Flimflammery

New Site!

2010-07-25T15:21:00.002-04:00

Hello All!

I just created a new website which hopefully will behave a little bit better than my current one... you know, the one that still has broken links because I no longer have access to DreamWeaver? Yeah, that one. Anyway, you should check it out! Still under construction, but it'll have a full gallery, all my info, resume, etc., and even a super quick and easy way to contact me! Gettin' fancy, I know. Go here: http://jenbacher.artdealers.com

Vote for my T-shirt design!

2010-02-03T15:41:00.001-05:00

I just submitted a T-shirt design on Threadless! Check it out and vote if you'd like to see it printed!

http://www.threadless.com/submission/253766/Okapi

Zeke

2009-05-05T19:51:00.002-04:00

Because I have (or had, I suppose) such a wonderful instructor this year, I was allowed to do a little character design for my 'Project 2' in animation! I was inspired by Bill Peet's The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg and decided to design a griffin. Maybe someday I will throw some color on him and do a nice, digital painting?

Coming Soon to a Blog near you!

2009-05-05T19:47:00.002-04:00

Let's play "Guess The Film Spoof"! This was the poster for my senior thesis... eventually the piece itself will be posted :)

My Brain on Maya

2009-03-22T16:57:00.004-04:00

After a particularly crazy week full of technical issues and time-consuming crowd-creating, I was feeling a bit frazzled... to say the least. And what better way to relieve stress than spending some quality time with my poor, neglected sketchbook?

Doo-Doodles

2009-02-19T21:51:00.006-05:00

Wow! I haven't posted anything new since November! I treated myself to an evening at Barnes and Noble earlier this week and came back with a new journal... I did this random fish doodle thing in it this morning. And last night I was doodling and ended up with a page of weird birds, goofy dinos, and a yawning lion. That's really all I've got at the moment. In the meantime you might like to visit my website. Yes, I know some of the links are STILL broken. Fear not for they shall be mended as soon as I have time between thesis and writing papers and keeping an environmental science journal and trying to get a decent amount of sleep.... OK, so it may be awhile. But there's still plenty of work there for your viewing pleasure so give it a look-see :)

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

(you'll have to copy/paste....lo siento)

Figure Drawing

2008-11-03T17:01:00.002-05:00

It may be somewhat superfluous for me to post this since it will soon be a part of my digital portfolio, but I will count it as a plug for my website (currently still under construction) and dismiss the notion. In other words, there's more where this came from...

2008-10-01T17:01:00.002-04:00

Grocery shopping in Florida. I don't stock shelves, but this is pretty much what it's like.

What I left behind

2008-09-03T09:57:00.002-04:00

So it's back to work here in Sarasota, but I thought I'd share a couple of my favorite photos from the place I've called home for the last three summers. Now can you see why it's so hard to leave? Already got a lot to do for senior year, but things have been chugging along smoothly so far. I've got a figure class this semester! Look for some sketches to be posted soon!

Back in the mountains!

2008-05-25T17:30:00.002-04:00

I wish I could've gotten my blog off to a more substantial start before high-tailing it out of the Sunshine State for the summer, but, alas, I did not. And now that I'm in the mountains for the summer I will only get the chance to have internet access on the weekends... not that I'll have time to do much in the way of artwork. Hopefully I will be able to take some photos of the awesomeness that is my home for the summer (Camp Lutherock in Newland, NC) and get those up, but for now I must bid adieu to the wonderful world of technology. Have a wonderful summer!

Little Jenny

2008-04-27T13:03:00.001-04:00

Cleaning out my homespace for the summer.... yay. This is my lipsync character. It's me as a little kid!

2008-04-26T23:15:00.003-04:00

An assignment to combine two animals into one... I had an okapi and a weasel.

Character designs inspired by simple textures and designs found in nature.

Some character designs out of Drawing for Animators last semester. Fun Fact: In researching okapis I learned that, though their striped hind-quarters would suggest that they might be a cousin of the zebra, they are in fact more closely related to giraffes! Take a look at their head shape sometime and you'll see it...

Earth Day

2008-04-22T16:18:00.001-04:00

Found this video that I thought was appropriate... today being Earth Day and all. Enjoy!

2008-04-15T21:52:00.001-04:00

This was my first digital painting, and the inspiration for one of my senior thesis ideas. My dog Smudge dancing with a plunger...

Scanner of DOOM!

2008-04-13T16:43:00.004-04:00

OK, so I have the world's worst scanner.... I tried to clean these up a bit. Just a few sketches of people from camp :-)

Rhinoceroseses II

2008-04-12T15:41:00.001-04:00

Here is the drawing and final painting I promised. I had a lot of fun with this piece!

Midas

2008-04-11T13:39:00.002-04:00

I was digging through files on my home computer and came across this character design from freshman year.

Rhinoceroseses

2008-04-11T01:04:00.003-04:00

Having decided at such an obscure hour and after a rather exhausting day to start a blog, it is regrettable that I have nothing too exciting to show to get things kicked off. But I'd like to thank my visitors in advance for comments, suggestions, and general tomfoolery that might help to strengthen my artistic repertoire in the future. Because it must be some kind of sin not to include any art in the first post of an artist's blog, I will leave you with a few rhinoceros reference sketches I did for a digital painting last semester. The drawing and final painting will follow soon...