Christmas Present

Every year my wife's family draws names for Christmas. The rule is that you have to make a present for that person. This year I had Alex Dean who is 15 and loves snowboarding. There are a few inside jokes imbedded in this, but I thought I'd post it anyway. It's a 20" by 30" poster.

Final Dump

So here's how finals went this semester. I was totally swamped (aren't we all) and didn't really get any of these looking the way I'd intended... on the bright side though, it is done!

The first post is my 3d final... it's silly but it wasn't easy to do...

The next 3 are for my character design class. I'm fleshing out a story that I would like to make into a film some day. I think the designs still need a little work (especially the villain design).






*watercolor brushes by bitbox

Artist Links

A few of my friends in the animation department have been asking me to post a list of some of the artist blogs I follow. So, I'll start with ten of my favorites. I might also add that I think these blogs are such a useful way to get inspiration and insight from other students and professionals in the field. Just be careful not to get caught up in blogging for blogging's sake... it's a means to an end not the end in and of itself.

Ben Balistreri
Brittney Lee
Shane Prigmore
Skottie Young
Tatevik
Joe Olson
Ryan Wood
Hadi Tabasi
Willie Real
Benjamin Huen

These are in no particular order and there are many more to come. Enjoy!

Emulation

For Ryan Woodward's character design class we had to emulate a different artist. We were supposed to pick someone who had a different style than the one we were used to working in.

I chose Sean Galloway who is a character designer and comic book artist. I feel like it was at least fairly successful.

Face Doodles

Walter...

Walter is an evil mastermind who's super power is the ability to bring the things he imagines to life. He can influence how events unfold, and with some effort, he can conjure up terrifying creatures and loyal evil henchmen to aid him in his diabolical plans. Walter is also in 5th grade. Most of his teachers think he's very sweet. little do they know...

(brushes by Bit Box)

Heros and Villains part 1

The background on the top image is a special photoshop watercolor brush by Bit Box.