Doodles, 4th edition

i remembered to scan some new doodle sketches ^_^

Doodles, 3rd edition

Another set of my doodles.

Particularly fond of the Godzilla Bunny (a.k.a. Goji-Bunny) because the new movie is going to be SO AWESOMELY DOPE.

Doodles, 2nd edition

A series of selfies over the past few months

Doodles, 1st edition

Collection of sketch doodles I forgot to post on here. More to come!

Concept Design for The Abhorsen - The House

 It's been a while, but that's because I was busy re-locating to Seattle, WA! Woohoo!

More work for my Abhorsen series! Credit to the wonderful writings of Garth Nix and 'The Old Kingdom Trilogy'. Truly awesome reads :D

and then some...

few more warm ups/sketches, getting back into thinking somewhat in color

the first is a Jaeger design, inspired by Pacific Rim and my wonderful sister. she's hard core like a war hammer wielding Jaeger. the second is Liz Sherman from the Hellboy and BPRD universe. she's the coolest.

moar sketchesszzzzz

some sketches i've scanned but forgot to upload because i'm silly

li'l ol' potion lady

i would love to be an herbalist when i'm old and gray

the black dogs

in Celtic folklore, the Black Dogs appear as physical manifestations of the spirits of the dead or as portents of death. they’re basically a constant reminder of the grave.

SO. BAD. ASS.

some new sketches

some recent sketches i just got around to scanning :)

Jack Frost's Forest (1979 Redesign)

The final project for my Sketching for Environment class was to redesign a space from the 1979 Rankin & Bass Jack Frost stop motion animation. I got Jack Frost's Forest, which is where he first meets Elisa, his love interest and main motivation throughout the film.

The villain of the film, Kubla Krauss, is said by the very poor and unfortunate townspeople to own everything in the land; down to the last brick and tree. His army and servants are all mechanical, coal burning robots he's manufactured. With that in mind, I thought this forest could have been partially destroyed and Jack Frost takes it upon himself to transform it into a beautiful place for the townspeople and children to visit during the harshest, most miserable time of the year.

Hourglass Concept Design

did an hourglass design for a friend's animation, very stoked to see it all animated and stuff :D had a lot of fun figuring this design out and even more fun getting back into the painting saddle!

crits and comments welcome! :D

The Forgotten House

Another concept off my list :) moving on!

Lotus World

hooray! finished it! ^_^ onwards, to the next one!

development thumbs and archway design silhouettes:

Blacksmith's Workshop

new concept. many thanks to my good friend Josh, with whom i toss ideas around with, for being as into medieval stuff as i am :D

the final presentation:



the blue and red pencil line drawing:



the first sketches and lots of writing:

Graphic Elements

little project i started a while ago, trying to design things in a simpler and more graphic way.

left to right: fire, earth, metal, wood, water, air.

Cowboy

illustration i've been working on for a while:

the pencils it started from:

Foras Illustration Comps

deciding on the layout and composition for the illustration. preferences?

Chang'E

long sketch

fishin'

started as a sketch in my sketchbook, but then came across some great feedback on my work; they noted that i should try diversifying my color palette.

so i reproduced the sketch quickly in Photoshop and went in with colors i don't usually use, trying to make the mood bright and cheery. great exercise and a fun illustration!

*edit: here's the original sketch i based the above painting from; finally got around to scanning it, hahaha!