Lutraphobe

A long overdue somewhat of an update-

2011-11-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

I probably should've posted about this quite some time ago, but my further adventures as an artist has been continuing over at tumblr~! Don't be scared! It don't bite! http://lutraphobic.tumblr.com/

Geno Jammin

2011-05-27T16:43:00.000-07:00

Final Geno Guitar render! Any feedback/critiques welcomed!

Geno character expressions

2011-05-25T21:12:00.001-07:00

Some Geno character expressions.

Geno Jammin- More progress

2011-05-25T12:16:00.000-07:00

Just some more progress. Chipping away at the background now, and taking a jab at rendering cobblestones.

Geno Jammin- Color Preview

2011-05-23T12:44:00.000-07:00

I've grown very fond of this coloring technique as of late and it's something I hope that flourishes into something more. Mucho thanks to my awesome girlfriend Steph for helping me with it! Be sure to check out her stuff on her blog and deviantarts ;) .
http://stephanieratt.blogspot.com/
http://marionettedolly.deviantart.com/

Back to colorin.

Jammin

2011-05-21T12:48:00.000-07:00

Wukong Picture finished~!

2011-05-20T13:24:00.000-07:00

Final render of the Wukong pic I've been working on.

Wukong Progress

2011-05-18T11:53:00.000-07:00

Still working on trying to figure out a background. BG's are always the toughest elements for me to figure out.

Looney Tunes Show bgs

2011-05-18T10:14:00.000-07:00

Though the show has been getting some pretty mixed reception- I've been able to appreciate it a bit more myself after comparing it to such bastardizations *CoughLOONATICSCough*.

One thing I've really been digging is the backgrounds to these episodes.

I really like the painted splotchiness to everything along with the use of gradients and the color choices.

WIP- Sun Wukong pic

2011-05-13T22:11:00.001-07:00

New Digital Illustration based on Wukong.

Final Aviator Gal render!

2011-05-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

My very first line-less character render! I'll go back to this one later, but so far I'm happy with how it turned out. Any feedback would be nice!

Aviator Girl

2011-05-04T22:45:00.000-07:00

Taking a break from this one for tonight..The rest of her coloring will be knocked out soon.

Busy busy..

2011-05-04T16:50:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted anything new in awhile, so here's a preview to another drawing I've been working on, besides the robot fixin pic.

Inking/Coloring Progress

2011-04-28T17:18:00.001-07:00

Finished Pencils

2011-04-23T12:26:00.000-07:00

Finished penciling in everything- Now time for the inking process again!

Robot Fixin-Pt.2

2011-04-21T23:22:00.001-07:00

More progress on the drawing.

Robot Fixin

2011-04-20T22:56:00.000-07:00

A drawing I started today. Debating on finishing it or not. This may be a piece I might just take my time on to practice some newer drawing/coloring techniques.

Creature design- Refining some more

2011-04-16T14:03:00.000-07:00

I got around to refining his design some more and have been pretty happy with it. He hasn't been eating as many lost orphans this time around.

Geno sketch finished!

2011-04-15T23:18:00.000-07:00

Final colors for Geno! I'm starting to take a liking to this steam punk shtick more and more.

Geno Inked!

2011-04-15T00:07:00.000-07:00

Geno Character Sketch

2011-04-14T13:21:00.000-07:00

Geno's been a character that's been around since my high school days. He, along with Lizard, have gone through some metamorphosis over the years through my journey as an artist. As always, I'll post up the inks, the final colors, and possibly some really old sketches of him from back in the day.

Randomness!

2011-04-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

Something I did for a class project- All done in Maya 2011.

Vulture-Colored!

2011-04-06T23:00:00.000-07:00

Final colors for the Vulture "Big Ben" character. I'm contemplating a background to put him on, so it's still not done yet!

Big Ben- Vulture Inked!

2011-04-06T07:52:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if I want to be bold with this one and attempt at a line-less coloring style. I can never really grasp the concept behind it, and when I usually attempt it, it looks like messy airbrush garble. Maybe after I consume a bunch of pop rocks and redbull- the catatonic sugar high will plunge me into a state of lost inhibition that will inspire me to do this technique.
Or it will send me into a insane psychological state again where I go outside and scream at squirrels. Either one sounds fun :)

Vulture Design

2011-04-04T23:03:00.000-07:00

Reference for Vulture design.

So I received an awesome gift in the mail yesterday- the Art Book of Rango. The movie has already made it to the top of my list in CG animated films, so it was great to see a lot of the artwork that was created in the development process.
One aspect of the movie that I really enjoyed was how grimey and gritty the characters were. Every one of them looked grotesque in their own adorable little way. ANYWAYS- definitely check it out if you get the chance.

Environment Design-Complete

2011-03-31T01:59:00.000-07:00

Finished for the most part. Just need to touch up some things that look a little messy here and there.

Environment Process-cont'd

2011-03-29T22:33:00.000-07:00

I'm messing around with the clouds at the moment in Painter. Much of the clouds design is inspired by some of the concept art I've seen from Tim Schafers Psychonauts.

Environment progress-pt.1

2011-03-27T22:16:00.000-07:00

At this point, I'm blocking in my colors now, trying to figure out a color scheme.

Lined Lizard and Mandy home

2011-03-22T18:05:00.000-07:00

Lizard and Mandys home sketch

2011-03-21T22:39:00.000-07:00

I'm pushing myself to do some more environmental designs, since there sorely lacking. Here's a initial sketch of Mandy and Lizard's home. Colors and inks coming soon!

Colored Hyena sketch

2011-03-19T19:39:00.000-07:00

Delicious nuggetman are good to eat anywhere, anytime!

Hyena Mobster

2011-03-18T23:20:00.000-07:00

Its been a good minute since I've been able to sketch out something that wasn't directly school related. This character was inspired by the weasels from Roger Rabbit.

King Solomons Mine

2011-03-18T13:26:00.000-07:00

First run through of King Solomon's mines. I'll be posting up the finished version later this week.
Here's some mock up versions I did.

Art book preview page#2

2011-03-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

Another page, with a bunch of Mandy sketches.

Preview to Art of book

2011-03-09T08:48:00.000-08:00

Preview to the portfolio book I've been working on for the past couple of weeks. Can't wait till it gets here!

2011-03-07T22:31:00.000-08:00

Haven't drawn Jude in quite some time, so I whipped this one up real fast.

Scooby Sketch Done!

2011-02-24T20:14:00.001-08:00

Scooby Sketch 3-Almost Done

2011-02-23T18:17:00.000-08:00

Last up-Freddie!

Scooby Sketch-2

2011-02-21T16:40:00.000-08:00

Two more to go!

Scooby Sketch!

2011-02-21T08:54:00.000-08:00

I've been watching some old school Scooby shows lately, so I've decided to do my take on the gang.

Book Pages/Layout

2011-02-18T08:48:00.000-08:00

Page designs for my upcoming Portfolio book. The one thing I am planning on adjusting is how the process work is being laid out. I'm going to place them near the final piece instead of creating a page of their own to fill up the negative space. It'll be similar to this one
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7HQM7G-OOf0/TUKOm7yVWSI/AAAAAAAAAqI/RQ2PKDLQqSI/s1600/Digital%2BIllustration%2BLayout%2Bcopyb.jpg

but more aesthetically pleasing!

Sun Wukong sketches

2011-02-15T22:59:00.001-08:00

Monkey King Color comps!

2011-02-11T22:52:00.000-08:00

Monkey Action Scene- Process work for EvolveCG Challenge

2011-02-11T12:15:00.000-08:00

Initial sketch of a scene that I'm trying to plan out. I wanna hit some pretty dynamic angles with this new animation piece, so I'm getting some practice in at these type of shots.

Evolve is a CG conference being held in Orlando around April/May of this year. There is a competition being put together for all CG artists and animators to take part in, either solo or in a group. > http://evolve3d.net/heroes_and_legends/
The categories artists can enter in are pretty broad, from 3D modeling, environments to traditional animation.

Two other artists as well as myself are attempting to do animation based on Sun Wukong and his pal Pigsy, so I'll be posting up process work in the meantime in the coming weeks.

Lutraphobic.net coming soon~! Color Comps

2011-02-10T22:57:00.000-08:00

Various color comps for my brand spanking new, mint flavored portfolio site! I adjusted some of the texts as apart of the designs, but mainly because I hate how it all looked aligned together consistently.

Monkey King Design Process

2011-02-10T17:03:00.000-08:00

Some initial designs for the monkey king. The one at the bottom is getting pretty close to the interpretation that I'm thinking of. Colors coming soon!

Touched up-Gagool Pic

2011-02-08T20:16:00.000-08:00

Decided to go back and do some touch ups on the Gagool pic. Here's the final one, again! :P

Finished Ledge pic

2011-02-05T12:51:00.000-08:00

Finished line-less BG pic. I don't think it turned out too bad, but its a start!

Final Gagool Picture

2011-02-04T08:12:00.000-08:00

Final pic--Might work on it some more later, but for now I think it's fine as it is.

Gagool Pic almost finished.

2011-02-04T00:22:00.000-08:00

Project I'm working on in my animation design and layout class. Were taking characters from a written novel, and interpreting them in our own way for a game premise. This is Gagool. I call her goolie for short.

In progress pictures!

2011-02-01T00:54:00.000-08:00

In progress pictures at an attempt to do line less BG.

Digital Illustration Layout page!

2011-01-28T01:34:00.000-08:00

Can't decide between the lighter brown color or the black at the moment. This will be for the Digital Illustration pages of my soon to be printed Art Book. I'm debating also about putting in the rough work next to the finished pieces, but I'm starting to lean more towards taking them out entirely.

Sketch pg. Layout Examples

2011-01-28T00:17:00.000-08:00

Just trying to come up with some specific ideas for each page content.

Table of Contents Concept

2011-01-27T23:06:00.001-08:00

First version of the book cover!

2011-01-27T22:04:00.000-08:00

First pass of the cover and back cover. I didn't realize how horrendously purple the cover was until I sat in front of a different monitor. Unfortunately my laptop tends to display color that is nowhere near as vibrant as most default settings for other computers.

Buisness Cards Almost finalized- Pt.3

2011-01-27T19:49:00.000-08:00

Buisness Cards Almost finalized- Pt.2

2011-01-27T17:39:00.000-08:00

Buisness Cards almost finalized!

2011-01-27T17:11:00.000-08:00

Almost finalized business cards!

HarleyQuinn Finished!

2011-01-24T18:01:00.000-08:00

Finished HarleyQuinn pic~! Next up, Poison Ivy!

Initial Harley Sketch

2011-01-23T11:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the first initial sketch of Harley. I'm debating on whether or not to place her giant mallet in one of her hands. Her back leg is bothering me also, mainly her calf. Other then that, inks will be coming up here shortly.

Catwoman Sketch-Finished

2011-01-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

So, I've decided to just start sketching up some of the female villains from Batman's rogue list. I figure in this way, I'll get some practice in with drawing the female form since my ladies tend to look like drag queens.

Buisness Card Roughs

2011-01-21T00:26:00.000-08:00

Two different designs for the buisness card, the first being a shot at trying to mimic a comic book panel that flows into the next panel which is the back of the card.
For the second one, I'm trying to aim for more of a cleaner look, with the logo and brand name in the front and the contact information on the back.

Page Layout Designs

2011-01-20T22:22:00.001-08:00

Some layout designs for my flatbook. I want a design that's simple and clean but also appealing to look at. I think the green is an appealing enough color, and isn't distracting so the viewers are instantly drawn to the artwork.

Logo designs/concepts

2011-01-20T13:02:00.000-08:00

First batch of my initial design for a logo. I'm trying to decide whether or not to keep "Lutraphobe" apart of my logo or "stamp". Anyways, more to come!

Catwoman Sketch-Cont'd

2011-01-19T22:08:00.000-08:00

I liked how my Catwoman drawing was turning out, so I decided to go ahead and finish it digitally. I had to extend the canvas since my original sketch of her was nearly at the edge of the page.

More character sketches/Batman

2011-01-19T00:26:00.000-08:00

I'm at the point now where I don't think I can even sketch anything without having a col-erase pencil. Those pencils are definitely worth the investment.

I'm gonna let you finish this post---

2011-01-15T11:24:00.001-08:00

Old news, but I thought the whole scenario is still hilarious. Such an egotistical bastard, but I still love his music.

Painter 7 Sketches

2011-01-14T17:52:00.000-08:00

Sketches I did on Painter 7- Just trying to loosen up more by just drawing directly on a tablet without a pre-sketch reference.

PC Weenies Guest strip!

2011-01-10T08:46:00.000-08:00

Recently a professor of mine (Krishna Sadasivam) who does a web-comic series entitled PC Weenies, asked me to do a guest strip~! I was pretty excited about it, so here's some of the roughs I did for it before I started the inking and coloring process!
I think for the most part, I was having problems with figuring out how I wanted to frame Bob and the crooked store clerk.
The final strip is up on Pcweenies.com right now :D check it out~! For all the tech junkies that I know, definitely take a peek at past strips also!

Refined Pencil Test Animation- Jude/Creature (Now with Sound ) Oh boy!

2011-01-10T08:44:00.000-08:00

In all it's Facebook video quality! There's still plenty to do, such as Inking and coloring it, but the hard part is out of the way at least!

Jude/Monster Sketches!

2011-01-04T16:34:00.000-08:00

I finished the pencil test animation of these two characters, I just haven't been able to upload it yet. If the internet god is kind to me this evening, I will hopefully have it posted later tonight.

Colored Sketches!

2011-01-04T09:28:00.000-08:00

Colored sketch of Mandy.

Christmas break doodles!

2010-12-27T19:50:00.001-08:00

Some doodles over the Christmas break.

Page4-Completed!

2010-12-15T15:14:00.001-08:00

Its been harder to concentrate on any outside work because of school (And..uh..Cataclysm..). Thankfully this is the week of finals for the Art Institute, so after that's done I can catch up on some lost arting.

Base colors for Pg.4

2010-12-06T12:00:00.000-08:00

Just posting up some more process work. Next will be the shading and lettering process! Stay tuned!

Page 4 Inks!

2010-12-05T00:05:00.000-08:00

Inking finally finished for page 4. I suppose I should probably go to sleep now. Page 4 colors will be coming sooner then later!

Sketches!

2010-12-04T19:02:00.001-08:00

Did some sketches for a couple of future characters that will be in the comic I'm working on. Pool hustlers!

Page.4 Roughs

2010-11-29T07:48:00.000-08:00

Pencils for the upcoming 4th page. Still working on and adjusting her dialogue at the moment. Next step, inks!

Page.3 Finished!

2010-11-25T18:35:00.000-08:00

Finally pumped this thing out a few hours after munching on some turkey. It's becoming a little harder to stay concentrated on the comic with so many other projects that I have going on, but hopefully I can get pg.4 cranked out here sooner then later.

FINISHED!

2010-11-18T18:02:00.000-08:00

Got this one finished just in time to turn into the Twisted Toy Gallery here in downtown St.Petersburg, FL. It actually sold within a few hours of the gallery opening so I'm pretty excited about it. Now I just have to work on another piece to replace it. It'll definitely be some nice side money that I can use for the upcoming holidays.

Toy Show Progress Pic

2010-11-18T01:00:00.001-08:00

Toy Show Sketch Lined

2010-11-15T21:31:00.000-08:00

Toy Show Sketch

2010-11-15T12:10:00.000-08:00

Page 3: Roughs

2010-11-13T21:43:00.000-08:00

Jude and The Creature Pencil Test Animation

2010-11-13T12:07:00.000-08:00

Got all the in-betweens finished on here. My next step is to go back in and refine and add details to the characters, as well as ink a good majority of it within the next two weeks.

Page 2 Done!

2010-11-05T20:10:00.001-07:00

Page 2-Finally drawn up and lined!

2010-11-04T01:29:00.000-07:00

Something new has been added!

2010-10-22T19:12:00.000-07:00

Lately, I've been trying to do drawings in styles that I'm completely uncomfortable with so I can get use to it. This sketch is based on some conceptual artwork by Glenn Keane Disney has been putting out.

Adoptive Possum-Finished

2010-10-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

Lizard & Adoptive mother lined/coloring progress

2010-10-16T09:16:00.001-07:00

Lizard and his Adoptive mother

2010-10-14T23:20:00.000-07:00

Walk Off

2010-10-11T00:39:00.000-07:00

Lizard and Fox sketch/inked/colored

2010-10-09T23:36:00.000-07:00

<-- Almost done..still tweaking it around at the moment.

Page one Complete..Now to think of a name.

2010-10-06T10:50:00.001-07:00

Attempting another comic

2010-10-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

Started up another comic attempt here in the past couple of days..here's some process work so far.

Going for a Joyride

2010-09-28T21:46:00.001-07:00

Step by step of the process I went through, and finally, the finished piece.

More Progress Work!

2010-09-28T15:33:00.001-07:00

Random Drawing-Progress Work

2010-09-26T23:53:00.000-07:00

Final Animatic for Jude&Creature

2010-09-25T06:47:00.000-07:00

Finally finished this little sequence. It will be animated here in the near future once my drawing hand gets out of it's claw like paralyzation.
The music used here was from The Ren and Stimpy Production music CD's.

Now for something completely different.

2010-09-20T21:15:00.001-07:00

Caligari and Nosferatu together at last~!

Random doodles I did that made me snicker during class.