more nudity!

      very pink ish! I like pink. who doesn't?

Selkie

Inspired after the Celtic legends of the Selkies, men and women that could (according to mythology) take the form of seals and live in the sea. Maybe I'll see one while I'm in Ireland!?

this is my selkie in her human form...she needs a name.

first life drawing session in Dublin - Sol Art Gallery

So I am waiting to start working at Boulder Media soon and until then I'm trying not to get extremely lazy! Life drawing seemed like a good idea, especially since I haven't done any proper life drawing for about a year now. I must admit that I almost cried during the first couple of poses,  after I noticed how 'rusty' I'd become. It was a good awakening and made me realise I should not take fundamental drawing practise for granted...so I've registered on this group of adults that get together every Tuesday at Sol Art Gallery to practise their life drawing and I'll be attending every week! the model was great -with a mixture of short and long poses- and the environment quite friendly so if you happen to be in Dublin and care for a good life drawing session you should come :)

My Knights in Armours

this is some more development work I did for that book Illustration job some time ago. these designs were followed by a few more until we ended up with our final main knight character that I cannot share online yet. Looking back, I am not super happy with these...not that I hate them, I just see so many other choices I could have made instead. still they were fun to draw and I've definitely learned from it. stay tuned for the next post :)

Ntoulapinitsa

sketches for the children's book I've  recently finished illustrating. The text comes from a talented Greek writer and I'm glad I was a part of the project. These did not exactly make it to the finals so I thought it would be ok to post. 

Other than that, I'm relocating to Dublin, Ireland in a couple of days for various reasons including work. Exciting times ahead - as I've never been there and know almost nothing about the country other than the fact that it rains a looot, the Irish like their beer, everyone is very friendly and the countryside is full of sheep! :D

soooo... the original sketch was of a cheerful lady enjoying her coffee at a shop...and then I chose to make it about someone being stood up on a date...which makes me realise I've been watching to many chick flicks including Sex and the City...I am ashamed. 

I tried not to use many layers for the human figure in this one. I finally managed to do it all in one layer , as I would do with traditional painting. It was good forcing myself to take more decisions since I could not manipulate it in different layers. It also 'forced' me to finish a lot faster. 

Lets do this more!

Animafest Cyprus

so... this is happening in Cyprus in a few days! My joint grad film Holy She*p has been in several festivals around the globe so far and has even achieved a few nominations and an award from the Hong 

Kong based festival Tech ex Cup International University Student Video Contest. This time I get to 

watch it in my home country! Animafest Cyprus is not the biggest animation festival out there but for 

me it is probably one of the most important ones since this is the first time I get to show my work to my 

fellow Cypriots. I honestly feel incredibly honoured! For such a small island facing huge problems at 

the moment, the fact that the arts are still being promoted and artists are somehow encouraged means 

the world to me. Go Animafest and congrats to the people bringing it together!! For those of you who 

love animation and are in Cyprus here's the link with more info. see you there :) http://www.animafest.com.cy/index.html

http://animafest.com.cy/program/

hmmm...

work  that was not used at the end but was a lot of fun doing and definitely good practise for a different style! I tried to re-draw this actress, sort of designing her, but in a semi-realistic look that could work for the purposes of rotoscoping. I found the task a lot harder than what I expected it to be, especially drawing the character so it would still portray the actual person but not in a realistic way, yet not in a cartoony or a caricature or a 'fantasy art' way. I am not sure whether I did a good job or not but it was worth a try either way :)

These are from a book illustration commission I'm currently working on. I was given the permission to post some of the work that's not going to be used even though I'm not allowed to reveal anything about the project. I can only say that the book is a lot of fun to read and illustrate. I cannot wait to see it published! 

self-portrait

I have a lot of work left for today... and yet I waste time painting silly little pictures of myself... oh well :D 

Do you ever wonder how you look like through the eyes of others? many of my classmates have been sketching me over the years and almost everyone is giving me a big Greek nose, massive eyes and a tiny chin! now there's a recipe for a cartoon character!

p.s for the those who can not read the Cypriot dialect - a Greek dialect, also influenced by Turkish, Arabic, English, Italian, and all the other 153800867400090821234 countries that have been invading the island over the years - the writing translates into "yes,  I like tea (mint tea)". i might be the one Cypriot who prefers mint tea over watermelon and frappe during a hot Mediterranean summer...

ah yeah... 15 wonderful minutes of procrastination...

back to work :)

AssassiN

NCCA - Group Project: Assassin from Magnus Kråvik on Vimeo.

Thought I should share this with you, the group project I worked on while studying at the NCCA. We were a group of five, 3 3D animation students and 2 Digital FX students! I've learned so much working on this completely different style of animation and collaborating with people coming from different backgrounds! I'm proud of the final results we got, considering it was all done during 7 weeks, including daily classes we had to attend and other assignments to complete.

For this project I did the visual development/ concept, part of the texturing for the frog and creature animation.

Thank you Aparna Janga, Magnus Kråvik, Venkatesh Kongathi and Hemanth Surana! You guys kick ass!