K. Chard

quantity not quality

2012-01-05T22:44:00.000-08:00

In a rut with lifedrawing, I decided to try to learn to use conte. I've never really clicked with it, so it's a big challenge for me. here are some drawings from my first to sessions with it to document my process. eventually I would like to not use my fingers to shade with it, as well as not get conte all over my face. also that last model had this 50 year old head and a ridiculously ripped body and I couldnt reconcile my brain with it.

I know it's late and I took all year, but you can stop complainin' cause I'm finally here

2011-12-30T22:17:00.000-08:00

hey, let's have a post for 2011 shall we?

here's something kinda special -

The Owl and The Pussycat from Kaylea Chard on Vimeo.

that glorious thing is a project from my highschool Media Arts class like... eight years ago (omg man) made with the lovely Jacky Gilbertson. Obviously there is a lot I would fix and do differently now, but hey, I feel it's not too bad for two young hick kids in a class what was generally regarded as an easy grade for hockey players. (but full disclosure - the teacher we had was amazing)

The narration is yours truly, but if I remember correctly we sped it up for some sort of time requirement. Though I could just be in denial about ever sounding so chipmunk-like.

Anyway, I'm not particularily sentimental, especially about my art but this one here means a lot to me. I designed the owl and the piggy wig and this also was my first foray into paper cutting art.

As for new art... well, lets leave that for the new year. I've resolved to post more so yeah, its gonna happen. Definitely.

I've been obsessed with kaleidoscopes lately, it's ridiculously easy to do in AfterEffects, so here's one I rather like:

all right kids, see ya in 2012

an update wooooo

2010-11-02T22:00:00.000-07:00

real heartbreaker

2010-10-16T08:34:00.000-07:00

kind of obsessed with unibrows... always want what I can't have, man. A few days ago I accidentally cut off half of one of my eyebrows, but it was mostly unnoticeable thanks to their perpetual sorry state.

basically I am a hobo all the time and this needs to change

2010-10-03T11:07:00.000-07:00

2010-09-26T22:10:00.000-07:00

I'm working again, but I'm gonna try super hard to keep updating as I've been.... even if its just stupid drawings

2010-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

I went to the PNE with the noble intention of drawing lots of animals but I was quickly distracted by petting the goats (I miss my babies) and trying to touch piglets... soo cute. Then Superdogs was starting so we had to go to that, I mean come on.

pretty sure if anyone ever saw the drawings I do of them, I'd get stabbed in one or both eyes. But hey, you can't win 'em all

sometimes I like writing excessively

2010-08-31T16:56:00.000-07:00

here is a storyboard I've been working on... it was partly for one of my roommate Kathryn's classes, so we had to incorporate typography and we were going to do it in stop motion. We ran out of time to do in it stop motion, so I added a few shots that aren't really stop motion friendly and decided to just finish the storyboard. I started getting into "The Five C's of Cinematography" during this and started to get tooo many ideas, so I decided to just get it done and start something new! It was definitely a struggle to be motivated to finish this so I'm just happy its done! Hurray!

It's raining today so I put in my favourite rainy day song so there's that.

here's the poem it's based on

I'm putting it in sequential panels right now but I'm not sure how to show the vertical pans yet... any ideas would be well received.

PS also I think my blog looks f---ing stellar on my iphone so I'm pretty stoked about that. Soon, I'm gonna start conversations with strangers with "Look at how great my blog looks on my iphone, look at it!"
sooo crazy about it

2010-08-16T18:57:00.000-07:00

2010-08-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

Kaylea Chard's neighbors from hell scenes from Kaylea Chard on Vimeo.

soooo finally here are my fav scenes that I animated on Neighbors from Hell, demo reel style.

The scenes of Pazuzu (the goblin/"dog") in the Lady Gaga costume were my first ever scenes assigned and approved at an animation studio (and were actually assigned to me on my birthday, cool cooh eh?)

I got some really great challenging scenes (like that card one which I did on 1s).
After I mentioned I was disappointed that my assigned scenes ended right before a completely gross one, for the rest of the production the animation director (who is awesome) made sure to give me some great funny/disgusting scenes to animate (basically all I ever wanted in life)

the last scene of Mandy going "ew" was cut shorter in the final episode but on the other hand, I was pretty stoked every time a small additional idea of mine got approved into the final animation :)

anyway, I could probably write a formal essay on why I liked working on this show so much so I'm just gonna cut it short and say that it was great, totally great.

2010-07-26T09:23:00.000-07:00

I've been using reference for these

2010-07-25T10:21:00.000-07:00

just under two hours for this one... goal is to get under an hour

Dis is for da nudies

2010-07-24T13:52:00.000-07:00

yeah, I just made a Newsies (a.k.a. Christian Bale's greatest movie) pun. Also I am posting two days in a row! Momentous!

got savagely sunburnt at wreck beach and perhaps destroyed my phone doing something stupid. I've been working on a couple more finished projects but they're still in progess so sketches only for now. I just want to feel good about posting!

2010-07-23T10:23:00.000-07:00

so far I am not a fan of this new blog editor. Adding images is really not user friendly...

Some sea bus sketches from awhile ago. I like it when super hairy guys have long beautiful eyelashes :)

went to Capilano Suspension Bridge with the fam. Had an embarrassing conversation with the guy on the bottom right... I heard some people singing and later he came up and asked me about my drawing. Then I asked him if he had been singing and he looked irritated at me... later I realised the music was coming from a speaker... durr

Some kids at the fireworks before it got to dark to draw, and an random ink blot from accidentally holding my pen while texting.

2010-07-15T18:41:00.000-07:00

I've been watching a lot of True Blood lately and it inspired this I guess?

special lady

2010-07-06T20:07:00.001-07:00

I was going for Quentin Blake-y but it kind of worked against the drawing.

easy now, rude boys

2010-06-16T16:22:00.000-07:00

man, I hate those people that are like "I was too busy to post because I was working"

shamelessly 'inspired' by Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

I plan on posting more often... I'm working on a storyboard to post soon. Kathryn and I are attempting to go the summer without internet sooo we'll see how that goes. Either we will get lots of stuff done or it will end in a murder/suicide.

2010-01-31T23:42:00.000-08:00

Well, this week has been one for the record books for me. Currently all I've got to show for it is some unflattering portraits of people on the seabus:

In other news, my laptop is no longer where it's at, it will no longer even turn on. I'm a bit choked, for the past year it was pretty slow and awful but we had some good times way back when. My new imac is pretty, but you never forget your first computer.

RIP buddy.

2010-01-24T15:19:00.000-08:00

Um, so I've had this finished for awhile, I just put in my new 2 character dialogue animation just now. I wanted to wait until I've redone the single character dialogue (Doppler) animation, but I think I need to redo it completely. Or maybe instead I will start working on my film, Don B. Heartless, that I want to do. It's gonna be gangsta.

Kaylea Chard's Demo Reel from Kaylea Chard on Vimeo.

PS jeez where has january gone? I need to post more.

2009-12-23T16:09:00.000-08:00

I made this christmas card for my parents, who should be in town sometime late tonight so that is exciting. 2009 has kind of been a lame year for me, so I'm pretty excited for 2010. Hurry up all ready, New Year, jeez.

2009-12-09T19:45:00.000-08:00

c'est fini. I might still go back in and add the nipples on the characters. Doesn't feel complete without 'em!

2009-12-05T16:01:00.000-08:00

Testing some beginning poses with the line tester I made at home. My camera is heavy so it moves slightly when capturing the images. The peg bar travels a bit because of this which I suspect I can fix in after effects. I made my shelf/camera mount with cheap stuff I got at the dollar store, so I think if I rebuild it a bit with sturdier materials I can get a pretty decent line test with my system! I'm using istopmotion to capture it, which works okay but it's a bit weird working without an x sheet. The only other issues I have is that since I'm using a still camera instead of a video camera, there's no live feedback but I think I can get used to working without it. istopmotion doesn't seem to have layer/background abilities so I'm not sure how compositing the other character will work. yeeeeah problem solving!

uh, the video is kind of small, but that's okay because no one needs to see my crappy 'does this pose work??' drawings... no...

2009-11-24T00:42:00.000-08:00

procrastinating

2009-11-14T19:06:00.000-08:00

I realised tonight that I am not a fan of markers.

lately....

2009-10-26T13:19:00.000-07:00

drawing on the skytrain, at the lovely Chan Centre at UBC where my friend was singing (I drew during the boring parts where he wasn't singing), at the Cambie where I spilled a drink on my sketcbook and a little bit from drawing with some guy I used to go to school with.

2009-10-10T21:46:00.000-07:00

Here's my reference

haha just kidding, that picture is awesome though!

2009-09-03T23:20:00.000-07:00

I'm a little ashamed that I don't have more to show since my last blog post, but I've been endlessly sick and also pretty busy. (Okay, also a bit lazy) I had an Ali G drawing that I wanted to clean up and colour, but some how I lost it. I is right upset about it.

Birthday cards:

Some life drawings I thought were kinda funny:

I have made it my new goal to have 100 blog posts by Christmas. I think this is number 42. I've started taking kick boxing which is supposed to teach me discipline so I feel this is an accomplishable goal. Yes.

past our muscles and our bones, our hearts were little stones

2009-07-15T21:58:00.000-07:00

paper cut outs + photoshop on this one:

cinemascope= the best screen format. That said, this composition doesn't really do it justice. Ah well... next time.

I've been listening to the new Regina Spektor album a lot lately, it's really good!

Treasure Chest

2009-07-01T18:06:00.000-07:00

I finally finished my flash! There's a few problems with it that kind of bug me, but overall I'm stoked to be finished so I can start working on other ideas.

Also! I played poker for the first time last night. It was fun, except I think I was probably showing my cards/asking loudly if I had a good hand. I blame the sangria.

in this humidity I make repairs by night

2009-06-12T01:32:00.000-07:00

Not a great drawing of Bruce, but I had to draw this moment. When he said it, my brain shut down and I couldn't even laugh for a bit.

I'm trying to read The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten, which Moh recommended in colour theory. I used to think I had a pretty high reading level and a decent vocabulary, but this book requires so much processing to understand what he's saying. It's also kind of a bit too scientific for me. Whatever, the jury's still out on science.

These kids made my day.

sketches from a paper cut out piece I'm working on. Currently, the sketches are looking better than the paper versions, which is annoying.

Drawings from so you think you can dance! I'm trying to work on my line quality/lifedrawing, so hopefully doing this will help. I've also been reading the Vilppu and these Walt Stanchfield notes I have. They really emphasize feeling the pose, connecting with it emotionally and imagining you are in the pose, which I am struggling with. So you think you can dance often talks about emotional connection as well, so I've been thinking about that a lot.

Portfolio

2009-05-31T13:05:00.001-07:00

a POST so Mike doesn't erase me from his links

2009-05-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

jeez

Tonight I watched So You Think You Can Dance! and realised that it's great for sketching from. Next time I'm gonna stop it and draw some poses. The good dancers only though, though the weirdos might have some interesting ones.

after almost two years of making cards for people, I finally realised that I should probably scan them before I give them away. Here's one I made for Ben! If you weren't at his birthday, man, you shoulda been!

In other news I am still working on my demo reel. Crazy, but it keeps me from being too sad about school being over, my state of unemployment and missing Kathryn with all my heart.

Soon I will be just a part of your past

2009-04-14T00:02:00.000-07:00

For Kathryn, because I love her almost as much as this guy does.

I am doing a painting of this one. Man, I love Kanye, I can't even explain it.

sketches and things!

2009-03-16T16:00:00.001-07:00

2009-03-16T15:57:00.000-07:00

My final coloured layout for Craig's class. It still needs a little bit of work but I think so far it is going in a decent direction.

Wizard of B'Oz

2009-02-12T12:42:00.000-08:00

Here's some redesigns on my Wizard of Oz characters from design class first semester. I really liked the original concept I had, I just can draw a lot better now (I think anyway) so yeah.
Here are the old ones... they look kinda weird to me now.

Here are the new ones.

2009-01-21T16:06:00.001-08:00

colour key of my nurse design from character design in first semester (so long ago!)

self portrait, john k style.

The shape of her soul is a square.

2009-01-14T23:01:00.000-08:00

Snow! Trees! A car! Perspective! Why do I do these things to myself?! It always ends badly.

2008-12-11T18:11:00.001-08:00

2008-12-11T16:49:00.000-08:00

2008-12-11T15:54:00.000-08:00

reaction to dialogue

2008-11-27T17:14:00.000-08:00

best time ever vs. worst time ever

2008-11-17T19:05:00.000-08:00

My roommate Kathryn says the bed ridden Kaylea is a pretty accurate drawing of what I've looked like these past few days.

childhood memory

2008-11-08T19:58:00.000-08:00

you're gonna make me lonesome when you go

2008-10-14T20:17:00.000-07:00

dreams that we never even met in the first place, and my skin felt so clean.

2008-10-09T00:32:00.000-07:00

Let's face it, I have been momentary

2008-10-06T22:08:00.000-07:00

For 'servitude'... based on the song "Ruby, don't take your love to town" by Kenny Rogers. Which I thought was Rosie until this moment when I tried to find it on youtube. Awesome.

Whatever.

2008-10-03T00:27:00.000-07:00

A quick sketch that I decided to clean up because I am insane.

Pride

2008-09-29T18:28:00.000-07:00

Clean that up, girl!
(Germs is still in progress....)

What's this on your ipod, tell me what you listenin' to.

2008-09-23T22:41:00.000-07:00

more sketches I inked... they all have some problems but the love between me and my brush pen is a pure, beautiful thing.

I deal with tense movies by sketching. There will be blood and The assassination of Jesse James were other movies I sketched a lot during.

I saw this girl on Lonsdale one day.

illustration-y

2008-08-27T21:04:00.000-07:00

shoulda used references, prob. Well, mostly I just wanted to play around with my brush pen.

I'm back, baby

2008-08-27T18:00:00.000-07:00

I'm not gonna lie, I haven't drawn much this summer. But now I'm on vacation and I've got my groove back. Also, I've started dressing like a damn hipster, and I've been listening to what's probably an unhealthy amount of hip hop. Still love Radiohead the most though!

2008-05-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

I know it's an unpopular opinion but I didn't like Sweeney Todd too much. I probably would have liked it more if it hadn't been Tim Burton. I think I was expecting too much...
This is for Colin's design group, which I am SUPER excited about!! Hence the colour and everything. I probably won't put as much effort into the others. I should probably work on being less homeless and stuff. Probably.

animation final

2008-04-18T14:48:00.000-07:00

A centaurette dancin'!

Some paintings!

2008-04-18T14:36:00.000-07:00

I like painting in oils and acrylic

character design - flash character

2008-04-01T21:23:00.000-07:00

A more recent thingy. This guy was supposed to be designed for flash, that is breaks at the joints and such. I've been drawing a lot of grumpy children lately.

2008-04-01T21:03:00.000-07:00

super old madam mim video

2008-04-01T20:52:00.000-07:00

The Wizard of Boz

2007-12-15T13:42:00.000-08:00

horray!! First semester is done! Except that I am not so excited because just as I finished character design I got really sick. So I missed two days of work, I suck :(

Doctor Robert, you're a new and better man

2007-11-15T22:07:00.000-08:00

I am trying very hard not to be a crappy poster. We'll see how long this lasts. :S

WWII doctor and nurse. I hated these designs so much I almost had a nervous breakdown on Sunday. Well, not really. I exaggerate. Anyway, I still don't really like the doctor but am okay with the nurse.

My daffy duck animation... I didn't shoot this until basically the very end and there are lots of problems :S

Random fun link time... my friend Matt's short film from VFS. He is now pursuing a medical degree. As (seriously) all our other friends are artists he was the subject of constant ridicule when he decided. Also my name is on the credits of this movie guy. Awesome.

Colleen and I came up with an awesome motto for animation character design at sushi dinner tonight. It is "Don't do any funky shit!" I feel that is also a good motto for life.

lovely rita, meter maid

2007-11-13T20:43:00.000-08:00

I suck at updating :( I spent most of this evening vacuuming up fruit flies, so here is my attempt at productivity (while still procrastinating on current projects! Yes!)

the two most recent character design projects... the projects I did inbetween these and Dr Hobson aren't worth posting at all :)

Um and here is my vfs final I made in 2006... I wasn't focused on the animation at that point, that's all I'll say...

and the(better in my opinion) animatic

2007-10-14T16:38:00.000-07:00

This weekend I have done a good lot of nothing, the way I like it. Yesterday I watched The Jungle Book again, and also Bad Education with director commentary. Pedro Almodóvar is a genius; he just knows his characters so well and he offered a lot of insight into the film. It's kind of sad, because I didn't realise how much of it is lost in translation, but now I appreciate it even more. I plan on studying it for composition, and I highly recommend it to everyone that can handle a movie about bad Catholic priests, homosexuality, transvestites and transexuals and highly manipulate people.

An old assignment because it's sitting next to me (why not?) Design assignment 2 Dr Hobson

Yeah, I have no idea what's going on in this pose. How embarrassing.

Silly space hero heads that I am not going to use, quite probably.

2007-10-14T16:30:00.000-07:00

Hurray! I finally got my printer/scanner installed! This is good because I can scan school stuff but baaaaad because now I have no excuse not to print of resumes to get a job....ugh

Here's some drawings from early summer (Mayish) when I had time to draw, in order of them being drawn.

I liked this one, but then I overdrew it and so the guy's eyes ended up looking like a chick's. :(

For the Benefit of Mr Kite!

2007-10-01T15:29:00.000-07:00

Here is a giraffe I drew in April, coloured during the summer, and compressed into jpeg ten minutes ago. I am a quick worker.

Maybe tomorrow I will upload new stuff. Probably I am lying right now. Now, I draw Pirates! Well, after Lifedrawing. Tonight, it's business time (but not the fun kind D: )