art things by kasia niton

So this is how I draw now....

2012-02-01T12:38:00.002-05:00

So I haven't posted in a while. Busy with school. But I've been drawing lots and doing lots of work for the film. Hope to post more soon! Happy 2012 by the way!

Young Artists Among Us - Art Exhibiton

2011-10-20T01:33:00.005-04:00

Hello Everyone,

I'm putting together the 4th annual 'Young Artists Among Us - Art Exhibition'.
Come join us and check out some awesome artwork! Take part in this fun event!
For more information, check out this snazzy flyer or contact me - details below!
Visit the Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255934254442312

September Ladies

2011-09-18T21:38:00.016-04:00

First week of school & train doodles!

Click for a better look.

Go Training to Oshawa.

Back in Canada for just over a week now, missing Nickelodeon & California!
Though I started my final year at school - stay tuned for thesis film updates!

Summer Sketches

2011-08-08T00:00:00.003-04:00

Some things I have been working on over the summer.

Thought it would be funny to create a character who had a pineapple as a pet, so below are some concepts I did for that.

Below are more girl drawings from the last 2 months. Finally compiled them all!

Happy Summer!

Life Drawerings

2011-08-07T18:28:00.007-04:00

Some 2-5 minute sketches from Figure Drawing at Nickelodeon.

Click for a better view.

What if...

2011-08-05T19:22:00.004-04:00

A little Illustration I did for the Summer Nicktern Colouring Book! My friend and co-worker Ryan, wrote the poem and I drew the illustration for it!

Flying Carpets

2011-07-18T01:18:00.009-04:00

Drew some things today for a mini side project I'm working on. These are some character designs I've started playing around with. Based on the short story Flying Carpets by Steven Millhauser.
Click to see them in much better quality. :)

& Below is another version that I drew on a 'Post it' at work.

Why are all my best drawings done on sticky notes & tiny scrap bits of paper?

Stop Motion

2011-07-17T15:16:00.008-04:00

My first couple animations in stop motion. We had one class dedicated to stop motion and it was probably one of my favourites! These are two assignments that we did, the first one the puppet had to 'smash' something with his club & second is obviously a walk cycle (which is much harder to do than it looks!). Definitely want to do more of this!

Enjoy!

Puppet Smash from Kasia Niton on Vimeo.

Stop Motion Walk Cycle from Kasia Niton on Vimeo.

Also here is a puppet I made a couple months ago. Some process photos and then the final. It's my first fully moveable puppet so I'm happy with it.

Narcissist

2011-07-02T20:19:00.021-04:00

Last night I decided to do some drawings of me-self, cause that's what I like to do on my Friday nights apparently.

I just used my webcam on my computer as a mirror Aha!

I really like how this second one turned out! (below left)

The last one doesn't really look like me (above right), but I kinda like it - it has a bit of a wonky feel to it I think.

& here are some other doodles - of girls of course!
Ps. Sorry about the awful picture quality- I don't have a printer here...

Hope everyone had a Happy Canada Day (Yesterday) & is having a great long weekend here (for Independence Day)

Third Year Things

2011-06-05T15:49:00.021-04:00

First things first, just finished my first week working as an intern at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California! So far it's been a really amazing experience, I am extremely happy and grateful to be working for such an awesome studio.
I look forward to the next 3 months...

<---- Me, super happy to be working at Nickelodeon!

Next, some things from 3rd year...
This is an assignment from third year, we had to pick a movement/action to animate and come up with a story around it. I chose 'Pull' and this is what I came up with...

Action Analysis from Kasia Niton on Vimeo.

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And here is my third year film (reason 1 of a million of why I had been so busy this past year). Really glad I made it out alive.

"Shaboarboi" (pron: Shah-boar-boy) is a short animated film produced at Sheridan College as part of our 3rd year in the BAA: Animation program.

Shaboarboi from Justin Hartley on Vimeo.

Life Drawing

2011-06-05T15:02:00.008-04:00

Some Costume-Life Drawing from 3rd year.

Conte, watercolour, digital & ink. A lot of Ed drawings (model).
Last two images are from the Royal Winter Fair 2010

So this is what I've been doing for the past little while...

2011-06-05T14:30:00.009-04:00

Big Update for the long absence.

Left original drawing by hand - Right finished digitally painted

Tall girls, little girls, cozy girls, fun girls, coloured girls. Girls, girls, girls.
I went through my blog and realized that I strongly disliked 90% of my old artwork/posts.
So here are some things I have done in the last little while.

I'm Back!!

2011-05-17T22:23:00.004-04:00

Finally, I have time to use my blog again!
I completely revamped my blogger and am pretty content with it now.
Here is a little piece I drew and then painted digitally. Will post more soon!

Also to update, I got an internship at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California this summer! I will be working there from June till the end of August, can't wait to start!

HIATUS

2010-12-09T19:36:00.001-05:00

Hello all,
I am on a sort of hiatus right now as school is incredibly hectic and I really want to totally and completely redesign and re-organize this blog.

In the meantime,
I have started up an online portfolio, so definitely check that out! It's nice.

http://kasianiton.carbonmade.com/

:)

Young Artists Among Us Art Exhibition

2010-07-27T19:39:00.001-04:00

Hey Everyone!

This summer will be the 3rd year that I am leading and organizing the Annual 'Young Artists Among Us' Art Exhibition.
I encourage everyone to come out and have a fun art-filled day this Saturday, August 7th at the Hamilton Waterfront.

ARTISTS: I am still accepting Art Submissions for the event, if you want to submit artwork just let me know.
**If anyone has any other questions about the event after viewing the flyer below do not hesitate to contact me.

PS. I would like to thank Garth for making these spiffy flyers. :)

Schools out for summer!! (almost)

2010-04-20T00:23:00.001-04:00

School is almost finished! These last couple weeks have been insane. I realize I have not posted in a while. I will post lots and update and do more art as soon as school is done. I promise!! 4 more days to go.... & summmmmmmmer!! <3>

Serving up more Koooooosh!

2010-03-28T20:09:00.003-04:00

My art is being displayed at a new, local, cute, little restaurant in Westdale (Hamilton) called Koosh. The address is: 1047 King St. W, Hamilton
If you are in town you should definitely go check out the place it's super cozy.
Grab something to eat & check out my art! I have 12 pieces on display there currently; they will be up for the month of March.

Below you can see my art in the window!!

^Art in the washroom^
Update: I ended up selling two paintings!! I am super, incredibly happy about that!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T22:34:00.002-05:00

Happy New Years! 2010! New Decade!
Hope everyone has a fantastic year (& decade?!) full of new, fun and crazy adventures!
June 2011 Update: The start of my fashion illustrationy girly drawing. Glad to see I have improved since this...

& so this is Christmas...

2009-12-25T16:43:00.002-05:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!
Hope everyone has a wonderful, peaceful, happy day,
spent with lots of lovely people!
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Meanwhile, here are some quick Christmas cards I painted.

Wesolych Swiat!
Joyeux Noel!
Buon Natale!
Merry Christmas!
<3>

You look so precious.

2009-12-24T00:24:00.001-05:00

Interior Painting Assignment.

~Lurk my progress!~
^ Thumbnails/Brainstorming Ideas (Click to Enlarge).

^ Colour Roughs

^ Final!
Am pleased with the outcome.
&
My final painting assignment for the semester. Done fairly quickly.
This painting is loosely based off of the lake shore in Salerno, Italy!

Yay Christmas Break!

Cherrry Mistmas!!!

2009-12-23T01:12:00.000-05:00

Chrimbo Hols Finally! aka Christmas Break!

Apparently I am very ambitious this break because I brought home tons of art supplies and my scanner. We'll see how that goes... Anyways its good to be home, busy getting ready for Christmas etc etc.
Here are some fun Christmas related things.
Every year, for several years now, my mum and I paint windows for Christmas. We do stores like Tim Hortons, Wendy's, McDonalds, Canadian Tire, A&W, etc (basically whoever wants work done). ^ So here's me in front of one of our "masterpieces" :P I love doing this, its fun, relaxing, you meet cool people and gets you in the 'Christmas Spirit' [bonus-we also get free food sometimes ;)].
Here are some sample photos of our uber fantastic window paintings. We just use acrylic paints & permanent marker.

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Below are the windows my roommate, Shen, and I painted at our house for Christmukah!!Merry Christmas Everyone!
All the best, hope you all have a fantastic Christmas.

Storysaurs & Dinoboarding?

2009-12-17T02:58:00.000-05:00

My first LEICA!
Personally, I am in love with it. & had tons of fun creating it. I realize somethings can be improved, but I still really enjoy it.
Please enjoy responsibly :DDD
Busy. Busy. Busy. Christmas break sooon.......

*ByTheWay. Princess & the Frog = amazing. I drooled over the fantastic layouts!

Watercolours are back.

2009-11-29T00:42:00.000-05:00

I experimented with watercolours this weekend! I have been looking at a lot of fashion illustrations lately and have been completely in love with them and want to learn to create amazing stuff like that, so I decided to pull out the old watercolours! Which I have not used for over a year now at least!

^I enjoy how these 3 girlies turned out :)^Something a little different. Kind of like bits of it, definitely room for improvement!
I'm excited to do more!
*On a side note: my roommate got an early Christmas present today..... its a KITTTYYYY! It's adorable! <3 I approve of the new addition to our already lovely house :D

Bang Bang.

2009-11-27T20:25:00.002-05:00

Some recent sketchbook illustrations that I enjoy. (Random experiments)

walk, run, walk, run, walk, run...

2009-11-26T10:05:00.000-05:00

Walk/Run animation! Haven't posted any animations lately. I think this is my cleanest animation yet! Horray! I actually like this one (minus my cop-out of an interaction, but hey! oh well). The characters are the ones that I posted earlier.
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Also, just for funsies, here are my Run & Walk cycles on seperate movie files.

Anteater

2009-11-25T12:10:00.000-05:00

Anteater Bone drawing from the bone room in the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), Toronto. Why does it look so awful in this image?

Reaching up & Reaching out

2009-11-24T19:03:00.001-05:00

Some caricatures/portraits.

The first one is my sister, she looks like an old lady here but I really like it, its oddly creepy.
The next two are of Maynard & Justin from the band Tool, I drew these while watching some interviews with them.

Don't fret precious I'm here...

2009-11-19T21:51:00.000-05:00

Character Design Assignment 2 of year 2!
Create 2 contrasting characters, do a rotation and action poses (one must be running the other walking).
So here they are!
I liked how these turned out, especially the little girl (I think she is supa cute).

It was my first time drawing a fatter character. That was fun. Her poses aren't as good but oh well, I'm learning right? Right.Also... used my scanner for the first time!! yayayayayay! horrrays! So that means more sketchy sketchbook sketches coming up!

Dino Dilemna

2009-11-13T00:20:00.000-05:00

Okay so I don't hate you... that was the Conflict for this assignment. & the Resolution was "they get together" or "they get revenge" and in this story's case they get revenge.
These are my Beat Boards for Storyboarding! They are pretty self explanatory but here is the breakdown anyways:

Beat 1: Two Dinosaurs come up to a patch of grass.
Beat 2: Big Dinosaur decides to be a greedy bastard & since he is bigger he decides hecan be a bully. Little Dinosaur is not impressed.
Beat 3: Little Dinosaur decides that he is not having any of this and just bites the Big Dinosaur's face off.
Beat 4: Little Dinosaur is now content and has eaten the Big Dinosaur. The green patch of grass does not get eaten, instead its the Little Dinosaurs cushion.

Pretty Pictures Dump

2009-11-10T21:15:00.000-05:00

Some random photography!
I try to take pretty pictures sometimes. & It works sometimes.
Click for a BIGGER & BETTER experience! I mean view.
Enjoy :D

That beat is still beating, loud and clear...

2009-11-08T18:09:00.000-05:00

Character Design assignment I found kicking around on a USB stick. Its from the end of last semester, but I still really enjoy the poses... Evidently I still need to work on my character expression skills. Nevertheless here is my Salsa-Dancing, Hardcore-Party-Animal Ostrich. :P

Paintings & Halloween

2009-11-05T18:36:00.001-05:00

Here is a painting inspired by Venice, obviously, and it is based off one of my spiffy photos from my trip.

^This is a photo is a colour rough done in pencil crayon.

^& there is the final painting. The painting was done in gouache.
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On a Semi-Artsy Related Note:
Halloween!
Was awesome. I wish I could dress up all the time... unfortunately that requires a lot of work and time. But here are some fun photos from Halloween.

My house and I dressed up as "Zombified Disney Characters". In order from left to right we have Zombified; Belle, Aladdin, Snow White, Hercules & (myself) Ariel - I look far too dark to be a zombie.Make-Shift Zebra & a Flamingo.

An Apple a Day....

2009-10-27T00:52:00.000-04:00

In the spirit of Fall.

Found this picture, was actually taken last October but thats alright.
I love how the apples are the same colours as the leaves. They are sneaky that way...

Lizzzzie. Fizzzie.

2009-10-25T22:42:00.000-04:00

Character Design based off of my sister.
Tall, thin, messy hair, can't dress herself; but I love her.
Also.... Reading Weeek!

Venice

2009-10-11T23:27:00.000-04:00

Amazing doesn't even cover it.
I went here and I still can't believe that it exists.

Here are just 3 out of the 2,500 photos I took from my trip in Europe.
These 3 photos are from the very 'jaw-dropping' Venice.

Doll (unfinished)

2009-10-04T19:23:00.000-04:00

Doll painting I also did over the summer. It's not done. I am still debating what to do with the background, but here it is for now. I'm really pleased with how the doll turned out. The background is really much darker, but the glare makes it look lighter.
Also went to Nuit Blanche in Toronto last night. It was super awesome. and now I'm super tired, go there at 9 and went to sleep this morning at 8! ahhhhh. But awesome art and fun stuff.
Gotta go to homework now though.......

Half a Face + Exhibition

2009-10-02T22:21:00.001-04:00

Here is a painting I FINALLY finished over the summer! Well I am still not 100% satisfied with it... but honestly I think I've added another 10 cm to the canvas's width cause I have repainted it soooo many times. No lie. At least 10 times for sure.

March 2009 Update: SOLD!!

And I had my art displayed at an Arts of August Art Exhibition in Hamilton and I won an award for ummmmm.... something. But here I am with two of my paintings :)

Happy Rainy Days.

Off Off Off with your head!

2009-10-01T23:07:00.001-04:00

Woot. Im back.
Here is a painting I did over the summer. Its pretty big, I was inspired by Karen O's energy on stage at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert I attended. I still have to fix her mouth though I just realized it looks really un-epic and dumb. But I did this fairly quickly and tried to let myself go and not be such a perfectionist.

ALSO! GOT A WACOM FOR MY BIRTHDAY!! HELLS YEAH! now I really need to figure out how to use computers....

March 2009 Update: SOLD!!

Turning 20.... & a flash jump!

2009-09-18T16:43:00.000-04:00

This is Fred.
Fred is pink.
See Fred JUMP!

So at school the other day and going through all my shit on the network at school and found this bad boy. Its the cut out jump we did in flash at the end of last semester. Its so funny.
Anyways... schools going awesome. :) I am really enjoying all of my classes and the homework isnt too bad... yet. Hoorays. Ill have more works up soon.
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SIDE NON-ART NOTE: I just turned 20 on the 14th! ahhhh. It was scary, I did a lot of self reflecting and then made a list of things I have accomplished in my teen years and then I was happy.
Here are some of the things I accomplished that are on my list:
• Backpacked through several countries in Europe
• Roadtrip to the Maritimes
• Fell in love (twice)
• Seen Tool (three times)
• Moshed and Crowd Surfed
• Got into Animation!!
• Have had several Art Exhibits
• Been a leader in different events and groups
• Watched every episode of Friends (at least three times)
• Read all the Harry Potters
• Saw Rage Against the Machine
• Lived on my own
• Biked through Florence
• Roadtrip to New York
• Learned to Snowboard
• Learned to Salsa
• Had blue hair
• Learned Sign Language
• Drove 150 on a highway in New Brunswick
• Climbed the Tatra mountains
• Watched a Sunset and Sunrise
• Gave up on Religion
• Dressed up for Halloween every year without fail
• “Thought to myself that I’m livin the dream” haha
• Made friends I know I will have forever

YAY!

Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Baby

2009-09-02T23:25:00.002-04:00

So I have recently rediscovered my love for the Bloodhound Gang. Their music is completely ridiculous & a good laugh.
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I feel like I have accomplished a lot this summer - its a good feeling. Whats not a good feeling is realizing that all the hard work I did this summer was voluntary and thus I have no money. Hello Student Loans!
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Here are some recent sketches I did. I've been trying to experiment a bit.

Experimenting with colour.

3 Eras of fashion. Future, present & past. *Present was inspired by some actual fashion photography.

Black and White are all I see....

2009-08-27T09:08:00.001-04:00

Some summer drawings. I think I ruined the last one. I tried to experiment with colour.

Watch the Weather Change

2009-08-23T13:46:00.000-04:00

So this is what I have been up to. I posted two versions of the painting cause the colours look better in the second one but the other is a close up and you can see more details (I think anyways).
Im pretty pleased with this. I keep drawing these girls so I decided I should try painting one. So here it is.
+ I added the original drawing that made me want to paint something similar to it.

Cactus Fest.

2009-08-22T23:07:00.000-04:00

Gouache painting I did for school last semester (also found this tucked away in the depths of my closet).
Anyshoes, so the little town I live in has a Cactus Festival every year and it has like zero to do with cacti/cactuses? but its some old tradition, nevertheless it happened last weekend and I thought the title was fitting. Maybe? My mom and I usually display & sell our artwork at the festival. Go team!
Ps. Summer is like almost over EH?! Time to put my thinking cap back on. hahaha.

Closet Pots

2009-08-22T22:28:00.000-04:00

I found this in my closet. I just cleaned out my closet not too long ago and I store all my artwork there and I found a couple things I totally forgot about (and some things I am glad I forgot about). But I did this painting like a year and a half ago? and I really enjoyed the colours and I don't think it turned out too bad. Of course the colours don't look as nice here. Finally some art!

"Young Artists Among Us" Process Photos!

2009-08-19T23:58:00.000-04:00

Okay so here are some sample photos from the project. From meetings, organizing, doing posters, set up, clean up, etc etc etc. There was so much work put into the project, the pictures don't even do it justice. Its a long post but I want everyone to appreciate just how much work went into this project.

Meetings and Organizing things for the event.

Priming Boards for the Mural, Barbecue at a Meeting, Making Posters and Signs

Working hard - making more posters & getting water!

Packing everything up into the two cars.

Unpacking and Set Up

Participants, working on the group mural!

Facepainting! I got mine done too! Krystal did an amazing job!

Some of the artwork and boards for the Mural.

Artwork, creating and having fun! :D Success!

Clean up

& I got my face painted too!

So horrray! I am very pleased with how the event turned out and I will post pictures of the mural as soon as it is put together.
Ps. Appreciate this post cause it tooook a bajillion years to put together!!! & click to enlarge any photos. & if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

"Young Artists Among Us" Art Exhibiton

2009-08-19T15:28:00.000-04:00

On Saturday August 9th the 2nd Annual "Young Artists Among Us" Art Exhibition took place at Pier 8, Waterfront on Discovery Drive.This event was organized by a group of young people for young artists in local communities. The project was organized and led by myself with the help of the 'Youth Organizing Committee', which consisted of; Celia Krampien, Colin Davis, Jeremy Bondy, and Samantha Niton. (Below is a photo of the committee)

The day was a great success with lots of artwork to be seen and fun activities for all ages, including a group mural. 16 boards were painted by artists and eager people from the community. The boards will be put together and hung up somewhere in Hamilton (place not yet disclosed, will announce).
The seed funding for this project came from the Hamilton Community Foundation; the rest was provided through community support, fund-raising and volunteers. The goal of the Youth-Led Community Action Project is to get young people to take initiative in the community and learn organization and leadership skills. We got support from adult mentors who helped guide us through the process of putting together such an event.On behalf of the Youth Organizing Committee and myself, we would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all of the participants, volunteers, helpers, mentors, artists and of course our sponsors!!
I hope next year will be an even bigger success than this years!

Summer lovin', lovin' summer.

2009-08-18T23:16:00.001-04:00

KASIA UPDATE 101
So today I finally got me some programs on my computer! INCLUDING PHOTOSHOP - finallly eh? like about time. jeeez. But yes im uber stoked. Now I need to buy a Wacom & a scanner slash printer slash laundry machine slash microwave all in one dealy.
& I am in the middle of crazy computer organizing and project stuff and kasia stuff. But more artwork sooon.
So for now I leave you all with this pretty Echinacea flower picture I took the other day. These are in my garden :) (but not mine. my moms lol) & I leave you with a promise of some art & event photos soon. very very soon.
:D
Hope everyone is lovin' their summer.

Business Card!

2009-08-14T10:19:00.000-04:00

FINALLLLY! So major upload fail to the maxxxxx.

The colours are prettty skewed here. Looks much better live.
But HOOORAYS! I have successfully uploaded my snazzzzzy new business card. (You can tell I am excited about it because I keep overusing and repeating letters!)
Okay, but no lie. I am completely in love with it.
I designed the layout and everything but my lovely mother put it together for me :)
Below are some sketches and designs I did for the business card. Some random notes and such. If you really care - click to enlarge :)

Anyways, Summer Update!
My "Young Artists Amoung Us - Art Exhibition" project is over! and it was a huge success!
I am now in the last stages of it and wrapping it all up. But I will post pictures from the event soon. Big, HUGE thank yous to everyone that helped out, came out and participated!

ON ANOTHER HAPPY NOTE: I have been doing lots of drawing and painting! I am overly excited with my new found free time! (kinda - still crazy busy) & thus, more to come soon!
Happy SUMMERING!

Colour me Retro?

2009-08-04T10:28:00.000-04:00

Some ridiculous photos from the other day.
I very much enjoy playing with the settings on my camera. & using light and movement in my photos.
Took the first 3 photos. Last photo was taken by Jeremy Bondy :)
Love the way these turned out. The look so retro.

So you wanna be a ROCK SUPER STAR?

2009-08-02T15:06:00.000-04:00

Inspired by my love for giraffes, rock and the Cypress Hill song "Rock Super Star"

more giraffes.

2009-07-30T18:05:00.000-04:00

more giraffes!

So I am making a new business card cause my last one was boring slash it needed a change and I think I ran out.

& thus here are some doodles I did of a few different styled giraffes. I decided I liked the first one best so I coloured it a bit and that will be the one that will go on the card. I will post the card when its done. :)
Yays! Im uber excited!

A Pair of Attached Giraffes

2009-07-18T19:19:00.000-04:00

More Doodles.
:)
Giraffes <3

Poster of a Girl

2009-07-17T19:01:00.000-04:00

Heyyy all.
Just got back from my amazing Europe trip! It was so fantastic and now I have over 3 thousand photos! My mother and I backpacked through Paris to Italy to Vienna and then to Poland. It was such an awesome experience, everyday was completely unique and I actually got to drawing lots (but only really once I got to Poland).
I will be posting more artwork soonish, I am still busy with my project and, of course, traveling - I am off to the Atlantic Provinces this week. :)
Here is a quick drawing I did from a photo for a neighbour (of his daughter) in Poland.
Yeah I know its from a photo but thats what they wanted plus the girl was not there.
This took 20-30 mins?

"Young Artists Amoung Us" Art Exhibition

2009-06-12T16:01:00.000-04:00

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=104189259624&ref=nf

Here is an event I am organizing that is to take place on August 9, 2009 in Hamilton, ON. Its an art exhibition hosted by young artists for other young artists. If you are interested visit the facebook event page. Artists (14-22yrs) can submit their artwork to be displayed. For more info go to the website I have posted.
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As for now, Im off to EUROPE! have a great summer.

Falls Fotos & europe tripping

2009-06-09T23:55:00.000-04:00

Here are some photos I took this past weekend at Websters Falls in my hometown :)

I am extremely busy now, as I am leaving for Europe this Friday! I will definitely have lots of stuff to upload when I get back! As for now I will be flying away to France, Italy and Poland. See you when I get back! Enjoy these two fancy photos for now.

Have a good summer!!!

Blue Blue Blue Christmas.

2009-06-01T23:32:00.000-04:00

Here is a photo I took in December.
I just used my digital camera and played around with the settings.
Did not manipulate this photo in any way.
I love the way this turned out!

Grey Scale Exercise

2009-05-30T11:48:00.000-04:00

Yeah I dug up another old painting. I promise to put more artwork up later on. However, now I am tres busy getting ready for Europe Trip! yeah yeah! When I get back in a month my goal is to get a scanner and scan mucho artesos! (I have no idea what kind of accent that was supposed to be). Anyshoes this is a practice grey scale painting I did in 2006. I used a photo for reference.
ALSO, I really need some life drawing up here. and character design.

Still Life with Puppy

2009-05-23T22:31:00.000-04:00

Apologies for the awful picture quality.

Another old painting. Did these in high school (2006).
I will upload a better quality photo later. WHEN I GET MY SCANNER!
So this was one of my first attempts at acrylic so I was pretty impressed.

These two paintings were part of a three fold assignment.

1. We had to draw the still life with pencil.
(Will not upload this one because the picture quality is so awful)
2. We had to paint it in a Realism style with acrylics (First painting).
3. Then we had to do another piece using any media we wanted in a Romanticism Style(Second painting).

Casa de Kasia

2009-05-23T22:19:00.000-04:00

I found these old layouts that I did for my portfolio to get into Animation!
Oh dear these are hilarious now. I like the second one way better.
I'm glad I can say that at least my people drawings have gotten better. BAHA.
So yeah, this is my room in all its epic-ness.

enjoyyy.

Sorry for the awful picture quality. I really neeed a scanner! erlack.

This is the Holocaust...

2009-05-23T22:12:00.000-04:00

After my visit to Aushwitz in Poland in 2006 I was incredibly inspired to create something that represented my feelings about what happened during those years.
This was done in acrylic.
There was a description I wrote just after my visit, but I can't find it right now.
If I find it I will post it up here too.

Iris

2009-05-23T22:07:00.000-04:00

I painted this in my last year of high school as a gift for my art teacher.
She helped me a lot in school and was a real inspiration for me.
She then retired a year after I graduated.

Shiny

2009-05-23T21:57:00.000-04:00

Gouache Still Life Painting.
Did this piece for my painting class, it had to have some reflective objects.
The cupcakes were definitely stale by the time I was done haha.

It's a BOY!

2009-05-04T16:01:00.001-04:00

I really need to get a scanner.
Anyways, this is a gouache painting I did as a gift for a Baptism.
Took me about 2 hours, and its the Polish way of spelling Patrick (Patryk)

YAY! Gouache is fun!
and I love giraffes <3

Flour Sack

2009-04-22T16:10:00.000-04:00

horray! I am finished all my animations for the year.
This is my flour sack animation, i really enjoyed this one.
I think its cute!
The object he is interacting with is an egg and at the end a chick comes out and yells "MAMA!".
Its hard to see cause its kinda small on here.

Jackal Walk Cycle

2009-04-05T10:17:00.000-04:00

Jackal Walk Cycle!
Very happy with the turn out :)
I think he is tres cute.

Paint Quickie

2009-03-04T23:44:00.000-05:00

Quick Little Painting Exercise of reflective objects with gouache

Fashion before Function

2009-03-04T23:33:00.000-05:00

This is a piece I did for my very vague 2D assignment last year.
We had to create something inspired by nature & thus I did a fashion line that was inspired by nature. I called it "Natural Instincts". I had a ton of fun designing the outfits & quite enjoyed the turn out. The first board is more like casual wear and the second is more high fashiony.
You can\t really see all the details in these photos. its kind of a shame.

Roses are... yellow & orange

2009-03-04T22:16:00.000-05:00

Some photos of pretty roses. <3
I try to do photography sometimes :p
I enjoy the lighting & the colours.

Kitkitties

2009-03-04T21:08:00.001-05:00

So I was going through my computer and I found these illustrations I did for an English assignment in grade 12. I had to write a children's book and do the illustrations for it as well. I did these in watercolour pencil crayons. These are just a few of the drawings.

The story was about two "kitkitties" (half elephant half kitty creatures) that get into an argument & try to prove to one another that they are right and the other is wrong. In the end it turns out that both of them were right and that they just had different point of views. (hahaha it sounds lamer than it actually is).

Random Renderings

2009-03-04T21:02:00.000-05:00

Kind of Blurry.

I did this last year with.... I believe chalk pastels (otherwise white and black pencil crayon). :S

Pair of Pears

2009-03-04T20:35:00.001-05:00

Here is a painting I did a couple years ago of - well two pears. horray.
I used to hate painting with acrylics so my mom decided to sign us both up for acrylic painting classes. & this is what happened. I quite enjoy the turn out. (it looks even better in the frame :P)

SPACESCAPES

2009-02-22T19:08:00.000-05:00

Alright I really just enjoy sayings Spacescapes

but anyways this is the painting I did for my painting class. This is done in gouache. We had to paint some spacey landscape scene. The photo does not do the textures justice. This was a fun assignment I feel like I am slowly improving my gouache skills. wooot!
Above the painting is a colour rough i did in pencil crayon for the painting itself.

Take a walk on the pink side?

2009-02-20T17:25:00.000-05:00

BREAKING NEWS!

the pink panther has uploaded!
so i was pretty pleased with the turn out and even more pleased that it uploaded. hurrah!
thank you internet gods!

Ball &Tail

2008-12-18T00:14:00.000-05:00

Ball and Tail animation!
This was the final assignment from semester 1!
I actually had a lot of fun doing this! and am actually pleased with the outcome. Hopefully I did okay on it too. :)

Sauble during Winter

2008-12-08T14:59:00.000-05:00

Pretty photos from the cold trip to Sauble Beach.

It was freezing. but everything was super pretty and snowy.
I love the sunsets at this place, they are the best. truly.

Shroooms

2008-12-04T21:13:00.000-05:00

First Painting Assignment of the year. I actually enjoyed working in gouache and think I am slowly improving in painting. Yay! We had to draw a composition of our choice and then do 4 paintings of that image. First three paintings had to be achromatic and the last had to be monochromatic. Painting 1 is flat. Painting 2 is a gradient. Painting 3 is 3D. Painting 4 we got to choose which style we wanted to paint in and then do a monochromatic painting (black and white plus one colour). I liked this assignment.

Halloween '08!

2008-12-04T20:52:00.000-05:00

Doodle in my sketchbook.
Yes, I was a tree for halloween this year!
My roommates all dressed up as characters from the Wizard of Oz, but I had the tree idea thought up months ago, so they made me be the tree in the movie that throws apples at the characters? I don't really remember that movie.
Anyways our costumes were fantastical! I love dressing up. :D
I added the best photo I could find of my costume. & there is the lion and scarecrow as well.
<3

Bouncy Ball

2008-12-04T19:58:00.000-05:00

My Rubber Ball Animation.
This is the first animation I have ever done, so I was pretty pleased. :)

Dolly

2008-12-04T19:53:00.000-05:00

Ink and Watercolour Painting I did a while ago(2006)

Self Portrait

2008-12-04T19:37:00.000-05:00

Yay! I finally got around to posting something!

This is a self portrait I did last year using chalk pastels.

It was my first time using pastels.