Jenn :D

Superman shoe designs

2011-08-29T21:57:00.001-07:00

Per tumblr request:

doodles

2011-08-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

I was suddenly fascinated by the side of his face, so I ended up drawing Graham from Masterchef, followed by a couple of older pages.

I miss that pen...

Green Lantern shoes

2011-07-14T15:00:00.000-07:00

Completed!

The color is off in the photos. My apologies.

"Manly-er" Speed Racer Shoes

2011-06-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

Finally, the completed shoes:

Now if I just had the address I need to send them to....

Sketches for Green Lantern shoes

2011-06-08T15:29:00.001-07:00

The first one was chosen, and all the white areas are hopefully going to be glow in the dark. :]

Shoe sketches

2011-05-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

I wanted to update, but this was all I had ready, so here's the sketches I did for a set of "manly-er" Speed Racer shoes that I'm finishing up right now for a friend, the girl ones, and a Tron inspired pair that still might be happening.

Captain America Vans

2011-03-14T16:13:00.000-07:00

And one happy Marceli :]

GO, SPEED RACER, GOOOOO

2011-03-03T15:41:00.000-08:00

Process shots of Speed Racer shoes

2011-03-03T15:32:00.000-08:00

Naptown barBAYq

2010-12-12T18:01:00.001-08:00

I recently (last night) completed a logo design for the first annual Naptown barBayq, which is a BBQ event, certified by KCBS, that has been scheduled for May 13-14 2011 in Annapolis, MD. It's being put on by the Parole Rotary Club to raise money for the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Cancer Charity. Around 5,000 people are expected, and tons of vendors have already contacted them.

I'm pretty excited about having done this for them, even if it has never made sense to me why gleeful pigs are always used to promote BBQs... Anyway, here's the (almost) full process:

Thumbnails!
Actually this is post-thumbnail-rejection (and explaining to them that having the sails engulfed in flames does not remind one of delicious BBQ, and charity), pre-desperate-doodling.

They liked this last one, but wanted a Maryland state flag, too, so I sent another sketch.

"tight" sketches

color studies
(I couldn't change much, of course, because of the MD state flag having to be red/gold, pig needing to be pink, and ocean generally being viewed as blue)

screen shot while playing with type...

Final, vectored image!

SUCCESS

vector doodle

2010-12-12T17:15:00.001-08:00

working on a new portfolio site.

2010-11-07T20:51:00.000-08:00

Zebra

2010-09-25T18:35:00.001-07:00

I had this dream I was a a carnival and got challenged to a duel (slapped in the face with a glove and everything). To duel we were going to joust, but instead of hitting each other off our horses, these two adorable fat little zebras with really tiny legs were set lose, and we had to use the lances to pull the sashes off of them while they were running around. It was ridiculously cute.

Guache. Touched up a bit in photoshop.

more sketchbook mess

2010-09-23T16:30:00.001-07:00

just some stuff from my sketchbook. I've been using a China Marker recently, which is pretty much a crayon, so detail is non existent.

sketchbook mess, and a zebra

2010-09-20T21:11:00.000-07:00

Not so fancy rhino

2010-08-06T16:28:00.001-07:00

Not so fancy rhino, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

ZBrush Rhino for a child's toy project. I seem to have forgotten to take a shot of the fancy version (with top hat, and monocle:D) so this will have to do till I can find someone with the program.

Gamers Unfazed

2010-08-06T16:09:00.003-07:00

Gamers Unfazed, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on the article: Russian Strippers Fail to Impress Gamers

Sausage Baby

2010-08-06T16:09:00.001-07:00

Sausage Baby, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on the USA Today article: Pediatricians Call for a Choke-Proof Hot Dog

OprahJesus

2010-08-06T16:08:00.001-07:00

OprahJesus, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on and article from The Onion: Oprah Viewers Patiently Awaiting Instructions

Decapitation

2010-08-06T16:07:00.003-07:00

Decapitation, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on the Damn Interesting article: Lucid Decapitation

Immortal

2010-08-06T16:07:00.001-07:00

Immortal, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on the Environmental Graffiti article: The Only Immortal Animal on Earth

City

2010-08-06T16:06:00.003-07:00

City, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on the GOOD article: The GOOD 100: Bulldozing Cities; Small Is Beautiful: The case for shrinking cities

Vaccine

2010-08-06T16:06:00.001-07:00

Vaccine, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

based on the CNN article: 'Super mosquitoes' could fight malaria with a bite

APOCOLYPSE CHICKEN

2010-02-11T19:14:00.000-08:00

first zbrush attempt.

1st place Frida

2009-12-15T10:32:00.000-08:00

Me, as reflected in a portrait of Frida Kahlo I did for a student competition. I won 1st place, much to my surprise! Whoo!

Synergism in Illustration class

2009-12-15T10:28:00.000-08:00

Yeeeeaaaah. This was the illustration I did for synergism class. The only one.... Slurpee oasis. Yummm :D

Blogger seems to have faded my colors some.

Catching up on illustration class uploads

2009-12-15T10:11:00.000-08:00

movie poster for The Shawshank Redemption. Title would go on that wall in the back.

Book cover for The Giver. Need to fix a couple things, but this convinced Thiel that I might be able to handle pastels, as well as digital.
Thank god, because this much digital is kiiiillling meeeee!

Fashion Ill. Lumber Jack fashions, of course. I need to go back in and finish outlining. maybe giver her a chin... lol...

RDJ as Sherlock Holmes, with crack pipe.
I'm not satisfied with it, but I don't expect to spend much more time on it.

Deer final

2009-12-15T10:07:00.000-08:00

Deer 2 - WIP

2009-10-08T13:22:00.003-07:00

Deer 2 - WIP, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

messing with saturation....

Deer 1 - WIP

2009-10-08T13:22:00.001-07:00

Deer 1 - WIP, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

Senior Ill Class. I'm messing with a new style.

I have a bit more tweaking to do.

business card back

2009-10-05T22:07:00.003-07:00

business card back, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

BusinessCard

2009-10-05T22:07:00.001-07:00

BusinessCard, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

LetterHead

2009-10-05T22:06:00.003-07:00

LetterHead, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

portfolio

2009-10-05T22:06:00.001-07:00

portfolio, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

Oh, Xena...

2009-09-22T15:32:00.001-07:00

Oh, Xena..., originally uploaded by JennDeC.

yep.

Talk Like a Pirate Day

2009-09-22T15:17:00.001-07:00

piratedayFRONT, originally uploaded by JennDeC.

font for dig. ill class junior year
Yes. All the wood grain is different.

2009-09-22T14:29:00.000-07:00

Illustration class, for an article on the massive increase of self diagnosis, via Google, WebMD, and other internets.

Drop Bears

2009-09-22T14:25:00.000-07:00

tight sketch for Synergism in Illustration class project. Assignment was 'Fearsome critters'(look it up on wiki, lol). I chose to illustrate the Australian legend of Drop Bears, which are pretty much koalas with giant fangs, and claws, that wait in trees till hikers walk under them, then drop on the hikers, and rip out their throats. You can tell a drop bear is in a tree over you by laying on the ground, and spitting upwards. They'll spit back. ;)

I have changes I'll be making.

stuff from last year

2009-09-22T13:00:00.000-07:00

Media class

2009-05-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

I'll have more as soon as I can scan them. again.

Guache for Brandes' Adv. Media class
with this I discovered just how easy it is to work FOREVER on a guache piece. (this was my first, ever)

B:

2009-05-20T09:49:00.000-07:00

I know, I know...
I'd apologize for not updating in a year, but it's been a frustrating year, to say the least. Ah well.
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my super sweet acrylic painting. 11"x36"
Fully rendered graphite drawing underneath, fixed, then painted over in true Don Brandes style. Yes, folks, that means I drew the patterns on walls, carpet, furniture, and tea accessories by hand, for better, or worse. This piece got into the Cosmix show at the Bradenton Museum of South Florida (or something like that), and is currently making it's rounds with the rest of the show to various galleries around the state of FL.
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Chinese white Technique Pratt showed us. Pretty neat.
Scottish Landscape. Sheep. The works.
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three hour ill (on an article about three men being condemned to stoning in the middle East. One man escaped.)

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three hour ill (on an article about 'the Angel of Death,' a doctor who worked for the SS during WWII on increasing the chances of pregnancies producing twins, in an effort to produce an Arian army faster. After the fall of Germany, he escaped to Brazil, but seemed to have continued his research. Long story short there is a town in Brazil where, to this day, 8 out of 10 [my numbers might be off] pregnancies are twins.)

2008-11-09T22:28:00.001-08:00

uuuuugh.... I'll post soon, really.

....really...

scratchboards

2008-07-31T14:14:00.000-07:00

just playing around :)

sketchbook mess :)

2008-07-31T13:24:00.000-07:00

Example # 234 of Techonology Hating Me.

2008-06-10T18:45:00.000-07:00

Our last project for Illustration 1 was an open assignment. HOO-RAH. I wanted to represent the major spells cast (in the musical version of Wicked), and take another opportunity to mess around with Painter. I was going to add in the 'ruby slippers,' but couldn't find a placement that didn't seem really awkward.BLAHBLAHBLAH

So the colors on this are CRAZY! Not at all what I started with. EVERYTIME I saved the file all of the colors would get washed out. I'd go back in, adding back where I could, and then BAM. Washed out even more. I don't get it. No matter what I saved it as the file still ended up getting modified without my consent. That bg color? That was once a nice golden yellow. I never changed it.

.....harumph.

2008-06-10T18:38:00.000-07:00

For Intro to GIC we were to create a 2 posters for an event, one image-based, a one type-based. It was pretty funny presenting my idea to the class. No one had turned in their ideas ontime, but i had done thumbnails for mine, so the teacher took it to a class vote to decide if he'd let me slide or make me do the default MOMA poster. Thanks, class.

the teacher loved this one

but, this one was my favorite of the two.

Let's pretend it hasn't been FOREVER since I last posted.

2008-06-10T18:09:00.000-07:00

So, it's summer break, and, of course, I have a ton of things I want to try, and no motivation to do it (or something like that). But here's an update with some stuff I did second semester...

sketchbook watercolor assignments (from around February, I believe):

The little fishie that could?

2007-12-14T10:30:00.000-08:00

Illustraaaaatiooooooon!
As a project for Ill 1 we did 'Animal Disguises,' or animals dressing up as other animals to accomplish some purpose, using found objects to create their badly made costumes. Acrylic on ill board.

I like the calm quality of it, with the deadpan herons just watching as the fish struts off as confidently unbalanced as he can.

Go, Catfish, go!

Oh, Frank Sinatra, why are you so amazing?

2007-12-14T10:12:00.001-08:00

The first one here is from the 'Every Hair on the Dog' eye project for Brandes. Um... so.. I did a baby Regal Horned Lizard, which, for a while, I thought was going to kill me, but I think it turned out pretty well. I'm not ever going to put it in a portfolio (especially as a senior). I may be dumb, but not that dumb. Sweetman warned me against it, which was nice of him. I can't believe people would to that. I would hope they'd gotten a little better by the time they got to 4th year. Lame. (But I hear they get RIPPED APART for it in portfolio review :D )

Now for the oil rub color pencil technique. This stuff kicks my ass, pardon my language. This process and I do NOT get along. I want to keep working with it on other pictures, but man, it's just hard for me. This is the second try, now using a picture of Kristin Chenoweth (hush, Rachel), and most of the mistakes are drawing errors, seeing as I wasn't really paying attention while trying to draw this at Marc's house during Thanksgiving. Beh.
I will not give up though! England Prevails! um.. I mean...

This song sucks.

2007-12-14T09:57:00.001-08:00

This was all done on the same still life (obviously) that everyone put together individually and photographed.

I'm not sure why the first one (on grey) got so sharply white in the scan, but I couldn't manage to fix it. I'm kinda photoshop-retarded.

The second one I was trying to force myself to use bright colors, by putting in the orange bg first.

Aaaaaad acrylic on a textured ground, created using clear gesso with random junk dragged through it. Plastic butter knife on the onion and tablecloth, hard brush on flower petals (also plate, I think), bottle cap and sponge on bg, and a shelled walnut rolled on over the pepper. :)

cont.

2007-12-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

Media class neeeext. These are just the watercolors.

Dude, it's the Hob Nob! Minus life...!

first watercolor EVAH :D

Aaaaah winter break.

2007-12-14T09:19:00.000-08:00

Winter break means a semester worth of up loading!
Bwahahahahaha!

so, figure class junk first, hm?

Wow, that is pretty old...

Right, so, I really, really hate my figure teacher. Custode is pretty much the bane of my existence. Seriously. What a jerk. He spends the class making fun of ethnicities and such, or at least the few minutes he's actually there, then tells us to be better people than him. He leaves forever. Grades person against person. Hours and hours of rambling, useless demos, then complains that we haven't gotten enough work done. Picks me out in class for talking and tried to humiliate me for it, when I haven't said a word since walking in. Hate. I never hate people. I nearly walked out a few times, which I also never do, or even think about.

grr.

This was all in no particular order...

maybe it should have been...

just a couple of things from media class.

2007-09-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

the first is pen and ink...

the second is scratch board.

i don't have anything.

2007-07-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

illustration class. into to ill. eh.

mmnghhkjhbk.

2007-07-28T19:22:00.000-07:00

sketches from precollege '07. i need to scan some stuff, but till then...

Peer Pressure

2007-07-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

i think peer pressure is really how i've accumulated all of these blog-ish sort f things.

Anyway, hello, Blogspot. Beware, arts seem to be looming on the horizon.