hula if ya got 'em

so here's my rough hula (i have no idea how to get the video to loop, but it's a cycle), with five frames of a first-pass clean-up. i started doing the cleaner drawings so that i could add in some construction and refine the proportions. i also wanted to get an idea of how the hair should move (and see how much tweening i need to do). i'll do the skirt on another pass, because the hair is more intuitive for me, and i know that clothing has a different sort of follow-through that will demand a type of attention all it's own.

bible pin-up mash-up

these are some traditional darkroom prints that i did on fiber-paper. i went for a biblical-pin-up theme because i am a heretic and i am going straight to hell. the titles, from bottom to top, are as follows: 1) salome 2) lot's wife 3) bathesheba 4) delilah 5) jezebel 6) eve 7) body of christ (self-portrait)..."christ" is my nickname, but i also may have a TEENY TINY god-complex. don't laugh, i'll smite thee.

domestic bliss

finally got some of my prints back. this is a cyanotype that i made with a print from my holga. the location? the shady dell in bisbee, arizona...an amazing "trailer park hotel." all i've ever wanted is a trailer and a white-picket-fence to call my own...

a hula a day...who needs apples?

clean up, aisle hula!

fast and loose

took a break from working on my hula animation sequence to do some actual drawing... and the first thing i drew was a hula girl! maybe there's some sort of 12-step program for this...so then i REALLY branched out and did a go-go girl with too-tight hot pants. i guess it was just a chubby-girls-busting-outta-their-clothes kinda day!

bollywood nights

a fun sketch that i did of kali. i'm using a slightly tamer version of her in an animation (sans the hands full of whiskey and cigarettes) and with four arms instead of 6 (it's more culturally accurate, makes her look like less of an insect and is umm, easier to animate).

fun with figure drawing

some sketches from a recent figure drawing expedition...it always feels good to stretch those muscles, even if the results aren't perfect.