Portfolio of Caitlin Richardson

Going back to some old stuff...

2011-06-09T14:32:00.000-07:00

Kind of fun to see the changes and improvements. :)

Evolution of a little Indian girl.

2011-04-27T20:10:00.000-07:00

Edit: Updated 4/27/11 Re-did the little India girl into more of a wandering Gypsy.

Edit: Updated 5/2/11! This will probably be the final version!

Vis Dev

2011-02-07T11:38:00.000-08:00

Illustrations for Part-Time Indian:

Boardtrack Racing assignment:

Last semester!

2011-02-07T11:12:00.000-08:00

WOW, was last semester crazy! I'm going to post a few things I worked on in a few posts, finally! I learned so much and can't wait to see what else is in store in the next few months. :)

This is my Maya project that was worked on over the course of the semester from concept art, low-poly model in Maya and Zbrush! Unfortunately we ran out of time, so all the girls ended up being a little bald. :(

5 min quickie..

2010-07-27T10:27:00.001-07:00

I was watching an amazing show yesterday where there are these guys that are literally fishing for sharks in order to tag them; hook, bait and all. They also have this special platform on their boat that sinks into the water and pulls the shark up so they can do their work... and these guys are so completely calm around this 15 foot shark that's just chilling there...

Amazing creatures. I'd love to see one someday, from the safety of a huge boat at least.

2010-06-04T13:29:00.000-07:00

Some figure drawing done at the end of last semester, really trying to play up some "calstate cool" inside the body and feel the pose. :)

Lifedrawing over the semester

2010-05-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

I'll add more later this week.

Treehouse Final!

2010-04-12T15:38:00.000-07:00

Fairly proud with how it turned out thus far, still a little sketchy but I kind of like that feeling... Final ideations of the Gary Soto treehouse with a few different lighting situations, and a colored version.

Tree Practice

2010-04-11T23:35:00.001-07:00

Getting ready for the treehouse assignment, here are a few photoshopped trees from reference.

2010-03-17T19:49:00.001-07:00

Gary Soto kitchens! This is the first time many of us in the class have touched on fully developing an environment from design to finish. The scale is way off in some of my large objects and it's a little sparse in the kitchen but I really like the feeling that the lighting gives off... I'd love to revise these if I get some extra time.

2010-03-17T19:47:00.000-07:00

Colored kitchen studies in Photoshop! Played around with different layers and ways to color...

2010-02-25T20:25:00.000-08:00

One of the first projects in the Vis Dev class, to create some "thumbnail" sketches of an interior in a storyboard, after given a few location options. We had to do two scenes and then a third with a similar setting but different light source. Definately not great work but it's only the beginning of the semester! :)

2010-02-25T20:20:00.000-08:00

Some modern kitchen studies to prepare us for our upcoming project of a 1950's kitchen. Soo fun!!

Photoshop practice.

2010-01-31T14:34:00.001-08:00

Various illustrations pt. 2

2010-01-14T13:42:00.000-08:00

Some of these are from previous semesters. The top few are from last semester while taking Barron's conceptual illustration class! These are all painted with acrylic, some of which have colored pencil added for shading.

Top Left: Character illustration

Top: 1 of 3 illustrations for the short story "The Penny Arcade"

Left: Illustration spread for the final project, which was a themed magazine called "Pinky Swear". This ended up being the cover as well!

And finally some photoshop tests. I haven't touched Photoshop since PS5 and got frusterated by the brushes. I finally looked up some tutorials that helped out a TON so I can prepare for next semester's classes!!!

2010-01-14T13:14:00.000-08:00

Animatic and final animation for Art 115 and San Jose State! I enjoyed the process, but it was stressful toward the end because I tended to spend more time on my illustration homework than I did on animation. :( There are definately some scenes that I would like to fine-tune but the characters were sure fun to create!

Various pieces from classes...

2009-10-21T23:19:00.000-07:00

Summer is here!!!

2009-05-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

Wow I have to say I learned soooo much this semester, I can only hope it shows in my animations. :) However I am looking forward to three months of not having to drive to San Jose, and working on my own illustration projects! I'll try to keep this place as up to date as possible!

Dynamic Action using reference...

2009-04-09T00:12:00.000-07:00

I'm actually pretty proud of this one. I think it turned out pretty good, granted the reference was a pretty simple action. I just need to add more hang time when they go do adjust their grip on the bag and it will be complete! :) Needs more of a settle though.

Art 114 - Water Balloon Drop

2009-03-10T19:02:00.000-07:00

Final version I submitted

Art 114 - Paper/Leaf Drop

2009-03-05T14:44:00.000-08:00

Had to do a few attempts with the paper, but I had fun with it!