Falling Petal

I've realised that one thing I haven't mentioned on my blog is that as well as art and crafts I'm very passionate about animation. When I was a kid all I did was watch animations and when I saw my first episode of the Japanese anime PoKeMoN I knew I had to learn how to animate. I've made a few small animations in the past, usually running on a loop, all of which were made using Flash. Usually I'd make individual 'symbols' then piece them together and animate them using 'motion tween', but this time I made this quick animation test of a falling cherry blossom petal by drawing each little movement individually for each second of the test film. This is based on a larger idea I had for a short animated film. I've also been commissioned to create a full length animated film, but because of tafe that project has been put aside for a later date.

Hot Chilly! Monkey #4

This Monkey was requested by my sister. 

He didn't turn out as cute as I'd have liked but it's something for me to work on.

Ringmaster; Monkey Day 3

Roll Up! Roll Up! 

The circus is in town!

I drew this Ringmaster Monkey while listening to circus themed music. 

I personally love the circus, but more so, 'evil' circuses, dodgy vintage 'freak shows' and creepy clowns. I know some people have a fear of them but I think they're great. I laugh my head off at movies like "IT" and "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and I enjoy drawing creepy things. For a large painting piece I'd like to do a circus themed creation, possibly centered around an eerie Ringmaster or evil clowns.  

Monkey Challenge; Day 2

Day 2 of my monkey drawing challenge.
 

Dance!

Barrel of Monkeys

Well, a sketchbook more like. Inspired by the book by Stefan G. Bucher "100 Days of Monsters" where he drew a monster each day for 100 days, I'm going to set myself a little art challenge of '10 Monkeys for 10 days'. I used to draw monkeys a lot a few years ago, so now I think it's time to draw a few more. Starting with...

Monday Monkey

 (He's not too fond of them either)

  Drawn entirely with ink pen

Art Journal Tutorial

I love books. Art books, story books, fact books and all forms of books. Last year I found a great two part tutorial by TRANSiENTART on youtube. I made 3 art journals using it. My best one that I made for a friend I sadly don't have any photos of. It was a hand sewn patchwork leather bound book with a metallic Celtic symbol painted on the front. The photos I do have here are of one of the very first ones I made, and admittedly not my best. But I wanted to include it because it's not perfect. The glue is visible, there are wrinkles in the inner cover and truth be told there was a lot of trimming to get the pages even. BUT I'm still happy with it because it was a new experience with crafting something I love (and it's The Cat in the Hat (c)Dr. Seuss) and I wanted to share this learning experience with you!

My (im)Perfect art journal:


 














The Tutorial I learned how to make my own books from (Part 1 & 2):

Nature Walk Photography

Again more photos from the Abbotsford Convent excursion. I really like taking photos of nature. I should mention this was my first time using a DSL camera, so I still hadn't quiet got the hang of things like zoom and focus, but I like how these turned out not completely in focus, because that's how I feel when around nature, everything is kinda hazy like in a dream.