West Point matte painting

A matte painting and comp of West Point I did recently for the Amazon Civil War drama Point of Honor  at Fuse FX.  What makes this shot unique is that we integrated parts of antique photos by Matthew Brady with modern photos of the West Point location.  The building was rebuilt years ago and looks completely different today, although the landscape looks the same.
 Using very high resolution scans of his photographs, I first retouched the scratches and dust, removed unwanted details, and then colorized them. I then blended them with photos of modern stone buildings. The final comp was projected in Nuke to add some slight 3-D parallax.

Drawing Club sketches

10 min life sketches, Moulin Rouge character theme.

#TheDrawingClub #BobKato

selfie painting

In-class demo from the self-portrait assignment in my Gnomon painting class. 

#selfportrait  #gnomon #digitalpainting

Gnomon still life

A new still life sketch from my painting class at Gnomon School.

VFX Reel 2014 update!

Jason Dunn / Robot Rumpus VFX reel 2014 from Jason Dunn on Vimeo.

 Check out the updated VFX reel from Robot Rumpus!

Ewok C-3PO Cult

An Ewok temple complex, made from the skulls of AT-ATs, of an aggressive splinter tribe of Ewoks who claim to have been led by a golden god against an invasion of faceless demons.

#starwars #ewok #episode7

Drawing Club Book

Just released!  Art center instructor Bob Kato has a new book compiling the work of The Drawing Club. I am privileged to share pages with some great artists!

It is available here.

#TheDrawingClub #BobKato

Gnomon paint demo- master copy

This was an in-class demo for my digital painting class at Gnomon School. The exercise is to copy a classic master work, and this is based on The Sulphur Match, by Sargent. 

..and this shows the process in time-lapse.

Gnomon painting class

Still life exercise from my digital painting class at Gnomon school!

concept art- Battle of Baltimore

Some concept frames for a bicentennial documentary about the War of 1812 and The Star Spangled Banner. VFX produced by Shutterpunch Visual Effects. Art direction by Jason Dunn. Coming this September!