Some of you have been telling me "I want more AER HEAD!" I know - I do too! My freelancing has been picking up lately, which is great news for me, but it also means that AER HEAD takes a back seat for a bit. When I was making a page every other week back in the fall, I was also unemployed :/ I wish I could work on AER HEAD full time and somehow get paid for it, but in the meantime, I'll keep trying to find a good balance between work projects and personal projects. But I'm excited to say that I'm getting comic and animation work:

Recently, I became a colorist for Marvel! I'm an assistant to Kyle Baker, who draws some of Marvel's comics. I just colored DeadPool Max #8, which should be out next month. (#1 is shown above. All DeadPool Max characters © Marvel 2011) It's so crazy - I never thought I'd be working for Marvel because our styles are so different. But I can color in any style! Kyle draws in Photoshop and sends me the files, and I do the "flats," which are the solid colors. Then I do some shading, send it to him, and he touches it up with his personal flair. You can see an example of a panel I colored here.

I've also gotten an animation gig, animating the end credits for Heart of a Doll, the film I was an art assistant for (see last post). One thing leads to another :) I'm so glad things are finally starting to come together for my career, after a year of being in NYC. What will the future hold? Only Aeryan knows ;)

I had an awesome time being an art assistant for the short film "Heart of a Doll", directed by Ash Mayfair. I learned so many new things and got to work with great people! Since it was a period piece set in 1965, I made a lots of props like a fake photo and helped make a fake newspaper. Lots of work went into converting a family's kitchen into a 60's looking kitchen - painting, putting up temporary wall paper, and lots of other details. I was "on stand-by" for a majority of the shooting time, meaning I had to be ready after a "take" was done and had to reset the props back to their original positions. I also needed to fix things on set (changing a light fixture, trimming curtains, cleaning glasses that were used as props). I also sawed part of a flat (fake wall), and felt so macho like I could build my own house! I loved the variety of tasks, and it kept me on my toes! Even though I brought my comic boards with me, I didn't get a chance to do any work on AER HEAD :P I did manage to get a few quick sketches of some of the crew, though:

I really liked being a part of this project, and would like to do more work as an art assistant for films. But probably not too much, because the long hours (literally from when you wake up early to 11pm, even all nighters sometimes) don't leave me time to work on my true passion, which is comics. But I love trying all kinds of freelance projects and learning all sorts of new things! It's important as a freelancer to be versatile. (Sketch of Lauren © Mayfair Pictures 2011)

In other news, Max West featured my work on his blog, Sunnyville Stories! You may have seen Max posting some useful tips on this AER HEAD blog - he's really on top of things like blogging and progressing on his comic. His stuff is worth checking out - I think it may be a big hit with kids in the future.