Summer 07'... Internship

Had to take this down but am told it is now ok to post it again. This work is for an upcoming book from DesignStudioPress in conjunction with the IP creator of "Mas Macho", Wil Stahl.

Here are a couple things from an internship at DSP way back when. At the time i was really burnt out and a little uncertain about what i wanted to do with my life/career.....I hadn't picked up a pencil in over a year and was in a creative slump when i took the job... working with Scott Robertson and John Park really turned things around for me, sort of re-started my brain and i learned how to draw/design/think all over again. I owe both of you big time. :)

I was more of an illustrator on this project....coming up with the visual style for the characters and environments in the brief we received. While i did some design work early on, most of the finished character images are based Johns drawings for the final direction of the main character (which i have labeled). One of the most collaborative projects i've ever worked on for sure....hopefully it gets edited down when the book comes out....some pretty wonky stuff from me back then.

Pencil and Photoshop 2007. Copyright DesignStudioPress in conjunction with Wil Stahl.

Some of the designs i did early on.Where some of the finals went.

Summer 08'...Internship

Some of the other guys have started to post work from the canceled project, here are a few things i did at the internship a couple years back... if there's a problem i can take it down.

Some really fond memories of that summer, one of the most creative times of my life. There's a lot i would do differently on these now from a design/rendering standpoint, but at the time i remember being happy with them. Really learned a lot working with the talented folks at SPA!

There's more, but i think this is all i will post. :P

Pencil & Photoshop. 2008. Copyright Sony Pictures.
Sorry...kind of a lot to take in...

Mini Update

Here are a few speed paintings and some things for fun. I have been trying to wrap my head around creating logical technology and machinery lately, i will post any breakthroughs as they occur. New website is up!

The IceQueen a.k.a. Big Mama
Collaboration with Daniel Simon and John Park

The last image is something i worked on over the summer for Daniel Simon's' book 'Cosmic Motors' which will be out next month. You can check out more of his work, and find out more about the book here http://www.danielsimon.net/index.html 0_0. You can also see more of John's work here http://jparked.blogspot.com/. It was an amazing experience to be able to contribute to the book and work with such a talented designer, it still hasn't really sunk in yet.

Also, changed the blog around a bit, the title was starting to feel a bit pretentious. Sorry for the delays between posts, there is just so much amazing work out there it gets a little intimidating. i want to make sure and (hopefully) contribute something worthwhile each time.

Thanks again for all the comments, i really appreciate it.