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 March 1st, 2010 | Category: my workA bunch of tractors. There were a lot of strange tractors manufactured back in the day. Some of the sketches are actual designs, others are a combination of a few, but all are based off of real tractors. Yup, even that one on stilts.
Too see the image in higher resolution click here. January 18th, 2010 | Category: my workLearned a lot working on this one. I’ve done some sci-fi themed work before, never with more humanoid characters. I tried a different approach where I isolated local colors out before building lights and darks.
Too see the image in higher resolution click here. January 15th, 2010 | Category: my workNot quite there yet…..
January 12th, 2010 | Category: my workTurnaround drawing and a 3d prototype from a toy project a while back. The modeling for the character was done in Maya by the talented Joe Brogno. It was then cut in a 3d printer. The prototype was handpainted by myself using Cartooncolour vinyl cel paint. I had this whole mythology, numerical, alchemical, cultural, and prehistory written up. The bird is one of many, and was part of the story of the alchemists having all these lab birds which were used for experiments. Maybe one day I’ll post some of the other work I did for it.
Too see the image in higher resolution click here. January 9th, 2010 | Category: my workColors will be added in the next few days. They are explorers from Xarthean, ready to probe the moons of Jupiter. I’m going to make some adjustments to the droid’s angle, and other things that I think can be refined in the final image. I’ll be using a red palette with this one.
Too see more sketch work click here. January 6th, 2010 | Category: my workI’m going to try and start doing a little layout thumbnail a few times a week before I go to bed. That way I’ll be challenged to work quickly to create a scenario with broad strokes. These are visitors from the mountains, but not the kind you’d want to make friends with. They bite.
Too see more sketch work click here. January 3rd, 2010 | Category: my workHere’s the new version. I made some changes to the staff of the female warrior to echo the stern of a norse ship, as well as adding some scrollwork into her armor. I changed the male warrior’s helmet to harmonize better in shape with the other’s head symbols, as well as making minor changes to his armor. The bird dog now has a crest of power made from feathers growing in its pineal gland. That’s about it.
Too see the image in higher resolution click here. Where did 2009 go? I’m not really sure, but it feels like I’ve blinked and another decade has passed. The wife and I packed up everything and visited the family on the east coast. For the first time in years, there was snow on the ground, and not just a light powdering either. There was enough to sled on, so I finally got to throw on the boots, hat, and mittens, and fly down the hill on an inner tube. My dad and brother starting building a ramp along the side of the house a day before we arrived. So basically you’d start at the top from the backyard, hit the jump, and while you’re still recovering fly over the drop off into the steep front yard. It was fun. So much fun I was screaming as I plummeted towards certain doom. Now that I’m back from the fun, I’m finishing up the norse warriors sketch I showed on the last blog entry. Should have it done here soon. Happy New Years!
Martial arts primates in defiance of their master? Oh yes, and the spot does thicken.
The official story goes on below to say that he disciplined the monkeys to kneel to the ground in remorse for their disrespectful act, but I knew better….. I knew that their master had mastered the art of spontaneously turning his head into a seabed-dwelling aminal, threatening to absorb the taekwondo monkey’s very soul. Yeah, I said master in one sentence…..twice.
The rest of the “official” story continues below. Read on for additional chortling amongst yourselves.
Skunks have faces that look like they are pushed to the end of their head, so I drew one. He can open canned food with his head in a pinch, jackhammer style. Don’t let this fellow raid your kitchen pantry, you will be left with nothing. Nothing, I tell you.
To see more sketch work click here. December 11th, 2009 | Category: paranormalUp in the frigid skies of northern Norway, residents witnessed a unique light show, one that had never before displayed in their evening skies. The official story has been confirmed as a Russian missile gone awry when tested fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea early on Wednesday, failing at the third stage.
I don’t know. How does a malfunctioned piece of ballistics cause a spiral to appear in the sky with another blue spiral light emanating from the center of it? Even when considering the official story, the conformed geometry of the pattern seems to be too precise for the aftermath of a failed launch attempt. Watch video of the light show here to see what I mean.
Silent films are something I’ve always enjoyed. The exaggerated acting and poses are what appeal to me the most. So that leaves one to question, “How would a contemporary sci-fi picture translate into this medium?” An acting troupe from Asia has replied humorously, Russian subtitles included. That Charlie guy sure knows how to rough-house a multitude of baddies (with deadly pies).
November 7th, 2009 | Category: websiteBack in 2003 I humbly started version 1 of this website using frontpage and html. If you look at the dates on the right hand toolbar of the blog, you’ll see that I’ve started migrating old posts from the html days into the new website format. By the end of this weekend I’ll have everything added back in between 2003 and 2007, which includes some personal stories, odds and ends, and a bunch of projects I’ve worked on over that five year span of time. October 28th, 2009 | Category: technologyHere’s an interesting piece of technology developed by a group of scientists. It’s able to fetch information from the internet to dynamically composite images. All it takes for it to happen is your ideas communicated in the form of sketching. Below are storyboards from the proposed technology, showing how input equals output.
To get a real idea for how the application works they’ve also put together this presentation video. If they are able to implement this in a commercial way in the future, it could easily become a popular avenue of enhancing the user experience on-the-fly.
October 25th, 2009 | Category: animal kingdomWouldn’t it be rad to sit on one of these while you played your favorite games or watched a fantastic movie? Better yet, don’t tell you family about it and invite them over for dinner. “Hey dad, check out the majestic mammal hibernating near the footstool. It keeps the robbers away.”
There’s a science museum close that the wife and I have had the pleasure of visiting several times. We are both geeks and love going to these places. That’s why it was totally awesome to hear about this world touring BBC dinosaur show, “Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular“, that was going to be stopping nearby on their events newsletter! After a little bit of research online, a miles-long list of favorable critiques and praise were clearly evident. It is going to be next weekend so if I can get any video or pictures I’ll definitely take some and post them up on a future entry.  The actual walking T-Rex from the show! He appears to be hungry.
October 13th, 2009 | Category: technologyMost everything in the natural world takes on a new personality when slowed to frame rate that allows us to focus on the nuances of the moment. Metallic objects appear as heated butter, shearing at imbalanced angles. I wonder how they were able to hit the moving bullets with other projectiles.
September 30th, 2009 | Category: animal kingdomSay hello to the piglet squid, a curious critter of the sea.
Mr. piglet undergoes a transformation when it fills itself with surrounding water.
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