This is Not a See Through Donut

We finally started learning 3D Studio Max. One of our assignments was to render a protein using sub surface scattering. We downloaded the protein structures from Pudmed and we added a mesh to the stick models  in 3DSMax to create surface of the protein. This file tried to murder my computer several times, but I like the outcome so it was worth some computer destroy-age. 

This is Hemoglobin S (not a donut), a mutated version of Hemoglobin that causes sickle cell anemia.

  

Dragon Paddle Boat

I went paddle boating last week. It was a good day :)

Dress Up Dolls

While sitting through a very long Edward Tufte lecture (which was very interesting), I started drawing things that I wore throughout the week. Then I got bored at home and started to color the little sketches. Now I am inspired to draw as many outfits (non-repeating) as possible and to color them whenever I have about 2-3 hours to kill. The dress up doll is what I wish I looked like. 

 Tuesday

 Wednesday

Thursday

I did not have time to color in Monday and Friday, I'll get to them later. 

Hopefully there will be more  soon!!

Pink

Sometimes I just wanna draw something for fun

If anyone needs some color inspiration, check out http://design-seeds.com/ . It's quite fun

Knight

One of the classes we have is to illustrate magazine cover based off of a health/ science article. I chose to do a more general image about protecting your heart from harmful foods to avoid heart disease.

I had a lovely time looking up armor and coloring this. 

Lazy Sunday

So I will make a long overdue post on my pen and ink assignment while I wait for my whoopie pies to cool. One of the earlier assignments we had was a traditional pen and ink assignment. The first part of the class was to pick an object and to render it with a crowquill pen. The other part of the project was to do a simple line drawing of the hand.

I chose a turtle skull and held it like scar hold the gazzelle skull in Lion King.

After that, we were to make an anatomical plate on a part of the body that interested us. I decided to concentrate on the muscles of mastication.

The superficial muscles.

The deep muscles

And last but not least, the temporalis.

I also wanted to express how much i love eggs and whoopie pies. I tend to waste a lot of time baking these days.

Eggs baked in croissant cupcakes with muenster cheese and scallions.

Carrot cake whoopie pies with cream cheese filling!

Finally... some color!

As a color exercise we were given a macro shot of some tissue and instructed to paint the photo in photoshop without using the eye dropper tool.

close up of the mesentery in the intestines.

Of course my first instinct was to try and use the eyedropper tool, BUT I WAS GOOD AND I DIDNT USE IT! I don't normally work like this in photoshop so it was pretty challenging at first. However, after the first few hours, I found the process oddly cathartic. Since I spent so much time painting this, I think I will print it at a ridiculously large size and hang in my room. But then it will probably magnify my mistakes and I may sit and obsess over all my little mistakes. Anyway.. happy lukewarm winter everyone. More updates to come.