for a full black color; I'm not certain whether I should switch it up with stripes or perhaps more wolf-like color patterns. It was also suggested that I make the head bigger and ears smaller, so I may have to mess around with him more, still.



For the class we have to do environment sketches, too! :P So here's some idea-building for the sailgulls' village at the top of the trees. Their homes have a very futuristic look as compared to the rural colonies of the other creatures; with glass floors/ceilings and frequent use of sails, banners and flags. Lots of wires and posts hold everything in place!



Just finished this today: a full-color environment of the Sailgull village. I'm trying to decide if I want to go back and color the lines, too...just not certain if those thick black lines work with the colors. :/



Oh hey, and since I was working on a poly model of Jack for Poly 2, here's some 3D thrown in, too! I think any further detailing I'll end up doing in ZBrush, even if ZBrush does intimidate me still. D:


Went on a big software updating spree last week...upgraded my OS (Tiger, woot!), and got Shake, AfterEffects, and ZBrush 2 working! Also, finally was able to install Firefox correctly...so goodbye, Safari! Adobe CS3 didn't install correctly, though (I think I may have to try CS2 instead) and Maya 8.5 still isn't working, although it installed correctly. However, it should work if I fix one lickle problem with it.

Huh, KHFFR's been pretty quiet lately. o_o


Drawing: Ten thousand things; I don't know what to go to next...

Writing: A new sporking! This one is turning out to be lots of fun. XD Lots of good jokes!