Some past life-drawings

These were some of the last life-drawing session the PMC club held before Finals week.

Some 30 second warm-ups

2 of the GOOD 1 minute drawings

Pink really makes her stand out

Also here's a past week's of life drawing, done in a different medium than col-erase; sharpie marker for added fun.

Neverland Kids!

As a fun concept and to get my creative juices flowing for the glorious summer, I did finalized designs of my next gen Neverland children!

I love and grew up with the Disney fairytale and classic children books and out of all of them read/seen, I adore different takes on Little Red Riding Hood and Peter Pan. This series is called Children of Neverland and features some newer Lost Boys (and Girls) wandering the island. Kinda takes place after Peter has grown up but the island still takes in those who are lost in the real world. The plot is driven by Charlie wanting to help the new Lost Girl (whom he has a crush on) get back home. They face conflicts of the Naughties, Indians, wild animals, Pirates, and themselves growing up.

Charlie, the Leader of the Neverland kids

Tanya is the Lost One, just wanting to go back home

The "Herd" led by Katie, the cowgirl

Piggums, Charlie's sidekick and first to appear on the island after Peter's and the original Lost Boys leave....

And the Naughties who live on the other side of the island, Hideo and LittleDragon.

It's DONE.

IT'S DONE.

My animation is DONE....2 semesters working on it through concept, story-boarding, and animating in TVpaint....DONE....

At least the rough animation is. My professor here at CSUF encourages focusing on the animating, acting, and timing segment of the Animation Pipeline rather than on cleaning up and coloring. Also worked on an Animatic made up of 134 panels for my own personal benefit as a portfolio piece/beginning of more personal storyboard animatics to come.

READING THE DESCRIPTION is much appreciated!!  

Bananigans! from Christina Mijares on Vimeo.

Lovey Dove Eddy from Christina Mijares on Vimeo.

My Current State of Mind

Mind: Physically and Mentally TIRED

5 nights of staying up doing storyboards 'till 3am will do that to ya. Mind you PERSONAL Storyboards that aren't part of schoolwork. It's my own ambition that kicked me in the booty TO WORK this past week for upcoming portfolio reviews for 2 classes. Slept-in the day after the Storyboards were done and felt SO BOSS <3

These are some of my favorite boards from the 134 that I did over the 5 days last week. The story is kinda like a sequel/continuing storyline of my Eddy the Lemur character and his new love interest with Black-and-White STRIPED knee-high stockings :

You guys also get late night delusional drawings of a MyLittlePony and Kitty Stardust:

An Art Student Nearing Finals.....

This exact art student is actually a really awesome friend of mine, Garrett (http://gceart.blogspot.com/). His concentration here at CSUF is CG Animation and yeah, this is what happens to those Maya kids. This is actually a funny take on his serious piece about a prisoner locked away in isolation. His character pushes the tv under his bed to "avoid the noises coming from it". Garrett here seems to have also pushed his pet Beta Fish under the bed as well in fear of having a sane conversation with it...

Monday's class

A page of in-class sketches done this past Monday (4/19). Yup, did this instead of listening to a lecture on exhibition details....

CLICK PLEASE to see details and speak-bubbles!!!!!

All these are my awesome art buddies at CSUF; Johnathan in the upper-left, Tung (http://tungsweblog.blogspot.com/)getting eating by James' Shark-designed Backpack, James'(http://jamesalien.blogspot.com/) loving his hostile Shark-designed Backpack, and then me getting leg-chomped by James' Shark-designed Backpack. Yah, reoccurring theme throughout class  :)

Da Black Swan

HOOOooooly carp, what a mindfuck this movie was, in a GOOD, EXCELLENT, BEUATIFUL, DARK way.

 

Saw the movie just last night and right after I NEEDED to draw. Decided to go with a comedic take on Natalie Portman's role to balance the EXTREMELY creeped-out feeling I was still experiencing from seeing bleeding nails and webbed feet  0_o

BONUS LULZ for the people that watched the movie: