tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50028926296015714802024-03-05T00:59:56.748-08:00Micah A. Sibert - Art BlogThe home for my sketches, designs, and projects.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-71414311982711948472012-12-23T18:40:00.000-08:002012-12-23T18:40:08.537-08:00TumblrCurrently testing out tumblr. My newest work is online at:<br />
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<a href="http://msibert.tumblr.com/">http://msibert.tumblr.com/</a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-75940091022482297582012-10-15T00:28:00.001-07:002012-10-15T00:35:30.001-07:00Marceline & Jake.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For fun, in honor of my favorite cartoon: Adventure Time.</div>
Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-82191662840386056582012-04-05T15:03:00.002-07:002012-09-29T10:44:11.646-07:00Ralph McQuarrie tribute art<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My contribution to a collection of artwork on display at the Lucasfilm campus in San Francisco to honor Ralph McQuarrie's passing away this year. His imagination gave credibility to a fantastic universe and he really inspired me as a kid.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-17206534452642354322011-03-13T15:52:00.000-07:002011-03-14T07:31:22.822-07:00Charity Fundraising Art<div style="text-align: left;">To raise money for a charity event this year, I asked a couple co-worker friends to join me and make a few illustrations which our team could give out as thank-you items for donations we collected and gave to AEF / BCEF. <a href="http://www.aef-sf.org/">AEF</a> / <a href="http://www.bcef-sf.org/">BCEF</a> is a San-Francisco based non-profit which helps low-income people afflicted with AIDS or breast cancer stay on their feet while they're undergoing treatment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks in large part to those friends the fundraiser went really well.</div><div><br /></div><div>These are the illustrations I came up with:</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS7qXgi86IggLc3uvevEGo4A8_rruhyphenhyphenajAm2IBgjUjPwThCVrdwoKws-N44YI3yELaybBiKHTgqkHhvdw5Hl5mJt3VneIl8F_4H9ZY7uyWqqPly0rME54mc3tV_68aBLDMJjrEhUxO8Lg/s320/batTrap_ms.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583703978383852514" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaHWiFFCmc9gBy6amgDMaRoZonp71WNnSBamNnxI6NkF3nLgIDRNt7mU30ZJ6PTlmgUaIJ-L8NaPEDXta0NWfDvRjlJGoW_2s-Nas_jG1LRPseII5RL9u5Hkl7jOoWH5CwiGg9a11vh8C/">"Bat Trap"</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 179px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWYcyQWbNaJ-QYXc-aqkH77_-taWnvqMoIRCMcxBlNtaxpVFXzW69fGc_JFHwqBXQ3P5bgMUS74CgSAfjt6ooHy33s-TkkDEJyHTVOY-Fghao0Y9dNBR5idBXR9kCNImF6C5YdpmXFh66/s320/bizarro_ms.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583703969895611170" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRPReaza4cMYWrx53ThqKxtaxAmcRM8T8qVqDjBT0NtI6y5yr78I3-lG_WKyeneTJUYQ_gaAZNTeMBhN0a-4qdpwV_zShgH4jx60HiIrVh4QCI1x4VmD6mypO9dKzCf55Uj_Q9_21Db2d/">"Bizarro"</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRHbuiO551UUj2cP1eKW_nZA2i07PPjPV_0w3mxKnUa2CpI2-xqPjz1gxJ-wEjZZ8Jyfx_959Dp7fQsfvHzxnzR5lzZScKUMKZP45UNXzBYJBPX_4FQjNdCr-0LTzfVtc4o4m8QSRahHS/s320/leia_ms.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583703971424318978" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABLzHVwpUcmZlirjQclYMAIOaXXkL-vJo7csC9ifEb4SHEYkyI3QGumylQnLGWO4WLtevnmd1hEXtP-ZeSInoFc1F-yf6LoXhhHSricE_v5zMUa2kOGr7yjPC4m233PztXssZgLf_UkoC/s800/leia_ms.png">"Leia"</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Edit: I'm not quite sure why but clicking the images won't link to the larger versions. Clicking the titles underneath each image should work.</span></div>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-53923115943147158532010-06-13T23:48:00.001-07:002010-06-14T00:11:13.273-07:00Cannery Row Characters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlIcuYLI2tlzhncpgdP6nM_CogHof6G4tML4_A6ZeEB0Jr5empzrbgtgBlZyqoEdEsGpKEjlM9loJRnmeGBtKhsZ7dmWn7Q7Zou8Jxb_Qi212gA2_wXMdgVIduJ5BrambU4Jk7UtVFYyl/s1600/CanneryChars.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlIcuYLI2tlzhncpgdP6nM_CogHof6G4tML4_A6ZeEB0Jr5empzrbgtgBlZyqoEdEsGpKEjlM9loJRnmeGBtKhsZ7dmWn7Q7Zou8Jxb_Qi212gA2_wXMdgVIduJ5BrambU4Jk7UtVFYyl/s400/CanneryChars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482517873191640610" border="0" /></a><br />I haven't touched these in a few months, but I haven't posted them either. These characters are meant to go in my Cannery Row environments, based on the Steinbeck book. From left to right is Mack, Lee Chong, Doc, and a local girl for Doc's love interest. I definitely need someone to pose for me so I can make some corrections to her.<br /><br />Below is a quick test of Mack in Lee Chong's grocery store.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJSIR4BuvFhlMkOdnbyAwbrTNIQ1Nk1TsS1IjGxMD6cGE6_vfHCKCgKkpU3fGTzkfhr0CFbNy7c8BoGZVm6ZpZhxVzqcVpETJsFRkDnpzQaXho8NZ7ESYaAm44IiJrFhm3t8SxNmXqa6v/s1600/mackInShop.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJSIR4BuvFhlMkOdnbyAwbrTNIQ1Nk1TsS1IjGxMD6cGE6_vfHCKCgKkpU3fGTzkfhr0CFbNy7c8BoGZVm6ZpZhxVzqcVpETJsFRkDnpzQaXho8NZ7ESYaAm44IiJrFhm3t8SxNmXqa6v/s320/mackInShop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482518136827099106" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-51188221436024564942010-06-13T23:14:00.000-07:002010-06-13T23:17:56.418-07:00Shades Continued<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJLGHYfoTkYSdsIWh8cQa5j9aXKbpCyMEd7vSmW-nQ03Xqh-RBpLHAHfTtRPC34bjDcq7Qb5Y7-XLFYjHe-XbmzpwqmUSs67ZJdGyuCu096wiINtOtKYmycyHX6AkjQvk9RuMMKA__qp5/s1600/shadeLineup.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJLGHYfoTkYSdsIWh8cQa5j9aXKbpCyMEd7vSmW-nQ03Xqh-RBpLHAHfTtRPC34bjDcq7Qb5Y7-XLFYjHe-XbmzpwqmUSs67ZJdGyuCu096wiINtOtKYmycyHX6AkjQvk9RuMMKA__qp5/s400/shadeLineup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482509464856724322" border="0" /></a><br />I've been tied up with a work project, but this project goes on as well. I've been thumbnailing environment ideas, and expanding the shade thumbs into full monsters. When I have more of the moments somewhat clear I'll explain the story. The kitty is still in the WIP state. He's not a shade, but he lives in the same world.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-16182257341894813212010-06-13T22:44:00.000-07:002010-06-13T22:47:33.741-07:00Electroknight - Expanded<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFSWieXTFAhQOnpEw4fJ3CmS_MC2eN0bn9GJEY-w6bU5bRTlLfXaMoruV2aEXNN8DBXLTjZnifHeeyq-fTzw9Mi_9g6eWhPz2ze56hgC59hUQspGoaj1u3mOuLZ5RufqfAWIxliQ4-Zsd/s1600/momentExpand.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFSWieXTFAhQOnpEw4fJ3CmS_MC2eN0bn9GJEY-w6bU5bRTlLfXaMoruV2aEXNN8DBXLTjZnifHeeyq-fTzw9Mi_9g6eWhPz2ze56hgC59hUQspGoaj1u3mOuLZ5RufqfAWIxliQ4-Zsd/s400/momentExpand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482501780952688338" border="0" /></a><br />So I extended this into a more interesting poster (I hope). I used a lot of rough lasso shapes and loose brush strokes. Pretty fun.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-5876368539220090652010-03-22T22:14:00.000-07:002010-03-22T22:18:23.899-07:00Electronights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic-5PYR9vcR7JpT2hhOpUc-huQyvXpQ8xl4iCuaKtqVAfqfCrYjjJabQQN2e_azWuQUGyt6Rz52hEgUSGJDz38Ny3LCndSpTYJLi3EwSReIBzJkqL0aUWbyKzYfiAjv9gEqhXKTdcNyr4/s1600-h/electroknightMoment01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic-5PYR9vcR7JpT2hhOpUc-huQyvXpQ8xl4iCuaKtqVAfqfCrYjjJabQQN2e_azWuQUGyt6Rz52hEgUSGJDz38Ny3LCndSpTYJLi3EwSReIBzJkqL0aUWbyKzYfiAjv9gEqhXKTdcNyr4/s320/electroknightMoment01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451694245270933138" border="0" /></a><br />I borrowed my Uncle's copy of "Mortal Engines," by Stanislaw Lem, and this is a sketch from the first short story. I may make this into a full project, if I can find where I put that book...Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-12846962615190638402010-02-13T14:50:00.000-08:002010-02-13T14:52:32.198-08:00Shade MonstersHere's a quick bit of something I'm working on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArvNBli3QbP39k-yQ9HDB2piwoK5VHft47lXscP0yFNzsUaj8HHftxmfiwVTz315wNMrayTlJG754NTQIVIgrpzXS8GciIQr6Ap59xxQvWoT3qI5r6arzjJmwEK-CWjWihU8igMTatO81/s1600-h/shadeMonsters3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArvNBli3QbP39k-yQ9HDB2piwoK5VHft47lXscP0yFNzsUaj8HHftxmfiwVTz315wNMrayTlJG754NTQIVIgrpzXS8GciIQr6Ap59xxQvWoT3qI5r6arzjJmwEK-CWjWihU8igMTatO81/s320/shadeMonsters3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437864441063324466" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-77003050013917342562010-01-15T17:31:00.000-08:002010-01-15T17:37:21.845-08:00Fall 2009 Quick PaintingsJust the small panels I did in oil... 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit1K9P1Q0UU57KJphUg0JfPCwfuLZGy5doqTFMMCiiRQos2iD0DjUTo-KY9ENsPpERxj0ny6Mn-jHSTAmbjg5ZQ-IcXRzk6JDwvWEcpXvuCz7-C2ZdLqFTIuGngDvtzTHSu13QLsTkLI6/s200/IMG_0481.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427144918968163842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRs3LiUe-ihXB7L11Msuc6nn0bUlHZ4TeDXh6Gko_SvboFBW8hMOJgagZ6vpmmvZ25DceLVQ8JELtWJHnamkwsleaDjlJmBYpfYLj7939vrSEDj_XfbZTtaMRPn0sJFAnma3sesK2ICDT/s1600-h/IMG_0480.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRs3LiUe-ihXB7L11Msuc6nn0bUlHZ4TeDXh6Gko_SvboFBW8hMOJgagZ6vpmmvZ25DceLVQ8JELtWJHnamkwsleaDjlJmBYpfYLj7939vrSEDj_XfbZTtaMRPn0sJFAnma3sesK2ICDT/s200/IMG_0480.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427144912592797170" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-10831368153487881692009-04-25T15:28:00.000-07:002009-04-25T15:38:06.283-07:00Here is some current work (some in progress) from my most recent project at SJSU, based on John Steinbeck's book <span style="font-style: italic;">Cannery Row</span>. The objective was to make 4 interior layouts, which I treated as animation backgrounds. I decided to try and work differently from my previous school projects, and more like the last two personal projects I did over winter break.<br /><br />This is the first piece I did. I made this to test the style and mood of this world, looking at Golden Books and artists like Charles Harper for inspiration.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkab2Vc_xM_uNr18aQjo8AQ0CNWnfaWAtjrFo6ZAb0rczSaWnT2nkTKry3-eXYO07dphmgLkQwqeLjli_vsYc-S6F-fbMZnmS2h1pCwU-0S4P1MMZe8hEItOTaqliw7Ge562tmd6RrkCxx/s1600-h/01_vignette.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkab2Vc_xM_uNr18aQjo8AQ0CNWnfaWAtjrFo6ZAb0rczSaWnT2nkTKry3-eXYO07dphmgLkQwqeLjli_vsYc-S6F-fbMZnmS2h1pCwU-0S4P1MMZe8hEItOTaqliw7Ge562tmd6RrkCxx/s320/01_vignette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328759789038691298" border="0" /></a><br />The next two are interiors of Doc's lab. Doc is a self-made marine biologist, and he supplies marine (and other) animals and supplies to universities and labs to make money.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyX_59HTF79MUVmaB7yGfJtbK5MHIIHGAi92Te5vdgNq6sjM0_6XLws4LvN0lSlIcJOPU0RcSUF3o8kOfXrp7N2RgYaCdz-bjgsS6mJsyTkV1pjzC2bYpefvm2bhQPgXjiIMwQXf9rps_L/s1600-h/lab_001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyX_59HTF79MUVmaB7yGfJtbK5MHIIHGAi92Te5vdgNq6sjM0_6XLws4LvN0lSlIcJOPU0RcSUF3o8kOfXrp7N2RgYaCdz-bjgsS6mJsyTkV1pjzC2bYpefvm2bhQPgXjiIMwQXf9rps_L/s320/lab_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328759775645552082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ0hxvevsC8VvWsni_ntcE32ExS6w_CvJzxA0J81bh0oqW-tpHx41Pjd2q1rDBiYjHgSnm0RZZfixhWmGyazn1_LYcle5bsRH3hAqUgtNDfVT2Ix958rNvSgHHQvOatogdOeGTWiAIXMb/s1600-h/lab_002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ0hxvevsC8VvWsni_ntcE32ExS6w_CvJzxA0J81bh0oqW-tpHx41Pjd2q1rDBiYjHgSnm0RZZfixhWmGyazn1_LYcle5bsRH3hAqUgtNDfVT2Ix958rNvSgHHQvOatogdOeGTWiAIXMb/s320/lab_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328759774801869570" border="0" /></a><br />The next two below are Lee Chong's grocery store. The top one is more "in progress" than the rest of the project.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sRNM1U-g6_QCQlI0mgil6HU2ERtJUrJPnRwRg7mgOZzeIgVwmYegUVrupTAVlrbCxnADoH1Ny5QPo86aH-GX-LT68emH8d8XiCBWXP1Rj2v-GIGlv94im8hnePyCM5el-Rm06czVF5pH/s1600-h/leechong001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sRNM1U-g6_QCQlI0mgil6HU2ERtJUrJPnRwRg7mgOZzeIgVwmYegUVrupTAVlrbCxnADoH1Ny5QPo86aH-GX-LT68emH8d8XiCBWXP1Rj2v-GIGlv94im8hnePyCM5el-Rm06czVF5pH/s320/leechong001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328759770683456098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWrYd4ir9qRSZQXdi5SvDIoLvqKNozltUMrv2Xq4pAMdduSECPj8acNfoUihxYu7tdyhI5_qbAbc-wJa1NAnlZPjepI0WwR2fdAp-vBSqzvXT1l1gw2p6hYzOd1W5kfhOSNMkv0zFmRWS/s1600-h/leechong002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWrYd4ir9qRSZQXdi5SvDIoLvqKNozltUMrv2Xq4pAMdduSECPj8acNfoUihxYu7tdyhI5_qbAbc-wJa1NAnlZPjepI0WwR2fdAp-vBSqzvXT1l1gw2p6hYzOd1W5kfhOSNMkv0zFmRWS/s320/leechong002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328759771393865538" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-80508513127187985742009-03-11T10:16:00.001-07:002009-03-11T10:31:21.642-07:00Society of Illustrators!!Woo! I'm very pleased to say that one of my pieces was accepted into the <a href="http://www.soicompetitions.org/?section=competitions&">Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition</a>, and I won an award! I'm very grateful for the instruction at SJSU and the generous feedback from my friends in the process.<br /><br />Here's the piece in question, from my "Decameron / Leonardo World" project, entitled, "City Escape."<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5clJcwY-gbD2UeFW3-ybuq9wbiV4jxz-sn86pCDUs6rqDvJ1HHUsRRafNVmxoLCJ-uH3-zAaMLjAlif9If161w-gC23YJotztNUSnMg4PLLrkRg-8IPghheqJIuilJ27Aa8kturOdPgfP/s1600-h/micahSibert_City_Escape_Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5clJcwY-gbD2UeFW3-ybuq9wbiV4jxz-sn86pCDUs6rqDvJ1HHUsRRafNVmxoLCJ-uH3-zAaMLjAlif9If161w-gC23YJotztNUSnMg4PLLrkRg-8IPghheqJIuilJ27Aa8kturOdPgfP/s320/micahSibert_City_Escape_Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311984073590207762" border="0" /></a><br />Depending on the color and brightness of your screen you may or may not see some of the changes made to the earlier version, or the correct palette overall. Thankfully, I made sure they showed up in the print. I also figured out what was happening on the right side of the piece and added some tightness where I thought it was needed overall. Neato!Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-85198520988180649062009-01-12T21:24:00.000-08:002009-01-12T21:26:23.412-08:00Peter Pan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8XvjA5xyUtfTNz0G-ZVh4p-ru61fk3Sk77t1QZO3rSMf9xQRalhOzyvARdwwC0gzLcc0h8niF6A1kKXpzRbiB8PiLi8lMxZT7rqgVwyb_iLDCSkKNSEUY6QeXoymd2_ZH5aDK8s3-TlW/s1600-h/pan667.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8XvjA5xyUtfTNz0G-ZVh4p-ru61fk3Sk77t1QZO3rSMf9xQRalhOzyvARdwwC0gzLcc0h8niF6A1kKXpzRbiB8PiLi8lMxZT7rqgVwyb_iLDCSkKNSEUY6QeXoymd2_ZH5aDK8s3-TlW/s400/pan667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290645398202746962" border="0" /></a><br />I made this piece for a prompt on another blog, <a href="http://creationengines.blogspot.com/">Creation Engines</a>. I wanted to continue the illustrative cut-paper style I experimented with in my Christmas cards. It was a lot of fun, and it's still a new way of working for me.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-56270208038821717542008-12-25T22:36:00.000-08:002008-12-25T22:48:32.208-08:00Christmas CardsI decided to make a couple Christmas cards myself this year; one for my uncle Ed and one for my Grandma. It was a nice opportunity to try and get a paper cut-out style in Photoshop and look at some cool Golden Book illustration to inspire me.<br /><br />This one was for my Uncle. I wasn't expecting the lettering to take as long to paint as the rest of the image, but it did. I also looked at some 50's art blogs and John K for inspiration on this.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhyphenhyphen41h8aAhPixyRdnZPbYaIYiIfo2-eAWWGfBagigxBIFZQe-gsGr1DMJdRGYXkclyPZB4i8UQUiCPaL3TT8yzICnajEeMeelKuPFLTeTnjh6uN-RfbiRoRiqR_TyzkAAut0YEGvHIejL/s1600-h/125veryMerryXmas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhyphenhyphen41h8aAhPixyRdnZPbYaIYiIfo2-eAWWGfBagigxBIFZQe-gsGr1DMJdRGYXkclyPZB4i8UQUiCPaL3TT8yzICnajEeMeelKuPFLTeTnjh6uN-RfbiRoRiqR_TyzkAAut0YEGvHIejL/s200/125veryMerryXmas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283985918618203138" border="0" /></a><br />And the rough lay-in done in Sketchbook:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiW2_cKEyRG8ZKex6o4N2wOCbLGLV7DZHT5HITfwquKrRql_EwF8ZtmFb_PrYtlOlPT1IC8fneMDEe0MqeTJxlxHKAzDy4iwk6dR4nvUJLnUmKAJsvpc0D-dD7e9IehgbXbQed115KpT8/s1600-h/125veryMerryXmas_layin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiW2_cKEyRG8ZKex6o4N2wOCbLGLV7DZHT5HITfwquKrRql_EwF8ZtmFb_PrYtlOlPT1IC8fneMDEe0MqeTJxlxHKAzDy4iwk6dR4nvUJLnUmKAJsvpc0D-dD7e9IehgbXbQed115KpT8/s200/125veryMerryXmas_layin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283984731775284786" border="0" /></a>And this one was for my Grandma. I wanted this scene to be a bit friendlier.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiZmmHrC9DxloCI8WNlpMh6FbL9OmuMZVgRhH7dV3TsCFCwKEwaYsWpNcfDkWBjiURXYP4ZsvWwTkwon-o4Zo9L78sYBZe6yro1GZncCthk5AXQmHJF9pTfn7snFkQuMxum2uOZTFAwt4/s1600-h/125santaKidCookieA_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiZmmHrC9DxloCI8WNlpMh6FbL9OmuMZVgRhH7dV3TsCFCwKEwaYsWpNcfDkWBjiURXYP4ZsvWwTkwon-o4Zo9L78sYBZe6yro1GZncCthk5AXQmHJF9pTfn7snFkQuMxum2uOZTFAwt4/s200/125santaKidCookieA_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283984741990969842" border="0" /></a><br />I couldn't decide if I wanted to make the lighting more consistent, or cheat it to make the colors bright. This is how it would look if I stayed more true to the light source (back lit). It makes the bag o' toys eaiser to differentiate but adds more complexity to the picture overall...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8tQX2KopndR24ZgWdrFf9hy1xZQHJsro65YjPe1PMqUVPzcy8J1pwmcG9FmhyphenhyphenrpJPMFMcr5Bmro2NkrmyYYvYwhV9FjMvlxrj4nO3vgUWeRVPZctxOIY-l8FupLPgl2Z44XLoIcQqp8b/s1600-h/125santaKidCookieA_shadows.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8tQX2KopndR24ZgWdrFf9hy1xZQHJsro65YjPe1PMqUVPzcy8J1pwmcG9FmhyphenhyphenrpJPMFMcr5Bmro2NkrmyYYvYwhV9FjMvlxrj4nO3vgUWeRVPZctxOIY-l8FupLPgl2Z44XLoIcQqp8b/s200/125santaKidCookieA_shadows.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283984741225698898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu-O0qkEBheAGMT4m39ge3TTPgF2sNG24jYNsVEF3UCt7BsYz7faAF-3JLgrx3Qlqe1sPCE1Zyv2ozPAwWLM07KRSv-sSn9K_mBcJXiKm7jIyt5-Fws-x2zNcwbcKsDQeu6PoztNMP5ZD/s1600-h/125santaKidCookie__layin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu-O0qkEBheAGMT4m39ge3TTPgF2sNG24jYNsVEF3UCt7BsYz7faAF-3JLgrx3Qlqe1sPCE1Zyv2ozPAwWLM07KRSv-sSn9K_mBcJXiKm7jIyt5-Fws-x2zNcwbcKsDQeu6PoztNMP5ZD/s200/125santaKidCookie__layin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283984739281993010" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-50666627261002368122008-12-25T22:30:00.000-08:002008-12-25T22:33:34.224-08:00DS PaintingsJust for fun! My girlfriend got me a DS loader cartridge thing for my birthday, so I installed <a href="http://colors.collectingsmiles.com/">Colors</a> on it. Here's a couple paintings I did at my Dad's house this week.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tbb0kgEx4l0-Wu-786IiB005rQXs0NQhCwjzm3GWd05zZXfN9OwBgFCQK6lAoNyjUHCJo1pP8A3-eWWZ9vGif6SA7UjuAJyNLacA9KVOzStH5LCoRupul0AuCTFISdbMxEYBOrE4lA3H/s1600-h/colors_slot4_copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tbb0kgEx4l0-Wu-786IiB005rQXs0NQhCwjzm3GWd05zZXfN9OwBgFCQK6lAoNyjUHCJo1pP8A3-eWWZ9vGif6SA7UjuAJyNLacA9KVOzStH5LCoRupul0AuCTFISdbMxEYBOrE4lA3H/s200/colors_slot4_copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283982802040186914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6QZziDOtqJ_3MIKEG1B1HxGFaPpt5pUJU1oiUz0FwPIuOAYZwDMF_m-fTVxL45RPmsqq8YAtYniAQYYJAHAFhyphenhyphenDNXcenM630XKRsXNXUW46avN6PZnPq1x473iyLGlY4__w8fpwMKV-D/s1600-h/colors_slot3_copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6QZziDOtqJ_3MIKEG1B1HxGFaPpt5pUJU1oiUz0FwPIuOAYZwDMF_m-fTVxL45RPmsqq8YAtYniAQYYJAHAFhyphenhyphenDNXcenM630XKRsXNXUW46avN6PZnPq1x473iyLGlY4__w8fpwMKV-D/s200/colors_slot3_copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283982806823129234" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-2085297496642284772008-11-15T21:55:00.001-08:002008-11-15T22:36:12.309-08:00BFA Work in Progress: Leonardo / DecameronOur current project is pretty interesting. We're supposed to design a group of characters escaping a plagued city, in a world that makes heavy use of Leonardo's technology.<br /><br />In my version of this, my characters escape ~1650 Italy via airship and flee to New Zealand.<br /><br />We have to work in the style of another artist as closely as possible, ideally to the point at which the difference between them and ourselves is indistinguishable. This is a lofty goal, but it's been a fun challenge to try and work in the style of Carter Goodrich. Here's an example of his work from Ratatouille.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsItaGdVt_Pcl5AOl0LWM_zfFfkdL7BM-ECoLpksisrhMKw318NcLRLSzPWpSDQihqpyVATAetyWUhAx-W0uIaA1GeFDGkNg8TQxHMQi9X4_tSfiRCEaEUvQOOI8EEa7bDUjZAtEAm1YD/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsItaGdVt_Pcl5AOl0LWM_zfFfkdL7BM-ECoLpksisrhMKw318NcLRLSzPWpSDQihqpyVATAetyWUhAx-W0uIaA1GeFDGkNg8TQxHMQi9X4_tSfiRCEaEUvQOOI8EEa7bDUjZAtEAm1YD/s200/sibert_111408_Page_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131807353278098" border="0" /></a>He's a great designer, and his work has a lot of personality and gesture. I've been trying to capture the energy of his drawings, and keep to simple / strong shapes. It's also been brought to my attention that he uses his pencil-work to create volumes out of tone rather than outlined shapes, and I've been trying to mimic that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kQBF1O4vA2RM5pMO1D9C1iyL1wWdlsrQpluEuOevo8b3olIg8XtLJ-3DCXoX5OOih_Y3Xwc4kMGqpOrUDBrp91KaToVpOKk-YsaCZXoTWeEsJ2oXeyNR9xea86Lz-aaIbUgqq6OiBTdh/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kQBF1O4vA2RM5pMO1D9C1iyL1wWdlsrQpluEuOevo8b3olIg8XtLJ-3DCXoX5OOih_Y3Xwc4kMGqpOrUDBrp91KaToVpOKk-YsaCZXoTWeEsJ2oXeyNR9xea86Lz-aaIbUgqq6OiBTdh/s200/sibert_111408_Page_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269134618480231042" border="0" /></a>Above is a servant and bodyguard named Parmeno. He has a fur blanket and fish-jaw axe because he gets indoctrinated by the Maori to a certain extent after arriving in New Zealand. I was thinking about Patrick Stewart's "Gurney Halleck" character in Dune when I designed him. The middle image has him wearing a Spanish-style Brigandine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2ObxZjSXhtSb7uOCeQDnQXZVYjhbjyoEUmzHywEDbeZLweEYz8cOqNDW9DsHK2eRrbIdglBA-BJFhu27dD2vLBJ5i-6cJinH8ZpPHIkrrsmb8sFSfemUDlrIGSMh6bXPc8O0QE-IHiGz/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2ObxZjSXhtSb7uOCeQDnQXZVYjhbjyoEUmzHywEDbeZLweEYz8cOqNDW9DsHK2eRrbIdglBA-BJFhu27dD2vLBJ5i-6cJinH8ZpPHIkrrsmb8sFSfemUDlrIGSMh6bXPc8O0QE-IHiGz/s200/sibert_111408_Page_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269133106649550210" border="0" /></a>This is Neifile. She's from the upper class, and is curious and tomboyish (for the time period). For this reason I gave her an outfit that had something similar to pants. I'm still working on getting poses that really show her personality more clearly, but keep the appeal of the china marker drawing I did (center).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8GYZgWa8anYffYSWCDMhMRTL4KlQBBjLCjsn3TPal_cjteJ2GDv6lacr6XdDs3Z-aLN383W3cX9R3P_84EC-qPKCmlpghKnvWpUo_pj35goeQkKdM3rJEOIr8cjJtiYBBI1-2GZNBYVU/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8GYZgWa8anYffYSWCDMhMRTL4KlQBBjLCjsn3TPal_cjteJ2GDv6lacr6XdDs3Z-aLN383W3cX9R3P_84EC-qPKCmlpghKnvWpUo_pj35goeQkKdM3rJEOIr8cjJtiYBBI1-2GZNBYVU/s200/sibert_111408_Page_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131645310365378" border="0" /></a>This is Dioneo. He's the "Charles Darwin" type of the group; a member of the inventor's guild that carries on Leonardo's legacy, and has high social status but poor social skills.<br /><br />Below is my mechanical Falcon. Right now he's a reference model, but I'm going to redraw him more in keeping with Goodrich's work. I was finding it pretty difficult to pose him out and still try to make the drawings clear, especially with all the ellipses.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBqdYu14eF1SHVi3-yGnfuUUq1sauWfTsTz4FUlvRphQ2Qm18oDs3rHagV4kT4ZfgaLhr_WY_2kXCd9tH5LT5t8wUwQkbN8jYHKYxqXP4ckO9W8Ic8JQfTMCGocgbJVJc-_Jw6f21rPae/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBqdYu14eF1SHVi3-yGnfuUUq1sauWfTsTz4FUlvRphQ2Qm18oDs3rHagV4kT4ZfgaLhr_WY_2kXCd9tH5LT5t8wUwQkbN8jYHKYxqXP4ckO9W8Ic8JQfTMCGocgbJVJc-_Jw6f21rPae/s200/sibert_111408_Page_06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131639054643106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzc3EZUyY4H0x_wUTwJTJsnURgH3Wne6I3mNE3zbxzOZTdmitxK2lWxp6w-ufLqmO0taZxMEJPcAxnHPtR-Hxp2m5mA81Dd_Isf52zh4qL1NkjfQeN89kPE_F94W2Hc8XbfEv38mhi-tt/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzc3EZUyY4H0x_wUTwJTJsnURgH3Wne6I3mNE3zbxzOZTdmitxK2lWxp6w-ufLqmO0taZxMEJPcAxnHPtR-Hxp2m5mA81Dd_Isf52zh4qL1NkjfQeN89kPE_F94W2Hc8XbfEv38mhi-tt/s200/sibert_111408_Page_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131646165965506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAlCSqd64I-ywiXj_9E8vzZGTJCVtZ7mgHxbpSmC93zejSLBV8ejJsvo_vOQdkULEH-KDt_8Vg7lIxSnSAtB0TkwNS2BRRqBZIqYQDb6v2RnjTeUDyCCHHkXDXo-5vvs-saUMsJFjiEEW/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAlCSqd64I-ywiXj_9E8vzZGTJCVtZ7mgHxbpSmC93zejSLBV8ejJsvo_vOQdkULEH-KDt_8Vg7lIxSnSAtB0TkwNS2BRRqBZIqYQDb6v2RnjTeUDyCCHHkXDXo-5vvs-saUMsJFjiEEW/s200/sibert_111408_Page_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131640251150386" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;">A</span>nd this would be the rough size of my characters together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqqNHqSuidnUwKwS4SdCQLoooSnicky6l3MHD8-P4l7I8ktltruun3zLpIlozV0d5p3fvMto2YgQF3B9H3ZrqnixmnpU8Q4PsS4kHGmOKI8uZ5iQzdWBVBMuvCkj6yJmyAGTCHfiKdUcJ/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqqNHqSuidnUwKwS4SdCQLoooSnicky6l3MHD8-P4l7I8ktltruun3zLpIlozV0d5p3fvMto2YgQF3B9H3ZrqnixmnpU8Q4PsS4kHGmOKI8uZ5iQzdWBVBMuvCkj6yJmyAGTCHfiKdUcJ/s200/sibert_111408_Page_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131637155987874" border="0" /></a>The above painting is an establishing shot for the Plagued City. I based most of the architecture on the Italian city of Siena, and the palette I used is supposed to help connote the sick and dreadful feeling of the plague. Warm light hitting a greenish, thick haze, with red darks. I thinkI need to bring back some of the far background elements, which will include some super-scale gothic architecture. If Leo's technology runs wild, I'm pushing for many of those advances to be in construction and architecture.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-oxvS_68apxfoK4Mg9869pURC3_PP0ZIwMqmXGI1ubzVVplyVogXshi3a2nef3e0yuGnMgvy3dQaecQRIBuR1G_S1PrinXcxg6NRhyurGueprpt3zLgk_iK-EICpoDuJFHuy9ju0wSyz/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-oxvS_68apxfoK4Mg9869pURC3_PP0ZIwMqmXGI1ubzVVplyVogXshi3a2nef3e0yuGnMgvy3dQaecQRIBuR1G_S1PrinXcxg6NRhyurGueprpt3zLgk_iK-EICpoDuJFHuy9ju0wSyz/s200/sibert_111408_Page_09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131463995409026" border="0" /></a>Line work and thumbnails. The thumbnails below show some closer, more intimate shots which I feel are more like something Goodrich would do, but they don't show enough to be cinematic "establishing shots."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6reWadOEn4BH8TWlZSnb5uGib0akJawTJxqAhov1pE_qGqIJsf6fjpvzOjAQ9JxoGwGvFgAdPScNu9DNrPo-PS095nf5S0EouWn76Hou9TVhH8QZdJoDHl4koJoPE3bY2i-kJw10s6zHG/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6reWadOEn4BH8TWlZSnb5uGib0akJawTJxqAhov1pE_qGqIJsf6fjpvzOjAQ9JxoGwGvFgAdPScNu9DNrPo-PS095nf5S0EouWn76Hou9TVhH8QZdJoDHl4koJoPE3bY2i-kJw10s6zHG/s200/sibert_111408_Page_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131459993857090" border="0" /></a><br />And finally, below are my designs for the "Country House" which the group escapes to. I've been pretty indecisive about this, but as it stands now I pulled way back on the technology and tried to give the house a bucolic, welcoming feeling. I was looking at Carter Goodrich's illustrations in Dickens' <span style="font-style: italic;">Christmas Carol</span> when I decided to present the house in this vignette.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamE_1pCSTSZ0t49K_oiAyXmQjdzO_MMxEGrh0c4H34GreNm3gi8JVFWQ0U0bc3iEE_D97AsDhfXoMn8IQAQ4Ld62bGTY1CA7s294vG27RfBNNdbr1_z8C31pSPhlLVx_BhCnUwIlAXPiO/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamE_1pCSTSZ0t49K_oiAyXmQjdzO_MMxEGrh0c4H34GreNm3gi8JVFWQ0U0bc3iEE_D97AsDhfXoMn8IQAQ4Ld62bGTY1CA7s294vG27RfBNNdbr1_z8C31pSPhlLVx_BhCnUwIlAXPiO/s200/sibert_111408_Page_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131457623601794" border="0" /></a><br />Thumbnails and more extreme/wide establishing shots.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tYSgJaECHQs_dsARpu-lPGUExoCMWfHX_5wJwq4nogJUTdaLTRHRbHH3chupFgzpLUCnBOevLkSHVVZHzyGssZ5C4Its9fplk5O7igyGhqeLBFQpUbXMmbk0bkt4GlFz1t5GsBuHVoZm/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tYSgJaECHQs_dsARpu-lPGUExoCMWfHX_5wJwq4nogJUTdaLTRHRbHH3chupFgzpLUCnBOevLkSHVVZHzyGssZ5C4Its9fplk5O7igyGhqeLBFQpUbXMmbk0bkt4GlFz1t5GsBuHVoZm/s200/sibert_111408_Page_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131457492822658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgaTjUoEOY6FNFsKJ1xgx01yR6LOA5keMwlVm00ip7Ir97geRDcGEmxyGcspr2wDb0iNXUPnu2osadAz2XDvF7SVCDHmRTRYfBMRD9weeERHnfjG5FPNGlzi1Y_yuq6FCsEdePV7oARJF/s1600-h/sibert_111408_Page_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgaTjUoEOY6FNFsKJ1xgx01yR6LOA5keMwlVm00ip7Ir97geRDcGEmxyGcspr2wDb0iNXUPnu2osadAz2XDvF7SVCDHmRTRYfBMRD9weeERHnfjG5FPNGlzi1Y_yuq6FCsEdePV7oARJF/s200/sibert_111408_Page_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269131450973357138" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-25007317969695612772008-09-30T20:00:00.000-07:002008-10-16T20:07:38.762-07:00Gnome Invasion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2F9qCmmXGv8azVBqvzPF-J5DeEtkHfnlDB3G6kfmZRx1q_VhbvwdH8n4tAndVMT633vojDrzLxagGxvF5hAtGWW92-HX8zP3X4kozUIp568pyDe5r6I4Zj1hR8T64pv2TOUuxEpZmYKOi/s1600-h/walter_web1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2F9qCmmXGv8azVBqvzPF-J5DeEtkHfnlDB3G6kfmZRx1q_VhbvwdH8n4tAndVMT633vojDrzLxagGxvF5hAtGWW92-HX8zP3X4kozUIp568pyDe5r6I4Zj1hR8T64pv2TOUuxEpZmYKOi/s320/walter_web1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257954144846261842" border="0" /></a><br />Apparently, I've decided that this is what it would look like if Gnomes invaded my home. That was a prompt for an environment assignment in Viz Dev class, and I was certain that my cat would cause trouble for these poor creatures. In fact, I figured they may have heard about a "horrible monster" dwelling in my home from some of the local rodents, and felt it was their solemn duty to take a stand against it.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-2667339857364088142008-09-28T15:15:00.001-07:002008-09-28T15:34:00.194-07:00Figure Paintings - Post 1<p>So I'm in my first-ever figure painting class. Whenever I say "figure painting," it sounds like I'm saying "finger painting." I think it's because my sinus is always congested. In any case, we finally started painting in color this week, so I thought it was time to post.<br /></p><div align="center"><div align="center"></div></div>Color: A little under 60min each<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMEkOa0l7HLKdS_7LZTTwS9BczjEpdrUFBcapQArRCJyGimuVDGWci6cDLAzvqHK_HP1xuAMYUaBoPjmqhBLEUOHZOa0iWvwibBoaH0F8LjYu9AbSkTiowcAQwwoxerN0RhB0ujSHFOOn/s1600-h/IMGP4042.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtMEkOa0l7HLKdS_7LZTTwS9BczjEpdrUFBcapQArRCJyGimuVDGWci6cDLAzvqHK_HP1xuAMYUaBoPjmqhBLEUOHZOa0iWvwibBoaH0F8LjYu9AbSkTiowcAQwwoxerN0RhB0ujSHFOOn/s200/IMGP4042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251201005429983250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg7HfKLwSZcbtOx8A1Jl1yi_s5bdB7kPNrBWIQmm5c0lYUZk4JHFE8-MqG62d7djYAvMtiPiUxEBc6h4DKSfL9a9DH2IH-p266Pco4E0GoGlPY2CyRzpy-CNkpZaQYaPzPizlafDmnjLh/s1600-h/IMGP4032.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHg7HfKLwSZcbtOx8A1Jl1yi_s5bdB7kPNrBWIQmm5c0lYUZk4JHFE8-MqG62d7djYAvMtiPiUxEBc6h4DKSfL9a9DH2IH-p266Pco4E0GoGlPY2CyRzpy-CNkpZaQYaPzPizlafDmnjLh/s200/IMGP4032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251201010589696370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Monochrome: 45-60 minutes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvLnBkfPqDYKGNENlMdXRrMKHTUQPIERrwLVUUwffuLpwbNuUbaR-JV6kIwB7yiswS2mcDi-S_f_AWlgSPnovRjedqn99mTjWBMgSewlOHRtOiW7bdkdubYeTwkY0drXjRJFaxiNvdpF9/s1600-h/IMGP4028.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUvLnBkfPqDYKGNENlMdXRrMKHTUQPIERrwLVUUwffuLpwbNuUbaR-JV6kIwB7yiswS2mcDi-S_f_AWlgSPnovRjedqn99mTjWBMgSewlOHRtOiW7bdkdubYeTwkY0drXjRJFaxiNvdpF9/s200/IMGP4028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251201014122837682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4B5sO_Adz7ma6KyqkHtx2YFZqNWyMQohCIN3vgAmU3_JFxBp_BiGO-Mqa-Ogj2fimkPxWbyTx2I40jRhYOO7JadQJ-0amT9mF8o02MKjmbYV3iEbdCQ4f_jIdbn5xvoZ_-I6ktsrxGrp/s1600-h/IMGP4022.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4B5sO_Adz7ma6KyqkHtx2YFZqNWyMQohCIN3vgAmU3_JFxBp_BiGO-Mqa-Ogj2fimkPxWbyTx2I40jRhYOO7JadQJ-0amT9mF8o02MKjmbYV3iEbdCQ4f_jIdbn5xvoZ_-I6ktsrxGrp/s200/IMGP4022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251201018720098642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For the first three weeks, we were restricted to India Ink and acrylic gesso, which explains the image on the bottom right. It's also done on plain paper, where the other 3 are on canvas paper with oils.<br /><br />I'm really trying to focus on modeling forms, simplification, and hitting color/value. So basically, I'm trying to focus on everything. I'm just trying not to noodle or get stuck in details anywhere.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-81927787183606046482008-09-15T01:21:00.000-07:002008-09-15T01:24:19.967-07:00Cintiq Practice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5Cz2oPqjjw0kJg6We6M8IE4XPcvw-8D-iI9iAmbyzCN380__BSVVK6fcsvAX4FdbQdN6Tlj5NuKlaKM_DJy1lwUE5vyDQuK2bncWv_2qyEz72XD6VXGvW-JrM1qvNK1MXAYfxOpW-0gu/s1600-h/liz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5Cz2oPqjjw0kJg6We6M8IE4XPcvw-8D-iI9iAmbyzCN380__BSVVK6fcsvAX4FdbQdN6Tlj5NuKlaKM_DJy1lwUE5vyDQuK2bncWv_2qyEz72XD6VXGvW-JrM1qvNK1MXAYfxOpW-0gu/s320/liz.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246160863131775746" /></a>So, this is one of the first drawings I made with my new Cintiq 12wx. It's about a month old now, but I rediscovered it and decided to post. It's Liz, watching TV!<p></p>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-18415757173921007002008-07-05T21:02:00.001-07:002008-07-05T21:07:17.958-07:00Figure Drawing Post 2: Fight for FreedomFigure drawing is back, after having been cancelled for 2 weeks. It's an hour long, all short-ish poses. But, I got a couple that I liked! Also, I'm not sure how I finally got multiple images on the same line. The mysteries of blogger...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_ec6jGtNj12vYjEPN68S6y1LN8-qBgCdnr_13a7Ys8vNfNg-T5gfvcdoKRvh8DNwXY-nFmV4L4OTkkJBMYmLe_5toMCCiylwrK8U7dxsS4V7qhyphenhyphenhpaLo9hQWylY3RIgn-BZJfMdJM5me/s1600-h/070108_001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_ec6jGtNj12vYjEPN68S6y1LN8-qBgCdnr_13a7Ys8vNfNg-T5gfvcdoKRvh8DNwXY-nFmV4L4OTkkJBMYmLe_5toMCCiylwrK8U7dxsS4V7qhyphenhyphenhpaLo9hQWylY3RIgn-BZJfMdJM5me/s320/070108_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219747144930803330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZDjRQXDPpxSKop-GF4eBlXjS9Woe_FBNnCF3N9hH3rlUXzFPWPM9xGhO-92vvlaPaikrB8v9vFkDzFb-wPeaOabn-P-yoOFvKHVxb1CVad9_dp-c1Um-bn3wO0jcKp97f-NEj8SfY9aH/s1600-h/070108_005.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZDjRQXDPpxSKop-GF4eBlXjS9Woe_FBNnCF3N9hH3rlUXzFPWPM9xGhO-92vvlaPaikrB8v9vFkDzFb-wPeaOabn-P-yoOFvKHVxb1CVad9_dp-c1Um-bn3wO0jcKp97f-NEj8SfY9aH/s320/070108_005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219747148557229106" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHFnOacDyBFbxyaPgG0U4QoCEtG4nQfREmJAjN39u152FDRn_wkjpnTAcJEiqx7BSwwsRtexKcCgmtZHyeAy504GGQ88PQfXN3w21Kyl0OR1mC287k5CmnyvNl16QKiaQ6E2qNPocfSeH/s1600-h/070108_003.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHFnOacDyBFbxyaPgG0U4QoCEtG4nQfREmJAjN39u152FDRn_wkjpnTAcJEiqx7BSwwsRtexKcCgmtZHyeAy504GGQ88PQfXN3w21Kyl0OR1mC287k5CmnyvNl16QKiaQ6E2qNPocfSeH/s320/070108_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219747153674155794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsIjdPZ56ilqOxKNBU0QdgfuXq6xKXVQPeuNU-MVeeK8VTZ05bMteOtsEVjxjyeJ59Wpyp4AH6vdo_1ceVgbJ5PDk_2CCwoV5ypxdBnWTxJTYEwfKN9BgXzZEDOOGzXPyA0rmvzFaII1w/s1600-h/070108_006.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsIjdPZ56ilqOxKNBU0QdgfuXq6xKXVQPeuNU-MVeeK8VTZ05bMteOtsEVjxjyeJ59Wpyp4AH6vdo_1ceVgbJ5PDk_2CCwoV5ypxdBnWTxJTYEwfKN9BgXzZEDOOGzXPyA0rmvzFaII1w/s320/070108_006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219747156401570786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorMgV-XOJ3UXf8oiQ1a2J3aDAiID0xjAp7XWr81FsGAOVq5Yh2gZEdeeLUcaKh7GsjY5LT5z_qP9WGWgmgnEk9nz50AVGqAmLJIz3JxKOgJZAl7elbforSDxFe2fff_UGLnHlEXmj-80J/s1600-h/070108_002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorMgV-XOJ3UXf8oiQ1a2J3aDAiID0xjAp7XWr81FsGAOVq5Yh2gZEdeeLUcaKh7GsjY5LT5z_qP9WGWgmgnEk9nz50AVGqAmLJIz3JxKOgJZAl7elbforSDxFe2fff_UGLnHlEXmj-80J/s320/070108_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219747152798559618" border="0" /></a></div> </div>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-75289127199510914422008-06-15T16:36:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:45:56.622-07:00Drapery Study<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jD5YlNYuXRdP35xtJXpSoqxestte2ss-JzJJqqEnWGonNxoHwT85YRookfmBB3MaBk9B-AmTZQSH15c6TB7buAf2_BPHQM01VdHQJ_3nPCzDLLo3q1TBybk24mTQarr2eExTRbS4iwAY/s1600-h/06-15-08_Drapery_web2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jD5YlNYuXRdP35xtJXpSoqxestte2ss-JzJJqqEnWGonNxoHwT85YRookfmBB3MaBk9B-AmTZQSH15c6TB7buAf2_BPHQM01VdHQJ_3nPCzDLLo3q1TBybk24mTQarr2eExTRbS4iwAY/s320/06-15-08_Drapery_web2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212258664480298050" /></a><br />Here's a drapery study I did this weekend, using Prismacolor pencils and an HB. I recently started an internship, which has drained a large portion of my time (including the commute), but I was reminded of my need to work harder and to keep drawing by an artist at my workplace that I greatly respect.Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-23995643236428198942008-05-21T11:05:00.000-07:002008-05-21T11:41:32.350-07:00The Donut ShopThe interior:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpaR1xIvyAdD-fv3XtvDIi2LryMIQ3F0XEbgDlGV_GYqj_sncnududXuo2fuRtr1WGDdnvugWUkvTWhosNpIZ7eHOBRWTbuqPn8WwQiN-ko5sgGRbBoVvhOG9HmFkCg2TfLD9F2v9-H2q/s1600-h/interiorDonutShop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpaR1xIvyAdD-fv3XtvDIi2LryMIQ3F0XEbgDlGV_GYqj_sncnududXuo2fuRtr1WGDdnvugWUkvTWhosNpIZ7eHOBRWTbuqPn8WwQiN-ko5sgGRbBoVvhOG9HmFkCg2TfLD9F2v9-H2q/s320/interiorDonutShop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202900270842542146" border="0" /></a><br />The exteriors:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJorPCB9rvY6uNiPpehYzaOEcFWXEjUMlFpj554U9rDLNi4ILw21aTy2DxGcAONkCKLOOYqzhqZHFUcX0RXRN6pKSzleALF9c8WSfFX8wA1OCTIbRTDymrxzfH8_GPkZ2hsuCG_ObJPyJ_/s1600-h/exteriorDonutShopNight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJorPCB9rvY6uNiPpehYzaOEcFWXEjUMlFpj554U9rDLNi4ILw21aTy2DxGcAONkCKLOOYqzhqZHFUcX0RXRN6pKSzleALF9c8WSfFX8wA1OCTIbRTDymrxzfH8_GPkZ2hsuCG_ObJPyJ_/s320/exteriorDonutShopNight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202899764036401202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PLZdv9zpSAEydeJRxXyaEnHBHQNp-5YW1mX2liDxtE_Em8pTuH9o8k8hnEpk_GXKMqgR56hjxGXZ947qt6EfrIwlocQxy2I-B0jjWqmNttXR6FjL4v-aZGQSKxdNYel8FDyz703c5Mk7/s1600-h/exteriorDonutShopFog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PLZdv9zpSAEydeJRxXyaEnHBHQNp-5YW1mX2liDxtE_Em8pTuH9o8k8hnEpk_GXKMqgR56hjxGXZ947qt6EfrIwlocQxy2I-B0jjWqmNttXR6FjL4v-aZGQSKxdNYel8FDyz703c5Mk7/s320/exteriorDonutShopFog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202899497748428834" border="0" /></a><br />This is this final project in my Viz Dev class this semester. It's a donut shop set in San Francisco, in the same world as my locksmith character. I had to do both interior and exterior shots, and the exterior needed two lighting scenarios.<br /><br />After some thumbnailing, I decided I was more interested in putting the shop in an unique space than designing a particular theme/gimick for the shop. I wanted to make the shop a little more believable, not something one might see in Las Vegas.<br /><br />Here are the thumbs I worked from:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6M-n7IRm3QDHW-Q8RQzxgT6Hp0fBtQ50093oewBLZnjcKKjW2Dja73jWHAP_EXkMj-ZKQ9O2sCpxJeTbcV86Mw7lzWCJMcceCHCMI4YXYtkG9muLjxdM0a_V_udZRuwj7W2ju4uScb5xr/s1600-h/thumbs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6M-n7IRm3QDHW-Q8RQzxgT6Hp0fBtQ50093oewBLZnjcKKjW2Dja73jWHAP_EXkMj-ZKQ9O2sCpxJeTbcV86Mw7lzWCJMcceCHCMI4YXYtkG9muLjxdM0a_V_udZRuwj7W2ju4uScb5xr/s320/thumbs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202898020279678978" border="0" /></a><br />And here's the pencil drawings. I arrived on a new working method during this project, which in retrospect was completely obvious. I blew up the thumbs I liked, and taped them down on a pad of tracing paper. One sheet above that, I drew the perspective grid. Afterwards, I drew each level on a new sheet (foreground, middleground, background). This was EXTREMELY helpful in keeping everything clean.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsvswoiRpA56m5kDcoeKuBM2aPi-b6c9HewLY4QHbUizmyWOK_vbCspggzJ4_vXdvR-OubE-S7Y3wGnTV5144x0YWaS8T5Ut2G2pR9LDN1XhX5MLItUmZxmSdebd67pDVydzJhEDHusHG/s1600-h/lines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsvswoiRpA56m5kDcoeKuBM2aPi-b6c9HewLY4QHbUizmyWOK_vbCspggzJ4_vXdvR-OubE-S7Y3wGnTV5144x0YWaS8T5Ut2G2pR9LDN1XhX5MLItUmZxmSdebd67pDVydzJhEDHusHG/s320/lines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202902933722265682" border="0" /></a>Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5002892629601571480.post-2617807167050257942008-05-21T10:30:00.001-07:002008-05-21T10:53:52.426-07:00Locksmith project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhYZlfrSrRAIBPE3C9mJitMdh5VJIUNjnQ52dg705XYHJL5QfD0k2YNYQMHMIfS6hnKsB8qBiy5dWwVv8jOEbj2BZ9nGhwnZ8Q3hpsWjS_q08kZBfQ8YukatnbyHxycmhycJZWKCkmfgy/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhYZlfrSrRAIBPE3C9mJitMdh5VJIUNjnQ52dg705XYHJL5QfD0k2YNYQMHMIfS6hnKsB8qBiy5dWwVv8jOEbj2BZ9nGhwnZ8Q3hpsWjS_q08kZBfQ8YukatnbyHxycmhycJZWKCkmfgy/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202887222731896818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This character is a whimsical version of "The Locksmith" in my Viz Dev class at SJSU. The back-story: He's a jazz lover from his old days, but had to stop playing when he lost his arm in Vietnam. I tried to space out his proportions to keep his body from having "the ladder" (even) effect, and I tried to cluster the features in the face to keep the interest there, and repeated the triangle shapes in his vest/hat to frame his face. Next up I'm going to turn him and get a lot more poses out (the ones I've done thus far are pretty similar and don't work as well). He also needs to look more like a locksmith, but I don't just want to tack on props...Micah A. Siberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04197286251294482302noreply@blogger.com1