Sunday, January 26, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
Steve Jobs correctly predicted a lot of things back in 1995. One of the most interesting things he said was about the state of Apple back then. After the CEO kicked him out of the company, the innovation of Apple products stopped. He summed it up with "Apple is a rocketship being steered into the ground." It's scary how what he described sounds a lot like Apple now without Steve Jobs.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Pop Satan
Tonight I had some fun drawing my friend at a bar. I took a few liberties with this one. For instance, Adam was sitting most of the night. Also he didn't have his fists in the air.
Oh and Satan is unrelated.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Sick Day
I got sick on a Friday. Is there anything worse? Getting sick on a Friday is like finding out the dog you bought in Argentina is actually a ferret.
Friday, January 3, 2014
Re:Birth
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Rage Bear Group Show
My buddy Marvin Chow is graduating from Cal State Fullerton's Masters program in illustration. Part of his final is to coordinate a art show. His show will include a bunch of artists illustrating Rage Bear, a videogame Marv created.
Rage Bear is a super angry abomination that devours his entire universe. He becomes so full - he explodes! The explosion is what we humans would later call the Big Bang.
Rage Bear is a super angry abomination that devours his entire universe. He becomes so full - he explodes! The explosion is what we humans would later call the Big Bang.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Satan Is Calling
I'm not sure if it was my intention to make the person next to me uncomfortable, but after the flames were introduced into this piece - all conversation stopped.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Les Miserables and Sketches
Then there's this freaking turkey-cat I have to live with.
May 2013
A Solider's Mind
I wish I could hide these thumbnails, I don't want anyone getting eyeballed at work. Sorry :/
26 Hour Dr.Sketchy Drawathon
There's this sketch club called Dr. Sketchy. They're a hip group of people that hire beautiful models to pose a few times a month. They put on an annual event where you hold up in a room for 26 hours straight and draw. It's as crazy as it sounds.
Here's two drawings I did during that insanity.
January 2013
Here's two drawings I did during that insanity.
January 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Winter Vacation 2012
While I hung out with my creative nephew, Colin, we drew lions together.
In the morning, my Dad would open his mail inquiringly.
My sister's overweight,chihuahua Henry has grown paranoid and angry in his age. If I didn't love him, we would no longer be friends.
I watched Yo Gabba Gabba for the first time with my friend Tim's 2 year old son, Logan. I have never had such an attentive audience like I did as I drew Plex and Muno.
Digital Painting Self Portraits
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Shark Animation
This was the first project I had the privilege to art direct.
When the client proposed the idea, it was supposed to be a simple, 5 second intro for a toy commercial. The action opens on a shark swimming towards the camera. Jaws open wide. Right before he devours the screen a red cage engulfs him. Then it would cut to a live action toy shark being pulled out of the water.
The piece was short and simple. It seemed like a perfect moment to use stop motion animation! I love directing stop motion. It consumes me and is a really enjoyable process. I pulled out the crumply sketch paper and began figuring out the wire skeleton for the shark puppet. I built miniature models to test the tail and was experimenting on how to achieve practical caustics. These are all things that make stop motion so much fun - the problem solving.
The storyboards were simple and I was busy away figuring out the technical details. The client on the other hand was a little uneasy with the look and timing of the animation. We've only shown them rough storyboards. I didn't have much time before a phone meeting and I started getting nervous they weren't sold on the stop motion idea. I quickly animated a animatic to give the look and tone of the animation. We were thinking about using pieces of metal or ear rings for the small fish because we didn't want any other toy conflicting with the shark (legal stuff). Here's what I whipped together:
I know the bubbles are hideous, but quality had to suffer for the sake of speed. Thankfully it worked! The client was really happy, they took it to their meeting and everything was signed off on.
And then, like with every project, a wrench was thrown in. The client was so happy they wanted even more animation! The idea completely changed to a complex, 4 shot scene. The new scene included the toy playset as well. The action is of the shark inside of a water filled elevator. The elevator is falling down a shaft with a car driving in circles around the shaft. The shark bursts out of the elevator and eats the car.
Sadly, the new action was too much for a stop motion budget. The idea had to be abandoned. But! Adaptability is the name of the game. Just in case of this scenario, the shark was already being modeled in the computer for 3D animation.
Since this was the first project I was leading, I had the control to do dailies. I literally had a cut of the shark to show every morning in the studio. Everyone gave feedback, things I would never have thought of. Besides the fact I was working with such talented people executing their jobs to the best of their abilities, it was their input and ideas in the dailies that allowed us to keep packing in more and more to the scene.
I've talked it up way to much and it most likely won't seem impressive now, but I am proud of this one.
When the client proposed the idea, it was supposed to be a simple, 5 second intro for a toy commercial. The action opens on a shark swimming towards the camera. Jaws open wide. Right before he devours the screen a red cage engulfs him. Then it would cut to a live action toy shark being pulled out of the water.
The piece was short and simple. It seemed like a perfect moment to use stop motion animation! I love directing stop motion. It consumes me and is a really enjoyable process. I pulled out the crumply sketch paper and began figuring out the wire skeleton for the shark puppet. I built miniature models to test the tail and was experimenting on how to achieve practical caustics. These are all things that make stop motion so much fun - the problem solving.
The storyboards were simple and I was busy away figuring out the technical details. The client on the other hand was a little uneasy with the look and timing of the animation. We've only shown them rough storyboards. I didn't have much time before a phone meeting and I started getting nervous they weren't sold on the stop motion idea. I quickly animated a animatic to give the look and tone of the animation. We were thinking about using pieces of metal or ear rings for the small fish because we didn't want any other toy conflicting with the shark (legal stuff). Here's what I whipped together:
I know the bubbles are hideous, but quality had to suffer for the sake of speed. Thankfully it worked! The client was really happy, they took it to their meeting and everything was signed off on.
And then, like with every project, a wrench was thrown in. The client was so happy they wanted even more animation! The idea completely changed to a complex, 4 shot scene. The new scene included the toy playset as well. The action is of the shark inside of a water filled elevator. The elevator is falling down a shaft with a car driving in circles around the shaft. The shark bursts out of the elevator and eats the car.
Sadly, the new action was too much for a stop motion budget. The idea had to be abandoned. But! Adaptability is the name of the game. Just in case of this scenario, the shark was already being modeled in the computer for 3D animation.
Since this was the first project I was leading, I had the control to do dailies. I literally had a cut of the shark to show every morning in the studio. Everyone gave feedback, things I would never have thought of. Besides the fact I was working with such talented people executing their jobs to the best of their abilities, it was their input and ideas in the dailies that allowed us to keep packing in more and more to the scene.
I've talked it up way to much and it most likely won't seem impressive now, but I am proud of this one.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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