And just as an added bonus, this playground equipment at the daycare centre at Sheridan comes equipped with a scary Hannibal Lecter face! Perfect for the kiddies.

Something that I think every Sheridan animation student looks forward to is getting their caricature drawn by Pete Emslie. Today after class he did mine! Thanks Pete!!

Starting off the new year right with a silly picture of myself! One of my goals for this 2012 is to participate in the 50/50 challenge to read 50 new books and watch 50 new movies before the year is over. I’d also like to do some kind of art relating to each! The very first movie I watched this year was the sixth One Piece movie ‘Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island’. I wanted to see it because I like some of the director’s other works, but I will admit I don’t know a ton about One Piece. I really enjoyed the movie though and would love to read the comics when I have time!I thought the character Chopper was really cute, he was definitely my favourite. So here’s a little acyla gouache painting of him.

Now I am going to enjoy my last few days of winter break before it’s back to school on Monday!

I like doing these yearly summaries on dA. It’s neat looking back to see the progression of someone’s art!

In my summary last year I said that I wanted to work more of layouts and lighting. I think I did make some progress in that direction! I will keep at it Looking at this summary, I feel like I really hit a good stride around May and my stuff took a big leap there. It’s kinda crazy the improvement I’ve made since 2009. I am proud of myself!

If I had to pick a favourite thing that I made this year, I would probably say my Saloon painting from November. I had a lot of fun working on that one!

For the coming year I want to focus on model making and puppet fabrication. I’d love to learn about silicone casting and sculpting! When I’ve finished the plague doctor I’ve been collaborating with hospitalvespers on I am going to try to make some kind of environment. A corner of a room or something like that!

So here’s to a New Year filled with lots of hard work! I’m looking forward to it! Exclamation mark!

My big goal for 2012 is going to spend more time on my animation assignments and work harder on them. I find that class to be the most challenging for me, I don’t know why. But next year I vow to do better!

I really enjoyed putting this thing together, I hope it shows! My major interests as a kid (other than drawing) were music and film. I had dreams of being a movie editor or a camera man for a long time! So this kinda brought me back to the days I spent editing film together in my highschool’s comm tech room.