Hello, I am alive

Greetings people who still check my blog (even though I have not published anything in more than 9 months)! Well you awesome, awesome kids, I am delighted to tell you that I will begin posting this month and will continue to keep up with it! Give you a chance to see what I've been working on and plans for the future. It's also a good exercise for me to keep myself on track of my goals and progress.

For now, a large update on sites I can be found on!

MY STORE: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThickandChewy
soon to be updated with all my illustrations and paintings for sale

(This will be moved to my etsy later, but it's still currently availible for now, here!) DOLL STORE: http://athompson-art.com/creature-dolls/

MY FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/athompsonart
A place to see literally everything I post pretty much anywhere on the internet. THE place to see all the shenanigans I've been up to and when/where to buy cool things.

Thanks for your time!

Cafe Sketch

Hello there! I know It's been a while, don't worry, I'm cooking up posts to update you guys.

In the meantime, check out my Cafe Sketch blog. We made it to keep record of my progress in that class and for my teacher. It's an animation sketching class, so lots and lots of gestures. :)

#103 Alien and Prometheus

Sorry its been a while, blogger!  I'll catch you up one chunk of work at a time.

This project involved redesigning a cover for an article, a two page spread, and two spot illustrations.    I decidecided to to "Prometheus: Between a rock and a hard place.  How Ridley Scott's Prometheus deals with impossible expectations and mythological baggage."  It was an article looking at the movie's flaws and also looking at it from several different points of view.

I tried using an experiment to color the two page spread and the two spots.  

It involves ink linework

and a painting process. 

It's certainly been interesting... may continue to use this in the future!

#101 Children's Book Class

Developing characters, drawing out adorable scenes, reaching to a child's imagination... the perfect class for me! I've had a lot of fun with it and can't wait for what's to come.

Character design

Heheheheh

Some artists I kept in mind of this project...
My discovery of the great Carter Goodrich (shown below) was a huge influence on what I wanted to mold my work to look like.

Gary Kelley has been an inspiration of mine for a while now.

The influence may not be obvious at first, but it was more about injecting shapes and character to every element in the piece, although it does not have shading or hue, I hope that comes through!


I went to the library and researched a number of children's books, trying to nail a style and theme that kids would like.

#98 Finishing editorials

It's been a few weeks, and a lot has been accomplished!

Here are the last images I illustrated for Mondokio News.

U.S. planning increase in aid to Yemen

The U.S. military is preparing to give more than $100 million in counterterrorism and security aid to Yemen this year to aid the country against an al-Qaeda affiliate.

Mitt Romney’s international relations trip off to a bumpy start.

Mitt Romney has emphasised his English ancestry after a gaffe-filled day in London.

 

 

India restores power after massive blackout

Electricity returns to much of India after second day of outages that sparked major transport disruption and traffic chaos in several cities.

 

 

US army veteran named in Sikh temple attack
Wade Michael Page, a US army veteran, has been identified as the assailant in the shooting that left six worshipers at a Sikh temple dead in Wisconsin state.

Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syrian capital as fighting is renewed

Renewed battles between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters overtook Damascus, and 48 Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped from a tour group.

Taliban threaten to kill ‘liberal’ Imran Khan

Pakistani group vows to attack opposition leader if he holds protest in Waziristan near the Afghan border against US drone strikes.

My last article for a long while!

So that was a really fun internship. It really tested my skills on pumping out decent work in a couple hours while trying to live my normal life.  It was great practice for a demanding job and gave me lots of opportunities to try out new techniques along the way!
A great experience.

#96 OH YEAH I made a sculpture.

I made this guy at the end of this school year.  It was my second official sculpey sculpture thingy.

 I am pretty proud of it and would love to mess around with this sculpture business more in the next couple months!

This was for the fact "Vikings, despite common belief, were actually extremely clean and hygienic."  My viking dude is using the poor guy's helmet to shave. 

Ah yes, he looks even more beautiful against my crapy pleather couch.

#94 More of the beach

Drawing people that move... getting easier and easier to do! I'm really enjoying this creeping on people thing :D