MORTALKOMBAT!!!!!

2011-03-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

So the concept art is for an animated movie about an archeologist who accidentally resurrects a mummy. The mummy and the archeologist hit it off and become best buddies, and mad cap adventures ensue. The scene I story boarded is the fateful meeting. All the best friendships should start with ice cream.

Character design and Cover Art

2011-03-08T18:39:00.000-08:00

Environment

2011-03-06T20:45:00.000-08:00

sketchy, but you get the idea. Egypt and stuff.

2011-03-06T18:44:00.000-08:00

So remember when there were all those movies about a family, or a teenager, or what ever taking in a mythical creature/ alien/ unfrozen caveman? Well, in that illustrious vein of fine cinema I give you: My Favorite Mummy.

Legend of Sleepy Hollow Storyboard

2011-02-23T16:19:00.000-08:00

Storyboard: Kill Bill 1

2011-02-23T14:10:00.000-08:00

O-Ren Ishii lays down the law.

The magic of adjustment layers

2011-02-21T15:39:00.000-08:00

Top is with out curves adjustment layer, bottom is with. Mein Gott in himmel, what a difference!

Comparison

2011-02-16T12:54:00.000-08:00

The sweet space city is by Theo Prins. The lighting and atmospheric effects made me weep a little.....so awesome.

one more environment

2011-02-14T19:56:00.000-08:00

2 Environments

2011-02-11T16:18:00.000-08:00

in progress, one more to go....

Thumbnails

2011-02-02T14:55:00.000-08:00

Thar be Thumbnails

2011-02-02T14:37:00.000-08:00

Reflect time!

2011-01-31T13:47:00.000-08:00

After reading the article I think I would actually enjoy being a concept artist. I usually work by doing a lot of research, both for visual inspiration and accuracy (oh hey, top hats hadn't been invented yet and Big Ben wasn't around until 1859, good to know for that project set in 1763 London). The variety and sheer amount of work that concept artists do seems like a pretty fun way to bring home the bacon.

I found that once I got the main idea of how I wanted a character, things didn't change too much from drawing to drawing.

A few times I got completely locked in to drawing certain characters from only one side. For whatever reason I always drew Pinfeather from the left. I had to flip a couple of the drawings to get myself to snap out of it.

I had to do a lot of research for Red Lion's clothing, especially to find appropriate color schemes for his costume. With both of the characters I focused on getting things really clear. I wanted the actions and movement to have intensity, and just plain make sense (is he going to throw a punch, or is he putting his wallet away?)

Pinfeather

2011-01-31T12:33:00.000-08:00

Red Lion

2011-01-31T12:31:00.000-08:00

Reading reflection

2011-01-20T16:18:00.000-08:00

Hobbes of "Calvin and Hobbes" is the Mickey Mouse of my childhood. I was a voracious reader of the comics page as a kid, and every Sunday I'd pour over the 4 whole pages of color comics, and in particular "Calvin and Hobbes".

Part of what made "Calvin and Hobbes" so fun was the art was just so much better than anything else in the comics. Bill Watterson's characters were full of life that bounded all over the page, and despite their being cartoons, they were beliveable. Hobbes, when not walking upright, evoked the slinky, strechy gestures of a cat.

As a kid, I'd draw Hobbes all the time: Hobbes sleeping, Hobbes being sneeky, Hobbes mauling Calvin.

2011-01-20T16:14:00.000-08:00

visual references

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character studies

2011-01-19T20:21:00.000-08:00

Character study #1

2011-01-12T14:45:00.000-08:00

Last ones

2011-01-10T15:18:00.001-08:00

Even more Silhouettes

2011-01-10T14:27:00.000-08:00

Some Silhouettes

2011-01-10T14:10:00.000-08:00

the 5 sillhouettes

2011-01-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

5 bucks to whoever can guess em' all! No, I kid, I don't have 5 bucks.

2010-12-04T16:30:00.001-08:00

last page.

2010-12-04T16:26:00.000-08:00

It's upside down, i don't know why.

2010-11-18T19:12:00.000-08:00

The comic thus far. Some astronauts return from a 10 year mission to find dinosaurs have returned from space and taken over earth.

2010-11-06T16:09:00.000-07:00

So for the book project I'll be working with images from several comic ideas I have. There wont really be any story to the thing, I'll just be working on the overall look of the worlds/characters. I'm trying to get the hang of drawing with a tablet and coloring stuff I scan in.

2010-11-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

So here are the posters. Of the three themes i went with movie posters, although Seer could be some obscure Canadian indi band.

I used the lasso tool, particularly the polygon lasso, a lot, and erased through layers too.

I played with the text most on the katz poster. its weird how much the feel of the image changed from just slanting the text. Horizontal text was just way to calm for cats with machine guns.

2010-10-15T17:42:00.000-07:00

I started these by trying out different type faces and choosing what I liked. The fat type tended to be more fun to play with. I chose letter that worked with the design I wanted (B for Batman, f for forrest) for some of the designs, but for others i just went for what letter was the most graphicly appealing to me.

scratch #2 and #3

2010-10-04T17:24:00.001-07:00

For # 3 I used only the lasso tool with the opacity at about 50%. #2 I hadn't figured out how to fill in lasso shapes yet, so i just colored it with the paint brush tool. #1 i did with only the paint brush tool.

Before this class i had no idea how to use layers or how to mess with opacity. Hooray for layers!!!

As for my favorite image, it a toss up between #1 and #3. #1 is a little more crude than #3, but i like the colors in that one best.

2010-09-29T16:24:00.001-07:00

DMF scratch # 1

2010-04-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

After Bill Watterson stopped doing Calvin & Hobbs I didn't really read comics again untill my brother got me my first HellBoy comic. I was hooked. Mike Mignola is basically my hero now. Running close second for awsome art and crazy stories is Doug Tennaple's (the creator of earth worm jim) comics.

2010-04-28T21:23:00.000-07:00

Time to catch up on posts. So calvin and hobbs is what started it all. When i was about 11 or so i did a bunch of comics about a space fareing rabbit named "Super Spiffy". Or "Supper Spify", i was (still am) really bad at spelling. Any way, it was basically Spaceman Spiff, but a rabbit. Amazing, right?

2010-04-21T14:40:00.000-07:00

backwards again, i don't know why. oh well.

2010-04-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

first half of 8 pager. read from bottom to top. i don't know why it did that.

A Fine Example

2009-10-14T23:53:00.000-07:00

This is a reaction shot. Off camra a zombi is getting kicked in the nuts by a pirate with two wooden legs. From the web comic "a fine example"

Assissin's Creed art

2009-10-14T23:47:00.000-07:00

This is concept art for one of the areas in Assasin's Creed. Great art makes for a great game.

The Kid is Amazed

2009-10-14T23:42:00.000-07:00

This kid is so happy, it's amazing. Then again, if I were holding the worlds smallest record player, I too would be devilishly happy.

Can i keep him?

2009-10-14T19:05:00.000-07:00

Sharpe and watercolor on a background of Russian. I think his name is Gregorey.

2009-10-14T19:02:00.000-07:00

Ink and watercolor. like lamb and tunafish, unseperatable.

Zee stuff

2009-10-14T18:57:00.001-07:00

Ink sketch I did a while ago in a book of Russian prose.

the inaugural voyage of MORTALKOMBAT!!!!!

2009-10-14T18:16:00.000-07:00

Yep. this is ma blog. mmmmhmm.