CTN 2011

Well, I went... I saw... I learned a lot.

CTNx in Burbank was amazing! There were so many different animators and fellow artists there with the same ideas. Getting there was a bit of a pain (NEVER take the 5 in the morning) but it was well worth it.

My school had a booth there as well; it was a pretty good turn out. I think we got some potential students interested in the school.

Many artists had published art books at their tables. I was so tempted to buy! Unfortunately, my wallet kept telling me to 'Snap out of it; your broke!' But it did let up on me and allowed me to buy a book from the fabulous Brittney Lee, a visual development artist. Her work is very colorful and has a 60's charming quality about it. She also does paper dioramas, which are so delicate and spectacular!

You can see her stuff at britsketch.blogspot.com

I wish I had some pictures to show, but my camera decided to be retarded and not work.

But, if you want to see images from the convention, just go to;

http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/ctnx-2011

Oh! before I forget...

I have set up a new online blog portfolio. There isn't much right now, but over the next few weeks, there will be more. If your interested, just take a look;

laurencrumpportfolio@blogspot.com

In the meantime, I'm going off for Fall Recess, so I will not be updating this week. So, just to keep you guys something to tide you over till after the break, here's a little something I did awhile ago that became one of my favorite projects and steered me towards illustration. Have a good turkey day!

Finally!

Things have been really crazy at school; every time I try to get stuff done outside of school, something always comes up. First it was assignments and club duties, now it's last minute rush for an internship in the animation industry.

CTNx is going to be next week! I am so excited and nervous! Just going there and making connections with big name companies is just too awsome. I just hope things go smoothly and I don't get too nervous or anything. There is always a big difference between dreaming about having your dream job in school and actually working that job with the big guys.

Graduation is just around the corner for me, so there is that big crazy mess that always seems to happens when you are almost at the finish line. It never is easy to get everything done on time and have a peaceful time doing it. You know, I never heard of someone who had an easy time getting last minute for graduation.

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures I finally got done for all you viewers. The first one a portrait of a character of the story I'm creating,'C.O.D.' (Children of Death). Her name is Spooky Death, a.k.a. Spooky Dee. She is a character who I keep close to my heart; I have found I gave her a lot of the characteristics I had when I was in high school.

The second picture is from a brush ink drawing I did in my sketchbook. I didn't know how it would turn out, but this more modern approach I took was really cool. This is an avenue I'm going to explore more.