So, last month's ImagineFX challenge is over and I ended up on 4th place this time. The competition is just getting stronger and stronger which I love because it pushes me harder and harder to think out of the box.

This angel was my entry for last month, the topic was "Beyond The Darkness" and I decided to paint an angel that had to travel through darkness to reach the heaven. I was very happy with it at the time but now there is so many things I would have done differently. Also I tried something new out with the hair but it didn't seem to come across the way I wanted it to. Most people thought of it as unfinished, so I guess that was a fail from my part, but hey, you live and you learn :)

This months challenge brings a ton of new artists and is a great topic, "In a land far, far away". Yet again I've tried to push myself beyond my comfort zone and since I more or less never draw creatures, I thought it was time to cover some new ground.

So what happened was this little dude that I call the Herbiviger. He's living deep into the unexplored jungles in a land far far away, with his little family. Related to the tiger, although it only feed on vegetation and every now and then an insect or two. It is no larger than a domestic cat and brings its cubs up in a den under ground. They spend most of their time in the trees since that is where their food is. Although until the cubs are old enough at least one of the adults have to stay on the ground while the other collects food.

Here's the sketch...

...and this is how far I've come. The project is on a halt at the moment since I am overloaded with assignments due in the next coming week, but I hope to have finished before the end of may.

And that's that for now.

Over and out!

/Emz

So I did this little timelaps a while back and totally forgot to post it, mainly because it just kept giving me to much hustle lol

But here it is anyway! Hope you'll like it! :D

/Emz

Work in Progress - April

So I got two things going right now. I am entering my second monthly challenge at ImagineFX so I am working hard on that at the moment. The keyword is "Beyond the Darkness" and I am doing this angel down here. My first ideas was something dark and scary but I wanted to do something out of the box and go in the opposite direction, and so I chose to do an angel that has travelled through darkness for a long long time to finally reach enlightenment. I think that you have travel through allot of darkness to reach your hearts deepest desire and to appreciate what's on the other side. So I am very happy with my concept and I am pushing myself into new grounds. I can remember the last time I drew wings and god damn it's hard to draw black feathers haha. But I'm getting there. 

My second piece actually came out as something completely different. I planned on drawing a girl with huge robotic arms but as I went along I realised that I had seen soooo many drawings lately with exactly girls with robotic arms so what was meant to be something mechanical soon transformed into something organic. I started this before the angel but I've put it on hold since I want to finish the angel on time for the challenge. 

Anyway that's that for now. I have allot of thing on the go at the moment, with uni and all as usual and I seriously can't wait for the summer so that I can focus on my art. I will sort out a hair tutorial as soon as I find the time, I promised a follower on deviantART this, and it will be fun to do a little something to help somebody else, also I will open up commissions for the summer so keep an eye out if you're interested.

Thanks for stopping by!

/Emz

Daily Deviation

So today I've had my first daily deviation. It's amazing. I feel so happy and it is all down to Ceri recommending me. It is wierd to have allot of attention but it also give me the drive and inspiration to create more and more, I just can't get enough of drawing at the moment. Both good and bad I guess, because I got allot of uni work on as well and it does suffer from my drawing addiction. But there is no way I could stop drawing since that is what I love most.

Anyway this is my pride of joy:

I've also been doodeling a bit in photoshop. Sometimes it's just nice to go wild and not be so picky about the details and this is what comes out of that:

/Emz

Another contract came my way a few days ago. I was asked to create a Photoshop tutorial on this vampire up here for a book called "How to Draw Supernatural Beings". I had tuns of fun doing it since it was my first tutorial ever made. I also learned allot while doing it which is great. I've become a sucker for details lately and I've read through plenty of tutorials. I see pictures very different now from what I did a few months back. Lighting and shading become more and more clear to me every time I see a new painting or photo. It's almost like my mind has become more open to these things, and I love it. My mind is like a sponge and it feels like it can never get to wet.

In general I feel like I'm finally becoming the artist I always wanted to be. I've even started to appreciate my own work and think that it's actually worth something. So I have achieved allot of things lately and there is more to come. Before Christmas I started up my own company called EJ Arts and I have big plans for myself. In not to long I hope to have a very nice portfolio sorted and also a website for myself. I'm planning to send this portfolio to as many companies as I can and see if I can establish myself as a Freelancing Artist. I'll keep you update on any progress.

/Emz

Character Animation Reel

So I've finally handed in my last assignment for this term. I am very happy with it and so I decided to make a litte show reel. Here it is for those interested:

Emelie Jensen - Character Animation Reel from Emelie Jensen on Vimeo.

/Emz

1st class!!!

Hello everyone!

It's been a while. I have been super busy with assignments, and I still am. I had my first hand in and presentation yesterday. I worked my arse off on this assignment, mainly because I enjoyed it. And I must say that the work payed off, I landed my first 1:st class! I was given so many great words that I could just barely hold my tears back when I got out of the class room. I can't wait to finish it off since the first part was only the pre-production. I am starting the second part after Christmas and new year at some point. Anyway, I promised you a leica-reel and so here it is. I have told you about the story before, so I hope you enjoy:

Mind Fluff - Leica Reel from Emelie Jensen on Vimeo.

I have also finished two of the five animations that are due in this monday (yes I know I have got a lot to do. But I know I'll be able to finish on time). I can only show you one at the moment since I can only upload 500MB to Vimeo a week, and I've decided not to use Youtube any more, since the quality is awful. So for the rest of the animations you just have to wait a week. I promise you I will upload them asap when I am allowed my next 500MB.

Drinking Animation from Emelie Jensen on Vimeo.

/Emz