Cara Khan Illustration

Zombieeesss

admin — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:30:17 +0000

Working on this for a couple weeks, thought it was about time I added some zombies to my portfolio!

Jenna’s Fat Feesh

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:17:29 +0000

My sister just completed a new sculpt who she refers to as her fat feesh! If you can believe it those eyes are painted, not glass!

Check out more of her work at www.jennaantonelli.com

Mountain Monastery

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:02:14 +0000

Sketchtime

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:58:12 +0000

Recent studies

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:10:46 +0000

I’ve been trying to do as many of these studies as possible, see shapes, colors and texture more quickly. Range from 15 minutes to 45.

Hunter of the North

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:00:18 +0000

Based on this weeks CHOW, a nice change of scenery in that I don’t do snow or forests very often. Process can be seen here

Siren

admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:47:32 +0000

This week’s CHOW (character of the week) on conceptart.org was the Siren. I’ve already done my robotic siren, so I wanted to make something a little more classic for this round. I went back and forth liking it and not, but I’m pretty happy with the outcome.

If you’d like to check out my sketchbook on there, which I update with random bits of life studies and other random stuff, check me out here! If you have an account, feel free to leave a comment or crit :)

Madagascar 3 trailer Live!

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:26:19 +0000

The time is almost upon us, I can see the end! I’ve been working on Madagascar 3 for over a year now, check it out!

Artist Feature – Zdzislaw Beksinski

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:41:31 +0000

I had heard of him before, but I came across a quote by him today that I truly identified with:
“I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams”
A Polish fantasy surrealist, he depicted haunting images that somehow look familiar, perhaps in the collective subconscious of sleep. He painted and manipulated photographs, though I prefer his paintings.These are the images I wish I could create, but my mind always seems closed when I put pencil to paper.
All images courtesy Belvedere Gallery

Line Of Action

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:57:50 +0000

Something I have been reading up on recently, and getting back to my animation roots, is dynamic gesture. I feel I’m a major failure in this area, my need for symmetry in my paintings creates something far worse – uber boringness. Everything in animation is about line of action – create interesting shapes with your characters, tell a story entirely within a pose. Add a C or an S to your characters silhouette and it will shine. A fantastic blog post on the subject I found today here:

Lines of Action in Mickey’s A Christmas Carol

Animators have it easy, they get to use 24 images a second to tell their story, whilst wildly failing their characters arms about. And I love it. But in illustration, you need to find that key pose at just the right moment or your whole painting will fall apart. Of course the only way out of this hole I’ve dug myself into is to draw my way out. So I also came across these sites today, devoted to gesture drawing, and with a SFW option how awesome is that!

www.artsyposes.com

www.pixelovely.com

I must draw. I must draw everyday. Repeat mantra.