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Lawrence

Tahnee — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:30:03 +0000

I watched Lawrence of Arabia the other night. This was a super-quick, super-intuitive drawing, but I liked the result of Lawrence and the camel (even if I ran out of paper)!

And no, riders in LoA didn’t use reigns on their camels, that was pure artistic license. Besides, it runs off the page. Maybe it’s got a horse head?!

Head lighting exercises

Tahnee — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:30:27 +0000

I hear that some mathematicians looooove to solve math problems in their free time– for entertainment, like playing video games.
X = mathematician fun
Y = these drawing exercises
I = me

Y + I = X

Doodles of the Day :: 2-17-10

Tahnee — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:21:57 +0000

Hooray for doodles! I’m making pretty good progress on my film; I’m slightly behind schedule, but not too badly! I’m on my 20th scene already– I’ve officially done more animation on this year’s film than I did on VALUE BLiND… And I’m not even half-way through all my scenes yet! Yikes! Time to get back to work.

Breaking in a midtone sketchbook

Tahnee — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:21:21 +0000

SACRE BLEU! + more!

Tahnee — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:42:22 +0000

Mini-Me

Tahnee — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:32:51 +0000

Here are some cartoony gesture�silhouettes�based off the 6-year-old me; going to take this character (err… me some 14 years ago) and animate it later. �

Moving Out!!!

Tahnee — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:07:16 +0000

Well, this is it! I move into CalArts dorms on September 1st… Have me a lovely mess of suitcases and piles of books and art materials and jazz alllllll over the floors, all patiently waiting to be bundled into bags and shoved in the back of a car to be transported up to my new home. This is exciiitingg! Hopefully I’ll still be able to find a few minutes to blog about new projects and art and updates while I’m up there…. I’m going to be BUSY! But for the last day at home, how about a few last ganders at my most recent sketchbook work?

Captain Crustacean Claws

Shark Surfing! (It’s the new pink!)

HAKA!

Neptune and Santa

Until We Meet Again!

Tahnee — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:32:34 +0000

Well, I guess this is “toodles” for about a month– I’ll be flying out to Australia over the course of approximately 22 hours as of tomorrow night, from which point I’ll hop on a cruise ship and sail my way up to San Francisco over the course of 28 days
Time zones are going to be interesting: the 21st happens twice on the trip
And yes, I’m bringing a sketchbook and plenty of art materials (and pencils, which hopefully the customs people won’t declare as ’sharp, pointy dangerous weapons’). We’ll be visiting Auckland (NZ), Fiji, Samoa, Rarotonga (Cook Islands), have a few stops in French Polynesia, and a few stops in Hawaii. YAY! Going to be a fuuuuun trip I’ll blog whenever I can of whatever adventures happen and whatever art happens to seep into my sketchbook Speaking of which… read on for a bunch of new drawings

Sketches: contrast, weightlifters & lemurs

Tahnee — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:43:48 +0000

� this bird was hiding out in an outdoor ceiling fan.

Character Concepts :: Batch 1

Tahnee — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:20:09 +0000

So I’m setting out to write a children’s book, and fully illustrate it and have it published by Scholastic. At least, that’s the goal. Working on the basic character design right now; already have the plot figured out; the style is going to be whimsical and anachronistic– I’m going for a steampunk atmosphere… Which ultimately may confuse historically-geared kids, but the point of the book is to teach some basic art fundamentals. Wish me luck

P.S. If you have any constructive criticism or any critiquing, I want to hear it!!! So post all the comments you want