Final Thesis Pieces

These are the final two pieces from my senior thesis. Both are paper cut outs with dimension.

 This was the most challenging and most fun of all my thesis pieces to make. The rain is made from easter grass that's glued together. Made of paper, gouache, and easter grass.

This one is small but fun. It's made of paper and gouache as well. 

Both of these pieces allowed me to try new techniques and methods of paper cutting and experiment with it as well. With each piece I do, I seem to learn more and more, which is amazing!

BONUS:

While I was going through all my moving boxes, I found some other paper pieces that I don't think I ever shared. So I decided to post them here.

This was made for a gallery I got to be a part of last year. The show was called "The Cute Show" and featured a bunch of talented artists!

This was also for the same show. It's based off of the Legend of Zelda: Windwaker game. This one never quite got finished but I still enjoy the boat and characters.

Namu the Forest Guardian

This has been a very busy month for me since this is my last month of college. But that also means I've been very productive, whipping out one project after another. So I decided to share one of my projects that I just finished for my thesis.

This is Namu. He is one of the main characters in the story I've been working on for my thesis.

He's a marionette puppet that I've built entirely from scratch.

He has a hinged jaw so you're able to open and close it by using a wire that is attached to the rod that comes out of the back of his head. His feet are also hinged so they can rotate to fit whatever he is standing on.

He also features LED eyes that are able to be turned off and on using the same rod.

He's very easy to use and fun to play with. :> His ears, the curly vine on his head, and his tail are completely poseable, so he can convey a variety of emotions. His back is also completely flexible so he can bend in many ways, depending on how he needs to be posed.

Happy New Year

I hope everyone's having a great new year so far! I'm going to try even harder this year to continue to improve my artwork and technical abilities! 

Illustrator/Photoshop

This is my current concept that I'm working on for my thesis. I'm still messing around with the story and the character designs. 

This was also a huge experiment to see if I could take a digital image and make it look like a paper cut out. It took a little longer to do it this way, but I was definitely able to learn a lot from it.