One Fine Night: Logo

While finishing up thesis and learning the basics of Book Making, I'm also continuously working on old projects from over the years. This was a logo I'd originally designed for One Fine Night, a comic idea I was exploring in Concept Art last semester, and revamped for a Halloween Matchbook design in Book Making. 

I'll be updating this shortly with an image of the final piece.

Some Thesis Images

Question: Is it possible to forget not only to update your blog but that you have a blog altogether? 

Answer: Yes. Apparently quite simple. 

Some older projects have been temporarily moved to the back burner for plot and design development to make way for pieces thesis and other storytelling and book making projects that will need to be completed this semester. Other than that, not much has changed since last year. I realize I haven't put much thesis related work up here yet, mainly because it's production has been all over the place. So for now, here's a couple of pencil images and one watercolor, although I'm don't think I'll be using this piece for a final or working in watercolor overall for this project. I will delve more in to the plot, concept, and creation process later on. 

Until then. 

One Fine Night: Characters 1-4

Merry Christmas and Yuletide Cheer! Hope your year's end is going as fantastically as mine, fantastic in the sense that I am determined to finish up some projects and I may actually be able to do so by my own preset deadlines. 

These character designs are from my Advanced Concept Art final with the working title One Fine Night. The plot is essentially a ghost story, hence why I've drawn certain characters in both their living and dead forms, but I'm still working some of the kinks out of it. This project has been three years in the making for me and the assignment gave me a chance to really start fleshing it out. I plan on seeing it through to publication and will delve more into the plot on this site as I have more work to show for it. 

For now, everyone enjoy what's left of 2012 as we beckon forth another year of magic and wonder! 

Gabriel Iglesias, Hot and Fluffy Fan Card

Is anyone here a fan of Gabriel Iglesias? 

If your answer is no, I strongly disagree with your opinion but respect it none the less. Gabriel Iglesias, a.k.a. the Fluffy Guy, is a hilarious comedian with fantastic storytelling and voice acting ability. I strongly suggest you look him up and will provide some links to aid in this process. 

My mom and I are both huge fans of his and so 

for her birthday I made her a card of Gabriel doing what he does best: Being hot and fluffy. I also took that and made a Christmas variation, which I will now use to emotionally scar my relatives. 

http://fluffyguy.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOQJiZ_g3Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77Dw3tNv8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6j_13-qzDY

Dear Mom, I couldn't find you anything sweet and sentimental for your birthday... 

On a slightly less professional note: I'm totally going to send this to Gabriel and see if he likes it!!!

One Fine Night - Concept Art

Ahh, the magic of finals. If I make it through alive then hopefully there will be increase in both the quantity and quality of things posted on this blog. 

Here are some sketches from my Concept Art class. My project is at it's base a ghost story that I shall one day make into a comic and/or illustrated novel of sorts. These are the early stages of some of the characters and environments and I'm working on the rest and the finals as we speak (Still have to draw the villains and a few props). 

I also still owe a tutorial to anyone who's interested for business cards. It's on the to-do list. 

Pigibou Post Card

Here be the beginnings of a promotional postcard I'm making with a revamped Pigabou creature from Concept Art. I'm trying out some different digital painting methods for this one so it will be interesting to see how it turns out. 

GingerRampage Logo

These are some logo mock-ups I made in class. Hand Lettering and Graphic Design have always been tricky areas so if there are any viewers in that field feedback would be very much appreciated. 

Also, some questions were asked about the business card designs and if I could make a video tutorial for it, which I have never done but will attempt to this upcoming thanksgiving break.