Keep yer mind on the job, Brucey.

Of course I say this, and yet I drew this at work.

Hey look, I'm a day late! Ah ha ha ha, nuts.

So here's a few digital thing I've done this past month. I'll try for a sketchbook post next. Till then, enjoy da purty drawerins.

New Update!


...coming Saturday. I hope.

Seems I've neglected you all! I'll make it up to you with a sketchbook post next time. For now though, here's some Photoshop stuff I did over the last month. I didn't have a lot of time for drawing due to long hours working inventory. But no more of that, thanks to my new job at Fatkat animation. Hot digity!

Dear God...

The Mario Brothers give our generation a chance. A chance to learn.

There's a lot of things wrong (albeit awesome) with this, but I think what caught me off guard the most was how incredibly manly Luigi sounds.

So hey, true story (meaning a fairly dull one, so skip this blurb if you're not in the mood), me and my gal Kim were doing some random sketching one day and she asked me if I knew anything about drawing giant robots/mechs. I had to pause for a second and tell her, "nope, not a thing". Wasn't that an interesting story?

Thing is, I haven't been asked that particular question since high school, and my answer for each time was the same. I just couldn't draw the damn things well, which doesn't bother me more than the fact that I never really tried. And not just with robots either, a lot of mechanical type things. Vehicles especially.

So I feel guilty about it, yet also empowered, inspired. It means that on the rare times I do draw anything mechanical, I feel the need to push myself and try different approaches and directions in drawing them. So, that's cool, right?

Well, here's an attempt at just that. I've been watching a couple of episodes of some of the more recent Transformers cartoons to get down some ideas from those cool designs. I also watched Beast Wars to see those robotic designs that really needed to work in 3-dimensional space. Well partially. I watched Beast Wars because it's an awesome show, really.

I had a lot of fun sketching Prime, so I think I'll keep at it for a while. Of course at one point I'll have to draw him as a truck. *shudder*

I'd like to describe how much an enjoyable run this portfolio stuff's been, but I'm typing this during the most frustrating DVD burning of my lifetime. Currently, my opinions are a tad skewed.

Oh, but hey! My website is online! Go check it out. Do it now!

http://animationnb.com/07/rcole

Well?

Can ya?

Punk?

Gentlemen, place your bets.

Also, I colored Mikey. Cowabunga indeed.

Even More Portfoolin'!

Life Drawings! Definetely a favorite class of mine. I'm gonna miss it so much when the year's over. Our upcoming term has us doing more Life Drawing classes in a week than ever before. Glee!

Heh. You didn't really think I'd forget the party dude, didja? Man, drawing these guys takes me back. They've been my greatest inspiration in character art as a child, and I very much doubt I'm the only one. In fact, I'm sure of it. And that movie has me drawing them more now than I have in over a decade and a half. It's good, guys.

It was amazing. OhsweetJesus that movie was amazing.

Even More Portfoolin'

Anyone who's recently been to Broy's blogspot might recognise one of the critters on this page. It's one of two characters I stole from him and made my own shameful drawings of. If he's angry enough, he'll let you know which of these is the second guy.

My march break ended. It was a very relaxing week that took my mind off of projects for a while. I was quite glad to come back to my precious wacom and photoshop, though. Here's a work in progress, folks. And here's to a longer lasting work schedule that promises much creativity and devotion.

...How long 'till Easter?

Lip sync project under way! It makes me smile.

Gouachies!

Sorry it's been so long, guys. Here's a handful of recent sketches I've been working on. They've all been colored over in gouache. I love that stuff. It really gets me leaning towards color application.

The first batch of gouache sketches were all based around finding a final design on my female devil character (the one seen a few posts down). She wasn't doing so bad here, but I kept falling into the large head category, which bothered the hell out of me. She was looking way too young. I was diggin' the color sceme in the lower right drawing, though.

After pushing aside another grotesquely large head in the top left, I started pegging her proportions down a bit better. I added glasses to give her more of a mature work area look, and eventually really pegged it down with the bottom middle sketch.

I'm pretty close to the final now, after a month or so of design. I'll have to start putting her on model soon. Like, this weekend soon. I'll post the sheets up when I get the chance.

Here's a couple of randoms, with a pudgy little purple garden-gnomish kid who's name will be respectfully withdrawn, a somewhat confused Jesus, and a quick profile shot on our leading lady.

A young and brash Supes, ready for the heroic rescueins.

Which of course, throws old man Batman into a mindless, gassy rage.

Lucy...THREE DEE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShRRqDPVt0

The first time Lucy actually took form was in 3DSmax. I decided later on to take him to my traditional animation project. Between the video and the colored image below it, you'll notice some noticable changes in both characters, including the length of the neck and muscular anatomy. Also, in his 2D form, Lucy dons a loin cloth, since I didn't want him walking around naked. And neutered. Definetely wanted to avoid the neutering. There's enough Ken dolls in the world, I'd say.

Also, if anyone knows how to upload and actually post video files, please let me know how. The internets is getting too incomprehensible, dammit!

Seeing a pattern, anyone?

This guy and the gal below are the main characters in my new animation project, and I photoshoped them both, mainly for color testing. I'm really confident in what I can do with both of these characters. In fact, the male devil (whom I've contently named "Lucy") is a character I already animated in 3D. I enjoyed how that project turned out, and I only hope Lucy does even better in traditional format.

Happy 2007, everyone. Here's to a year filled with hopeful prosperity.

...SNOW DAAAAAAY!

No updates until after January 8th.


...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Now get out of my office.