Drawktoberfest (or I should say... Drawvemberfest for me)!

Here is a little update of what I'm doing with a bit of my free time. I'm participating in a social media challenge designed to inspire you to be creative and draw every day. I find these online group activities very useful, especially when you need the motivation and the practice! :) The list has 31 off-the-wall subjects inline with the days of October. I'm extremely far behind, so I'm just going to pump sketches out and post them. Who knows, maybe a few of the ideas may be worth developing further into illustrations and such. Have a great Halloween! It's my favorite time of the year!

1. A Blonde
2. Two Blondes

"Open Mic Night" is always a sure way to get past a creative slump

It's been awhile since I've posted anything, but I though I should chime in and give you something to look at. I went to a cool coffee shop the other day with an old college buddy and got some sketching in. Open mic' night was the perfect opportunity to capture a vast array of colorful looking characters. If you ever have any creative blocks, I suggest you seek out one of these watering holes and get drawing!

Drawing for Animation Model Pack

Here is an update of my progress for the character redesigning the Guardians of the Galaxy project I'm working on. The first is Nikki Gold. I had to toon her up abit for the Animation class, but I plan on taking it further and create a painting along with a 3D model. let me know what you think!?!

Guardians of the Galaxy project

Hello again I'm back! Over the past couple months I've went back to my old stomping grounds (Cogswell Polytechnical College) to take a Drawing fo Animation class with one of my favorite teachers and friend Jeff Jackson. The experience has been very rewarding and I have reignited my passion for traditional illustration and concept designing. I have been wanting to redesign the traditional Guardians of the Galaxy as a personal project for awhile now and this class was the perfect forum to get started. I've always been a fan of comics and science fiction and felt this team was the perfect blend of the two genres. Since Marvel Studios is coming out with a movie of the new team, I thought it would be cool to update the late 60's original team. Here is a pass at the first character I've tackled so far Nicholette Gold.

Expression Sheets -

Oldies Inspiration

I was going through some anatomy notes the other day and stumbled upon some old character stuff I did for a drawing for animation class I had back at Cogswell. Some of the sheets I like (head comps) and some I don't (turnarounds). I'll post them as a reminder and motivation to create more in my off time and get better at designing. Enjoy!
This was for the final project of the class and the assignment was to take the characters of the Wizard Of Oz and make them your own. We could change the story but keep the theme in place. My premise was old washed up horror movie icons (Dracula - Cowardly Lion, The Mummy - Tin Man, and Frankenstein - The Scarecrow) that what to get back in the entertainment business. Dorthy, was an inspiring film maker and journalist who wanted to document and capture their rise back to the top!

Expression Sheets

 

Turnarounds

On A Mission - Down South

Hello,

It's time to make that trek down south again to the wonderful world of Siggraph. Here's some aimless self promotion items I will be soliciting this week. Should be fun!

Diablo Loco Animated Short

Diablo Loco by Heath Grant and Stuart Hallock

Here's the link to the animated short I helped create, which was an offical selection to the 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival. Enjoy!

Adventures In Freelancing. (Graphic Design)

Hey guys,

I've been busy but, I just wanted to share something new that I've been working on. This is a logo design I did for an interior design company focusing on business. The logo wasn't used, but it was a fun experience nonetheless. (All trademarks, logos, images are copyrighted to there respective parties).

Official Poster of "Diablo Loco" by Heath Grant and Stuart Hallock

Go see what I helped create May 8th at 12:00pm! Santa Cruz Film Festival

I'm Back... and with some Great News!

Well I'm back from a long hiatus. Alot of projects are ah-brewin' but, nothing new yet to showcase. I just found out recently from my good friend Heath Grant, that the animated short I worked on WILL be featured in this year's Santa Cruz Film Festival! This is very exciting news indeed. If your in town swing by and check it out! "Diablo Loco" Tickets at http://www.santacruzfilmfestival.org/

I won't leave you empty handed. Here is another installment of "Oldies but Goodies." I initially wasn't going to post this stuff, but why not? Maybe someone will enjoy it.

This was my final project for Storyboarding in the summer of 2005. The objective was to pick one of 3 options for a story concept and sync it to the soundtrack. From what I recall, I picked a character has to go somewhere, obtain an object and then create something with it. When I heard this tune I immediately thought of early silent films, and comedies like "Laurel and Hardy" and "The Three Stooges." What do you think? (e.g. Music copyrighted to the Respected Parties - NOT MINE AND DON'T CLAIM IT TO BE.)




This was another final project from my web design class in the fall of 2005. It a majority of it focused on Flash and CSS. We had the choice of making a website or an animatic short. I chose the latter. I made up the character a long time ago and thought it was appropriate for the exercise. It consists mostly of key pose animations and is very refined. I did win an award for it as an animation concept in 2008, but to be fair, there wasn't many submissions. lol, hey I'm not complaining the animators should of stepped it up!

New...ish Stuff 2 "Swashbucklin' Goodness!"

Here are two models (that im finally done with), that will or will not be used in two animated film shorts by Matt Byers and Marissa Sarabia.

New...ish Stuff

It's been awhile, but I finally have something new to show. I've been working on a few things simultaneously and haven't paid much attention at all to this blog. anyways, this is a game character of a German solider of World War 2 era (I know, I know, I totally sold out to what is popular right now in the game world, but hey, I need a better job than what i have). It is a 5000 polygon model, with two 2048x2048 normal maps, two 2048x2048 color maps, a 2048x2048 transparency map, and finally two 512x512 specular maps.

Very Old Sketchbook Stuff To Laugh At!

Well it's been awhile since I posted anything, so since its Halloween, I feel it is appropriate to put up some scary stuff that we all can laugh at! Enjoy!

Next time I'll put up some cool NEW stuff. I promise!

04'


06'-07'

I dig this guy! I was thinking of modeling a full character from this concept.


These are rough concepts for a childrens book I was working on.

Layout 2 Continued...

Here is the final for my portfolio class back in April. It was very unfortunate for me to not have this done in time for Siggraph (which was an awesome experience), but I did get some insight and encouragement from industry professionals, teachers and peers. I now have a better idea of whats to be expected. If you want to see some pics of the event check out my teacher's blog Jeff Jackson at (http://sonjebasa.blogspot.com/) and while your at it check out my school Cogswell Polytechnical College (www.cogswell.edu) which totally represented at the event! Big ups guys! I will definitely try to make it to next years event in New Orleans!



Here is another version with a different font. I believe this was the final version.

Creature for Modeling 3 Final

April 30th: here is a painted version of the model. I'm still trying to work on the lighting a bit because it is blowing out all of the detail.



Well kids I think I'm about due to post something new. This render is a combination of a sea turtle, rhino, and an elephant. i got the idea from a sculpture i did awhile back in Thomas Applegate's (sculpting teacher) class. this is turning out a hell of a lot better than the sculpture did. anyways, got to get back to work and paint this sucker!

later

Layout 2

well folks, i've been working real hard to revamp my demo real for my portfolio class. here's a layout i've cooked up to test out. drop a line and tell me what you think. the models of course arent done but i needed to put something in there.

My Midterm Project for Organic Modeling

This is a render of my midterm project. We were supposed to make a dragon-like creature, but instead i made a pterodactyl. It still needs some work, but I think its coming along quite nicely! I think I'm going to sculpt it more and texture it to finish it.

Animated Short "El Diablo Loco"

Well I think its time for a new post! I know what your thinking "when is this guy going to post some "New" work? And I agree with you completely! For the past few months I have been working on a animated short film entitled "EL DIABLO LOCO," which will be due out sometime next year. I can't give you any information on it yet because i have to get permission from the creators. My friend Heath Grant and Stuart Hallock (animators/concept artists/modelers) came up with this exciting project that I'm happy to be apart of! I am the lead modeler on the project, who created the environment that the film takes place in. I also did mesh clean up and additional modeling to all of the characters in the film. I will probably be summoned to do props in the future as well. Other members of the team include David Rutan (unwrapping and texture-lighting artist), Jeff Jackson (adviser/Art Director/teacher), Mike Roberts (modeling/adviser/teacher), Mike Huber (Project Manager/adviser/teacher), Cassia Harries (modeling), and Jillian LeNoble (modeling). The film makers hope to enter it into next years Siggraph event and film festivals. Stay tuned for more details!

Update: March 7th-

Here is a short modeling demo reel i did for the movie. It shows the mesh clean up work I did and additional modeling (although some of the edits you can't really see because it didn't render the wire frames. dou!). I also did all the mouths for the characters (which some of them you can't see really either). The original models were done by me, Mike Roberts, Heath Grant, Stuart Hallock, Jillian LeNoble, and Cassia Harries. Enjoy!

Oldies but Goodies - The 2nd Installment

Here are some PS projects I have worked on in the past for your viewing pleasure. The 1st was my final for a design class I had when I started Cogswell in 2004. Emperor George W Bush was a really fun project. The 2nd is a Matte painting in which I turned a small Irish town into an Italian Villa. The 1st picture is the original and the next is the finished product. I tried to make it as seamless as I could. I'm really happy with how these turned out.

Animal Drawing (This Past Summer)

Here are my layouts for an animal drawing class I did at Cogswell College this past summer. They were displayed in one of the hallways for a few months and still need some work.