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State of Mind Project

Project Scope: create three diverse characters reflecting aspects from three different states. Time frame: 1 week Deliverables: — Three character turnarounds with four facial expressions — Two 10″x8″ illustrations featuring all three characters interacting in an environment. For this project, I decided to create a family of bears. I chose the states California, Montana, and AlabamaContinue reading “State of Mind Project”

The Collection – Duab character sketches

Hello all! I will be posting a few preliminary sketches of the characters from The Collection comic on my blog in the next few weeks. I feel that understanding and seeing the process that goes behind an art form is often times more important than the finished product itself. For this story, I had to sketch out 100 drawings of myContinue reading “The Collection – Duab character sketches”

Fairy Court Project

In my Digital Imagery Studio class we were given a project to create a series of fairy characters and illustrations. There was a Summer Fairy Court and a Winter Fairy Court. Both courts had to include four characters. Characters needed to be diverse and have distinct silhouettes and personalities. The deliverables for the project areContinue reading “Fairy Court Project”

“The Collection” Kickstarter Campaign

I am pleased to announce the start of my Kickstarter campaign. This campaign is to fund the first print run of my comic book. The campaign will run Monday, April 6 to Wednesday, May 6. Click the link below to learn more about the campaign. Kickstarter Campaign: link Read the official story: here

The Collection – March Progress

It’s been a productive month so far. Here are three sample colored pages from The Collection. All inks are completed and colors are almost halfway done! Keep in mind that I’ll be running a Kickstarter Campaign to print this comic book in April! I’ll update everyone once I get that going. In the meantime, the weatherContinue reading “The Collection – March Progress”

“Save Our Salamanders” Project

These past few weeks in one of my classes we have been working on a project called “Save Our Salamanders.” The objective of this project is to create distinct salamander characters that could be used to promote the awareness of environmental issues such as mountain top removals happening in West Virginia. West Virginia is the home to particular species ofContinue reading ““Save Our Salamanders” Project”

The Collection – February Progress

We’re more than halfway through February already! Time is flying by fast. Here is my progress so far with The Collection comic. I’m about halfway done inking. Below are three random pages from the story. I’ll keep updating in the following months. Again, you can read more about this story here. In the meantime, it’s awfully coldContinue reading “The Collection – February Progress”

65 Penciled Comic Pages!

I am proud to say that after a timespan of one month during winter break, 150+ hours of drawing, and one inch of Bristol boards, I finally completed 65 penciled pages for my Senior Comic. Read more about the plot here: https://duachakaher.com/the-collection/

Penciled pages, The Collection

Here is a glimpse of two of the 30 penciled pages from, The Collection, comic. I am working vigorously during winter break to complete all of the 65 pages! I hope everyone is having a great year so far. I will update everyone again soon.

Fall 2014 UW-Stout Entertainment Design Senior Show

Yesterday I attended the Fall 2014 University of Wisconsin-Stout Entertainment Design Senior Show. There were seven graduating students: one cinema student, one game design student, two comics students, and three animators. Congrats to them all!