Cleaning up August 8 2009

I got around to cleaning up the sketches from an older post.

Frank and His Friend Re-do Week 2,3,4

Week 2


Week 3


Week 4

Quote

"The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do, and what a man can't do." Captain Jack Sparrow, The Curse of the Black Pearl

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 19

Some Quotes

In regards to your work:
"It's not about originality it's about authenticity... " Gregory MANCHESS
from the interview he gave on Sidebar.

A friend quoted this to me a couple of months ago:
"Fantasy is a great substitute for experience" Peter USTINOV

I was walking... and I read
"The easy way is hard enough" under the windshield of a VW bus

Have a Tasty Halloween

Happy Halloween

A sketch for Frank and his friend that I was waiting to post at the opportune moment. ;)

007

I started sketching while listening to 007 Thunderball soundtrack and one thing led to an other...

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 18

A Quick One Before Dinner

Just a really quick sketch out of memory... From last night

Some concept sketches for Frank and His Friend

I've been re-organizing files for the project and... I figure why not post them.

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 17

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 16

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 15

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 9 in Color

Here is week 9, the prior post was of the idea for it. I'm working back and forth with the project. Slowly things are gelling with style and work flow.

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 14

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 13

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 12

A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT...

Q. Who was born first the chicken or the egg?
A. The dinosaur

and

The curiosity killed the cat. Yes, but the cat has nine lives.

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 11

I'm taking a little trip so this one is for next week

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND character sketches

Some sketches from last week. Trying to iron out the kid.

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 10

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND

I'm working on the character design, lots of fun ;)

A Quick One Before Bed

I just had the urge to do a quick one before going to bed :)

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 9

I finally got some scanning done of Frank and His Friend. I just got to many things I want to do and it seems that time is never enough for it all. Over the weekend I sketched out a couple new ideas and I figure that posting a sketch is better then just keeping the ideas sitting in the hard drive. I'll get around to cleaning up and coloring... and maybe make it as a small book...

A Quick Sketch

I was checking out some blogs this morning and... man there is a lot of talent out there. Plenty of inspiration, there is not doubt about that. for those that still did not know about the Vance Gerry Memorial Blog. it is a must see. Loads of excellent story moments. And, this sand painting link that was posted on the ASIFA blog has breath taking footage.

Tank

Talked with a friend yesterday nigh about the project man o man good meeting but loads of work ahead, at least if it is do be done right. Now... time for Breakfast and some sketching at the table ;)

Tank

Just working on the tank, some research sketches

Brad Pitt

It has been a while that I wanted to do another portrait. This is quick and dirty just a couple of hours, I know, I know... it's not perfect but hey... now is time to go BBQ.

TANKs

I'm Back on the Tank. The goal is to have the book done with-in the next couple of months.

Loose

I've been looking at some of Don Shank's work...

I've managed to get my hands on "The Ancient Book of Sex and Science" there is some really nice stuff in there. Worth the Purchase! Morse, Romano, Shank and Wragg do some really captivating work check out some of their work it's worth the time.

Before Dinner

A quick sketch from last nigh right before dinner.

Skectch!

A couple of sketches from this week while I was having the usual morning coffee. the color I added this morning.

Doodles

Some More Fun on Sunday

PLAY PLAY!

Yesterday afternoon I got to play ;)

Some Fun

Yesterday I finally got some time to have some fun.

Been Busy

Been busy working on different projects. I really miss my sketching time, this week I had the luxury of some free time.

Some More Sunday Doodles

More Sunday Fun

Here's a Real Hero

A heck of a sheriff or what!

I finally got have some fun today. I've been dealing with words and quotes for the past 3 weeks. I'm quite a bit loopy from that.

Some Sketches

Evening sketches before hitting the sack. I just added some color and...

Some Sketches

I tend to do sketches while I'm on the local trams going places, it's a great way to miss your stop, but have a good reason for it ;)

“Milt Kahl: The Animation Michelangelo”

Here are highlights of a panel discussion about Milt Kahl hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science. There are some really nice moments being mentioned by Richard Williams and Floyd Norman. Other panelist are Brad Bird, Ron Clements, John Musker, Andreas Deja, and John Pomeroy.

If you like animation and drawing it's really worth your time.

Lumberjack

I couldn't let Saturday go by with out a morning sketch; specially after a week of paper work yuk!

Meet Roboto Webber

I did this one last night right before dinner... food was in the air. This is a character that I've been playing around with since a year or so.

Rex Ensemble - The Label

Every band needs a label, Rex Ensemble is under Needles Records

Rex Ensemble - SUICIDE KINGS

Saturday

I couldn't let Saturday go by without a post. Enjoy a little Austrian...

Rex Ensemble - CONTEMPORARY CHAOS

1982

Rex Ensemble - THE SOLO ALBUM

1977

Rex Ensemble - THE SIX SIDED SQUARE

1978

Rex Ensemble - OBVIOUS NOISE

1961

Saturday

Now Breakfast!

After Work

Just some quickies after work

A Quick One Before Dinner

Sunday Morning Sketch ;)

Now, off to breakfast we go...

Saturday Morning Sketches

Rex Ensemble – Trading Places - Eleven Stops Along The Way

1974

This cover was the one that started the whole Rex Ensemble frenzy some weeks back.

Rex Ensemble - THE FIVE FINGER LP

1967

Until I get ideas for more LPs and have the time... I'll just keep on making them.

Sunday with Rex Ensemble

1966

So it's Saturday but what the heck the album is ready for tomorrow. Breakfast here I come!

Star Wars

I was asked to do an illustration about Darth Vader. So... here is my take.

Rex Ensemble

1973


1985

Over the weekend I got to have some fun by designing the LP cover for Rex Ensemble's Lorem Ipsum album. In The Shade are from today. I just finished work and felt the urge to do a couple more.

It's Saturday Again!

Hands for Illustrations

I just turned in a series of illustrations for a job, can't show them yet but these are the hands. I was pleasantly surprised at how they came out.

I Know I know....

I know, I know is a very generic anime image, but still fun to do, have a happy holiday.

A Quick One Before Dinner

A Quick Sketch

Did you see some of Claudio Acciari's latest posts? he does some amazing work!

Saturday!

Could not let Saturday go by without a sketch!

From an Old Skech

And off to breakfast we go...

Mixing It Up (a bit)

Different Style

I've been playing around with different styles of illustrations for the Tank project here is one that looked promising to me.

Dragon

It has been a while that I wanted to try this type of illustration. Just out of curiosity i had to see if I could manage an acceptable result.

Sunday's Game

Saturday Morning Before Leaving the House

One quick sketch, and now I'm off to breakfast.

Back from Work

Here is some new sketches for the Tank project, it has been a while since I did some work on it, but it will be done, some how. A bit here and There in between projects.

Quotes from the HD

I was reorganizing my hard drive and I found this quote.

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."

Douglas Adams
Author

Been a While

I've been busy, busy, busy at work.

Here is a quick photoshop doodle I did during class (instead of paying attention) heck I get to this tipe of work so rarely now, that I figured it was a whise decision.

Conferences- Comic-Con, Siggraph, 5D

I've been quite busy in the last couple of months firs getting things ready for the Comic-Con and Sigghraph. No I did not have a booth at neither. But I'm looking into having a booth next year at the Con. What did I do there? Well I got to meet some really great and talented people extremely nice and willing to give feedback on my work. Much of the talent from the major studios is there, if they are not giving a panel presentation they are selling their personal work. If I were to be ask to give a word of advice to someone that wants to get into commercial art for entertainment the word would be go to conferences and meet the people. It really makes a difference being able to talk to them directly, and getting rid of the middle man, HR or Secretary. It's more immediate and natural.



I was also able to meet Alex McDowell a production designer that has worked on many lave action features as well as animation features. He helped put together a two day conference, 5D: The Future of Immersive Design, for designers that will be phenomenal. The way he explained to me is that the conference should work as a meeting ground for professional designers and aspiring ones, so that we can move forward. The conference will be at Cal State Long Beach, University Art Museum (UAM), (funny enough I used to work there). and it will be on October 4-5, 2008 here is the link to the conference

www.5dconference.com


I hope to see some of you there.

Scanning Session (cont'd)

Scanning Session (cont'd)

Scanning Session (cont'd)

I'm still working through that scanning session.

An Other Old Sketch Got Some Attention

Old Sketches

These were old sketches that I forgot I scanned and never had the time to rework I finally got to the time to do it.

Portraits

Some of the portraits that I scanned and got to work on.

An Other Cowboy

Going back to the cowboy theme I just can't help it.

Location Design

A miscellaneous location design.

And Again from the Batch

More from the Scanning Session

Some More form the Scanning Session

Here are some roughs from the scanning session of weeks back and a couple that I quickly reworked as I was hoping.

Some Playing Arround

Last week i did some serious scanning ,about 6 months worth of sketches that I've been wanting to elaborate. Today I got the chance to play with some of them. Here are a couple.

Tring to Loosen Up

I really like Claudio Acciari's work here is a take on his approach.

Quick Paintings to Keep Loose

Some quick painting as I was waiting for my girlfriend to get ready to go to breakfast some Saturday and Sunday.

Zoo as Reference

Here are some sketches that I made during my zoo visits. I've been lucky enough to going twice a week since the beginning of the year, a couple of hours each visit, but I can now start to see the benefit of those visits in my work.

These compositions were made using what I saw as reference material. I've been trying my best to use what I see as inspiration for design; it isn't always easy, specially when it comes to animals. If there isn't a physiological, and behavioral understanding of the subject things tend to fall apart. I find looking at animals not only relaxing but also fascinating each species has a specific behavior and every individual of that species has a specific attitude, it can be a bit chubbier, more aggressive, and with a scar. All that makes them unique just like each one of the people that we know. If one slows down and looks one will be amazed to discover what is right in front of our noses.

I'll be posting some more of my zoo sketches as in the near future.

A Quickie

A quick sketch from this morning on the tram. Vegetation is something that I'm still working on...

Timmy and Terrance

During breakfast this weekend my girlfriend came up with a short story so today I did some sketches of the characters. Gouache is not my favorite medium but I wanted to try it out since many of the artist that I admire use it as one of their primary medium.

Got to Have Some Fun

Today I got to have some fun. Here are some of the doodles of the day. It was really freeing to be have the time to let thing flow out. Recently I've been doing work that is really detail oriented and rigid. This was such a treat!

Drawing Quadrupeds

I don't usually do, this but the moment I saw this material I had to make this post, and pass it on.  I've been looking for this kind of material for ages. So, if any of you are interested in drawing quadrupeds, you got to take a look at this material that Maichael Sporn posted on his blog. It's some great info that was put together for Disney animators during the production of Bambi. Trust me it's worth a look. 

Character Sketch

I finally had some time to do some playing around.

FRANK AND HIS FRIEND Week 7 & 8

I caught-up with the schedule, Phew! One week is still the goal.