Gohma Media

last storyboard

2011-03-09T13:10:00.001-08:00

Final Project

2011-03-09T11:10:00.000-08:00

I feel like i didn't have as many references here as i did last time. But for my comic i would like to how some references. i took some of what penny arcade did, with the shapes, and kept in mind the silhouette. I also took what clerks did in their cartoon and made the outer line thicker, but I'm not sure if that's what i plan to do in the future.

I have also noticed that I'm very bad at not shading. I feel like it gives the color more, but I also like the flat color. If my comic continues to grow i might change the coloring situation. So i will have it flat color and maybe bolder lines. It's difficult to find my own style, and keep it constant.

The Bird

2011-02-28T12:01:00.000-08:00

For this I kind of wanted the cliffs to seem like they were taller than anywhere else in this "world". I used some pictures of cliffs as a reference, but i couldn't quite get the texture, even so I felt like having too much texture would ruin the concept of my creations. It's supposed to be semi-flat, but i'd like some depth to go along with it. I also looked at some mountains which are usually lighter as they begin to look farther away.

The Gole

2011-02-28T11:50:00.000-08:00

with this image i wanted to get a different perspective. Like looking down from the sky. I looked at some images and sketched this out a few times to see what i liked. Everything i sketched was on photoshop, with a tablet. I looked at some pictures that had perspective like this.

Story Board (Big Bad Wolf)

2011-02-26T16:49:00.000-08:00

I chose the three little pigs, and the big bad wolf. At the end of my sketch i was wondering what happened to the wolf... so i chose that after he gives up, he finds his new prey.

Story Board ( Movie )

2011-02-26T14:54:00.000-08:00

I decided to go with Ghost World. I've watched this movie about 15 times so far, but have never actually read the comic. I liked this scene because of the place they were in, and because i felt like this was one of the few times the two characters seem to have something in common, or have a friend-characteristic.

Revision

2011-02-23T13:36:00.000-08:00

not exactly a revision, i pretty much started over from scratch with the landscape, but i did keep my characters.

landscapeesss

2011-02-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Landscapes Final

2011-02-08T23:55:00.000-08:00

Ideas for landscape

2011-02-07T12:14:00.001-08:00

Re-Color

2011-02-03T20:55:00.000-08:00

I decided to color my characters a little bit more

landscapes

2011-02-02T12:54:00.001-08:00

thumbnails 2

2011-02-01T21:59:00.001-08:00

thumbnails

2011-02-01T21:35:00.001-08:00

color

2011-01-31T14:10:00.000-08:00

char sketch

2011-01-31T14:06:00.000-08:00

Character Sketch

2011-01-19T23:19:00.001-08:00

GOLEM

Character Sketches.

2011-01-19T13:44:00.000-08:00

Final Silhouettes

2011-01-09T19:27:00.000-08:00

These are my final silhouettes, making my count of silhouettes at 30.

Reflective Essay #1

2011-01-09T17:43:00.000-08:00

Silhouettes

During this assignment I feel like I have really realized how much importance a silhouette is. I used to just see them as what they were, and that was the silhouette of an image or object. I didn't think that they were that key to what a picture has to offer. But since I have done this project I feel like silhouettes are very important for creating an icon or to capture a character. Looking at characters like Micky Mouse and Goofy, they are both simple and recreations of different animals. These two characters are universally known. And if you have a strong silhouette I feel like you will have a stronger connection with viewers.

The characters that I have started sketching out are sort of simple, and need more emphasis. The silhouette assignment has helped me, and lead me to discover what I need to do in my character creation process. When I did these silhouettes I wanted my characters to be able to be noticed without need of seeing facial features or other details. When I was creating the silhouettes of animals and other creatures it felt like it was easier to make them more unique than human-like characters.

I enjoyed this exercise and hope to do more like it. In the long run it will help with my creations and the process that I do when drawing. It's another thing that will be in the back of my mind to help.

Silhouettes 4

2011-01-09T17:07:00.001-08:00

characters for the webcomic.

Silhouettes 3

2011-01-09T15:53:00.000-08:00

These are the third round of silhouettes. They're kind of simple, but I feel like the assignment is to keep doing them even if they aren't great and just keep working. Just to working and improving. Hopefully the next ones I do will be more unique than what I have done with these.

Web Comic

2011-01-09T02:57:00.000-08:00

After a semester of talking about creating a webcomic my friend and I are finally trying to start it up. We've uploaded one comic already though it's kind of sketchy. He provides the storyboard and dialogue.

R4TING P3NDING

Silhouettes 2

2011-01-05T13:54:00.000-08:00

Silhouettes done on 5 January 2011. Second class of Concept art & Pre-production.

Silhouettes P1

2011-01-03T13:44:00.001-08:00

These are Six Characters that are known. I took the original pictures and made their silhouettes.
Facebones
Drinky Crow
Amaterasu
Cubone
and some Angry Beavers.

Book!

2009-12-06T22:53:00.000-08:00

Meet The Cat.

2009-12-03T00:10:00.000-08:00

It is my own creation of my start of a cartoon.Maybe.

2009-11-23T13:59:00.000-08:00

I thought that this was really nifty, i found it searching the inter webs. The fact that the tree's roots are actually where the titles of family members are is what made me think a lot more than what we used to do in elementary school. How the branches were your family tree instead of your roots. But the fact that the roots are where your family occurs makes much more sense. This is almost like flat art, but i'm not exactly sure how you would categorize this.

This is something that created with that bamboo template. I'm really into those templates, and am hoping to be able to get one soon so i can continue my art digitally. I'm self teaching myself how to use these things, and in photoshop as well. I hope that i can find out more secrets about photoshop so that i can create a better image like those that people find on deviantart that are so extravagant.

Flat Color Design

2009-11-07T17:48:00.000-08:00

I borrowed the Bamboo Graphics Template and did some stuff at home as well.

This one isn't completely flat, but i wanted to post this because i'm planning on creating my own characters for a comic i "might" create. one of these days. :)

2009-11-06T16:39:00.000-08:00

I found this on Deviantart. This is a really good example of what flat color design is like. I thought that it was really interesting because i am currently obsessed with this cartoon on adult swim called "metalocalypse". This character is Toki Wartooth. In the actual cartoon there is not a lot of flat color, there is shadow to the characters but it shows that even if you have flat color a cartoon looks good.

This is a picture that i took of my friend, holding an airsoft gun. I edited the color using the "curves" took in photoshop to adjust the shadows and everything else. The two letters at the bottom are his signature "JF" I found the font online though, so it isn't one of my pieces of work. I really enjoyed the colors though, and how the picture isn't completely focused.

Start of some Soup

2009-10-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

"V"

"M"

Though this is not a alphabet soup, i thought that this was amazing in its own way.

2009-10-28T10:56:00.000-07:00

I thought that this piece was really strange and interesting. I liked how the concept of how women wearing shoes that hurt them, is like wearing shoes that bite at your heels. Thought it was very clever, and the lighting is perfect, the teeth pretty much glow with the shoe as well making it seem more realistic.

2009-10-28T10:44:00.000-07:00

This is one of my more silly creations. This is mostly because one of my friends had gotten the swine flu, but it seems that the bug might have gotten to me as well. I took a picture of an eye to make the pig seem even more .. i guess you could say "infected" and the pink font to highlight the actual "h1n1" virus.

But on a more serious note...

This shot, is one that my friend sylvain took. I took the photo and made it into a semi-collage. I wanted my friend and I to be the center of it, with the globe-type structure that helps create an illusion of being in a different world i guess. I took some images for the background that brings out more color.

Assignment 3 Posters

2009-10-21T11:17:00.001-07:00

This first poster is one that i decided to make, during our trip to portland. In portland my friend was being treated for cancer, and so we had to put on these gloves, masks, and outfits so we wouldn't get anything that he had, or take anything we had outside with us. Either way. I began to think about a crazy doctor that was a character in a video game. This also gave me an idea to photoshop my friend that somewhat resembles the character in the game. Thus, creating an insane picture of my friend and a poster.

I couldn't think of much for the second one. I wanted it to look somewhat like a book cover, except i'm not sure what kind of book would have these many colors though. But I found most of the pictures from the internet, and mad the rest by using photoshop.

2009-10-18T22:50:00.000-07:00

So my friend found this image, but the first time i saw it i was very impressed on how simplistic that the image was. It has this astronaut, in space, with the text "I see no God up here.." the quote directed from Yuri Gagarin. The way i saw it was, that there would be no God within science, and that every scientist that is kept to their profession seems to always head toward an Atheist way of thinking. Science or Religion. But to get to the artistic view of this, I really loved how the text can really impact a piece of art. Even if you have a really simple picture just like this.

Type Composition

2009-10-18T22:44:00.001-07:00

My composition on the letter "P".

Not sure what all i should talk about this one. Mainly that the P's are all around different colors. The background was made up of black and a gray tint of clouds being shaded or avoided. I thought that a black background might make the P's stand out a little more. Which i believe it did, but mainly the P's that have been shown as White.

"S"

It makes the world "p.s." almost like space invaders.

Collage

2009-10-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

This is my collage, its got a mix between music and flying. The person there is a friend of mine which i decided to use as a model to help me configure this lovely illustration of what its like to listen to music. Or how it's like to listen to music in my head. A whole bunch of speakers that I crafted from the internet, and then a synthesizer as well to just give it an extra touch. I borrowed the wings from a bird and they are used to show how when listening to music is almost like having wings, to bring you up into another place. (or at least that's how i saw it in my head)

here is another, which i've crated for my friend Sylvain and his DJ time to get him more fans and more listeners. I took a few objects from the internet, like tentacles, the brain and spine, and the broken records. I used an image that someone had taken of him as well, but i created the background by myself, using some photoshop brushes that i found on the internet as well. The internet is such a great source for random items you need.

First Blog Entry

2009-10-01T00:41:00.000-07:00

This is where i will be entering my assignments for Digital Media Foundations. Some original work, some thoughts, and photos.