Updates and Experiments

I am going to try and post more regularly, I promise!

Lately, I have been working on many projects--all of which include new experiments in painting and animation.

First off is a short stop motion test that I did, trying out a style of paper animation. Although this video is only three seconds long, it took me about three days to film. I learned a lot in the process, and I discovered ways to make the filming piece easier, as well as make the final product a bit more fluid. I really like being able to design and create my own puppets for the animation, though I learned that they need to be bigger in size to make moving them easier.
I'm very excited to play around more with paper animations!
You can watch the very short video here:
https://vimeo.com/44347001

Another thing that I have been working on is playing around with mixed media in my artwork. I am finding more and more that I really enjoy incorporating other mediums in my paintings, this time combining white sharpies, colored pencils, and watercolors.

Here is a picture of it:

Additionally, I have been very interested in the prospect of painting hats and incorporating different mediums in embellishments in the hats. Along with the hats, I've been playing around with trying to draw children's faces, which has been very challenging for me. I've only done a few sketches thus far, but I'll keep you all posted if I actually go through with executing this idea.
Regardless, here is one of my favorite hat-related sketches (and attempt at a child's face) that I've done so far:

Now, to conclude this massive post about all things art-related in my life, I will show you an in-process picture of a painting that I'm working on. This is a painting that I've been spending a lot of time planning, and I hope that my pre-painting efforts will end up to be rewarding. I think that I'm going to post some in-process pictures of this piece, and attempt a sort of photo-journal about my process with it. 
Here is the first glimpse at this painting:

You could even leave me a comment about what you think it's going to be a painting of--I'd love to hear your predictions!