500 Studios

Girls, Girls, Girls

2008-05-02T20:35:00.001-07:00

Practice coloring in with different brushes.

TrainStop

2008-04-23T09:54:00.000-07:00

For Tomorrow

2008-04-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

Coloring practice

2008-04-16T12:07:00.001-07:00

Post It to Me

2008-04-06T18:28:00.001-07:00

Gentlemen Prefer C's

2008-03-26T17:12:00.001-07:00

Adapting a story without words proves to be a whole set of problems unto itself

LAW and Order: Special Criminal Trial Victims Jury Unit

2008-03-19T12:17:00.001-07:00

A redo on the first assignment of the semester about capital punishment

The Bank Job, Assignment, Lesson, Activity

2008-03-18T12:13:00.000-07:00

New assignment featuring an illustration about a recent movie.

Western

2008-03-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

The Thief,The Policemen, and the Examination

2008-02-29T19:53:00.001-08:00

Editing Enough?

2008-02-25T20:07:00.000-08:00

The Right Time

2008-02-21T20:32:00.000-08:00

Comic narrative dealing with time variations for two characters. One slow ant the other fast.

It's Gonna be a Long, Long Time

2008-02-15T15:23:00.000-08:00

Messing around with coloring over and under layers.

Metaphorically Speaking

2008-02-11T19:42:00.001-08:00

Paneling,Pace,and Painting

2008-02-09T20:42:00.000-08:00

New pages that deal with three things I'm having trouble with. My sketchy lines are a real hinderance in digital coloring. Self editing for pace is something I'm now dealing with.

On A Wing and Prayer

2008-02-08T15:36:00.000-08:00

Another big screen adaptation is in the works for one of the classic 80s tv shows. Hope they keep the old theme song.

Sequential of Sequentials

2008-02-06T13:12:00.001-08:00

I never had more of an appreciation for comics until now. Maintaing consistent images and direction and intensity over three pages was extremely tough.

Symbol

2008-02-02T13:23:00.000-08:00

Decided to make this my new emblem.

Tin Man

2008-01-25T15:35:00.000-08:00

Saw this over the Christmas Break. Freakin' loved it. Zooey Deschanel as D.G.

2007-12-08T12:22:00.003-08:00

Idea?

2007-12-05T15:56:00.000-08:00

Something brewing in my head that I wanted to get out just to see.

More Photoshop Practice

2007-11-19T13:09:00.001-08:00

Getting Better

Postcard the movie

2007-11-12T21:07:00.000-08:00

Exclusive first image from the anticipated summer event of summer 2009.

Photoshop Practice

2007-11-05T19:43:00.000-08:00

Because I need it obviously.

Moving Forward

2007-11-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

We are nearing the end of the first animation and are expanding the ten second to a minute.

The Iceman Runneth Over

2007-10-19T19:55:00.001-07:00

In progress tabloid image. Made from cobbled together halftone images.

Color Imperfect

2007-10-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

Progress on my first colored image. Good, Not Great. That A in illustration still eludes me!

Niko Henrichon - Artist to know

2007-10-13T19:05:00.000-07:00

http://www.nikohenrichon.com/

If you haven't read "The Pride of Baghdad" and seen this work then you are missing out on some amazing art.
The story by Brian K. Vaughan(Runaways, Y The Last Man) is great. The fictionalization of the story of lions that escaped from
the Baghdad zoo during the invasion for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

James Jean and Tara McPherson- Artist to Know

2007-10-13T19:01:00.000-07:00

http://www.jamesjean.com/
http://www.taramcpherson.com/

Tara McPherson- She was born in San Francisco in 1976. She graduated from the Art Center in Pasadena in 2001 with honors. She interned at Rough Draft Studios on Futurama. She is based out of New York. She teaches a conceptual art class at Parsons in New York. She has worked for DC comics and his doing an exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery.

James Jean- He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and graduated in 2001. He lives in Los Angeles. He has worked for WB, Wired Magazine, Playboy, Penguin Books, Fast Company, and Men’s Health and Atlantic Records. He won the Gold Medal in the Society of Illustrators in 2001 and the Harvey Award for Best Cover art in 2005.

Second Animation

2007-10-12T18:18:00.000-07:00

Haven't completed yet. First time using After Effects.

Final T-shirt Design

2007-10-01T08:38:00.001-07:00

In Development Color Image

2007-09-29T12:12:00.000-07:00

Privacy of Thought

2007-09-18T17:01:00.000-07:00

New shirt design. The last image fell apart under close scrutiny of the core concept and the execution of said concept to relate to one another. This involves more of something I believe.

It's hard work if you can get it

2007-09-16T16:54:00.000-07:00

This is the first frame of my first animation. It's crap and the worst part is that even crap takes a long time to do. With illustration, at least you realize half or a quarter of a way through an image that this isn't turning out like i wanted and you can turn around or keep going. This is all or nothing because you don't know until you finish. I'll never criticize a bad animated film ever again except on storyline. I'm talking about Madagascar, Hoodwinked bad!!!

Simplicity is key

2007-09-14T19:11:00.001-07:00

Back to basics seems to be a running theme this week. The star design was scrapped in favor of the simpler original idea. The rounded star is the least important element. The star within the atom.

T-shirt designs

2007-09-13T08:31:00.000-07:00

For a shirt design, this is a sketch dealing with silencing protest. It evokes the image of the three wise monkeys. It's quick color study with art sticks.

Art and Prostitution

2007-09-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

I felt like a whore this week. In class, we were divided into teams based on artwork we had and other students picked us as their illustrator. Even though this certainly wasn't the real world, I certainly felt sort of cheap like a two-dollar streetwalker. The image of people walking around the room reminded me of how people drive down streets looking at the women until they pick the one they want. Oh well, I guess I better put out.

2007-09-06T09:17:00.000-07:00

This is the star design for an assignment in my Illustration design. I'm worried it's a little too simple and may end up adding more blacks.