Blue Flaming Doodles

Storyboard Project

2009-04-19T13:28:00.004-06:00

Done in oil pastels for art class.

Also, I set up a little website for my whole second year art portfolio. If you're interested, you can check it out here. Be warned, it contains some nudity. It was done really quickly and I used some cheap html tricks to make it work. Also, sorry for the slow load times, I didn't have time to make thumbnails for everything. Also, I'm still gonna be posting some of the stuff that's on there, so you might end up seeing stuff twice in the near future.

Girl in Red

2009-04-14T16:39:00.002-06:00

Done with chalk pastels.

Happy Uploader!

2009-04-12T13:37:00.002-06:00

A quick logo done for a web project of Marli's.

Self Portrait

2009-04-11T15:23:00.002-06:00

It's supposed to look like yours truly. Done in oil pastels.

Mysterious Lady

2009-04-11T03:02:00.001-06:00

Chalk pastels on black paper. Done for art class.

Running Girl

2009-04-08T17:14:00.007-06:00

Done for art class, it took longer than you can imagine to get these 15 frames to look more or less right. They were drawn one by one in openCanvas, and then put into flash to make it animate and loop.

You can see the full sized version here.

CSSS Dino!

2009-04-07T21:34:00.002-06:00

This was used on a LAN Party poster for the CSSS.

CSSS Mechagodzilla!

2009-04-06T23:20:00.004-06:00

Okay, so I have a lot of art, and a humongous lack of updates, so I'm going to try to updating this thing at LEAST once every three days again. Even if I don't draw something cool once every three days, I haven't posted anything for so long that I probably have a good month's worth of stuff. So without further ado, I present to you the CSSS Mechagodzilla. More to come.

CSSS Robot Logo!

2009-01-27T01:25:00.005-06:00

Here is a logo I did for the CSSS! It's apparently the one we're going with for our main logo now. I have another pretty awesome CSSS logo that I'll post as well once I get around to cleaning it up. Also, lots of sketches, so that'll be up here once I get a chance to scan some things. Soon hopefully!

Cowboy... with a bowler hat?

2009-01-08T23:41:00.003-06:00

Something quick I drew in about 15 minutes during a break at school. He has big eyes.

Brittany

2008-12-29T16:50:00.002-06:00

Another random figure-a-day drawing. I'm not posting all of them because some are terrible, and others are *cough*nude*cough*...

MERRY (belated) CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-27T03:48:00.004-06:00

I started drawing this one on Christmas day, as one of my figures that I've been drawing every day, but then I got tired, and decided I'd finish it later. Anyhow, Merry Christmas!

Mira

2008-12-18T02:33:00.003-06:00

I decided I'm gonna try and draw a figure every day now. Here's one.

SKETCH DUMP

2008-12-03T03:06:00.008-06:00

Well, I've been completely neglecting this thing lately, due to lack of time and drawings. Anyhow, I finally got a bunch of pictures put together, and I figure I'll just post them all at once, because I tend to forget to update this consistently if I just post one at a time. I may post a few more in the near future, if I get around to scanning/taking/drawing them. :)

Something new(ish)

2008-10-15T22:04:00.003-06:00

Well, school has hit me like a ton of bricks. This can explain the huge lack of updates. Here's something I cooked up real quick to get that last image off of the top. Hopefully I'll be able to get some more stuff on here soonish.

Disjointed Images

2008-09-15T16:48:00.001-06:00

Some random doodles from in class. Apparently this year in art we're going to be doing a lot of figure studies, so similar to the rough outline of the person in this pic.

Prof Heads

2008-09-12T19:26:00.001-06:00

My rendition of a few of my profs, and a few randoms.

Bus Trip Memoirs

2008-09-10T21:12:00.002-06:00

A few weeks ago I went to PAX in Seattle. We took the bus from Calgary, which ended up taking somewhere around 21 hours. My DS battery soon died (I'd forgotten to charge it before we left) and I had a lot of time on my hands. At one point we saw a bear on the side of the road. When the bus emptied a bit, I got lucky enough to get two seats, and have a sleep. It wasn't at all comfortable however, and due to an air conditioner over my head, I was getting heavily dripped on from condensation on the window whenever we went around a corner. These were both done on a bumpy bus along the way there. Oh, and expect to see doodles pretty much every day again, but don't expect quality :p

Stray

2008-08-15T04:09:00.008-06:00

Well, I've been playing around with opencanvas a bit lately. It's awesome. Also, free (well, the old one is). Anyhow, I figured I should post something new on here, so I did a quick ~30 minute sketch. It's very, very rough, but because of the color, it's better than a lot of the stuff I used to post on here, so here it is.

EDIT:...looks like opencanvas made things a lot darker when it exported them...

Sora

2008-07-27T14:02:00.003-06:00

Wow, it's been a while... so much for keeping it going over the summer. Anyhow, here's a sketch I did of Sora from Kingdom Hearts, one of my favorite games of all time.

Dawg

2008-07-04T17:21:00.001-06:00

Bzzzzzzz...

2008-07-01T20:50:00.002-06:00

I actually sneezed on this picture... turns out drool isn't good for paper... it's been slightly edited to fix things.

What?

2008-06-30T19:26:00.005-06:00

A mix of boredom and not having any creative ideas usually leads to me drawing some sort of animal...

Leo, now in technicolor!

2008-06-24T01:12:00.004-06:00

Alright, so recently someone (Kari) saw my old Leo the Lion picture, and asked me if she could use it in a chemistry presentation. I offered to color it. Here is the end result. It isn't anything particularly fancy, but I believe it's a step up from the previous version ^^'

Also, I have a few pics done in my sketch book, but I've been too lazy to scan them. They'll be up here sometime soon-ish.

Mother Nature - T-Shirt Design

2008-06-11T20:02:00.007-06:00

Alright, so I've thought about trying to make this one into a t-shirt design for a while now, and when Jeff posted here about his website, tasty threads, an environmentally friendly t-shirt company which uses the same idea as Threadless to get designs, I figured it could be a good fit. If you're gonna sign up, please use my link, above, as there's some sort of referral program.

Anyhow, done in flash, which clearly does not like intricate designs like this. It kept telling me it didn't have enough memory... Very annoying. It was also quite a challenge, because you can only use a maximum of 5 colors (plus the background). Oh well, enjoy!

Here's the link to my submission: http://tastythreads.com/node/306

EDIT: No luck. Oh well, I plan to make it better and submit to threadless :P

Monocle Rocky

2008-05-30T14:15:00.003-06:00

So... I really like Lackadaisy.

I was going for the "trying to look suave, but not really sure how to use a monocle" look, you know, pretty standard. In retrospect, seeing how expressions aren't exactly my forté, I might have been wise to draw him doing something else. Oh well, live and learn.

Faces... and hand

2008-05-26T16:16:00.002-06:00

Some quick random doodles.

Basketball

2008-05-21T15:34:00.003-06:00

I played a lot of basketball yesterday.

Anime Style

2008-05-16T11:16:00.002-06:00

Drew this on a desk... table... bench thing at school. Yup, I'm a rebel.

Variety Night

2008-05-11T14:54:00.002-06:00

Inspired by performers at a variety night I went to recently.

Indiana

2008-05-08T16:56:00.002-06:00

Mike had a picture of his dog. I had a pen. This is what resulted.

Amaterasu

2008-05-06T15:45:00.007-06:00

Okami is, one of the most beautiful and innovative games out there. If you have a PS2, Wii, or I suppose even a PS3 , please check it out.

Anyhow, I got a new sketch book. Here's the first page.

P.S. It's surprising how much stuff my scanner just turns white... Maybe I need to adjust some settings, because this has a lot of detail lost.

Uhh... another kitty.

2008-05-05T17:37:00.000-06:00

Punk Girl

2008-05-01T15:23:00.002-06:00

Proportions are way off... oh well.

Brawler 4 Life

2008-04-29T22:49:00.000-06:00

This is an inside joke. Quite nerdy indeed.

Know When to Hold Em'

2008-04-27T13:39:00.000-06:00

More People

2008-04-24T16:02:00.003-06:00

Back to ordinary doodles. I have a bunch from when school is on, and this year, I'm gonna try and keep it up over the summer too.

Moonchance

2008-04-22T05:00:00.011-06:00

It is finally complete.

Needless to say this took me a really long time to make. It's a picture of my cat, Moonchance. She was awesome, but unfortunately passed away last fall. I've been trying to get this picture done ever since I got my tablet at Christmas, but stuff kept coming up.

It was made in photoshop, at a ridiculously high resolution (I was thinking of making it into a poster), and I used a reference for the kitty, and a very loose reference for the moon. I finished drawing Moonchance quite a while ago, but the problem was that since she was so detailed, I had to make the rest of the picture pretty detailed as well, so that nothing would look out of place. As a side note, every single star was hand drawn (well... clicked). Why? Because I'm LOCO, clearly, and once I'd decided to do it that way, it seemed like all that time would have been wasted if I had stopped half way through.

Anyhow, here it is. Enjoy. :)

Tarzan!... lamp.

2008-04-14T14:05:00.004-06:00

Another one for art class. This is the last one from this year. My colored good picture is actually almost done now. For real. But I always say that and don't get it done for a month so... Hopefully soon!

mmmmm... piiiiie...

Ghetto Scan: Memory Lane

2008-04-08T15:35:00.014-06:00

Yep, so another back of a person... real original eh? For this one, we had to incorporate:

1. A neurotic space
2. Something we thought was fantastic
3. Something from out past

So, here's my result:

1. The power lines overhead and the walls closing in are supposed to make it kind of claustrophobic
2. It's based off of a Japanese/Tokyo street
3. The signs represent my lake, 101 Dalmations, Garfield, Mario, Pokémon, soccer/basketball, computers, school and work...

Ghetto Scan: Sunset Beach

2008-03-31T22:58:00.006-06:00

Done in chalk pastel.

I had to fix up a few of the other pics I've posted recently and the updated versions are now there too.

Ghetto Scan: Value Village Grab Bag

2008-03-26T15:04:00.005-06:00

Revised Version:

Again, done in art...

It should be noted that a LOT is lost when taking a picture of this one.

Ghetto Scan: TV Show

2008-03-23T15:46:00.006-06:00

This one was done with charcoal in art class. It was kind of a neat process because the teacher put up slides, one at a time, and we had to choose an element from within a slide and integrate it into the picture. For this one, I took a TV from the first slide, the girl from the second slide, a bedpost (which I tried to turn into a fence) from the third, a sort of cabbage patch from the fourth and part of an old stove (which I tried to make into a building) in the fifth.

Ghetto Scan: Dragon's Lair

2008-03-14T18:18:00.004-06:00

Ghetto Scan: Music

2008-03-12T16:17:00.008-06:00

Alright, so basically, the digitally colored picture I'm working on is taking a LOOOOONG time to make. I promised something colored for post 150, and thanks to my camera having come back in, this is something colored! This was done in art class and is supposed to be kind of graffiti styled. And if you're wondering, the last doodle (149) is loosely based on this.

I have a few more art class pictures to post, but I'm gonna try and finish my digitally colored pic before I post any more rough doodles. Wish me luck :P

Against the Flow

2008-03-07T19:03:00.002-06:00

Shadowriffik

2008-03-06T22:57:00.003-06:00

Yep... Another one of these...

2008-03-05T16:32:00.001-06:00

Peace Kitty

2008-03-04T19:38:00.003-06:00

Uhh... Peace!

If time permits, I'll have a new, colored picture for post 150 :D

Mysterious Man

2008-03-02T22:46:00.004-06:00

This guy is heavily inspired by Bleach, specifically Urahara.

Stefan

2008-02-24T20:58:00.002-06:00

A quick sketch of Stafan.

P.S. Hope to have a nice colored pic by the end of the week :)

Samurai

2008-02-12T22:40:00.001-06:00

It's kinda rough, but Stefan just said "draw something" so I had to think fast haha.

hehehahaHahAHAHAHAHA!!!

2008-02-11T14:24:00.002-06:00

My essay isn't coming along as nicely as planned...

Procrastination is my game,
without it I would go insane.

Fan Art: Ratchet & Clank

2008-02-08T19:16:00.003-06:00

This is Ratchet and Clank, characters from one of my favorite series of video games. If you have a PS2, a PS3 or a PSP, I highly recommend you check one of their games out.

I'm gonna start doing some fan art doodles every once in a while now. Why? Because I love some of these characters. Also, by trying to imitate another artist's style, you can learn some tricks to use in your own stuff :)

Oh, and for the record, I'm not straight up copying, but using a reference picture or two, and trying to draw something interesting.

Bear

2008-02-07T19:44:00.000-06:00

...it's a bear.

Sensei

2008-02-06T15:06:00.002-06:00

Run, Cherry, Run!

2008-02-05T19:06:00.001-06:00

Uhhh... I blame this on poetry.

Back Alley

2008-02-03T16:36:00.000-06:00

Brrrrr....

2008-01-31T23:31:00.000-06:00

It's starting to warm up a bit, but with the wind chill, it's been hovering around -50 degrees Celsius for the last few days. Which is cold. REALLY COLD. Especially when you have to walk to and then wait for the bus. Long story short, I hadn't yet warmed up from being outside at the time that I drew this.

Walk Away

2008-01-29T20:35:00.000-06:00

Don't roll your eyes at me!

2008-01-29T00:50:00.000-06:00

New Post!

2008-01-27T11:31:00.002-06:00

Aaaargh!

2008-01-25T19:10:00.000-06:00

Hmm... I don't remember being particularly angry, just playing with expressions :p
It's been a crazy week though.

Relax

2008-01-24T21:37:00.000-06:00

Cat/Dog

2008-01-23T15:10:00.000-06:00

Skater Girl

2008-01-20T15:04:00.001-06:00

Tired out...

2008-01-16T21:54:00.001-06:00

I've been working out and playing basketball a little bit more often lately...

Pout

2008-01-15T22:44:00.000-06:00

~[?]~

2008-01-14T22:13:00.001-06:00

Huh?

Bzzzzzz

2008-01-13T21:19:00.000-06:00

It's scientifically proven that the sound of a bug flying around your head, just out of sight, is the most annoying thing in the world.

Turn it up!

2008-01-09T19:33:00.000-06:00

While discussing sound in physics...

Hello ^ ^

2008-01-08T19:43:00.001-06:00

Sweatervests

2008-01-06T22:52:00.001-06:00

A quick sketch done in english.

Usually I don't post any pictures I take on here, but I put these up on deviantArt and they've gone over pretty well (meaning like, a few people have actually looked at/commented on them), so I'm gonna link them here:

A Beautiful Horror
Winter Wonderland
Frost Covered Fence
Beams of Light
Power Lines
Off the Beaten Path

Let it Snow

2007-12-27T16:45:00.002-06:00

The picture I made for my Mom's birthday card. She likes snowmen.

Learn to Fly

2007-12-25T02:18:00.002-06:00

First off, Merry Christmas! It's been a while!
I'm not gonna say too much, since it's 2:20 AM and I need some sleep, but I got a tablet for Christmas, and this is the first picture to come out of it. It takes some getting used to, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.
I'm sure there will be more to come very soon. :)

Bored in class...

2007-12-12T21:21:00.000-06:00

Every once in a while, when we got bored in chemistry, myself and the few people who sat next to me would put random shapes onto another's page, and then they would have to make a picture out of it.

These are two of my favorites... And in all fairness, Zoe should get some credit for the excellent lines drawn in ink.

Evil Eye

2007-12-08T14:25:00.000-06:00

I have lots of doodles that are scanned that I could post, but most of them are very... blah... if that makes sense. Anyways, I'm hoping to get a tablet sometime soonish, so I'll be doodling tons then.

Another Doodle...

2007-12-06T00:19:00.000-06:00

Yep.

Poetic Face

2007-11-28T20:04:00.002-06:00

Drew this one in my poetry book, in english.

Ghetto Scan - Popcorn

2007-11-27T21:40:00.002-06:00

Not recommended for human consumption.

...zzz

2007-11-26T19:33:00.000-06:00

Yeeep. This blog hasn't been updated in about a week. Here's something that's been sitting on the hard drive. I've been super busy, and haven't scanned any new doodles (although they do exist). I'll have a ghetto scan for tomorrow and I'll scan some more pics right away. I also plan to do a colored picture of my kitty, who just passed away :( Lastly, I'm almost done a PS3 theme for my Blue Flaming Wolf, but I doubt any of the few people who check this have a PS3. Too bad 360's can't ACTUALLY be customized. Stupid M$.

So in conclusion, I'm super busy, but there will be new soon, even a few decent pieces.

Shark!

2007-11-19T20:16:00.000-06:00

It's... a shark.

Turtle Power

2007-11-18T21:45:00.000-06:00

Another ninja turtles doodle.

Another cat-person...

2007-11-15T23:34:00.000-06:00

Uhhh... I really like Lackadaisy. So when I zone out and end up with stuff like this, that's probably why.

Mario!

2007-11-14T22:04:00.000-06:00

It's-a-me!
And no, I don't haven't been playing Super Mario Galaxies yet but I've been wishing I was.

Birds

2007-11-14T00:35:00.000-06:00

While I don't think I did a great job of showing what kind of birds they're supposed to be, I do think they look pretty bird-like. They're supposed to be an owl, a penguin and a raven.

Ghetto Scan - Prom Dress

2007-11-09T18:22:00.002-06:00

Uhh... It's a prom dress. Done with chalk pastels.

And this concludes Ghetto Scan Week.

Ghetto Scan - Masking Tape Wrapped... Thing

2007-11-09T00:41:00.001-06:00

This was something wrapped in masking tape. I have no idea what. I might rework this a bit more and get rid of the solid line, because I'm not sure if we're "allowed" to outline like that or if we have to make it look more realistic.

Ghetto Scan - Food Colored Water in Vases

2007-11-08T00:15:00.000-06:00

This is my most hated art thing ever. It took forever and turned out poorly, but in order to have 5 pieces of "art" on here in 5 days, it needs to be posted. My first attempt at using chalk pastels, and having to draw one of the most crazy things possible... sooo many reflections... The pastels also wouldn't always stick to the page very nicely...

Oh well, I'll stop complaining. The next two aren't quite as terrible. Enjoy(ish).

Ghetto Scan - Tin Foil Dog

2007-11-06T21:26:00.001-06:00

We had to make something with tin foil then attempt to draw it. I attempted to make a dog. It looked fairly dog-like, especially in real life. Drastic generalizations were used so that this wouldn't take hundreds of hours.

Ghetto Scan - Eggs

2007-11-05T13:44:00.001-06:00

Alrighty, so I need to get a bunch of art stuff done by Thursday, so this week will be ghetto scan week. Should be able to get 5 'done in art class' pictures in 5 days. Some good, some meh.

Anyways, we had to draw some eggs. It was an amazingly boring thing to draw.

Evil Clown

2007-11-01T23:29:00.000-06:00

Stefan told me to draw a clown in physics. I decided to make the clown annoyed at Stefan.

Happy Halloween!

2007-10-31T18:45:00.000-06:00

Alrighty, so here's a few Halloween doodles. You guys didn't expect consistently decent pictures did you? This one is sorta how I envisioned my Halloween costume (I was a mad scientist).

Demon thingy?

Here's a black cat. It doesn't really look like a black cat, I know, but I drew one that looked more like a cat and it didn't look nearly as devious as this one.

The horseless headman.

Mother Nature

2007-10-26T19:17:00.002-06:00

So that's why my black pen has run out of ink.

This is something I did on my clip-board when I got bored. It looks better in real life, as the scanner doesn't do a great job of scanning things which aren't perfectly flat.

Blue Flaming Wolf

2007-10-25T00:42:00.001-06:00

Wow... Post 100. Crazy.

This is a wolf. With fire. Blue fire. And uhh... well I shouldn't have to describe it, it's right there. Click on the second pic to see a little animation of how it all came together.

This took me quite a while. I experimented forever with the backgrounds. First I had just more fire in the background, but it didn't stand out then. Then I sorta decided to get it standing on water. It's hard to draw a quadruple interference pattern with reflections, so I settled on this.

While I didn't really think about it while I was making it, looking at it now shows some fairly obvious influences. :P

-BlueFlame Out

Rocker

2007-10-24T20:04:00.000-06:00

I drew this after my chem prof said something about throwing a "monkey wrench" into the works. I had the song "Monkey Wrench" by the Foo Fighters in my head for the rest of class.

Dog

2007-10-23T18:48:00.000-06:00

I'll scan something new tomorrow. I have more, better doodles but they're not in the computer. The colored thing for post 100 is looking very good.

Monkey

2007-10-21T15:52:00.000-06:00

Here's a monkey. Michelle told me to draw it during chemistry. She drew one too. Hers was more monkey-like, albeit more cartoony :P

Something colored coming for post 100. The main part of it is done, just need to add a background/some lighting effects etc.

Pounce!

2007-10-18T23:01:00.000-06:00

Post 95

2007-10-16T20:40:00.000-06:00

I can't think of names for random people anymore... Anyways, I like it, although the proportions are off.

I might try and make something awesome for post 100. If not, it'll be the usual... let's see if I have time and effort :P

P.S. Okami is sweet!