Moon over my Hammy!!

Hey yall -
Heres a few things i have been working on. Im trying to draw whenever I get a chance but It hard to keep up with posts because im also working on some animation. I really want to get better with my animation, both 2d and 3d so, im going to be a bit more hardcore about it. I MUST in order to succeed. I have been getting really excited about little things involving film these days. If you guys have not yet seen There will be blood, you should go and check it out. I highly suggest it. Its a great film all around including lighting, music and story. But what I really loved about this film is how well they developed Character. This whole movie took us deeper into the mind of a seriously Greedy man. I will not say more, except that I loved it.

A great story is what makes a great film, a great Character is what makes you feel a great film.

Moon Painting

So here is a photoshop painting sketch that I did. I Used the sketch below to as my base and thought about the more technical side of things like perspective and value. Also a bit of tones. So i hope I improved the drawing and the the illustration as concept art.

MoleSkin

These are a few drawings from the Bodyworlds 2 exchbit at the San Jose Tech museum. Quick sketch for the moon Project.









I got a Moleskin sketch book for Christmas. Here is a few of the pages :

Back in Full Effect!

Ok ok, sorry for the lack of posts. Things are just calming down from the holidays and my move back to my hometown. I have been getting in a bit more drawing time the last couple days. Oh and I lost my glasses so its been a real ache looking at computer screens but Alas I have a new pair. First off - heres a caricature of my Buddy and Roommate Brad Crosat. More to come soon...real soon.

Film Noir Project and 11secondclub.com

So Our next Project over here in the Grad Lab of AAU is Going to be a Film Noir style animation. We are just starting to figure out what it is we want to do, but I started doing some artwork to get the ball rolling and just drew what came to mind with the genre. Of course I did use reference from great films such as the Maltese Falcon, This gun for Hire, and Brick.


This is the second character for my 11second club animation. Shes got a great smile.... :)

11 second club

This is the first Drawing I did of this guy so it was very Loose.


Im getting on board to work on this months 11 secondclub.com competition. Here is one of the designs I am working with. Trying to figure out the character and his personality. Ill keep you updated on this and the second character when I tighten her up a bit more. for now here are these -

New and old

New drawing scanned into PS and painted a bit.

Old Fashion Artwork / Drawing done in pen and marker.

Underworld for the MOON

Here are some concepts for the Moon Project. I wanted these to have a dark tone. I was also looking at the work of Mary Blair and love how she uses color and texture of strokes in her paintings. If anyone has time they should go check out "the Flair of Mary Blair" exhibit at the cartoon museum in SF.

Freakers Ball

SO Here at the Academy of Art the Grad students have been working on a little Project called Freakers Ball. When I got the Job Here I Quickly jumped on board to help them meet their deadline. These guys put in lots of hard work and I must say that I am proud to be a part of such a great team of artist, animators, and hard workers. This was the opener for the Fall Animation show which was Last NIght and anybody who didnt attend missed out!

Oh and by the way The scene where he lights the ring of fire was given to me by Graham Ross which he had started. Graham and I animated the scene, and I cleaned up and, colored the scene. Fire also done by Graham Ross.

Here it is...Freakers ball in its Greatness!