Pointy Lady Three Ways

Sketchbook spread showing woman with pointy features three ways.That lady in the upper right is one of my favorite drawings from this period.  Something about the attitude, I think.

Gotta Love Robots

Pencil sketch of robot character design.  Robot kneeling and holding small rodent creature. Pencil sketch of robot character design.   Robot shown walking. Pencil sketch of robot character design.  Early draft, round face.Opening up the vault for this one.   Character designs of main character from an animated short I was working on.  The final robot looked a bit different, but I do like these early examples.

 

Female Dancer, Medium and Long

Life drawings, three medium length poses of a female dancer.

Long pose illustration of a pretty female dancer sitting on a stool.

The last of the “dancer lady” drawings I have scanned.  Longer poses here.  I think this set’s gestures were better…but that’s not unusual for me.

Canine Odontology

Rough storyboard panel: camera view from  dog's mouth, shoe on pedal Rough storyboard panel: camera view from  dog's mouth, woman walking dogRough storyboard panel: camera view from  dog's mouth, mailman

Three rough storyboard panels from inside a dog’s mouth (for an animated opening to a reality TV show currently in development).  Don’t get to draw that angle nearly enough!

Production Illustration Stage One

While I’m working on writing the first chapter or so of my comic Ghost Squirrel, I’ve decided to make a couple of “production design” illustrations.  These drawings are intended to help me explore and stage the locations featured in each of Ghost Squirrel’s major scenes.

Landscape illustration of animal characters eating at a cafe before a hospital

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Wire Eaters Base Level Layout

An early pencil layout from the second scene of “Wire Eaters.”  The “final” pencil version includes more detail, but I do like the clean look of the empty room.

pencil sketch layout of a large domed interior, several pathways lead from many doors to a central dais.The art inside the gray overlay is the part you’d see “in camera.”