FISH

Part of a background for a mobile game screen concept I did while at Puppy Punch. more to come :)

Slacker

I have been slammed with work of all kinds but have several fun posts coming up, giving proof to some of this work. The new year started by overexerting myself on projects (as I tend to do...cuz slackers get nowhere :P) subsequently catching a stomach bug and then before I could completely get over that, the flu...which has been haunting me for three weeks now :(

Any ways, it's been a great year so far but also a complicated and tiring one. More info soon!

More Meeting Sketches in Ink

Starship Sofa Commission

Earlier this year I was approached to do a bit of interior illustration for a collection of short stories. I was assigned to one of the stories and pretty much given free reign on the image. I had to put it off because of other obligations but made some time on a weekend to throw it together, just before the deadline. I plan to go back and tighten some things (could be lightened up a bit for one thing) up but I was recently given permission to post this version and wanted to make sure I used the opportunity to advertise the book!

StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3 available from 11/11/11

Featuring stories by: Matthew Sanborn Smith, Gregory Frost, Joe
Haldeman, Dennis M. Lane, Mercurio D. Rivera, Nicola Griffith, Peter
Watts, James Patrick Kelly, Saladin Ahmed, Catherynne M. Valente, Paul
Cornell, Gareth L. Powell, James Morrow, Amy H. Sturgis, Kevin J.
Anderson, Michael Swanwick, Lawrence Santoro, Lavie Tidhar, Frederic
Himebaugh, Aliette de Bodard, Allen Steele, Tad Williams, Jack
McDevitt, Karen Joy Fowler, Will McIntosh, Morgan Sterling Saletta,
David Brin and Adam Troy Castro.

Also featuring art by: Skeet Scienski, Daniel Tozer, Simon Watkins,
Jack Calverley, Timothy Booth, Jerel Dye, Evan Forsch, Patrick McEvoy,
Ben Greene, Mike Dubisch, Thomas Crielly, Bradley W. Schenck, Brian
Thomas Woods, Richard Case, Peter Snejbjerg, Daniele Serra, Graeme
Neil Reid, Mark Zug, Brent Holmes, Ben Wootten, Dave Krummenacher,
Jouni Koponen, Len O’Grady, Steven Thomas, Mud!, David Boyle, David
Malki !, Carly Monardo, Anton Emdin and Greg Broadmore.

Volume 3 available in multiformats from www.starshipsofa.com

Been kind of out of it since the completion of my latest 3D masterpiece! My wife help a tad on this one too ;) We named her Adelaide Marian Loralie.

This is my third installment in the series, haha.

Class-end

My class ended last night but after more work and less sleep than I care to comment on at this time, I still was not able to finish the final project. However, I am extremely proud of what I DID accomplish in the last couple of weeks! Having gone from NO 3D experience to working in 3DS Max and finally restarting and continuing in Maya, I must say that I am exponentially more comfortable in 3D than even just days ago. Wow, what a journey I've had.

Although I plan to eventually finish this model, here are some shots of where it was by class-end.

PS. I passed the class with a C, thanks in part to the work and participation I did in the first half. I have NEVER gotten a zero on a project nor failed to turn in an assignment, both of which I experienced with this class :/

The Choremonster

The Choremonster's natural gargles, wails, and hoots inadvertently sound like the shouts of an angry old crone, yelling for you to "Pick up your clothes! Mop the floors! Wash the dog! etc". When villagers hear these calls, they immediately follow the instructions as a sort of homage or offering for fear that the wrath of the Choremonster will come down upon them otherwise. For this reason, the Choremonster might be the only demon to leave not death and destruction in its wake but the cleanest, most quaint villages that you might ever come across. It is said that, "He who can ride the Choremonster lives a life free from its calls to hard labor."

Momvelist

Not sure why I haven't mentioned this before but my wife keeps a blog that mostly depicts the antics of our kids in the most hilarious comic strip format. It's well worth a look if you want a good laugh!

Check it out http://momvelist.blogspot.com/

Otherworld

Painted version of this SKETCH

A sketchy sort of day.

Meeting Sketches

During some of the meetings I partake in during the work day I entertain myself (while still being able to listen and participate) by making silly little pen sketches. Here is a selection from my notepad (the notes have been scratchily erased in Photoshop)





This next one is from my sketchbook. It's a few months old now. I started sketching with a ballpoint pen on the first day and continued to add to the scene, finishing in pencil the next day. I didn't plan this image, just filled in empty space as I sketched and thought up a little story in my head as I went along.