Many faces of Yao

Some reference sketches for a Yao Ming Model sheet for Character Design.

Final Model Sheet:

Digital DubYa!

A quick caricature for a Flash-Combustion assignment.

Composited Frame (bkg = paper/flash/photoshop)

Monster King Sketches (WDC)

Monster King

Throne Room

Can't believe it's been almost a week since I last posted anything new!
(Tons of assignments this week)
Not to worry, I'm going to be killing it this weekend to make up for lost time!

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Pirate (Weekly Design Challenge)

Childhood Lost

This is the final frame of a short digital animation test for class.
The bkg and animation were done by hand, scanned into Photoshop and Flipbook for paints, then composited and final rendered with Combustion.

Main background Layout:

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The Runaway

Wolverine vs. Cyclops

This is actually the product of a design experiment in contrasting basic shapes and posing.
In this case it's Circle vs. Square.
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The Driver (Character Designs)

Some getaway driver designs.
I try to always vary ethnicity and type to find something unexpected.
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Xtra-Life Session

A long study (made longer because the model fell asleep!)
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Sin City: Animated Designs

Some animation designs based on the movie.

The End is Near

The first of a series of Weekly class drawing challenges.
Each week, we pick a topic and a character design project to do.
The first topic was my choice.
Next one is "The Runaway" and an original Pirate design with props.

Supa Deformed Heads

Sample from an early character design assignment. We had to sculpt 5 heads with plasticine and then draw them accurately from multiple positions. Some people used Sculpey to make them super smooth, but I like mine crazy and deformed, like the big guy from Goonies!
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Wolf Designs

Still searching...

Wolf Studies

Working on a fantasy wolf for Character Design.
Some quick internet reference studies.
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MATRIX: RE-Designed

Just having some fun with a new take on the characters.
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Barbarian Girl

"Send in the Heavies" (Character Designs)

Character Overlay and Final Composited Image

Hitman (Revised)

Based on my instructor's feedback for a more animatable version.
Here's my mafia hitman, in all his hitmanny glory.
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Train Layout

This layout started as just a background to today's daily composition, but I ended up really liking it just as it is. So I cleaned it up and I will just add the characters as overlays.

Walking the Line

This is a frame from a digital animation test that I'm working on for class. The character will complete a continuous walkcycle while the background pans behind him. It will be composited using Flipbook.

Fairy Tale Re-Designs

Jack (from "Jack in the Beanstalk") done in an early 1900's newsboy style. Hansel (from "Hansel and Gretel") who's clearly been eating too many gingerbread men!

The hero of the "Brave Little Tailor" done in a modern, Saturday morning style.