Sol | Conduit Sketches

These are some quick thumbnails I painted for a hero prop to be used in SOL. The conduit is a ancient Eos architectural structure that gets charged up to active nearby environment elements. They're basically the battery stations for the alien technology. I'm liking the third one the most, but they were all fun to make. I'm diggin' the black and white feel.

Meet Gimbo | First After Effects Motion Design Project

Well this is my first attempt at motion design in After Effects. We were assigned the traditional squash and stretch 'bouncing ball' animation assignment, only instead of pencils we're using After Effects. I'm brand new to the software, so of course I decided to do something a little more interesting. I made a bouncing rectangle, which curved in an arc as it bounced along. Turns out, I had to had hand animate the entire thing, so not much help inbetweening there. We were supposed to give our bouncing object a 'surprise ending', so I turned my little red rectangle into a monster named Gimbo. This little project was actually a ton of fun to make, I'm definitely enjoying learning After Effects, something I've put off for way too long.

ashfall | Able sketch

Here's a sketch I did today of Able from ashfall. I'm going to work on turning this into a full painting soon. The sketch took awhile because I really haven't ever drawn cars..and perspective is not my fortay. But I think it gets the idea and mood across. Added a dab of maroon to make Able's mask pop.

Daily Sketch | 1.5.15

Well rushed this one a little bit, but still good to get something down. A harken to some 70's gangster or something, not really sure.. I spent a few minutes smudging in some vale to make him pop a little more.

Daily Sketch | 1.4.15

More daily sketches. Most of it is garbage, but I do like the guy on the far right (he's a sir)..need to improve my hands, might practice that next.

Daily Sketch | 1.2.15

Just a quick 20 minute daily sketch, next time I'm gonna be more organized and have a set theme, but I was trying to get some line weight practice in...I like the smoke on the mage, but that's about it ha. Trying to loosen up!

ashfall | Early Concept Sketches

Here are some sketches I've started for some new characters from a pet project of mine, called ashfall. I've written a short story and now I'm starting to explore character designs and art style. I plan on making this a 3D short some day, so I'm pretty excited to get the ball rolling. My goal this year is to try to post something everyday, which should help keep me busy. I should have some paintings of these guys done at some point in the near future. Happy New Year! Here's to a fantastic 2015!