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2011-12-22T15:24:00.000-08:00

An Assassins Creed commercial I helped pitch and paint backgrounds on from 6ph:

A preview of Motorcity, which is going to be amazing:

...more news later!

2011-10-23T15:55:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time and more since I did an update, and I totally have legit explanations, I promise! I'll start with whats happening soonest:

Good Vibes, A show we worked on at Six Point Harness premiers the 27th on MTV. Alot of hard work and talent went into this show, and while I mostly did background cleanup and color on the later episodes, I'm still extremely proud of the end product. A big portion of the first episode is online here on their facebook page...you should check it out!: http://www.facebook.com/#!/MTVgoodvibes

Two other projects I've been working on- "Tom Hanks' Electric City", and "Motorcity" for Disney. There haven't been any large scale press releases for these yet, but I'm super excited about the artwork for each. I'll be posting some of my work from all 3 projects once they're done airing.

Ed Skudder, one of my co-workers at 6ph, has taken youtube by storm with "Dick Figures", a raunchy and hilarious webisode series that's garnered some 50+ million views, for good reason: http://www.youtube.com/show/dickfigures .

Marius Alecse is another name to look out for. I was lucky enough to collaborate on an animation test of his character Grimmly in-between work: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150254260938423

There's more exciting stuff coming around the bend, and I'll be sure to share that when I can. Until then...flash games?

Emeral City games (the creators of Sacred Seasons) have just come out with a slick new Facebook game, "Treasure Quest" which you can check out here: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=103263489772489 I wasn't involved in this one, but if you liked the art style of the other Sacred Seasons games, you'll probably like this one!

Clearly you're a fantasy game fan if you're reading this, So maybe you're interested in playing some other flash games that I didn't work on. Check out some of the online games from Bigpoint, (who also host Sacred Seasons). They Have a great selection of browsergames- sim games, farming games, and some nice MMOs too. Or have a look at their Battlestar Galactica game. Just try it out and have fun, until I update again!

Oh and art...yeah, I do that too, right?

2011-04-17T11:57:00.000-07:00

sorry guys, its slim pickings.
I've done literally hundreds of paintings now I cant show yet. Expect a nice reveal some time around SDCC.

2010-07-01T14:55:00.000-07:00

geez. I can't believe its already July. Sorry for the long absence everyone. I've been keeping busy with Sacred Seasons 2, some freelance and generally looking for full time employment around LA. I'll try to keep you all posted with sketches and updates as they become more readily available.

2010-02-18T23:06:00.001-08:00

Well...just really busy with work stuff and not much time for personal projects...but there's some really exciting stuff on the horizon...I'll keep you all updated!

2010-01-02T18:27:00.001-08:00

mhm...still alive... but very busy.

standby later for awesome updates

2009-10-06T21:46:00.000-07:00

Sacred Seasons 2

So you may remember how I posted about working on Sacred Seasons a few months go.

By the end of this week, Sacred seasons will have over one million plays on Kongretate, and its hard to tell when those numbers will even out.

We've been in production of Sacred Seasons 2 for some time now, and all I can say is, its going to look sweeet.

However, there hasn't really been alot of time for anything more than a few personal scribbles.

Because of that, I'll post some of my photography, which I do from time to time for texture-hunting!

2009-08-23T23:37:00.000-07:00

wow, sorry for the long hiatus. I'll be trying to update this blog a bit more regularly!

2009-02-28T14:07:00.000-08:00

Posting from sunny Los Angeles CA!

the first image in this post is from a flash-based MMORPG I've been working on- "SacredSeasons"
(I did the coloring and toning for the image below)

you can play it here:

the other is just an environment test

if you'd like to see some of my new finished illustrations, you can check them out here!

2009-01-28T13:25:00.000-08:00

In a bold move for my creative career, I'll begin the drive West tomorrow heading towards LA.

I'll be taking a class at the Concept Design Academy in Pasadena, and hunting around for job opportunities.

There's plenty more exciting news coming around the bend, but I'll hold off on that for now. In the meantime, some doodles:

2008-12-30T12:54:00.000-08:00

sky fortress

2008-11-19T21:17:00.000-08:00

So I've been very busy lately with work I cant show...

I hope this can tide you all over until I have some more time!

2008-09-29T23:41:00.000-07:00

the sketches I struggle with, and end up thinking "these are just no good" are usually the most well received online. I wonder why that is?

2008-08-24T08:05:00.001-07:00

some Bierstadt studies

2008-07-29T13:56:00.001-07:00

standby for more later!

2008-07-14T09:52:00.000-07:00

whoop. Im still alive...just a little busy!

2008-05-26T22:31:00.000-07:00

2008-05-19T10:34:00.000-07:00

2008-05-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

next time need to try from life instead of a photo..

2008-05-11T20:50:00.000-07:00

2008-05-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

2008-04-30T21:05:00.000-07:00

second one is a Gil Elvgren study from a great Taschen book I picked up. This guy was THE pinup artist of the 50's and 60's, and theres a impressionistic vibrancy to some of his work that I'm still trying to dissect.

2008-04-15T14:16:00.000-07:00

2008-03-17T06:41:00.001-07:00

laying low and working on my thesis. will try to update weekly though.

2008-02-24T13:26:00.000-08:00

monster started from a sketch by tumorhead!

2008-02-15T21:57:00.000-08:00

today I wielded a giant plastic warhammer and drew this

2008-02-03T01:31:00.001-08:00

more paints

2008-01-28T19:35:00.000-08:00

2008-01-23T21:51:00.000-08:00

Blind seeking monster uses spiritual energy to find prey

2008-01-13T18:59:00.000-08:00

just dropping by to show I'm still alive. Doing lots of quick photo & cast studies now.

2007-11-29T12:17:00.001-08:00

quick warmup

2007-10-19T15:10:00.001-07:00

definitely not for this!

2007-10-18T01:50:00.001-07:00

hmm.. do I even have time for these?

2007-10-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

another quick co-lab with Matt (mattkohr.com)

just trading and doing paint-overs of our digital paintings to see what we could come up with. I would highly recommend this exercise just for fun, and I actually would be happy to do a painting trade with some more people when I have the time.

I began the top sketch, Matt began the bottom one, then we switched for about 30 mins or so. The new directions the sketches took were pretty startling.

2007-08-20T08:27:00.000-07:00

here are some random park sketches. All done within 5-10 minutes with chalk pastel.
Ill probably take them down later, for now just looking for somewhere to put them.

2007-08-15T08:55:00.001-07:00

sketchbook fun!

lots of lifedrawing nowadays

2007-06-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

just a few new images & mods lying around on the server. going to try to upload new work from this summer soon!

2007-06-02T19:45:00.000-07:00

a quick rest

2007-05-23T20:28:00.001-07:00

time for more lifedrawing

2007-05-15T11:04:00.001-07:00

2007-05-06T13:57:00.000-07:00

utube

2007-04-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

2007-04-26T20:57:00.000-07:00

2007-04-21T09:31:00.000-07:00

2007-04-20T18:48:00.001-07:00

2007-04-13T17:02:00.000-07:00

hmm...

2007-04-09T18:46:00.000-07:00

throwing around a few ideas

2007-04-04T17:07:00.000-07:00

now its time to try less tree-centric compositons

2007-03-31T20:05:00.000-07:00

Im thinking about using this as a production blog for a conceptual illustration project thats in the works for one of my classes. I feel really positive about where Im going with it, and Ive already gathered a small encyclopedia of reference material, Particularly a ton of old oriental painters and tibetian costume

2007-03-26T14:00:00.000-07:00

busy busy busy

2007-03-06T20:09:00.000-08:00

the quarters winding down and theres hardly any time! (these are old, of course!)

2007-02-26T10:37:00.000-08:00

2 verisons of Matts Character,'cause I cant decide on anything!

been doing some collabs with Matt Kohr, just taking each others pre-existing characters and interpreting them.

Like always, its a learning experience, and as you focus on less conceptual elements you remember how important foundation knowledge really is

2007-02-23T14:45:00.000-08:00

Aaaarggh. Scribblescratches has broken for some reason. Ill be posting new sketches here instead.
so for now, pirates!