January 29, 2008

Feel the Warmth



Just did this Color Comp for my Materials and Techniques class for a
company that makes chocalate bars with wrappers http://www.chocolatebar.com/
illustrating endangered animals. Quick color sketch in photoshop the actual image will be
done with watercolors and colored pencils.

Predator VS Predator



Hidden pictures project for my illustration class done in any way(style wise)we wanted.
I wanted an comic book kinda style so I referenced the great artist Kevin Nowlan and Adam Hughes. This was my first time doing an inking like this, always room for improvement

January 14, 2008

Chim Chim



Ad Project I did last year in spring. Had to depict any animal advertising a product using an ink technique called stippling. Just getting around to uploading. Lots more work coming soon.

January 11, 2008

AAAHH!!



Work I did last quarter for my storyboarding class. The goal was to draw one naturalistic representation and the other was to draw a cartoon counterpart. Pretty fun assignment the first pic is a friend I got to pose, the second is reference from online.

December 28, 2007

BeBe Kids






Previous painting I did for my painting class this past fall,
Basically its about how certain songs may influences the generations
and in this piece its not in a good way.

December 18, 2007

December 11, 2007

Slowly but Surely




Testing highlights here and there but I'm nearing the end of this digital illustration. Have been working on and off jumping between other projects but I'm going to bring this piece to a close soon.

November 29, 2007

Values



Still a work in progress. Value study for illustration, trying to get the lighting right. Im going to post up the color study later.

November 14, 2007

"Just Right"




Final Image for 1st issue of Just Write magazine

Added pupils to the character to humanize him more, felt too evil or mutant, I guess... 1st of 12 issues to come. I want to really challenge myself with these pieces and plan to work to the bone on my winter vacation. Thats my way of the ninja!!

November 11, 2007

Magazine Final Draft


cover for writing magazine Just Write set to release Nov. 26. Kind of a writers forum allowing anyone itching to tell a story, poem, etc. to submit there work to be published find out more information at the website www.uandijustwrite.com

Worked on creating focal point and eye movement with this piece by pushing parts of the drawing back with cool colors and pulling colors foward with warm.

October 20, 2007

24 Hour Art Challenge





During the 24 hour Art Challenge at SCAD My initial goal was a set of 6-12 characters, but I woke up later than I wanted too so, I did 4 characters all together and one illustration piece. I worked on achieving a character each hour to push myself conceptually and just keep drawing. The Illustration took the longest because I was getting feedback from my peers and adjusting the foreshortened proportions. Overall I am happy with the result because I was able to do the characters with out reference and pull from my head. One thing I learned is that I need to go darker with my pencils ( as you can see)the line work is a little too light. The Illustration line work is complete but I still want to render the picture in Coral and PhotoShop!!

October 16, 2007

Logo Design






The final revision of the logo completed for the client I did a few to give a broader choice selection. I personally favor the versions with the stars instead of the square dots.

Revised Character Design


I decided to revise the previous character design because I was not satisfied I like this one alot better than my older version. This Friday there is a 24 hour art challenge at SCAD and I'm planing on creating a whole world for this character and an additional 6-12 characters to live and surf. The concept on my mind is post apocalyptic world which gives me alot to play with so, this will be my assignment.

October 10, 2007

The Golden Compass


Interesting survey to see what type of "Daemon"( persona in the form of a animal) personality a person has, I took the survey twice and wasn't too surprised by the results, but maybe you will, so try it out. Based off the movie coming out on December 7th The Golden Compass the trailer left a sweet honey flavored residue in my mouth anticipating the release. As I grow more aware and interested of the concept art present in movies I inspired by the Golden Compass's concept artists imaginative solution to creating the world the characters reside.