hurrrraaaaa for characters...

so, today i got a chance to talk to my mentor, mike gabriel, a little more. can't wait to learn from this great guy. to give you an idea on his abundant visionary skills, he directed the totally awesome short, "Larenzo", a while back (hasn't been released yet). i new it existed, and i really wanted to see it, so he happily showed it to me. GREAT! so f'n cool man. it's been a pretty good day. i am so blessed with everything. i'm hungry! enjoy these characters...that you'll probably never see in a Disney film.

bit o character

i said i was going to do something with character...well at least a story kinda. can you guess what might be happening. let me know, i want to compare our thoughts. hugs!

another something...

this week at work is going to be less me time. i still managed however to fit this little guy in. i think it's kinda fun. now it's time to do something with a bit of character. yeah, i'm in need of a character piece. ta ta

hello hello hello

hi everyone. it's been a while...again. i'm so naughty. well, i won't tell you bout my life much, blah blah. lot's has happened though, new and interesting things. i had my first week at Disney as a Visual Development trainee. so far so good. my mentor is Mike Gabriel (a great guy!) and i'm looking forward to what i'll be working on with him. this first week i had few different classes leaving me with lots of time to get used to my work area, cintiq, and just enjoying my freedom of painting what i want. my freedom will lessen as time goes on, but it's been great up to tis point. it's sounds kinda snooty saying i'm in "visual development", so i'm just a guy who draws there. these are the things i did so far. the bar one i did before, but didn't get a chance to finish...cheers, enjoy friends...

frankly my dear i don't give a damn!!!

well i just don't give a damn...sometimes.

hurray...

so, i went to comic con. it was pretty awesome, crowded, and lots of talent. i got to see some of my skillful friends at there booths selling there awesome art. here's a picture i whipped up myself during off time of work that isn't so skillful but kinda fun. i'm gonna push the next one i do a lot more.

pretty forest and friends...

it's a sad and happy goodbye...

just a bunch of lines and shapes making blah. it's fun sometimes to not have intentions before starting a new picture.

attempting satisfaction...

its hard to be satisfied with life or just ok with it...i think going outside and getting fresh air helps a bit. maybe healthy clean air would be better, an area away from most city places. these are just a couple guys working on that. this is actually one of my goals as well...give myself time to think. cheers!

skeleton ghost

skeleton ghost...i wonder what he was like before?

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a lil something...

this is me just having a bit-o-fun. my film is below too...so please take a gander. it's a little small. sorry, i'll try and fix that one. cheers!

OH...MY...GOSH!!!

SO...it has been a long'ol time since I've touched this thing. I am so so sorry to all of you who enjoy checking this dump of a site out. Let me just tell you in brief that this was one heck of a year...SO INCREDIBLY ROUGH!!! As much as I want to go into specifics I don't think I will...for your sake. But, this is my final film from from my final year at cartoon college (CalArts.) I really really hope you enjoy it. Also, check out some of my portfolio work if you want that is on my link called PVose Portfolio. Some of it you may have seen before...

Anyways, CHEERS! Please feel free to leave me a comment, whether it be super nice or super mean one! I hope there's more to show and talk about in the future.

pooptastic!!!

this is a little girl that i was thinking about using for my film. kinda cute which fits great...now all i have to do is figure out what her personality is...what she wants...what she's about...that kind of thing.

clowns! i really like clowns a lot, but with little time i wasn't able to push it to the limit i'd have liked, but i think there's an all right variety of character in these, maybe i'm wrong...i don't know anything...

it's fun time with the sketchbook...

haPPy HollOwEEn!!!

enjoy this here crazy pee wee herman clip. what a great character. represent calarts with an alumni. you guys all have a great, safe, and candy-filled holloween party.

frost fairies...something pretty for once

some fun watercolors for yet another character design assignment. i think i've done a whole lot of dark/ wierd work for this class, so for once i went for something a little more playful and soft.

fun ideas for my film...

these are just a few quick comps i was thinking about for my film. no real thought into the design of the characters or layouts yet. can you guess what the story might be...if you can guess correctly, then you get a grand prize. anyways, cheers!

p.s. the last image doesn't really have anything to do with the story, that was just the drawing i did to build the concept of more. ok, ok.

what???

don't ask! i just don't know what i was thinking. it's kinda different for me. it was fun to do at least. in fact, i want to do more. i think i should take a break from doing monsters and creatures...oh wait...maki's next assignment is a frost fairy. ok, maybe after that one i'll be done for a while. need to start doing more layouts and composition type work...story telling shots. cheers folks!

bunch-o-stuff

mixture of assignments and in-class work for the character design class...cheers!

FIRE

as most of you know, the fires were dominating the landscapes this weekend. hope everyone involved with them are ok. here are some of the pictures of the one closest to where i'm living, and to the school.

this one is just a guy talking on his phone when all of it is going on. good contrast i think...

just a few witches

witches were the subject for the rick maki assignment. these were just rough ideas; didn't put much time in details or more fun stuff, but i still enjoyed it. the whole class had really great stuff. every week i put the artwork on the wall, being a T.A and all, and i find that i never explore enough, or that i didn't have enough time to explore more. dang! i guess that's the point of doing this becuase you need to get torn to pieces before getting better...right? i don't know. cheers folks!