Portfolio Updates

The following images are updated and new characters I've created for my portfolio. Please enjoy!

Old Pirate Concept Art

This is another concept art character from my yet-to-be-named pirate story. I hope you like!

Old Pirate Captain Fernando De Soto

Fat Batman

I recently finished a cg model of a silly drawing I made of Batman. The drawing made me chuckle and I thought it would be funny to create him in 3D. Here are some screen shots of the finished model. My co-worker will be working on the rig. Once complete, I'll post it up on Creativecrash.com for everyone to have fun with it. I'm currently also creating a Fat Bane model. In honor of the upcoming Batman film. After wards I want to create another Batman in 3D, but with another take on the classic superhero design. Keep a look out!

More Drawings!

American Bulldog

Fairy

The Joker

Seahorse

Vito Corleone

Latest Artwork

My wife challenged me to create a Disney style princess based of the character Aida from the opera Aida. This is what I came up with...

I personally like this better than what was designed for a proposed 2D animated film of Aida by Disney that didn't make past concept and early pre-production. This is what a character designer from Disney made. Aida is on the far left...:

Even though I like the designs of these characters, I do not think these designs do justice to the opera or to the legacy of Disney princesses. They are too stylized and way too exaggerated. These seemed more like a Dreamworks production than it would be for Disney. I'm actually glad this didn't get a green light to go through with full production. With the latest Disney films to be released that have princesses The Princess and the Frog and Tangled, I feel that those films and the designs fit perfectly into the Disney style and family.

Here are some other sketches I've made. I did these drawings for my friends on Facebook.

Elephant

Alligator

Sloth

Platypus

Maltese Puppy

Koala

Ballerina Hippo from Fantasia

Russell - The little boy from Pixar's UP

My Mickey Mouse 2D Animation Project Part 1

I started a small project that I've been wanting to do for awhile now. I've been wanting to animate more in 2D lately. I haven't animated 2D animations for a long time now. So this project will help me get back into the 2D world (Which I personally feel that is better than 3D animation). I'm very excited about this and I hope the results come out great!

So I decided to animate something that would not only be appropriate but more educational for me. I decided to animate Walt Disney's icon... Mickey Mouse.

I chose Mickey because he is truly the world's greatest character. His design is the best of any cartoon character because of his simplicity and mobility. Since Mickey is made up of mainly circles. And that's the reason why his design is so perfect. Circles are easier to draw for animators. Animators could quickly block out the animation with circles and simple shapes. Even though his design was much the same of his contemporary counter parts... Mickey stood out and is still going strong.

So I began with studying Mickey's design and which version of his design do I want to animate. While I like all his designs and I could easily draw any one of those designs, I wanted to do something a little different. So I chose to create my own design based of the 1938 classic cartoon The Brave Little Tailor. That wasn't really a hard choice for me. Necause when I think of Mickey I immediately think of two cartoons, The Brave Little Tailor and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The 1938 version is my favorite design of Mickey. I love how more mouse-like he looks. Here is the cartoon -

So after choosing the look... I want to create my own version of this design. So I need to practice drawing Mickey. I never really drew Mickey or any of the other Disney characters. I wanted to practice so I could do my version without having to refer to real design. Here are some of those studies and practice drawing....

I began with the basics for drawing Mickey.....

Here, I'm focusing on his hands and feet. I learned one thing when I was drawing this... I LOVE drawing Mickey's hand. They are so much fun to draw!

This next images are when I basically came up with my version of Mickey.

Now, that I was settled with his design and I feel confidant in drawing Mickey, I moved on with thumbnails of animation....

I'm not sure just what the final animation will be, but I know that I'll start off with a walk cycle. Like I said before, I'm very excited for this project. Keep a look out for more updates!!!