Adrian Brisland

Slug

2012-01-21T10:34:00.000-08:00

Slow day at work...

Jester tattoo colour

2012-01-12T19:23:00.000-08:00

First things first, don't look at me for this one...I didn't do it. From the pencil design of my Jester tattoo posted below, I handed it off to a good pal of mine to do the colouring. And oh baby hes good, as you can see. Give his blog a look:

Fabian Cuevas

Designs...?

2011-12-27T19:33:00.000-08:00

Aight, so heres something that just fell into my lap, bit of tattoo ideas commissioned from ....Holland?? Designing specifically not something I generally focus on, but these were good times. Im liking the flame thing

One more design-y thing. Gamer tag icon for my brother. "DeathbyDrumstick" yea yea

Laser?

2011-08-07T20:25:00.001-07:00

Not sure what I was doing, definitely a gun blast of some sort. Some kinda watery effect going around it. I guess that would make it an alien thing.

Im only posting it cause Im gonna try and animate something similar. best of luck Me.

X men....in colour

2011-07-30T17:19:00.000-07:00

Ive never really tried colouring something before. Never really had interest to after the linework. But this was for a sketch theme blog, so I thought it needed some extra spice.

Mud Man v2

2011-07-12T20:18:00.000-07:00

More Mud. I think hes moving along alright

Mud Man v1

2011-05-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

Beginning stages of a side project. Inspired by Fern Gully's 'Hexxus'

Foreshadowing

2011-04-24T20:06:00.000-07:00

Work sketch made 2min at a time

A few bits and pieces

2010-08-21T14:55:00.001-07:00

Couple of things Ive done at work.

Leaf burst and a sand burst

Old man Merlin.

Couple sketches. The kid was done right after I saw How to Train your Dragon. Really nice film

More SUPER muscles. I remember thinking this was cool and having fun drawing it, then showed it to a friend and he just looked at me and said, 'Dude... thats f***ing weird.'

Filler

2010-05-10T08:32:00.000-07:00

Alright so, just some stuff to fill the space till I have something to really show...

Couple weeks ago I started my first gig in the animation industry as an effects animator. So far, pretty sweet. Work is done digitally on cintiqs, theres alot of knowledge and experience around along with a very cool dynamic going on. Really lucky to be there.

And this is a short video of the test I did to get the job. The box and bucket were given and I drew the rest. I had ~5 hrs to pull it off and it was the first time I was approaching almost all of those elements so Im happy it turned out like it did.

a later tightened up version

One of the first tattoo designs Ive done. A friend wanted the chinese symbols he already had on his arm framed by a monk who looked to be guarding them. Did it in brush pen, which was kinda tough.

Another up and coming tattoo. Another buddy of mine is into yo-yos. thought this would be cool.

Gilland Book Signings

2010-03-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, Joseph Gilland, author of Elemental Magic, came down to Ottawa and gave a lecture on classical effects animation and the challenges it faces in today's industry.

He has been travelling the world giving this seminar and although he compressed his usual three day talk in just one for us, it was passionate, informative and inspiring all the same.

Many people bought his book and he sat down for over an hour signing and drawing a little sketch in each one. I stood behind his shoulder and video tapped as many of his drawings as my legs would let me. It was tiring but worth it!

Here are a few with good video quality/favorite of mine. Feel free to cut the audio.

rock explosion 1

rock explosion 2

explosion1

plasma shots

Fire 1

Fire 2

Fire 3

Smoke

Water 1

Water 2

Water 3

Water 4

Water 5

Water 6

Water 7

Wave

Match Maker

2010-02-15T21:45:00.000-08:00

My first voyage into effects, this is the standard beginner assignment as recommended to me by Kathleen Quaife (whos torch cycle Ive studied below).

I asked her a little about how she thought one should begin to learn this stuff and she graciously told me the best way was to strike out on my own and try to understand and express myself through analyzing a "simple" little match.

so here goes....

final

rough

and a couple of my thumbnail studies for good measure.

Fire

2010-01-18T08:35:00.000-08:00

Another fire cycle that Ive copied in order to study effects animation. This one is straight out of Joseph Gilland's Elemental Magic.

In the spirit of experimentation, Ive tried a different approach on a few frames here and there. My favorite bit was how Gilland has rolled his inner bits of fire off the central ball.

effects animation!

2009-12-20T18:55:00.000-08:00

wow, its been almost 3 months....who knew.

I recently came across Elemantal Magic, the art of effects animation by Joseph Gilland. And it is AMAZING and I am hooked.

and so, while searching for more to fuel my curiosity in this side of animation I never realized I didnt know...I came across the great blog of Kathleen Quaife whose effects animation blew me away again.

she posted a page on fire animation and I couldnt resist drawing over it and filming it for myself:

2 more

2009-09-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

Couple sketch book grabs. They may not seem like much, but I gave these two a little more time then I usually do nowadays. Had some fun with drapery and extra costume pieces etc

couple of the latest

2009-09-24T04:48:00.000-07:00

end of summer sketch. having a giant pet turtle would be badass

School project; the first time we've studied canines, and the first time Ive rendered muscle and not wanted to shoot myself.

AND heres a collab project with a buddy from class. She just made her own blog, check it:

michelleplourde.blogspot ------------>

She sketched the base pose, then I tried to make him look all TANKed. the clothes were pretty half and half.

PSO

2009-09-05T17:24:00.000-07:00

I feel no descriptions are needed for any of these pictures.

Those who recognize these characters already know of the hours and hours of joy and happiness they bring - that is reward enough.

may your red boxes be numerous and never ending. ha

fantasy stuff

2009-08-13T07:28:00.001-07:00

duo of mystically orientic individuals

Aside from the whole Orc bit, this is HUGELY inspired by the comic 'NorthLanders' about vikings and drawn by Davide Gianfelice. I recomend looking him up in the side bar --->

couple pencils

2009-06-22T07:24:00.000-07:00

couple little drawings Ive done lately. Kids trying to grow up/playing make believe are funny, I think Ill do some more of that theme

Seven Samurai

2009-06-07T19:23:00.000-07:00

The classic hailed by movie critics everywhere. And one of those films that makes you want to pick up a pencil, at least it did for me.

......as cool as it would be, this stuff is not from the movie, just a few more sketches

Gonq Sketch Nights

2009-05-22T09:07:00.001-07:00

the summer groups back up! this came out of weeks 1 and 2.

my thanks to james for this original theme

the left one isnt really a 'bully,' but you know....hes up to know good

Summer Sketchin

2009-05-09T08:40:00.000-07:00

inspired by my buddy's spawn drawing

inspired by my girlfriends idea for a raccoon animation

Batman!

2009-05-05T18:45:00.001-07:00

end of Year 2

2009-05-04T11:25:00.000-07:00

Some end of year assignments, both traditional and digital

an angry butler reems out a brat

drac sticks up for his passion
(i think the upload added a little lag)

Tomb Guardian Model Sheet

2009-04-29T06:07:00.000-07:00

The final 5-point turnaround

Robo Evolution

2009-04-03T12:34:00.000-07:00

Heres more on the robot design, or as you'll see further down: the 'TOMB GUARDIAN!' oooo! ...ominous.

Anyway, Prof thought out of the two robos, this guy was the more original design, so starting from the thumb, heres his journey from puny lead scratches to fully developed super bot (although theres still a touch more on the way)

Step 1: what i thought was mediocre sketch (but still kinda cool) catches the teachers eye. maybe the guy loves robots ALOT or he liked how I made up (on the spot) the idea that he was a futuristic-robotic-elemental fighting machine....or something

2: As much as he liked the idea, prof said the head sucked, so more heads

2.5: when you FAIL! ...try try again. more heads based on 1/11/18

3: Revamped body, still no word on the heads...

4: Improvements done on the limbs sticks, heading more mechanical, and narrowed down to 3 heads. Im hoping for #1

5: almost approved.... hip designs

6: Perspective grid to correct final mistakes.

7: Final char ready for rotation.

8: Anatomy Study, I think we only had to do like one arm....but i figured he looked better this way

9: 3 point turn around...

10: ....and a skeleton youll never see to make him look cool.

and some bonus silhouettes

Back Study

2009-03-15T21:17:00.000-07:00

more on the muscle front, did these awhile ago and never got around to posting. I think I remember not wanting to cuz the traps are a little F 'd, gotta work on that

I think the first one (top left) turned out best too......go figure. Still, muscles are super cool

Char Design

2009-03-12T14:08:00.000-07:00

Some character designs for school. I was likin the skinny guy with the knife and the cowboy but I have a theory that my prof has a soft spot for the robos so when he went for 3 & 4 I wasn't surprised.

More on those dudes as the assignment continues

Lipsync

2009-03-05T12:31:00.000-08:00

lipsync

Now we got dialogue! real animation scenes are only a step away. PLus this was the first time I got to work with a heavier character, I can't say I used him to his fullest squishy potential, but its a start

model sheet

Harmony

2009-02-10T19:07:00.000-08:00

The newest in computer animation (for me). Not quite CGI, not quite paper, but still pretty dam sweet.

As 2nd years we're being introduced to some of the programs used in the industry. "Toon Boom's Harmony" is what makes a bunch of the TV cartoons and although it can get a bad rap for being stiff, I find it a nice fresh curve on animation.

Heres some of my beginning projects:

ball bounce

Pretty bad I know, but its the first crack at the software

Multi ball bounce

Cannon, tennis and bouncy ball. Hopefully the size difference isnt the only clue.

ball & tail

little exercise in follow through action

expression change1

expression change2

Its Drac, and hes HAPPY to see you!

lipsync

Very fun. His mouth seems to flap a bit too much for my taste but I guess thats the nature of the dialogue.

More on the way.

Prop Design

2009-01-29T14:36:00.001-08:00

Heres the latest from school : flying vehicles. Complete with a couple beginning thumbnails, more developed roughs and the final (invented) model sheet.

(final design based of #4)

The story 'driving' the design (haha) is a mischievous rebel child with a gift for mechanics.

Lexx has long since abandoned the thought of a standard career oriented life and spends his days scavenging for machine parts, tending to his mechanical creations and mingling with the other members of society's rejected underground.

Torso study

2008-12-31T14:14:00.001-08:00

Theres something about anatomy thats fun to figure out, its like a big living bendable puzzle.

And so: the beginnings of my new goal to become well versed in all the intricacies of the human body.

Skip Rope

2008-11-13T18:07:00.000-08:00

Latest animation. This one I got pretty pumped for, ended up being a lot of fun.

Little Wendy was feeling the need to do some cardio, and I felt the need to show how it all went down.

final

'details'

volumes/model

gesture/action line

Probably one off my better animations to date. Ive realized, its all thanks to just enjoying oneself and finding satisfaction in the struggle.

All in all, gotta say that this art form is THE best invention of all time. Sorry to people with 'real jobs,' but animations got you beat.

Assorted

2008-10-07T05:14:00.000-07:00

So, haven't been doing all that much personal drawing, assignments + tribe tales takes first priority now-a-days, but heres some of the latest.

"Sprocket" 16 frame happy walk cycle

Sketchbook stuff....and DeeDee

Two Identical Opposite Uncontrollable Anomalies.

- created by Paul Stone

New Comic Blog!

2008-09-15T18:47:00.000-07:00

As of a few weeks ago, my life has become a lot busier,.... and hopefully a helluva lot more fun!

Not only has school started once again, but me and a friend have decided to try and start our own web comic as a little side project. Now I know that animation is a full time deal, but even while only in the design phase, the comic already seems to have a firm hold on me.

The main challenge is that its a completely different style then what I'm used to, but I can see char designs, layouts, boarding and (fingers crossed) animation coming out of it. We'll see how things go.

So check it out! Ive added the link to the sidebar -----> tribetales.blogspot.com

One and only

2008-08-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

At the start of the summer I had this huge plan to animate like my life depended on it. Fortunately it doesn't ...cuz i didn't.

One thing led to another and I only got my animation software and setup ready to go in these last few weeks but heres one thing I was able to pull off:

kid run cycle

im hoping to squeeze in one more video before school starts. we'll see how that goes...

First Commision

2008-08-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

A while ago I got my first paid art project from a friend of mine I work with. A relatively simple thing, he had a painting he needed recreated in pencil with a couple changes made.

I just find it really cool to say I had a 'client'

But here it is, finally finished: 14x18 pencil on bristleboard

...and the original. Marie Alfonse Mucha's 'JOB'

Step by Step

2008-08-05T09:53:00.000-07:00

Heres my study of forearm & calf muscles. For fun I scanned more then just the last piece to see the process, too bad i missed the first with just blue.

whatdya think paul? - elite? - nightmare? haha, its always in the back of my mind now

Pecks and Quads lesson 1

2008-07-28T18:27:00.000-07:00

Newest edition to the skeleton theme. Ive realized as I try to understand anatomy, that directly applying it to a drawing really forces me to know exactly how and where it works. Skeleton Captain = learning

....haha, just noticed, i put his right fibula on the wrong side, oops

Malebolgia's newest recruit

2008-07-24T18:37:00.000-07:00

Hahaha! just looking at this makes me laugh. On the right is me trying to draw a friend's character - Yama Doll. On the left is me making him into a demon warrior from hell.

Hawth

2008-07-24T18:17:00.001-07:00

Finally! internets been down for a while so updates took a bit of a break. but now we're back:

So, more of the main character from my novel. Finally came up with something besides 'Bird Man' to call him, and I know similar to a Star Wars reference but maybe thats another reason I like it.

To me its just Hawk with a twist. whichever.

In an attempt to improve my posing, I sketched scenes of the eagle (in blue) from The Rescuers Down Under, then tried putting Hawth in that position. I think it worked for the most part.

Some of the things Ive come to really enjoy drawing are birds - or wings or feathers; hard to say and muscles - or anatomy. So this guy puts em both together nicely.

Big Bad Undead

2008-07-06T19:00:00.000-07:00

more skeleton dudes. I like how the big guy looks pretty solid but I think he couldve been bulkier. The skinny guy isnt very anatomically correct but it works here and there

Kimari Ronso

2008-06-29T18:29:00.000-07:00

Dam! Ive been trying to post at least once a week, but last week, I lost it.... Ill have to try for an extra entry instead

Heres the latest, I just finished FFX (i know im really late) and had to draw my favorite character. Its a good game, but sometimes having fun building this guy up was the only thing that got me through. All I have to say is I hope someone slapped tidus' voice actor.

Also, I may try out my colouring skillz, or lack there of, on this guy. little sneak peak.

Valkyries

2008-06-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

Same friend. same book. more concepts.

This time its a kind of bird-human thing, the main idea being it can fly. Now, in my friends book these creatures have the natural ability to levitate, but i realized, that only means up and down. So....these guys can go up and down, and the wings help them do everything else in between.

this is the first thing the popped into my head when my buddy first told me about these guys. dont know why, but im liking the long necked thing. I imagine them as a fair amount taller then other creatures, a nice towering enemy to diversify the lineup.

'Valkyrie' generally sounds kinda elegant, which normally equals women. the idea behind the elbow feathers is that they swivel back and forth for gliding and then for convenience.

My personal favorite. Its not really a monster until its creepy and vile. Also I think i can say that top left pic is the first time im pleased with a feather/wing drawing Ive done. yay for me.

Reapers

2008-06-12T16:38:00.000-07:00

More character concepts. A good friend of mine invented a crazy idea for a fantasy story, and after telling me about it, let me in on it. Hopefully this may one day become a animated series. I think its got nice potential.

Guy Reapers

Girl Reapers

Quick summary: When a person dies, besides being collected by heaven or hell, their soul can be stolen by a reaper and then turned into a fellow reaper to then harvest more souls. the story follows the life of a talented reaper as he tries to find his friend's lost soul, survive the dangers of the dimensions and please the reaper Queen.

Skeles

2008-06-05T17:40:00.001-07:00

Every Tuesday night, a bunch of us from school get together and draw. Good way of making the ideas flow. Heres what came out of last week:

I was gonna add muscles on the second one too, but i liked the bones the way they were

skeleton warriors always have good silhouettes

Werewolves

2008-05-31T15:30:00.001-07:00

Again concepts for a friends fantasy novel. Tried to think of ways a human-wolf could look without going with the typical design, but its hard. ill probably do a few more...

realism didnt work as well for this kind of thing, i like the design though.

walking tarzan style, the knuckles turned out pretty cool, also like the hair that stops at the wrist

a little off; my friend's versions are mainly supposed to be more on the brutish side.

Ryda

2008-05-26T18:04:00.000-07:00

character concept for a friends fantasy novel. I didnt tell him I was doing it (it was a spur of the moment thing) so all i was really going with was the fact that she had a big sword.

hope you like it paul haha.

viking

2008-05-19T18:48:00.000-07:00

it took alot of self control, but i forced myself past muscles and 'finished' a character.

I know he would have looked better with the classic horned helmet but I was trying to change things up a bit. I like the style in his beard, but I didnt always know how/try to give the rest that same look.

muscles

2008-05-14T16:12:00.001-07:00

Damn! its been to long, but im dumb and dont draw and when i do im slow......but hopefully thatll change.

for now; latest sketches, enjoy:

first drawing in a new sketchbook. to keep things nice and fresh i did something i havnt done in a while....self portrait.

went for a little more stylized with this dwarf guy. I always plan on doing a full character but have too much fun with anatomy....

again, muscles are too cool. when i grow up, i wanna be the hulk.

troll dolls

2008-04-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

tiny 'troll doll' character inspired from the concepts of a friend of mine's tv show. timid, somewhat dim, but full of energy and zeal. Like a pet dog who actually has a chance of understanding what your saying.

-> the square on the one guys butt is a paper that gives this guy (and other toys) life

head designs

2008-03-19T04:40:00.000-07:00

Design project for school. Of the twenty we needed to invent, these are some of my better/favorite ones:

and note to self: listen to your friends; dont use the illustration/clean up function on the scanner...

more Bird Man

2008-02-27T09:54:00.000-08:00

this guys not that big so i tried to give him a toned yet skinny frame. the wings attach more realistically now, winding around muscles and were also supposed to have a arcing or cone-like shape to them, get rid of flatness.

Tentaseas

2008-02-22T08:40:00.001-08:00

another of my mutant creations. along with the bird man, hes from a novel Ive been developing for a while now. The designs are getting done a lot faster then the actual writing, but i guess thats just how it goes...

I havnt decided on the number of tentacles he should have so, yes, this top drawing has only six where as the bottom one has eight.

this one turned out a little too full but I liked the posing of the arms. Now just to work on getting all the little suction cups in there somewhere

Zorro Spawn

2008-02-16T09:48:00.001-08:00

for those unfamiliar with the spawn comic storyline; heaven and hell collect souls and turn them into warriors. Hell sends its best souls back to Earth to train before leading the armies of Hell. Hell has collected souls from various time periods throughout history and almost every Hellspawn has been killed by angels before their training was completed. (medieval spawn, samurai spawn, gunslinger spawn etc.)

This is my version of what could be a warrior hell collected from 19th century spanish California: Zorro Spawn!

cleaned up version.

also classmates of mine will be collaborating with me on this drawing in order to add ink, color and background to this guy.

Jabba v Solo

2008-02-11T14:48:00.000-08:00

'freestyle' animation

So, I was planning on having more zorro stuff up here but this assignment got in the way. Not that thats a bad thing, i thinks its pretty cool, Jabba was alot of fun to draw. didnt turn out as smooth as i would have liked though...

paper fall

the jabba thing was only a 2 week assignment but i couldnt get a way to bring the file home for the longest time (i only realized now that i could have posted from school). either way, heres the latest animation since.

and there IS more zorro to come. soon.

the legendary Zorro!!

2007-12-23T18:27:00.001-08:00

I love zorro, hes kickass. I never saw the second (but i assume its not that great) and i will never see the third (because its obviously bad), the Mask of Zorro however = classic.

in terms of the drawing, Ive been reading alot of spawn lately, and his cape is pretty sweet so i thought it would look good. but that adds a kind of evil/dark/rebelness to the character, which is fine by me, and i played that up even more by putting on the old 'joker' expression as well.

I think it turned out. in my opinion its one of my best characters to date so ill most likely be inspired to do a few more of this guy. btw, those with the wii, december 2007 (now) is the official release date for 'the destiny of zorro.' dunno if its actually hit shelves but when it does.....its zorro, buy it.

sketches from the mask of zorro before i tried my own version. i didnt actually use them for reference in the end but they were fun to draw anyway. i like the first set

Caesars Bedroom

2007-12-18T11:47:00.001-08:00

term 1 design final for first year animation.

Its not bad; not everything is perfectly accurate, in adding detailed ornaments to the armor I missed the muscle design the roman cuirass usually had, the pillar could have a little more... with only the gladius it looks kind of bare. If I knew how I would have tried to render the carpet so that is stands out a bit from the marble but i suppose that could be left to the colorer haha.

Archer

2007-11-25T06:12:00.001-08:00

Inspired by a friend of mine who was trying out the same idea; originally a female elf...with a bow. not too complicated.

but then i didnt feel like bothering with altering the body or face to give it the slim and slender elf feel, and then i wanted some more rugged and worn armour...etc

All in all, I like it, but now its more of a female ranger/rogue/assasin/amazon.... take your pick

Goblins

2007-11-18T09:15:00.000-08:00

At first I didnt want to post these guys, not my best stuff in my opinion, but for lack of a better image and because I hadnt done anything else in a while...here they go.

The first was the one with the book and from there I kinda strayed off model - the tired guy is pretty bad. But still, good practice in expressions for me, spent a bunch of time looking in the mirror and thinking about what would best represent his character.

Bird Man

2007-10-21T10:00:00.002-07:00

Here is a more fully formed 'bird man.' Dont know what to call him, but thats the least necessary detail. also forgot about his thigh feathers...
this was hard to figure out, how would a human fold in wings that were attached to their arm?

Filler

2007-10-06T21:48:00.001-07:00

Still no fully developed drawing to post so instead ill put up the ideas to what will eventually be a decent post, I hope.

These are concepts Ive started for a somewhat strange character. I like the idea of combining animals with humans, or at least giving a character something extra, as cool as a plain character can be, humans are sometimes too ...regular.

...you can be the judge as to whether or not this is working, but I think this guy is kinda pretty cool already.

ya...

2007-09-09T08:48:00.000-07:00

unfortunately over this summer break I decided to take on a lot of hours at work and neglected to draw very much...at all. Hence the lack of posts for a few months. Well hopefully that will change, a new school year has begun and will, without a doubt, whip me back into shape.

The few drawings I did over the summer I dont feel are any good so the blog is gonna have to stay blank for a little longer, but, Ill work to change that very soon.

Self Portrait

2007-04-14T09:29:00.000-07:00

Heres a couple more drawings while the school year finishes up:
this is me, to the best of my abilities
a 'lone ranger' sketch, still need to fix the fact that only half of the things hes wearing are being affected by the wind

finally something works

2007-04-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

haven't posted in a while, its crunch time at school so heres all I can sneak in for now. These are final assignments (hopefully) ready for the portfolio:

heres another version of the first 'wizards office.' to be honest I think this is the first time I am pleased with a layout, theres always room for improvement but this little guy worked out pretty well and I don't see any huge mistakes. I like it.
and here is the newest 'wild west.' This seems to be dangerously close to becoming another long series of revisions like the wizard offices. at first the items I added on the side of the hotel seemed to me like the perfect solution to the blank look of the layout, but now looking at it in scanned form, it seems to be blank again, ha ha, oh well.

Hands

2007-03-24T12:52:00.000-07:00

line wieght sucks, i cant figure it out....

Wizards Office V3

2007-03-22T16:40:00.000-07:00

this started out as a revision of the original room in one point but I got caught up in new techniques I had learned and basically made a whole new layout...so the newest installment in this wizards office 'series': version 3.

orcs

2007-03-21T09:01:00.000-07:00

these last two poses are obviously out of character, the left one is a 'ninja-martial arts' pose if its confusing

Wizards office

2007-03-14T11:59:00.000-07:00

revision of the last wizards office in two point.

cat-human

2007-03-06T13:13:00.000-08:00

cat mutant inspired by one of my novels, muscles are disgustingly huge in places but I liked that look in the end.
experimented with photoshop for clean up, a lot harder then it looks...

sketchbook entries

2007-03-02T08:39:00.000-08:00

life drawing at the museum of nature, might go back and finish it one day...
This started from lazily drawing different gators to a full blown character. I still can't decide if I was going for yawning or laughing in the bottom head.

mutant

2007-02-27T11:21:00.000-08:00

this was me seeing if I could put two torsos together and keep (relatively) proper anatomy. I also tried to some what stylize the drawing. legs and hands are hard.

hyenas

2007-02-25T09:00:00.000-08:00

Just getting a feel for how a hyena looks in a cartoon setting...
...then took a more stylized route.
When drawing this guy, I imagined him to be the size of a Chiwawa, it just makes him a lot more funny, no matter how angry he is. All he'd be able to do is run in circles around your feet...

And when hes bugging you, no matter how hard you punted him, he'd just bounce back up again.

SCI-FI! yeah!

2007-02-16T16:21:00.000-08:00

"Sci-Fi Sniper" I hope its fairly clear, but the hologram (yes thats what its supposed to be) is showing you what the gun is 'seeing,' aka the inside of the spaceship in the distance. All in all I think it turned out pretty good. I like my rocky background .
Revision of the wild west layout, all I did was touch up the jail's rendering (the stone building on the left) and added lettering. Still....no people, ha ha.

Life Drawings

2007-02-13T20:23:00.000-08:00

simple hands and feet life drawings, not much to say here.

waterfall

2007-02-11T15:56:00.000-08:00

A friend wanted to know what it would look like if the blank space on the 'aztec jungle' layout was filled in. Heres something like what one frame of the animated water might be like.

This was something I drew for fun before the final copy was done so you can see the plant and edge of the pool arent the same anymore.

animation character line-up

2007-02-05T17:31:00.000-08:00

This is a class asignment where I had to invent a short cartoon and sketch out the characters. I dont think its going any further then this but I think I might do a few storyboards for fun since these guys (and girl) turned out pretty good.

even MORE layouts

2007-02-03T11:04:00.000-08:00

"Sculpture's Studio" In this layout I gave in and tried to darken the objects in the foreground with a special pencil like my professors been telling me too. I never thought I needed to but he knows what hes talking about. Ended up turning out ok.

On a side note: I totally messed up on the line weight in this picture so the dark objects may look out of place but its the light stuff that wrong, not the dark stuff.

I also liked how I figured out a way to add a gargoyle into the pic. haha.
Oh boy...soooo bad. Walls are blank, I covered both floor lines, it doesn't look cluttered; just random. Plus it seems like I forgot everything I knew about line weight (things closer are drawn darker and vise versa) when I drew this thing. Granted I had run out of time before this thing was due, but then again, still my fault.

Hopefully the fact that this is a revision of the crap below may salvage some of my dignity.
Like I said above, this is the original ''Wizards office" in 2point perspective that I revised to make the above layout. I would beat myself up about it, but I was still learning about layout in general so whatever. Im only posting it so ppl can see the thought process.

(this is not to be confused with the other "wizards office'' I posted a while ago. That "wizards office" is the revised layout of the 1point perspective version. Note that 1point is went you're looking at a wall, and 2point is looking at a corner)

more pirates

2007-02-03T10:53:00.000-08:00

These are some extra poses I did of my female pirate character for fun. Her agile-ness was probably what convinced me to put her in more poses. Characters that can really move are always cool. (I think the top-right one is the best)
At the same time I drew the female pirate, I also drew this guy. I wasnt going to post him at first because he just didnt look as good compared to the girl, but, taking a second look at him, hes not bad I guess
Male pirate's back view.

pirates

2007-01-27T09:42:00.000-08:00

A female pirate character Ive been working on. Pretty fun to draw

more layouts

2007-01-20T06:27:00.000-08:00

Inside a mech cockpit
Same as above, different angle
I started with the idea for a 'wizard's office' but I kinda strayed from that plan in the end. Still needs some work.

layouts (or backgrounds)

2007-01-19T07:04:00.000-08:00

Ancient Aztec jungle ruins. As my first outdoor layout, this was a big experiment but it turned out ok. The water is left blank because if this were for a movie, it would be animated seperatly
Egyptian throne room. This I thought ended up not looking as 'egyptian' as I had hoped
The Wild West...without people.

Unfortunately, my scanner is only for 81/2 x 11 sized paper and these layouts are done on animation paper which is barely bigger. Theres always going to be like half an inch cut off the edge but I might start to double-scan drawings and stitch them back up in photoshop. Until then, know that for all cut off stuff, I blame my scanner.

second post

2007-01-18T20:39:00.000-08:00

This guy is a video game character of mine that I tried to cartoon-ify. I think hes pretty cool.
Same 'Colosuk' character as above but with a sci-fi background to match. I like the angle I put. The car on the left, by the way, is a suped-up corvette and the right is a porche.
When I was drawing this guy, I thought he was looking pretty good, then two seconds after I finished I realized how bad some parts were. I couldnt bring myself to erase it at the time but one day Ill fix him up.

These first few posts will just be what stuff I have on my computer at the moment. Il try to get to scanning more stuff in the days to come.

first post

2007-01-18T20:30:00.000-08:00

So...hey, Im Adrian and this is a blog for my art.

This is the first time Ive ever considered using a blog so most of these drawings will be random drawings from sketchbooks that I think are decent, or school assignments.

Either way, hope you like 'em, and if you dont, tell me what you think would make them better.