Saturday, March 4th, 2006
This week I produced two witches, the reason is I couldn’t decide which one not to draw. They both appealed to me in different ways, when I started doing my research. I start by reading about witches and then looking at different women trying to find faces that fit my idea of a witch. (I can think of a couple of x-girlfriends that fit.)
This first drawing I found a face that looked like a witch that looks more like a modern ideal of a witch, black robe, pointy hat, etc. Basically a witch with all the typical symbols that we know describes a witch. I had hoped to not use those symbols so i decided to work on another..
Now this witch was going to be a more Shaman like, earthy, old world. She had to look like she could be the spiritual leader of a tribe, that was my thinking when I was sketching this one.
lo.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
If I had a Spoiled Brat for a Son I think he would be like this, a devious little punk that just might be the spawn from Hell. Having said that, this is
my brat that I turned in and this drawing was a straight shot. I was lucky in the way that I just put the pencil to paper and it just felt right. I made a few adjustments to the initial sketch to pull a few things out and not make him overly mean in his decor, rather I wanted the attitude to state who he is.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
This guy was a bit tough to arrive at, I went through about 15-20 miner types and although those were reference accurate they lacked any substance. Being frustrated I decided to draw a horse and like that the Miner Rider came along too. Sometime I need to burn the pencil like that to get something I like, This guy makes me want to get a western story going. I guess all in good time.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
There are a couple of guys here at work (Robert Kondo and Danny Arriaga) that started this ritual of sorts, a weekly character design. They give themselves a theme for example, a substitute teacher or a zombie musician. This is my first week so I went a little far and painted it in watere color and ink, I’m just looking for excuses to not paint in the computer.
Monday, October 10th, 2005
In most animation studios people have birthdays, and on these days some people get a birthday card made for that them. If you’ve read my previous post on bday cards you know I like the challenge of the quick turn-a-round from concept to finished illustration and I have to say it’s all about the getting it done. This post I will show the steps from test to completion.
lo.
So here’s the sketch, this is usually the longest part of the process. A couple of thumbnails and the a working layout.
Then, in this case I painted a test because it is water-proof ink and I want to get an idea of a finish.
Once the test is done and I kind of know where I stand, I paint the sucker and move on to the final stage..
I then scan the painting and mess around in photoshop to age an place in a proper 40’s style layout. In the end it’s not perfect but it was good to finish something.
lo.
