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portfolio update: flying carpet

2011-07-10T22:47:00.000-07:00

Finally got to touch up one of our last project from 117B Advance Illustration. The second one still needs work....added to my portfolio blog.

BFA show

2011-04-24T00:14:00.000-07:00

Come and join the Animation/Illustration Senior Class as we present the BFA Gallery Show on MAY 3 at 6PM in Room 224, Art Building, San Jose State University.

New Blog

2011-03-19T19:15:00.001-07:00

Moving my school/portfolio related blog here:

nancythai.blogspot.com/

Matte Painting

2011-01-02T20:31:00.000-08:00

From the same project; My first try at Matte Painting for one of my classmate's 3d model! The small ones were roughs for her original color/lighting but was changed.

Sherman Alexie

2010-12-30T00:19:00.000-08:00

One of my assignments for Part-Time Indian. Still need to rework the environment pieces....

Across the Universe Speedpaint

2010-12-23T19:36:00.000-08:00

Just film speedpaint studies for homework. Never watched the film tho but it looks interesting. I like the last one for its expressive brush stroke haha. I wish I had better color sense.

Window

2010-11-25T17:50:00.000-08:00

The lighting started to change when I was painting the curtain...so two different lighting situation haha. Wish I could capture the daylight version of the curtain....

Photo Study 01

2010-11-20T00:02:00.000-08:00

Let's see if I can try doing more studies....Reference from a photo I took during our company beach trip at Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz.

117 life studies

2010-05-17T21:04:00.000-07:00

I guess the fun thing about these studies is going out and looking for these old signs I never really paid attention to. My dad and I drove all the way from SJ to Mountain View just on El Camino Road. Quite the adventure. Now I cannot unsee old signage. Lovely designed compared to the ugly signs we have today that are boring. When I do renders for work, i think texturing is the fun part of it when I have the time.

My first drapery study! I never took Sheldon's advance class so I never got the chance to sit and study drapery. However, turning off the light with only the light source on the drapery and from my monitor, my eyes were practically going blind. This semester, I think my eyesight just worsen a lot.

Art 116 Illustration

2010-04-03T00:23:00.000-07:00

Set built for the characters. We tested different lighting. I decided to combine the two.

Color Comp in PhotoshopFinal painting in Acrylics. 14x19

Barron Storey's Conceptual Illustration project. We had to create 6 characters based on ourselves, design an environment they live in, and then make an illustration of a climatic moment. Very fun. I would love to use the characters again if I ever make my own story haha. Characters/Story is a blend of Chinese/WW1/1930s culture.

115 Short Animation

2010-02-14T20:07:00.000-08:00

My final animation for 115 I finished in Winter 2009.

Kangaroooooooooo

2009-10-29T00:11:00.000-07:00

We did animal drawing for 6 weeks? D: Michelle took me to the SF Zoo every Saturday. I guess its kinda fun to draw with other people. But those darn kangaroos mostly just sit around out of sight! Also SF is freezing!!!

Doodles

2009-09-24T23:16:00.000-07:00

Mostly head studies...I seem to like focus on drawing heads...orz;;;

Journey

2009-07-25T02:29:00.000-07:00

Trying to use solid colors and square brushes to create a mood.

Wannabe Concept art

2009-06-19T19:29:00.000-07:00

Basically painting over a random photo for the colors and making up random architecture structure you see in all those concept art. I used the top of the submarine for shape idea.

Stubborn pinky

2009-06-18T00:50:00.000-07:00

See anything wrong with this fist?

My pinky cannot go down with the rest T__T;; Its also a hassle to draw with. I only learned how not all hands are like this after looking at my co-workers' hands. (we did hand examination during lunch :P) All this time I've been using my own hand for drawing reference. After watching Star Trek, I can't even make a freakin Vulcan sign T__T;;; This pinky refuse to touch the other fingers when they are straight. Too much strain to even get it to touch XD;;

Moe Girl WIP

2009-06-07T15:46:00.000-07:00

Pose was so awkward for me to finish when i started rendering..... Should have fixed them on the very rough stage...but i just wanted to do the face XD;;

Doodle

2009-05-31T00:58:00.001-07:00

Simple color test.

Random doodles to practice. I need to practice my face anatomy more T__T;; Watching Star Trek...and the poor Redshirts always die haha...

Pretty Boys

2009-04-26T17:10:00.000-07:00

I bought Vogue Hommes Japan vol.1 at Kinokuniya for $1. Best photo mag ever!! The males are pretty gorgeous *A*

Anyways, just wanted to paint some pretty boys. Mine prob not as pretty haha...

WIP Paint relief

2009-04-25T01:39:00.000-07:00

When I'm stressed, at times I'll go back and paint some unfinished cg from weeks back. Grayscale are fun b/c I don't have to worry about color! XD

Star Wars V comp study

2009-04-04T17:02:00.000-07:00

I was watching Star Wars with my sisters a couple month ago and decided to draw some of the scenes that I liked while it was playing without pausing it. Star Wars V has some really nice compositions I would like to do some extended studies. But I just scanned this because I liked how I drew Yoda haha. Totally not my style.

I usually get some itching to draw when I see some nice shots of character emotions and awesome compositions. But this was my first time actually doing that.

Figure Drawing 2/12/09

2009-02-16T01:27:00.000-08:00

Here some figure drawings from about a week ago. I actually like the results of that sesson. The model has a really nice shape with lots of curves around her torso to her feet. Very fun to draw.

The Big Red

2009-02-12T22:25:00.000-08:00

These were finished during Spring 2007 in Maya 51. I had a lot of sleepless nights during that semester. Since then, I have been fearful of 3D and Maya.

CNY 2009 WIP

2009-01-24T04:14:00.000-08:00

WIP of my annual Chinese New Year illustration! Agh, I haven't cged in so long! My mom critiqued me on the type of nose an ox actually had so I had to do more research on the ox nose for her to approve XD

CNY eve starting Sunday!!! Have to clean up the house as well as work on my homework T_T

Art 28 Final Animation ver 1

2008-12-19T21:45:00.000-08:00

Finally done!! But there's still some stuff I would like to add...maybe as a side project.

Changed the music.

Ver 2.

Poyo Girl

2008-11-16T01:37:00.000-08:00

Need to come up with a name for these series....
I wanted to cg something quickly since I haven't had time in a while.

Gotta work on Paper drop animation tomorrow T_T

Oh yea, got in the program! Yay TOT;;

Portfolio done!

2008-11-06T22:10:00.000-08:00

Finished my portfolio for the bfa anim/illust program! TOT;;

Now if I can get in....I'm not sure if I want to or not...my life has been so busy T_T;;

A sketch I did while in Japan :) I want to go back and draw more

The rest are studies I did at work, Saratoga Springs, and AX.
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113B Tidepool

2008-11-03T01:31:00.000-08:00

Nepal Temperate Forest
113B Spring 2008
about 12.5x26 inches
acrylics

Finally scanned and composited the part together for the portfolio I'm working on T__T

This took forever...there still needs to be a lot of color adjustment on the actual painting, but I edited it on photoshop for now.

My Weekend....

2008-10-04T21:11:00.000-07:00

Art 28's Word of the Week Assignment was "Weekend". I could only think of what I'm doing on the weekend...which is writing my freakin essays and doing homework T___T

Half my desk looks like this :P

Speedpainting

2008-09-19T01:55:00.000-07:00

Sorta...

Inspired by Ashley Wood's painting/color style. It was mostly getting the shape down...not yet fixing the anatomy. I'll clean it up more later...

I'm still trying to break out of my comfort zone of anime style...

Colors - Saratoga Spring

2008-09-06T16:27:00.000-07:00

Went to my mom's company picnic at the Saratoga Spring. Lots of nature stuff I wanted to draw..but didn't have enough time... I painted the forest through an opening of a bridge with the Colors app for NDS.

Still need a lot of working on painting quick and getting the color down T___T;;

Disappointment

2008-09-01T19:55:00.001-07:00

I'm really really disappointed in myself for not being more ambitious to further my art skills. This Fall semester I am hoping to push myself and be more dedicated to filling my sketchbook with life studies during break time. Also attending to life drawing session is high priority now.

I need to work on more drawings so I have something worthy to put in my portfolio to apply to the Anim/Illust program this year.

Good luck me!

Takeru Hikari design

2008-06-22T08:17:00.001-07:00

I haven't drawn much in a while T__T;;;
A full body design of Takeru and Hikaru from my art for some cosplayer?

Simple simple ^^

Forest Pencil Rendering

2008-04-28T23:31:00.000-07:00

Pencil Rendering to prep for the actual painting. I love red pandas~~!

Hours: 20+ hrs
Dimension: 12.5x26.25 inches
Medium: Vellum, Graphite pencil (2H, HB, B, 3B)

Fellow SJSU mates, I didn't apply for portfolio haha... I'll see you next year maybe.

TOO MUCH STUFF TO DO BEFORE SCHOOL ENDS.

*dies*

Zetsubou - Itoshiki-sensei

2008-04-15T23:52:00.000-07:00

The beloved suicidal high school teacher~<3 Damn, I need to work on PRINTS!!!

Plant Study

2008-04-01T20:59:00.001-07:00

Medium: Limited Palette/Arcylic
Time: 4-5 hours

Ouran - HikaHaru

2008-03-28T23:21:00.000-07:00

Quick doodle to celebrate finishing 50 inked pages for my doujinshi.

Yoko

2008-03-17T22:28:00.001-07:00

I like coloring in this style. Much quicker.

Argh....too lazy to go to life drawing...also Gaia softball game is on the same day and time. Work > School.... And I have to still work on homework ORZ

Egg + Teapot/Teacup + Tree studies

2008-03-08T16:29:00.000-08:00

Egg studies for February.... The first egg sucked ("b"). The second egg was epic! Gurren Lagann rocks! And the third egg was alright....but I got better over time.

We did 50 thumbnails of Teapot and Teacup. And chose 5 to develop more... Out of some of the thumbnails, I had fun creating a little love story haha....
Tree studies....We had to go outdoor and paint ;O; I hate painting outdoor!! Just setting up the supplies was troublesome ;o; Which is why I prefer digital....

Next...posting some figure drawing...or stuff from my sketchbook.....

Color Rendering

2008-02-20T23:16:00.001-08:00

Stuff from Fall Semester 113A.

We started with 16 color comps (I can't find the other 2) before we began painting. Such a pain. But I learned quite a bit about color mixing. And then we transfered onto an 8x8 and rendered with acrylics for about a month or so.
My grade....94/100 ORZ|||
That's okay.....Some people really rendered theirs to the tiniest spec of detail it's like impossible.

Tree Study

2008-02-09T22:24:00.000-08:00

Argh....I sorta been slacking on my draw from life everyday goal T___T;;; Oh well, I lasted about a month ^^;;; The sketchbook is so heavy to carry around ;o;

tohma

2008-01-28T23:03:00.000-08:00

TOHMA!!! I have a sudden random burst of Samurai Trooper love. His clothes is so old fashion...tried to change it a bit up to date...but I think it's the hair haha.

TekkonKinkreet

2008-01-24T00:09:00.000-08:00

Finally got my TekkonKinkreet Shiro/Kuro artbook!! So now that I have good reference... (well i wish it was better...) FANART!! I love the rough sketches in the Shiro side. I wish I had a more looser style.... Oh well. I still have a hard time believing Shiro is a boy....does that make Kuro/Shiro like a BL couple in fujoushi eyes? XD;;;;

2007 Doodles

2008-01-18T22:09:00.001-08:00

To close off 2007...here are few drawings I did around November-December-ish.

Get Real fanart. It's that gay film haha.

Hand study and an Oofuri doodle.

Style study...I was trying to imitate Kazu Aki's style. Her style is so beautiful *A*

If I'm not lazy enough, I'll post my daily sketches and life drawing stuff I did recently. I still need to put up my color rendering XD;;

I haven't been drawing in my regular sketchbook lately due to working on doujinshi T__T;;

School coming! Oh noes!

Winterbreak!!!

2007-12-17T11:33:00.000-08:00

YAY!!! FREEDOM!!!
Picture not supposed to relate to the text scribbles...but I couldn't help it :D (just finished japanese final).

Painting Practice

2007-12-06T00:27:00.000-08:00

Some acrylic paintings I did throughout 113A class.

Early Sunday, my art 113A class went landscape painting at Monte Belle, near Palo Alto. It was bloody windy like a Hurricane up on the hill. So basically I was freezing like hell, sitting on thorny grasses painting for an hour until I couldn't stand the coldness. My hand was sooo frozen. It was a fun experience for the first time...but next time if I go landscape painting, I'll go when the weather is nice. Maybe I'll go back and define the shape more.

Grayscale Master study of Wyeth's painting. My semi-first application of acrylic painting!
Another go at painting still life in class. Next time I should sit more closer to the subject matter for better detail. At this point, I am still not used to acrylics.
In here, I was taking a break from color grid (bloody hell i hate that project) and used the remaining paint to do something fun. Mostly complementary or analogous colors I think.. And it turned out to be Hikaru...and then Haruhi ^^;; Ah, I draw them waaaaaaay too much XD;;; Need to get back to oricharas that I've been igonoring... But still, love them!! Hikaru's dark hair suits him much better~ <3 I got better with the Haruhi after trying out Hikaru.

Painting with wet medium is fun~~ but I just really hate the cleaning part TAT;; Maybe I'll paint some more after this semester ends.

113A - B&W Rending

2007-11-21T16:36:00.000-08:00

Number of Hours worked on this: Some 60-70+ hours.
Some detail shots. I really like how the pattern turned out and the little tassel strings.
Cameron Chun, our art instructor, was so nitpicky on every detail T__T;; I got a 91/100 I think. *emoes* Although that would make me want to try harder for the color part of this assignment, I''m feeling so lazy =w=;; Next, I'll post some color comps after we get it back.

Now onto Thanksgiving Break! Draw draw draw! (or for me, cg cg cg)

Quick Head Study

2007-11-15T01:26:00.000-08:00

Feeling incompetent...I came home and did a quick painting... Referenced from Richard Schmid's All Prima. Not quite the same...because I tend to have an ideal head and skin shading in mind. I need to really go for some heavier brush stroke as I go along.
Over the Winter Break I need to do some intense studying to prepare for my portfolio next semester! And also work on doujinshi ahead of time haha. Next I'll post my finished "B+/A-" B&W Rendering ORZ|||

113A - B&W Rending WIP

2007-10-06T23:21:00.001-07:00

Painting assignment.... We had to shoot a photo, get it approved after several reshoots and transfer the outline onto a gray painted illustration board and try to render as closely possible to the photo.

Original photo:
Painting in progress with Acrylics. I have still 50% to go...Detail of the lace TAT;; Such a pain.

Tomorrow I need to spend all day doing this. Project due next week after this coming week @A@;;

2005-2006 Representational/Life Drawing

2007-09-18T00:08:00.000-07:00

OLDIES!! I miss figure drawing...Must draw more nudes!! *sounds pervy haha* But I've been too busy to attend the life drawing session T_T;;

Representational Drawing Spring 2005: Graphite

Representational Drawing Spring 2005: Charcoal

Beginning Illustration/ Fall 2006: Charcoal Rubout

Beginning Illustration/Figure Drawing Fall 2006: Charcoal Rubout

Beginning Illustration/Figure Drawing Fall 2006: Graphite & White Charcoal

I definitely need to practice more....I'll upload some work from last semester next.

Gaia avatar

2007-09-07T16:25:00.001-07:00

My gaia avi that was supposed to resemble jing in the beginning...but then my sis changed the hair...so now its a jing wannabe. I kept the orange jacket haha.. (they need a long orange jacket...)

Painted at work. I started with grayscale to see how well i can get the value down first and then add color with another layer on top.

Watercolor study

2007-08-26T01:01:00.001-07:00

Pulled out an Old Navy ad for reference. Sat down on the floor with my compact watercolor set and water-cartridge brush. Had "Transamerica" playing on the TV and went crazy with sketching and watercolor XD The other watercolor I worked on will be in my lj (for the meme request). It's quite fun to get away from digital stuff.

Studying fashion as I go...
*textures added

WIP - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

2007-08-20T00:06:00.000-07:00

Simon, Yoko, Kamina~!

For the "sketch meme" in LJ. XD;; I wanted to do a fanart anyways, so might as well cg it and stuff bwhahaa.... (I should just sketch the others request instead making full colored artwork...)

Gawd this anime is addicting. I want more fast!!! @A@!!!

Stardust

2007-08-09T10:42:00.001-07:00

Another quick painting from the Mercury Newspaper images. This is from the "Stardust" movie.

Man I need to get better T_T;;; (like Craig Mullins!!!)

Photo study

2007-08-08T10:56:00.001-07:00

I grabbed a photo from my local newspaper and decided to paint from a photo for more practice in layout. Overlayed it with some splashy color and texture afterward.

Nature study

2007-08-07T13:09:00.000-07:00

Heyo~ Here's some study I did on my free time at work :3

Clouds are fun~~

Referenced from a photo. Unfinished.

I need to try getting more studies in @_@;;

Pre-August Art Dump

2007-08-02T09:27:00.001-07:00

I guess I'll use blogspot for unfinished works and art studies done at school and free time. A bunch of artwork I've scrapped for practice.

Color study as shown in my oekaki board.

Lighting study and some different style attempt.

More color study with cool shadows.

And my attempt to mooch of of saka's style since I'm assisting him at work ;3

Signed up

2007-07-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

Well it came with google stuff, so might as well take advantage of it XD;;

Let see what can I post here...WIP? >_O? And use my LJ for free rants... perhaps....