Oldies but Goodies

Some work I never posted. 1-2 years old.

Castlevania tribute

Thank you Simon Belmont. Without you, vampire hunting would be limited to old-fashioned stakes and crosses. Whips rule!

Of course, it wouldn't really be an 80's style movie poster if Belmont wasn't shirtless, wearing acid-washed jeans, and inexplicably 1/4 the size of Dracula in the background...

P.S. I think I'll be doing some value changes on this...it's kind of all 50% gray. Blah.

P.P.S. Altered color/value/linework on 2 July 2009.

Start to Finish

I've spent the better part of the past year doing storyboards, most of which stay in the rough phase, so it's nice to do more finished work for a change.

"Legend of Santa Claus" -- Storyboards

These boards come from a now-defunct version of the script and were approved for portfolio / job application use. For verification, call Kyle Stapley, Head of HR @ Lumenas Animation: 801.355.1510 ext. 111

Sketchbooky

Head study

Painted this from a photo, without using the color picker. It took a couple of hours. I got the idea from Sam Nielson. Hopefully I'll get faster and more accurate as I repeat this exercise

Digital Painting

My final for Sam Nielson's digital painting class.

In retrospect, floating islands aren't such a novelty. Castle in the Sky and everything before and after, especially in Japan, has them. Even the Ducktales movie has them. I'm finally admitting to myself that they're not as cool and unique as I've long believed.

Also there are painting problems with the falling hero. He really got the least amount of love in this painting, which is unfortunate, since it's about him losing. And although I'm happy with the composition, I fudged a lot of perspective rules to make it work, like with the villain's figure, and the ledges he's standing on, and the larger islands (of which we only see the bottom halves) in the middle ground.

In the end, I learned a lot about color, light, and process.

Random Sketches

Value Exercises

Animal Sketches

Emulation

Mike Mignola and Claire Wendling emulations

SF III

Fisherman's Wharf

SF II

SF I