Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Zelda still life

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Digital oil still life of some assorted Nintendo paraphernalia and a rice krispy treat, painted from life with Photoshop.

detail view.



Time-lapse of its creation. Scrub through it to see the image at different stages of completion.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Terminator has bad face day



Some concept illustrations I did for Sarah Connor Chronicles showing what to do if a terminator comes after you: shoot him/her in the face with a shotgun. The actor was filmed with prosthetic make-up, and a patch of greenscreen to be replaced with CG.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Terminator matte painting

A matte painting of a post-apocalyptic nuclear power plant from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles which I did at Entity FX. The plant was an actual filming location, but I modified it by painting decay and battle damage over it.


Here is what the original footage looked like...

And here is the final composite, featuring a CG human-killing robot by David Alexander.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Flower study


Digital oil still-life, done in Photoshop over a couple of days.

detail view
Here is the painting setup.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Curmudgeon

3-hour digital oil painting from Bob Kato's drawing club. The theme was Van Gogh, but it doesn't seem to look too much like him except for the hat.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sarah Connor Chronicles






Here are some concept frames I did for a sequence in the Terminator TV show in which Summer Glau escapes from an aircraft carrier full of angry robots.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Pushing Daisies matte painting

Background matte painting I did for the show Pushing Daisies. The black areas are where it blends into the film footage.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Marie Antoinette with Head


A life portrait, painted from a costumed model in the three-hour pose of Marie Antoinette enjoying the use of her head. Painted with photoshop on a laptop in at Bob Kato's drawing club.
Click to enlarge.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Caracalla

Caracalla, briefly emperor of Rome.
He enjoys assassinating siblings, avoiding assassination attempts by siblings, and generally being a prick.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Still life with shiny stuff and hologram

A still life with CDs, a hologram, and other cool, shiny stuff.