Stuff and a Thing

Im back!

2011-10-20T10:14:00.000-07:00

with a speedpaint =]

Hairy Friends 2

2011-02-24T14:42:00.000-08:00

Been hanging on my wall for a while now so I finally decided to scan this thing. Might post a wip soon.

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36.

#39 - 40

2011-01-24T22:54:00.000-08:00

More studies.

#37-38

2011-01-23T02:26:00.000-08:00

moar anatomy

#35-36

2011-01-20T01:15:00.000-08:00

More Hogarth studies.

day #32-34

2011-01-19T03:51:00.000-08:00

Anatomy studies!

#31

2011-01-10T00:07:00.000-08:00

Bannanaphobia, it exists.

day#29-30

2011-01-09T00:28:00.000-08:00

Sketches in the city.

Slippery Snake

2011-01-04T23:14:00.001-08:00

Just an inside joke at the workshop I attend. Trying out some stuff here, nothing fancy.

day #26 - #27

2010-12-19T15:48:00.000-08:00

Bart sketch.

Exploding mind, stressful times, and birthdays are not a good mix.

day #25

2010-12-13T01:16:00.000-08:00

Three years.

day #23 #24

2010-12-11T01:04:00.000-08:00

Watched a play called "Ruth and the Sea". Amazing.

We are animators.

day #22

2010-12-07T00:02:00.000-08:00

bart sketches

day #20-#21

2010-12-06T00:26:00.000-08:00

Aaron Hartline did a lecture today, despite technical difficulties it was an awesome time. After that we all went to an Irish pub and had some drinks with Aaron and the rest of the animators =] (the little post-it is Aaron Hartline's sketch)

The past few days have been a blur, the music helps though.

day #19

2010-11-30T23:45:00.000-08:00

A quiet night of cheese, wine and Starship Troopers. Good times.

dat #18

2010-11-29T23:37:00.000-08:00

Our life is made up the choices that we make. All these things are connected. These choices are what makes us who we are.

day #17

2010-11-29T00:40:00.000-08:00

Just watched The Road.

day #16

2010-11-27T21:54:00.001-08:00

Lagging a bit lately. Been eating too much =]

day #15

2010-11-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

When we saw Megamind. And when we see Tangled tonight =].

day #13 - #14

2010-11-22T23:46:00.000-08:00

day #13
Threw away literally half of my closet. Good times to be had.

day #14 Things dont always work the way we want.

day #12

2010-11-20T21:41:00.000-08:00

Date night =].

#10-11

2010-11-19T00:10:00.001-08:00

Had an interview today, didnt do so well.

Old school shuffle.

day #9

2010-11-18T08:13:00.000-08:00

My friends last night, before they began arguing about politics in Israel.

day #8

2010-11-16T23:00:00.000-08:00

Secret project ::GASP::!

day #7

2010-11-16T00:34:00.000-08:00

This really happened to me.

day #6

2010-11-14T21:58:00.000-08:00

Today we had lunch at Yerba Buena gardens. Sun and grass relaxes me =].

#4 - 5

2010-11-13T23:21:00.000-08:00

Playing catchup (three more to go)

We shared hookah at Louayes.

Blakes on Telegraph, the dubstep room was a bit much.

day #3

2010-11-10T00:12:00.000-08:00

Spline Wrangling!

day #2

2010-11-08T20:25:00.000-08:00

Im doing a 100 sketches in 100 days thing. Each one is based on an experience in my life.

Supsonic Spookfest, when Underworld was playing Scribble.

Just one

2010-11-02T11:03:00.000-07:00

Sketch of this girl, shes awesome.

Blog Update part I

2010-07-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

Heres the promised massive blog dump/update. Catching up on my latest sketchbook and some freelance stuff.

Workshops and mixed media

2010-06-05T16:49:00.000-07:00

Catching up on more workshop sketches from last month. I still have one more session to scan. I think Ill save that for next time.

Some more cards:

Went to ETD POP and decided to design a shirt, something real quick and real dirty =]

sketches...

2010-05-16T11:12:00.000-07:00

More sketches and things:

Im doing a bunch of small (3.5" x 2.5") cards and mailing them out, free! So if anyone wants a card, feel free to leave me a message and Ill get back to you. Here are five of the first batch, they are mixed media on acrylic canvas paper. Real quick, real dirty =]

moar painting

2010-05-04T20:25:00.001-07:00

Some quick studies and a wip preview of the second painting in the "Hairy Friends" series =]

workshop and bart sketches

2010-04-24T22:44:00.001-07:00

Finished portrait =]

Process:
I skipped a bunch of steps but here is the gist of it. I usually sketch lots of quick thumbnails to block out composition. Then I get clean, finished lines, blow them up and trace them over to canvas. Here I went over the pencil lines with a sharpie and some thicker markers. Then I diluted some warm acrylics and did a few washes, waiting for each wash to dry first. I left the hair flat and streaky (textured), just the way I wanted it. Then I made lots of washes on the face and had to correct some stuff like the forehead colors/values. Overall Im pretty happy with it, but I know it could still use some work. With that said Im moving on to the next portrait... which is a self portrait! =]

update

2010-03-16T20:38:00.001-07:00

Some new work and workshop sketches.

D9

2009-08-15T21:13:00.001-07:00

was awesome.

Homie G dogg

2009-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

5 e-bucks to whoever can guess who this is

Because quality counts!

2009-08-05T03:17:00.001-07:00

Atmosphere I

2009-08-02T23:19:00.000-07:00

So Im gonna be doing one of these a week, hopefully, just so I can get mood and atmosphere down. Ive been lagging on that tip lately. Anycream, wish me luck =]

Moar Progress Reels

2009-07-25T11:10:00.000-07:00

Check out Jeff Gabor's new progress reels of his work done for Ice Age 3.
Again, great stuff!

Part II

2009-07-10T15:02:00.001-07:00

Fancy

2009-07-10T00:46:00.001-07:00

Only a little though, getting back into the swing of things.

Dont Spoil the Oil

2009-06-13T23:11:00.000-07:00

S'mores and theyre hot, or rather just one.
Sorry about the quality, first one is really blurry =\

Had to redo the whole head today, didnt look like her at all.

(Newest at top)

Bart Sketches

2009-04-30T21:33:00.000-07:00

Even moore

2009-04-30T16:02:00.000-07:00

Michael Moore =[

Narwals..

2009-04-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

..and some studies.

upcoming animation

2009-04-04T11:43:00.000-07:00

some fun

2009-04-01T08:55:00.001-07:00

older stuff

spamiches

2009-02-26T19:12:00.001-08:00

quick dirty update

2009-02-18T23:47:00.001-08:00

Weekly Challenge II

2008-11-09T22:48:00.000-08:00

transportation

Another version, dont know which one to go with. The first one has better atmosphere, and the second one has richer color and contrast, but loses the atmosphere. Bleh, maybe Ill mix them sometime soon.

sicksauce

2008-11-09T18:47:00.001-08:00

moar sketches

2008-10-31T08:59:00.000-07:00

From bart

Deane and Cathy =]

Pixars Up!

2008-10-30T19:59:00.000-07:00

This site, although not affiliated with Pixar or Disney, got some cool pictures of the upcoming movie "Up!" up on their artofpixar site, as well as a bunch of other Pixar art. Definitely worth a look. Check it out

Taken from ArtofPixar

couple of sketches

2008-10-23T00:19:00.000-07:00

by the talented Jay-Z

from Toms rigging class.. fun

WIP

couple of speedies

2008-10-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of super quick ones.

2008-10-10T09:56:00.000-07:00

Pretty old by now, but an amazing short. Oktapodi from the students of the Gobelins school in France.

heelflip-age

2008-09-17T16:23:00.000-07:00

Not much from me this time, just a quick heelflip over a can done in Flash. Inspired by a good friend (who should get a Blog and show off his crazy sauce art, hint).
FUN!

2008-09-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

This short has been out for a while now, but I recently re-watched it. Just goes to show how much character you can get out of an animation with no dialogue - its all pantomime - especially in a minimalistic (?) animated way.

Great stuff.

And here is his site http://bakenius.livejournal.com/.

Schools and Studios

2008-09-02T19:45:00.000-07:00

No art this time from me.
Ive been reading animation blogs recently, getting myself ready for the new semester, when I came across this post by Kevin Geiger titled Cube Dreams (Read his blog, first). In it he says that animation studios are hiring cookie-cutter animators who keep within the narrow realm of standard animation. Now what schools are doing is teaching students how to "get a job" in these studios by giving them the narrow mindset of "thats how it should go" and "this is what they want". More schools need a closer connection with the companies. He goes on by asking the question "Do we want to turn out graduates who slot neatly into the job opening of existing production companies, or do we want to turn out graduates who revolutionize the industry..."
Our school has the Pixar program where the classes are taught by instructors who work at Pixar and teach part time. I've never gotten better advice or more a more thorough and direct critique of my work before those classes. Ive also gained an enormous amount of knowledge through just one semester of the Pixar class. The industry is changing every day, and its so hard to keep up with it especially when your school has little to no idea of whats going on behind the scenes at say Dreamworks or Rythm & Hues. Now I know why we need more school and industry connections, we need to break ourselves off from the standards; learn from the past but be original and expand our skillsets and imagination.

Theres a company thats taking action to move the industry forward, I suggest you guys check it out IPAX

end of summer stuff

2008-08-20T10:39:00.001-07:00

Cant believe summers already over. Went to Israel for ten days, been to a bunch of crackin parties, Vegas, Napa, and the winetrain. Pretty crazy summer overall. Now back to business =]

Some speedpaints

Some Acrylic practice

More sketches

Redsun

2008-06-25T23:57:00.000-07:00

So the fields have been burning for a few days now, and the sunrises look like the sun is about to explode. Fun!

speedies

2008-06-17T19:46:00.000-07:00

more speedpaints, this time some landscapes too

speedpaints

2008-06-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

Some really quick studies from random movies. Each one was around 1-2 hours

sketches and spam

2008-05-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

finally a finished piece

some recent sketches

more recent things

2008-04-24T17:21:00.000-07:00

Fresh start

2008-04-23T18:10:00.001-07:00

Here we gooooo!

Some old paintings: