paints, paints, paints

so other than today being the most AWESOMEST of days, here are some of the plant concepts that I've been working on in full color. I have 2 more to go, but I'll be doing that when I get back from California in a week and a bit. thanks in advance for looking and crit and comments are welcome :)

new mobile food stall

so after some re-thinking, i re-visited these concepts from scratch and from the essential functions of what i wanted this object to embody. i'm extremely happy with these new silhouettes and the next step is to see which genre i'd like to tackle with it. i'm really excited about alot of these, so it's going to be a tough decision, but i'm geeked for it :)



thanks for looking!

mobile food stall / WIP / silhouettes

so here are the initial silhouettes for a mobile food stall concept i'm working on. the idea is that it's supposed to be a stop for tea and noodle soup. people can rush in and grab things to go or sit and shoot the breeze.

here's the initial series of silhouettes i drafted:



after some feedback, i was told that they were all too similar in shape, which i agreed with. this next series was drafted with the idea of trying to make different shapes and figure out the distribution of mass throughout the design:



unfortunately, i've run into a bit of a block. i'm not sure at all if these are that different from one another or if they are even interesting. i'm still in love with this concept, but the technique and execution are what's getting me right now. i'm going to give it another run tonight, so JIA YOU!! :)

random sketch

so a break in the plant weather as i also start some concepts for a mobile tea/noodle shop. they're going well so far, i'll post an update soon :)

in the meantime, here's a random silhouette sketch i did that came out really well, lucky for me \^.^/

mo paints, mo plants

so here are some more silhouettes for the plants i've been working on. time to make some decisions on which ones i want to develop/combine more! ideally, there will be four that i choose to continue to a final painting stage.

Aid unit, once more

here's an updated version of that female aid unit I've been working on. The next and final step is a concept illustration of her that's got more context to it, i.e. more meaningful pose and a final outfit decision.



The decision for more earth tone colored clothes was what I was really happy about. I feel like it gave them all a nice continuity. I really liked the outcome of this and I'm really excited to have something final up and running soon :)

some mo updates

here's some stuff i've been working on for the past few weeks. they are concepts for plant life in a short i'm freelancing for :) i hope to develop my favorite ones and have finished illustrations of iterations of them.





i find myself rehearsing how to draw anatomy alot more often now. it's kinda fun, just drawing some random figures from my head.

it's a bit much though, since i find that i'm still stuck in the same friggin' trap: tooooooo many ideas. i find it ruinously difficult to focus and give a single idea attention at any time since i'm thinking about all the other ones simultaneously :p my downfall? or the makings of a genius? more than likely the fastest route to a padded cell, honestly.

gotta keep on truuuuuckin though ;)

lighting

so i've been working on a freelance project and the first bit that we had to nail down was the overall lighting and tone of the animation's story. here are some of the tests that i painted up :)

preliminary concept before a final illustration

so i've been trying to put a concept together for the past few weeks. i'm finally on my way to finishing one that will have a turn around and illustration! cheers!



this concept is for a character/unit called an Aid. in my mind, they are nomadic and politically neutral drug makers. the drugs they carry can range from the helpful, i.e. sleeping aids, to the recreational hallucinogenic or even to deadly poison. they don't care who they sell or trade their drugs with, it's completely up to their discretion; a sort of mercenary mentality.

the image is a study for the clothing. they are some of the final decisions i have for the final concept illustration i'd present, but i'll be mixing and matching what's in these for the final. thanks for looking! and as always, comments and critique are welcome :)

Scythe concept

for no particular project, but here's a scythe concept i put together recently.