I should really be working, but I had to post.

James Gurney, the creator of Dinotopia, came to Ringling today. Even though I was already pretty familiar with most of the things he talked about as most of it’s posted on his blog, the lecture was really inspiring and made me wish I knew/want to learn how to paint.

To say that I loved the books as a kid would be an understatement. So, of course, I had to ask for a drawing without seeming too nervous or crazy. Not sure if I managed to pull off the latter, but here’s a little photo of the diplodocus (I spelled that correctly on my own!) he drew in my copy of the new book, and the drawing of my thesis character he did in my sketchbook. (!!!!!!)

(Apologies for the terrible image quality; I took the picture with my phone.)

Back to work!,
Kim

Oh, and about the title of this post? It’s the English translation of ‘Dinotopia’ in Chinese. Ha!

Finally! There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing your character FINALLY ABLE TO MOVE!

Nothing awesome to post on the thesis front yet, but here’s a quick little doodle of myself I did last night.