Musings by Paul

Rachel's "R"

2012-01-11T17:38:00.000-08:00

For Christmas (2011), I created a gift for my niece. I wanted to make something she could sit on her desk or hang on the wall. Taking inspiration from Brittney Lee's shadowbox art, I knew I wanted to do something with depth and "painterly". Two things I wanted it to involve was, [1] something to represent her and [2] something with her cat. As I was walking around in the craft shop and saw the foam R, it came to me.

Rhino changed . . . again. Much better . . . again!

2011-08-29T14:37:00.000-07:00

Rhino 2011 - Mo beta!

Archie McPhee package challenge!

2011-06-29T14:03:00.000-07:00

Archie McPhee recently had a job posting which included designing a package for their Yodeling Pickle product.

Here's the package I illustrated and designed. Too much fun!

This is the image of their current product shot.

Labels for this year's Christmas gifts

2011-01-03T00:25:00.000-08:00

Got a gift certificate from a friend to a "U-brew" place in downtown Edmonds called Gallaghers'. They provide the equipment and kits to brew your own beer, wine, hard ciders and root beer.

I decided to turn the brewing opportunity into Christmas gifts this year. In combination with an art challenge from one of my nieces, I designed the labels that went with the root beer I bottled and the two ciders I brewed.

This was brewed by Gallaghers'. I was hoping to brew it, but ended up just
bottling it. It's the best of the bunch!

As mentioned in the title, this cider tastes great.

Much to my disappointment this cider didn't taste
much like pear. It tastes more like champagne.
Its still a nice cider, but I was really looking forward
to it tasting like pear . . .

Wahoo! I'm an ArenaNet University Artist Intern!

2010-10-19T09:08:00.000-07:00

Below is the skills test I submitted for my application for the internship:

Mckenna likes sea turtles . . .

2010-07-30T23:08:00.000-07:00

So a little girl in my Bible study declares I'm supposed to draw something for her. I ask her mother what she likes . . . she likes sea turtles . . .

There are a lot of things I like about it . . . I'd like to try and do
the head and right side of the shell again.

As a funny side note, she's been practicing how to snorkel in her bath tub . . . apparently the proper term is "gorkeling" . . . it's been a long time since I practiced snorkeling in the bath tub . . .

It's Live!

2010-07-28T16:10:00.000-07:00

I've had fun the last couple of weeks designing and managing the development of the new website for Burton Motorsports. If you'd like to check it out: http://www.burtonmotorsport.com/Default.aspx

Art in the form of: website!

2010-07-12T13:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry for no art posts recently. I've been working on a website for a friend's motorcycle business. I'll post the URL when its live. I hope to get it wrapped up very soon so I can get back to my portfolio work.

Fun snapshots of the work in progress

2010-06-02T22:59:00.000-07:00

These are quick renders without UV colors and textures created yet. I used Maya materials for quick color placement.

Catapult in training . . . not quite ready for war

2010-06-02T22:34:00.000-07:00

This is a work in progress. I've yet to finish the metal and do the Normal maps.

Spore inspiration

2010-06-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

Here are a number of creatures I created in a game called Spore. I had a hoot. One day I think I'll use them as inspiration to create my own in Maya. Tell me which one is your favorite.

Bobhead

Brundel

Cudgeon

Flapper

Hunchin


Nephlar

Petunia

Rozan

Ruby

Spikus

Toadish

Rhino version 2

2010-05-03T21:00:00.000-07:00

I feel him having bigger shoulders, forearms, hands and belly is closer to the original sketch. I like him better.

Fish Monger's shop version 2

2010-05-02T23:44:00.000-07:00

Still working on it . . .

Fish Monger's shop version 1

2010-04-26T21:58:00.000-07:00

It's going to go through a lot of changes yet.

Rhino Character version 1

2010-04-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt at my Rhino character. I've made him too human like, I need to return back to my original sketch (posted on March 10th). He's going to be the fish monger in my fish monger scene.

My website has been updated . . . wahoo!

2010-04-26T21:29:00.000-07:00

I hired Jeremy of Creative 3 Productions to make a cool Flash gallery. Once that was done, I was able to completely overhaul the site (www.paulfc.com). I like it much better now.

Portfolio version 1 - No Epic models yet . . .

2010-03-20T13:34:00.000-07:00

Because of a possible job opportunity, I've rushed this short portfolio out. My plan in April is to get the epic models done.

Planning for Monsterrrsssss!!!!!

2010-03-10T22:15:00.000-08:00

These are some initial monster sketches I'm working on for a portfolio scene I hope to complete within a month.

I totally dig the Rhinoman!

I also really liked the little dude by the Rhinoman's snout above. This guy to our left is further development of that little thumbnail. Right now, I think I don't want to deal with hair so I'm going to have to think up an alternative.

Steampunk Gear

2010-03-05T15:42:00.000-08:00

Our class is working on a level and this is a part I was assigned to texture and color. I textured in ZBrush and colored in Photoshop.

More ZBrush details!

2010-03-03T19:47:00.000-08:00

Submarine in the works

2010-03-03T19:39:00.000-08:00

Working on a Steampunk submarine.

More fish!

2010-03-03T19:33:00.001-08:00

Working on more fish for my fish market scene.

Learning 3D Max - Oy!

2010-02-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

This was a complicated piece, but it was an excellent project to learn a new software. Up until now we've been modeling everything in Maya (a game and movie studio favorite). This new program is called 3D Max (another studio favorite). We learned to model this from scratch.

Another Pop Quiz - a butcher block

2010-02-06T16:57:00.000-08:00

This so far, is my favorite project.We were to model and texture from scratch an item that belongs in a market. Since it had the fish, I had to do it.

WIP - a work in progress modeling Tak

2010-02-06T16:55:00.001-08:00

Stool Pop Quiz

2010-02-06T16:51:00.000-08:00

This was a fun little pop quiz the teacher pulled on us. From scratch, we were to model and texture this object within a day.

Changing Pops Facial Expressions

2010-02-06T16:32:00.000-08:00

Neutral Expression & Brows up

Brows down & Frown

Pucker & Smile

Got to love Zbrush sculpting!

First day on ZBrush

2010-02-06T15:54:00.000-08:00

First time on Zbrush. What a hoot!

It's not done, but I had fun doing it.

First Character Assignment: Pops

2010-02-06T15:47:00.000-08:00

If you check out the Sky Avengers website, you'll see this character. He's a great project. We've learned to model, sculpt, texture, rig and animate this character.

3D Training Academy

2010-02-06T15:41:00.000-08:00

November 23rd I started the 3D Training Academy's Sky Avengers program to learn how to become a computer animation modeler. Having a blast!

AM Class 3 is Finished!

2010-02-06T15:26:00.000-08:00

Class 3 - Week 12: Above is the demo reel compiling all the "final" animations for the 3 classes. Below is the Class 3 title card I created for it.

I don't know what the deal is but for some darn reason the Class 3 title is blurry. No matter what I do, it always blurs when I import it into Quicktime. I've done the same method for Classes 1 & 2 and they both came out beautifully clear.

Sneakin' by . . .

2009-11-16T12:31:00.000-08:00

Class 3 Week 7: Splined ("polished") my second animation of Viking Stewie sneaking up and jumping on sea monster to get to other side. Also included this week, I planned out the 3rd animation I will be working on next.

Monster Jump reblocked

2009-11-16T12:22:00.000-08:00

Class 3 Week 6: Reblocked Viking Stewie's monster jump (not shown - better video can be seen in week 7).

How to Train Your Dragon

2009-11-04T12:54:00.001-08:00

I am soooooooooo looking forward to this!

Another monster created in Spore

2009-11-02T23:37:00.000-08:00

[Original video has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 7]

Class 3 - Week 5: Blocking stage of my new monster jump animation.

"Final" Wall Jump

2009-11-02T23:12:00.000-08:00

Class 3 - Week 4: This week I was to finalize the wall jump and present thumbnails and video reference for the next animation. Thumbnails below.

Got the Sword Included now!

2009-10-18T21:43:00.000-07:00

[Original video has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 4]

Class 3 Week 3: Reblocked the animation. Did extensive revisions on the physical actions and was able to include the sword in stone scene I wanted to include before. Wahoo!

How th'?

2009-10-13T21:26:00.000-07:00

[Original video has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 4]

Class 3 Week 2. This is the starting phase of the first animation of the term.

Unfortunately, as the plan mentions below, I didn't include the sword in stone shot (I ran out of frames). If you pause the beginning, you can see the sword in the distance. This next week I'm going to be doing some serious slicing and dicing to get the sword shot and fix the run and wall climb.

As a side note, I had a blast creating the environment and gate.

Class 3 - "Advanced Body Mechanics" Begins!

2009-09-29T00:03:00.000-07:00

Class 3 - Week 1: After a week and a half break we are getting back to it.

Looking at the term, here's the overall plan: Viking Stewie sees sword in stone up on hill and goes through obstacles getting to it.

Animation 1 = Run and wall climb
• Viking Stewie sees sword in stone up on distant hill
• Runs and climbs over wall
• Lands on other side and recovers

Animation 2 = Running jump across river on moving target
• Viking Stewie sees river and monster
• Sneaks up near the river
• Runs and jumps on the back of the monster then to shore
• Runs into forest

Animation 3 = Forest scramble with final heavy sword pull
• Viking Stewie scrambles up hill through forest
• Goes to sword in stone
• Pulls it out of stone (heavy pull)
• Lifts in victory

Progress Reel Title Card - Class 2

2009-09-28T23:55:00.000-07:00

Class 2 - Week 12: Final assignment was to fill out a survey about the class and upload our progress reel. Above is the title card. The animations are the same as what has already been posted so I won't be posting them again.

Class 2 finished!

2009-09-28T23:51:00.000-07:00

Class 2 - Week 11: This is the final animation for Class 2 term of Animation Mentor

Looking for Butter Smooth

2009-08-30T21:13:00.000-07:00

[Original videos have been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 11]

Class 2 - Week 10: I continued working on getting it smoother as well as revised the animation according to student and mentor feedback.

Class 2 - Week 9: I reblocked the animation and did the first pass of smoothing. I need it to be smooth as butter.

These animations have been taken down because the final is much better.

Flippin!

2009-08-25T00:31:00.000-07:00

[Original video has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 11]

Class 2 - Week 8: Stewie has arms now. They're having us animate more and more complicated rigs as we progress forward in the quarter.

For motivation, I chose to have Stewie do a backflip off of a winner's podium in his excitement.

Wax on, wax off . . . I need to polish more

2009-08-25T00:17:00.001-07:00

Class 2 - Week 7: This is the final. I need to polish it more. The run is too fast and he bobs back and forth.

Below is the planning for the third and final assignment for this quarter. This assignment I'm going to have Stewie with arms do a backflip.

Box jumping

2009-08-02T14:02:00.000-07:00

[Original video has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 7]

Class 2 - Week 5: This week I blocked Stewie jumping a box (in this case a bridge). For interest sake, I had fun with Stewie's entrance and his motivation to jump up and off the box (bridge).

180 Degree Jump Polish(ing - is it ever done?)

2009-07-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

Class 2 - Week 4: This week we were to polish (smooth out) the animation we've been working on for the last couple of weeks.

We were to also post the video reference and planning sketches for the next animation we are going to create. The choices were:

1. Hop on one leg (minimum four hops)
2. Lose balance and fall down
3. Jump up and off a box
4. Skipping (minimum four skips)
5. A simple dance move
6. Climbing/descending steep stairs
7. Drunken stumble
8. Walk in a heavy windstorm
9. Steps on sticky gum
10. Parkour no arms

I chose to capture the action of #3 - jumping up and off a box.

Photoshop brushes - you gotta love them!

2009-07-20T23:44:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite ways to get inspired is to check out favorite illustrator blogs.

Recently an artist, Sean "Cheeks" Galloway, announced he was going to be selling a vinyl maquette of a character he created called "Kuta". As a part of his package contents, he wanted to include some postcards so he posted an art card contest.

As I was checking out a blog of another favorite artist, Joe Vriens, I noticed he had created one for Cheeks. I loved what he had done, so I downloaded it to put on my computer desktop.

The other day, for a creative break, I thought it would be fun to take Joe's work (which had a white background) of Cheeks' Kuta and add a Photoshop background with some cool brushes a friend gave me. I had a blast! Enjoy!

180 degree Re-Blocked

2009-07-20T20:56:00.000-07:00

[Original has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 4]

Class 2 - Week 3: After getting awesome feedback from my mentor Jason Martinsen, I went through the animation and reworked the leg swing, jump arc, landing and turn to be more smooth (as smooth as blocking can get). Front, side and 3/4 views are included in this video because Jason wanted them for more in-depth critique (which is much appreciated).

Blocking the 180 degree jump

2009-07-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

[Original has been removed - "better" can be seen in Week 4]

Class 2 - Week 2: Block in the 180 degree jump. This means, animate all the key poses. It appears a bit chunky because there are no in-betweens yet - that comes in the polishing step.

Class 2 - "Psychology of Body Mechanics" has started!

2009-07-10T13:16:00.001-07:00

Class 2 - Week 1: Starting at a run.
We are to choose one of the following to video ourselves then sketch out our planning. I chose number 8. Below the list are my planning sketches.

1. Take a big step to the side
2. Kick a ball
3. Hopscotch
4. Jump over a gap
5. Walk to a stop/settle
6. Walk up a few stairs
7. Walk down a few stairs
8. Jump up and turn 180 degrees in the air and land/settle
9. Turn 180 degrees
10. From a stopped position, take a big step forward and settle

Class 1 is Finished!

2009-06-18T23:13:00.001-07:00

For the final assignment we were to fill out a survey and post all our finished animations into a "progress reel". Since you can see all of them in my past posts, I'm only including my title card.

Wahoo! Week 12 is done and Class 1 is finished. We get a week off for a break then hit Class 2 on June 29. I'm going to Maryland to visit my oldest sister and her family - good times!

Balance and "Gotta Pee"

2009-06-18T23:03:00.000-07:00

Week 11: This week we were to capture the sense of balance in our Stu pose.

As for the animation, it was the final assignment. We were to get Ballie to walk with personality. You should be able to learn something about Ballie based on his walk.

This two part assignment was a tough lesson. I learned the KISS rule clearly. I bit off more than I could chew (too much going on). Should have kept it to a simpler walk. Because of the complexity and super busy time at work, I was not able to polish to the degree I hoped.

The walk part of the animation appears a bit fast. I liked its urgency, but it appears too choppy. I suppose I could have tried simplifying the number of poses in the cycle to appear simpler and clearer. Still figuring this one out . . .

Exhaustion

2009-06-18T22:59:00.000-07:00

Week 10: This week, the pose was to capture the body expression "Exhaustion".

The animation was to block in a walk with personality. It's so rough, I'm not going to post it.

Elusive smooth, wherefore art thou?

2009-06-05T00:36:00.000-07:00

Week 9: The pose this week was "Concerned". This one was tough. When I asked family and friends to vote, the votes were all over the place.

My final pose actually turned out to be a hybrid. I liked the nail-biting of #8 but wanted to down-play the emotion. It too easily can appear scared. I ended up taking the legs from #6 (#8's knees originally were knocking together) and upgraded them to an "interrupted" walk. I took his right hand down and used the arm pose from #7.

For animation, I was to take last week's animation and smooth it out. Wow, there's a lot to learn about a smooth walk. I really would like to rework it, but my workload (home and at work) is too much. I hope sometime I'll get to fix it.

Blocked Walk and "Strength"

2009-05-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

Week 8: This week's pose is called "Strength". It was tough, once again, not to do the typical arm bicep-flexing pose. I also tried to do a pose without props. I actually put the sketches (above) up to a vote and the above pose won. Since then, I learned in a couple of weeks, I'll be doing a "Balanced" pose, so now I'm wishing I did one of the other poses.

[Video has been removed - Final can be seen in Week 9]

This week we were to take the AM character called "Ballie" and make him walk for 2 seconds. This will actually be a 2 parter. This week we block in the key positions and Week 9 we'll smooth it out.

Jesus Saves . . . I didn't

2009-05-21T00:48:00.000-07:00

So succinctly put by my friend, Pastor Lincoln.

Week 7: Make the Tailor character provided by AM, bounce 3 times like a squirrel.

Well, nightmare of nightmares happen. As I was finishing up my assignment around midnight Saturday night, Maya froze. I wasn't too worried because I thought I had saved. Much to my horror, apparently not. It appears the last save I had done was around 6pm.

Sooooooo my assignment did not turn out as I planned. I spent from midnight until 5:30 am creating just the hop across the screen (it's amazing how inefficient I can be in the early morning hours). There's a tiny pause between hops because originally I had Tailor come across hesitantly, see something scary off screen, then hop quickly back the way he had come. He was then going to be followed by a huge ball.

After the critique from my mentor, I can see all sorts of problems with it. His tail is supposed to flow like a whip. Man, does it look stiff now. Sometime I hope to fix it - time elusive time . . .

Pendulum

2009-05-12T18:49:00.000-07:00

Week 6: The assignment was to make this pendulum (block, "chain" and ball) to move in a figure eight pattern and come to a stop with a realistic pendulum swing.

Obstacle course

2009-05-04T20:38:00.000-07:00

Week 5: We were to animate a ball bouncing through an obstacle course. This is the second post, because the original has been revised.

Devastated

2009-05-04T20:35:00.001-07:00

The above image is 16 sketches trying to capture the emotion: devastated.

The next image is the revision of my original AM Stu character pose. The "before" image was what I initially turned in for my assignment.

After the critique, I decided to revise it. In trying to figure out how to improve it, I found neither myself nor my friend's daughter (who is much more flexible than I am) couldn't physically get in the pose I created.

Also to try to push the pose a little further to get a better emotive response, I moved the left hand up to touch his face. I know it's obvious, but they encourage us not to do the expected gesture. I did an impromptu poll using a couple of different poses and it was amazing how everyone really resonated with the face touching images. Cliché is not the preferred route, but sometimes, if it works, it works.

Heavy and Light Bounce

2009-04-27T22:06:00.000-07:00

Week 4: Animate a "bowling ball" and "beachball" drop, bounce and stop in the same scene. I'm still trying to figure this out.

Bouncing Ball

2009-04-19T18:30:00.000-07:00

This is the second part to week 3's assignments. Here we were to animate a ball (provided by AM) bouncing like a basketball or soccer ball. I think the last part of the tiny bounces at the end was a little too much . . .

"Excited" Pose

2009-04-19T10:04:00.001-07:00

Week 3: This week we were to capture "excited". Problem is, it has all been done before so we can't do the typical "hands flung wide as the person is jumping in the air for joy" pose (as in sketches #6, 9 & 16). So, as I was sketching, I came across this photo of a woman with a contained excitement.

I sketched it, then tried to get the Animation Mentor "Stu" character in the same pose. It kinda worked . . . but not quite.

One thing they teach us is to exaggerate the gesture to get maximum impact. To get maximum impact, we have to keep all parts clear and distinct. You find this out by looking at the silhouette your pose creates. If the silhouette has any overlapping parts, it's hard to read. No matter how I turned the camera, I never was able to get all the parts clear. Thus the pose was tweaked . . . Enjoy!

Class 1 - "Basic Foundations" Has Started!

2009-04-12T20:59:00.000-07:00

Actually, this is week 2. The first week assignment was to get familiar with the online campus, set up our profile and photo.

Sooooooo, this week, our assignment was to go out and sketch people in motion. We were then to choose one, take the figure (provided by Animation Mentor) called "Stu" and pose him in the same gesture. As I worked on his pose, I tried to tighten him up a bit and make it a little more dynamic than in the sketch.

One Legged Hop

2009-03-29T21:48:00.000-07:00

This was the final assignment for the workshop class. We were to take Animation Mentor's one-legged robot and make it hop. It appears quick because I kept the hop to a second in length at my mentor's request.

Robot Arm

2009-03-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

This includes assignments 9 & 10. Originally, this Animation Mentor provided scene had a can and a block, but keeping to my "little king" theme, I replaced the can with the king and the block with the horse.

Assignment 9 was for us to take the provided robot arm and animate it "picking up" a can and placing it on a block on the other side within 4 seconds. It appeared to go through the motion as if it had picked it up.

In assignment 10, we actually learned how to "pick up" the object. This is the final product of both assignments.

Double Circle

2009-03-29T16:29:00.000-07:00

This was assignment #8. It involved having a sphere going in a circle, importing a second one and changing its path. I had fun with this. It was interesting to hear my mentor, Kristina, particularly like it because it reminded her of an orrery . . . I had to look it up to know what she was talking about . . . now, I understand.

Circular path

2009-03-29T16:20:00.000-07:00

This was assignment #7. The objective was to make a sphere move in a perfect circle. After doing that, I did a second one including my "little king". I thought it was fun, but the "thumbs up" and head turn animation were really rough because I didn't know what I was doing.

Little King in Space

2009-03-24T15:48:00.000-07:00

This was our first animation. We were to take a sphere (ball) and move it around in space . . . in my mind . . . "little king" = sphere.

Lighting and Shading

2009-03-24T15:28:00.000-07:00

Workshop Assignments #4 & 5. For these two assignments I decided to combine them into one. The first half of the week we learned how to color (or in Maya terms "shade") our character and scene. The second half of the week we learned how to add lighting and control the shadows.

These pictures are snapshots from different camera angles I set up in this scene. If you look at assignment #3's images, you can see the camera representations indicated in green.

Making a Scene

2009-03-24T15:20:00.000-07:00

Workshop Assignment #3. In this assignment we were to take the character we had created and place him in a scene.

Since he was a king, I placed a crown on his head, a sword in his hand and a faithful steed to carry him through the woods.

I absolutely loved creating everything in this assignment.

Little King Occupies 3D Space!

2009-03-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

This is the second assignment I had with Animation Mentor's Maya Workshop. The purpose was to create a stick figure from scratch with working joints.

Instead of doing a stick figure, I thought it would be fun to create my little king character I posted earlier in a Daily Sketch (Card Design).

When you initially create (or in Maya terms "model") something in Maya, the default color is gray.

The first assignment is not posted because it was not interesting enough to post. It involved placing shapes on a bookshelf Animation Mentor provided.

Hippo Hummingbird

2009-03-24T14:57:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a creature combining a hippo and a hummingbird.

PC vs. Mac

2009-03-24T14:55:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - draw a scene capturing the "PC vs. Mac" commercial characters.

Fire Elemental

2009-03-24T14:51:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a character from the element of fire.

This actually is the second version of this subject. The first one I did in 2008 was a lame matchstick character - this one I liked much better.

Little King - His Reign Begins

2009-03-24T14:46:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a design for a deck of cards.

This is the first sketch of my little king. During my Animation Mentor Maya Workshop he proved to be my inspiration during that quarter.

A Wild Ride

2009-03-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - draw a wild ride that could be found at an amusement park.

I envisioned the boy riding a coin operated ride first . . . then I thought it would be interesting to have him ride a slippery fish . . . then I thought Barracuda . . .

Chiller

2009-03-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a character based on a font.

I found a font on my PC called: Chiller. It has a painterly messy "scary" appearance. I'd like to redo this one because, once again, I did not capture the essence of the thumbnail in my final.

Deep-sea Diving

2009-03-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - draw a deep sea diving scene.

Clockworks

2009-03-23T19:33:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - draw the interior of a clock.

Not wanting to draw the high details, I thought it would be fun drawing a clock losing some of his parts as he was walking along.

Buzzard Man

2009-03-23T19:31:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a character crossing a man and vulture.

I like the pose better in the thumbnail.

Dragon

2009-03-23T19:29:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - draw a dragon.

Not wanting to draw a typical looking dragon, I thought it would be fun to try a graphic approach (more flat than realistic).

Eleebra

2009-03-23T19:27:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a creature crossing a zebra and elephant.

Leprechaun

2009-03-23T19:24:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - draw a leprechaun.

I really like the fists and stance better in the thumbnail.

Gator Catcher

2009-03-23T19:22:00.001-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a vehicle for catching alligators.

King of Fools

2009-03-23T19:20:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a king.

Chicken Man

2009-03-23T18:10:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a person with creature attributes.

Again I think the thumbnail had parts I didn't achieve in the final. I really like the thumbnail's head.

Darth Maul Caricature

2009-03-23T18:07:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a Star Wars character caricature.

I still got to figure this one out, I don't think the "motion" lines are right.

Octana

2009-03-23T18:02:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a creature from a fruit or vegetable.

Earth Villain

2009-03-23T18:01:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create an earth villain.

Sea Villain

2009-03-23T17:59:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a sea villain.

Bug Villain

2009-03-23T14:01:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - create a bug villain.

I always find it interesting that often the thumbnail catches an essence that the refined and polished version misses.

Box Monster

2009-03-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - make a creature from a box.

Heavy heart

2009-03-22T10:20:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - Valentine's Day

I think this was a daily sketch around Valentine's Day 2008. Instead of the typical lovey-dovey cupid stuff, I wanted to drawing something focusing on those with a heavy heart due to broken relationship or loneliness while everyone else is flying high.

The proportions aren't right, but it captures the essence of what I wanted to convey.

Rabbit head

2009-03-22T10:18:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - random creature head.

Armadillo Man

2009-03-22T10:13:00.000-07:00

Daily Sketch - Cross a man and an armadillo

Crouching pose was the focus.

Sleep Walking

2009-03-22T09:56:00.001-07:00

Daily Sketch - I can't remember the subject.

This turns out to be one of my favorites. I pulled off the pose and expression I wanted. What's funny about this one, a lot of people ask me why he's wearing sneakers, a t-shirt and boxers . . . hmmm . . . good question . . . how about: he's a sleep walking werewolf . . . I suppose that means I need a moon . . .