Senior Thesis Outlines

So here are some outlines for the start of my senior thesis. Rock and roll.







More comming soon...

Acid Bile Disgusting

I have been up all night since yesterday at 11 AM. What is wrong with me? I am NEVER having coffee from Aroma again. My hands having been shakey and my stomach has been in knots for hours. It is now almost 7am and I have school in 2 hours. This is when I start to realize I have a sleeping disorder or I need to really shake my caffine addiction.

So I found out that my toy design will be released in early 2008. So keep an eye out for it.

This blog should start to become filled with images in the next 2-3 weeks so that should make this more interesting for people who just want to look and not bother reading any text.

Someone to check out:

Gris Grimly
www.madcreator.com

Not only are his illustrations cool, he is also super nice in person. I went to a book signing 2 years ago at the Animazing Gallery down in SoHo. His illustrated book of Edgar Allen Poe and Moster Museum is well worth buying or just checking out.

Well, I am off to shower, grab a vegan muffin and green tea around the corner, and get to class without passing out in the middle of the street.

Senior Thesis

No pictures yet for this post.

I have my senior thesis squared away and ready to begin the final touches on it for the first two panels. Just need to figure out the color and do the final compiling on photoshop with layers etc. Each box will be scanned seperately so I can make them really big and focus on the detail when I draw. Everything is sketches out and squared away.

Main inspiration for the strip section of the thesis is Winsor McCay and Chris Ware. Lots of type. The strips will be tricky when I end up printing them.....For the large illustrations, I am just focusing on how I like to create a general image.

I need to go to New York Central Art Supplies to get some really really good quality paper to print on, but that won't be anything to worry about until I print which won't be until the last 5 weeks of the semester (November-December). BFK BFK BFK.

I have a feeling I might have up to 20 pieces + for the show, depending on if I get any of them into it. (wishful thinking). This is me being super ambitious. My life depends on this. I am so ready to kick major ass. Get ready for Podd art times 50. *waves fists*

Plugless

Well scratch that last post. My G4 laptop's plug broke and my computer has been inoperable for the past week therefore the poster deadline has pasted and it was never made. Its not a super big deal but I still kind of irritated about the whole situation. I just spent 80 bucks on a new plug so now everything should be okay. At the moment I am updating from a different computer.

My senior thesis is squared away. I am now ready to have a really long and stressful first semester of screen prints and hectic activity. My sketchbook is still not completed but, now since I have a complete thesis I will just fill it with sketches from each panel and comic page.

I am serious about the state of our environment so this thesis will kind of be a personal and creative view on that.

Stay tuned for sketches and prints.

Pandora

So here is the outline of the main character of my design for Pandora poster. The concept that I cam up with is "music from our heart to the world" , hence the heart shaped guitar. The poster will be a gift given to people who make donations to their 3 campaigns that help less fourtunate children be able to experience a music program in their school. The final image will have a background with the view of planet earth and notes as stars. The Pandora logo will also be included in the final image.

Pandora Poster & Kafka

As the summer has been winding down, I have been thrown in the face with upcomming assinments and projects. My "to do" list is about a mile long. I have been hopping trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan for the whole month since my family's relocation there.

The first part of my "to do" list includes a poster for a music analysis company called Pandora. I will post finished linework of the poster by Monday night. The colorization will be complete by the end of the week and thats when the final will be posted for your viewing pleasure.

The second part of my list is to do something related to Franz Kafka's "Metamorphasis". Lots and lots of bugs and odd things will be part of that project.

There are many more things left to do....I don't exactly want to think about everything right now. Number one priority is this poster and taking everything one step at a time.

Something that has been inspiring to me and keeping my chin up is Pete Fowler's work. If you don't know him, check out his website, toys, and music (I own a few of his little creatures):

http://www.monsterism.net

Mimobot/Vimobot

I assume many of you know about my great summer achievement which was being voted top 3 of the best designs for Mimoco. So, the three winners will have their designs produced into actual toys/USB drives (to either stick into your computer for extra storage or collect some dust on your desktop). Just in case you don't know what exactly the heck Mimoco is well, it is a fantastic little company based out of Boston that creates cute little USB characters and vinyl toys. They have been featured in various magazines like the current issue of Bust. Heres a link to their Myspace and website for furter info:

http://www.mimoco.com
http://www.myspace.com/mimobot

My design was on display at Comicon San Diego about a week ago along with the other 2 winning designs. Heres the promo:



Mine was Zombie Tiki God by heyimlindsayp. The purple and green nightmare on the far left.

So this little guy will be hitting the shevles as well with the other two after the second half of the contest (there will be 3 more winners announced)! Stay tuned for updates about when and where you can buy one, I am pretty sure that Kid Robot, Toy Tokyo, and the MoMa Design store will carry them first.

Here are some better photos of the protoype (I owe it to the boyfriend for fantastic photos!):



The other design I submitted into the contest was Pacific Northwest Totem Pole bot which I was way more in love with than the the actual winning design which is here:



So which one do you think should have won?