Dr. Sketchy's Burlesque Drawing

Finally made it to my first burlesque drawing session put on by Dr. Sketchy's here in SF. Had a great time, looking forward to the next one.

Illustration Friday: Modify

 Here's a little piece I did as part of the print sets that I traded around at Comic Con. (Thanks to all the great folks that traded with me!) I've taken the classic 1950's pinup idea and modified it slightly to be with aliens on a distant planet. ;] I apologize for the lack of posts of the last month or two - things have been rather hectic lately. (I moved to a new place, made it to San Diego, and have been hard at work on the upcoming WonderHill website.) Will have more to post soon.

Comic Con '09!

I have returned from the land of stars and nerds! Comic Con was pretty wild this year. The usual crowds and and frustration was balanced nicely with meeting some idols (Eric Goldberg, Glen Keane, Shane Glines, Doug TenNapel, Ted Mathot, Chris Sanders, Damon Bard...the list goes on!)

Let's start with my loot:

There's some awesome stuff in there including sketchbooks from Chris Sanders, Cory Godbey, John Nevarez, Craig Elliot, Javier Guzman, Creaturebox, and Shane Glines. Other books include "Who is Torch Tiger?", "Monster Zoo", "Wonderland",  "Flight 6", "Cora", and "Seductive Espionage". I also got some sweet prints from Corey Godbey, Scott C, Justin and Josh Parpan, Joey Chou, and Kei Acedra. Awesome stuff!

Here is Liz Ito striking her best Yuki 7 pose:

(Liz also made that sweet little Fox plush toy you see up there!)

This picture (a rather famous one now) was shown during the Disney panel. John Lassetter, John Musker, Brad Bird...all in the same class together in college...the lovely lady in the upper right corner is Nancy Beiman, my thesis advisor from RIT. The highlight of the Disney panel was seeing Miyazaki chat onstage with Lassetter, and also the hilarious "Groovin' with Ken" clip to promote Toy Story 3.

Here are some crazy costumes spotted at the Con:

Who ya gonna call?

 

  

  

  

Man, that guy is a scary Wolverine. He was there in the same blood-drenched getup last year.

On a lighter note, here is Mayka having some quality time with Lilo and Stitch.

And now for something completely different - 3D!

Here is my one and only foray into 3D art for videogames. These were done as a test when I applied to Three Rings, over two years ago. At the time they thought they might be hiring me to work on Bang! Howdy, (now defunct) and I would have been doing lots of modeling and texturing. It was a western-themed game and I made this fun low-poly train as a set piece. It was never used for anything, and I think it was the last time I really touched Maya! Maybe I will post the character design test I did for them as well.

 

 

Terrible Yellow Eyes

Here is my contribution to Terrible Yellow Eyes, a tribute site to Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." This was a lot of fun to paint.

I've also uploaded a desktop wallpaper version of this piece to Flickr.

Here is some process on the piece:

 

 

  

As you can see I change my mind alot when painting. I'm constantly trying different colors, shapes, poses, etc. Sometimes the whole thing can get so muddled that I will open up my original sketch file just to make sure I've still got the essence of my original drawing. 

Maker Faire!

Hi Folks, just wanted to put up a quick note about Maker Faire. If you are in the SF Bay Area this weekend, it's an event not to be missed! If you've never been before, it's an awesome mix of art, technology, DIY, steampunk, and general eccentricty. Brittney and I will be selling our art wares in the Bizarre Bazaar all weekend. I will have the usual prints, buttons, originals, cards, etc...along with some awesome "Sustainable Sketchbooks" that are handmade, recycled, and have original handpainted art on the covers! Hope to see lots of folks there!

Seattle Sketchbook

Took a short trip to Seattle last weekend and had a blast. What a great city! Delicious food, cool architecture, beautiful parks, tons of dogs. What more could you ask for? I had time to do a bunch of sketches. Check em out!