I'm With the Band

This is my rad sixties motown girl group band called Rita and the Rhinestones. I like to think that they moonlight as jewel theives. They used to do it full time but, y'know, they've got a life in the spotlight now.

I added my preliminary character sketches at the end here - the finals ended up being a mix between the middle row of characters and the set on the far right. The latter were my first choice, having been inspired by Barbarella, but the costume aspect of it felt a little too over-the-top for what they were supposed to be.

pencil + photoshop

Lion Policeman

A random animal-profession prompt in my Character Design class. I am getting pretty good at this drawing-big-cats thing...

photoshop + sumi ink

Bill Nighy

...is my all-time favorite actor and quite possibly the coolest man in the galaxy. 

photoshop

Intergalactic Throwdown Chef!

An 'adventurer' character and some props made for my Character Design class. I would imagine her to be a pretty blustery and unapologetically victorious little kid because she is DAMN GOOD; when your opponent has automatic salt and fresh pepper grinders built into her forearm gizmos you know it's business time. Her adventures consist of hitchhiking from galaxy to galaxy challenging all manner of alien species to throwdowns of the edible kind. I'm going to keep working with her and other characters in her story throughout the semester so there will be more to come!

photoshop

Book Covers

Franz Kafka book covers and a Parsifal jacket.  Ohhh how I love doing type!

sumi ink + photoshop

Poisonous Cowboy Walking Stick

Yessir-eeee.

pencil + photoshop

Props

Some concept props for an imaginary video game based off of the Lion King... in spaaaaaace! Looking back I wish I had drawn more tables. Oddly enough I got most of my table inspiration from Firefly - I had never looked too closely at the props in that show, and now it's all I can do whenever I watch it. Especially the tables, because they are damn gorgeous.

pencil + photoshop