Yay for Finished Projects!!

  So, I recently finished a sign for the awesome Project 3 Gaming Store, and I thought I’d share some photos of the process:

  Angry sign ish Angry! -_-  Anywho: The first thing I tackled was measuring everything out and blocking in the platforms, so I could set the characters in later.

 Then I spray painted the background, after I masked off the platforms.  It only took about two hours of official "spray painting the background" but I did a bunch of practice and tryouts before hand to figure out where the worlds and nebula should go.

  Then I masked off all of the characters and the phone number.  I sprayed everything with a base of white, so that the other colors would stand out a lot more against the background.

  And here is the finished sign! 

  It was spray painted onto a 3’x4’ piece of plywood, and then clear coated.  It was a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing more signs like this.  You can check out their store on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/project3gaming

or stop by, they're located on Hwy 101 across from Ocean Pulse.

  Since spray paints are pretty toxic, I am going to be bringing out my Paasche airbrush and painting signs with that to save my lungs and the ecosystem.  I did a lot of airbrush in high school and am much more comfortable with that.

 

  I had promised to show the critique from Manga University; however they sent it to me in .pdf so I’m unable to upload it.  I did get a grade of 90%.  Here is the picture I sent in:

   She is supposed to be a servant girl of the Roman Era.  Overall, I’m pretty pleased with the course, but I do wish that they would have given me a more thorough critique.  (They only referenced to making my character more fluid, and face the viewer.)  My favorite part of the course was getting assignments each week, and the specialty pen and notebook.  What would you critique on my character?

   I also finally created a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/kristen.thompson.96387  So please swing by and click the like button^.^

   

 Now I am working even more so on characters and projects.  If you have any requests I’d love to here them.

                                                                           Signing Off,

                                                                           Iverson Design

It's Been Awhile...

  So... I've been a little busy, and haven't gotten around to posting until today.  I haven't been slacking off.  I've just been focusing on completing some goals I set a while a go.
  In the past six weeks I've purchased my business license, got my business cards and fliers printed, hand painted commissioned signs, and worked a six week course through Manga University.  I'm hoping to hear back from MU within the next two weeks with their critique.  I will post it when I get it.  :)

  I've completed quite a few illustrations lately, both in digital, and in copic.  So, I will post one of each.

  This first one is a copic piece I did of my favorite characters from the Nintendo DS series: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney:

  I did this piece by first drawing the frame, then free handing each character into their spots. 
The characters in order are: Defense Attorney Phoenix Wright, Detective Dick Gumshoe, Ema Skye, and Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth.

  This second piece is an original character of mine drawn in Paint Tool Sai:

  Her name is Abigael, and she is a young girl living in Norway during the time of the Roman Empire.  I haven't written much else of her background story, but am working on it.  I hope to include her in a graphic novel.

  I hope to be able to post again soon.  If not before, then I will definitely post when I hear back from MU.

                                                                                                                       Signing Off,
                                                                                                                       Iverson Designs
 

Testing... Testing... 123...

Is this thing on?  *Scuffle, pat pat pat, scuffle scuffle, eeeeeeek!*

...Sorry... *giggle*

Hello, my name is Kristen, and I'm writing this blog to... *sigh* (that sounds weird... let's try this again)

  Welcome to the Chronicles of Kristen!
Lol, ok, maybe this isn't a feature film. Hmm... Well, here goes nothing...
First to tell you a little bit about me:

  I'm a wife, a merchandiser, and a marketing executive, and I am writing this blog to chronicle my adventures as I pursue a career in freelance illustration, graphic novel, and cute comics.
  Recently, I have set myself a goal of sketching daily, and coming up with at least one finished illustration every other day.  I have been succeeding, and even on the days I determine as days off, I can't help but think up ideas of techniques and designs.  You'll see that my style ranges from reality to comic, and the mediums I use are a mixture of mechanical pencil, watercolors, acrylics, pen & ink, copics, and digital.
  Now that I've set a good foundation of drawing regularly I realize what is a graphic novel without a well written story?  Blogging is much different than writing a novel, but it does cause you to practice the fundamentals of writing, such as outlines, grammar, paragraph and sentence structure, and spelling.
  So, here I am setting another goal to write at least every other day, and include my latest illustrations.  I will also try to include what I've learned with each art piece.

  To start off here is an art piece I finished yesterday:

It started off as a practice for horse anatomy, but then I decided that instead of doing a traditional black and white, to try doing a reverse image.  It was a lot of fun!  It took about 2 hours at most, and was rendered on Paint Tool Sai with my Wacom Cintiq 12UX.

  I look forward to getting feedback, and if you have any requests, suggestions, or critiques, I would love to hear them.
                                                                                                                     Signing off,
                                                                                                                     Iverson Designs