AreaB ArtBlog (Rebecca Bastian)

Hunger Games

2010-11-13T18:30:00.001-05:00

So for shits and giggles, I've been working on a personal project illustrating the Hunger Games - only gotten so far as the sketch stage because I can't seem to stop drawing Katniss in trees. Also, it's difficult coming up with a character template/design for her that's tough, yet vulnerable - delicate, yet strong.

So far...

Poster

2010-11-13T18:16:00.002-05:00

Just realized I never posted that poster for the Lincoln :) Lots of text for a small space - initially I was told there would be half that!

New Art

2010-07-10T23:23:00.004-05:00

Having a small show at the Lincoln Theater in DC at the beginning of August - not sure yet of the date of the reception. I'll post facebook invites when I know.

But here are some of the pieces in the show! The theme is Myths & Legends. There will be two more pieces, but I uh...haven't done them yet, as I am in the process of moving closer to work and in with my wonderful boyfriend, Andy.

Sorry for the low quality of the scans, I miss the large scanner in the senior studios.

Pandora

Nut

Icarus

Gaea

Amaterasu

Finally something non-work related that I can post...!

penguins

2009-12-20T22:38:00.002-05:00

Christmas present for my brother to give to his girlfriend - hope she likes it!

cuteness without borders.

2009-08-25T23:16:00.001-05:00

More freelance work

2009-08-13T20:44:00.002-05:00

Just a teaser.

I made this.

2009-08-01T14:38:00.009-05:00

Hey guys! Well, since our 2009 products are all out and about in stores now, I thought I'd post a few links to stuff I've worked on at my job.

So:

Check it Out!

Check it Out!

Check it Out!

Check it Out!

So yeah, go buy our products because they are eco-friendly, cute, educational and just plain awesome!

Adrian Grenier

2009-03-21T22:03:00.002-05:00

Doing a charity donation for the red cross (through my aunt, who's running a silent auction) and I needed to send a sample for the portrait I'm donating. SOmeone wins and I draw them/their kid/their cat.

So I'm doing recognizable celebrities. Adrian Grenier and either Natalie Portman or Anna Paquin.

More Vintage

2009-02-01T14:45:00.006-05:00

Vintage

2009-01-26T23:31:00.004-05:00

Inspired by my collection of vintage photos....there'll be more of these, I love these ladies. So much personality.

2008-11-28T18:05:00.001-05:00

Ha, someone follows my blog! I did not know blogs could be followed, but this is cool! So, thank you, person who follows my blog - that is really nifty!

More freelance work

2008-09-21T22:12:00.002-05:00

More stuffers

2008-09-16T19:59:00.004-05:00

Durr?

2008-09-10T20:07:00.006-05:00

Man, I've gotten fast with illustrator.

La la la?

2008-09-04T20:35:00.003-05:00

Numba Eight!

A POST

2008-08-31T22:20:00.002-05:00

Holy moly, it's a post!

So, basically I haven't been up to much, art-wise, outside of work (which I can't post - the toy world is weirdly similar to the video game world in that if I posted it, I bet I'd be fired)....till this past week, when I got a phone call from an aspiring author whom Allan (buying him dinner) recommended me too.

I have a freelance job! I'm doing 12 page illustrations + cover and layout design for an educational children's book type thingy. And, here's a sketch of the first page illo and the characters that repeat throughout the book.

Tic-Tac-Toe set

2008-05-18T16:02:00.001-05:00

(the star is held on by a peice of string.)

some mock-up surface designs for the job I MIGHT get.

2008-05-17T17:40:00.000-05:00

adfasdk, done with thesis, oh my god.

2008-04-30T22:28:00.003-05:00

Opposite Page

2008-04-27T16:05:00.001-05:00

workiiiiiing

2008-04-21T20:00:00.003-05:00

dun dunnnnnn

2008-04-19T18:43:00.000-05:00

hrnngh?

2008-04-19T13:22:00.002-05:00

I think these are the colors I'm going with for this...

terrified I'll ruin this

2008-04-14T22:35:00.003-05:00

this is the in-progress of the last page I have left for Illustrated Book - once I'm done with this, all that's left is to do the layouts for the spreads and the 'glossary' page of plants and objects.

just for fun

2008-04-12T15:24:00.002-05:00

drawing girls in pretty clothes always makes me happy....

Flutterbyes

2008-04-08T19:25:00.002-05:00

for thesis + promotion

Working on...

2008-03-29T17:23:00.006-05:00

Allllmost done now, just needs some digital editing.

...my next peice for Illustrated Book.

what I done did recently

2008-03-26T17:22:00.002-05:00

commencement show proposal

2008-03-13T12:56:00.002-05:00

spots

2008-03-11T17:56:00.003-05:00

Cover layout + sketches for page illustrations

2008-03-11T01:52:00.003-05:00

cover layout

and the sketches

dun dun dun

2008-03-07T20:18:00.000-05:00

colors and fruit make you happy ,says COSMO

2008-03-03T17:03:00.000-05:00

the field

2008-02-26T21:57:00.000-05:00

piece for Gathering Blue

bunnnnnnies

2008-02-21T18:19:00.002-05:00

birth control color comp

2008-02-20T20:11:00.002-05:00

birth control bunnies + cover mockup

2008-02-19T22:50:00.004-05:00

doooooone?!!

2008-02-14T14:45:00.000-05:00

kira model sheets

2008-02-12T20:31:00.000-05:00

pandora

2008-02-10T19:24:00.001-05:00

+color test

some slight edits

2008-02-07T12:14:00.000-05:00

oh hey, I'm on fire

2008-02-06T15:20:00.000-05:00

2008-02-05T20:19:00.000-05:00

2008-02-04T21:36:00.000-05:00

currently working on

2008-01-31T13:18:00.000-05:00

trying to decide how/if to colorize the lines + add texture to clothes and skin

*edit* Also - squid hand, it will be altered.

2008-01-30T19:06:00.000-05:00

spring semester sexplosion

2008-01-29T10:52:00.000-05:00

For Jack

2008-01-16T20:37:00.001-05:00

sketches from break

2008-01-16T19:34:00.001-05:00

Thesis, biznatch.

2007-12-06T01:05:00.001-05:00

Ahem. Pardon my french.

The scanner, it hath been fixed - and therefore the blog hath been updated.

Three thesis pieces and my Wet Media final.

my studio

2007-11-27T23:53:00.000-05:00

Just in case you wondered where I work (which you probably don't), this is it.

In the background, one might see in progress thesis work - ooooooh
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backlog of wet media pieces

2007-11-25T17:38:00.001-05:00

2007-10-31T23:43:00.000-05:00

not done, just got a lot more done. ALMOST DONE.

In prooooogress.

Retro girl

2007-10-30T18:01:00.000-05:00

this is just the figure - the sketch now has a background, but I haven't scanned it yet.

Boobies and Lanterns

2007-10-20T21:04:00.000-05:00

The last peice of my former thesis and the first sketch for my new, sexy one.

I can has gouache?

2007-10-09T11:31:00.000-05:00

Whoa, it looks flat for once.

Work dump!

2007-10-08T20:23:00.000-05:00

Plexi-release painting on cloth

Thesis work

Thesis work

Plexiglass?

2007-10-01T21:25:00.001-05:00

So, painted on plexiglass with acrylics. It was suprisingly fun.

I has pretty!

2007-09-27T00:49:00.000-05:00

Fhwoa, am finally dones.

Wet Media : )

2007-09-24T20:32:00.000-05:00

Both ink + acrylic peices : ) I like 'em.

Thesis shtuff

2007-09-24T20:26:00.000-05:00

base lines for the painting I'm working on for thesis right now.

Party Cake!

2007-09-14T20:17:00.001-05:00

Part Wet Media homework, part labour of love concerning the coolest Senior thesis study group, PARTY CAKE.

thesis thesis bla blah argh

2007-09-12T20:05:00.000-05:00

as said in title

first finished peice for senior thesis

I like it

I think

Wet Media + Thesis

2007-09-06T12:24:00.000-05:00

Pumpkin girl!

Just this week's wet media and thesis work. (I'll add the thesis later. It's on another computer.)

Thesis whee?

2007-08-11T17:25:00.001-05:00

Uh, just doing some prep work for thesis (fashion/lifestyle illustrations)

The outfit is by Bora Aksu, it reminded me of eggplants and strawberries.

Practice

2007-07-07T23:20:00.001-05:00

Practicing acrylics on illustration board. I'm getting the hang of it - sorta.

Oh, the shame.

2007-06-20T23:39:00.000-05:00

So, oops, haven't posted since finals since I haven't really done anything worth posting. This is really sort of a personal file backup anyways, except my mom likes it too.

YAY MOM.

Anywho, I'm working with Meg (wonderful gal) on redesigning my website to be more streamlined and, uh, updated. Hah. So I made a splash (hehe) image for the left side of the main page - thumbnails will pop up on the right apparently, and so will the menu, and then the images will show up on the left...I really have no idea what I'm talking about.

But uh, image.

Art Dump

2007-04-24T20:52:00.000-05:00

Here we have a bunch of life drawing painting things from my fashion class. The theme was beachwear.

And here, my four final pieces from concepts - illustrating "The Star-Money".

Good Golly Gosh

2007-04-01T21:02:00.000-05:00

By Jupiter, two updates in one day...

This is too big for my scanner so I had to take a photo - my apologies for the cruddyness of the quality.

Turnarounds for the rollergirl. She looks a little taller in these than in the PinUp images 'cause I used myself as a refference... oh well. They look good, I think.

Update!

2007-04-01T11:32:00.000-05:00

Wow, an UPDATE.

Lesse...

Here, we have a BELLYDANCER! For a Sens + Tech assignment involving a mix CD. She is watercolor with digital editing and color pumping.

And then, my Rollergirl for B.Ralph's class, Sister Midnight. She may have gotten a little too girly in the colors...oops.

Uhh, more later. Gotta go do more homework.

Best Picture, Ever.

2007-03-20T00:52:00.000-05:00

Looking at this makes me crack up so hard.

The Happiest Bunny in the Universe punches the Saddest Cockroach on Earth and makes him EVEN SADDER.

Twelfth Night Sketches

2007-03-10T19:20:00.000-05:00

Sketches for Fashion Illustration - a Twelfth Night poster...

8 x 10

2007-02-21T20:28:00.000-05:00

Poster for the 8x10 club in Baltimore.

40's girls finals

2007-02-10T19:34:00.000-05:00

Voila, the final images that go with the sketches posted a few weeks ago.

New fashion sketches

2007-02-09T00:04:00.001-05:00

Sketches for Blade Runner. I'm trying to narrow down the two scenes I'll use and the outfits to use in them. I found clothing with similar colors as the film uses (muted browns, greens, blues, greys and blacks with shocks of white) and now I need to pick the style that best fits the character - if anyone has seen the movie, feel free to pop in with an opinion.

Concepts Sketches

2007-02-08T00:29:00.000-05:00

The first two sketchbook spreads from Concepts II... I'll post the Arthurian map (also from this class) and some work from Character Development tomorrow.

more fashion sketches (compositions)

2007-02-03T17:24:00.000-05:00

uh, as the title says.

Crystal Meg + Archaelogist Girl Redo

2007-01-31T23:01:00.000-05:00

Crystal Meg is obsessed with Meg Ryan movies; she and the accompanying spots are for my Concepts of Illustration 2 class; the girl is for Character Dev.

2007-01-30T01:44:00.000-05:00

My vaguely futuristic Archaelogy team. The birdies' names are Tweet and Twirt. They're like those canarys you take with you into a mineshaft to test for gas. Yeah.

Emotion Silhouettes

2007-01-29T21:24:00.000-05:00

Happiness, Anger, Sadness, Surprise, Fear

SIlhouettes

2007-01-29T18:48:00.000-05:00

FInished group silhouettes, gotta do the emotions now.

Fashion sketches

2007-01-26T14:52:00.000-05:00

First set of sketches for my fashion illustration class; theme : 40-50's influenced dresses

2007-01-24T19:48:00.000-05:00

Sketches for my Character Development class - a team of 'alien' heroes. The Male Hero, the Female Hero, the Brute, the Trickster, and the Fool. See if you can find each one! The finals are in silhouette.

Gemini

2007-01-22T19:27:00.000-05:00

Screwing around with masking fluid and nib pens.
Welcome to 2007.

First Post.

2006-10-29T09:25:00.000-05:00

Placeholder to see if this works.