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back alley
I needed to take a break from other work, so I decided to fool around a bit more with some concept art for Arrival. It's nothing special. It's just a really rough sketch of a back alley the characters...
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light & dark
I wanted to work a bit more on the contrast of the different settings in Arrival. Both locations (city and the country side) mean completely different things to the protagonist so the colors and the...
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youtube
Just wanted to let you all know, you can now watch my film Juxtaposed on youtube (again)After a small but modest film festival run, I've decided to put it back on the interwebs.I think it's safe to say...
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kitty kitty
This is a commercial spot I did a while ago for the Discovery Channel. It's been about a year since the ad aired and I'm PREEEEEETTY SURE the contest is over so....TAH DAH hahaEnjoy :)Special Thanks to...
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romantic McQueen
My favorite piece from the collectionI finally got an opportunity to check out the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art today. First off let me just say, this...
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beyond the veil
Wow, realized I hadn't done a new post in WAY too long. Thought I'd whip something up quickly for you all. I've been thinking about the cinematography of my film a bit more, recently. I finished the...
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sketchbook tear
Just a little checklist I made for myself; It's been sitting above my computer for some time now. I have so much to learn about animation (and everything else), and I hope sharing this little reminder...
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color split
Again I'm just playing around with the colors here. Trying to better understand how colors might change depending on what kind of objects the light has to pass through (in this case a pink veil). I'm...
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perfect future
"...in a perfect future, I would lucky to be with you again, forever."just a quick sketch before I hit the gym
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city sunrise
I have often said that I would start doing more concept art for the city scenes in ArrivalNow, while this is true... DAMN SCENES IS HARD! :(I've been looking at a lot of art work of cityscapes and I've...
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5000 THANK YOU'S
I just really wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for following my blog and finally allowing me to hit 5000 hits! It may have taken me 3 long crazy years to even get here, but I made it. WE made it!...
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vanilla and sand
So I've been away upstate for the past week, not thinking about anything but the kids I was working with, but I'm finally back in NYC! I recently saw this photo that had this really GORGEOUS sandy,...
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two worlds
Two mood studies I did pretty quickly (obviously I still need a lot of work on my cityscapes...) Inspired by the awesome new BRAVE poster from Pixar. The top one is definitely stronger, but I'm not...
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oh HI, I didn't see you there!
"OH HOHOHOHOHOHOOOOO"SO! I'm still here hahaha. I haven't really posted in a month but there's a very good explanation for that, and you'll see why soon. Just hang in there for a bit longer while I...
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testing testing 1,2,3
So, as promised here's a little treat for you! For the past couple of weeks I've been putting together some test animation for Arrival and I'm pretty pleased how it came out. It's not perfect, but I...
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hair toss
I really wanted to start off this post by saying "SO....blah blah blah..."But then I realized how many posts of mine start off in such a way; this made me depressed.THEREFORE I will start this way :)...
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memories in shadow
I recently had to have my computer fixed (for a billion and one reasons), but now that he's back to me I can share with you some of the work that I did during that time!I started actually doing...
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the boards
I'VE FINALLY COMPLETED MY STORYBOARDS!! The story is finally complete and in a place that I'm happy with! Of course there's a COUPLE of small edits I have to go back and do, and I'm sure I'll find...
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fashion in animation
I really love fashion. Let me just put that out there. I don't think I have the best sense of style, and I don't follow all the designers very closely but I really love someone with spot on style....
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end of break! or: work begins again!
I took a little bit of a break from posts due to work getting busy and I was also having a bit of a creative slump. I think I'm nervous now that the pre-production work is all over: taking that next...
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