Siren + Mermaid WIP

Clay Teapot Assignment | Bugpot

~November/December 2021

Gr11 assignment where we had to make a teapot that didn't look like a teapot.

This was super fun. Sculpting is something I don't do often, but it's so cool.

Initially this was supposed to be fully covered in bugs, but because of time constraints I had to tone it down. I did consider making more bugs out of polymer clay to stick them on after, but I was too lazy to do that. M happy w how it is as is, too.

I sculpted the base to look like rocks/dirt and lowkey my teacher had no idea wtf I was doing but she just left me to it because she trusted the process ❤️

I was so scared that one of the pots would explode when casting and ruin my stuff, but we good.

Painting it was a bit of a pain because of all the nooks and crannies, but I got through it

Too lazy to take better pictures of this.

Acrylic paint and glaze on clay

~February 2020

I don't remember painting this at all, really. Just vague impressions. I actually like the painting, but ig I didn't like it back then cos I put that huge tear in the middle.

Idky I took the canvas off of its wooden skeleton for this painting.

Acrylic paint on canvas

School Sketches #1

~Apr 9 2021

First of many school sketch compilations

insta notes:

functions and history scribbles

characters, some posing n foreshortening practice, planning 4 future drawings/painting and scribble

prolly gonna post all my current wips tmrw to see how many, if any at all, I end up finishing during the break

feeling kinda artblocked digitally, at least for when it comes 2 rendering, so I'm probably gonna go more traditional for the next bit.

AAM Inktober Day 6: Serpent

October 6, 2024

Used references for the open snake mouth, but just jumped straight into the final drawing wo practicing beforehand.

Ofc I had to do the whole snake slithering about a skull its iconic🗣️🗣️

India ink on paper

One Point Perspective Assignment

~April 2020

I remember having a really hard time with just about every aspect of this piece. Getting the proportions of the buildings down was terrible, as was designing them. And then painting it was just a trainwreck.

Inspired by Devil town by Cavetown iirc

Watercolour and pen on watercolour paper

Painting Assignment

November 18, 2021 - December 16, 2021

Gr11 assignment where we had to paint something that has a meaning.

I'm gonna yap about my thoughts on this.

I hate it when teachers/people start developing this notion that every piece of art needs to have a meaning. I get that that's why a lot of people do art (whether to convey a message or just vent an emotion), but once it's forced it's no longer an outlet. I like doing art because I do. And if it has a meaning to me, that's for me to know. Everyone has their own experiences that vary their interpretations, which leads to people seeing stories that you may not have intended (which is fine). But I don't see the reason for chastising the artist if you don't see a meaning to their work.

Idk, I just feel that once you force an artist to make art that has a meaning, you're taking away the freeing aspect of art. With art, you're the one in control of what you create and the messages you send, but once it's forced it defeats the purpose.

Anyways,,, I needed to paint something that has a meaning, which i really didn't feel like doing. The way around this was to paint something that has so many fucked up aspects that most people would think this says so much about society. Dead animals? check. fucken,, fire? check. impossble perspective?? you love it babyeee

I had fun painting this piece, but it did take me a bit to get over my angery about me having to have a meaning. I eventually leaned into thinking how funny it was that peoplewld think this says so much about society when I was just dickin around.

(also this assignment had a written portion where you have to explain the meaning, but I never did that 🤠👍)

Acrylic paint on canvas

Colour Ref Sheets | Marine, Monarch, Ivor, Tyrian, Iris, TBN, Duke, Saffron

March 7-9, 2021

Holy fuck what did I do to red's feet why they dogs like that 😭

gotta redraw all of these because I don't draw em like this anymore. And also to do them justice,,, there are improvements to be made

I think I've named them !!! (see updated colour sheet?!! (it has not been made at all at time of writing))

insta notes:

my low effort guys

needed a color ref sheet 4 them

finished b4 the nui one but I dont remember which day. did the sketches the same day I started nui

they're all nameless qwq

done on one file on dif layers. copypasted onto the color ref 4 easier life

"color ref the babs.jpg"

white one.jpg

yellow one

scissordrago

red one

blue one

butterfly

"motal.jpg"

sketches

⚠️Flashing⚠️

AMV | Coffee by Jack Stauber

January 4, 2021 - March 16, 2021

Animation meme/AMV featuring my ocs:

Monarch

Duke

Tyrian

Marine

Iris

My first full blown animation. Could definitely be a lot better, but could also be a lot worse.

August 6, 2020

This is a canvas that i've painted a tree on 3 times. A whole repaint what was on it before to see my improvement. This is definitely the most drastic change. The first two was a tree centered in the canvas w leaves surrounded by green grass. I wish i'd taken pics of them 😭. Oh well

Painted this when me and my cousin went paint crazy at my house. Converted the table into a lil paint studio ❤️

(the pictures say it was painted in august, but I swear I thought I painted this the apr/mar of 2020)

Acrylic and varnish on canvas

The Babs | Saffron, Monarch, Marine, Rosewood, Duke, Tyrian, Pitch | Choice by Jack Stauber

September 14 - December 31, 2024

Programs used:

IbispaintX - Drawing

Krita - Minor drawing edits and timing

Openshot Video Editor - Exporting/cropping

Finished animation meme based on these thumbnail sketches.

Decided to do it in ibispaint to test out their animation thing (I usually use krita to do everything related to animation). it's good until timing comes into play. Def gonna use it if I ever make random gifs

This still took a long time to make (I'm slow, okay), but the repetitiveness helped a lot in cutting down the work.

Tried to export using krita but the sequence after all the glitch effects would export improperly, so I had to insert it all into openshot video editor and then the exporting worked better (it was a struggle). There's some timing issues I feel but not so bad that I can't live with it.

**I'm in the process of redoing it so that it's a perfect loop and the timing's a bit better, just posting it now because it's holding up the rest of the line