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Hey everyone, I realize it's been a while since I updated and I finally decided that I'm going to permanently move to my Tumblr account, since I don't really update this one ever. Thank you all for following my work and I hope you will continue to do so for my new blog, http://rachelthompsonart.tumblr.com/!

The Lily Nymphs

1st semester Vis Dev

Projects from my 1st semester of Visual Development. Again, a lot of these I'm not completely happy with, and hope to revisit them sometime

these 3 characters were our first project. We were tasked with creating a hero, support, and villain; one of which had to be robotic in some way, one female, and one male.

these were three vehicle designs based on the idea of kids fighting a neighborhood battle

creature design, a mix between a penguin and a ladybug

Prop design, had to design a prop that could dive underwater as well as repel radiation

Fugu & Nori were two original characters created for various projects throughout the semester. Nori, a sushi-loving submarine pilot, actually came first; then we had to revisit a past character from our first project. So I took "Sam", and turned him into Fugu, a boy with the unique ability to talk to fish.

This actually the second part to our first project. after doing the roughs of our 3 characters (mine were Yoon, Sam, and Dr. Shin from above) we had to switch characters and stories with a classmate and make it our own based on their idea. The 3 characters above are part of my classmates story about a boy with robot legs who wants to impress the fastest girl in school by joining the track team.

1st semester Illustration Class

mock outdoor billboard design

Book cover design

Four projects from 1st semester Illustration Class. A few need to be revisited for portfolio purposes and just because I'm not quite happy with them.

Birthday Girls

star princess Soo

without the fanfare 

General Chang

For my two roommates, who funnily enough share the same birthday. Happy Birthday guys, hope it was a good one!!!

p.s. right click and open in new tab to see up close, thanks!

Leftovers

Leftovers from the end of the semester. 

Title page for my portfolio, with and without text; as well as concepts for a visual development project I should be working on but have neglected so far this summer.

Vulcans cannot lie

It is illogical how in love I am with Spock. I haven't geeked out about a character this much since Severus Snape.

I am now a new fan of JJ Abrams Star Trek movies after seeing the second one in theaters and then going home to watch the first for the first time this weekend. I feel like I'm cheating on Star Wars, but seriously these movies are soooo good. You'd have to be out of your Vulcan mind to not enjoy them, whether or not you were a die-hard Trekkie to begin with ( I myself never really got into the original series, I've always remained faithful to the Force... until now ).  Can't wait for another, because these movies were so successful and amazing there's just no way they wouldn't think to make a third. I'm also excited to see how Abrams handles the new Star Wars movie Disney is going to make. Fascinating.

And just because I don't think I've thrown enough Star Trek puns and Spock references at you, I'll end it on one more:

Live long and Prosper!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

A quick drawing I did for Mother's Day, for my Mom and Grandmother. Inspired by the fact that my Grandmother's favorite animal is a bear, and because what movie better celebrates mothers than Brave?

I decided to keep it around the style of my first Brave drawing, with just three colors.

Marge Finchley

character done for Computer Illustration class.

one big illustration update

The first project up was "visual development for a an original video game."  My game was called "Ku'uaki" which is also the name of the main character. 

The basis of the story is that you play a hawaiian guardian spirit named Ku'uaki, whose job is to watch over the native flora and fauna. The island is in danger by Pele, the Volcano Goddess, who threatens to blow the volcano's top at any moment. In order to face Pele, Ku'uaki must first go up against the island's other gods and goddesses in various challenges; such as surfing, sledding, and racing. With each challenge she wins, Ku'uaki receives a tattoo that gives her a special skill/power that god/goddess possesses. Once she has beaten the other gods, only then does she have the strength to face the final boss, Pele, on her volcano.

The promotional poster design

without the logo

                                     

Environment design: Ku'uaki's secret cove 

Ku'uaki, the Hawaiian guardian spirit. Or more specifically, an aumakua honu, an ancestral Hawaiian spirit who can take the form of a turtle.

                                                 

Kamapua'a, the warlike god of boars; and also as an interesting fact, Pele's husband

Pele, the Volcano goddess of Mount Kilauea

Poliahu, the Snow goddess of Mauna Kea, and according to Hawaiian folklore, the most beautiful of the goddesses

Kamoho, Shark god and Pele's brother

A week long open photoshop project for Computer Illustration

A two page comic for my Illustration class