Aug. 31: Introduction and art examples.

Hello. I'm Julene Haller. I'm from Avon, Ohio, which is a small but very dense and rather rude town about twenty minutes outside of Cleveland. The most significant influence Avon had on me is probably just that I'm nervous about driving, because the streets are overcrowded with people don't care about putting themselves and others in danger. I've always felt more at home on Kelleys Island, where I've spent nearly every summer of my life. In stark contrast to Avon, Kelleys is a very quiet and mellow place with more trees than people, and probably more deer and snakes, too. It's the place that fostered my appreciation for nature and my love for geology.

I came to Allegheny looking for something similar. It's a small school, not necessarily quiet but certainly without the mindless bustle of Avon. It's a place where I can help the environment even more than I could on my own and pursue a major in geology.

A photo of me, taken with my webcam. 

In class you requested that we share some examples of art we've done, so here are a few drawings of mine, with brief notes for each:

Concepts from Welcome to Night Vale applied to characters from Gravity Falls. There's supposed to be words in the blank spaces, but I didn't like how they turned out so I scrapped them. I was toying with my drawing style a bit in this, and I really like the result. Not great at drawing space, though. I kind of winged it.
I don't know why the top left part is so blurry; I've uploaded and reuploaded this a dozen times but it still refuses to be clear, which is especially irritating because that's my favorite part. So here's a link to a clearer (and bigger) version: link 
(the bottom right is also far too pixelly, but unfortunately I can't seem to fix that)
Drawn in Sketchbook Pro

GLaDOS (the big angry one) and Wheatley (the little round one) from Portal and Portal 2. This was drawn a few years ago, actually, but it's still pretty good. It looks much nicer in person, though. Or, well, it did. That's the crappy thing about pencil art, unless you laminate it or something it'll inevitably smudge and fade. Inking's off a bit too, but that's my fault. I'm rambling now, sorry.
Drawn in a sketchbook with mechanical pencil and Pigma pens

I tried doing something funky here with my style, and it turned out surprisingly okay. Anyway, this is a slightly different take on Danny's emergence from the portal at the beginning of Danny Phantom, because I liked the idea that the accident really messed up his physical stability (and also hands/feet are a pain, even silhouetted), hence the melting and whispiness and general body horror. 
The white airbrushing could use some work. A lot of work. I wasn't familiar with the program I was using at the time, so honestly I'm surprised it came out as well as it did.
Drawn in ArtRage 3

And to wrap up, here's some sort-of humanoid Bill Cipher sketches that popped up in my drawing notebook yesterday and turned out surprisingly well. I'm planning on cleaning these up digitally later.
Bill's from Gravity Falls. Sorry about the scribbles.
Wide ruled notebook and mechanical pencil.

There's more I want to add but I should probably stop there. I wanted to add a few monster drawings as well, but I don't have any handy I don't think. Still, this should be an okay demonstration of what I can do and what kind of art I tend to make.