I Don't Like Wet Socks

Portrait Studies

2011-04-27T07:46:00.001-07:00

Portraiture is a big weakness of mine, I've been trying to practice every morning. I'll be uploading more of this hopefully daily. Right now, I want to focus on the structure of the skull especially around the eyes. Still needs a lot of work. The pictures I've been using is just stuff I find off the internet, both from screencaps and from Deviant Art!

Sketches and studies

2011-04-10T13:39:00.001-07:00

This is a personal project I've been working on. More to come later!

These are just quick sketches I did as warmup over the last few months.

Sketch dump

2010-12-13T07:50:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to take the chance to upload some sketches. I wanted to keep working on a lot of these, but just forgot about it.

Space man/Space woman

2010-07-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

I felt like doing a painting closer to what I do at work. (character design stuff) I'll put more process pics of this later!

Hands Study

2010-06-27T06:30:00.001-07:00

Just a quick weekend doodle. Trying to figure out how to pack in more detail in an elegant way...

Hello, Dexter Morgan

2010-03-29T19:40:00.000-07:00

Again, best show on earth, Dexter season 4. My goal on this piece was to improve my compositions a bit. I still got a long way to go. Any other Dexter fans out there?

Reboot

2010-03-25T19:13:00.001-07:00

I need a reboot, lately I've been doing a lot of concept/production work and very little illustrative work. Sorry :( I wanted to post work that reflected my current goals but I was worried to do it on this blog since it was mostly my illustrative work. I pretty much never update this blog because of it. Anyways, I want to be a little more free about what I post and talk more about my processes.

These are a set of color thumbnails for a storyboarding study I'm working on. I want to improve on my shitty composition skills so I took a movie and tried to dissect a sequence. I'll upload the final product later.

My goal here was to study composition and also atmosphere.

This one started out as a environment study of a shanty town. The technique I wanted to try out here was to thumbnail, use Google Sketch up to set up a rough model forperspective, then pencil and detail it in PS. I find that in a production environment, using Sketch up helps a lot to speed things up. It's free and very easy to use but very limited compared to other 3D apps. This limitation is actually a plus in my books because it stops you from leaning on 3D too much.

Shameless plug

2010-03-24T09:47:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone, As I've mentioned in a past post, I was workin on a short comic for the Anthology comic. It's almost out so please have a look. :) Here's a page and a rough piece I dug up. It's kind of a mess but I hope it gives insight into my process.

Edit: I threw more process images into the mix. I played with a couple of looks before the final producted, mostly on paper, but I with I found that digital is just faster.

http://theanthologyproject.com/

Humidity

2009-07-10T07:15:00.000-07:00

Taking a break from my comic for a bit, this is a piece I did for a small show. It was a digital show so I decided to do pixel art!

My twist on 'Journey to the West'

2009-05-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

I've currently been workin on a comic for the http://theanthologyproject.com/. Here's a quick poster. :)

Pursuer

2008-12-16T20:26:00.000-08:00

Alright, so this was a practice piece I was working on. I'm in the process of doing some traditional paintings, but i still find photoshop easier to toy with. I realize I havent updated in a very long time, very sorry. -_-

Reincarnation

2008-06-08T21:10:00.000-07:00

Looking for the road....

Wow, I totally didn't think I was going to finnish this. It's been sitting on my desktop for way too long. *phew* I worked in some influences from Mr. James Jean and Joy Ang. Let me know what you think! There's still one more Batu piece... one day...

So I havent updated for a long time.

2008-05-25T10:42:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I just went through a job change and relocation :) I'll get back into the grove of things! There is still one Batu piece left, but that will come later. In the meantime, this is something I did over the summer of '07. They are commission pieces for a board game.

Be back soon!

Welcome to the Batu cave restaurant

2008-02-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

Meet Audrey

The only orangutan at the Batu.

(I might post a bit of process work later)

The Chandelier Ballroom

Inside the Batu restraurant, there is a very special cave...

(For those of you who have watched planet earth, you know where this is inspired from.)

Batu Restaurant

Baboons run the show.

This was a series I'm currently working. It's loosely based on the Batu cave temple and its monkey inhabitants. I was planning to upload all of them but its taking me far too long so I'll upload em as they get done.

Happy Holidays

2007-12-28T10:35:00.001-08:00

See you all in 2008!

Dexter

2007-12-16T11:20:00.001-08:00

Dexter is like the best show on earth.

Sick day

2007-11-30T22:20:00.000-08:00

"Contemplating"

It's been a while since I updated. I've been working at House of Cool for two months. When not doing color work or flash work, I try to have fun and draw but I never end up uploading. Since I got sick today, I might as well upload.

I'm in the process of changing the look of this blog. Does anyone know how to get clickable thumbnails on the side bar???