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Five Sisters Spread - 4

2011-05-14T09:43:00.001-04:00

Five Sisters Spread - 3

2011-05-11T00:27:00.002-04:00

Five Sisters Spread - 2

2011-05-10T05:36:00.001-04:00

I also changed the fonts since the last post.

Five Sisters Spread

2011-05-09T01:43:00.002-04:00

Character Project: Frame 3 (updated version)

2011-05-08T12:30:00.001-04:00

Character Project: Frame 2

2011-05-07T07:32:00.002-04:00

Character Project: Frame 1

2011-05-05T23:54:00.001-04:00

Bubbles or No Bubbles?

2011-05-05T00:25:00.000-04:00

Which is better?

Character Project

2011-05-04T23:04:00.003-04:00

For this project, we had to design a character based after ourselves. There are 3 "panels" that show the character in 3 different scenes. Basically, I decided to make my character a kindergarten teacher - who has a frustrating day but ends it on a high note with a nice, warm, relaxing bath. Much more to come... I have a lot of final projects to show!

Updated version of 5 Sisters spread

2011-04-21T01:32:00.001-04:00

A little peek at the "Five Sisters" tale

2011-04-20T02:47:00.003-04:00

Inspired by the work of Pascal Campion.

Science and Magic - Color

2011-04-18T02:00:00.002-04:00

In the style of Masha D'yans.

Fable - Color

2011-04-14T00:33:00.004-04:00

In the style of Masha D'yans.

Science and Magic - Color

2011-04-11T04:45:00.003-04:00

In the style of Masha D'yans.

Science and Magic - Coloring/In-Process

2011-04-08T17:23:00.004-04:00

AWE Penn Previews Flyer

2011-04-06T11:09:00.001-04:00

Calvin and Hobbes (in color!)

2011-03-30T10:14:00.005-04:00

Still need to make a few small edits - but here's Calvin and Hobbes (in color)!

Calvin and Hobbes - Escape

2011-03-21T11:47:00.003-04:00

The theme of this comic is "Escape" - also done for my Sequential Art class. I need to fix up the line work in a lot of spots (and the right most panel isn't in yet, character design needs to be switched out, etc!!). Just wanted to show a preview of what I'm working on...

Book 3 - Science and Magic

2011-03-19T13:17:00.002-04:00

The final spread is on the post below...

Book 2 - Fable

2011-03-17T17:03:00.002-04:00

Book Spreads

2011-03-16T05:07:00.004-04:00

In the style of Masha Dyans - these are the tight sketches of three little stories. I'll post the first set of stories today, and the next one tomorrow, etc. The objective was to create three short stories around a list of story devices we were given. Then we did a few iterations of drawings, and one final render (full color) or one spread. The frog from a previous post was part of one of the final renders. I did those in watercolor, and will post them in a few days.

Look... a Stool...

2011-03-15T11:22:00.005-04:00

Modeled this quickly in class today so the students could import this as a reference for size/proportion because our model was seated on a similar stool.

"Temptation" - Work in Progress

2011-03-14T12:05:00.001-04:00

Adding more color and shading...

Frog Illustration

2011-03-09T12:46:00.004-05:00

Part of a longer tale that I illustrated and painted in watercolor. The colors are a bit blown out/off from the quality of the scan... but this is a start!

Final Project

2011-03-02T11:07:00.003-05:00

So I fell in love with the work of Brittney Lee (britsketch.blogspot.com). She's incredible. I'm trying to emulate that style for a final project in Sequential Drawing... based off of the story of the Five Chinese Brothers (which I'm changing to sisters I think... because girls are more fun to draw)!!

WIP Comic

2011-02-21T12:23:00.002-05:00

The theme is Temptation.... I'll show the other parts shortly...

Some Character Sketches

2011-02-14T12:23:00.002-05:00

Working on some character designs for class... just some quick sketches. Still needs a lot of work!!

Dr. Sketchy's Philadelphia

2011-02-13T01:05:00.003-05:00

This afternoon I went to Dr. Sketchy's Philly with Dan. It was Anti-Valentine's day/jilted bride/some other metaphor themed with this amazing model named Scooter Pie. Absolutely incredible. She did some really tough poses for 20 minutes at a time! Very impressive. Here's one or two things I drew while there. I'm really rusty on my live-drawing and definitely think I need to practice some more!!

The images are pretty terrible because I took them with a camera with flash instead of scanning... when I get a chance, I'll try and put up some better images.

Slot Machines

2011-02-07T00:13:00.002-05:00

Some Slot Machine designs for SIGGRAPH. More explanation and drawings to come!

Senior Project and such

2011-02-06T02:12:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the hiatus! I took a posting break over the holiday vacation that turned into a bit of an extended hiatus. I will have some fun stuff to post shortly... but for now, check out my senior project blog at http://kru-penn.blogspot.com. There isn't much on there yet - save for some background reading and proposals - but the aim of the project is to study the RenderMan interface, the RenderMan Shading Language, and to implement some interesting textures in PRMan. Should be fun!

Updated Demo Reel 12/2010

2010-12-29T13:51:00.001-05:00

Marissa Krupen Demo Reel 12/2010 from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

In progress IV

2010-12-28T08:16:00.002-05:00

In progress III

2010-12-27T04:07:00.000-05:00

In progress II...

2010-12-20T07:33:00.002-05:00

Some big changes are taking place after a great crit from Yiyi and Grace. More to come.

In progress...

2010-12-19T00:10:00.000-05:00

Drop/Leaf Redux

2010-12-18T00:05:00.002-05:00

Finished off and fixed up the droplet of water on a leaf animation. Added some more bending to the tip of the first leaf, made the drop fall faster in the beginning, and completed the action through the droplet falling on the second leaf. Yay :)

Leaf/Droplet from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

Duke Ellington Assignment

2010-12-17T00:14:00.003-05:00

Based on a piece of text we were given and needed to incorporate...

Duke Ellington from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

Set pieces from Handdrawn Animation Final

2010-12-16T01:09:00.002-05:00

Holiday Cart Part 2

2010-12-15T00:06:00.001-05:00

Lots and lots to catch up on...

2010-12-14T02:11:00.002-05:00

As the title says... lots and lots! Too much to talk about right now (it is Finals Week after all). So a quick holiday card in progress. This was the first draft of the background. When I have a chance I'll upload the original sketches, and I'll keep updating with the other drafts/pieces I have done already.

Happy Holidays and look forward to posts about what I've been working on at the end of the semester, CTN, and other fun things!

WIP2 India

2010-11-17T09:29:00.002-05:00

WIP India

2010-11-12T16:38:00.003-05:00

Just started last night and put a few hours in. To be continued tonight!

Home

2010-11-09T14:44:00.012-05:00

We had an assignment for class that was described as an "illustrated essay." It needed to be part type, part photos, and part animation. The subject was home and we had to describe what home meant to us and/or where or what we defined as home.

I chose my apartment at school... and tried to describe how messy the place is. My room is often in a state of chaos, but I love all the colors and illustrations and inspirational pieces I have pinned to the walls. Will be adding more to the end and resubmitting... but for now... my home essay.

Home from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

Droplet on Leaf Animation

2010-10-28T18:31:00.002-04:00

Quick study for Handdrawn Animation class - The assignment was to do a droplet falling on a leaf, rolling off, and to watch the leaf react to the weight, the droplet to change shape, etc. At some point (probably next week when I'm done with midterms...) I want to sit down and make it so the second leaf reacts as well! But for now, a droplet of water falling on leaf!

Texturing from SIG Model

2010-10-25T12:37:00.004-04:00

This is a project from awhile ago:

I needed to texture a character for a research game testing user sensitivity to varying levels of human motion in video games. The low-poly model had been made, but needed to be fixed up a bit and UV mapped/textured. The UV map had been automatically generated... but needed A LOT of work. This was the end UV layout (just made it symmetrical/overlapping on side to side to save time since the model just needed to be basic and non-distracting). I also put one of the quick texture maps. It just has a flat color - there were a couple of tshirt and pants variations from this one. At some point I would love to go back and play around with the texture since I already have the UV's all laid out!

AWE Sleeping Bag Weekend and Updates!

2010-10-15T15:44:00.005-04:00

Getting back into the swing of things at school! Here is a new design for an AWE flier. More to come with updates from the summer, the internship, and new work!

Sherlock Holmes

2010-05-17T14:20:00.002-04:00

This was part of a character assignment. We each came up with a list of a couple of hero and villain combinations. Then we switched. I ended up with a bunch of great options but went with Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty. The assignment was to depict them interacting and recognizable as their characters. We were also supposed to try out a new illustrative style. I didn't do such a good job with that, but I had done that with the NPR assignment, and I was trying to do something with a bit more interesting perspective at least. The original sketch was just focused on the two of them falling - with extreme proportions, angles, etc. But it looked weird without the context of Reichenbach Falls and the distance they had to fall. I still want to clean this up quite a lot, and might try and second version more zoomed in. But for now...

NPR

2010-05-16T03:08:00.001-04:00

This was an assignment for class based on NPR. We were supposed to illustrate a feeling, memory, or reaction to some aspect of NPR. Mine was sitting in my apartment for the first time and realizing that Fresh Air was broadcast just down the street, here in Philly!

Tomer Hanuka

2010-05-15T13:40:00.001-04:00

Some animal illustrations in the style of Tomer Hanuka. Fixed up the turtle's background especially... This is part of a series of 3 artists with 3 animals each. More to come!

Updates! End of the Semester...

2010-05-14T03:10:00.002-04:00

As the semester has drawn to an end, there will be a couple of more updates to post here of the many things I have been doing in the past few weeks.

So first off: Wine Labels! All nice and shiny and mocked up on real wine bottles!

Updated Demo Reel! :)

2010-04-21T19:49:00.002-04:00

Marissa Krupen Demo Reel 2010 from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

AWE Postcard Design

2010-04-03T23:22:00.004-04:00

Some Graphic Design work for Advancing Women in Engineering. Michele requested a gear design (to match the logo) on the front. This will be Pre-Orientation invitation card for the Class of 2014. :)

Heaven and Hell

2010-04-02T15:35:00.005-04:00

These are some wine bottle designs for digital illustration class. The concept is based on Dante's Inferno and Paradiso. Still working on Hell. The lettering at the top is cut out on the label. When it is on the bottle, all you see is the silhouette of the white letters (not the grey). I will post some pics on the bottle soon...

Some Art from Thesis

2010-04-01T12:23:00.003-04:00

Here are some pieces from my Thesis Animation:

Other Animals

2010-03-29T10:16:00.004-04:00

A LOT more stuff to come. But here's a quick update on some of the other animals. Based off of the artists Tomer Hanuka and Tadahiro Uesugi.

Once I catch up from the Thesis crunch and Passover, I'll post all the stuff I've been working on the past month or two!! :)

Dr. Seuss Animals

2010-03-16T09:13:00.005-04:00

As a part of an assignment for Digital Illustration class - We had to illustrate 3 animals in 3 different artist styles. My animals were an octopus, a rooster, and a turtle. These are in the Dr. Seuss style. :) Stay tuned for the other two which are in the midst of their first finish.

Beach Scene

2010-03-03T01:15:00.003-05:00

Quick comp:

Quick Comp from Eliza and the Swans from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

Octo-mom

2010-02-27T19:43:00.003-05:00

Before she started falling apart over Holiday break (unfortunately). Hopefully, if I have more time after Spring Break, I will fix her up again and take some nice turn-table photos (a la the Aristocats Butler sculpture).

Work in Progress

2010-02-26T21:00:00.002-05:00

I'm official!

2010-02-25T00:40:00.002-05:00

Haha I officially have a website: www.marissakrupen.com

It's nothing special (yet)... but my demo reel is on there. I'm just excited to finally have a website! :)

2010-02-24T05:21:00.001-05:00

Marissa Krupen Demo Reel 2010 from Marissa Krupen on Vimeo.

Wolverine Update!

2010-02-23T05:24:00.000-05:00

Check it out!!!!

The Country Poster

2010-02-22T17:25:00.007-05:00

Compilation Slide

2010-02-19T16:27:00.005-05:00

A compilation of random digital paintings I've done/been working on.

The one on the left is a character design for Thesis that I kind of abandoned.... The one in the middle right was a Santa I was working on for Holiday cards that I need to trim out of the background a bit more/clean up.

Just a few things that have been laying around...

A Little Bit More of India

2010-02-11T16:46:00.008-05:00

So I apologize because Blogger uploads these in backwards order... but imagine that I traveled these from the bottom to the top (because that's what actually happened :-P). The comments might make more sense that way too...

Inside one of the many temples.

A home by one of the landmarks we visited...

Yes - snake charmers! Sanjeev tried to get me to get closer, but I wouldn't have any of it!

Grandpa looking out of one of the many intricately carved screen windows.

Restoration work in Jaipur.

Jaipur - "the pink city"

Monkeys!

The view of the Taj from another landmark. Note the insane traffic... oddly this was in only one direction (coming from New Delhi), but the traffic in India is both insane and an art form of its own. If you think driving in Manhattan is bad...

The view of the Taj Mahal from our hotel.

Some really cute kids who thought I was cool because I was American. That doesn't happen very often... except for in India! (The me being mistaken as cool, and the fact that being American was cool!)

The Taj Mahal!

The Taj Mahal!

Told you I loved the trees...

The Taj Mahal!

Main Gate leading into the Taj Mahal.

My grandpa. :) He's the one who made this whole trip possible.

These screens are amazing. They were carved for the women to be able to look out, but for no one to be able to look in and see them!

This is a terrible photograph, but I wanted to try and catch some of the amazing colors!! We were in the car... so I should get some credit for that! The yellow plants are mustard, apparently...

A Bit of India

2010-02-11T16:35:00.003-05:00

India was incredible... and though I have tried numerous times - facebook seems to be resisting my attempts to share some photos!

So here is a little bit of the amazingness. It was a truly inspiring trip and I have so many ideas/plans from this trip that I want to work into my current stuff. More to come!!

P.S. I love the trees in India!

Aristocats Maquette

2010-02-11T15:48:00.004-05:00

Here is a quick preview of the Aristocats maquette I worked on last semester. In our studio we affectionately refer to him as "little dude," but hopefully he is easy enough to recognize from the movie!

I spent some rather long hours fixing him up and having a friend help me photograph him (stop-motion turntable!), so by the end of the weekend I should have the turntable video all finished and ready to show! But for now... just a little tease of our "little dude."

Finally Back! And Joe Gilland Workshop

2010-02-04T02:31:00.002-05:00

Hey all (or at least anybody reading this :) )

Sorry for the delay! After my last final in mid-December, I rushed home for an early flight to India. I had an amazing Holiday break with my grandparents and my aunt (pictures to come shortly), and got back in early January with a few days to spare. After getting over jet lag and the time difference, I quickly packed up and moved back to Philly where I have now begun the second semester of my senior year at UPenn.

I have a lot to show here (and am again, sorry for the delay due to the adjustment period). I have some fun things from the end of last semester, some things from over break, and already a lot of work from this semester!

So the hiatus is over! I'm starting off with an amazing link to an awn.com article by Joseph Gilland. We were amazingly lucky enough that Erinn procured some funding and made it all happen... and got Joe to come to Penn! I attended a 3-workshop in January where he taught all about VFX animation and the importance of forces and feeling over digitization and automation. Here is a link where he talks about his experience: http://www.awn.com/blogs/elemental-alchemy/elemental-magic-organic-approach-visual-effects-animation-goes-university-pe

(That's me at the end, presenting the boards for my final effect, and me in the middle of the group shot, giving bunny ears to another student.) I learned a ton from the workshop, and am still so excited that Erinn and Julie managed to make this happen after we attended the preview in Ottawa.

I'm currently working on animating the effect I chose for the final, as a part of a piece for thesis. I promise to show you more when I can.

Expect a LOT more in the next few weeks. I have tons of work and pictures from all across India to share! And of course my usual postings as the semester commences...

Wish me luck in my quest for a summer internship... Finishing up my applications in the coming weeks!

Character Design Sketches 2

2009-12-07T22:39:00.003-05:00

The various quick design work-throughs before I settled on the final two.

A Few Pictures from Our Town

2009-12-07T21:44:00.006-05:00

Characters for April Fools

2009-12-07T21:40:00.001-05:00

Cute? :)

First Pass Animatic

2009-11-16T17:46:00.002-05:00

This might be too complex to view on this small viewer... we'll see. First pass at animatic, which of course yielded a whole bunch of new changes to do!

Final Poster

2009-11-16T07:02:00.001-05:00

With specific edits requested by the director.

Character Design Sketches

2009-11-06T09:57:00.003-05:00

Caught! Animation

2009-11-05T10:28:00.004-05:00

Still in progress... but this is my third/most recent animation. :)

This was a character design assignment based on a sound clip. There's a lot more I want to add/fix... but I think it's a good start! I will post some sketches of the character design in process later, as well.

Our Town Poster Designs

2009-11-04T11:36:00.008-05:00

A couple of mockups (still in the semi-early design phase) for the Theatre Arts Department Our Town Production Poster. If you're unfamiliar with the show, Our Town, is a show that flaunts the idea of "needing" a set. Our production will have a couple of fragments of pieces that might represent locale or a time, but that's about it. It's a two tables and a couple of chairs... and a highly decorative trellis for those "who need it." The actors mime the rest, and leave it to your imagination to fill in the blanks.

The idea behind the poster is to represent these production ideals - a fragmented representation of reality and/or the fictional illusionistic set that you don't actually need or have.

The first one will eventually have the actors photoshopped in black and white in place of the policeman and the runaway boy in the Rockwell painting. The idea here is to show the stage as it will be: blank... but to show the world that these characters are operating in. You begin to get a sense of this town, but it's not actually there.

The second one highlights an iconic scene from the show (that is also pictured in the first) of the soda shop. It plays with the tension of black and white vs. color... the idea of what's there and what isn't... as well as the symbolism associated with the color.

The third is a darker look at the fragmented pieces. There are bits of reality and the illusionistic stage pieces that the actors would mime - a mixture of fiction and reality. This is the one that I believe is farthest from done, as the layout is a bit off and I am still intending to put more images in the lower left area.

But for now... here are the poster mockups!

Video from Previous Painting

2009-10-22T11:08:00.008-04:00

So you can see a little bit of how I was doing it...

Preview Animation... WIP

2009-10-22T10:52:00.005-04:00

So this is just a work in progress... still a lot more to do!

This animation is the beginning of a longer portion. Just started the walk cycle but I need to fix a frame towards the end of each cycle. Otherwise... I hope you like it!

Please note that this is only my first attempt at animation... so try to wait till it's completely finished (and I fix the frame!) before judging :-P

Elisa in the Forrest

2009-10-14T11:00:00.004-04:00

Oddly... the colors appear a lot different here/on my mac than in the PC lab in Addams. It's the first time I've ever noticed such a large change... but there was a lot more color depth on the PC in this darker painting. Hopefully, you can get somewhat of an idea for what I was going for... and maybe on a PC it will look better (though I just saved the psd to jpeg and the color profile on a Mac, so who knows).

Heading to Ottawa for the Animation Festival in a few short hours. Have to run and pack!!! Here's something to tide over/since I haven't posted in a few weeks. I'll update more hopefully in Canada or when I get back on Sunday. So excited!

Struggling with Computers in Addams

2009-09-30T07:22:00.003-04:00

As I continue the never-ending battle with the Addams computer labs and "support" staff... here's a quick post/update.

A lot to mention... Senior Thesis, Schoolism Projects, Summer Work, Friends/Family. Too much to describe in this short note. However, I promise to come back soon and update, and apologize for the summer time off in postings.

Here's a quick digital painting (still have some more I want to do, but it's a comfortable 7 hours at this point) that I would like to explain more later (and perhaps in it's own post). Just a preview of what I'm up to...

Schoolism

2009-06-15T23:39:00.005-04:00

It has taken me awhile to get back on top of things recently as I just started a new job. More on that later. Now that I have finally started balancing time there with the rest of my life, I have also started Steven Silver's Character Design class on Schoolism.com. Check it out. Seriously.

I am so excited for this class, and I really do love my job. It is not 100% ideal... but I think right now (or at least today), I am starting to regain some footing for the first time in the past 12 months. I still have a long, long, long way to go before I get back to where I was at the end of sophomore year... but one step at a time. :) I don't know if that's optimism or my first paycheck talking... but hey, I hope it lasts!

Without further ado, my first character design for the class.

Character description: Jerry Loomy
-used car salesman boss, NY, 2008
-A cruel, moody, high strong, dishonest man
-wears a cheap button down shirt, w/ a vest or sports coat and a greasy tank top underneath and a tie that doesn't fit
-middle aged, white male
-negative attitude towards life
-stocky build around 5' 4"
-patch over an eye and missing a finger due to an angry employee biting it off
-lare round head w/ deep set eyes and sunburned skin
-receding hairline w/ a pony tail
-mouth with yellow stained teeth

I know I have a long way to go in this class... but you have to start somewhere. And for me, especially with inventing people, etc. I am at the very beginning.

Here he is:

There's not much difference between the two (besides color obviously). Steven said we didn't need to color it... and I didn't really in the second one - just dropped a multiply layer with a couple of highlights.

Updates soon with 3d models for Scott's class, more art for Josh's class, and more designs for Steven's class! If my boss says it's ok, I might include some stuff here from work too... but we'll see!

p.s. I wonder if anyone can tell which actor/character from a movie I modeled this after...

Environment Concepts

2009-05-13T02:07:00.002-04:00

so much more to do!

2009-05-06T10:25:00.003-04:00

(lol yea I haven't begun the legs or lower arms....)

I really need to stop workin on the face :P

2009-05-06T05:03:00.004-04:00

Quick Render

2009-04-29T22:26:00.002-04:00

Still working...

Wolverine Part _?__

2009-04-28T22:01:00.001-04:00

Update:

2009-04-28T07:35:00.003-04:00

The past few days I have spent focused almost entirely on coding... but I have found some time here and there to work on FNAR. Here's another Wolverine WIP. More to come :)

2009-04-23T18:58:00.003-04:00

Some more WIP...

Restructuring the lighting in this one. I like the way the light is functioning more (still need to finish bringing out the lights in the village), but I feel like this image is losing drawing quality... Maybe once I have the quality of light better together I will be able to fix the rendering quality as well...
Still working! Love how it's starting to come out... but still a lot to do (i.e. ignore the terrible arms right now.... and all the work in the upper chest/head that needs to be done...)

So much to do... so little time...

Still Working

2009-04-21T22:36:00.003-04:00

Here's an update:

Village Preview

2009-04-21T15:36:00.003-04:00

Still working on this one as well... but here's a preview of the concept I've been working on for the village scene at the end of the book.

took a break for an hr

2009-04-20T07:05:00.004-04:00

and now I'm back:

- the chin is stronger/better... but I think I'm going to need to put the teeth in soon and fix the upper lip for it to start looking right

- started working on fixing up the neck and shoulders as well

I'm going to take a short break from modeling to work on some more concept art stuff, but when I come back the goal is to fix up the upper shoulders/neck and flesh out the hands and feet ASAP!

Another Wolverine Screenshot

2009-04-20T05:00:00.003-04:00

oooo I already see spots around the eyes I want to fix... but these blog posts are a nice short break :)

Wolverine and Joker WIP

2009-04-20T01:43:00.003-04:00

I guess I'm getting very comic oriented :-P

The Wolverine model is really starting to come along, and I believe really starting to look like Hugh Jackman. Here's a temp. screen grab... I'll post another shot in a few hours when I'm farther along. There's still a lot to do but now I'm officially getting excited!

I also worked on coloring the Joker pic quite a bit over the weekend. Don't have a screen grab of that yet, but will later when I post again, hopefully. (I don't think my computer can handle running Photoshop and Maya at the same time and I don't really want to stop modeling. :) )

'Till later...

...more renders

2009-04-16T21:14:00.003-04:00

Been Working All Night

2009-04-16T21:09:00.003-04:00

I've been working all night/day/night again to try and get my portfolio stuff together. I lit and rendered a few things from last year.... been working on the Joker... and fixing up/finishing other stuff. Uploading as I go :)

(Gotta work on 277 and ARTH logs too... so don't have time for Fling....)

Color Joker WIP

2009-04-16T15:37:00.003-04:00

Another step along the way :)

It's official I don't sleep

2009-04-15T06:34:00.003-04:00

What I'm working on right now:

Concept WIP

2009-04-14T22:40:00.001-04:00

Forest Scene for Josh's Class... still working on it but I guess we can call it a speed-paint for now.

:)

Some More Wolverine WIP shots

2009-04-14T15:49:00.001-04:00

Wolverine

2009-04-14T15:42:00.002-04:00

Work in Progress :)