just a little love for the family

my sister asked me to send her an image that she could use for her avatar on her intranet job communication site- where they post messages for projects and conference online- so I made this cartoon image to represent her- I was going to create in in Blender as a more rendered cg character bust- I sent this image to her for an approval stage- so i could start on a Blender project- she was so pleased with this prelim done in Flash that I just gave this to her to use.  She even came back and stated maybe I could do a bunch of them and market them to businesses- don't know if that is feasible- but always open to new opportunities.... maybe will do research- anyway here is the image- ciao

practice focus

sorry have not been posting due to me doing some projects that could help fill out my pockets- or at least for a month or so- but I am now in the realization if  I eventually want to do story boards I need to focus on 3 things- posing and staging- #1,  light and shadow-#2 and line quality #3 and on both board and in computer... If i narrow my focus on making a strong composition and staging characters for story advancement and drama building and motivation- that will help my work stand out.... and 2nd if i deal with lighting in even the most limited sense- i will get a depth of field to the composition and last but not least- practice on creating clean line will add that  extra polish i need.... so I will be posting several images getting my self ready to upgrade my portfolio.... so here is a test using a cartoony head style and cel shading-- as can bee seen- I got a lot of work cut out for me

peace