K_tigress's Creative log

New Year Oops Baby

2012-01-08T21:05:00.000-08:00

Currently catching up on things…. gradually so here’s the latest vector graphics for your viewing pleasure.

It’s a bit belated as usual as of late. Inspired by the New Year with a touch of precocious. There will be more versions like this in the future.

Oh yeah, please excuse the diaper slippage. LOL

Mimosa Silk tree blossoms

2011-02-15T14:59:00.000-08:00

I made this vector more out of necessities and not just a nice portfolio piece est. Took me just about forever making it. Well actually naming all the little pieces in the layers that is. You can also find it at my web site as usual.
Enjoy!

Update

2010-12-26T19:44:00.000-08:00

Just would like to wish every one a Merry Christmas. And yes technically its still Christmas right up until some time in to January.

Anyways Sunshine The Lion Cat can now be downloaded as an E-book.
Enjoy!

http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/sunshine-the-lion-cat/14314622

Planet name generators.

2010-12-08T15:38:00.000-08:00

The other day I thought I look for some name generators specifically planet name generators for an idea for one of my cartoons I’ve been working on since I was in grade school. It has an element of fantasy and a bit of scifi and maybe a touch of Tron the movie depending on how you look at the story idea. You can also see small elements of it all over my websites and blogs if you look closely.

Anyways I could never really think of the right name for the planet the characters are residing on, so I thought it was about time I really made an effort on coming up with one. So I searched for a bunch of the generators on the net and thought there really are a whole bunch of them that are nice and handy but none of them seemed to fit my bill. I won’t post any links to those since I’m sure some of you already know of your favorite ones.

Just could not find the right ones that would basically take a fraise and turn it in to a compatible name for a planet that made sense to me. But then it hit me, why don’t I just take the first letter of every word in my fraise and turn that in to a great planet name and if it still doesn’t sound right take those letters and then put them in a order to actually come up with an acceptable name.

For example; Say the planet you came up with is best known for being the green jewel of the universe then you can start with the fraise “The green jewel of the universe” Now extract every first letter of every word in that fraise. “T,G,J,O,T,U” Now you have your letters for a name. Here you can decide to rearrange your letters, remove some/add or just keep it as is. First lets try keeping all letters. “Tgjotu” Not the desired word/name? lets try to rearrange the letters. “Jottug” “Gottuj” To me those samples look pretty good and scifi/fantasyish. Let see how one of them fits. “The planet Jottug, The green jewel of the universe”
Pretty neat-o if I do say so my self and the rest is up to you.
Now that’s a decent planet name generator.
Go and try it your self and have fun.

Oh and don't forget to tell me if you like my idea. ;)

JollySanta Christmas set 2

2010-11-30T13:52:00.000-08:00

Uploaded is yet another Christmas set in the same category. Enjoy.

JollySanta Christmas p1

2010-11-22T21:33:00.000-08:00

Here’s a little early Christmas cheer. A new Christmas themed clip art set. This time the graphics are related to Jolly old St Nick. More to come when I actually have time to post it. Also that little finger puppet I have been working on. Probably coming soon too. Oh and a update, I have started to work on the second installment of Sunshine the Lion cat. So stay tuned. Thanks for visiting.

While I wait.....

2010-11-10T21:34:00.000-08:00

Well-p while I wait to start my latest gig, which has to be, any day now I decided to make some finger puppets for fun. I'm making this little black horse out of recycled materials mostly. Doing my part to save the world from more garbage while utilizing idle time. Probably going to make a matching mama horse too.

Sunny the lion cat.

2010-09-29T15:47:00.000-07:00

Well here it is. First ever published book I illustrated. Not too shabby If do say so my self.
Its about this orange gregarious kitty who is very much like one of my former fur babies, who at first is lost but was found and not only was found but found a home and loving forever home.

I was quite surprised though to see it for purchase on an online store. Quite unexpected since I already had it pictured being sold in the usual manner by getting processed and then being sold at a local book store or a place like Amazon. I guess its another sign of the modern times. Especially now since more and more people are opting in for electronic book tablets like the ones used on Star trek. I guess it’s the wave of the future. This book though is still available in colorful traditional book form. Personally I really still prefer something that you can flip though the pages your self. Just simply more easer on the eyes and a feast for the mind n heart. I may try out this company in the future my self since I have lots of stuff that I usually use for my cartoon ideas that would make awesome adventure stories too.

I really hope that the children of Marella who is the author of this book btw really enjoys this surprise.
Btw this book is dedicated to Mirella’s daughter in the memory of the sweet and fun Sunny who obviously brought sunshine in the families lives.

The illustrations are done with traditional water colours, gouaches and some coffee ink.

Please note, what you’ll see is a bit of a sampler or a proto book of what can be purchased in the whole book. The whole book will be a polished version and not have blue lines est.

http://www.blurb.com/books/1607146

Hope you guys like it and maybe some will purchase it for your kids.

Happy Exploring. :)

More new stuff!!

2010-09-27T14:29:00.000-07:00

Wow that was fast. I know.
News flash, just got to let you guys know I got permission to show off content to the illustrated book I worked on. Can't wait, just have to though, thoroughly check out the link so that I know what to show you and explain things since there are links to purchase the book and other things. In the mean time enjoy yet another latest vector graphic which will also be showing in my website too.

Cool Treats set 1

2010-09-26T14:21:00.000-07:00

Not much to say lately other then I’m pretty much caught up on “must do things.” Now just finishing up the little things while waiting for the next gig and those links to the illustrated book I worked on for that last few months. In the mean time enjoy the last hurrah of summer examples of summer treat goodness. As always more stuff to come.

Breaking news! Just checked out my Email. I just saw parts of my illustrated book in the email the author I’m working for sent to me. I wish I could share what I saw. Looking really nice. Can’t wait to post the results.

Upgrades and updates.

2010-08-25T13:21:00.000-07:00

Yup its been awhile since I last wrote any thing. Mostly because of busyness and a touch of laziness to write but then you probably know what I‘m like by now. Well-p anyways I finished that book a few months ago that I illustrated for that author. She seemed very pleased with her children‘s book not to mention excited. Unfortunately I don’t have the permission to show off the fruits of my labor here and other places. For now there’s only one place I can show it off its called Elance. Soon as she publishes her book she promised me a few links and I will be sure to share it promptly. In the mean time we will all have to sit tight. For the future she promised me another project this October. I shall see but I’ll stay positive none the less.

In the mean time I continue to get ready for more stuff by taking care of those things I had on my “to do” list. Organizing and cleaning the down stairs studio…..Done! Now I just have to buy a few more supplies like some more paint and paper. Taking care of some clip art……Done! Getting faster and a brand new internet……So Done!

Yup I finally made it to the 21st century. My old line was driving me crazy. I was lucky to even get on let alone use it for work and entertainment purposes. Downside to having a decent and fast internet connection, caps and you have to pay the piper more moola. But it’s a necessary compromise.

Oh and I finally got that package in the mail that took almost about a month. :rollie eyes: First of all the guy whom I got the package did not use the right postal code. I know I told him to use specific postal code and then there was the customs. Yipes! Well anyways all that matters is that I got my package. Finally get to upgrade my Photoshop software. Yeah!

In the mean time and until next time I write please enjoy my latest clip art. A depressing theme in a lighthearted expression. It just to show you that even animals can’t get away with it.

New

2010-02-04T23:31:00.000-08:00

Found a new web site hoster. So far so good even though it seemed a bit glitchy mostly with my web site creator when I uploaded the published site of mine. Thankfully some one was listening when I complained about not having access to something for a bit that I had a right to. Unfortunately I had no way of thinking who ever was in charge of fixing those glitches. So for now I'm using this. Freeweb site. Hopefully I'll be able to utilize it for quite awhile since I hate having to move place to place too often.

As for my book project I'm working on, finally made it to the middle portion of the book. She says that she would love to have me illustrate her other books as well but that remains to be seen and how things go. But its cool none the less.

Oh and I even managed to make a new vector set since I had a gap of time between things. Always nice. Its a bit early for this or late. It depends on how you look at things.

Ugh....

2009-12-30T23:37:00.000-08:00

Sigh.... Looks like my web-hoster for my web site has gone ca-poot.
The main web-hosting home page still works only the rest of the links have no signs of life.
Looks like I'll have to go host hunting again preferably something that works with Microsoft Front Page or a web page maker. Maybe I'll check on it again tomorrow but I'm really getting sick of this.

Anyways Happy New year again.

A thought out

2009-12-30T20:29:00.000-08:00

Just a small note. Yup the children’s book illustrations are coming along fine. It was a bit dicey at first getting use to the policies at Elance and getting to know the author but now I really think I'm over those bumpy humps of unknowns. Might still have a few along the way but at least every thing else is nicely established, such as the look of the characters and backgrounds est. So far I have finished two different versions of cover art and page one and two. I guess after when all of the craziness is over, I'll get to work on the rest of the book. So far she seems to be really happy with the results. I only hope at the end of the project, she will give me permission to display one or two of the best illustrations on my online ports and to friends. I'm really hoping that this can also be a great stepping stones to other great things too.

Oh yeah I never got a chance to let people know that there are small updates at my web site.
Thanks and Happy "Mew" year. 2010

And the ball keeps rolling....

2009-10-05T15:04:00.000-07:00

Looks like I got another gig coming soon and eventually. I'll be illustrating a children's book soon so keep tuned. Also new, new avatars in my KT's The secret treasure vault. Look for the link to the site in my other blog.

Deco Croatian cookie

2009-08-28T20:57:00.000-07:00

Fresh from the oven of creativity a new tasty vector based on a traditional Croatian cookie. The traditional Croatian cookie usually given as a gift or souvenir. The cookie usually shaped as a heart is elaborately decorated with, icing, decorations, messages and usually always contains a little mirror in the center.

Angry Snail

2009-06-17T20:04:00.000-07:00

Here's the new vector illustration I made for a guy and his truck a few weeks ago and the reason why I took awhile is the odd schedule the guy had for shipping things. So there fore there were times where he did not have access to email but the actual work for the project didn't take very long to do except for the part where I had to trace it producing the thick and thin lines of the character. So anyways the lag at a snails pace (pardon the pun) actually wasn't a problem since it helped me relax after awhile and concentrate since I was a bit nervous about my first job at this freelance place. But none the less the results and experience were great. Enjoy!

Dancing to life

2009-05-12T19:33:00.000-07:00

Taking another dance step in my life I am happy to say I just got another gig. Yahoo!
Some nice bit of good news in my life instead of the usual bad and depressing news, I only hope that for now on I can keep the ball rolling.
No, It doesn't have any thing to do with dancing or balls but an illustration job. None the less I hope to astound or at least make the guy pleasantly satisfied with the project.
As always I'll do my best.

Internet soap

2009-05-03T20:01:00.000-07:00

Remember to keep it clean with these nifty new whimsical soap template sets specially designed for internet use or what ever presentation you like to keep squeaky clean.

Croation mandolin

2009-04-01T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest vector illustration. This is a traditional musical interment used by my ancestors from the old country for ceremonies, celebrations and traditional folk dances. The dances and costumes that adults and children wear are quite a beautiful site to experience. I even participated for awhile when I was in grade school. The dances had quite complicated foot work for a circle dance.

Hellllloooooowwww

2009-03-29T20:48:00.000-07:00

As stated in the other blog, I have a bit of things to catch up on. I have updated and revised a few vectors and made a new one and will post it soon providing that every thing will go alright if you guys know what I mean.

St Francis walks with Children

2008-12-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

As I said before, normally this only takes me a few weeks if I have no distractions but yeah I had distractions and there fore finished it in several months, as you know. But they were good distractions.....mostly.

I started with sketches then some life drawing studies. Then I put together some layouts. When I was completely satisfied, I began putting on the colour. I used coffee ink allot for the base colour but did use it more intensely in other spots as needed. Then I laid out the watercolour and gouache and worked on the people last. Over all I'm quite happy as to the way it turned out but I found it quite difficult to get the detail of the faces to the way I wanted them with a fine and not to mention tiny brush. Touched it up in Photoshop since I had to scan the piece in two parts.

Other then posting my painting, I updated some small things at my web site like links est.

Whats going on.

2008-11-24T15:46:00.000-08:00

There is light at the end of the tunnel. I finally finished that project I was working on for months which would have taken only a few weeks. But is not all bad since it was because of actual gigs. Nice! Over all I'm pretty satisfied over how it turned out but as always there's always room for improvements. Because of that, normally I would clear coat it right away but next time I get a chance to deal with it, I'm kind of hoping to put in some finishing touches.

Also added a new link in the o'l blog of a very nice n impressive site which features loads of talent n photographic work via occasional work mate and friend. Please take a look at Figgie Photography.

Neon lights pub version vectors

2008-10-29T20:19:00.000-07:00

Made a few neon light style vectors. Yeah yeah I know what your thinking. I put my projects on hold but because I had some gigs on site from my old company, so I'll have to get to them when I can. Probably do a few more jobs in a bit as well. In the mean time, enjoy.

delayed not so much

2008-09-01T21:32:00.000-07:00

Well after making peach jam for most of the month I'm back to working on my major project. Just about done. Could have been done though already but I have other responsibilities that I currently have to take care of as well. I also managed to squeeze in another finished vector in to the mix as well. Oh and I can't wait to get my package in the mail. It’s some nice useful software that I won at a fair price. I'll also get some nice books, which were almost nearly free Thank goodness for bookstore gift cards.

And continuing on.....

2008-07-26T13:02:00.000-07:00

Another pic of the last session with my major project. Almost done and looking good.

And another vector finished. Its a winter version of my "for sale sign" Yeah I know what your thinking. And yes I still hate winter but other people like it so, what are you going to do.

woman at work

2008-07-14T14:32:00.001-07:00

The project is coming along nicely, even if progress is a bit slow. But that's ok. Still applying the background and I'm worried that the rocks on the rock face are maybe a bit too dark in some spots, more then I would like them to be so I going to try to lighten them a bit. Hopefully I won't mess them up. I also decided to work with my coffee ink again as a base for many parts of the illustration. It really does work. Over all the paper I chose seems to be working really well. Its not really light paper but it does have a nice light texture for painting details.

From the previous session in my multi purpose studio.

Cross n Thorns

2008-07-01T15:03:00.000-07:00

Yes, I have some new vector art. I thought I make some based on my walk with Christ. I think Its about time and probably an on going theme but not just vector art. I'll probably make more of Christ themed vector art but not at the moment. As always to see older works, check out my web site.

Continued to work with one of my latest major project. I just finished transferring the image to fine paper and started to lay on some colour. Its looking good so far. I'll have a few pics of me working on it in the next post.

Baked good ness

2008-06-18T17:57:00.000-07:00

New tasty vector art. Also worked on the layout of the 3 ed major project. Still have to work on it some more. Its taking me awhile to get the layout just right with lots of distractions doesn't help either. Oh well it get done soon and well worth it.

on my to do list

2008-06-04T21:02:00.000-07:00

Well, sent in a resume today. Don’t know if the company will be interested and even if they don’t, it’s they’re lose since I have loads and years of experience and a variety of them as well. I can always learn more as well which I also enjoy.
Just finished two layouts out of three major projects. Can’t wait to start painting them.
Scanned some images and patterns as well and I think I fix those on a rainy day.

just a few things

2008-05-28T20:42:00.000-07:00

Just finished and posted a small comic based on a cartoon I made in college. You can see it here and to see more of my characters just take a visit to my web site. Also finished and updated one vector and brought it to market. Now to finish uploading the rest of those photo samples to another online portfolio. I'll probably put them in my web site as well.

working on and stuff

2008-05-18T17:16:00.000-07:00

Such lonely blogs I have. Sigh…. And I don’t know why. Hay, its just like real life. Wow.
If any one has been reading my other blog at least or even this one for that matter, I may have mentioned that I have successfully made it in and with flying colours too. This web site, it takes small illustrations and gives me intern some nice juicy income. A step in the right direction, finally. But, none the less I just seem to have a difficult time letting people know that yes I can do all these wonderful things and have so as well in the past. Progress just seems so slow going and at times painfully. But here I am world and yes you will be pleasantly surprised of what I can do. Like ice cream with an unusual flavor, they finally had a taste and I think they like it.

And here’s another little taste of my skills. I just finished putting together some samples of my photo/ image enhancement skills. I think it looks quite professional, a very nice visual sampling.

A real bad hair day

2008-05-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

This "Purple lion" vector is based on a drawing I did some time in the mid 90's which was for a Tee shirt design, with improvements of course. Thanks for looking.

Sign of the times

2008-04-30T19:52:00.000-07:00

New vector art in springy colours. Well technically, morning glory flowers bloom in mid summer around here. But you get the idea. :) Thanks for viewing.

Big apple n girl

2008-04-25T10:43:00.000-07:00

Only a few more to go. My latest addition to vector graphics. Enjoy and thanks for viewing/commenting est. ;)

Mission accomplished

2008-04-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

Successfully finished fixing those vectors. They only look slightly different since I had to make those compromises but they otherwise look just like the originals. Hopefully in the future I won’t have to worry about those things. Now back to business.

Doh!

2008-04-07T21:10:00.000-07:00

Ugh, rats, I had to go back to square one on all those vectors I just finished. All because I forgot not, do something. Eps files do not like transparencies. So now I have to go back and waist my time and fix all my vectors I just worked on instead of making a few new illustrations I intended to.
One step forward, two steps back.

Pretty boy

2008-04-03T21:05:00.000-07:00

Today’s vector illustration is in honour of Pretty Boy the late pet cockatiel that was a little sweetie and really enjoyed his outdoor showers by the water dripping off the roof of his summer cage. He was often allowed to perch on his cage door since he was flight impaired. Yes, he did have a mate named Gina who died years before and that's why I illustrated him perched next to a nesting box.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

2008-03-17T21:10:00.000-07:00

A new fruity vector illustration for your eyes to take a sip of. Mmmmmmm Can't wait for warm weather. Thanks for looking.

cider n hot chocolate

2008-03-15T12:10:00.000-07:00

Bonus you get a two for one view of my latest vector art. Personally, I'm partial to hot chocolate; I hate the taste of apple cider. As usually you can find older works in my Illustration section at my site.

Grapes n Wine

2008-03-12T21:24:00.000-07:00

New vector art. Enjoy. Oh yeah I had to step up my spam preventive cause of some rude jerk.

Bulb Moth with mask

2008-03-09T19:54:00.000-07:00

Another vector with a moth n bulb but this time the theme has to do with the hidden danger of these energy saving bulbs. As you know these things have the danger of you dealing with mercury if you drop them. The last theme involved the moth with the marshmallow roasting on conventional bulbs. Regular bulbs use up more energy then the new energy saving mini neon bulbs and burn hotter. Just some interesting things on how I came up with these ideas. As always you can find older works at my web site in the Illustration section. Thanks for visiting. :)

Bulb Moth with marshmallow

2008-03-05T20:56:00.000-08:00

Oh look a new vector illustration. It’s been while since I got a chance to work with a vector graphics program but it all came back to me. Haven’t used Illustrator since my last job on a Willy Wonka project when I designed some proto type novelty promotional out door games. Now those were pretty cool. There was that giant gumball cat-a-pult thing where you take a stuffed nerd and fling it at a giant inflatable nerd box. Very cool. Then there was that Laffy Taffy pull machine, which measured your pull string when you pulled on the simulated taffy in a wrapper. It was good enough to eat. LOL Last but not least there was that inflatable gold ticket booth. It’s just like your typical money booth but with gold tickets you can catch. Anyhow here’s my moth with a marshmallow to traditional bulb illustration. Thanks for looking.

Just thinking..

2008-02-28T21:21:00.000-08:00

Started work on those vector graphics. Its really tunning out nice.
Put in a new bid for another gig. I wonder if I'll get a gig this time.

moving along....

2008-02-26T20:25:00.000-08:00

Not much to say. Still working on that experiment stuff. I hope to be finished fixing up that photo either tonight or tomorrow. It’s a real dozy with all those dust particles. There’s just a bit more to do. Can't wait to finish it and move on to a few vector projects and to get ready those large projects to be transferred to what ever surfaces I will use for them.

Grinning Macaw

2008-02-10T20:22:00.000-08:00

Wow new art, Haha I know, its been awhile but here it is. Its a small project I worked on which would be a few hours worth of work. Its just a little doodle I fixed up of well a grinning macaw. Coloured with coloured pencils and markers and made with love. I think in the future I shall probably design this in to a package design for coffee. This illustration and older works can be viewed at my web site. Look for the link under my links. Thanks for looking.

Progression

2008-02-07T20:02:00.000-08:00

Concluded my study sketches for my future projects. I’d say they were pretty successful and turned out pretty nice and bonus I have some new things for my Life drawings section. I don’t always have to do those since sometimes my projects are just from a cartoon idea from my sketchbook, but even then if I want my cartoons to have a more realistic look I use reference for that for the colouring and all. I have a few more sketches that I haven’t shown. They are a robe study of a monk with both side and front view, some head sketches and a donkey n cart. I decided not to show them here for now since there’s not much to show.

I put in a new word for another illustration gig. It sounds like a really cool gig with possible repeat jobs too. Bonus, I would have a place in the books. There’s a whole lot of competition for that one and the pay is not bad so I guess if it’s from the grace of God, I will get the job. I’m also at the same time trying out this photo place, If its good I can possible make some much needed cash.

Oh and I started working on a small project based on a doodle. Just finished transferring the image on to fine paper and put a bit of colour on it, so far so good. I would finish it today had I not taken care of a few errands. Not sure when I’ll get to it again since I have all these things to take care of tomorrow and then there’s my busy weekend. Maybe I’ll have a bit of time on Sunday after I take care of my birds needs. Normally I wouldn’t do any kind of painting and or colouring on a Sunday, but I’ll make an exception on that since there’s so little left to do on that one. I shall see.

Ring necks

2008-01-22T20:43:00.000-08:00

Some lovely drawings of my pet doves. I have 11 of them to choose from. ;) You can see some of these and older drawings as always in my life drawing area located in my animation section.
Of course I'm happy the way some of these turned out others not so much.

Dirty hands

2008-01-15T20:04:00.000-08:00

Some drawings of hands. Notice I have no shadows or shading done. That was done on purpose otherwise I would have used conte or some other medium to easily simulate that.

Costumed men

2008-01-11T20:16:00.000-08:00

Some costumed men in clothing of the past. You can find these also and older drawings in my Life drawings section of my animation part of the site.

Costumed people at life

2007-12-28T20:22:00.000-08:00

New drawings of costumed people hustling and bustling. Kind of like you've seen at the mall. Only smeller. Haha You can find these drawings and others in my Life drawings area located in the animation section of my web site.

Enjoy the Gooseness

2007-12-05T16:33:00.000-08:00

Drawings of white geese.

You may also find these in my Life Drawing section located at my site.

Some life drawings

2007-11-27T13:49:00.000-08:00

Just some recent life drawing sketches of a 3 and 7 year old along with a cartoony face.
You may also find some of these at my life drawing section.

To find the time

2007-11-15T20:25:00.000-08:00

It seems there's a lack of time to work on my projects as I always get sidetracked with something more essential. Fall and winter seem to always be that way. Of course its the shorter days and all those holidays .
I brought up my small goose lamp from downstairs to make my life a lot easer since lately I’ve been sketching a bit more in by bed room at night. It’s a bit more comfortable and less distracting that way. But for the rest of the stuff when it becomes time for me to paint my paintings will be done in the downstairs studio. Now to find the time.

sketching ideas

2007-11-12T19:38:00.000-08:00

Yep it’s been awhile since any thing new was shown. Fear not, 3 big projects are on the way. Just finished most of my research gathering references and viewing the references I already have. Started to draw a few doodles n sketches. More sketching is on the way. Its starting to take shape. In between things I’ll probably have a few little projects posted once I get the major sketching done for the big projects.

OutWorldLiz

2007-10-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

I originally drew the sketch on a scrap of paper while taking a break animating a cartoon one night. Thought I'd fix up my alien lizard in PhotoShop for the fun of it. The guy turned out really nice and pretty charming for an alien. The background is a bit mediocre but it does the job that it has to, with out over powering my character. I used a bit of the styles and filter functions in photo shop to make things go faster.

DinoMight

2007-10-19T16:31:00.000-07:00

Alright! The final is here. After the help of some nice people to help me choose which one of my logo designs works the best, I ended up choosing this one.
I messed around with colours and finishing touches, I chose this. Tried red but it was too harsh, tried orange colours, but these colours seem to work the best. I avoided too may colour tests with the dino character since it would have looked too much like Barney. I stuck with the green. I later added a plastic effect that I kind of put together from the Styles function in Photoshop to make it look like a plastic sign.
I think it turned out great.
Hay, you guys helped me choose after all. You should be proud.

updated

2007-10-12T19:47:00.000-07:00

Just some updates to my site. New pic of a mega man game called Mega man8 in the Secret treasure vault.
Also in case you haven't visited or even bothered to visit yet, I have a newly updated name/sign. I think it looks spiffy.

Also this little thingy.

A new summer version of Summer tabby.
Can't wait for summer.
Yeah I know its a it early for some but for someone who hates cold weather and its only the beginning of it, always thinking of the lovely heat and any pictures of the tropics is a real nice distraction till spring and summer are back.

Dino -bit part 3

2007-10-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

Well that was a bit disappointing. Only had a few people who actually cared to take a look. :(
So I waited long enough and chose my next steps with the few votes that people bothered to give me. What else is new.
So if any one cares, here are the character poses I chose for the logos with the help of nice people, with some choices of fonts and word placements. Now what to choose?
The last step will involve the finishing touches and colour.
For those who bother to look and or choose, Thanks a bunch.

Dino -bit part 2

2007-09-26T16:48:00.001-07:00

Now what to choose. Which one looks best for a logo design?

Dino -bit

2007-09-25T17:43:00.000-07:00

A little bit of a hint of what I'm up to as my next project. It was also designed at my former work place during break. As you can see I used the back of an old time sheet to quickly jot down my idea for a logo design.
It couldn't have been paint fume induced this time since when your in that state your brain is pretty much mush. ;) LOL

Happy couple

2007-09-17T18:07:00.000-07:00

The final fix a pic, hurrraaaaa! Apparently its a pic of my great aunt and uncle. I heard that she was a great jam and baked goods maker. So that's where I get it. ;) They were also both grade 4 teachers. It's just to show that I have so much to learn about my family because I know so little of them. Meh, blame the ocean. :)

Caught in Paradise

2007-09-14T19:06:00.000-07:00

My latest illustration and another tropical themed one at that. A graceful looking cat catching its latest dinner in the form of bronze statue fountain. I’m not exactly sure why I chose to make the cat into a bronze statue but it seems to suit the scene well. Original drawing from my sketch book found here. Illustrated on textured paper. Painted with traditional watercolours, inks, some airbrushing, some coffee ink and clear coated with clear acrylic.

Portrait of a cousin

2007-08-30T20:30:00.000-07:00

Another fixed pic of one of my cousins. At a later date, I might revisit the pic in the future to take the texture out of it, which was caused by textured paper.

Two little girls

2007-08-28T19:40:00.000-07:00

Another fixed pic of my mom when she was little. She's the one with no ribbons obviously. Oh and I'm down to two pics left to fix Yippy!

The gangs all here.

2007-08-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

This times restored pic is of my mother when she was a kid. She looks a lot like me with out the glasses. In fact I still look the same if I pulled my hair back like that even at my current age. Ha!

preview of Caught in paradise

2007-08-22T18:12:00.000-07:00

Another tropical themed artwork is in the works. I originally sketched it at work on a break. Possibly some of it was inspired by paint fumes aside the usual thoughts of inspiration. Finished with tracing it on textured paper and started with painting the background. I just hope the background works out cause so far I’m not quite see it. I am as usual using samples to help me visualize how it should look but it just doesn’t look as full so far. Probably because of all the distractions as always will not stop me because of that.

Updates and a pic of my young mom

2007-08-17T20:16:00.001-07:00

Its a pic of my mom probably in her late teens early 20's. She is babysitting a young boy. When she was still living in Croatia before she got married, she taught as a daycare teacher. A day care teacher over there at the time was equivalent to a grade 1 teacher over here.
Kind of ashamed that children aren't teached like that over here otherwise children would be much more smarter around here. Instead they make dumb cartoon shows for kids like Dora the explorer that talk down to kids and dumb every thing down. Its a shame that cartoons aren't seen as just another form of entertainment for all ages. Instead they have to slap on the word education and make some money when really all it would be doing is brainwashing in to stupidity.
If you want smart kids, play with them, share with them don't dumb every thing down to the point of Dora the explorer. Yeesh!

Anyways also updated the MMMM section in the Secret Treasure vault of my K Tigress's Virtual Gallery Lair.

In a field of corn

2007-08-15T15:57:00.001-07:00

The latest repaired pic features I guess another pic of one of my cousins probably some time in either the late 60's early 70's in a corn field. Again I had to repair the colour est.

60's in the snow

2007-08-14T19:54:00.000-07:00

Some pic taken in the 60's with I guess one of my cousins who I barely know about.

Tranquil Tropic

2007-08-13T16:28:00.000-07:00

New in Miscellaneous; Finally the finishing touches are done on this thing. Its hard to finish things when you have so many other things that occupy your time. I kind of wanted a banner for my boring door and something comforting to look at so I designed this originally in my sketch book, One of many drawings, fixed it up on the computer, blew it up to fit on a piece of cloth I bought at the store and took my time airbrushing it. I later cut a piece of burlap and sewed it on then added a few pieces of bamboo for it to hang from and wallah. Don't you just wish you could just jump in? I'm calling it Tranquil Tropic. Is it a sun set or is it sunrise? It's for you to determine that. The chair is just ready for you to add the towel and lounge in and sip that drink. I was fairly satisfied with it although I think I could have added some more shadows on the bottom part of the stone banisters at least, otherwise I'm pretty satisfied with it.

On a hill some place

2007-08-05T13:52:00.000-07:00

This repaired pic was taken in the same year frame as the other one in 85. It was taken in Medjogoria where that group of children at the time had a spiritual meeting with the blessed Mother Mary about future events, things that must change and so on. In the pic you can see one of the people here who had the meeting with Mother Mary talking with one of my dear relatives. The pic was in only in two pieces as you can see and there fore was really easy and quick to fix.

Venison stew

2007-07-30T19:42:00.000-07:00

Another fixed pic. I definitely know something about this pic since I was there in 1985 enjoying some of that venison. It was on a traditional farm in Croatia some time in late August. The place had no electricity and even had an outhouse complete with smell. LOL the whole place was on the top of a hill near a vineyard and was full of stinging nettles. Ouch! I was going on to grade 6 at the time so I had to have been either 11 or 12 at the time. But oh that stew was so darn good.

A Boy and his rabbit.

2007-07-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

Yet another fixed pic. Can't wait to finish fixing these. Really getting bored with these.

Another fixed pic.

2007-06-12T10:18:00.000-07:00

Another fixed pic from my collection of ripped to pieces pictures.

Update......
Almost finished my tropical themed banner. Just have to finish the cobble stone, the chair and the tropical drink on the image. As I said before will put the whole thing on a background of burlap and hang it on some bamboo.

He's called Punk rat

2007-05-16T16:56:00.000-07:00

He's a sock puppet made from 2 socks. I used a drawing for inspiration that I sketched in my sketchbook and made some simple patterns from them. Using some foam sheets you can get at any craft store I made the puppet have some shape using some of those patterns. I also used some laundered vintage for the mouth, ears, tongue, chest and nose. Then I did some airbrushing on the face, chest and paws. I used googly eyes for well the eyes and used some special non-toxic glue to glue them on. Then I sewed on some eyelids for some more personality. I outlined some parts of the mouth. Then I took some black yarn and stiffened them with some stiffener and after they were dry, I pushed them though the muzzle for whiskers. Finally I found some fuzzy punky pink hair and sewed it on. The teeth are made from some kind of clothing foam. There you go. I was going to put a teeny tiny Band-Aid on his nose for added personality but didn't have one. Oh yeah his collar is made from a belt and I put Velcro for easy removal. Can't make up my mind though whether I would like to trim the whiskers or not. I mean he looks cool with long messy ones but then again trimmed would look good as well. Hummm. I think eventually I'd like to make more of these glorified sock puppets and the next idea would be a Indian elephant.

just an update

2007-05-06T21:39:00.000-07:00

Almost finished that sock puppet. It looks really cool since it’s not your conventional sock puppet but more like a glorified one considering I added things like airbrushing and other things. Its really environmentally friendly since most of my materials that I used would have normally ended up in some landfill. Don't worry all the materials I used have been thuraly washed and you can tell cause every thing has a nice springtime smell to it.
I’m looking forward to show you guys.

planing

2007-04-23T19:22:00.000-07:00

Started to work on a new project that was some time in the works. I had the idea for a while but as always get side tract for one reason or another. It’s going to be an airbrushed banner with a tropical theme to it. The airbrushed image is going on a cloth canvas, which will be sewn on top of burlap. I think I’m going to put a special solution to stiffen and to prevent the burlap from fraying too much. Then it’s going to have some bamboo inserts so that later it can be hung from twine so that it can go on my door. It’s a good alternative to creating murals which I can’t do considering that I still live in my parents house. Another bonus being that at least I can take it with me and it will be another great portfolio piece.

I just started to trace the line drawing I originally fixed up on the computer from my original drawings but still have to look for some references of tropical drinks. I can trace that drawing later since it wouldn’t matter if some of the previous tracing from the other drawing show though.

Fixed a pic

2007-04-02T20:49:00.000-07:00

Been rather busy lately so haven't had a whole lot of time being online or work on many of my things but I have managed to finish another repair on a old photo. I still have a whole slew of these to fix up though since that time someone in the family had a break down and ripped up all those pics.

Oh and hay this new FireFox is really cool not to mention handy. Just installed the latest one. Bin a bit of a slacker though in downloading it. Really saves me time on correcting my spelling mistakes. But apparently it still needs some work since correcting spelling on words at the beginning of sentences is still a bit buggy. For some reason it can't detect the capital letter and there fore changes it to a small case when you correct the spelling. Oh well maybe in the next Fire fox.

Well heres the latest pic. Enjoy.

Hmmm

2007-03-14T21:19:00.000-07:00

Ok that was weird. I guess this beta stuff has lots of bugs still in it. I had a person comment in here but for some reason the darn program just deleted it . :( Sorry about that. Also I tried to put in a link for the free program that I found but the beta just started to just monkey around with me so I'll try again.
Again I'm sorry about loosing your comment. None the less here's the free peogram.
Handy but buggy. Its free what you expect. VirtualDub

Fixed

2007-03-14T20:53:00.000-07:00

Ok most of the bugs are fixed; I hope and please enjoy the two animations that I couldn’t show earlier. I kind of found out that it was the compression code that was giving me the problems. Youtube just didn't like the ones that were already being used hence the black screen.
I was going to use this one program to fix the problem that I had but for some odd reason Its messed up so I had to go look for a temporary program. I managed to find this nice and adequate little program that I got from Download.com and best of all it was free. Apparently it was made by a amateur programmer at the time so the program is a bit buggy at times. But at least it does what its suppose to. Nice program but you can’t use it to really edit your movies. Will have to look for a decent one in the future. Don’t need it right now, I think.

Scratch that.....

2007-03-03T13:11:00.000-08:00

Humm it looks like I have some technical issues with two of my animations I haven't noticed till now. Well actually with Youtube. I'm not sure why that is but here's one that actually works till then.
Sorry about that.

A neat little walk cycle of a turtle. Originally a test for a friends animation.

Some animation

2007-03-03T12:21:00.000-08:00

I have all my decent animation up that I made in previous years. I hope to make more eventually when I get a new computer. I have yet to upload my short though that I still have to figure out as to how.
None the less please enjoy a samp of what I put up on my web site. As always, to see more of my stuff check out my web site.

not so old fixed pic

2007-02-07T19:48:00.000-08:00

Another pic fixed. This one had a lot of pieces and as you can see in colour as well. The pic is of a wedding and the male in the pic was a former best friend that I was a best friend with since I was a tot. I miss him dearly as a best friend but some things for me unfortunately I can't seem to keep. Oh well life goes on. None the less, as well as piecing it together again I enhanced the colour with out over doing.

"coo coo"

2007-02-02T21:15:00.000-08:00

Made this cute little animated gif of a ring neck dove a few days ago. Just click to see it coo. Also updated a few things in my web site and opened the Life drawing section of the Animation section. Don't have any pics in it yet but will shortly.

No missing links

2007-01-19T20:11:00.000-08:00

This one was pretty quick in finishing. I really wasn't planning on working on this one so soon only the other day I thought I putts around a bit with something I was going to use for the new Links section. I played with it and played with it but I still couldn't find a use or make it look like how I wanted it to look for the new Link's section. So while fooling around with something else, looking at bunch of cool looking fonts, I spotted what I was looking for. I kind of messed around with that removing bits and peaces and adding other and finally came up with something that looked really cool. I couldn't leave well enough alone so I end up finishing it up in a few days and wha la! Now I just have to put it all together.

Not totally there

2007-01-16T23:56:00.000-08:00

It’s a bit frustrating that I didn't have all the pieces to this photo but that's the way the ball bounces. I'm kind of hoping by some miracle that I do find the missing pieces to this old photo of my mother's cousins or who ever they are but for now I will just have to live with it. Total hours fixing it I think 2- 3 not much.

new edition

2007-01-04T23:21:00.000-08:00

Just finished a new part of what’s going to be for my sub site of personal treasures. Now I will be able to move all the treasure stuff from my old site to the new one. Still to make, artwork for my links section. Anyhow I used a backdrop from one of my cartoons as a nice intro. It turned out pretty nice and didn't take me as long as the previous intro, which was a machine frame for my animation section.

Here take a peek. Enjoy.

You know it would really make a really cool children's book cover or something.

Repaired photo

2006-12-20T20:38:00.000-08:00

A repaired and restored old photo of a teenager friend of my mother. It was accidentally ripped to pieces but not out of anger but out of depression. There are many more photos like this only some have missing pieces and can not be fully restored. I think I did a pretty good job of it. Of course it wasn't that hard to do. It was one of the easer ones. I've done more complicated restorations, one of the photos being of my dad when he was young. The paper had this annoying texture, which made the photo scan with this annoying pattern, which was complicated to get rid of. It took me several weeks maybe two to restore the whole thing properly.

Nautical style Christmas ball

2006-12-19T20:28:00.000-08:00

Click one the pic that shows the whole ornament to see all sides of it.

A Christmas ornament that I designed with a nautical theme to it. Using materials such as a glass ball, twine for the net affect, an assortment of shells with bits of coral that I personally dove and found from Florida and made little acrylic paint starfish to accent the whole thing. Then for the finally I added raffia for the ribbon and a nice clear coat to make the shells all shiny and pretty to look at. I think in the future I would love to make more of these hand made Christmas ornaments out of things that I can recycle and make it really attractive looking. As I said before I wouldn’t mind trying out to see if they would sell on E bay.
Probably won’t make it this year to sell them on E bay but there is always next year during the free promotion thingy they always have. I’ll be able to take advantage of this since I haven’t tried to sell any thing there yet. It would be fun to see if it does sell.

Christmas "E"

2006-11-30T21:23:00.000-08:00

What I’ve been working on lately is a Christmas ornament. I decided to use some stuff around the house since I got tons of it and I might as well get rid of it in a useful fashion. Might even eventually sell it on E bay to make a little cash as well, I mean why not, eh?
I got a glass ball, made a twine fishing net and stuck it on. Then glued a few shells that I got in Florida a while ago and I have yet to polish the shells I stuck on and finally I’ll probably stick a beige raffia ribbon. Yeah you guessed it it’s a nautical style ornament. I decided to use a neutral ribbon so it draws attention to the interesting shells and the net design.

I’ve also been working on restoring a ripped up old photo. Look for it soon in the Mini galleria section. You can find the link at my web site.

Newly renovated

2006-11-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

Just finished the new designs for the animation pages on my web site and most of the stuff for the character designs I had before are up again. It looks super. If you're wondering why I didn't go with the jungle vines though out the whole web site is because to me it wouldn't have all fit with the theme I was going with, which is again based on one of my cartoons. I kind of wanted the visitor feel like they’re in my cartoon world and visiting the different environments while looking at my artwork. As an addition to my artwork I have a series of Easter eggs that can be found in the animation pages for added amusement. If all goes well, I will add more possibly with a few simple sounds FX. As well as the interesting Easter eggs, I again experimented with the Styles in Photoshop with the results that I expected for the machine frames.

My other personality pictured

2006-10-02T13:11:00.000-07:00

Finally got around to finishing this thing. It was originally a doodle in one of my sketchbooks. The time was right and so I though I finish it up. Thought it would be a pretty cool idea if I do it entirely with Styles in Photo shop since I could get a really nice metallic look with out creating more work for my self. It turned out pretty much the way I hope it would look. Would have even looked cooler if I could have experimented in Maya with it but don't have it installed currently and can't unless I get a new computer. I just don't want to strain an already elderly computer. The pic still looks cool none the less. Please note that this character is not based on my characters for my cartoons but was intended for an avatar pic and then an experiment. As always its still mine and no one else’sand you know what that means. ;)

more progress......

2006-08-14T13:29:00.000-07:00

Finished, I think for now my illustration contracts. Its as good as it can get for now, but I’m sure that I’ll probably have to adjust it once I can find more info. Finished making a job jacket for, just incase, an art approval sheet and a personal time sheet. I might make similar ones for animation stuff. Probably won’t be too different. Now I just have to find out how to properly estimate how much a job/ gig is worth and how much do I write up for my work in general, like the hourly rate. Sigh, its not my area of expertise. I wonder if I can find info like that online or is it only in that book. Humm. Will also have to look for the Canadian copyright information for illustrators and animators. Got to look for that.

researching

2006-07-31T21:09:00.000-07:00

Been doing the search on the business end of forms. I managed to find a few samples of invoices and other handy samples for artists. Couldn't find an invoice samp though just for illustrators. Kind of a bummer but oh well. I'm just going to have to make some guesses and sort of figure out what things should be included on things like invoices and forms like contracts and approval forms. I could though get a book that's out of print or something like that at Amazon. I also looked to see if my local library had it and even looked in to Chapters, neither have any. Hummmm! Then there is the option of looking in to a membership of some kind but at this time I can't afford that kind of expense. Bla! I guess if some one really liked my stuff it wouldn't matter at the time, at that time being.

Got to send a massage

2006-07-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

Finished my presentation for what ever company I decide to send to. Well it’s more for this one company for now that I’m interested in. I made it into a Power point presentation with the ability to be able to print off of. It took me awhile because I had so many things to fix up. I made my presentation flexible so that I can either send just some print outs or the PP thing. Any ways the presentation works quite satisfactory. I added a small sound bite for the transition of the pages. I avoided adding music because I feel that it would be more suited for an animation reel. I could have added some animation or even my short that I made in school but I really feel that I could have done more to it. We were unfortunately rushed and I did not really get to make the short they way I wanted it. But at least its satisfactory. In the future and when I actually get the money for like a decent paper cutter, hole puncher specifically for animation paper and eventually a new computer I will maybe make improvements to the short. A decent animation reel would be nice too. So far I got a decent digital camera, some software a satisfactory light table but it could be better and a decent scanner for the other things. I also need to make one of those things that are on every show at the end to show what company the animation is from. I have a decent one in mind with some sound FX that I could get using a really old tape of sounds and voices me and my neighbor made when we were children. It’s going to look and sound cool. I only wish I had made one for that last short that I made.

I’ve also been doing the usual surfing the net. I went to my usual favorite sites, Red dwarf being one of them and spotted a nice article of some really cool illustrations. They were featuring an illustrator and his latest work. What particularly caught my eye was the part on how he goes though the different processes of his illustrations until he gets to the final approved art work for a DVD cover. Well I learned yet another thing they don’t teach at school or my last job for that matter. Before the final this guy does the pre finals in scanned layers. I guess he sends them for approval and then I guess the art director chooses the perfect layout. After every thing is ok'ed he does the colored final and whala. I guess I’ll have to do it this way too. Its not a bad thing since it will save me time and effort. I didn’t really do if for my self cause when I do some illustrations for my own use I usually have an idea of what I want or do several small rough drawings for what I’m looking for and then do the final est. Sometimes I surf the net or have samples of my own to use as reference to get the look and feel of what I want for my layout or illustrations.

Anyways got to pack up my presentation in one of those bubble envelopes and make an invoice template, a contract thing and a whole bunch of other things that I have still yet to get to. Fewwww!

Sneak preview

2006-05-24T00:21:00.000-07:00

Finished that new thing I'm designing for my web site that I'm definitely going to move very soon. I'm going to move it for good reasons because my old site provider is not as flexible as I would like it. For one thing you can't use Png files. I only hope that my web page maker is just as flexible. If not going to have to get another one. Yeah I could use HGML but to me its a real bother. Don't like getting a headache as a result of just trying to make stuff looking cool est. I'll stick to my web page maker thank you very much.

Anyways here's a sneak preview of the new things that are going to be at my revised web site. Going to make another border like it too, for other parts of the pages.

Dream carrots

2006-05-16T19:00:00.000-07:00

My latest illustration was originally drawn on the back of a finished sketch book during my break. I decided to colour it the old fashion way, with coloured pencils and markers like I use to do it when I was little but a whole lot better. I got really skilled at it because every Friday when I was in my late grade school years I use to work on this one cartoon. I would still work on it story and all if I had my own place and wasn't so busy with real life things. I would reveal what cartoon it is but its near and dear to my heart and so I'm very careful to not to show it off that much. I would show it off if I ran my own studio and of course it would have its own web site but for now its in the vaults of my mind and sketchbook.

Anyways getting back to my illustration, it features a rabbit sleeping in a fantasy type setting of carrots. I guess when I actually made the drawing I was dreaming of being else where. I was currently at my crappy job. I'll probably talk about it another time when I'm in that sort of complaining about my previous job mood.
To see more works go to my site and enjoy!

Crazy like a fox

2006-04-27T23:35:00.000-07:00

I took a small drawing of a funky fox I drew from one of my sketch books and fixed it up a few days ago. It looks pretty cool and I'm going to place it in my web site soon when I get the chance. I painted it in bright colours of water colour and made it look fluffy. It kind of reminds me of a puppet. You know like the feathers that Jim Hanson puppets use. I'll probably do a few more drawings like that in different medias too. I have so many projects and so little time to do them. Its a good thing that I can remember them all. I'm also going to have to eventually do that jacket like I planed. I'd like to see if I can sell it on Ebay. Its going to have a panda bear on it with the words panda in Chinese characters. The characters are going to be "blinged" I hope it turns out like I imagine it in my head.

I’ve also been looking at other web sites that I like and making a sample of them for future use. I plan to take some elements of the ones I like and add them to my own site but utilising my own ideas which of course will reflect my cartoon. I'd like to eventually be more public about my cartoon but for now it remains a secret till I can actually afford to get a great copy right for it.

Updated my site

2006-04-16T19:21:00.000-07:00

Hum I guess you can consider this an art project. Any how, I cleaned up the fan pages, gave it a nice new name and put in some new buttons. Its looking purrrrdy. Going to have to find and reload up those game posters because of some odd problems. Geocities is weird.