Are you actually posting all of them?

Yes, I'm posting all of them.

These are thumbnails for my Conceptual Illustration class. I'm not so fond of the majority of them, but there are a handful that might work, which is really all that matters. And now here's that backstory I promised you all.

Panini (Cinderella) is a young chef prodigy who's only dream is to travel the land and spread wholesome food to all the people ailing from the unhealthy fast food provided by her stepmother's restaurant. Her stepmother Madame Fry objects and orders her to join the family business to create new and more addicting recipes. Panini refuses and leaves home, vowing to throw down the fast food chain and end her stepmother's reign over the food industry. The "Batter Royale", the cook-off that decides the Grand Master Chef, is coming up in 12 days. Panini decides make her away across the country, building herself a team of chefs so they might compete in it and win the ultimate Pan. With that pan, Panini can challenge Madame Fry to a cook-off and show her what cooking is really about.

In the end, of course, Panini wins and her stepmother realizes that there might be good business in healthy food so they start a new restaurant dedicated to wholesome meals.

But that's besides the point. I've got to design this as if it were a game, so there's going to be a fair amount of work going on here.

I can't wait till I can actually draw the environments, thumbnail aren't exactly helpful at the moment since I don't know the layout of the 'stage'. I hope I'll have a chance to do that sometime this week; it's been a really busy quarter already with animation, senior films, and this concept class. Once this quarter's all over though, it will have been worth all the hair pulling out.

That's all for now!

City/Town Thumbnails

River/Wood Thumbnails

Carnival/Farm Thumbnails

Suburbia Thumbnails

Batter Royale Thumbnails

So there's school again.

I know, right? Fun stuff.

So many exciting things this quarter. So tempted to juggle some dangerous things, metaphorical knives and cannonballs. I might.... I might just do it. It just kills me to turn down opportunities. The only problem is that I might be spreading myself too thin.


Anyways, I'm on the brink of finishing the storyboards for Hell Unleashed, and once I've done that, I should have just a wee bit more time to do layouts for another film.

In other news, taking one of the most hardcore classes of yet for me, a little something called Conceptual Illustration. It's going to be an awesome class, I can already tell, and my professor cuts to the chase which is very refreshing. By Tuesday, I will have a crap-ton of environment thumbnails that I will drop off for you guys. It's gonna be biblical.

The story is a spin off of an idea I had come up with last quarter, "The Pans", but with major changes. I've cut out all the stuff that didn't work and I'm moving it to a new corner as something separate (ie. the witches and the hair and the magic) and now I've got a nice, bubbling pot-full of something very different but no less fun.

Mysterious right? I'll spell it out next entry once I've got the thumbs ready for you all.

For now, here's a little experiment I did in photoshop, don't take it too seriously.

Song of Ice and Fire

Kind of maddening how much I hate/love Game of Thrones/Song of Ice an Fire. Still, it's the only thing in recent memory that I've really wanted to do fan art for. (Excluding a few Rise of the Guardians doodles).

That's a small miracle in itself.

But I have to throw myself at something to get past the sheer wall of stress that's been choking the life out of me.

Anyway, here's my recent work:

Some lame compositions that I've been working with.

This is from the 4th thumbnail in the first set and  process:

"The Great Eagle"

And some Game of Thrones fanart of Jon Snow, Ghost, and Ygritte from the second thumb of the second set:

"You know nothing, Jon Snow."

To be sure, there's a ton of other junk and GoT fanart I've been doodling over, but I'm too lazy to rifle through all my folders or scan them.

Sketch-Dump 12/18/12

So I've got some warm up/ stress doodles that have been piling up for the last week. Thought I'd throw 'em together and drop them here for you guys if you're interested in seeing them.

I'm afraid blogger wont load the whole image, so I'll have to redirect you guys to my deviantart where it posts properly: 

Sketch-Dump 12/18/12

I've been reading a lot of the Game of Thrones books, which are surprisingly good. These are my interpretations of them, not the TV show versions. To be honest, I did watch one episode of the show, but was greatly disappointed. It followed the book pretty closely, but lacks the context that makes the books good. 

That's all for now, I have to get back to work. 

Finding time

That is something I'm learning to do.
(Funny enough, it's easier than time management, but nowhere near as helpful.)


Anyway, I've got a couple of things to share. First is progress on the character designs for my Lost Boy project. I'm happy with Wendy, but the other two still need work.

Second is a collab I did with Savannah Mckendree (Scarlet Static) for a 30 Day Challenge she's been doing. We both did lineart then swapped for coloring. She drew the battle-ready Thorin, and I the contented Jack Frost.

In other news, After Effects sucks. 

That's all for now. 

Clean-Up

Okay, so I've been doing a lot of things I'm not sure I can show you guys until they're all done, but I figure a little sneak peak won't hurt too much. (And I feel bad for being so dead).

I just finished the rough boards for a senior film called Hell Unleashed, and now I'll be doing clean up boards. This is one of them, maybe a little "too" clean, but it's just for presentation's sake now.

Hell Unleashed is a 3D short directed by Jesse Schlobohm, and it's looking fantastic so far. I'm very happy to be working on it. But that's all I'm showing you guys.

I've got stuff from several other films I'd love to show you guys, but now isn't the right time. I haven't been able to do much for my Lost Boy project lately, but when I do have more, you'll see it first.

Hit the ground running.

Since I've gotten back, I've been working non-stop. It's a shame that I can't show you guys most of what I'm  up to. A lot of concept work and layouts and so far some super rough storyboards.

Still, somehow, I manage to find about 20 minutes or so a day to noodle around with my Peter Pan short. I've gone through so many designs for the characters, and I'm not yet satisfied with what I have, but this is the direction their going in.

It's hard when you're trying to reinvent the wheel. Peter is leaning more towards the girlish figure he used to be in his theatre days. As far as Wendy and Tinkerbell, I'm not satisfied with their body shapes, so I think I'll be squishing and stretching those quite a bit. Peter isn't safe from that either. Wendy is too tall, and Tinker needs a hair cut.

After these, I've still got Jon, Michael, a young married couple, and a homeless boy to contend with. Looking forward to it though.


I'll be 21 on Saturday, and my exciting birthday adventure will beeeee.... a Lord of the Ring's marathon on the big screen! Twelve glorious hours of nostalgia.

Saw Rise of the Guardians and it was magical, but the 3D at the theater was completely out of focus so I left with one heck of a headache. I think it might be the first thing I do fanart of in years.

Other than that, there's not much else to report. Hope you guys are doing well!