The Third Crow

oh, well, maybe it's not perfect, but i'm done messing with it.

...and no, his name's not Jim

still toying with the coloring on this thing. definitely needs some shadows added, and of course, the rest of the colors.

white crow

this is a little drawing i'm working on... i still have to color it, but when it's done, it will hopefully be dark and shadowy like an old film noir scene...AND THE CROW WILL BE BLACK!
this will be kinda tricky, since it has a black outline, i may have to change the outline to a lighter color to make it look right, or make him a dark gray, like this picture- the face and wings show the one way, the feet show the other way...

hmm... not sure yet which way i'll go, especially if i add a bunch of shading to it.
Here's a similarly chromatic crow i did; i might end up going in this direction with it (minus the remote control and easy chair, of course).

ballpoint sketches

I went on a hike with a bunch of people as part of a "celebration " of my sister's 18th birthday. at the end of the trail was a reservoir where we stopped to goof around for a while in the ice-cold water. I quickly sketched the location then made this drawing when we got home.

more monkeying around

i drew this on a single sheet of paper, then scanned it and broke it into layers to color it in photoshop, and set the layers so they are more out of focus the farther back they are. i think its kinda cool, though im a bit worried whether that guy is gonna make the leap to the next branch...

going ape

i have of late been drawing many unusual ape-like creatures not found in our world (to my knowledge). these include a picture of two bearded monkeys,
(Which i think look much better in color), several drawings of the maned lemur,


(even a little doodle of a very OLD lemur)
and a painting of the maned lemur just to get an idea what it might look like in color.

This drawing was the basis of the painting, but i went without the birds for the painting. the one in flight i call the Bird of Yahtzeedice (because there's more to it than a Bird of Paradise).

turrrrrrtle. turrrtle.

Daggoo... be-dooby-doo?

here is another character from Moby Dick.

On a lighting note

Having had time now to put some color in this picture of Tashtego, i think the lighting makes it look way cooler. I love Photoshop.

Hunting the White Whale

In addition to the creation of a screenplay/script/storyboard, I have been working on developing some character designs for an animated version of Moby Dick; not necessarily because I think I will actually be able to make it, but just to keep practicing and improving my movie pre-production story/character development skills.