Cristy Robles

Road Trip!

2009-09-12T02:07:00.002-04:00

I have been lacking on posts but life has been keeping me pretty busy with freelancing and recently I had to run over to Burbank, CA all the way from Miami, FL which is an intense 2,751 mi., over 40 hours of driving, 8 states, and 4 days. The reason for the quick and huge road trip is I was accepted into Nickelodeon Animation Studios Internship Program. This fall I will be working with the SpongeBob SquarePants Production Crew. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity this will definitely be a valuable and amazing experience in which I am so excited to be a part of. A very HUGE and special thank you goes out to my family for helping all of this actually happen.

Just for fun flash back

2009-07-05T12:37:00.006-04:00

In the looooong process that has been moving and settling in I found some really old art. I found an early computer illustration made in circa 1998. It was made in Microsoft Paint and its just funny to see how much everything has changed. I also found a traditional animation I made aka a flip book. Its great it was made in circa 1995 and has stick people playing soccer. I will be scanning and animating for fun soon. For now here is "Computers and Beyond" (that is what I titled it back then)

Thesis Pieces! =D

2009-05-06T13:05:00.009-04:00

So here it is four months of work, very very very little sleep, and lots of fun. I present my thesis! I have a ton more to post and will be doing so little by little but these are the final twelve pieces! The twelve months depict Pepper Ann meeting different monsters and enjoying life to its fullest with every new monster she meets. No matter the size, shape, or color with all her new
friends Pepper Ann has twelve months to remember. The viewer gets to smile at her silly adventures through the year. In the future I would like to make this into a book for children ages between four and eight.

Carter's

2009-04-25T13:26:00.000-04:00

I made some new cute stuff for Carter's here are the results...

Almost done!

2009-04-20T18:47:00.003-04:00

So I'm almost done with thesis I have less than a week to get it all done plus all my tons of other homework. This is a pretty accurate doodle I made on how things are right now...

Remember Ringling College of Art and Design Senior Illustration Show will be NEXT FRIDAY MAY 1ST! On campus from 6-9 opening night and if you can not make it opening night the show will run from the 1st to the 4th! All twelve of my illustrations and process work will be posted after opening night and I can't wait to share it! For now I leave you with my silly doodle that is o so accurate back to work.

Space Cadettes Redo

2009-04-18T15:39:00.000-04:00

I finally redid this old illustration from last semester here is the revamped version.

SENIOR ILLUSTRATION SHOW 2009

2009-03-23T09:49:00.004-04:00

So I have not been posting so much on this blog because of this reason...

that is right it is that time of year. The Senior Illustration class is having a show! All the super secret thesis projects that everyone has been working on these past few months will be on display from May 1st (OPENING NIGHT!) until the 4th! The show this year will be on campus in Bayou 3, 4, and the exhibition hall.

Above is the poster for the show along with our class portraits put together by Matt Crotts and Jessica Willett. Enjoy and hope to see you at the show! If you do not get to make it and see my work I will be posting it after opening night so check back.

Illustration + Photography

2009-03-03T23:38:00.000-05:00

I have finally had a chance to add some illustrations to my photos here is the 1st attempt. I started with something simple like the dino pattern below I hope to work characters into the images in the future.

Just a reminder

2009-02-19T14:22:00.001-05:00

Do not forget to check out my photography

http://seerobles.blogspot.com/

There are some new photos posted and much more to come.

Thesis rejects...

2009-01-26T21:14:00.005-05:00

These are the kids who did not make team thesis I'm sure I will use them in another illustration.

Carter's Workshop

2009-01-16T23:27:00.010-05:00

Pre-Carter's sketches

Here are the results so the 2 day training Carter's gave a handful of awesome seniors and myself.

I will be building up more of these whenever I have a little spare time here and there.

Quickie

2008-12-25T21:41:00.000-05:00

Hey here is a quick palette knife painting I did from one of the photos I took this summer of the Florida Everglades. This was about 1-2 hour painting I just did for the fun of it since it has been a while since I used oils.

Children's book results

2008-12-19T00:56:00.001-05:00

Here is my dummy book for my children's book illustration class.

We had to complete along with the story boards, character development, and dummy book, 3 final illustrations. I chose to do the cover and a double page spread here is the look the whole book would have.

This class was a lot of work but fun at the same time and I learned a lot. I was lucky to have a cool teacher you should check him out he does a huuuge amount of work for Garfield yes Jim Davis does not do any art himself anymore. Check out his site... http://www.garybarker.com/ .

Space maddness with space cadettes!

2008-12-08T22:17:00.003-05:00

Here is an illustration I been working on I had originally done this in watercolor and guache but after much reworking digital seemed to work out best. I am still working on my style with traditional medias and I am determined to become better with it.

Senior portrait

2008-12-04T19:31:00.003-05:00

So here is the final for my senior portrait...feed back anyone?

Senior portrait teaser

2008-12-01T23:51:00.010-05:00

After many sketches for my senior self portrait I went with a doodle I had made during portfolio class that as my fellow classmates can attest to it is very cold class to be in. I thought this was a pretty appropriate doodle since I'm always cold 90% of the time so I have a hoodie on 360 days of the year.

These are the others that did not make it as the final portrait.

So the final port should be up by Friday so check back for the results.

PS. This portrait will be printed on the senior class poster which will be posted pretty much all over the place and be seen for years (no I'm not exaggerating)! So yeah the pressure is on!

Old landscapes

2008-11-22T17:14:00.009-05:00

Here are some landscapes from this past Spring semester. I have not had a chance to get them scanned/photographed since then pretty large but here they are enjoy.

All these are of downtown Sarasota, FL...

Sneak peek

2008-11-11T01:27:00.001-05:00

Sneak peek to some of the character development and hand lettering for my children's book.

I will post some more as soon as I have a bit of extra time so check back.

New Blog!

2008-10-29T23:15:00.003-04:00

From now on I will be keeping my Illustration work separate from my Photography so keep an eye out for...

http://seerobles.blogspot.com/

there will be lots of new shots being posted soon!

Ugly bug ball

2008-10-26T17:45:00.000-04:00

I wanted to illustrate one of my favorite childhood songs "The Ugly Bug Ball" by Burl Ives. So here are my attempts of making some ugly bugs. It was fun I'm going to have to find excuses to make more of them.

Here is the final illustration after many changes.

Beauty shoot

2008-10-22T01:09:00.001-04:00

In this shoot our focus was beauty shots usually used to promote washes, hydration, etc.

Illustration

2008-10-16T14:42:00.011-04:00

So I was trying to think of what to do for my next piece and I remembered a funny quote from the new Horton Hears a Who, Katie said "in my world everyone is a pony and they eat rainbows and poop butterflies." I thought it was ridiculous and would be funny and fun to illustrate so here are the results.

These were the many changes the pony went threw...

The final...

Fashion Photos?

2008-10-09T22:38:00.001-04:00

Bowie's "Fashion" always comes to mind when fashion is mentioned hehe so anyways What?! Me doing fashion photography crazy huh? It is actually a great experience and I'm learning so much. Here are some of the shots taken so far...

We started off with a mannequin...

Then we moved on to real models our teacher hires from an agency in Tampa...

Some of the fashion selected by our teacher I don't agree with but we are still learning to work with colors, textures, and lighting so I guess it all works out. Check back for more shots.

Some old prints I dug up

2008-10-06T20:08:00.011-04:00

My 1st silkscreens...

These silkscreens were eventually used on some limited edition tshirts.

Some traditional printmaking...

Monotype

Etchings

This was an old illustration my grandfather had done circa 1950s and I turned the line work into a silkscreen image and colored it with a monotype. Fine lines are soo hard to silkscreen I have yet to get that down but I really like how this looks like an old illustration with faded out colors.

More summer sketchbook stuff

2008-10-05T14:28:00.011-04:00

Here are some more sketchbook stuff from the summer...

This is a caricature of one of the kids I taught this summer always on his phone.

My cat secretly wishes he was a pirate mearg!

Summer sketch book stuff

2008-09-21T15:31:00.016-04:00

Some summer stuff...

about 1 hour watercolor sketch done while being attacked by mosquitos

I will be posting more when I have a chance right now things are a little busy so check back.

Children's book illustration concept work

2008-09-15T22:22:00.012-04:00

This is some of my concept work for my children's book illustration class. I am illustrating select poems Jack Prelutsky's Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep. These are just some character developments for the main character I created. The little girl was the final one I'm going with she will be experiencing all the poems through the book.

Some spring 08 semester work

2008-06-19T17:31:00.008-04:00

It has been a busy past few months in which I have done more growing, experimenting, and learning. So here is some pieces from this spring semester.

This is a video I did for my image, text, and sound class that is part of the photo minor I am attempting to complete. It is just playing with a bit of traditional animation I tried out for the 1st time using a character I had doodled up one day.

Another video from this class will be posted once a bit of editing is done.

This is just some drawings done for an illustration project illustrating on an event in Miami Beach, FL.

There will be more spring semester work coming soon using a technique I am currently trying to develop and I'm excited to see where it takes me.

Doodles for upcoming side projects

2008-03-16T19:10:00.010-04:00

These are just some doodles I have done in my new sketch book given to me by my sister =). I hope to further develop these so far I did a traditional animation of the top center monster. The video will be up as soon as get past some rendering issues I'm having with After Effects. There will be more drawings coming soon I've been getting inspired for all sorts of things and artists. As for the videos there will be more of them from the semester being posted after some editing is done.

Sketch book doodles...

2008-02-07T02:20:00.001-05:00

Here are some sketch book things I gathered...

Here is part of the character development I did for Illustration class the other part will be uploaded soon.

Some of the Illustrations from fall 07

2007-12-12T15:03:00.002-05:00

Here are some Computer Illustration Assignments for this semester...

Character development spread
Book cover for Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Personal Development/ Leave Behind

Here is my last illustration for the semester...

There will be more work coming as I now have time to slowly start scanning everything so check back. Scanning might take awhile since I do have 6 studio classes worth of work from this semester alone.

Thanksgiving Miami shots

2007-11-28T17:20:00.002-05:00

I woke up nice and early for a 5 AM shoot of Miami during the Thanksgiving break. Getting most of the shots I have been wanting all summer were a bit of a challenge I had to work fast so I would not get run over and deal with the sun rise beaming at my lens making my light meter work against me. I manage to get a lot of shots so far these are the ones I have had the time to edit...enjoy.

The parts of Miami in the photos are...parts of Brickell, Downtown, Macarthur Causeway area, parts of Miami Beach, and Ocean Drive.

This one is of my neighborhood at 1AM right before the 5 AM shoot.

That is pretty much what I had time for over the break. More art coming soon as the semester comes to an end.

Minor updates

2007-11-23T10:57:00.002-05:00

Made a minor change to how you can now view all the pages I have made this semester in my intro to web class.

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~crobles/

The CSS site will be done in about 2 weeks so check back for that.

Some more pictures.

2007-11-15T21:21:00.005-05:00

Shots from downtown and Siesta Key Sarasota, FL from earlier in the semester.

Here are some portraits of Shannon in her great apartment from a couple weeks ago. Thank you Shannon! She was a great model and fun to work with.

A slide show of photos from earlier this semester. Photos are from Miami, FL and Sarasota, FL. (the video is acting up if you can see it now try back later...sorry about that) (music: pelican) If you would like to see better quality versions of the images please let me know.

Just some of what I have been up to...

2007-11-15T19:13:00.001-05:00

Here is some new work in all different medias that I've done mostly this week and last week...

My new portfolio site....

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~crobles/Website3

Had a photo shoot with local fire fighters from station 4 in Sarasota, FL. They were a great bunch, really nice, and great models. I also had great timing as they were called right as I was going to start up and I was invited to follow them on the scene.

Here are some doodles that might be used in upcoming projects for web and illustration class.

Stumbled across an old doodle from this semester...

This is a project they have me doing at work...it is office portraits. These are still in progress and I plan to develop them either digitally or with watercolors we will see.

For now that is it but I will be editing more of the photos and posting some digital illustrations as soon as I finish fixing them up. Expect some paintings in the next month as well as another website.

Summer 2007: Part 1 - Monotypes

2007-11-03T13:19:00.001-04:00

I made some monotypes this summer while interning for the Art Center of South FL. I personally recommend monotypes to anyone who needs a break from illustrating it is refreshing to experiment and not have to worry about perspective, anatomy, etc.

Happy Belated Halloween! =)

2007-11-03T11:53:00.001-04:00

My sister has a blog where she will be doing her art form...writing go check it out leave and her feed back.

http://quixotic-ambitions.blogspot.com/

Also here is a belated Happy Halloween drawing...meet Eegore...

My 1st post...enjoy!

2007-10-18T00:07:00.000-04:00

My 1st post woohoo!...These are some recent shots I have taken for my Intro to Photo class....enjoy!

Here is a slide show made for class with more photos...(music: The Radio Department)
(This video has lost quality when uploading it online if you would like to see a better version let me know and I'll post them.)

All photos were shot in Sarasota, FL and Tarpon Springs, FL

As for my Web Design work here is the link.

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~crobles/

Notes:

The 1st site is just an exercise and is no way fabulous but the pictures taken by me are worth a look.
The 2nd site was recently done all photos, videos, and other art was 100% done by me.