Kittys Drawings

Hi again!
Since there hasn’t been many colour drawings of late around these parts, I thought I would show you some of the 3D stuff I’ve been doing for work. It’s nothing flash – I am no skilled 3D artist! I can barely animate let alone do character rigging or anything complicated like that.
But what I can do is kinda fun! The modelling is the best bit…..with rendering you get kind of tired of the:
*fiddle fiddle*
F9 (render frame)
Oh shoot!!
*tweak tweak*
F9
Repeat.

If you want to know more about the process, I explained it briefly here.
These are some trays we needed to show off to our US offices. They wanted to see what we can do when it comes to 3D because many of them are still skeptical over there as to what it can actually benefit the company and our clients. To me, it’s logical. Why spend thousands of dollars doing research and development for new packaging without getting a few 3D mockups first (without even the need for high precision that you get from CAD software), just for a visual? It usually doesn’t cost more than an art concept and we can create literally anything the client wants to see. Then once they’re happy with the idea, get on to the nitty gritty of CAD drawings and the actual R&D (scuse any wrong terminology, I know nothing about the engineering side!!).

Sooo….we wanted to show a number of trays with different print methods and packaging variants. Behold.

And to keep up with the sketches…
Look a male!!

Here’s another drawing for the Team CHOW Tarot. The Star:

Like this one even more

Bya for now!

Team CHOW is back in full swing. REALLY pushing it for time. A bit over ten days to pull two finished pieces out of my butt??? WORK HARD ESZ!!!

Not to mention my work for others which I am pottering away on.
Sooo here’s the run down of the last couple of days. I have been sketching quite a bit but today was the only day where I really got anywhere. First….what I started on the train. Wish they wouldn’t sway around so much – hard to keep the pencil straight when drawing tiny lines.

Sketch from a few days ago for one of my clients….For a blog header. Kinda happy with this. Just a matter of getting around to doing the digital.

And finally some tests for Team CHOW. The Star. Poses referenced from a book lent off my workmate (Hi – see I AM drawing!! ;-P) I like most of this ‘cept the head. Ugh. Kind of needs clothes too.

Take 2. Much better (though I did draw this first hehe). The arm is a bit short and the head too big I know shuddup. I kind of like big heads though hehehehe. Anyways….I’m thinkin Hippy Boho Chick for The Star cos it’s meant to represent Aquarius and we’re supposed to be pretty free spirited yada yada. I just like flowing stuff – hair, clothes, jewelry etc. Could definitely use this for the final.
Dreading trying to draw this digitally. If only I could find $3K lying around somewhere…..

That’s all for now. Better get back to finishing off my other commission.

Finally! I have something to show you. Yes – I’m back from my lazy hiatus. Picking up the drawing again.

This time it’s a sketch for ConceptArt’s Team CHOW competition…The theme is Tarot and you must team up with another person from the forums with 2 to 4 people per team. Then you pick two tarot cards to draw, one from the major arcana and one from the lesser. So my team is called “Oh Bother” and we’re a duo…my teammate is from the UK where our timezones are a bit more compatible. We picked The Star, The Empress as the major arcana and Two of Swords and King of Swords for the lesser. Yay! We’ve got all of January to work on them so busy busy. Slow start but kind of picking up now. Here is my initial sketch for The Star. Nothing too flash just trying to get my skills up to an acceptable level again.

Other news: We finally have some KITTIES!! I am officially a crazy cat lady now. Hehe. Last Sunday we went to the Lost Dogs Home and rescued two adult kitties.
Here is Boof:

He is 3 years old and was in the shelter for quite a while. He’s the fluffiest cat I have EVER seen! Seriously! His tail is so floofy that when he walks, the hairs on it swoosh and sway in the breeze. Awww. And look at those eyes!

Jonny’s cat we’ve called Puss:

She is one year old and much smaller than Boof. She’s uber-friendly and loves to get in your face for a pat. Literally! She will cram her head into your nose to get some pats. And she’s really spritely and active and cute.

So they’re our new babies. I am so happy to have kitties finally and happy that our landlords allow them. The good thing with adult cats is you don’t need to train them as they already know where to go. They are both so friendly too. Yay!

Anyways, back to regular posting from herein. And happy 2010!