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more birdhouse

2011-09-11T23:12:00.000-07:00

more concepts for generic birdhouse decks and tony hawks personal deck.

birdhouse

2011-09-11T22:52:00.000-07:00

i worked with some of the people at birdhouse to create a personalized series for the team.

super cell mock-up

2011-09-11T22:47:00.000-07:00

a mock-up for a personal game project where the objective as a white blood cell is to destroy pathogens before they divide in the bloodstream.

super cell

2011-09-10T01:23:00.000-07:00

an animation test for a personal game project.

2011-02-01T21:56:00.000-08:00

Illustrations for The Bold Italic. Check 'em here.

Coug

2010-10-18T12:22:00.001-07:00

Panther

2010-09-22T19:34:00.001-07:00

Garden Sugar.

2010-09-11T00:14:00.000-07:00

these are a few comps i did for a friends business card representing her culinary expertise. i really want to eat that cupcake.

Chimpy Ka-Blammo's Tropic Throwdown!

2010-08-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

!? This is Chimpy. I drew him first then imagined a small project where I could mock up a simple 2D scrolling fighter game. I want to make a few other characters...tortoise, hermit crab, seagull, and a beach background to complete the idea. I think it would be a nice addition to my current work.

birds!

2010-08-23T21:15:00.000-07:00

bird sketches for a friend's children's book.

Mas

2010-06-06T23:11:00.000-07:00

another shot at zbrush, this time starting from a sphere instead of a head template. really rad learning about this stuff. eventually ill be delving into maya and learn how to use both in tandem.

3D glasses!

2010-06-03T23:54:00.000-07:00

this is my first attempt while learning some 3D software...so far its been loads of fun.

Radial

2010-01-28T23:06:00.000-08:00

2010-01-26T16:37:00.000-08:00

i illustrated this poster for Or, the Whale's Fall 2009 tour. i was lucky enough to accompany the band, who are some seriously amazing and generous people. the type was created with the help of Sean McBride, and printed with help from Travis Weller over at Yep.

2010-01-25T23:54:00.000-08:00

another WIP..infographic

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2010-01-20T22:04:00.000-08:00

doing some type pieces in an attempt to get into print/editorial work.

WIP

2009-12-17T07:48:00.000-08:00

5x!

cartoons!

2009-12-14T01:42:00.000-08:00

cute stuff!

ZOMBIE

2009-12-01T20:28:00.000-08:00

a piece i did for a potential job. does anyone remember corpse killer on sega saturn? it sucked, but was laden with zombies.

2009-09-18T00:52:00.000-07:00

2009-09-16T11:37:00.000-07:00

i like this.

testing..

2009-09-11T22:47:00.000-07:00

this was done for an art test that ends tomorrow at 11:59pm! i think these started to get unified by a few consistent details...but remain relatively diverse based on their body structures...? ultimately i decided on NO.1...the giant roach aka wretch.

back to paint!

2009-09-01T11:21:00.000-07:00

i recently came up on some acrylic paint and man, is it sweet. maybe im just stoked on the fact that there is almost zero clean up and an incredibly short dry-time.

2009-08-06T17:20:00.000-07:00

arg! the mobility vs. vulnerability is giving me a rough time. he should be able to walk...but the joints allowing him to move leave large holes where he would be exposed. the shoulder joint mechanism should connect the arm pieces and also provide an axis or two for movement.

2009-07-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

WIP. foreshortening?

2009-05-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

2009-05-13T00:05:00.000-07:00

done.

2009-05-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

done.

2009-05-12T15:39:00.000-07:00

felt like i could have gone insane working on the detailed turn arounds of this one...so i cut it short and did it a little more graphic-stylee than rendered.

done.

2009-05-11T21:02:00.001-07:00

done.

2009-05-11T02:26:00.000-07:00

done. thanks again to everybody who gave me feedback...cuz lets face it, the previous version sucked. hopefully this one is better?

done.

2009-05-09T03:59:00.000-07:00

zzzz.

adjustment

2009-05-08T00:51:00.000-07:00

2009-05-06T02:20:00.000-07:00

little more progress. im finishing her page by showing details of her goggles and mouthpiece

2009-05-05T01:26:00.000-07:00

here is the abomination again...i made some minor changes [thanks to all who gave me really great feedback] that i think make this piece a lot stronger.

2009-05-03T02:29:00.000-07:00

yes, everything in the future will have bright colorful lights...its only to contrast the abundance of cold steel and matte rubberized black surfaces.

Judy WIP

2009-05-02T15:46:00.000-07:00

my mom insisted that i use her name for this character...does that mean the hero's name is Ron?

2009-04-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

2009-04-25T21:01:00.000-07:00

notice the gauge...ipod meets my indiglo digital watch from middle school!

2009-04-21T00:39:00.000-07:00

one of infinite variations of the breathing apparatus for the lower class and the revolutionaries.

Respirator 2nd Class_WIP

2009-04-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

for the less fortunate citizens living at a lower altitude in poorer atmoshperic conditions. they cant afford to have the latest technology, so they tweak their own packs with whatever they can salvage. the top half is composed of original components, bottom half is the adapted portion.

Coordinator -WIP-

2009-04-07T13:56:00.000-07:00

2009-04-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

alternate version of the politician's respirator mask

2009-03-29T19:06:00.000-07:00

this was more of a birth than a painting. ill be honest, at some points i considered giving up...i considered turning back, or starting a new piece. but alas, i stuck to my guns and finished (for now) a character painting.

-Minotaur-WIP

2009-03-24T14:16:00.000-07:00

WIP. this guy is more of a hero than a villian, but the hero must slay him regardless. he is like the first failed version of the hero, prototype arm and all. he has similar abilities to manipulate magnetic fields...hes a knight..so he twists scrap metal into armor and the blade of his shattered sword. i am calling him the Minotaur for now because of his role in the story. the hero must navigate to the center of a generator (a maze-like structure) and best some opponent with untold powers. when the hero reaches the center of the maze, he faces not a monster, but a character who mirrors himself...i heard a lecture by Harvey Dinnerstein..he described the idea of the Minotaur as a conflict with yourself...so i used that idea for the knight character. is that a little convoluted?

2009-03-17T17:16:00.000-07:00

this drawing of the motorcylce is by far the most time intensive i have ever worked on. im finding that regular illustration just has to be convincing...but this industrial design approach is about being precise. it also takes a long time before anything starts to materialize. so here is the front half...

2009-03-17T14:53:00.000-07:00

heres what the politician will more or less look like. this page will eventually have a few more accompanying explanatory drawings of the characters head and respirator and onto an 17 x 11 format. his suit mimics an ideal physique.. underneath he is old and weak. the white suit with blue lining is meant to mislead the population that his intentions are true. the lining is able to turn from blue to red/orange displaying his malicious side. the idea for the mask came from Japanese theater costumes of demons, or 'Oni'..each one displaying a grimace.

2009-03-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

a piece i did for a friend's zine. it was fun to do something completely different from what i am up to now

2009-03-11T12:06:00.000-07:00

sketches over a rough block shape made in sketchup.

2009-03-06T12:47:00.000-08:00

politician/antagonist. shapes on his back are a respirator...which shape do you like and why? is one more threatening, ornamental, etc?

2009-02-21T21:27:00.000-08:00

ah! im sick...write a bit about this later...

2009-02-20T22:33:00.000-08:00

there's this great Cramps song called 'Zombie Dance'...these drawings remind me of that song. this guy will eventually have a robot with 100 eyes on his back and some clothing, as this is maybe not the angle you want to stare at a character for any length of time.

2009-02-19T13:08:00.000-08:00

"whoa," they say, "there goes nick with those wild colors of his," they say. well i got carried away...but this isn't final...just to demonstrate the change of shape and location of major components.

2009-02-13T19:45:00.000-08:00

so this is a revision of a current piece in my portfolio. about 1.5 years later and i lost track of how many hours went into it. xhaust.

2009-02-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

the electro-magnetic 'motorcycle'. currently, it is still a simplified/modified version of the yamaha R1 [raddest street bike.] ...with some magnetic coil swing arm instead of a rear wheel....and we have a new name for the project, its dope and shall be revealed in the near future!

2009-02-07T20:06:00.000-08:00

respirator to be worn on the back...basically designed to be 180 degrees from the previous post, but within the same world. bleh.

2009-02-07T16:57:00.000-08:00

thumbs for a respiration pack worn by the villain.

2009-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

these are from my first week of an IDS class i am taking with chris myers. hes a cool teacher and really into my thesis idea. these are exercises in adjusting a simple cube into some ambiguous form. i think my friend mikey would be a really great product designer...check out his link below.

2009-01-28T13:50:00.000-08:00

head study...referenced vincent gallo.

2009-01-28T13:37:00.000-08:00

variations on the pattern left on the Stranger's face. the markings are from small filaments imbedded under the skin..they connect the arm and his brain and serve as a symbol to the audience that the foreign object and mind have been fused. which variation do you like?

2009-01-13T19:02:00.000-08:00

dont ask me why i decided to make this into a Mucha reference...i couldn't tell you.

2009-01-13T18:50:00.000-08:00

this is the caricature of an owl i had drawn a few semesters ago in terryl whitlatch's creature design class...this is the only part i really cared for. he'll mess you up!

2009-01-13T17:00:00.000-08:00

i revised an old piece. the anatomy didnt look right...bottom is the first draft, top is the one i just finished.

2009-01-06T12:50:00.000-08:00

some forgotten fun.

2009-01-03T11:20:00.000-08:00

more 1-3 minute quick studies!

2009-01-02T13:38:00.000-08:00

1-3 minute poses. i like the way the figures tie in a knot...you have to work a little to read the shapes.

2008-12-20T22:39:00.000-08:00

last paintings from quick studies with craig nelson...a serious artist and illustrator. if you bought old motorhead albums or saw movie posters back in the day for national lampoon's x-mas vacation or revenge of the nerds, you've seen this guy's artwork. look him up. his class was great as it forces you to get fast and lose any hesitation while you're painting. sick!

2008-12-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

today was the last day of class for fall 2008. a little sad knowing i only have one semester left...on to bigger and better.

2008-12-19T22:53:00.000-08:00

re:upped

2008-12-19T21:12:00.000-08:00

MNAUT kinda looks like joey gold...

2008-12-16T22:57:00.000-08:00

a final for craig nelson's quick studies class...not done, but for tonight it is. maybe another 6 hours?

2008-12-16T13:58:00.000-08:00

2008-12-16T01:07:00.000-08:00

this should be at a satisfactory level by saturday...along with four more...and preliminary work for this project...for a presentation.

2008-12-13T16:11:00.000-08:00

thought i would take the color to garish and then pull back.

2008-12-12T22:44:00.000-08:00

thumbs i plan to develop for thesis...i tried a new process of sketching. 1] ballpoint pen 2] use marker for value 3] go back over with pro-white paint to add highlights....then i plan to paint/color them in photoshop.

2008-12-10T18:14:00.000-08:00

some 20 minute studies

2008-12-09T22:18:00.000-08:00

heres a super bike for my thesis..still hammering out the design. where the back wheel is, an electromagnetic coil spins to create a field which causes the bike to levitate. ?

2008-12-06T23:45:00.000-08:00

having fun.

2008-12-06T21:49:00.001-08:00

2008-12-06T21:49:00.000-08:00

2008-12-05T23:47:00.000-08:00

-catalog of blanks- this is where the antagonist pulls undeveloped bodies to piece together organic/mechanic agents.

2008-12-03T01:09:00.000-08:00

quick studies. today i dropped my flatmate's camera... i have to shell out a chunk for his and buy one for myself...so i may not post until i have a new camera. mom and dad, i suspect you are the only ones that check my blog so this will mainly affect you.

2008-11-26T13:19:00.000-08:00

two 20 minute poses

2008-11-25T12:54:00.000-08:00

face study for main character. steve mcqueen referenced.

2008-11-25T12:41:00.000-08:00

vehicle thumbs towards my thesis. they accommodate one or two passengers and are powered through a frequency generated at the core of the city.

2008-11-17T23:25:00.000-08:00

two twenty minute paintings

2008-11-13T12:03:00.000-08:00

2008-11-13T11:55:00.000-08:00

2008-11-13T11:37:00.000-08:00

clothed figure workshop.

2008-11-10T19:18:00.000-08:00

a few sketches from the academy of sciences.

2008-11-10T00:53:00.000-08:00

minotaur sketch.

2008-11-08T04:20:00.001-08:00

needed to try something different for a bit.

2008-11-08T03:48:00.001-08:00

2008-11-07T22:40:00.000-08:00

2008-11-02T22:51:00.000-08:00

shot of my main character...unconscious in the lab. floating because his arm is a super magnetic field generator/weapon. can you really call this homework?

2008-10-29T22:49:00.000-07:00

heres a page from my sketchbook...or rather my loose stack of tabloid paper i jacked from kinkos. i just feel like i need to get my money's worth somehow...you know?

2008-10-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

2008-10-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

process stages for a portrait. first frame is a small 1hr study...following frames are on a 22"x28". lucian freud/edward hopper influenced.

2008-10-29T22:03:00.000-07:00

interpretation of the character Greg from Ben Jelter's graphic novel 'The Tumor'...check it out at: http://thetumor.net/

2008-10-21T01:54:00.000-07:00

book cover for 'one flew over the cuckoo's nest' by ken kessey.