Dog?

Sketches

Trying to do more character stuff.

I draw machines not people so I basically suck but am willing to get better

MOON by Duncan Jones

Moon finally came out last week on Blu-Ray and was very difficult to find but I managed to get a copy!

If you missed this while it was in theaters do yourself a favor and rent or better yet buy it.

Sam Rockwell is fantastic and Duncan Jones does an excellent job at directing, especially for a first feature!

old stuff turned new

I'm working on stuff for my first art book.

There will be lots of new stuff I haven't posted plus some re-working of older designs I really like.

Here are a couple of sample images that are still in the tweaking stages.

Old school miniatures

Here's some straight up old school miniatures I did when I was working on "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero" way, way back. I never did see the series as I think it was only available on Japanese laser disc. It was a fun show to work on.

book in 2010?

Seriously thinking of putting out a book next year at the behest of some buddies of mine in the industry. I'm trying to compile some stuff right now and make it worthwhile but time is always the enemy. I may post stuff on and off to update any progress.

If it happens this is most likely going to be the cover.

New show

I've been doing some fun designs on a new show at cartoon network called Genrator Rex. The pic is stock from the Toon Zone and was made by the gents at MOA (Men Of Action). It is also all I can show for now. Stay tuned to Cartoon Networks website for any updates!

Charley Harper

Okay, i'll admit i didn't know this guy existed until today.

My wife and I were in Vroman's in Pasadena today and I saw the large, oversized coffee table book of his work. this man is a genius! I will definitely be getting this soon.

Power Armor concept

I designed and built this in SketchUp. Rendered outside of Sketchup with some Photoshop thrown in.

Robobike!

Yes, I conceived of this before the Terminator bikes came out. I originally did it to pitch to Kevin Eastman at the 2008 Comic-con to try and get on the Heavy Metal film as a concept artist.

industrial machinery ad

I designed and built the vehicle in SketchUp and then exported it to a renderer where I tweaked the lighting and color, etc. Instead of just throwing it on a background I'd thought it be more fun to make it more like a brochure page for the company that manufactured it.

I'm almost done with this thing. Really. Some guy over at a design forum clowned me for not having a grip on the gun. I explained it was a Direct Energy Weapon and its power consumption meant it had to be tethered to a power supply and thusly tripod mounted. No grip necessary. It was, in form, however, built to have a grip installed when in the future a portable battery type system would allow the weapon to be fired while being carried.

Watched Christian Bale in "The Machinist" again today and "Almost Famous" by Cameron Crowe.
I'm going to try and finish my "Heavy Liquid" GN by Paul Pope. I wish someone would try and animate his work on Batman year 100. It was insane...

'Dewie' weapon update

Started painting my SketchUp weapon. I still need to refine the forms and properly light them so certain areas stand out more than others. About 75-80% there.
I'm still deciding on how to light/color the microwave emitter ports on the front.

THI console

Tactile Holographic Interface console done in more of an animation style. I am endlessly trapped between the world of animation and more realistically rendered concept art.

Just the same, this piece still needs a bit o' tweaking.

Weapon

Direct Energy Weapon freshly exported from SketchUp.
I'll be throwing this into Photoshop later for some painting and texturing .
I also might go back into SketchUp and redesign the barrel of the gun, I think the
rear is more inspired.

Injection gun short film prop and prop rendering

I built this prop gun for my short film. You can see it in the frame grab from my mini-flick below.
I wanted to build it in Sketchup after building it for real because I like the shape. It's not very ergonomic in terms of the hand grip but for a movie it's fine.

shoulder gun for robot

I did a robot that this attaches to but can't find the file! Maybe on my laptop... Please let it be on my laptop...

Vehicle design

I did this to build up the color stuff in my portfolio.
Spending most of my drawing time in SketchUp/Photoshop. I need to pick up a pencil once in a while as I'm designing right in the program and not sketching it out on paper first.