April 29, 2011

Sneak Peak!

Cute Fairy update:  I got my first look at the Fairy animation being incorporated with the live action, and I think it looks great!  The glow they put on her gives it a nice kick.  I can't wait to seen the finished footage.


April 21, 2011

Dead Friends

I had the good fortune recently to work with Stephen Martin and Kate Mann on their short film Dead Friends.  It was one of the films featured in this year's Crazy 8s Film Festival, and I was excited to help them put together the opening credits for their piece.  Instead of building everything in Flash this time, I wanted to try something a bit different and decided to try creating builds and backgrounds in Photoshop instead.  It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but you don't know unless you try, right?  Overall I was pretty happy with the outcome.  Here are the layouts for the piece:










April 14, 2011

Nitobe Memorial Gardens

I am so lucky that I live in the Vancouver area.  Despite the fact that I will always love the Prairies, Van has one thing that they don't: Spring. I'm talking an actual, pronounced, April showers bring May flowers (and there are flowers.  Lots of them!), green, warm, beautiful, Spring.  I think that one of the best ways to enjoy the warm weather here is to visit the celebrated Nitobe Memorial Gardens at the University of British Columbia.

This is one of the best and most authentic Japanese gardens outside Japan.  I didn't have a chance to do many sketches this time, so I guess that means I'll have to go back and visit this wonderfully tranquil place again sometime soon.  Sigh, such a chore.  For now, here's just a small taste.



April 7, 2011

Critters

A few of the critters that haunt the pages of my sketchbook.  My take on an oviraptor, a little "bunny" that's cute on the outside, and a couple of fanged, flying, fluff balls.