Emily So

I illustrated the images to this animatic for an animated sitcom being pitched as an Adult Swim show written by my old client, Jonathan Katz. It’s called Bloodworth, and unfortunately I think the website is down at the moment. But you can check out the old character designs and artwork I’ve done for him.

The script for the pilot at least is complete (it’s more than just this scene), and I’ve read it before. I think it’s really funny, and it’s a show I’d actually watch 😛

Check out the animatic:

I hope this show gets fully animated and really popular some day!

It’s that time of year again (almost Halloween!). I just kind of quickly whipped together a new promo poster for the game I worked on last year, Monstr, at Rosstin‘s request.

The update will be available for Halloween 😀 As of right now it’s available on iOS.

At the request of one of the Youtube users who watched one of my previous tutorial vids, I made this video.

I hope this is useful! :D!

I’m long overdue for another illustration of some hot chick for the year.

I drew the line work for this character alongside some designs for some other characters I drafted. Perhaps I’ll fully illustrate those too. Here are some in progress shots:

And close-ups to scale (click on the images for full zoom):

Now I’ve got to get back to actual work now >_>

I feel like this crowd was a bit more receptive to Dinnersaurus, though I did have 3 days of tabling instead of 2 or 1 like at the last 2 cons I went to. There weren’t nearly as many little kids, and the age groups seemed to be more somewhere in the middle, mostly between middle schoolers to college students.

I discovered from one of the artists’ tables another method of going about plush dolls. I could just do 2D prints of the dinosaurs, cut out their silhouettes, sew another piece of fabric to the back of them in the shape of their silhouettes and stuff them. For now this seems like a much more viable option. I definitely think the Dinnersaurus table needs something soft and cuddly!

People also asked about the video game, wondering if they could buy it in the app store. Some day we will! But for now it is mostly a crowd magnet for our table during conventions. It’s so funny how people get so offended when Baby Dino throws out the steaks they try to feed him and then give up trying 😛 Don’t take it personally, he’s just a baby dino and you can always try again and again!

In case you haven’t seen the game or forgot, here’s an old video of it that I’ve posted in the past:

I had people play it on my Cintiq Companion 2 at the con, on the touch screen. Probably easier and quicker than touch pad or mouse.

As for what I think is the most important thing for Dinnersaurus in general — the books themselves! Aaahhh! I definitely need to put in at least some hours every single week into these pages and work towards finishing the second book. Now I’m giving myself a deadline: MoCCA Fest. I hope I can get a table there, and people have been recommending that convention to me and it does certainly look like Dinnersaurus would fit in much better there, and the artists’ work there look really cool!
Deadlines tend to make me push myself harder. Some day perhaps we’ll see Baby Dino finally get a bath?

Thank you all for your continued support of Dinnersaurus Rex!

Dinnersaurus Rex is coming to Liberty City Anime Con in NYC from the 19th-21st!

Since it’s so expensive for me to even get access to a power outlet at the con, I’ll only probably have the video game up for people to play on Sunday to maximize the magnetic force of the Dinnersaurus table. I will be tabling at the Artist Alley. I’m not sure at which table yet, it looks like first come first serve.

I have no idea what to expect from this con — it’s a completely different demographic than the previous 2 cons I went to, which were more focused on superhero-based comics (and this will be for 3 days). At an anime con, however, the demographic is much more open to “kawaii” stuff. But I’m sure I’ll be competing against tons of other kawaii stuff. I’m not trying to sell Dinnersaurus as an anime thing exactly, but more of as an original brand made up of a series of original artwork to be featured in an artist alley.

*shrug* Mamasaurus and Sweetie Dino both have anime-esque eyes, does that count? And the bunny too.

Anyway, basically the only new thing I got for this upcoming con is this huge fleece blanket:

I’m mainly going to use it as a table cloth at the con so that the lower part of it shows up in front of the table like a poster. In my experience, a matte paper poster is really stiff and curls up into itself way too much. Instead of going to sites where they specifically print custom images on felt tablecloths designed for conventions, I just printed a blanket on Zazzle because it cost much less. And it doubles as a blanket!

I will put it up for sale for twice the cost to produce and ship, but I’m not expecting anyone to buy it because if they do, I won’t have a poster hanging off my table anymore 😥 but at least I’ll have the money to just buy another printed blanket for the next con, I guess.

If you happen to be in New York City and you can get into the con, feel free to come by and buy a few Dinnersaurus books and paraphernalia! No shipping costs 😀

Wish me luck at this con!

I couldn’t stop repeatedly saying “Do you LUUV Chinpokomohh?” as I was working on this. It irritated my boyfriend. Of the South Park episodes I’ve watched, that was one of the funnier ones — most others either make me really sad or are kind of overly crass and vulgar for my taste.

I did this for a Pokemon fanzine which looks like pretty much a book full of Pokemon fan art. You can pre-order the zine here.

I currently have an obsession with illustrating characters eating delicious-looking food.

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Today I’m posting about one of my very diligent students, Stacy (age 20), whom I’ve taught for over a year now. We started out with digital 2D animation, then went into digital illustration. She is currently an undergraduate student studying Biology.

After many animation lessons, she decided to take on a long-term project: a 2D animated short. I helped her by providing her with reference images to work off of. Here are the first two background images she painted:

She then decided to focus more on sharpening her drawing and painting skills. First we worked off of Maxfield Parrish:

We have since been working off of the background imagery of Ori and the Blind Forest (yes, I’m still mind-blown by that game and all its beauty).

We focused on using different colors to portray a sense of warmth and coolness, such as the warm orange underneath the green, and the purples between the oranges and the blues. Bringing out the lighting effects is more than just bringing the colors closer to black or white.

In this next painting, we focused on controlling contrasts and a bit of lighting. Stacy learned to demonstrate a sense of depth as colors were richer and brighter when they were a bit closer to the light source, and a little darker and faded as objects were placed further away from the light.

And here is Stacy’s latest work in progress (also looking off of Ori and the Blind Forest):

She has definitely gotten way better with grass, lighting, controlling hardness and softness and colors. She has been very patient with trying again and again on different parts of every painting she works on, and this is one of the most frustrating things to do as an artist. Whether it’s getting the grass right, the texture of the tree or what have you, it takes quite a bit of courage, patience and persistence to erase your work and try again in efforts to improve. Stacy has demonstrated a great amount of dedication as a student of the visual arts, even in recent weeks as she has been taking her final exams!

I am ecstatic about Stacy’s progress over time and I couldn’t be more proud. I am truly honored to be the teacher of such an awesome student. Thank you, Stacy, you’ve been a great pleasure to teach, and I look forward to fulfilling more of our goals together!

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