Stripes story art

Some pen and copic marker sketches I did while working on the script for Stripes:

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tortoise

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a man bringing sticks to sell for charcoal

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zebra!

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yay!

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a stripes problem

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fighting

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lamb and oryx

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boys meet zebra

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new friends

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uh-oh

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ostrich

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no no no

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lion!

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rolling

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Midsummer Twilight

Painting practice done at the National Gallery of Art. Done in Painter. approx. 2 hours.

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More Painting Practice

Painting practice using National Geographic issues as inspiration. Isn’t Nat Geo awesome?

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More Zoo Sketches

Some birds:

Some ungulates:

Some invertebrates:

Komodo Dragon:

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Ocelot

An ocelot.

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Blue-Footed Booby


Quick paint to test out Painter 11 on my new Macbook pro (!).

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Muybridge sketches

More sketches from the Muybridge annals.

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Web series? TV? How do I get this story out there? (a history)

Thanks again for everyone who watched “Kanook” and gave comments. If you haven’t seen it, seen the previous post.

I wanted to get out some of my thoughts, ideas, plottings … so you can tell me if I’m crazy or not … (warning: long!)

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Kanook – Episode One (Draft)

I’m working on a series called Kanook.

This is a draft. I welcome feedback and collaborators.

-Heather

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Understanding Evolution – Flash Simulation


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Intro: I started working on this simulation a few days ago and I’m pretty excited about it. I’m looking for feedback so if you have anything to say about it, please share!

Goal: I think that evolution and natural selection are simple yet powerful concepts that are often misunderstood. The idea for the project is to make a clear and engaging simulation that shows the principles of natural selection in action.

For now, I just want to get this thing out on the web for feedback, so I’m not going to go into a big explanation about it. Here’s the basics:

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