Sunday, February 19, 2012

Comps for Miyazaki Re-Marketed!

Comps  for Miyazaki Challenge
Here are the thumbs and comps for the last Crimson Daggers Bloodsports challenge.  It was a close thing between these but in the end I worked up the one on the bottom right.  To be honest I should have done some more work on this composition.  It changed a lot after this point which I suppose is not best practice.  

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Relax - Animation





Directed by Peter Donnelly, Produced by Paul Kelly. Animation by Ben Harper and Sean Mullen.


Monday, February 13, 2012

Study for Miyazaki Re-Marketed!

Cloth rendering study - Photoshop
This was a quick study I did for the  bloodsports Miyazaki Re-Marketed challenge. The value range and colour on this were both limited and I guess I didn't nail it very well.  This was after 2 hours.  I definitely struggled.  Towards the end I got a better process going but 2 hours was all I could put into this. I have found a great reference with similar challenges.  I will try this type of image again.


Thursday, February 9, 2012

Girl Portrait in Photoshop

Girl Portrait Photoshop
This was practice piece for the bloodsports challenge.  Done in Photoshop in about 2 hours from a photo reference.
I suck at these.  It takes me a while to resolve features.  The most successful approach so far has been to paint in masses and then refine the placement of features. It can be very ugly for a long time.   

Big Bear Game Art

  I started creating a series of promotional art for a ficticious game.  This was to practice going through the design process.  I have foun...