Sketch*Beats

a little comic strip

2012-01-24T18:23:00.001-05:00

I keep forgetting, and this keeps happening! haha

winter sketchies

2012-01-10T21:50:00.000-05:00

Blue pen was done in the awesome hot chocolate cafe SOMA in Toronto, the rest in a regular old Starbucks in Berkeley. Too many backs! I should've moved to better angles, but I'm very lazy :/

And yes, I am definitely going to make a comic! It's one of my new year's resolutions, and I intend to keep it!! *__*

flower

2011-12-14T19:03:00.000-05:00

here's an idea i have for a graphic novel. i'm still refining the story and characters, but i really wanna make it!

warm ups

2011-12-13T21:59:00.000-05:00

random character designs for fun... they kinda look like assassins or something!

drawing break!

2011-12-08T00:08:00.002-05:00

Supposed to be a badass biker chick design inspired by valkyries...but i guess you can't really tell unless she has her helmet on :( below are some concept doodles...

another card

2011-12-07T14:13:00.000-05:00

i made this for our manager susan when she transferred to another show :)

astrology

2011-12-02T16:58:00.001-05:00

Another fill! The prompt was to draw a humanized astrological sign. I chose my own sign, Leo. Some traits of Leos:

Pompous and patronizing,
Bossy and interfering,
Dogmatic and intolerant.

But I'm a nice gal, I swear! :O

hot brothers

2011-12-02T00:56:00.000-05:00

bros mako and bolin from the new avatar series....is it weird to post fanart of a show that hasn't even started yet? lol this is a prompt fill for the art jam blog but i just wanted an excuse to draw cool-looking anime characters :T

creepy dudes

2011-11-30T23:00:00.001-05:00

Quick after work doodle. I finally watched No Country For Old Men, and before that Drive. Even though they're from different time periods, I wanna see Driver and Anton face off!

run run run

2011-11-26T20:24:00.001-05:00

A little animation I did just for fun... the timing is totally off because I have no idea how to time gifs properly in photoshop haha

bday card

2011-11-21T19:33:00.000-05:00

For my awesome, super-talented friend and coworker Rosie
If I could knit, I would totally make a scorpion hat hahaha

L to the Ds

2011-10-27T01:18:00.000-04:00

1 min poses, sharpee on newsprint. Some of these are a lil too anatomical for my liking :/

back!!

2011-10-04T14:41:00.000-04:00

Sooo a lot of things have happened since I graduated! I did a story internship with Pixar for 3 months, then got hired on as a story artist! :D Needless to say I'm pretty stoked right now haha Still need to move into my new apartment, but once I settle down, I'll definitely start posting regularly again :3

In the meantime, here's a doodle of a character from an idea I've had for a while...

Thanks for stickin' around guys!

new portfolio site!

2011-04-28T05:05:00.000-04:00

Finally finished setting up my new portfolio site! Follow the link below! :)

Domee Shi - Story/Design/Animation Portfolio

first life drawings of 2011...

2011-04-18T15:32:00.000-04:00

Been posting a lot of girl drawings lately, so here's some naked men to balance it out!

super!

2011-04-17T22:31:00.001-04:00

Whew! Just putting the finishing touches on my thesis film right now, but it's basically done! 8) As a break from all that animating, I've joined an art group with my classmaties~ guuurlthatsmyjam Our first prompt: design a character for a randomly picked superpower. I got power charger, which enhances the powers of other superheroes. Razzmatazz shoots her friends with her giant heart taser gun and gives them a burst of energy! :) By day she is a super genius scientist hehe

prioritize!

2011-03-10T23:08:00.001-05:00

Make-up or hair?? I usually fudge both :(

handsome(?) men

2011-03-10T00:34:00.000-05:00

What's with the latest crop of teen romance movies and their brooding, humourless leading men (I'm looking at you, Twilight/Red Riding Hood/I am Number 4)? And for some reason, they seem to like hanging out in forests...

some girls

2011-03-08T23:25:00.001-05:00

And some cute clothes!

sketchies

2011-03-08T23:19:00.001-05:00

These days, the only time I have to sketch is during my elective classes. Here are some pages from my notebook! The last page is kinda funny cuz it was done during an 8am class where I hadn't slept the night before. My brain basically turned off mid-sentence, and I ended up scribbling a whole bunch of weird things (including a pokemon?? haha)

hunger games fanart

2011-02-20T00:45:00.000-05:00

Doodled to keep my sanity as I race to finish my thesis film haha I received all three Hunger Games books for Christmas, and tore through them in 2 days! The story really hooks ya! I don't remember the specific details of the characters, but this is my interpretation of Katniss, Prim, and Peeta :D

my true love!

2011-02-15T01:15:00.002-05:00

Happy Valentines Day! :D

composition doodles

2010-12-07T00:47:00.000-05:00

Practicing/procrastinating... : <

tangled

2010-12-05T00:27:00.005-05:00

I really liked it! Rapunzel was so cute and perky, and I loved Maximus the horse hehehe The resolution was a total cop out though, but all-in-all it had appealing characters, great animation, and gorgeous colours :D

pirates and aristocrats!

2010-12-03T16:42:00.000-05:00

...but no crossover, unfortunately :B These are some more life drawings I've done recently! Most are pencil sketches, the last one I corrected and cleaned over in Photoshop (what a cheater, I know :I )

together we're unlimited!

2010-11-10T20:33:00.002-05:00

I was fortunate enough to watch the musical Wicked last Friday, and it was so awesome! :D I've probably listened to the soundtrack a hundred times lolol If it comes to your city, be sure to see it!

to my friends :)

2010-11-08T19:32:00.002-05:00

Something silly I made for a 24 hour film-a-thon! Animated in Flash~ For those not in the K-pop know, this is a (bad) parody of a popular music video. Ahaha, now I'm a little embarassed XD

lifedrawings!

2010-11-06T18:51:00.002-04:00

Marathonned 3 lifedrawing classes back-to-back (that's 9 hours!!) on Monday~ here's a few I coloured in Photoshop :)

kids

2010-10-13T04:29:00.002-04:00

The main characters in my film are a little girl and her big brother, so for a while I was sketching a lot of kids. Comparing my final storyboards to these early designs, the siblings' relationship has completely changed!

kidnapped!

2010-10-02T01:00:00.001-04:00

Done for a contest over at Sketchoholic.com! The theme was 'nocturnal'. BG is a little rushed, and I haven't worked with tones in a while so I'm definitely rusty >-< Ah well, this was fun to draw!

ditched ideas

2010-09-23T13:47:00.000-04:00

A story about 3 characters in a boarding house. It became too complicated, and didn't really have a point...

A horror-comedy where a farmer finds something unexpected. I couldn't resolve the ending, plus I wasn't happy with the farmer's design....

I did finally decide on a story, and recently boarded out a first pass of the whole film. Still gotta work out lots of stuff though, including art direction (a major weakness of mine! As you can see, I usually stick to character designs and only ever dabble in environments and colour). Wish me luck!

....don't ask, don't ask....

2010-07-07T21:41:00.002-04:00

Latest trend among the high Victorian/Alien class...they're called 'mother-in-laws'........ require little food but at least 5 cigs a day....

Gah, I've been so lazy these last 2 months! Gotta draw more...gotta work on 4th year film! >:I

alive!

2010-04-23T16:13:00.003-04:00

I survived 3rd year! Yahoooo! :'D Now here's some stuff from my sketchbook~

old man

2010-04-07T03:16:00.000-04:00

But he's young at heart!

woodpeckers!

2010-04-06T03:55:00.001-04:00

Here's some more exploration drawings for my 4th year film!

life

2010-03-21T02:53:00.001-04:00

Argh, kinda losing structure in some of these, but I like how the overall gestures turned out...

freehand doodles

2010-03-20T01:37:00.000-04:00

Man, I love designing outfits lol

Swimming Lessons

2010-03-12T19:48:00.002-05:00

Here's a short leica reel I just finished for class. Working with such a short piece of music was certainly a challenge, but I learned a lot about simplifying and staging a story! :) Drawn in pencil, toned in Photoshop, composited in Premiere.

dairy damsel

2010-02-19T03:38:00.000-05:00

Still exploring styles and colours~ :)

A film idea...

2010-02-16T22:02:00.000-05:00

bleh

2010-01-26T02:37:00.000-05:00

Some possible redesigns for group film project. Decisions, decisions....

lily

2010-01-14T02:14:00.001-05:00

layouts 'n backgrounds

2009-12-25T02:16:00.006-05:00

Here's the final background for my final (and only) animation assignment this semester. I'll post the whole thing once youtube stops being a bum about file format >:I

And some scrapped layout concepts for the group film project...

today i watched avatar

2009-12-23T02:01:00.005-05:00

The Na'vi are cool... in an 8-ft-tall-blue-cat-people kinda way...

tintin

2009-12-14T02:30:00.007-05:00

The comics are pretty neat! I'm intrigued/concerned about the upcoming motion-capture movie, though...:0

a scruffy writer

2009-12-13T01:24:00.003-05:00

One of many scrapped concepts for my group film project. I think we're on the third (and hopefully last) story revision now, lol

fun with fineliner (and a lil' gouache too)

2009-12-13T01:04:00.009-05:00

boys boys boys

2009-11-03T23:19:00.003-05:00

My fav is numba 2 :)

Quickies

2009-10-22T21:39:00.007-04:00

More stuff for the group film~ Colour is hard! D:

Concepts~

2009-10-20T18:53:00.004-04:00

Group film stuff!

some lifedrawings

2009-10-19T23:27:00.004-04:00

30 sec - 1 min.

Just trying out gesture drawings with fineliner~ Gawd, haven't updated in months D:

ppl doodles=poodles

2009-08-06T22:34:00.004-04:00

Some old stuff :0

moar zoo sketchies

2009-08-06T22:24:00.006-04:00

Fun times~!

Cute!

2009-07-12T22:01:00.006-04:00

I like couples who walk in unison ^^

warning: extreme nerdage ahead

2009-07-11T13:40:00.005-04:00

I usually hate the science fiction genre, but the new Star Trek film's converted me! lol Apologies in advance for any costume inaccuracies; doodled these from memory >_<

miscellaneous

2009-07-11T13:30:00.011-04:00

Some redesigns of old characters, and ideas for new ones! Also doodles that're just for fun :)

zoooooo

2009-07-11T13:20:00.005-04:00

I bought an annual zoo membership card, so I can get more practice drawing animals! I've only visited twice so far, but I'm slowly getting used to the smell... >.>

X-men Origins: Wolverine

2009-05-01T17:48:00.003-04:00

Gonna see it tomorrow! Love love love Hugh Jackman (especially in The Prestige <333), so even if the movie sucks, I'll still enjoy watching HIM on the big screen =w= hehe

Character designs

2009-04-03T23:04:00.006-04:00

This was an assignment for school, where we had to create a cast of characters set in a specific time period. I chose early Victorian England, and I guess the story is a horror-love-comedy? It's about a girl who has to save her dimwitted brother from his man-eating fiance :0

Here are some animal characters I also did for school. I need to draw animals more, my designs are kinda generic :(

That's all for now~

Lighthouse

2009-02-21T14:43:00.006-05:00

Photoshop CS2. Ah, so cliched, I know~ I wanted to try out some new brush techniques for this class assignment. Started with a B/W tonal then added colours using overlay layers. The sky was fun to paint. The water was the hardest >:0 Critiques please!

U-update... D8

2009-02-15T12:04:00.008-05:00

That's it, I'm resolving to buy a scanner this weekend for my dorm room, so I can scan stuff and update more frequently! >:I In the meantime, please excuse this massive sketchdump...

Leica Reel

2008-12-21T18:51:00.003-05:00

This is my final project of the semester for storyboarding class. If I could fix one thing it would be to add more animation movements~ I think I was too ambitious with this, and didn't give enough time for certain sequences to play out :/ Especially when the two kids are flying in the air, I really wanted to extend that for a bit and get them into some crazy hijinks with power lines and airplanes and stuff, but I was running out of time so I had to cut it short :( Oh well, please enjoy!

Sketchdump time~

2008-12-18T21:27:00.005-05:00

It's been a while!

EDIT: Here's some caricatures! Just sat down in the mall cafeteria and started drawing people lol

New animation!

2008-12-17T21:56:00.003-05:00

Fun fun fun :)

I feel so disappointed in myself

2008-11-23T01:03:00.003-05:00

Just regular sketchbook crap

2008-09-21T12:50:00.004-04:00

sigh...

Why so serious? (Edit)

2008-07-16T17:54:00.009-04:00

Photoshop CS2 & Painter IX

Two more days until The Dark Knight premieres! *__*

EDIT (07/21/08):

Photoshop CS2

So I ended up watching the movie TWICE, lol. Best damn superhero flick ever! XD The Joker totally stole the show, but Harvey Dent stole my heart! (hawhaw lamest line ever *shoots self*) *Spoilers, highlight to read* Such a tragic character T^T Wish he'd come back in the third film, if they ever make one... I'm so depressed they killed him off. Or did they?? 'Cuz I did some snooping around the net and some people are speculating that he didn't die and they faked the whole funeral, and he was instead shipped off to Arkham Asylum. I really hope so. We need more Two-Face, definitely! *End of spoilers*

Ballooooon

2008-07-15T15:31:00.006-04:00

Painter IX
Stupid girl, you're supposed to tie the string around your wrist :I

It's not what you think...

2008-05-12T01:24:00.006-04:00

...I'm not obsessed with Iron Man, I swear. I just think the character of Tony Stark is full of awesomesauce =w=

Photoshop 7. Er... I don't know how to draw metal surfaces, clearly >> Practice, practice... One of my favourite parts of the movie was when Iron Man fired a chest beam at the Iron Monger, and I suddenly thought "CARE BEAR STARE!!" Lmao~

Fanart sketchdump

2008-05-09T01:07:00.005-04:00

Here's some Ace Attorney doodles, some new some old (like from a month ago).Why do I not have more Ace Attorney fanart up here? =_= Phoenix's hair is hard to draw...

Some Apollo Justice sketches, and BL 8D Hurhurhur... *gets shot* Man, Klavier/Apollo are a really cute pairing! IMHO, Klavier's too girly to top, but Apollo's SUCH a stereotypical bottom, hahaha.

Wh-what? Gavins as toddlers? D8 Even for a fangirl, this is shameful OTL But..so..cute..

Oh man~ I can't believe I was lame enough to draw Iron Man fanart =_= Gotta watch that movie again though. I don't remember much of the details...

Haha~ this never happened in the movie, but I could totally see Tony Stark pulling one of them 'painted on glasses gags' just to mess with Pepper. I <3 the dynamics between those two characters! X)

That's all for now~

Final painting assignment

2008-04-16T21:07:00.006-04:00

Damn~ I pulled an all-nighter finishing this to hand in today, but the stupid school print shop won't gimme the print until tomorrow. What a waste 8( Man I'm tired...

Done in Painter IX. Graah~ This is so not my original concept ><>> Everything seems so much paler on it... so forgive me if I blind you guys... Damn damn damn I just can't seem to get the hang of painting! Everything I produce seems so forced, and the elements and colours don't seem to harmonize at all and wth is with the weird light source aaaaaaaa *brain melts*

P-pencil...pencil is still my bff T__T

Wow, I need to update more often...

2008-04-04T22:10:00.005-04:00

Just a few drawings from my most recent sketchbook compiled together~ I promised my friends I'd scan them :0

Here's our latest assignment for character design class. Heavily influenced by Blacksad, and maybe a little Jim Carrey from the movie Liar Liar, hahaha~

That's all for now!

Head Turn/Lip Sync Assignment

2008-03-15T02:30:00.007-04:00

Previous animation assignment, where we choose an existing character and animate a head turn accompanied by a lip sync (audio provided by instructors =_= yea...). I decided to do Dean from The Iron Giant, which by the way is my all-time favourite animated feature <3

Another speed paint

2008-02-05T02:04:00.000-05:00

Photoshop CS2, 1-2 hours

Pink Panther Walk

2008-01-28T00:01:00.000-05:00

First animation assignment of the semester~ The head was fun to animate 8) Arms were a bitch though...

Compy sketches UPDATED

2008-01-20T13:12:00.000-05:00

Ema & Trucy from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Out Feb. 19th! Gotta get it! Gotta get it! *o*)

Done once again in digital tools class in Painter :P I started colouring this, but gave up. Ah man, the monitors in the computer lab are pretty messed up! 8( The colours looked fine on the computer there, but when I brought it home everything was all dark and muddy. Graah, and I don't feel like messing around with the colour balance or the levels, 'cause I'll probably never get it the same colour as I originally intended it to be. 8( So..ya. Not finishing this anytime soon.

UPDATE: Wow, so I finally got around to finishing that Ema & Trucy pic, even though I said I wouldn't 8) Change of heart I guess?

Some Girly Guy

Playing around with ArtRage at the moment :3 It's pretty nifty; like Painter without the extra crap! I like the different textured surfaces you can draw on too. Anyway, I guess this is like, what, a 'faux' pencil sketch? Haha~ If only real-life pencils came with an undo button :<

Back from outer space...

2008-01-11T20:29:00.001-05:00

...with life drawings! 80 Maaan, 3 weeks of doing absolutely nothing really messed up my drawing abilities XD At least they're easing us back into work at school though~ Not much pressure other than that scary bone test everyone's freaking out about (including me), which reminds me I'd better study some more...

30 sec. (damn, gonna add that extra stroke so his raised arm doesn't look like it's a floating sausage thing =_=)

1 min. (neck...neeeck D8 It's there, I swear!)

3 min. (...)

Eh, haven't updated in a while, so here's a few pages from my current sketchbook. Some observed, most from my messed up mind >.>

and one more for the road...

It's over 9 thousaaaannnndd!!!

*dies*

Box Fold

2007-12-12T17:25:00.000-05:00

Meh. I finished this a while ago~ Was this the most annoyingly boring animation assignment or what?

Bones 'n Stuff

2007-12-06T12:27:00.001-05:00

Character Expression Sheet: Hehehe~ I like drawing fat, goofy old men ^^

Bones: Ah~ >__> The quality of these drawings are so inconsistent, 'cause I did them over a span of...what, 2 months? 3? All I know is, the pelvis was a bitch to draw =___= Gawd. Skull was the most fun~~ I used a real one! 80 Like, one that used to belong to a living breathing human being~ Creeeeepy 8(

Quickie

2007-11-20T21:58:00.001-05:00

Hmm... maybe I should actually pay attention in class rather than doodle in Photoshop >> Anyway, here's another cg I did. Should I call this a speed paint? =__= The messy quality of the brushstrokes would suggest so, but I actually spent a few hours on this...like...2. >> Which is pretty slow. God I'm slow. 8( Don't like the colours either... Aaaa I miss you openCanvas! D:

Oh, and thanks Chang for the critiques 8<

Ball and Tail Animation

2007-11-18T02:27:00.001-05:00

Our latest animation assignment. Hohoho.... it took about 25 hours to do, but I'm finally done! 8D *faints*

Lots of Drawings

2007-11-13T21:57:00.002-05:00

Hands and feet assignment - Bah. I have ugly feet D:

Character sheet - Drawing her expressions was fun :3