Kristine Macasieb: Summer 2013 - Finals

It's about a month late, but here's how some of the projects I worked in this class are turning out. I still have quite a bit to do on the third one, but I'm getting there. I'm very sorry I missed the last class; my uncle was critically ill that Tuesday and then passed away the next day. Since then, I had been busy with family and the start of a new semester. But finally I have some things to post.

Thanks for a great class!

Kristine Macasieb: Interior tonals

Hello everyone. Sorry I missed last Tuesday's class. I was at a retreat from Sunday to Wednesday. Here are my lines and tonals so far. The first one is what I originally imagined in my head, but I came to like the 2nd and 3rd ones a little bit more.

Edit 8/13: hi guys. Sorry I can't make it to the last day of class. Im at the hospital with my relatives. I hope you guys have a good time today. And thanks Patrick! I learned alot from this class.

Kristine Macasieb: Interior thumbs

Here's the progress that I have so far for my first piece.

Here are thumbs for the next project. I chose to do the inside of the castle and so I went back to more byzantine and palace foyer references. Here, the prince meets the princess. However instead of just being a regular princess, I had this idea that she would be the guardian of the water of life. So the first time they meet, they would actually battle. 

Kristine Macasieb: Organic Tonal

Here's my black and white painting for an organic environment. I thought more about what could be taking place in this scene and decided that it would be after the prince got the water of life from the castle. He meets up with a shrewd magical dwarf, who has just informed him that his brothers are trapped in a ravine. The youngest prince tries talking the dwarf out of keeping them captive.

I had alot of trouble with the frozen waterfalls in the background. I tried to paint it after these kind of icicle formations but I'm still not very happy with how they came out.

edit: slightly changed

Kristine Macasieb: Organic Landscape - Thumbs

Hi everyone. I only made 4 thumbs because this past weekend was crazy. I wanted to make like six to eight more thumbs, so I'll probably post more online tomorrow. 

Top thumbs: In the story, the king falsely believes his youngest son tried to poison him, so he hires the huntsman to assassinate him in the forest. In these scenes, the huntsman either tells him to run away, or the prince is already running away.

Bottom thumbs: I thought it'd be cool if the protagonist had to trek through a frozen waterfall to get to the castle. 

Kristine Macasieb: Exterior Architecture BW and Color

From last week, I redid the values from my last piece. I also placed some colors, but I kept it rough because it will probably need changing.

My organic thumbs are on the way.

Kristine Macasieb: Week 3 HW

This is still quite rough, but here's what I have.

Kristine Macasieb: Week 2

Hello. I modified my thumbnail choice a bit. I took a bit more inspiration from the Burtchart Gardens in Canada and the Kronstadt Cathedral in Russia. In doing so, I'm not sure if I made the composition more cluttered. I tried arranging a path for the character towards the fountain.

Kristine Macasieb: Week 1 Assignment

Hi everyone! The story I picked was the Grimm fairy tale, The Water of Life. I chose to set the story in a fantasy medieval-esque type setting. The story mostly takes place within a steep mountainous and cold region where it's hard to farm land and the terrain is very dangerous. For the thumbnails, I chose the castle in which the youngest prince goes to fetch the water of life. The castle would be based on Neo-Byzantine architecture. My idea for the source of the water of life was that it was an area that the castle encloses. That area would be like a garden, blooming with flora that would otherwise be impossible to grow in such an arid part of the world. I had other ideas of making the secret place look more like a courtyard.

Outside the castle:

Summer 2013 - Kristine's Introduction

Hey y'all. I'm Kristine! I'm currently moving on to my 4th year at CSUF and I'm studying Illustration there. I think the homework said to upload one or two of my best work prior to the first day, so I'm just going to leave this here. I'm really looking forward to the class :)