Waiting for the Bus

Saw this guy at the transit center and thought he was interesting albeit stereotypical.

More Inspirational Links

There's some great stuff here. Lots of inspiration. Let me know if you guys like the links and I'll keep posting them.

Mattias Inks
David Malan
Samuel Casal
Mael Gourmelen
Andre Toma
Robert Mackenzie
Louis Thomas
Alan Cook
Andrew Shek
The Character Design Blog

From the Craggy Peaks of Oppenlander

So this is for my Drawing For Animation class with Joe Olson. The assignment was to create a "Beast of Burden from the Craggy Peaks of Oppenlander." The drawing has some issues... but I'm posting it anyway.

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.