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farewell artwork for abc

2011-04-25T11:41:00.001-07:00

a piece i actually drew in pencil for a lucas arts buddy and super talented concept artist, ABC.

package illustration for card game

2010-09-22T14:24:00.001-07:00

"R'hllor chooses such instruments as he requires." The ruby at Melisandre's throat shone redly. "His ways are mysterious, but no man may withstand his fiery will."
- George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, Volume III: A Storm of Swords

© 2010 Fantasy Flight Games

these illustrations are fun to do to break up what i'm doing at work.
i want to check out what they do with A Game of Thrones on HBO...

more characters

2010-08-25T22:57:00.000-07:00

life sculpts

2010-08-01T18:17:00.000-07:00

i have been taking workshops after work with the man, Richard Miller. he's been showing us some pretty cool techniques that i hope to apply in future maquettes.

farewell artwork

2010-06-29T11:55:00.000-07:00

A good friend and excellent artist is going to be moving onto a new project. This is a piece I did for him. Best of luck!

Check out Dela's going away artwork as well.

more random stuff

2010-06-09T20:57:00.001-07:00

some genre illustrations of classic archetypes. these spot illos are from a couple of different books printed recently.
©2002–2010 Paizo Publishing, LLC®

thanks for checking it out!

dante's inferno concept art

2010-02-21T17:24:00.000-08:00

just obliging jehan's request to post up inferno artwork. if you haven't seen his, go check his work from the game as well. i added his link on my friend list.

developing concepts for that game was awesome. exploring figurative elements as architecture, and interpreting visuals from the poem was challenging but rewarding.
i'll try and add a few more later.

Pathfinder NPC Guide Concept Preview

2010-01-06T18:36:00.000-08:00

NPC Guide Concept Preview
Announced not long ago on Paizo's blog.
©2002–2010 Paizo Publishing, LLC®

dante's inferno

2009-12-21T00:44:00.000-08:00

In honor of the demo being released a couple of weeks ago.
(This isn't for the demo, although I did quite a bit of previs for the demo. This is for the 8th circle of hell which was released on Inferno's facebook page a while back.)

http://www.destructoid.com/dante-s-inferno-demo-impressions-full-video-playthrough-157504.phtml

shadow run artwork

2009-12-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Shadowrun (Fourth Edition Anniversary Core Rulebook)
© 2007-2009 Catalyst Game Labs

development process and concept variants

2009-10-10T17:39:00.001-07:00

Here are a few concepts that show some development process. It's interesting developing a character from different stages. Sometimes you get a design brief that is extremely open ended, and you spin your wheels developing forever and never seem to hit that elusive target. Other times, the brief may be open ended, but you luckily nail it in the first couple hours, and all the other drawings you did the rest of the week seem completely unnecessary. Then there are times when you get a very specific design brief of an arch-typical character, and you end up honing in on nuance details; ie hair styles, eye configurations, material/texture contrasts, unkempt fur vs slick skin, soft translucent tissue vs crustacean type carapace. Still, these details could heavily change the feel of a character, especially when you are working in a non-fantasy setting. In the end, people don't always see specific differences, but I hope they'll feel the difference.

za character portraits

2009-10-08T10:30:00.000-07:00

these are the character portraits you choose from in the zombie apocalypse player menu. bren and i worked out these characters after a few takes, and i did a final pass on them. if you haven't checked it out, you should. i think it's been a top download on xbla, so it's doing well.

Zombie Apocalypse

2009-09-23T01:00:00.000-07:00

quick announcement-
Developer Nihilistic/Publisher Konami announced that Zombie Apocalypse is set for release in the United States on September 23rd on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points and September 24th on PlayStation Network for $9.99.

My old pals at Nihilistic are back at it again. Zombie Apocalypse is one of the games I worked on a couple of years ago creating characters/environments concepts. It's an awesome game, and everyone needs to buy it. Get on that co-op, today!!!

Cheers NSI, well done.

deebo

2009-08-31T21:56:00.000-07:00

The a.d. was kind enough to allow me to show this since the card set has been published. I think it debuted at Gen Con a couple of weeks ago, Warhammer: Invasion the Card Game. These are fun projects to do after work, especially when they are over the top like this one. I just wish I added one more horn...

Warhammer: Invasion The Card Game © Games Workshop Limited 2009 and FFG 2009

Throwback.

2009-07-09T14:14:00.001-07:00

Throwback ---OLD artwork from 2005-2006--- The 4th from the bottom to the 2nd from the bottom were all cut up in layers for a motion graphic cutscene I worked on with Bren. So rings were spinning, half naked girls were flying past the camera, and people were being impaled with spikes. All the good stuff that Hyboria got going on. Top, a boss character heavily influenced from a 'dealer', and then an unused grayscale creature design, but fun to draw. Then an iteration for the Cave Ape Design. My buddy Dave Gardner, who at the time, was the combat lead and an animator at Nihilistic. He had an opportunity to suit up for this Cave Ape enemy character, while we were shooting other scenes for In Game Cinematics and other combat anims at the 'House of Moves'. Funny thing is, Gardner constanly hates on mocap, yet when presented with the opportunity to suit up to utilize it, he jumped at it AND he loved the way it turned out in game. Yes, it's ironic that Dave is a closet Mocap enthusiast, and 2 his squirrley (100lbs) body movements are thrown onto a 800+ pound gorilla model. I'm busting him out, only because he tried to catch me on camera while I was trying to prep the actors for a scene, and I was acting out lines to the audio playback. Luckily I was slightly off screen. Good times hanging with the NSI animators Leo, Dave, and Nestor at House of Moves. Ah, and I can't forget Scott Gagain and Richard Dorton... memorable characters. The last illustration was a spread for a Conan Preview article for Game Informer.

Personal projects: dragon design, creature design and a period painting

2009-06-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some projects I did for kicks. Trying to ground the dragon in a reality with some dinosaur elements. Zbrush creature model test and paintover to try out a different process. It was an interesting experiment and fun to model. Threw in a period piece, and left my pencil drawing visible in the painting, which I don't often do. I love the feeling of drawing with a pencil, you can draw very linearly or broadly put down marks like a paintbrush. I just can't achieve that versatility of markmaking on a computer (without changing digital "tools"). But then again, it's a pain to archive pencilled drawings and keep them smudge free...and I have nowhere to store the stacks of paper...

Nihilistic/Konami's Zombie Apocalypse came out and demoed well enough at E3 that it got a couple of best of E3 nominations. 1 2 Good times developing that.

Anyway, I started working on EA's "Dante's Inferno" a couple of months ago, and it's a hella fun. :P Seriously, I can't believe how many talented artists there are surrounding me...inspiration is always nearby.

DS sketch part duex

2008-05-27T20:48:00.000-07:00

the alcatraz was created at sketchcrawl a while back. it was hard painting under some harsh sunlight, so i could barely see the screen. i tried to cover the lcd with my shadow, but it was a failed attempt. not a great kickoff to my new toy. (sun > lcdbrightness). the top 2 were done at different times but at the same place, barnes and nobles in corte madera. there are a couple of elderly regulars that seem to be there whenever i go. they make for great subjects cuz they don't move too much. luckily their body types contrast nicely for studies.
the older african american man was painted while sitting in line for indy 4, at the century theater in SF. this was a hard lighting situation to deal with because of the backlit popcorn signs behind hom. but i like his gesture with his black case balanced on top his overlapping hands. i also like the shape created by an underbite...i wish i had framed the table in the picture where he sat across an empty seat, where he waited a long time for no one. but i don't think the resolution could have captured all the details of his facial features and the location. this is another drawback of the DS, the limit of its resolution. but i gotta say, it's a sick tool for quick studies. sketching with color has never been easier.
indy 4 was my least favorite of them all. i didn't think the antagonists were as strong as the other films, or maybe it was there were too many capable protagonists on the same journey. but i thought it was still entertaining. and yes---harrison ford is still the man. bnoch knows the deal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9GwtRsOYSI

DS sketch

2008-01-31T15:35:00.000-08:00

i went out sketching last night with Dela, Nikki, and Chris. and this is a sketch i did with Dela's Nintendo DS. i heard about the paint program before, but never tried it. there's not really an undo, so you have to plan your values out a bit more than working in other digital programs, which is a good discipline to practice anyway. it seemed weird at first, but after a couple minutes, i think it was pretty easy to get used to. thanks for letting me try it out del.

i think i HAVE to get one now.

Sketchcrawl stuff in SF Chinatown

2008-01-28T23:51:00.001-08:00

image dump-watercolor studies and sketchcrawl pictures.

2007-11-09T01:50:00.000-08:00

I've decided to actually scan stuff from my sketchbook for once.
At Novato life drawing every Tuesday. They're long poses, but i usually get there pretty late, so it's not so long for me, i guess. I'm using regular sketchbook paper (that's why the paper is buckling), and the cheapest winsor/newton portable watercolors out, plus that brush pen that holds water. I still feel like a cheap student at times.
Sunday sketchcrawl. Drew from the ferry building, up to pier39, up to Washington Square Park.

Sculpting Workshop

2007-09-13T11:59:00.000-07:00

I took a figure sculpting workshop for a few weeks with my buddies Scott Watanabe and Kendelle Hoyer.
This is the first time I sculpted from life before, and it's very refreshing---it's like doing a 15-20 hour drawing. Apologies for the poor photography, I had one low powered lamp and a slow shutter speed. This is also the first time I used roma plasticine. I'm curious to try out chavant the next time around.

master painter study

2007-06-07T00:27:00.000-07:00

(cruzito by nicolai fechin)
i haven't actually done a master painter study in a long time. fechin is one of my favorites in terms of bravura brush work and portraiture. his drawing technique is as unique as his painting. if you aren't familiar with his stuff, it's phenomenal. he studied under ilya repin and malavinat the Imperial Academy of Petrograd. and i think that dean cornwell used to do studies of fechin's paintings for practice too.

i think we got less than a week left to hit alpha for our game. well, back to the grind.

sketches on the way to maui

2007-06-03T13:17:00.000-07:00

just a couple of sketches done on my flight to maui. i didn't have a sketchbook with me, so I just drew in my girlfriends sudoku book.
there was a very old asian lady agressively playing serious card games with her family who sat across the isle. they threw down/shuffled up these cards the entire 5 hour flight. i think the juxtaposition of the coincidental sudoku numbers and the card player makes this a more interesting picture.
next. the two sisters, who sat across from me and my girlfriend, were squabbling the first leg of the flight. immediately after their father scolded them, one knocked out and the other instantly began reading a book. it was pretty hilarious how suddenly they reacted.

lion sketch

2007-05-15T00:32:00.000-07:00

here's a quick lion sketch and color design. david coleman's presentation at SJSU inspired this big cat drawing.

'you talkin' to me?'

2007-04-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

this is a quick test i did with anthony ermio's new PS brush. its definitely lends itself to a paint sketch, which is a nice change from the thick/layered oil painting look (ie, Painter brushes).

i'm watching this interesting dvd called 'visions of light: the art of cinematrography' and i randomly freezeframed it while watching. suprisingly ended up with bobby deniro in marty scorcese's 'taxi driver.' awesome character.

Visit to Legion of Honor

2007-04-04T00:08:00.000-07:00

I got a chance to visit the Legion of Honor. Here are a couple of studies I did of Rodin's phenomenal sculptures. There was a visiting French Print exhibit with an artist named George Barbier who's design sense was amazing. I did a couple of composition studies and a line art drawing of them. (http://artophile.com/dynamic/Artists/BarbierGeorge_ArtDecoandPochoir.htm) There was also a really interesting looking costume design that Erte did that was also in that exhibit.

sleepmaster tobey

2007-01-31T23:19:00.000-08:00

this is tobey, bren's dog. he kicks it next to my desk and patiently waits to be drawn.

Novato Figure Drawing

2007-01-23T23:41:00.000-08:00

Here's a long pose at figure drawing in Novato Art Community Center. It's my first session of the year, hopefully of many. I want to get better at drawing with a pencil.

welcome

2007-01-02T16:06:00.000-08:00

undead santa for all you grinches.