Well, the end of the school semester is upon us. I enjoyed the class immensely and hope to work with the group I was with for my final project once again. I have to say that due to being busy, the blog was neglected quite a bit. But I fgure for my last post, to show the sketches I did during the semester that I never had the time to put up. here they are!

The ones that look like Movie posters are actually from my other comp. art class. It was a month long projec that involded me making fake DVD covers for existing movies and then giving the dvd's out during the Nob Hill Shop and Stroll. If you were one of the lucky few that one of my works, I hope you enjoy it. The project took quite a while but it was a fun one. Again, I do apologize that I couldnt show you these pics sooner, but it's nice for me to finally be able to show them off! I hope you enjoy my pieces, and see you guys next year! Merry X-Mas!

My Lighting Pics!

Well, here are you go! I know these are late, and quite possibly not get a grade for this, but I think it's important to show that 1) I know what i'm doing with the program, and 2) That even with all the craziness that is going on, that I can still try to finish my project. I hope you enjoy these photos! The first 4 are lights with one source, the second set has about 4 different Lighting sources. I always love the pixar movies, and I'm really looking forward to both UP and Toy Story 3! I felt that it's appropriate that my first 3D render should be Luxo Jr. and his lil star ball! :)

Gonna do it every day, till it kills me...

OK...i'm getting pissed at myself. Work, school, and personal responsibilities I feel are holding me back creatively, and at the end, I feel that I have done nothing in my life. I draw cartoons, wether it be anime or american, and I miss that. From this monday on, I will post here every day. I need to get into a routine, and the beginning of this year seems like I was all over the place. I really need to get this going...I however do not have a sketch that is ready, but I do have a book here that really has been helping me. It's from the halfpixel crew again, but this book has been really a great source to the web-cartoonist: How to make webcomics. It shows how, if you already have a strip in mind, how to produce that strip, get it online, and to get out there and start making a career with it. Sooner or later, I'd like to get my comic on the web as well. With all that has been going on, I wonder if I'll ever have the time to do what I love. I hope so...I think though at the moment, I need to do more developing of what exactly I want as far as comic. Oh well. I suggest giving this book a read if you like to cartoon as much as I do!

Sorry for not being awesome... :(

Hello! Joey here! I am here to say that I am sorry that I haven't been awesome as of late. I haven't done much in sketchin' which is a lack of my updates, but I will start making up for it for now on! I will also post pages of some sites and inspirations that I use to create my artwork and make me go the extra distance for my art!

First up! Webcomics.com!

Webcomics.com is a website that is cobbled together by the top dogs of webcomics! The webcomics.com/Halfpixel group consists of Brad Guigar, creator of Evil Inc; Dave Kellett, creator of Sheldon Comics; Scott Kurtz of PVP, and Kris Straub of Starslip. These guys run a article based site that provide tips and tricks to get started in getting in the webcomics industry, an industry that is leading the way as far as comic strips are concerned. These guys know that webcomics are on the way in and syndicated and newspaper comics are on its way out! I find so many cool tricks for my own webcomic to use and they are great teaching and helping people out when they can! Totally check that site out!

To show you how they have inspired me, I have here a "reboot" of my webcomic, "A Dude Named Joey". I hope to get my website running soon and and to be hosting my webcomics on its own site and to start getting some fans around here! I also hope to get my comic published in the Daily Lobo! If any of you have any info on that, please let me know! I'll be trying to get info from the streets as well! Anyways, here's my strip! Enjoy!

(Sorry for the bad image, you can see a bigger one at http://bit.ly/49T9aH )

See you all later!

I will update more often! I promise!

-Joey

Weekly sketch: 9/14-9/19

Well, here's my second sketch that was done in the same fashion as I did the last sketch. Frankly I didnt like it one bit. I wanted to draw the Joker, but for some reason, it just didn't come out right...I guess if I wanted, I could have used some kind of reference but I just wanted to try some free sketching. I guess this can be somebody trying to dress as the Joker then...I don't know. I will try again some time by the end of the year to do another one. Hopefully a lot better too. LOL. Anyways, ttfn!

Assignment 3: Illustrator! Can you dig it?

Well, here is my project done in Illustrator. I've got to say, it's a interesting program. I have spent a LOT of time in Photoshop, so when it came to illustrator I didn't know a dang thing. I figured the best thing to do is to just go in there and experiment with it and see what I can get out of it. I do like the vector part of the program, it makes crisp smooth lines, no matter how bad I wiggle as I doodle along. I can see this program best used to make logos and other various promotional material. I really enjoy making shapes that don't have the boarder around. It gives it a simplistic look that I have really fallen in love with as I messed around with the program. But all in all, I would really like to experiment more with this program as time goes by! :)

Weekly sketch: 9/7-9/11

I have been checking out more Photoshop tutorials and checking out how Scott Kurtz, Webcomic artist expert, to see how to get a better line quality and to do everything in Photoshop, from the sketch to the final piece. Here is what it looks with the sketch element:

I use a light blue to do the sketch and use another layer for inks and to make a nice clean image. This is the first time i've done a full digital sketch in this fashion. I've just used regular paper and ink then scan it in and edit with photoshop. I am really excited to practice all digitally and hope to get better as I go along :P Let me know what you think of my sketches in the comment area! See ya later!