Chui, the Character Design for the Speech Graduation at the Art Center!

Hello!!

Today's post was a fun work! My teacher, and friend, Richard Keyes, who I have been working as a Teacher Assistant for around a year already, was honored with the Great Teacher Award 2013 at the Art Center College of Design. He did a great speech for the Summer 2013 graduates, and surprised me, he asked me to design Chui, a character that will illustrate his speech. That is how Chui born, a character that illustrate our lives after the Art Center.

It was a very fun work for me. I decided to inspire Chui based on  some of my classmates on the class I was working as a TA. I did some previous designs, and we choose Dahye-Chui for being the one that was reflecting his idea.

Please read the speech here, and more about the Graduation and Richard:
http://blogs.artcenter.edu/dottedline/2013/08/20/2013-great-teacher-award-winner-richard-keyes-delivers-graduation-address-student-drawn-allegory-included/

I hope you like it!

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Holaaaaa!!!

Lo que posteo hoy ha sido un trabajo muy divertido de hacer! Mi profesor  y amigo Richard Keyes, con el cual llevo trabajando cerca de un año ya como Ayudante de profesor, ha sido premiado como mejor profesor de la escuela, ganando el titulo de Great Teacher Award 2013 en  Art Center College of Design. Como mejor profesor, le pidieron que realizara el discurso de despedida a los graduados de verano 2013, y el, para mi sorpresa, me pido que lo ilustrara. Asi nacio Chui, un personaje que ilustra su discurso representando nuestras vidas despues de la graduacion en Art Center.

Como he dicho antes, me lo he pasado muy bien diseñandola. Para crear a Chui, me he basado en cuatro de mis compañeras de clase que encajaban perfectamente con su perfil. Y basados en el texto de Richard decidimos que Dahye-Chui era la que reflejava  mejor su idea. 

Os dejo la web de art Center donde se habla mas de todo esto, y donde podeis leer el discuros de graduacion escrito por Richard.

http://blogs.artcenter.edu/dottedline/2013/08/20/2013-great-teacher-award-winner-richard-keyes-delivers-graduation-address-student-drawn-allegory-included/

Espero que os guste!

Kt

Old Memories!

My teacher  Richard Keyes, for who I am working as a Teacher Assistant on the class Story in a Picture, asked me once "how many possibilities a page of a comic can have" And my answer was "infinite, just depends on the story you want to tell". So he asked me to do a demo to the class, and I used the board, but after he encouraged me to "clean" the pages and asked me permission to add them to his talk at Motivarti, for the same class he is giving "Story in a Picture".  I made of that idea my project for Graphic novel where I present different ways to tell the same one page story.

I started with the classic: Landscape introduction. Action shoot, and close up. It totally could be a storyboard too.

Reaction to Action equal feeling. Changing the order of the panels we got the same story but a different version, now we care more about the character.

Now we have Consequence to Cause to feeling. She feels lonely  and sad ( and she is alone on the background) because she got a sad letter.

 Now gets complicated: we have introduction, subject: she have a letter, she opens the letter (Is about the letter this time, we have to know that who wrote it was meaningful for her), she is sad, and you the conclusion, bad news on the letter.

Now the important is the time. She is alone, feels lonely and hopeless. she opens the letter, action to action (repetition to make clear she spends a loot of time crying, she is very sad), the letter, and time passes by, sunset is almost gone.

Now we focus on her emotions, she is lonely, close up of her face reading, what is she reading, action reaction to the bad news, and letter flying away as a methaphore that is nothing to do.

This is focus on how to introduce a next scene, or a new color. I choose Orange because goes with the lonely and quiet feeling I wanted to give to the story. She is reading on a background going orange to light purple. She cries, she reads, and she is so sad that night comes by and she din't even noticed. we go orange to purple. And Blue remains for the letter. Special objects need special colors.

Thanks!!! I hope it will be useful!!

Kt

Robin Hood!!!!!!!!!! New portfolio Spring 2013!

Hello!!!!!

Finallyyyyy It's done!!!!!  The term is over!! And I am alive haha! I survived to this super extreme term at the Art Center! This term was a very very special and unique term! I had the tremendous luck to be mentored by Lorelay Bove! A great successful artist, that had been to me one of the best teacher's ever, and one of the best combination of great artist-wonderful person I ever meet. Which I never will have enough thankful words to say how much thankful I am for this experience! Was great!
As a main goal, I developed under her supervision,  a full portfolio Orientated on Visual Development with a focus on Storytelling. I will keep  posting later on about it, because was an incredible learning process.

Also, this term, I had the great luck to count with he Vis dev Class that Ricardo Delgado is giving at the Art Center. He aloud me to develop different aspects of the same portfolio. I am also very thankful to him! Who always have been very supportive and encouraging with me! And from who I learned a lot of sensibility in storytelling.

Richard Keyes is other name I shouldn't forget! The Color and Story Teacher (for whom I am working for as a Teacher Assistant at the Art Center). For giving me always  a lot of confidence in my self, and from who I learned a lot about being passionated about your work!

And well, probably I would never had that much work if I was not counting with the always supportive  Bobby Pontillas. That was always there on my down moments with an always something good and kind to say to push my work further.  Who always had patience for my horrible mood under stress! Thanks for being always there!!

So well thanks to all this people, and the always support of family and friends, and 3 months of reclusive life at home without social life, because of course I also had my other 3 classes at the Art Center, I could proudly present my " Robin Hood" Portfolio, of Summer 2013. A project that gave me a  lot of learning, hard moments, night cries, non sleep, hand pain (because of drawing and re doing work), stress, and pressure, but the most important, a lot of joy and personal satisfaction to be able to finish such an ambitious portfolio. And today that I sleep and took a shower (finally!!! hahaha) I can LOUDLY say that I am VERY HAPPY!!!!! And ready to move on on the next one!!!!!!!

huhu! end of my talk!!! :D

Kt

Here is my new Portfolio site in case anyybody wants to see the work after this long talk! hahah!: http://katinwonderland.prosite.com/130252/1286884/gallery/robin-hood-visual-development-spring-2013

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Holaaaaaa!!!!!!

Por fin ya he acabadooooo!!!! Y estoy viva! He sobrevivido a este dificilisimo trimestre en Art Center!!
Este Trimestre ha sido tambien, muy especial y unico. he tenido la tremenda suerte De realizar un estudio Independiente con Lorelay Bove! Una gran artista, que aparte de ser un talento en la Industria de la animacion y la perfecta combinacion de genial personalidad, ha sido una de las mejores profesoras que jamas he tenido! Para la cual nunca tendre suficientes palabras de agradecimiento por esta extraordinaria experiencia! Ha sido fantastico!
Como objetivo final para el estudio independiente, he desarrollado bajo su supervision un nuevo portafolio para Concepto visual enfocado en la narrativa. Mas adelante pondre mas detalles de ello, porque ha sido un no parar de aprender!

Ademas este trimestre, he tenido la suerte de contar con la clase de Visual development que Ricardo Delgado da en Art Center. Me ha dado la oportunidad de desarrollar otros aspectos para el mismo portafolio. le estoy muy agradecida a el tambien!! Quien siempre ha sido un pilar de soporte y animos! De quien he aprendido mucho sobre la sensibilidad en narrativa!

Richard Keyes  Es otro nombre que no devo olvidar! El profesor que imparte Color " Story ( Para el cual, ademas trabajo de asistente en Art center).  le doy las gracias por darme siempre mucha confianza en mi misma,   y del cual he aprendido mucho sobre ser apasionado con tu trabajo!

Y bueno, probablemente este portafolio no seria lo que es si no huviera contado con el apoyo de
Bobby Pontillas. Que siempre ha estado ahi en mis momentos bajos, con algo bueno que decir para que no tirara la toalla!
That was always there on my down moments, and who had always something good to say to push my work further. El cual ha tenido mucha paciencia con mi mal humor bajo la presion! Gracias por estar siempre ahi!

Asi que bueno, gracias a toda esta gente, y a el soporte de mis amigos y familia, y despues de 3 meses de vida reclusa en casa sin apenas vida social, porque ademas tenia 3 clases mas en Art center, puedo estar orguyosa de presentaros mi  " Robin Hood" Portfolio, of Summer 2013.
Un proyecto que me ha dado un monton de aprendizaje, momentos duros, noches de llorera, noches sin dormir, daño en la mano (de tanto redibujar y repetir cosas), estres y presion, pero sobretodo lo mas importante, una tremenda  alegria y satisfaccion personal al haber podido completar un portafolio tan ambicioso. Y hoy que por fin he dormido y me he duchado (por fin eh?? jajajaja)  puedo decir a GRITOS que ESTOY MUUUUY CONTENTAA y feliz!!!!!!!! Y preparada para tirar adelante con el siguiente!!!!!!!

Ala! Fin de la charla! :D

Kt

Y nada! Aqui os dejo el nuevo portafolio por si a alguien le entra la curiosidad despues de tanta habladuria:
 http://katinwonderland.prosite.com/130252/1286884/gallery/robin-hood-visual-development-spring-2013