Bits n' Pieces

Goldfish

2010-09-17T13:04:00.001-07:00

Inked and colored an old drawing. Goldfish are awesome! As a child, I could never keep mine alive for very long though.

Frilled Shark

2010-08-04T17:49:00.000-07:00

SHARK WEEK!

Zebra Shark

2010-08-03T20:04:00.001-07:00

SHARK WEEK!

Port Jackson Shark

2010-08-02T18:17:00.001-07:00

SHARK WEEK!

Some Zebras

2010-06-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook drawings with my fancy new pen plus me fooling around in photoshop with textures.

Sketch I did last night

2010-05-19T11:23:00.000-07:00

Nothing great but I was pretty happy I got this far on a drawing from my head. I think I'll keep working on it.

Oh my its been a while

2010-05-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

Some zoo drawings, first time i've started drawing since my grandfathers death. Hope to be updating way more often for now on. One of these days I'm gonna post a decent giraffe, but until then...

Some paintings

2010-03-27T16:20:00.000-07:00

I did the Kiwi this morning. Painting is fun!

One Plein air Painting

2009-12-12T18:51:00.000-08:00

And then my scanner decided to not like me anymore. Hopefully I will other paintings up soon but for now I hope you like this one of Crystal Cove. I'm so glad that I finally got to take Joe Forkan's class for plein air.

By the way, here is a plug for his website as well as his new blog. Go see it!

Edit: Ok scanner fixed, here are some more

goldfishy

2009-11-26T10:36:00.001-08:00

Some older sketches

2009-11-06T12:17:00.001-08:00

Cafe sketching experiment with watercolors

2009-11-02T16:02:00.000-08:00

More Marker Dogs

2009-09-17T21:05:00.000-07:00

Someone teach me how to use markers....

2009-09-15T00:12:00.000-07:00

Spent all night on this and it still ended up looking like doo doo. At least I saved my progress, maybe I can try again some other time.

Yearbook doodles

2009-08-19T14:01:00.000-07:00

Nathan's mom is quite the beauty! Was looking through her high school yearbook from the 70's and couldn't help but want to draw some of these kids and their fabulous hair.

Fair Folk n critters

2009-07-22T16:42:00.001-07:00

Some cats and Preston Blair

2009-07-12T16:45:00.001-07:00

I'm doing what I shoulda been doing a long time ago. =)
I couldnt even go beyond the basic construction stage... Gonna try it again after I give this particular drawing a break for a little bit.

Kity cat!

Oh! Why hello there.

2009-07-10T10:03:00.001-07:00

WIP

2009-05-14T23:01:00.001-07:00

At first I was frustrated, but I'm really having alot fun experimenting with photoshop/painter!

Oh I dont know.... green kitty time!

2009-02-22T23:10:00.000-08:00

One day I'll post something more "finished", but for now I am just having fun coloring in doodles.

relaxing with a doodle

2009-02-01T23:56:00.000-08:00

coy clown

2009-02-01T22:56:00.001-08:00

*wink* This is a work in progress, soon to be painted via painter X.

What I've been working on

2009-01-15T10:59:00.000-08:00

This sequence will probably be scrapped and re-imagined but I'm rather fond of it so I figured I could at least throw it up here.

the finals blues

2008-12-13T19:04:00.000-08:00

Busy animating, I had the itch to draw on old character of mine- with this manifestation of her wearing a skirt. I've been thinking allot about this character and her world lately. The other night I was inspired and started writing some background material for her. Be seeing more of here in the near future for sure.
Now that I look at it, her arms are freakishly long but I kinda like it. Cheers to all my friends who are neck deep in finals right now, good luck everyone.

project update

2008-12-10T17:53:00.001-08:00

Finals ta ta

2008-12-09T23:53:00.000-08:00

When will it be over??? Ooooooggghhhh. Here is my first dabble in painter. I need to learn how to paint cause its so much fun, but I have no real clue as to what I am doing.

latest illustrations

2008-11-23T10:21:00.000-08:00

This is the last one I promise

2008-11-13T00:42:00.000-08:00

I'll make it my goal to post something different next time.

doodles some more

2008-11-10T21:33:00.001-08:00

Inspired by a family couch that we had for the longest time.

another doodle warm up

2008-11-03T16:13:00.000-08:00

Why am I putting these scribbles up? Cause so far they are the only things I do that are in color, which cheers me up. Yay color.

Its been forever

2008-11-03T00:01:00.000-08:00

Needed to do a doodle for myself before bed tonight.

testing

2008-11-01T16:21:00.000-07:00

Go see it

2008-06-27T13:12:00.000-07:00

Wall.e has touched my heart.

The beautiful Couple

2008-03-09T00:22:00.001-08:00

Elephant walk

2008-02-05T03:53:00.001-08:00

This is the finished elephant piece I was working on a while ago.

Blog has a new name

2008-02-02T13:55:00.001-08:00

I think this one will stick for good.

Plesant surprise

2008-01-30T19:52:00.000-08:00

Another concept for my student film. What started out as an innocent doodle turned into an evil, over-demanding, overgrown frog. I like this idea better than some other ones that have been baking in my brain.
I'm excited!

Another contender for my toon. These two feel very alive in my mind and a lot of people seem to like them which is good.
I'm excited for this semester. Cheers to loving your craft.

Strange things in the grassy plains

2008-01-28T16:23:00.000-08:00

The stirrings of an idea for a story and me messing around with color

late night doodles

2008-01-14T22:54:00.001-08:00

Playing with ideas for a little girl character I'm thinking of.

Look at the cute baby black bears!

2008-01-10T12:21:00.000-08:00

This blog I found is enough to make ones mind want to implode from cuteness

http://tapirblog.tapirdesign.com/

out of hibernation

2008-01-08T09:36:00.000-08:00

Foray into caricature

2007-12-14T21:59:00.000-08:00

My goal this break is draw more caricatures! My skills in drawing from life have improved dramatically, but the creative skewing and designing part of my brain is a bit rusty. Some of you may know who this is...which do you think is his favorite?

Baby Elephant Run

2007-11-14T00:26:00.000-08:00

Another motion-study in progress

work in progress

2007-11-11T17:25:00.001-08:00

A wild dog motion study-to-be. Blurry footage is a real brain teaser. It really challenges your understanding of animal kinetics/anatomy. Been sick for a couple days now but I woke up this morning feeling fantastic. I laid in bed for the longest time relishing how good it feels to be healthy-er. Thank you makers of cold-eze, emergen-c, airborn, kleenex, and chicken n' stars soup. I couldn't have done it without ya.

Digital Sketch

2007-10-31T01:26:00.000-07:00

I heart sketchbook Pro. Any critique is welcomed.

P.S.
Animal muzzles are difficult.

Bad Girl!

2007-10-16T22:54:00.000-07:00

Bad News, Its been too long. Good news, I'm improving! Just compare these midterm animal drawing to the ones in my first post. Just knowing that I'm going somewhere is a huge motivator and self-esteem booster. A rare pat on the back for me. Hooray!

The good and the bad

2007-08-13T22:42:00.000-07:00

Hello folks,
After much guilt and wallowing from a self induced art-funk, I've decided it was time to get my act together. Ahhh, already it feels better. This blog is by no means intended to be a portfolio, for here you will find both the best and the worst of me. Fooling you into thinking I'm a better artist than I actually am will be left for another day.

Heres some experimental ink wash I did of my dog, and of some folks at the DMV. I tried to do some full figure gestures but quickly abandoned it as I didn't quite have the right kind of pen to get it out fast enough. These are pages straight from the sketchbook. Feel free to critique the hell out of these if you so desire.
Thanks for stoppin' by
-Maha

Long time no see

2007-08-03T20:41:00.000-07:00

Been meaning to put this up for a while now. My knowledge of photoshop is, primitive, at this time so I just dropped in flat color going for Disney's Rescuers kind of look.

part 2 of the enviroment

2007-05-16T22:56:00.000-07:00

So the big one is over...

2007-05-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

Here are some snapshots of my environment that I've been working on all semester. I really enjoyed working on it and looking forward to building some new environments over the summer. Just a few more days of school before sweet relief is mine! Tonight is strange in that it is the first night in a while where I am not at the maya lab till 2 or 6 in the morning. I've spent 15 or more hours a day in a sweltering room with the same people for several months now, and while I was looking forward to a break from it all-I'm really gonna miss working with all of them. Till next semester!

Character snapshots soon to come!

Early stage of cowgirl

2007-03-30T21:56:00.000-07:00

Being in the maya lab for 12 hours almost non stop probably isn't too good for you.

Heres my progress thus far. Still have a long ways to go but crit is always welcomed.

Stick Zebra Goodness

2007-03-26T15:58:00.000-07:00

Yep too much time has gone by since my first post, so far Im not too good at this blogging buisness but none the less I today present new material. This is my prop from my Modeling in Maya class. Im pretty happy with it but would like to work on it more. I want to add more detail by adding a suggestion of stitching and seam work and dirty it up a bit possibly by using the 3-d paint brush. So lets call this a work in progress.

Le First Post

2007-03-07T09:12:00.000-08:00

After a sufficient amount of harassing from certain individuals I'm finally putting some content up on this thing. These are some scans from my animal lifedrawing sketchbook that I used for my midterm in Tina's class. Considering I never really drew animals before I'm pretty happy with where I'm going in this class. Some things Im going to focus on in the next few weeks is the weight and volume of these critters and try to break past my comfort zone of just doing gestures.