Friday, August 1, 2008

sketchbook



drawing is fun and relaxing and nice. for a certain amount of time you cannot go anywhere else. it is like a wormhole in your day and the scheduling pressures are at least momentarily relieved. this allows you to release your anxieties and subconscious feelings without feeling selfconscious that someone is looking over your shoulder. growing up i remember that i did most of my heavy thinking and math homework on the toilet. i also remember one time when my mother tried to train our cat to use the toilet. needless to say that didn't work.

flashy

all summer long i've been interning at augenblick studio working on their awesome new show superjail, which should be on adult swim in october. unfortunately i can't show any of it here, but instead here is something i did inbetween assignments (no pun intended, aha).

Sunday, July 6, 2008

visual developement




the other night I watched this really fucking crazy film called The Cell (2000). I don't remember it getting much attention, perhaps because it is really disturbing and the plot and casting is sort of wonky. Regardless, the art direction on this film is absolutely stunning, and has left visceral memories in my head. One artist IMDB sited as visual influence is a very talented painter named Odd Nerdrum.
Growing up in the height of modernism and pop art, Odd's pursuing of old master techniques made him somewhat of an outcast. Some of his influences are Rembrandt and Goya.
I also posted this horn player guy by Zdzislaw Beksinski because he has a similar mood and fantastic rendering skills .

Barn Owl space scientist


this guy's outfit was very heavily influenced by the talented fashion illustrators Steven Broadway and Richard Rosenfield. And of course Peter Chung.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

bugz


(these images are all copyrighted by the way)

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

a good day at the museum





today i went to the metropolitan museum. if you haven't seen the new superhero exhibit, you should definately check it out. unfortunately i wasn't aloud to take pictures and i didn't feel like drawing them because it was really crowded with 12 year old boys, but the show also appeals to sartorialists with edgy superhero inspired fashion.
the met is a great place to draw because the statues don't move or complain, ortake breaks and eat doritos like stupid models do.

i mean...

i mean, this is the website:

http://www.adaaentry.com/submit/files/submissions/2/1375/file59260.mov

Thursday, May 29, 2008

good news

good news everybody, anthropic pastoral was selected for the semifinal round of the adobe design acheivement awards! czech it out:

www.amazon.com/.../dp/0972667644

lunarscape


hey everybody, sorry its been a while. more to come soon. maybe this man has to get to his space ship or something.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

oh wait a sec

o wait a sec, i can actually embed videos here. neato!

hey yall

hey yall, just about finished with the animation for the film. you can check out the test here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tPvtbPF34XA

by the way, if anyone wants to score it, let me know.