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Art Director & Senior Concept Designer in Film, Games, Books, Tech. Builds Scifi Worlds. Professional Work: Pixar Alum (16 Yrs), Blur, WarnerMedia, ++
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Last week I saw a couple of inappropriate lens choices lead to some heavily distorted character faces, so decided to record a quick video examining the issue and providing some advice on when not to use wide angle lenses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbqK... #camera #vfx #animatedfilm #lens

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Doodles from April's Drink 'n Draw with The Workshop Academy in Seattle #robot #bot #mech #mecha #droid #doodle

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Sorry I haven't been posting new artwork recently, been finishing off some freelance work. In the meantime, it's #throwbackthursday again, so today let's focus on racing spaceships! #spaceship #starship #racing #conceptart #3dmodeling #doodles

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I was told this book was almost canceled when Bungie had those layoffs awhile back, so glad the project got finished. Over 6 years of #Destiny Concept Art in a single volume, I was shocked at how long it's been since the previous book. Curse of Osiris to Final Shape.

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I'm sure we've all seen the GenAI Ghibli thing. As an antidote, Sam Yang did a "How to paint yourself in Ghibli style in 10 steps". It works surprisingly well, and brought far more personal joy than a prompt ever could. Give it a try and draw your own, here's mine! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTi...

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This #ThrowbackThursday it's time for Giant Robots! Ever since I first saw the anime Golodrak as a kid, I've always loved giant bots. Here's a few of my own creation from projects past #bot #robot #droid #superrobo #mech #mecha

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This is a revamp of a tutorial I posted 5 years ago about my art making process. This one has some more info, and WAY better sound. If you've already seen the old one, you can probably skip, but if you haven't seen it, give it a watch! youtu.be/KM2RRYtR_mY?...

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Continuing to put up a few short #Blender3d videos, answering questions I had myself when transferring my 3dsmax workflow to the new software. This one explains how to setup a Skylight / Domelight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fR...

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Rewatched Kiki’s delivery service tonight to remind myself why we make art, human connection. So masterful!

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Doodles from March's Drink 'n Draw with The Workshop Academy in Seattle #robot #bot #mech #mecha #droid #doodle

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How to best communicate with a client about what sort of stylization they're after when creating a 3d film or game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4zz... #gamedev #animatedfilm #pixar #stylization #3dfilm

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The wonderful alien creations of Wayne Barlowe

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A painting doodle in Procreate on my ipad that I made during #ECCC. Should really do more of this sorta stuff, it's a lot of fun #art #illustration #castle #scifi

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Awesome hand-drawn illustrations from Popular Science (03/1979) on "Giant Space Structures: How We'll Build Them": www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/sps-...

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Had to prep a quick demo showing how to do a Satin material in #Blender, so figured I'd record a quick video of it as well. Hope someone out there finds it helpful www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6i5...

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This video is my pitch on the importance of the connection between the artist & audience, creating authenticity. And why using GenAI in its most common form is not going to give the audience what they're looking for. Hopefully a good departure point for discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_CO...

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This week's #throwbackthursday is scifi #interiors. They always present their own challenges, like how to get depth without atmospheric perspective. Easiest way of course is finding ways to justify adding smoke :) #illustration #artdirection #conceptart #scifi

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I can’t overestimate the importance to my art this documentary had on me as a child. Even made my own crappy jabba puppet with controllable eyes out of paper based on this design.

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A few robot head doodles from my time at the Comicon #robot #bot #mech #mecha #droid #doodle

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Thanks to everyone who came and visited me at Emerald City Comicon #ECCC ! With your help, this was actually my most successful comicon ever! These things usually break even, but for the first time ever I actually made a profit on this one! Great chatting with folk and see you next year!

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