Diverge - pics

Here's some pics my BFF/bitter rival Nick Southam took of me at Diverge Workshop in Dallas a couple weeks back. I did a talk on impromptu thumbnailing called "Thumb War" (more details pending). Thanks to Tony and Stephy for hosting, and to everyone who sat through my two hour experiment!


The rig above me is a backwards-facing step ladder with a camera hooked to a projector, plus a lamp. I'm using a coworker's fold-up drafting table.


Paul Richards : actual size


I need to learn to grip the mic more confidently at these things. Looks like I'm holding a stalk of wet asparagus.


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You know what they say about a man with big hands...

lifedrawing log - 03.02.09

General Gestalt - thought cycle

I recently joined up at CGhub to take part in their Dominance War warmup exercise, wherein participants draw a portrait of a war general.

While it came at an unfortunate time in my employer's development cycle, I was nevertheless able to squeeze out a concept : a supercomputer-style general with the personalities of millions of past generals stored in its memory bank; a gestalt entity.

Art direction FTW!

This was too cute not to post : a little love note from my Creative Director at Vigil, or a very clever forgery. Perhaps it was left in reference to some pillars I'd drawn, perhaps just for the heck of it. Video games can never have quite enough penis.

lifedrawing log - 02.23.09

last night's random page filler

today's random page filler

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lifedrawing log - 02.16.09

lifedrawing log - 02.10.09

Still not man enough to charcoal it up at charcoal town, but you can see a difference between the bottom row and the top row in terms of value boldness. Now if I can only lay it down smoother. I'm considering this china marker / prismacolor treatment my "training wheels", so that when my thinking improves, I can graduate to a more difficult medium with those hurdles crested.



Thanks to Paul Adam for pointing out this enlightening tutorial by Nathan Fowkes. Aaaah, people who know what they're doing....

Soggy Prospector

More bedside doodling...

playing with poses

page of burly bodies -- working on pushing my foreshortening/dynamism...still fairly conservative...

bedtime sketchies

sketchbook + sharpie + thinner sharpie + late night televison + tired =