New Plein Aire studies and Demon Sketches

*sigh*..more work..always busy...and I survived today on 2 hours of sleep =__=...that's a first...

Plein Aire...



Guadalupe Park Plein Aire Study



Complimentary Plein Aire Study

Figures...








Demon Creature...



Conceptual doodles :P





Mandrill Demon profile view...I'll probably draw another one in a much more dynamic pose.



Grading papers =__=...lol...quickly sketched my professor during my history class :/

Wushu...

SJSU's wushu club is starting to take root on campus. We're getting involved with club sports and is currently planning to host collegiates (a national wushu competition for university students) next spring on campus. I'm pretty excited because sjsu has never had this kind of exposure before.....so if any of you are interested in learning wushu, you are welcomed to ask me about info and one day, maybe drop by our practice days or demonstrations on campus in the future :)

Lets start forming sjsu's wushu team! :D




-Kevan

Flying Pig!

Furlough week wasn't as relaxing as I thought it would be....I was mostly using my time revising my quarter comps for my forests -__-...

Plein Aire...



Guadalupe Gardens, San Jose

Figuress...




Quick People Sketches...



Flying Pigs for Fun :/



Eh...Just some doodle concepts...I was just playing around with silhouettes and head concepts.

-Kevan

Gingko and Rock Rendering

*Sigh*...animation is frustrating me still, but yay for no classes next week :). I can finally have a time to breath and work at my own leisure.

Anyways..um...here's some work I've produced since the last post :/

Mandrillus Sphinx...again:





Figures...


Walking Gesturesss...


It is interesting how different people walk...some people slouch..other people make hand gestures....its all very interesting.

Doodles...





"Shroom Folk" - This one was fun...was inspired while watching Planet Earth in 113b, haha...

Gingko Tree branch and Rock Rendering:



This rendering turned out a lot better than I thought it would...especially the rock because I did not know how to approach it at first x__x. Haha...a friend of mine told me that the rock reminded him of a little planet...

ok..back to work =__=...

-Kevan

Branch and Pine Cone Rendering

Busy busy busyyyy....animation is frustrating me quite much...

but here is some work I produced during the past couple weeks..not much, but there will be more :/

Figure Drawing...



2nd figure looks like it's saying, "Rwarrr, i'm a dinosaur!!"....lol...heh...nvm..


"Before the Dive.."



"Boo Hoo...my life is a downward spiral.."

More Mandrillus Sphinx:



Mossy Branch and Redwood Pine cone Rendering:



Will post the leafy branch and rock rendering soon.

-Kevan

Trees and Mandrills...

School has been really intense lately...x__x. Actually, I should be revising my egg and acorn right now, but I'm just going take a breather :/

Too Many Trees...





Various Tree Studies around the sjsu campus

Figuresss:

I haven't been figure drawing since last semester..so, i'm really rusty. I enjoy working with my new bleed-able pen though :)









Mandrills at the SF Zoo:

Also during the Labor Day weekend, I went to the San Francisco zoo to sketch mandrills for the 114 assignment.

These guys are pretty cool. While I was sketching them, one of the zoo keepers was throwing chunks of lettuce into their enclosure. The keeper told me that they love lettuce and would sometimes hog all of it up to themselves, haha. And...that is exactly what happened, the male mandrill began hogging up all the lettuce to himself and one thing led to another...and the 3 female mandrills started ganging up on him which resulted in a bit of a squabble. I found it pretty intense.




I woulddd post my egg and acorn, but I'm not too happy with them...hopefully i'll get around to posting them up once I correct them. Oh, and my branch and pine cone too -__-...

-Kevan

Wrapping UP Summer

Time to wrap up summer. *sigh*...



Mandrill portrait - I guess after sketching the mandrills at the zoo, I was inspired to paint an expressive portrait of one.



Stowe Lake


Levi Park - I never knew there was a park right underneath coit tower. It's very lush...serene...and I love how they designed the the waterfall and small stream :)



Japanese Tea Garden



Bread Fishing - When my family went camping for the first time, my parents bought little toy fishing rods for me and my sister. We were so excited to use them at the pond right by our cabin.....instead of giving us bait, our parents gave us a loaf of bread to use, haha. I just thought it would be nice to illustrate that particular scene :).



Sharpei - I've always loved this particular breed of dog...so I painted this one just for fun....my dad ended up framing it for himself because he likes these dogs too, haha.

-Kevan

Qilin!

My sketchbook work production has slowed down a bit...but here are a couple pages/pieces I came out with for this week.



Samurai Armor of Domaru Gosuko

Last week I ended up going to the Asian Art Museum to check out their new exhibit. I actually expected there would be more, but the samurai armor that they put up on display were amazingly detailed and ornate. I especially loved this particular piece of armor with the dragon ornament on the top of the helmet.



uh..Some lemurs



Mandrill Studies

The Sf zoo finally has a male mandrill in their exhibit. I find these species of baboons pretty fascinating because of their vibrant facial markings......plus they have some gnarly fangs :D



Winged Qilin

A small drawing I worked on for a friend.

-Kevan