The line work is pretty rough. I'll probably change it or make it colored.
11/17/08
11/15/08
11/11/08
8/30/08
Big Imaginations Inc.
I'm working on environment & prop designs for a Chicago based company called Big Imaginations. They're putting together a collection of educational children's entertainment. There will be a Sesame Street-like show, a computer animated cartoon, and educational video games. I'm not allowed to post the work I do until we get further into production. But hey, I'm doing what I went to school for so WOOPIE!
8/22/08
Studio 14eleven
My wonderful girlfriend Perry Devick and I have opened a home studio/gallery. We're calling it "Studio 14eleven", which is our address and it sounds pretty cool. We'll be featuring our own artwork, cards, and gifts along with work from friends of ours. Our Grand Opening will be held during November's Art Walk here in the Village of the Arts (Friday Nov. 7 6-10pm & Saturday Nov. 8 12-4pm)
Check us out at 14eleven.blogspot.com(see link list) & contact us at 14eleven@gmail.com
Work in Progress
Gouache on Clayboard
8/5/08
6/5/08
Various logos (freelance)
6/1/08
Thesis Show Video
This is a video my sister so kindly put together of my final sculptures at the 2008 Ringling College Senior Illustration Show. Thanks, Leigh!
Thesis Work
I love cartoons. Growing up, I watched and drew as many cartoon as I could. The inherent humor of cartoons was always a great draw for me, but the unlimited possibilities are what really pulled me in. The fact that: a dog can tell you a joke, a rabbit can cut someone’s hair, a mouse can defeat a cat, and a dim-witted drunk can be the safety inspector in a nuclear power plant has always amazed me. This pervasive silliness was and is a great escape for me in this sometimes up-tight world.
My foray into sculpture was brought about by the recent flood of three-dimensional animation, my interest in character sculptures done for animation, traditional puppetry, and a general love of working with my hands. I would love to animate my characters someday, but for now seeing someone laugh and smile at the sheer sight of my characters is one of the greatest joys I have experienced.
My process for each sculpture begins with a sketch. I first draw the most descriptive view of the final sculpture. Then, I separate each character from that sketch and complete “turn-arounds” to get a feeling of what each character looks like from different angles. Finally, the actual sculpting begins. I prepare the base before sculpting the actual characters so I can fit them into their environment. A wire armature is bent and filled out with aluminum foil. Next, the foil is covered with Sculpey and shaping can begin. After baking the completed sculptures, they are then painted and detailed (i.e. clothes, hair, and accessories).
The anthropomorphic quality of my pieces has multiple origins. In the case of the “red neck” orangutans, I was trying to make a small social commentary on lazy Americans. The fox and beaver construction workers are based on what I envision those animals doing if they were to wear clothes and communicate with each other in a fictional woodland society. The chicken crossing guard was simply derived from the old riddle. And the Nattyboh’s are pure fantasy. Most of my pieces are somewhat of a framework for possible stories and/or animations, but others are purely just for viewing sake. These pieces were a lot of fun to create and I hope they make you smile.
Environment study for the green dudes (aka The Nattybohs)
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