And We're Backkk!

Today marks my return to blogging and the start of my trek into 17 weeks of visual development class. Totally for pure fun, and of course for my continued pursuit of a career in animation. I have abandoned this blog for too long. Too long! My goal is to post shamelessly on this blog with sketches on a daily basis and see how long I can keep it up. Starting February 1st! Because that's when I'll get access to my scanner. Yup, you heard right, good ol' scanner. Hopefully it will be soon when I can invest in a nice tablet and my work will be much faster. For now, I will be patient. I. AM. PUMPED!

Little Big City

Little Big City, Colored Pencil, 11"x17"

Baby Portrait Drawing

April Fool's Chameleon

Chameleon II, Acrylic, 16"x20"
©Martina Lo

Peppers

Peppers, Acrylic, 10"x14"

Chameleon

Chameleon I, Acrylic, 16" x 20"

Inspiration for this piece comes from an encounter with my friend's pet chameleon. Its color-changing abilities and skin texture is emphasized by the range of colors and geometric shapes that make up this composition.

La Jolla Children's Pool

La Jolla Children's Pool, Pastel, 18"x24"

Took a break from drawing because of classes, but got a chance to squeeze in this one before Thanksgiving break. This is a pastel rendering of the Children's Pool near La Jolla Cove, where the seals and pelicans can safely roam (I even spotted some baby seals). The drawing was done at noon which also happens to be high tide, so the waves looked magnificent crashing onto the boulders. On an interesting note, the seagull on the bottom edge of the drawing stayed in the same area for the whole two hours while I was drawing. The quick drawing of it doesn't quite do it justice but by then the sea breeze was making me cold and I packed up soon after.

Suspended, by Martina Lo

Suspended, Colored Pencil, 13"x20"

Met this parrot in Balboa Park in San Diego and fell in love with its colors. Background: TBD.

Alternative Transportation

"Shuttle: In Good Company", Pastel, 18"x24". 

College shuttle differs from regular buses in many ways: it's serves fewer stops, it's directed towards the student population, and best of all, it's free for students. A large part of my college career consisted of this activity. This scene was inspired from one of the many shuttle rides that kept me company during those late nights going home.

Fun Fact: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared UCSD a “Best Workplace for Commuters” because of the many transportation alternatives and incentive programs available to faculty, staff, and students.

Cloud Study Box Art

"Cloud Study" is now complete! Painting in the middle of the street in broad daylight has its interesting attributes--from random shout-outs to curious passerbys who ask me questions--it is overall a good vibe that I receive from fellow San Diegans. Thankfully, the San Diego weather hasn't been harsh on me at all; out of the five days, three of them were sunny days, two of them bright white days, like the one shown in the picture. In fact, while painting this outside, I was fortunate to get to experience the beautiful weather changes within every few hours; I feel that these dramatic changes are reflected in the art piece as well.

The sides of the box facing either streets measure 3' 9" or 3' 6" (or 45" x 42"), and the sides perpendicular to the streets measure 3' 9" by 3" (or 45" x 36"); the whole box took a total of 20 hours over the course of 5 days to complete.
©Martina Lo