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Short Animation

First short Bryce animation...how fun!

Love Story from Stephanie Vandewalker on Vimeo.

This fish can't decide weather to eat the worm or watch the bubbles floating by. Meanwhile, the worm on the hook and the worm on the ocean floor have instantly fallen in love....a love that may never be....

What will happen? Will the worm on the hook wiggle his way free while the fish is distracted with bubbles?

chocolate death

My first experience playing with Bryce the 3-D modeling program...

All I could think about was sweets...so this is what I ended up with.

A gingerbread man with a bite taken out of his head and a donut soaking in some hot chocolate.

mmmm....scrumptious!!

mr. sheep

Bones Animation

Octopus Arms from Stephanie Vandewalker on Vimeo.

childrens book

A cover idea for a children's book that has yet to be written. Part of my final project for a class this semester.

for part of final

still in progress...thinking of adding some little fairy wings or something

adopt a pup!

Just a public message I made for a class reminding everyone that buying from a breeder means putting a puppy to sleep! Of course if you want a dog to show it makes sense to go pure bred, but other than that...there is no good reason =)
..and yes, the adorable pup in the cage is in fact an adopted pooch.

Rainland

The rain clouds just won't stay away from Mississippi, hence my inspiration for Rainland!!
In progress

almost finished...I'm trying to make it look gloomy but for some reason my hands won't let me, lol

won't you take me to...FuNkYToWn....
and all finished =)

Shyline

I'm starting a series of works called the "Downtown" series. The toughest thing about it is naming all of the pieces. I definitely don't want to be one of those artists that defaults to the "untitled" title as that just drives me bonkers. I'm finding the thesaurus in this case to be my best friend.
Here is the piece in progress



not sure if I'm too into that foreground we'll see what happens with it

and finished

sun city

It's a lovely Monday, isn't it?

photo restoration

Just a little photo restoration I did for a class.

waiting

. Just waiting around for the Office killing time with colors.

Happy Spring!

Now go out and play with some butterflies!

Octopus!

Octopus! from Stephanie Smith on Vimeo.

sunsets and pollution

Classical Reference

Jan Van Eyck is one of my favorite classical artists. He is a Netherlands painter who is arguably the best from the 15th century. His paintings captivate me not only because of his amazing palette and light effects, but also because of his prevalent use of symbolism in his work. It's like he is painting secrets, beautiful secrets none the less. He takes these abstracted signs and symbols and puts them together in a work of art that is not only satisfying to the eye, but also to the mind.
This painting is titled Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. It is my favorite classical painting because it is absolutely jam packed with symbolism. Everything in the painting from object to color to hand gesture has a meaning. The colors are just gorgeous. Anyway, this painting has stirred up controversy amongst art historians because it is unclear exactly how the symbols are meant to be interpreted. For instance, it appears she is pregnant which is a big deal because this scene is believed to be a wedding ceremony, but other art historians say this was just a fashionable style back in the day. I decided to throw in my own spin, with all due respect to Jan Van Eyck, and add a modern twist to the painting. It would not be uncommon in today's world for a woman to have a baby, and clearly it is not the husbands. Uh Oh!!! With the introduction of the little mixed baby, the mans expression turns from "I am the dominant worker bee" to something more along the lines of "HOLD THE PHONE!! That baby ain't mine!!!" Infidelity runs rampant in America, it breaks my heart but it happens all of the time. Also, the dog has been updated to look more modern as well, lol


Original



Modern Version

no subject

Here, have some color!

antique french room

just made a little environment to fill with some life later on...
used photoshop, and adobe illustrator

Golden Gate

Recently, I took a trip back to my old stomping grounds, San Francisco.
After living there for a while, the innocent and majestic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge was robbed from me by a random person I met in the city that informed me of all of the suicides that happen every year. Last week, we were on that cruise ship I photoshoped in, and as we cruised under the bridge my thoughts were tainted with a fear of a falling jumper....
For some cryptic reason, the bridge attracts severely depressed and disturbed people as a way out of life. I learned there are boats docked under the bridge on constant watch for jumpers, because it happens so frequently. I believe the average is once every week or every other week.
After living here in the south, the land of awful drivers, it has been brought to my attention the abundance of road memorials. They litter the intercity streets and also the major freeways connecting the Gulf Coast.
I wonder what would happen if families began putting floating "bridge memorials" in the bay where the bodies met their end.
Yes it is cryptic, but it is just a thought I wanted to illustrate.
I wonder if we started doing this, if perhaps the number of jumps per month would decrease?

logo animation

Stephy Vee logo from Stephanie Smith on Vimeo.

ballet man

ooOOoh...I made him move!
ladies and gentlemens, i present to you my first attempt at art in motion. lol...stay tuned for sound, and storyboard.

Ballet Man from Stephanie Smith on Vimeo.

project

wedding planning has consumed me entirely. I cannot wait of it to be over to resume full concentration on growing as a digital artist, web designer, and blossoming animator.
Here is some random stuff I made for the wedding, though not digital it is still art =)

Mardi Gras Mo

It's the beginning of carnival season down here in the south...
Eskimo, our kitty, is celebrating!!
Here she is with a face mask and some beads she got for showing off her big fluffy tail.