Dudes in the Back

OK. I know I haven't posted in a while, so here it goes...

This is a little taste of some of the background characters from Retro-Active.
I have had some great help with the modeling recently with characters and cars and this is some of the fruits. I did the clean up and texturing and rigging. The designs for these guys can be seen in an earlier post.
This render was done a month or so ago. I was going to keep it to myself, but that would be greedy.

OK. There, I posted.

I got a special treat in the mail today.
My copy of a book I contributed too this last summer.
It was finally published and I think it turned out great. There are some great images in it.

see the book here

Mine stands out a bit because of it's stylized nature, but over all I think it holds up.
Normally I am not in to armor clad vixens but every once in a while they work.

Now that it is published I will share with you what I did.

more goodbyes

here are a few more of those good bye pages.
These will be the last for a while because we are pretty stable at the moment.
I just hope I don't have to do a self portrait any time soon!

Thanks

the other side of the spectrum

I did some character designs for a game that is about to be released.
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune check it out here.
This is pretty much the other end of the spectrum as far as my character design style goes.
Still a fun challenge. Check out the main characters.
I will be sure to post some more when the game comes out. Mostly early environment stuff.
Until then... I give you Nathan Drake and friends.

Been a while...

Well it's been a while but that doesn't mean I stopped working!
I have still been hard at work at, well, work. But on my free time I still manage to get some stuff done on Retro-Active.
Here is a line up for the background players and city denizens.
I think they turned out well. The only ones missing are a grumpy old man and a kung fu robot.
but they have there own pages.

Harry Potter Day

I don't know if there is an International Harry Potter Day or not, but here is my little contribution to the cause. I am about to sit down and read The first few chapters. I hope everything work out for the lad. I am rooting for him.

This is a portrait of the young Harry before he started getting all angst-y and hormonal.
Ahh, the good old days. They grow up so fast.

SURF'S UP!

Well we just got back from a GREAT family vacation to Kaua'i. We were there for two weeks.
It was a blast playing at the beach, building sand castles, snorkeling and other fun island activities. A luau was one of many highlights for the kids. I managed to get a tan and some sketches in my sketch book. ( look out for some of those when I scan them.)

Being there for a full two weeks allowed us to really relax and of course it gave me time to teach the kids to surf.
Check out some snap shots below.

See Ya Suckers!

Hey Y'all,

At the studio where I work it has become a tradition to make a book of charactures for the departing. If someone leaves we have a party or lunch, we get a little tipsy (or more) and give them this great notebook of drawings done by everyone in the department. It's great fun and I can't wait to leave so I can get some cool art work.

Anyway some artists have recently rolled off some current projects and have relocated or headed toward greener pastures. These represent the last four of our dear fellow artists who have left the nest or flown the coup, which ever the case may be. They were all done with love and good humor and are now posted here for your enjoyment. Some of you may know some of the fellows depicted in the following images, if not, I hope you still get a kick out of the funny pictures I dun drew.