Sketches on location

I really enjoyed this class.  We got to travel around an draw these things in person. 

The first one is Animals/Insects/Plants.  Yes, that is a Croc-a-roo.  Creepy huh.
The second is military equipment and some conceptual design based off of the military stuff.
The third is old Cars/planes/Trains.

Workin' for the Worm.

Back in the summer I was hired by production company putting together a reality TV show for Dennis Rodman....  I know.  So they wanted me to make some drawings of him and the other star of the show running around having all kinds of adventures and doing a bunch of extreme stuff.

I think people would watch it.

Characters Designs from various projects

Character design is very fun.  I think all of these would be great video game characters. 
From right to left: 

My Dred Pirate Roberts (Mexican Revolution influenced) design from Princess Bride. 
A modern take on a samurai warrior. 
My Dr. Frankenstein (Gear-head Mechanic/Joe Mad) design. 
And lastly my Goliath design from Disneys Gargoyles.  I tried to make him more Celtic.

I still think Gargoyles was the best thing to come from Disney in years for an older audience.

The Ghostbusters' Ecto 1

I started working on a story idea for a possible Ghostbusters 3 a while back with a friend just for fun.  It was turning in to something really great and epic but then we heard that they're actually moving forward with a real Ghostbusters 3 movie so...  oh well... the idea was great while it lasted.

Here's the design I did for the "future" Ecto 1.  Pretty mean huh.

Ships, Planes and other things that go VROOOM

Sometimes when I need to get away from storyboarding for a bit I'll design an interesting looking vehicle. 

That thing that looks like a shark is my attempt to design the Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues.  When it's in "monster mode" the tail fins rotate to the sides and create a single flipper like a whale or dolphin.

Bottom Left is a military rapid troop transport ship. 

Bottom Right is a civilian passenger jet that has wings that fold back at sub-sonic speeds.   L.A. to N.Y. in an hour, amazing!!!  ... but the food still sucks.

Who doesn't love pirates?

I was working on a storyboard for an adventure story and part of it took place on (and within) a pirate ship.  For the sake of framing and the composition of the boards I had to figure out where everything was and how it was laid out, so... I had to design the outside and inside of the thing.  It was surprisingly fun.  Perspective is a great thing to know. 

Eyvind Earle Inspired Landscape

I love how Eyvind Earle had the abbility to design natural environments.  It took a couple of days of solid analysis "to break the code" of his style.  I'd love to do a couple more of these for fun.