Crystal Clear 3D Animated Intro

So now that I've been getting my feet wet making these speed drawing videos. I thought I would get a fancy 3d animated logo intro to put before them. I've always wanted one of those cool movie studio intros to use on my short movies. But since I have yet to get around to shooting said movies I have never had the need. But these speed drawings give me an excuse to be a little self indulgent. That and having my good buddy Keith Lackey hook me up. (Check out some of the movies he's worked on here.) They include everything from Happy Feet to Fantastic Four 2. He's also working on the new Hobbit movies and James Cameron's new flick Avatar. Anyway, I designed the logo of course and even added the sound but he did the coolest part. Modeling and animating it. PROPS TO MY BOY! I'm also now considering offering 3D creation to my customers with him at the helm. I'll have to see if there's a need for 3D logos out there. Hope you all like it. You'll be seeing this before all my videos now. Which by the way, my next speed drawing will be Angelina Jolie as Catwoman. So stay tuned for that.

Angelina Jolie Speed Sketch

Now that I've got my fancy new Cintiq Tablet (very cool check it out here) I decided it would be fun to start doing some "speed sketches" You see them all over YouTube. Some really good, some really bad. My first crack at it is just a VERY quick sketch of Angelina Jolie. I had the photo on hand for reference thanks to the image I used in the Sin City Poster which you can check out a few posts down. Anyway, like I said this one was just for practice. I needed to figure out how the capturing software worked and how to put music in, speed it up, all that stuff. Didn't want to draw something great and find out it didn't record or something. So enjoy for what this little 5 minute doodle is worth and look forward to more detailed and committed efforts soon :)

Sin City Posters (Children close yours eyes)

My last post was a cute frog. So now the universe must be balanced by some edgy stuff. Okay, maybe not. But If there's one thing I pride myself on, its trying out new styles and growing my versatility as an artist. So here we have a couple Sin City posters I did for the next couple of planned movies. Now if you've seen the original Sin City, you either hate it or love it. There's no middle ground. I've always liked the comics due to Frank Millers amazing writing and stark black and white images. The stories are classic film noir with a new age spin which I liked alot. And they captured that in the movie perfectly. Are the stories bloody? Yes. Morally Corrupt? With the exception of a few noble characters.... Yes. But you can't deny its good writing and some really cool stylized visuals. The movie helped pave the way for another one of my favorite Frank Miller stories. (300) And so I felt like experimenting with that style a bit. So here we go. 2 Sin City Poster designs, One with Angelina Jolie as Ava Lord in A Dame To Kill For. The other is Johnny Depp as Wallace in To Hell and back. These are my dream castings for the parts that have yet to be cast. Plus, as a bonus... one old sketch of Nancy Callahan I did a good while back emulating Frank Millers style of hard black and whites with splashes of color. And now back to your regularly scheduled wholesome stuff....