Chalktopus

Plan for a chalk drawing of an octopus I'll be doing. Needed to get the color and size down. Planning on it ending up being 4'x4' irl. Had to see what color chalks I need.

It's weird. I don't usually create art of animals. But when I do, it is often a red octopus. Hmm... Was I an octopus in a past life?

A Small Collection of Awesomeness

I haven't ever posted stuff created by other people on here, but I came across Rosa today and had seen some other cool stuff, so I felt I had to share it. Basically Rosa was the last straw that made me feel like I had to tell the world! So in the spirit of appreciating, recognizing, and sharing amazing stuff, please check out the works below:
Rosa
Rosamovie.com
Made by ONLY Jesús Orellana in ONE YEAR!
So not only is it amazing in itself, but to be done by just one person in such a short amount of time, I felt I had to recognize this piece.

Next up is the opening for Exaella.
Interesting fusion of Russian and Japanese talents.

I also want to mention Sintel.
The reason this short film is important is that it was made using Blender, a free piece of 3D modeling software. Lots of people think 3D is time consuming and expensive and unreachable by the common man. Sintel is great just because it says otherwise. Yes, animation of any kind is time consuming, but programs like Blender make it so anyone with a computer and dedication that want to animate can animate. *As a side note, if you're a traditional 2D animator like me, Pencil is a free 2D animation software. If you've heard of Digicel or Toon Boom Animate, then you'll be able to figure out Pencil.
The last work I'm going to point out for now is African Tales.
This is an animated film composed of a collection of... African tales! (What a suprise)
The animation is not the best, and it seems it has been a while since this group has been active, but I really really enjoyed the character design and the choice to do a more cell shaded approach in the film. You can check out the cool character in the TransTales shop at their website: http://transtales.com/

If you liked this stuff, let me know. Maybe I'll post more of other people's work in the future.

Intolerance

Part of my Project Playlist, art inspired by and created while listening to only 1 chosen song repeatedly. This drawing was done for the song Intolerance by Tool. Ooooh MJK, your voice is amazing!

 Done in Photoshop CS 5.1

See it larger here.

I let the style be more sketchy and unpolished that my usual pieces cause I just loved the original shape of the face (see below). This is actually more reminiscent of my style in the early and mid teens.

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