First up is the zippy, light hearted, and spirit lifting version. And now we have the sloooooow, so you actually see what’s happening, but would probably be boring for anyone who doesn’t care about photoshop layer settings, version.
Category Archives: process
To celebrate the new breadwig.com design (which is basically just a much simpler/cleaner version of the old breadwig.com), I decided to do an illustration of one of my favorite cartoon characters. Click on VIEW FULL POST to see how I made it
This is based on sketch that I did in church on Easter. This is a little different than most of my work. I recorded myself making it, so you can watch the whole thing being created in the included video. Watch it full screen and let me know what you think.
Sounds scary don’t it? It do, it do. But it’s really just a short making of movie for my illustration of Ben Grimm from the Fantastic Four. I put it together for a talk I’m doing for the local chapter of Siggraph. Anyways, enjoy, and it really does look better in HD on Vimeo.
Here’s a few renders of one of the nesting dolls. I also included his texture map and a section of his bump map, cuz I knew you’d want me to.
I finally got around to coloring these old Frankenstein Elephant rejects last night. Click more for a little step by stepperino action.
My friend Mindi asked if I ever drew pugs. I realized no, I had never drawn a pug. So I started drawing some. Here is my first pug sketch. Pretty standard. Kind of boring. But drawing things more representationally at first helps me figure out what is defining about it. If that makes any sense. ...
Here’s my second Where The Wild Things Are tribute illustration for Terrible Yellow Eyes. If you scroll down a tad, there’s another process vid. If you watch it on Vimeo it’s even in HD! Oooooooo. (It really does look much better watching it there.)
Well, my second WTWTA illustration will have to wait a few days. I’ve been requested to keep in on the down low until it gets featured on TerribleYellowEyes. So, in a couple days I’ll have the whole illustration a process back up. Until then, here’s a teaser. Doug, you got in early and it paid...
This fearsome fellow was done for The League of Robots and Monsters. I’m including some sketches and other making of stuff. First comes the sketch. I was going for a vile and ferocious beast, with just a hint of reptilian sophistication. Next I started modeling him in 3d based on the aforementioned sketch. A simple...
That Mother Goose, what will she do next? Anyway, you’re in for a whole carriage full of process/making-of stuff! An initial drawing of Mother G. I really liked her face, but the rest wasn’t quite working for me. Here’s the final drawing. Much more protein, just the way I like it. Here’s ten panels showing a bunch...
Abominable Snowman was the theme for Drawergeeks this week. Where else would a Yeti be more at home than a vintage household magazine? At least that was my “thinking”. Lots and lots of making of stuff if’n you click on the “more” link. Click the image for some super yeti-zoom action.
This week’s DrawerGeeks was Game Shows. I don’t know why I decided to go with this, other than it was fun frying an egg and flopping it on the scanner. Read on to see some making of stuff. First up is the sketch. Sharpie on copier paper. Next up I fried an egg. Then I...
Well here he is. I tried some new shading stuff and it worked out pretty good I think. Read on for a lil’ bit of making of spiff. Here’s the base modeling of the scene. Nice and blocky. And here’s the body smoothed out with the material applied. I find this ridiculously disturbing. I hope...
I did this for the latest drawergeeks. Read on to see a bunch o’ making of crap. First up is the sketch. Drawn directly with a sharpie, no pencil scribblinz involved. Then… yeah, I went into Maya and drew out the curves/outlines. I thought about doing this in Photoshop or Illustrator, but you know,...
I did this for the latest DrawerGeeks. Click on the “more” link below the pic to see a whole buncha making of stuff if’n you like.
For this clown illustration, I wanted to try something different. Keep reading for some of the process I used to create this guy. First came the sketch. Now for the coloring. I decided to take a bunch of flowers my daughter had pressed, and I scanned them in at a very high resolution. Then I...
The latest Drawergeeks topic was “hotdog stand”, proposed by my chum, J. Vanhoozer. This illustration’s for you good buddy. Click “more” for some making of stuff.
Well, I’m launching my new toy design site, taterbot.com. So, in honor of that, here’s a hirkin’ taterbot step by step post! So buckle up and read on. Okay, the first step in the creation of the taterbot was to start with some sketches. Here are some of my initial drawings. This one was kind...
This week’s drawergeeks was Indiana Jones. Since I’ve been sketching so many robots lately, I figured, why not? Keep reading for a bunch of step by step stuff. First came the sketch. Sharpie on post it notes, of course. (shhhhh, this was drawn during a meeting.) My really simple robot drawings translate into really simple...