Art Attack – I

As I improve on many aspects of my life I must improve on my art, too. This will showcase some of my sketches. Please comment and critique on anything you like, don’t like, or any suggestions. Thanks in advance =]

1.) Kill Bill Screencaps

Approx. Time: ~30 min.

These are some sketches I drew from one of my favorite movies, Kill Bill Vol. 1. The sketch in the top left corner is my favorite, and the one done most accurately. It was fun getting into the habit of sketching again, so there will be a lot more of this to come.

2.) Kid J Comic

Aprrox. Time: 30min.

Approx. Time: 2 min.

Ha…my attempt at an Aaron McGruder style? Possibly. This originated as a comic for my journalism class a year ago and I liked it so I ran with it. Unfortunately I only made three installments and ventured into other projects since then. Yeah, I need to work on that short attention span. But Since then I’ve recycled these characters into another project called Class D Kids, the story of a teacher rejected from society who finds passion again in a bunch of gifted elementary school students, and if I play my cards right CDK will turn into the next great children’s cartoon.

3.) Skyworld – Tara

Approx. Time: ~5 min.

Skyworld is a project I’ve been working on for a while, and it’s getting to mean a lot to me. It’s the story of a 15 year old girl who dies at the foolishness of her parents, and because of that she tries to defy the rules of death by escaping the Spirit World and returning home. But almost every creature holds contempt for it, and while she’s fighting them she has to fight herself and find out what is life truly worth living for. Once I begin writing more I’ll post chapters up here.

4.) Nekoria

Approx. Time: ~30 min.

Approx. Time: 20 min.

Nekoria is also one of those projects that’s special to me. This would be a feature length animated film, about a young girl (Kari, picture 2) whose father dies, and with wishing for just one last bedtime story, she gets dragged into the warring world of Nekoria where a prince (Toryu, picture 1)  tries to bring her home while battling evils of his people.

5.) Nowhere Soldiers (Header Art)

Approx. Time: ~2 hrs.

This is not attached to a story, this wasn’t even premeditated, but when I started drawing the visions and multiple stories started forming in my head. They are nowhere soldiers because they have nowhere else to go, no one else to see, and as they fight for others they must learn to fight for themselves. That is the prologue for the revolution.

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With all of these, I’ve been inspired by the work of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli films, along with series like Samurai Champloo, Hey Arnold, and The Boondocks, to create something socially captivating, aesthetically beautiful, and something where the soundtrack is just as interesting as the story. I have a lot of work to do to polish my gems, but it’s more than worth it to see my future work touch at least one person.

—AJE—