tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8620711099479819892024-03-07T22:11:54.511-08:00anhedonia blueJoenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-31614431946183385222009-06-09T01:57:00.001-07:002009-06-09T02:14:12.046-07:00Anhedonia Blue First Tasty Teaser<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/Si4kQxufZVI/AAAAAAAAAKs/8ogNVvW0320/s1600-h/AnhedoniaBlueTeaser1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/Si4kQxufZVI/AAAAAAAAAKs/8ogNVvW0320/s400/AnhedoniaBlueTeaser1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345249678380197202" /></a><br /><br />Finally things are on the Up and Up with Anhedonia! With <a href="http://tnppress.com">TNPPress</a> in it's own stable direction, where I don't have to man the boat alone as much anymore, I've finally had a chance to really sit and work hard not only on really strong conceptual art for this project! I've actually had an opportunity to start penciling in the first two pages of the comic this past week and am very please with where it is going artistically. I wont be giving any direct images of any of the pages (don't want to spoil the comic of course!), but now that things are moving, with 3 chapters (for the most part) written and the fact that production stages of art actually moving, i will be posting more often with better quality images. I hope to finally start giving everyone who is following this blog a better vision of the direction and style of this project too. Included with this post is a Desktop background Teaser for anyone who'd like to sport it on their computers while I'm actively working away to get the real thing going!<br /><br />For now, i hope you enjoy the update and I'll see you back at <a href="http://unconsciousink.com">Unconscious Ink [ui]</a> until launch! [UI] will of course continue as scheduled, even when Anhedonia launches i will post new inklings weekly. Post may or may not decrease to once a week at that point though so that I don't get overloaded with TNP, UI and Anhedonia all at once!Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-83347873915566137452009-03-29T20:22:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:51:56.121-07:00Figure Study: Hands and Body<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SdA8IxrDscI/AAAAAAAAAKk/mTHlwB-b29A/s1600-h/handstudy.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SdA8IxrDscI/AAAAAAAAAKk/mTHlwB-b29A/s400/handstudy.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318817281395110338" /></a><br /><br />Hands, Lips, movement; Three things that give me nightmares to think about relaying correctly on paper. It's interesting to see how lips can express so much emotion if drawn correctly, yet if you draw them even slightly wrong then the whole thing suddenly feels like a cartoon and you loose the effect of which you intended. This is inevitably going to play an important role with my characters due to the fact that when i envision them and their interaction between one another, even the slightest change in emotion due to what is said will play an important role in where the story is going. So it's super important to me that I will be able to reveal these things through that. <br /><br />I guess I'll just lay it out there now. I am afraid that I will not be able to paint the picture from my mind directly to canvas without my current abilities getting in the way.<br /><br />So what am i doing to get around this? Draw Draw Draw! Recently I got a copy of Poser 7 in hopes that i can use this as a supplementary tool to actually going to any life drawing classes for the time being. I'm hoping to have an update soon on how I am going about using it to help me draw my characters as well as a short tutorial on how to use it in the first place. I find that as an artist I have been learning something new everyday, and would love to show/help anyone else who probably is struggling on the same things I am. Anyway, I've only played with Poser for a little bit so far and it's already proving to be a tremendous help! My next update will more then likely be a Poser post.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-70114845713993975022009-01-18T01:43:00.000-08:002009-01-18T01:57:43.804-08:00Delays<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SXL5-84VQ9I/AAAAAAAAAKU/cQ4sbHcLLbY/s1600-h/lifesucks.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SXL5-84VQ9I/AAAAAAAAAKU/cQ4sbHcLLbY/s400/lifesucks.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292567372003361746" /></a><br /><br />I must apologize for my lack of posts on here. My life has been so frantic, I moved to Seattle for close to half a year where i had to hold two jobs just to pay the rent, then had to move back to California to help out my family, and now I'm in a Design Communication Art Certificate program at UCLA; all in the last year and all reasons that I haven't had much time to work on this project at all! I have on the other hand been trying my hardest to at least get an <a href="http://unconsciousink.com">unconscious ink</a> out every Thursday (and possibly Tuesdays soon as well), so please come and check those out. On the upside of this whole being busy thing, i have at least been able to sit and sketch all the time on random pieces of paper or my sketch pads any chance i get. The the consistency of my posting [ui]'s is testament to that! I'm getting much better and the human figure, which is good since Anhedonia will be relying heavily on how well i can draw people but working on my inklings has really allowed me to explore the 'cartoonyness" of my art. That in mind, i felt i should give you guys at least a really goofy 'chibi' Eydis who can express the way that i feel at the moment about my progress on this project. Don't fret, i will have this project up and running at some point, and i promise to post here as much as possible in regards to that.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-84570700637041132982008-11-24T22:42:00.000-08:002008-11-24T22:59:29.480-08:00a world of magic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SSufK7_KPTI/AAAAAAAAAKM/bQHVldOY-EM/s1600-h/eydisfire.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SSufK7_KPTI/AAAAAAAAAKM/bQHVldOY-EM/s400/eydisfire.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272482799017409842" /></a><br /><br />Something, I've sort of been keeping under wraps while i've been developing Anhedonia Blue is the fact that the world it takes place in has an aspect to it in which magic exists. This has been the center focus of all my sketches recently (that i haven't been posting), and the primary reason why I've been indulging myself so far into research; primarily for accuracy of what we perceive to be magic, how (if) it works, why (if) it works, etc. Reading books about witch craft...is interesting? I didn't know people truly believed magic is real till i opened up these books! I don't really want to go to far in depth with this idea at the moment, now that its out there in the open i can start posting practice sketches of magic since its been giving me one hell of a struggle over the past few months.<br /><br />Every artist who draws magic draws it differently. I've been flipping through several comic books, checking people's Deviant Art accounts, searching through google images, etc see the different ways people draw spells. It's crazy how different we all picture it to be. Knowing that, I've been having a bit more fun just 'playing with fire' and seeing what i come up with. I wasn't really intending to post a picture of magic just yet, but i had to do an assignment for class the other day entirely in ink/inkwash, so i figured I'd play with it on Eydis to see what i could come up with. This took me a few hours before class... it feels a bit rushed, but for how quickly i put it together i was rather proud of it so i thought I'd share it with you all along with my quick update on whats going on with this project.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-89993690910249202882008-10-24T00:49:00.001-07:002008-10-26T23:09:32.530-07:00desolate city - building a setting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://anhedoniablue.com/images/concept/eydisbuildingsheet2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px" src="http://anhedoniablue.com/images/concept/eydisbuildingsheet2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>One thing that I am actively working and struggling with, but realizing more and more is very important, is that a strong setting will strengthen your work. The backdrop of where a character is located can give the reader a more accurate feel of the setting and mood as well as give a stronger sense of reality. Knowing this I've undergone a study in land/cityscapes. Recently I've been spending a lot of time staring at the city, taking pictures, and coming home to making an attempt to replicate it. This picture above is an example of one of the sketches i did of Eydis interacting with the environment.<br /><br />Interesting side note, in doing these styled character/example sheets I'm beggining to get a sense of asthetic that i may attempt in the novel. Though i still dont have a set color scheme, I've realized something developing in my style. Working in pencil seems to give a looseness that i've grown fond of lately, unlike most of my previous work. This gives it a little less of a cartoony feel which really is ideal for this project. Talking with ali, tossing ideas back and forth, I've come to realize this is going whole concept start to finish is going to take several years, but it will be several years of growth and development; all of which you will be a part of along the way.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-27863907638193992222008-10-11T02:18:00.000-07:002008-10-11T21:18:16.169-07:00Character Sheet 1: Eydis (early sketches)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://anhedoniablue.com/images/concept/firstcharactersheet.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://anhedoniablue.com/images/concept/firstcharactersheet.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ok, well I've been hiding as much about this comic concept as i possibly could in the past year because i want it to be perfect before i release it. Regardless i feel its time to start showing some of the concepts along the way... before i burst. Over all I'm hoping these posts will give me a bit more motivation to keep drawing and writing this story over the next year because seeing your stuff on the web verses scratch papers around your room really makes a big difference. If I'm not sketching I've pretty much dedicated the rest of my free time to researching different ideas for the comic, because i don't want them to be inaccurate. Also alot of the reason I'm back in school is to inhance the quality of my art, because of that this will also a blog about the developement artistic skill as i continue to create. Anyway, here's the first character sheet/concept sketch I've ever posted of any of my original characters. This is Eydis (still no last name), she is the main character of Anhedonia, which means I've been drawing her ALOT... and you will learn to either love or hate her by the time this whole thing is over.<br /><br />Most of my life I've drawn women, but i've never been good at certain parts of the human figure. For instance, feet and hands have always been a struggle for me... so that means I'll be working on that a lot too. Overall on this sketch im happy with the feet though... I'm still crap at them. Shes still under development, but overall this is the basic feel of the way she's going to look. She has blond hair, blue eyes, a soft sweet look but she will go alot deeper then just a cute early twenties girl with no personality, i promise.<br /><br />Ok back to the drawing board.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-31210326059067332922008-05-24T11:58:00.000-07:002008-10-11T21:21:45.347-07:00A Change in this blogFor all posts related to Unconscious Ink and my other projects as well as my everyday life I will be using: <a href="http://joenisnorac.livejournal.com/">http://joenisnorac.livejournal.com </a><br /><br />Anything Related to Anhedonia Blue from here on out will be posted here!Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-13771101698016837602008-05-21T02:34:00.000-07:002008-05-21T02:36:53.168-07:00excitement!we'll i was bored tonight.. i sketched out nine new [ui]'s! i may or may not put them all into ink.. but ill probably start inking them tomorrow. So i hope you all come over to unconscious ink Thursday I'll have a new one up!Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-43057874407267082212008-05-16T02:58:00.000-07:002008-12-12T23:03:04.150-08:00explorationso i was playing around with Photoshop last night before i posted [ui] <a href="http://unconsciousink.com/inklings/index.php?comic=unconsciousink&number=8">#8 "i'm sad that i'm flying"</a> and i was really please with it.. so i decided to go back and play around with <a href="http://unconsciousink.com/inklings/index.php?comic=unconsciousink&number=7">#7 "all alone"</a>... the out come was kinda cool.. i'm almost considering replacing it for this.. any thoughts?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SC1bdqyVVsI/AAAAAAAAAHI/JcH_9GitigQ/s1600-h/7dark.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SC1bdqyVVsI/AAAAAAAAAHI/JcH_9GitigQ/s320/7dark.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200913709942527682" /></a>Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-17417107638114925842008-05-14T03:50:00.000-07:002008-05-14T04:04:49.652-07:00the break and the birthWell it's as good as official at this point. If you go to <a href="http://reederrabbit.com">Reeder Rabbit</a> theres an announcement basically telling the world that i am on break... but i link off to <a href="http://unconsciousink.com">Unconscious Ink</a> and <a href="http://thenoirproject.com">The Noir Project</a> in REALLY BIG words to hopefully pull some of that traffic over to whats gonna be my main focus in the next few months, <a href="http://unconsciousink.com/inklings">[ui] inklings</a>. I'm really excited about this transition and I've already drawn out a few of the up coming UI's so that i will be ahead. Unlike Reeder which i felt i could never keep up with, i will definitely be posting every Thursday at midnight and possibly more then that per week (but i don't know for sure about that yet). After working on Ali's website and making it look really clean, I decided to fiddle around with the Unconscious Ink's site a bit. Ideally this is also my art portfolio for future references, and potential clients so i can pick up some freelance work. I currently haven't posted any art yet (most everything is here in the blog), but i plan to over the summer at some point since i should have a bit more free time. For now i think the site looks good, and I'm excited about how things are turning out right now. Any feed back you can give me would be appreaciated; i fixed most of the noticeable glitches, but if u see others tell me. Thank for the support while i go through this non-Reeder comic transition! :DJoenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-64791511311853167232008-05-08T03:34:00.001-07:002008-05-08T03:39:41.646-07:00retirementi've really deeply been considering retiring Reeder Rabbit for good. I'm not sure tho, i mean worked really hard getting it to be something and its just not what im happy with. That doesn't mean im done with art or anything like that of course! I just posted a new <a href="http://unconsciousink.com/inklings/index.php?comic=unconsciousink&number=7">UI</a> tonight and ive been doodling a lot again. I stopped doing Unconscious Inks in the first place because doing them purely in Photoshop took hours. As i'm learning alot about different mediums i'm finding that i can do traditional pieces a lot faster, and I'm realitively please with the results. I posted about this in the forums but i didn't get alot of responses. What do other people think about this idea? Over all I feel like id be happier just doing a few creative illustrations a week which keep my creative juices going and run the noir project while i do this. I may bring reeder back at some point,but not till im satisfied with what im doing artistically. I may even just do another concept entirely once i get better at drawing. peace.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-87192705315224649272008-04-20T17:37:00.000-07:002008-12-12T23:03:04.901-08:003 piece love & deathThese are taken from photographs i took about a year ago. I printed them out at a lower quality then traced out the most distinct areas. From there i transposed them back to a canvas board and painted them in three different color schemes. The first is gray scaled with red accents, the next is primary colors, and finally the one of Cassie is a mono-chrome blue. I chose the colors for specific reasons: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SAvl9--rM4I/AAAAAAAAAGw/LAxlRZ4-IP4/s1600-h/5ad953b71bec0a025437e4714e6a60d0.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SAvl9--rM4I/AAAAAAAAAGw/LAxlRZ4-IP4/s320/5ad953b71bec0a025437e4714e6a60d0.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191495848515285890" /></a><br /><br />The Grayscale is to dull out who died, which accents the intensity of the red; the blood is what was important to me in this painting. It symbolizes the passion of life and furthermore that of death; the idea i had while painting this was something along the lines that we all love, and we all have a passion for what we love, and often we will go to the extent of death (or risk of death) to fight for that love. This is why i wanted the red to stand out so much.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SAvjYu-rM2I/AAAAAAAAAGg/bHFHtivMKTo/s1600-h/299f61ef360f5fec830a1606d4372dfa.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SAvjYu-rM2I/AAAAAAAAAGg/bHFHtivMKTo/s320/299f61ef360f5fec830a1606d4372dfa.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191493009541903202" /></a><br /><br />The primary colors were chosen to give it more of a comic-classic feel. idk what about the primary colors do this but it really made me think more of Cowboy Bebop; which the picture inspiration came from.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SAvjse-rM3I/AAAAAAAAAGo/2sAVtdqDhe8/s1600-h/Cassie_Blue_Monochrome_by_joenisnorac.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/SAvjse-rM3I/AAAAAAAAAGo/2sAVtdqDhe8/s320/Cassie_Blue_Monochrome_by_joenisnorac.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191493348844319602" /></a><br /><br />Finally the monochrome blue just gives a feel of depression. First off, the colors reminded me of her because she has this dark melancholy quality to her that i love already. On top of that the colors are rather symbolic for our relationship at the time when we were together. It was a weird period, i would assume in both of our lives, when we both moved up north. I was really depressed about a lot of what was going on in my life and in effect i was hurting her. The reason i added this to the other two in the collect was for this very reason. A large part of me died during that time. I'm in now way saying that she was the cause of this, but we were both in a way the catalyst of which pushed major changes in each other while we went through this. We both pulled the trigger on each other, and the melancholy i left her with and the death of a part of me was the result of that time of our lives. <br /><br />Things are good now. :D<br /><br />(i think im gonna do more touch ups on the cassie painting,, i dont feel its done yet)Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-8952412887429080212008-04-10T03:10:00.000-07:002008-12-12T23:03:05.125-08:00constant revisionas some people may know ive just not been happy with reeder at all. im bored of it an wanted to switch things up. I have alot of limitations with working only on a tablet that i dont like. I draw better when its by hand on paper. In class for the last project the teacher suggested i try a specific style of illustrating for it.. at first i wasn't to thrilled but i gave it a shot and i LOVE the look of it... im thinking about doing reeders like this now.. I scanned an example of what I'm thinking about. Any opinions? <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R_3pMjRer1I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/xkNaSaafwQk/s1600-h/example.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R_3pMjRer1I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/xkNaSaafwQk/s320/example.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187558747636936530" /></a><br /><br />its very manga styled, which i like since the character designs are already anime influenced. i like that its hand drawn, traditional work, and it alot faster for me to do, honestly...which means MORE REEDER'S! well see...Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-25552031889917072032008-04-04T11:50:00.000-07:002008-12-12T23:03:05.328-08:00logos and namesjust a few graphics I'm playing with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R_Z4yBIvPVI/AAAAAAAAAE8/umXfuHmsi_s/s1600-h/logosnames.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R_Z4yBIvPVI/AAAAAAAAAE8/umXfuHmsi_s/s320/logosnames.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185464821657582930" /></a>Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-1220676775546256672008-03-28T11:19:00.000-07:002008-03-28T11:25:49.622-07:00for those who think macs are godsIt's always funny to me when people think that Mac's are Gods gifts to the technology mess already in place, which i alluded to in comic <a href="http://reederrabbit.com/index.php?comic=reeder&number=59">59</a>. I'm honestly indifferent about either computer, they both suck... but i digress. I wanted to share with people yet another case that even Gods can be be shot down in 2minutes flat. <a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/28/two.minute.mb.air.hack/">Mac hacked!</a>. The two PC computers <strong>were not</strong> hacked. Sorry Mac.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-29735525762888476322008-03-28T01:38:00.000-07:002008-03-28T01:52:10.403-07:00been vinyl lovin'Well, I've been rather busy. I went to San Fransisco to take a little vacation with Ana for a few days and checked out the Gallery 1988 Exhibit, which was pretty awesome. <a href="http://www.miserychildren.com/">Kathie Olivas</a> is now one of my favorite artist for sure! She does paintings on canvas as well as vinyl; i love any artist that explores Vinyl. :D While i was up there i stopped by Kid Robot in Haight and bought a few little figures. Hated them both... I decided to paint over one of them, which proved to be a rather huge pain in the ass. I'd really like to explore the art of working with vinyl but i CAN'T find any information on it online. After looking around on the internet for a while i found a few ways to do it... but don't feel like i was as successful at it as i was hoping :( Heres what came out:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/082/d/0/Coney_in_Dunny_form_by_joenisnorac.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/082/d/0/Coney_in_Dunny_form_by_joenisnorac.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><center>(Coney in Acrylics on Vinyl Dunny) </center><br /><br />After seeing <a href="http://www.creaturesinmyhead.com/droppings_events-burning-preview.php">Andrew Bell's</a> exhibit in LA last weekend, I've REALLY wanted to get better at painting in general. I'm currently working on a painting that I'll probably post in the next few weeks, that i've been slaving over the past few days. <br /><br />Anyway, as far as vinyl goes... I'm still stumped on how to produce/paint my own figures... i guess i will learn over time.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-38724196265852428922008-03-11T21:19:00.000-07:002008-03-11T21:26:02.182-07:00pink hellAgain as i sit in class i can't focus on the assignment... taking the colors of red and white i painted was feeling. This photo doesn't do this piece justice and I'm not a huge fan of pink but i really liked the way it turned out all the same.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thenoirproject.com/images/blog/pinkhell.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://thenoirproject.com/images/blog/pinkhell.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-64829367010117094552008-03-10T22:13:00.001-07:002008-12-12T23:03:05.523-08:00obama and the youth of which he appeals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R9YYkqhbihI/AAAAAAAAAEs/mzGYZDIQIoE/s1600-h/joenisobama.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R9YYkqhbihI/AAAAAAAAAEs/mzGYZDIQIoE/s320/joenisobama.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176351839877827090" /></a><br /><br />So the time for us to vote is approaching! This year with the possibility of a black man or a white woman being our next President, which will be a very historic moment in our nation, we are going to have to make some very educated choices. Or are we? <br /><br />I remember when Bush was running against Gorg what i heard people our age bitch about was simply this: He's talks like a robot, I don't want a robot running our country. So people voted Bush... which we were stuck with for 8 year. Of course by the end everyone hated him and can't wait till the moment he leaves. Then there was the situation in California when we need a new Governor. Who one? We'll of course, the movie star; the one we could call the Governator. It's funny to me why we elect who we elect, and more so why we elect them. For young people like me it seems to be the names who are most known (with out knowning much about them) and superficial judgments are what make the decisions. <br /><br />Who do i think is gonna win? I don't thing the republicans have a chance.. not with Bush being so hated so much at this moment. And of course if we vote a democrat we get to witness history! So i believe that the un-educated youth will have another say in who gets elected as we rush in to make a change with our non thought out votes!<br /><br />Basically thats the point of this editorial; its a commentary on this fact (or my opinion rather). Obama, who appeals to the youth stand forward in front a faceless, generally unrecognized group of young people.<br /><br />ps... i need some advice on something! <a href="http://thenoirproject.com/rabbithole/viewtopic.php?t=57">I have a project idea... </a>Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-16245519670009254712008-03-06T21:58:00.000-08:002008-03-07T03:41:21.329-08:00gray scale studyi have to do a editorial about something going on in the world recently. i have an idea but i wanted to practice working in grayscale before i do it... so hes what i came up with after playing around for about an hour.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://showkati.sslpowered.com/thenoirproject.com/images/blog/inkgirls.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="https://showkati.sslpowered.com/thenoirproject.com/images/blog/inkgirls.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />now that i can see that i can draw like this, it makes me want to do a more serious comic. Just don't know what i'd do.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-15211380275174271092008-03-06T00:47:00.000-08:002008-12-12T23:03:05.787-08:00orange, blue & green; who knew.Well i rushed this out but i sorta liked the outcome. It's four different designs with 3 simple shapes done in four or 5 different basic colors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R8-wGhHJc_I/AAAAAAAAAEM/msNGgocRB2Q/s1600-h/1dy.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0rjsacWrqyE/R8-wGhHJc_I/AAAAAAAAAEM/msNGgocRB2Q/s320/1dy.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174548122886042610" /></a>Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-3946638539243272792008-03-04T00:08:00.000-08:002008-03-04T00:19:25.429-08:00understandingSo as i play more and more with illustrator i learned something. I wanted to "remaster" the older comics. What i did was print them, trace them, scan them, vectorize them, and bam. They look 1000x's better. I've done it to about the first six comics. I'm pretty thrilled about the idea that i can go back to my un-editable mess ups (due to the fact that i no longer have the files) and fix them! <br /><br />During this process i realized this my be a more efficient way to get my comics in the future done. So far it seems to be that this will be the way that i will do it but my one problem lies in the nature of fill tools. I every line (since they were traced) was black.. so this means that i couldn't differentiate from the rabbits to the outlines of the comics, etc. I found a sloppy way around it (which I'm super pro at doing) but i quickly came to an understanding about something. You know how in Movie Production sometimes they put actors in front of a blue or green screen so that they can later ad CG? WELL, if i were to apply that same concept to fill tools i can now do the following. Hand draw the comics (which I'm rather fast at)and edit and play around with them on paper, then trace the rabbits in lets say gray marker, then the borders in black, objects in red (or varying color depending on whether these objects touch or not), and talk bubbles in blue. Problem at that point solved! I can then fill eveything thing else in with in moments with no pixels in the images. If this is true then i should have a very streamlined way to go about drawing. I was never quite able to figure out the way <a href="http://www.questionablecontent.net/tutorial.php">Jeph Jacques</a> does his drawing completely in photoshop.. but i think this way will be just as efficient! lets hope so!<br /><br />thinking on this a moment more i can probably also draw the shadows in a different pen as well. then i could shade them in too! This should be amazing if it works.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-23883673495673009832008-02-29T13:58:00.000-08:002008-02-29T14:05:30.336-08:00katie in vector<div>Well... I'm kind of annoyed. i spent the last hour or so designing Katie on Adobe Illustrator, i was pretty happy with it until the teacher started talking about live tracing images. Live tracing is a technique where you can draw your pictures on paper, scan them, then use illustrator to vectorize your drawing! WHICH WOULD HAVE SAVED ME HOURS OF TIME!! >.< <a href="http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator/articles/illcs2mrlineart.html">design center tutorial</a> Oh well, i learned alot about illustrator from doing this, so i guess there is a good side to it but i thought I'd post the first draft of Katie for now.</div><div> </div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://showkati.sslpowered.com/thenoirproject.com/images/blog/katieexample.png" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-68554199229547325362008-02-28T20:59:00.001-08:002008-02-28T21:03:15.728-08:00love musicWell here it is. It looks nicer to me in the photograph then in real life, but it definitely portrays what i wanted it to regardless. I'm gonna probably repaint over this when i get it back from the teacher and do the same thing. What i forgot to do what to paint the canvas white first, the paint the shapes over the white... i messed up a few times and cover it up with white paint.. which now looks like i got white out or something (very tacky) and tried to cover it up. I was really bummed out about that... especially when i realized i spilled paint over it and then had to touch it up! haha... oh well. It still looks pretty nice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://showkati.sslpowered.com/thenoirproject.com/images/blog/basscleft.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="https://showkati.sslpowered.com/thenoirproject.com/images/blog/basscleft.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>hope other people like it. i love the idea, i just need to redo it again later.Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-53234100071362906312008-02-28T01:09:00.000-08:002008-02-28T01:12:31.302-08:00stressin'as the title of this blog alludes too, I'm starting to stress out. I forgot i had a project due tomorrow. I have to paint a design (kinda like that anchor one i posted) with black/white acrylic by 6pm tomorrow. The canvas is about 20x25 i believe... im not positive... thank god i already have a concept... but this means I'm gonna but WAY late tonight. >.<Joenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862071109947981989.post-73587724044603820142008-02-25T18:06:00.000-08:002008-02-25T19:06:31.604-08:00naming heri was gonna keep this a secret for a while... but i changed my mind. I'm working on adding at least one character Reeder Rabbit. I will more then lately bring the turtle back in a few comics as well. Thing is I'm bad at names. I like the idea of having names mean something or at least represent something. In the case of the current two characters the rabbits names are both rabbit related. Reeder <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rabbit</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Coney</span> Caron. So now i'm thinking about adding a girl rabbit, and like I said id like to bring the turtle back. Any name suggestions?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thenoirproject.com/images/blog/katie.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://thenoirproject.com/images/blog/katie.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I figured the girls last name could be Conejo... all i've gotten so far is Katie Conejo... if anyone has ideas I might actually use em. thanks :DJoenis Norachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490615214990793620noreply@blogger.com20