Winter Break

All I can think of to do post-term as I finish up these final projects is being a vegetable.

Vehicles and Props Autonomous Covert Drone

Vehicles and Props Autonomous Covert Drone

I’m so worn out! last night as I was toiling away into 4am my hand began to cramp something major, and I just couldn’t rest my Wacom stylus on my middle finger to draw anymore.

Color Theory Deep Stone Crypt Color Key

Color Theory Deep Stone Crypt Color Key

Last spring I literally broke my back from overworking - so as soon as my hand started acting up I started questioning how long I could keep working like I am. I haven’t been taking care of myself - neglecting to work out, let alone limber up and stretch. And I’m supposed to keep drawing for the rest of my life

Stylization 2 Austrian Village Illustration

Stylization 2 Austrian Village Illustration

Snowballing happens regardless of whether you have snow or not. It’s like with each passing day of 2020 I’m left with just enough energy to do little more than my bare minimum. I’m really going to take use of this winter break to freshen up and to start 2021 nice and refreshed!

Painting 3 Sewing-Machine Spaceship Illustration

Painting 3 Sewing-Machine Spaceship Illustration

2020 had more than its fair share of upsets - but my biggest takeaway from the year is how much digital painting I’ve been practicing. It’s always something I struggled with (and still do) but I faced it as one of my largest challenges for the year and I’m content with how much progress I made on that front. I can only push that and my other skills farther and better.

Be sure to check out the newly populated pages in Coursework - it’s still going through some structuring resolutions but you’ll find plenty of new work in there. I hope everyone has taken something from 2020 that they can be grateful for.

Cheers, and warmest holiday wishes to you!

Impending Doom of Midterms

Jeez, I can’t believe the last time I posted was nearly half a year ago - for any of you who try and keep up with me or my work, please know that I am so TERRIBLY sorry. So here, allow me to appease you with some eye w̶o̶r̶k̶o̶u̶t̶s̶ ah, I mean candy, immediately.

It’s Rob and the Orange Lightning!

I revisited the property for my midterm project in Justin Pichetrungsi’s Painting 3 class just this summer. That was the only studio I had then, so all of the work I did in the class will probably be put together with the section I’d be making for my current fall classes. I’ll try and upload more presentable things through the blog here occasionally, but that bulk upload? You can look forward to it around the winter holidays. :]

Here’s a peek at something I’m cooking up for Vehicles and Props this term with Brendan Krause!

Here’s a peek at something I’m cooking up for Vehicles and Props this term with Brendan Krause!

I haven’t taken a semester off since summer last year, so I’ve been especially worn down as 2020 continually throws out its curveballs. Regarding my working tools alone, my previous laptop took a huge dump in the middle of the spring. I requisitioned a brand spankin’ new Lenovo Yoga C940 with some nice specifications, but alas, my relationship with technology has been STRENUOUS. I just got it back a few weeks ago from a service repair, but the wifi connection shuts off all the time, and my Photoshop has been super temperamental. Guaranteed crashes when the laptop wakes, sometimes it becomes unresponsive, other times it crashes in mere minutes - so it’s been rare for me to get long and consistent sessions. But I’ll take it as a blessing in disguise - after all, it’s been forcing me to up my working speed.

And, a film study that doesn’t involve any actual drawing! From Originality in Design with Shannon Jeffries.

I dropped off my mail ballot earlier today - thankfully Jean did much of the homework, and I was glad to see my dad doing the same for his votes. I have to say though, the websites belonging to many of these candidates and sometimes lack of info left plenty to be desired. I’ll cross my fingers - I’m hoping everyone simply does their part in making the world better, because boy do we need that now.

Please send me your fortunes! I wish the same upon you - stay safe and be well!

A SHOT BEYOND THE TIME

Hey all!

Here’s a personal piece I worked on over the past few days - an illustration depicting one of the most iconic scenes in giant robot anime. It’s no secret to those who know me personally that I’m a huge Gundam fanatic. The finale of Yoshiyuki Tomino’s 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam TV series sees the original v-fin hero machine make its final stand, firing a bright beam of energy into the air to strike at its nemesis above as the asteroid base falls apart around them.

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As you may infer from the progress spread above, this is actually a piece I’ve attempted 2 years ago. I never finished that (you’ll find the furthest I took it to the right), but after the amount of digital painting I’ve been practicing this spring I decided to give it another go from scratch. This time, I had a wider and more adaptable brush workflow, and I was a lot more flexible with the initial drawing as well. Initially I was trying to recreate the Katoki design - leading me to focus too much on itty-bitty details and over thinking/working the painting, and in both bases it caused me to get stuck. I overcame it by being a little more liberal with what design cues I wanted to take from different variations of the grandpa Gundam.

I’m slow with posting stuff on this blog section - I have a lot of content to share for those who won’t initially have access to the pickings on Coursework but at the same time I don’t want to just dump things without care or thought - though an art dump for quick daily doodles sounds good too. But this personal piece will make for a good segway into some of the stuff I did for Painting 2, as it was where I did a lot of brute force painting and learned a lot of lessons that helped me with the drastic makeover. That will be for the next post.

Till next time! Hope you all have a great night!

New Milestone and New Prints!

Excuse the dust, but everything is moving along! Next weekend marks my 27th birthday, and in celebration of becoming an independent artist and designer I'm selling my very first set of high quality prints to fund my brand and art.

'ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY' is printed on 110lb coated satin digital and 'An Honorable Warden' is printed on 100lb solar white classic linen. Each print is available in A4 11"x14" size.

Fan of Mobile Suit Gundam or Ubisoft's For Honor? Take advantage of this week long sale and save $5 USD off each individual print and to receive a bonus as a thank you from yours truly! Sale ends April 28 at 11:59 PM PST, after which all orders will be shipped out shortly.

I hope you love what I create and do! Thank you for coming by and for your support!

*Site and merchant options are always undergoing development, please be patient while I deliver the best art and design I have to offer to you! If all else fails email your feedback and requests to me at wi.huang.91@gmail.com!