In Progress

Figure Study

2009-09-19T19:41:00.001-07:00

I took the watercolor/gouache workshop last weekend, and I wanted to keep practicing with the medium. It's been 2 years since I've done any figure painting from life, so today I went to a 5hr workshop in San Rafael.

Watercolor & Gouache Workshop

2009-09-17T02:00:00.000-07:00

What a fantastic weekend Thomas & I had up the coast in Mendocino. We got a chance to get away from our daily lives of photoshop painting and use real paint for a change.

I worked with gouache a bit, and struggled with watercolor. It was really enlightening learning From Erik Tiemens to take advantage and really explore the combinations of both mediums.

I won't ramble on about how amazing the in-class demos were or the exercises (check them out here on Erik's blog).

Here are studies I did from the class. The first piece Erik helped me out by masterfully adding the finishing touches.

Another Game!

2009-09-11T01:20:00.000-07:00

Two games shipping for me in one year. Right after finishing up on Monkey Island: Special Edition sometime in March, I jumped onto LucasArts newest IP game. Check it out the anouncement and game footage on GameTailers.com.

10 years later....

2009-08-22T01:55:00.000-07:00

This month marks the 10 year anniversary for me at my job.

A couple months ago this book was published Rouge-Leaders- The Story-of -LucasArts. The book contains quite a bit of concept art by great artist of the past, and some awesome people I work with currently.

To have lived through a decade of a history book makes me feel ancient.
I can only hope that I've grown as a video game artist over the course of those years. I didn't think I'd be here as long as I have, but I'm still having fun and doing new things each day.

In chronological order, here is a sampling of key art from some of the games I worked on. (all images copyright by LucasArts ).

Art work for Auction

2009-07-22T09:53:00.000-07:00

I'm finally posting art! This is sort of work related. A bunch of us at Lucas Arts were asked to transform blank Mighty Muggs into Star Wars art to be auctioned by The Make-A-Wish Foundation. These one-of-a kind Muggs will be on display at San Diego Comic-Con.

http://starwars.com/vault/collecting/20090713.html

I've never painted on plastic before, but this turned out to be really fun.
I had the white,blank, Mighty Mugg sitting on my home desk for a while. My little 1 1/2 yr old girl loved playing with it. When I finally got around to painting for the auction, and showed it to her, her whole body started shaking. She yelled out, "Oh, Wow!" and started clapping and giggling.
Now, I wished I didn't have to give him away, but it's for a great cause. We named him Tusky. I hope Tusky goes to a good home.

The Secret of Monkey Isand Special Edition

2009-06-01T23:41:00.001-07:00

I don't know who visits this blog, since I haven't posted in forever. Thanks to everyone who has visited!
It's been an intense year, adjusting to being a working mom. I haven't had any time to do art outside of work.
Fortunately, I've been working on some really fun projects, and one of them being this one that announced today!

Spring

2008-02-07T12:41:00.000-08:00

The record amounts of rain we've been getting in Northern California, and staying indoors all winter long, has made me really anxious for spring to arrive already!! Here's a pen & ink sketch (colored in photoshop). A tribute to my favorite season --Spring.

Leftovers from 2007

2008-01-23T15:10:00.000-08:00

So, I don't have any new art for 2008, but these are 2 watercolors I did from my trip to London last summer.
Watercolor is not my friend, but a portable medium to use while on vacation.
While in London, we went to the Tate Britain Museum which had a special exhibit of JW Turner. I was most inspired by his watercolor paintings, hopefully enough that I'll keep playing with watercolors more often :)

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-09T13:56:00.000-08:00

Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments!
I planned on posting at least monthly, but some life changes came up. Art will be on hold til' the new Year!

Until then,
Happy Holidays!

Tortuga Island

2007-11-13T18:22:00.000-08:00

Another, old commission. The client wanted a fairly realistic image, and the island should be reminiscent of a turtle. Can you tell?
I took the gig because the pay would have been decent if they had ever paid me... oh well.

A Monkey!

2007-11-05T23:52:00.000-08:00

Something less serious.

A little photoshop doodle I did a while back, influenced and inspired by a fellow artist friend.

On the Side

2007-11-05T23:35:00.000-08:00

My first post! I thought I'd start with some freelance illustrations I've done in the past. These were for AEG, Legend of the Five Rings cards. I took the commission because Samurai are cool.

My Art Blog

2007-11-05T22:55:00.000-08:00

Here it is! My own arty blog. A random collection of my art, works- in-progress, and things I find interesting. Thanks, for stopping by.