Oodles of Doodles Yasmine Altawell

The Ricky Gervais Show

2011-11-13T14:01:00.000-08:00

I'm trying not to put too much fan art on here (unless I've done something particularly unusual with it) as I already have a Tumblr and Devart for that, but I really liked this sketch.

Twitch-ier

2011-10-02T14:08:00.001-07:00

My fifth entry for http://www.aibjumble.blogspot.com/

Mistress Hawk Kung Fu master!

2011-06-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

Saw Kung Fu Panda 2. Loved it. This is what I would be if I could be in it.

Based on a true story.

2011-06-13T08:11:00.001-07:00

He just wants some friends.

25 Essential Expressions

2011-06-07T06:19:00.000-07:00

This was so much fun! An exercise I found here : http://napalmnacey.deviantart.com/art/25-Essential-Expressions-55523083

I've sort of turned this into a mini brithday present for a friend :3 BUT, I did find this really good for locking down a design. There are some inconsistencies within it, but I sort of had to design her while I did this. I also found the hardest expressions the ones where there wasn't as much emotion (or I felt there wasn't). Happy and pleased I think stand out as the least expressive but others may disagree.

Lil Sheriff

2011-05-05T13:37:00.001-07:00

Yay for the grass brush!

Hannah Poses

2011-05-04T07:21:00.002-07:00

Young Link

2011-03-02T11:47:00.000-08:00

Practise painting again... think I need more :P Watercolours and pencil, colour adjusted in PS cause my scanner pooped on the colours.

Hannah.

2011-02-28T11:28:00.001-08:00

This a test piece I'm doing for a friend for her book. Critique is welcome!

It's-a me!!

2010-12-01T11:02:00.001-08:00

My 4th entry for www.aibjumble.blogspot.com

First thing.

2010-11-25T08:05:00.001-08:00

My third entry for www.aibjumble.blogpost.com

Washing?

2010-09-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

My second entry for www.aibjumble.blogspot.com

Sorcerer's Apprentice

2010-08-18T10:07:00.000-07:00

My first entry for the AIB Jumble, which can be found here : www.aibjumble.blogspot.com

Mage

2010-07-05T12:12:00.000-07:00

Sketch Dump

2010-07-02T04:05:00.001-07:00

A collection of drawings that are unfinished or not strong enough stand alone pieces.

Lip Sync 2

2010-06-15T02:22:00.000-07:00

Another lip sync, trying to do something a little more subtle, which turns out to be alot harder.

Lip sync

2010-06-10T05:16:00.000-07:00

Been working on this lip sync over the last three days and I'm stuck. I feel like I'm close to finishing it but I need a fresh eye to look at it and tell me things I've missed. Critiques welcomed!

Peter Parr tribute.

2010-06-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

A tribute to my old animation teacher, who is retiring this year. I was really stuck for ideas so just 'borrowed' one from Harry Potter.

Jack and Paul.

2010-05-19T11:31:00.000-07:00

Faces

2010-05-18T04:27:00.001-07:00

Sticking with the elf theme...

SEXY ELF MEN FTW!!

2010-05-13T06:21:00.001-07:00

Everthing I've been drawing recently has looked....rubbish, to put it mildly. So I decided to draw something to cheer me up. It worked :) Mmmmmmm....pointy.

Yoghurt Goblin

2010-04-24T07:20:00.001-07:00

I love Russell Howard, and even though I've heard this joke a million times, I love how he describes himself as a 'yoghurt goblin' when he's waiting for his girlfriend with a six pack of Rolo yoghurts! Done in Photoshop, about 1 1/2 hours.

Sealady

2010-03-29T10:27:00.000-07:00

Rough Headshot.

2010-03-11T09:42:00.001-08:00

A rough head shot of some of the main characters from the book I'm 'writing'. I find it easier to draw them to get an idea of their characters and looks. I haven't thought about their costumes yet, which is why they all look rubbish (apart from Ethan who never wears a shirt).
These aren't finalised, but I found it a really good exercise to do.

Summer's coming!

2010-03-08T05:19:00.000-08:00

A quick 1 hour sketch/painting.

Bill Watterson

2010-02-23T06:18:00.000-08:00

I've been reading lots of Calvin and Hobbes recently and decided to have another go at painting. Haven't quite Watterson's style down, but I like the colours.

Love Grub!

2010-02-11T03:38:00.001-08:00

I bought some new paint brushes a few weeks ago and I thought it was about time I used them.

Demon Bear

2010-01-18T11:41:00.000-08:00

A bit of colour concept art, a bear demon with cool glowy eyes!

Concept

2010-01-10T15:59:00.001-08:00

A rough sketch of a game idea I'm working on!

Roze and the Robots

2009-12-10T03:08:00.001-08:00

My turnaround and expression sheet for Roze and the Robots.

Playfish

2009-12-02T09:36:00.000-08:00

This is the stuff I had to do for Playfish, the gaming company on Facebook (who have now been bought by EA). The furniture is done in Illustrator and the animation in Flash.

Sketch Dump

2009-12-02T06:22:00.000-08:00

A rather cramped and messy sketch dump ;)

Little bit of lip sync...

2009-11-12T10:48:00.000-08:00

Hybrid 2

2009-11-02T10:30:00.000-08:00

Doll Girl

2009-10-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

Something inspired by the book I'm reading.

Raptor

2009-10-14T13:54:00.001-07:00

Commission for a friend :)

Hybrid

2009-10-02T05:36:00.002-07:00

Scene

2009-09-30T07:28:00.000-07:00

A picture I did months ago, but had another look at it and changed a few things and thought it wasn't too bad to post.

Say my name!

2009-06-18T03:45:00.000-07:00

I really need a name for her. Suggestions appreciated :D

Take 2

2009-06-16T06:00:00.001-07:00

Major

2009-05-21T02:46:00.000-07:00

Stand up straight laddy buck! Wot!

Pretty elvish Princess time!

2009-05-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

At last!!!

2009-05-12T05:54:00.000-07:00

Went into London yesterday and finally got my hands on my Framestore animation. Here's my new showreel. Not all the Framestore stuff is included so if you would like to see more, please ask! Enjoy!

Ammy

2009-04-24T05:55:00.001-07:00

Fae

2009-04-21T04:25:00.000-07:00

Pink and sparkles!!!!

Pirate Lady

2009-04-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hush hush...

2009-03-28T07:35:00.001-07:00

A little snippet of my pitch, cause the faces make me laugh.

Mountains

2009-03-25T07:30:00.000-07:00

I'm not the best at backgrounds and this one is nothing to write home about, but I really like the colours.

Dancing

2009-03-17T13:39:00.001-07:00

Changed the girl on the left.

Dumbledore

2009-03-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

I'm having the worst case of artists block right now, I actually can't draw anything. I found this old picture I hadn't finished and added the stones.

Fluffykins

2009-02-24T10:37:00.000-08:00

A sketch I liked.

Model Sheet

2009-02-04T13:38:00.000-08:00

Rooster

2009-02-02T08:24:00.000-08:00

Mermaid

2009-01-30T05:14:00.001-08:00

Collection

2009-01-29T14:04:00.001-08:00

Drawings and whatnot.

Uncle Cloud

2009-01-25T07:09:00.000-08:00

A little break from book work. A mix between Okami and Wind Waker...

Another page.

2009-01-24T06:29:00.000-08:00

Another shot at doing a page.

Initial Book Page

2009-01-22T16:02:00.001-08:00

This is a quick production still, as it were, for the book. I really like the colours for this, but I'm still not sure on the design for Lily (the little girl). Watch this space, a final design will be on it's way soon...

Front Cover

2009-01-16T05:11:00.000-08:00

I've gone for a whole new style, which I think suits the picture book genre.

2009-01-12T10:11:00.000-08:00

I was trying to design a little girl to go with Widget and I ended up with this.

2009-01-05T05:40:00.000-08:00

Practising with the character.

My Friend Widget

2009-01-01T12:56:00.001-08:00

A little project I'm working on....

Link and Navi

2008-12-21T08:12:00.001-08:00

Ptolomey's Gate

2008-12-21T07:50:00.000-08:00

I was re-reading the last book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy and I always wished that Kitty and Nathaniel could have had a cheeky little kiss before the end. The middle picture is supposed to encompass the part when Nat summons Bartimaeus into himself but he's already in the park giving Kitty a quick kiss goodbye.

Kangacat

2008-12-09T10:27:00.000-08:00

I really liked the sketch, based off a pose my cat was doing, so I went and coloured it. It's ok, but looks way too Photoshoped. Plus I kept messing up the tail.

Wood Spirit

2008-12-02T09:11:00.001-08:00

He protects the trees and animals. He's also grumpy.

Dude

2008-12-01T07:57:00.000-08:00

A very old sketch, done up and coloured.

Snowy!

2008-11-29T02:31:00.000-08:00

A dog that looks like Snowy!!

Christmas!

2008-11-27T11:44:00.000-08:00

I hate the word Xmas but Christmas is too damn long!!

Centaur

2008-11-18T09:17:00.000-08:00

Some more chatacter stuff.

Bear Man

2008-10-27T11:41:00.000-07:00

Practise

2008-10-23T14:14:00.000-07:00

A little go at speed painting...

Queen Of Cats

2008-10-21T11:19:00.000-07:00

Drawn in memory of my fantastic cat, who was my fisrt ever pet and brought a whole new meaning to the word 'Diva'.

Bob

2008-10-06T13:51:00.000-07:00

A little character I've been developing.

2008-10-06T06:01:00.000-07:00

I couldn't decide which background worked best, so here are both. I orginally started this picture about 5 months ago, then forgot about it found it again, decided I quite liked the direction it was going in so finally finished it.

2008-09-22T14:17:00.000-07:00

A bit of experimentation with Photoshop.

Runners

2008-09-21T14:19:00.001-07:00

A sketch for the runners.

Goodbye

2008-09-21T08:01:00.001-07:00

A sketch I did at work coloured over in Photoshop. About 2 hours.

Work

2008-08-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

At the end of a very hard day...

Work doodles

2008-08-11T13:58:00.001-07:00

A collection of sketches that I did at work.

Runners

2008-06-17T02:30:00.000-07:00

I started a little project a while go to characiture all the runners for something fun to do and to get me practising more on Photoshop. I started with one of the simpler sketches, and have already learnt alot from it. This is still a WIP but was so much fun!!

2008-05-11T05:32:00.000-07:00

Some more brush practise.

2008-05-10T04:19:00.000-07:00

This is my current showreel. I used Windows movie maker to put it together and it didnt like the quicktime files I used for my cg stuff which is why they jerk a bit.

2008-05-01T06:48:00.000-07:00

Just some practice with photoshop brushes.

2008-04-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

A collection of sketches....good and bad :)

2008-04-27T13:04:00.000-07:00

A few more boards from the same project.

Some storyboard work.

2008-04-27T13:00:00.001-07:00

A few boards from a project I helped out on.

ipod

2008-03-10T14:40:00.001-07:00

Sketch done at work.

Game Stuff

2008-01-20T06:18:00.001-08:00

I've been working on same ideas for games and cme up with one where you play as Death's apprentice. I quite like the idea and have just been playing around with character designs and styles that could work.

WIP lip sync

2007-11-18T10:40:00.000-08:00

I'm still pretty new to Maya and this is my first lip sync. It took a while to get to grips matching the mouth to the words but I really enjoyed doing the body language. The sound clip is from 40 Year Old Virgin, the rig from somewhere online.

2007-05-30T10:18:00.001-07:00

A picture of Mrs Mc Gonagall done in Painter.

Some doodling for a film pitch.

Meeses!!

2007-05-30T10:10:00.001-07:00

A page showing some of the designs I went through before coming up with my character for the film I directed this year "Mousecapade".... I love meeses to pieces!! XD

Character Stuffs

2007-05-30T10:00:00.001-07:00

These are some designs I did for the film I worked on last year for the school girls, when the director wanted them in a Stephen Silver style.

Life Drawing

2007-05-29T10:39:00.001-07:00

These are some life drawings I did in my second year and this year. All tided up for my folio!

2007-05-28T15:41:00.000-07:00

Here's just a litte something to start off. This is meant to be Willow and Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Starting to use Flash for the great illustrative effect you get!

Erm...hello?

2007-05-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

Wow, blogs are scary places, but I flet it was about time I conquered this fear and just went for it. My name is Yasmine Altawell, Im' from England and I'm an animation student who's just about to graduate... woot! I've just finished directing my final year film called "Mousecapade", which I will hope to post up here soon. And when I say directing, I don't just mean directing I also mean that I animated, designed layouts and characters, coloured and cleaned up and traced. Quite a list. Phew. Anyway, just a brief introduction. I've seen some amazing stuff on here and I hope that some of the work I show doesn't fall too short of the mark!