New Projects

Right now my life has increased in things to do. I just finished a book dummy for the Long Catnap, which is coming along swimmingly. Soon I will be jumping into the final illustrations. I am also starting to work on an ice cream label. There is also a whole new group of Treasure Reef illustrations on my plate as well, and only two months left of college. I am hoping to document some of these endevers in the next week or so. Just and update.


Courtney

New Project

The project that you see above is my new book that I am calling, The Long Catnap. It is about a cat named Brigitte and her adventures in her dreams, where she meets a friend named Carl. It's a very cute book. What you see above are the beginning stages. My story board includes the color scheme, story line, and page layout. I hope you like it!

Fact Illustration

I just recently finished the fact illustration that I had talked about in an earlier post. I am decently happy with it. The only thing that is flawed is the colored pencil on it but it's nothing that a little digital paint can't fix. Just incase you didn't read the other post the fact that is being illustrated is that zebra's can't see the color orange, which is why he is running over the orange cones! Funny, huh?

More Inspiration

So today I got to see an inside look at the Columbus Museum of Art's storage facility. It was amazing to stand inches away from a Monet and get to see ever little brush stroke that he made. There is so much soul in his pieces. I love it. I also got to see some original Disney character cels from Cinderella and Fox and the Hound. Talk about inspiration. Seeing the art pushes me to try even harder on making my work fantastic. If anyone gets the chance to go behind scenes in ANY museum they should take the chance...they will not be disappointed.


Courtney 

Treasure Reef...aka my other children's book

The piece you see above is a digital painting piece for a children's/young adult book about some rebelious kids in the 18th century who set off on a journey to find the famous treasure reef. I have about 60 pages written as of now and am still going. The illustration style that I chose is colorful and cartoon like. I think it appeals to both sets of audiences. I am planning on going back in and tightening things up once I have got some extra time on my hands...spring break perhaps?

Inspiration

Ok, so like I said above, I found these backgrounds from Disney's Pocahontas. This is the one that really inspired me the most. The colors are breath taking! Look at that pink. Makes me sick. Anyways just thought I would share. 


Courtney

Old works from last semester

Alright! I am finally able to upload pictures onto this thing. Last semester here at CCAD I was working on an environmental awareness children's book, dealing with the current National Park pollution problem. The scene above is the opening scene. I love the calm, sereneness of this piece. I have since taken a hiatus from this book, but I am hoping to jump back in this semester. Work load willing. I was hunting for inspiration online and I came across an amazing blog for animation backgrounds, which held a number of Disney backgrounds from Pocahontas. These really inspired the setup and color scheme for this piece. I originally hand painted on 12 x16 canvas with oils and then brought that into photoshop and touched it up with some digital paint.

Alright lets get this thing started! I am currently having some issues uploading photos to this page, but hopefully I will be able to by the end of the week. I am currently working on some illustrations. One for a children's book which I am writing and illustrating called the long cat nap and the other is a spot illustration depicting a strange factoid. Which is the fact that zebra's cannot see the color orange. Who knew? I am hoping to be able to upload pictures of them soon. I am super excited about both of them! Until then I will try to stay updated.

Courtney