PHOTOS FROM THE WORKSPACE

Printed a vinyl mural of a photo I had taken for a wall in my office

- My work desk - Ron Clements' original 

animation desk that he let me inherit.

- 1937 Kem Weber Airline Chair custom made 

for the Disney Studios. Love the design of it.

- Rarely ever buy figures/maquettes but I love 

the way these are faithful to the artists' styles.

 - End of the day

- Knights of the story table

- The Spirit of Story - So many metaphors in this image.

- Time Capsule.

SKETCHES - GOODBYE MOEBIUS

These are just random sketches - I was just putting blobs of marker color down and then picking out weird insects from them.

Again, marker shapes and picking out line work with some digital green sprouts added later - This looked like a nice Moebius tribute piece to me. Moebius defined European comics for me when I was young with line work like I had never seen before. Thanks for the countless pieces of inspiration you've left all of us Gir and because of that, you've truly left this world a better place!

Goodbye Moebius! (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012)

Here's a photo of it in progress -

DRAWING CLUB - PRIS

The character this week at the Drawing Club was Pris from Blade Runner. The model was great but honestly, I wasn't feeling it and I think it shows in my drawings. Very stiff, no line of action and no character or storytelling. I didn't push it at all and I felt like I was just drawing like a robot - probably due to of lack of sleep. Then again, Pris is a biorobot so maybe I did capture her?..... ugh, no.

(EDIT) : I decided I hated the rest of the drawings so much I decided to remove them.

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I don't think Blade Runner's a great film but I do love the great cinematography and Syd Mead design of it.

 

UMAMI BURGER

I was at Umami Burger this afternoon and saw this - the ladies were talking but no one was looking at each other. Maybe they were all looking at the same thing??? Oh, Los Angeles.......... I love you.

Added some blue digitally to help it read better when I got home.

DRAWING CLUB - HONG KONG MOB BOSS

Was sick all week so I downed a 40 oz. of Nyquil and headed out to the Drawing Club just to get back into the swing of things. The night was amazing! - drawing after drawing was spot on! - Then I woke up the next day and the magical elixir had worn off and all those pretty drawings were nowhere to be found. This story is a tragedy and here's the evidence -

Deepest apologies to the Chinese language and trying to write it - I googled something on my phone for a translation during the session and have no idea if this is at all accurate. If you can read it and it's what I meant to say I'll send you a drawing.

Here was the stage during a break -

OUTRAGE

I saw this movie towards the end of last year and really enjoyed it. What's really incredible is Takeshi Kitano wrote it, directed it, produced it, edited it, and stars in it! Check it out if you can.

Here's the synopsis:

In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. The rival bosses seek to rise through the ranks by scheming and making allegiances sworn over sake. Long-time yakuza Otomo has seen his kind go from elaborate body tattoos and severed fingertips to becoming important players on the stock market. Theirs is a never-ending struggle to end up on top, or at least survive, in a corrupt world where there are no heroes but constant betrayal and vengeance.

Pilote Tout en Haut du Monde / Longway North

This looks really interesting too! I like the style -
by : www.sacrebleuprod.com
production blog : http://toutenhautdumonde.blogspot.com/

I can't wait until the world sees what John Kahrs is making at the studio right now.

GLUCKO AND LENNON

I guess this is old but - I've never seen it before and I love it!

Glucko and Lennon by: http://www.lorangegutan.com/

DRAWING CLUB - SAMURAI

One of the great things at the Drawing Club is that Bob Kato projects a movie while the model is posing. I try to line myself up so I can see the film right next to the model. I get so inspired to draw cinematic moments using the model - plus, the movie was Yojimbo so I couldn't help but stop and draw some of the amazing compositions that Kurosawa is so well known for. He has such a dynamic way of composing characters in the frame. Anyways, here's my drawings from that evening:

Yojimbo - 1961 - Akira Kurosawa

SCRIBBLES

more scribbles that I had a free second to scan -