Needed to paint something.....

final

line,value, and color study

SketchCrawl Presidio

Just another SketchCrawl this time at the presidio, just gaining some mileage in the drawing department. Exercise that is always needed.... Cheers!!!!
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A Momentary Cure for ADD....Anything Japanese

First off, I love anything Japanese, except for a dish called natto (which is fermented soy beans). That being true, it's only right I share work that has inspired my film.

Personally, I love when two opposing elements don't fit together but a similarity is found, or a relationship is established. For instance, Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton an elderly person carrying a balloon floating house or prostitutes and pimps characterized as breakfast cereal boxes. You can see where this is headed....



I've followed Murakami's work since viewing his Superflat show in design school. His use of bright colors, graphic elements, and a twisted sense of playfulness intentionally found their way into my film Pimps and O's. I feel his work is the ultimate momentary cure for ADD. Immersing you up close, while keeping it simple from afar.

So enjoy these two anime pieces for LV out of Murakami's outfit, directed by Mamoru Hosoda.

Cheers!

Working on the plane..

I have weird work habits. I prefer to work early early in the morning.I'm more motivated when there's less time. And lastly the environments that bring me comfort are just random.

I flew to NY and Philly to go see the awesome Roots Picnic. I wouldn't recommend flying Virgin America long distances to a person over 5'8. The flight was too long, too cramped, but perfect for me to to do a tiny bit of work.

Here is a rough sketch of a football stadium for a shot in Special O's commercials in the film, all of which will be in 2D. Check it!!

Procrastination takes many forms...

One of the major draw backs in taking eternity to finishing a project, is the temptation to go back and tweak things for their so called "improvement". At times I think I'ts just the by-product of being engrossed in the same thing for too long, your bound to find something wrong. (Avoiding the true issue at hand, finishing it).

Nevertheless, if you can make things right or better with out throwing the project off track, its probably best to take that rare path as long as your not disguising it as procrastination... I wont lie to you, my attempt to improve things, 50 % of the time are procrastination in disguise.

Any who, Ive always wanted to bring my project up to a level of detail where I'm using more of the benefits of 3D (occlusion, textures, lighting, etc). So I devised some ghetto fabulous solutions for my project that are to my pleasing and hopefully will further add to my vision. Here are some stills that give a taste of the final look of the film.

Enjoy!!!

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SketchCrawl Chinatown

Hey all,

Attended My first Sketchcrawl this weekend. And it was a much needed change I must say. Just sharing some random sketches I did. Enjoy!

Stills from Pimp's N' O's

Hey all ! Just wanted to share a final still from my film. Enjoy! More to come!

Pimp's N' O's Teaser poster

For the convention I created this teaser poster. I wanted to introduce and showcase the main character of the film, Special O's. Cheers!

Pimp's N' O's at Wondercon 09!

Hey all!

This is extremely a day late and a dollar short. But I setup a booth at WonderCon in San Francisco this year. It was my first time and I learned a lot. Made some good connects, and got an awesome response from the crowd!!

Thanks to all who helped out!