Sketch #5: Rooster

Charcoal sketch of a rooster head.

Weekly blog: 9/22 to 9/28

The animations at Aniboom offer a wide range of inspirational shorts, made by people all over the world. The website describes itself as:

A virtual animation studio partnering with animators from around the world to create high quality 3d, 2d and flash cartoon animations. aniBoom cultivates animated content by leveraging the web providing online animation opportunities such as animated competitions and free online animation software.

Weekly blog: 9/22 to 9/28

I am inspired by the animation of William Barr, whose Luftwaffles short recently won an award at the 10th International Festival for Digital Film and New Media. He created this short when he was a student.

Sketch #4: Odd Bird

I created this sketch using an ink pen. It started out as a shell which then morphed into a bird!

After scanning I touched it up in a few places using GIMP.

Weekly blog: 9/15 - 9/21

Faboarts Gallery

I'm actually not sure what this person's real name is, but I love his artwork. His use of color and his simple style always inspires me to pick up a pencil and start sketching. This kind of work would make for beautiful children's book illustrations.

Weekly blog: 9/15 - 9/21

(Image copyright Michael Whalen; click image to visit his website)

This image on the cover of The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey not only caught my eye as a teenager and introduced me to a whole new genre of books, but his art also appeals to me as an artist as well. His use of light and color are amazing, and the level of detail and complexity in his paintings is beautiful, breathing life into alien and fantastic creatures and landscapes. The depth he is able to convey in his paintings lends itself well to eye catching book covers.

Weekly blog: 9/8-9/14

This site inspires me because it is an excellent place to learn about color theory. It also has a very useful palette picker.