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A 30 minute DSG challenge]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:05 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/827320

Jack: the pumpkin headed assassin character that graces the current cover of my folio and online gallery, is the subject of my latest sketch.
This is a work in progress: just the initial sketch so far... ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:33:41 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/826110

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A few daily 15 -20 minute sketches compiled on to one page.
Do this sort of stuff to improve my sketching and anatomy study]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:15:22 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/812925

Don't usually get a chance to render something up properly and i'm usually working with just quick sketches. Figured I'm going to spend a bit more time rendering characters and scenes in the next few weeks. Here's my Speace Rover WIP]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:50:31 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/805851

Wanted to convey a small scale but intense skirmish. Did this up pretty quickly and tried to keep my linework as organic and fluid as possible]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:18:15 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/804631

Just a bit of mucking around in photoshop.]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:35:39 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/803611

I just went and saw Pixar's UP, and wow!
I thought after Wall-E it would be a hard follow up so i went in prepped for disappointment.
How i could have ever doubted the brilliance of Pixar is beyond me. I'm hesitant to make comparison's to Wall-E as i am still riding on the euphoria of UP, but i must say - WOW!
Pixar have shown yet again that they are truly in a league of their own when it comes to character and storytelling.
And as a dog fan I was in heaven. I think Dug may be the c[IMG][/IMG]utest animated dog character i have ever seen on film. Simply brilliant and utterly hilarious.
If you get the chance go and see this film immediately. I saw it in 3d which was fantastic but i'd have to say the story and characters are that good that without the 3d this is simply brilliant.
Needless to say i came home inspired and scribbled up this Dug-inspired sketch. I did mine a little younger and thinner than the movie character.
Coloring a little darker too.
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This is an early sketch concept for a piece i'm thinking of taking further. Sketched up in photoshop. ]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:33:21 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/798444

Wanted to do something completely different from anything i'd ever done. Did this up directly into illustrator.]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:21:03 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/767125

Finally found a bit of free time to start working on a personal project. He's a crazy littl gonlin dude with a barrel of TNT strapped to his back and carrying a torch in his hands.
So much for Goblin work safety i guess.
Sketch up so far using a wacom in photoshop.]]> Sun, 24 May 2009 16:45:55 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/762069

Still scribbling cars at the moment. seems to be the current fad for me. Am starting to see a little bit of improvement.
Gave this one a high contrast image to compliment the image of the car and also mucked around a little with halftone screens.]]> Sun, 10 May 2009 16:33:16 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/748425

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Trying to get a bit of car drawing practice. Read that Dave Deal got the Pixar artists to draw cars into mango shapes when doing the Cars movie.
Tried an attempt at what i guess that technique was in the bottom sketch.]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:12:55 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/746248

Just finished up my render of my new car. Well sorta new - used but new to me!
Man, I love this car!!!
Never have drawn a lot of cars so it was nice to take a sketch this far. Makes me want to get into practice drawing a few more so that i can develop my abilities.
Sketched and rendered from start to finish in photoshop.]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:13:29 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/736886

No matter big or small, fat or skinny, tall or short, (alien or earthling) it seems that dogs love nothing more than their morning walk. I drew this, this morning as i was car pooled into work. Gave me some good sketch time...]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:21:58 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/736274

Another puppy render, I did for a friend of a friend. Did the initial sketch in photoshop. Inked it then converted to vector art and colored in Illustrator.]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:01:15 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/734358

Winston is a lil staffy who belongs to a work mate of mine. The poor little fella can't help himself. He has developed the talent of escape artist and is now running up to neighbours to say hello. Unfortunately poor lil Winston can be seriously misunderstood and can get himself in some serious trouble with the neighbours.

I did up this little sketch of Winston for Sue and Christian to go on an apology card on Winston's behalf. Fingers crosssed it gets Winston off the hook and back in the good books...
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Was thinking to myslef this morning how funny it is to see an owner chasing their dog that has got off the leash and is chasing something. Take that amusing situation and place it in the low gravity of the moon and we have our very frustrating astronaut calling out in the vacuum of space as he pursues (in low gravity bouncing slow mo) his moon rover. ]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:17:19 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/731826

Observing my dog, Sam marking his turf this morning got me thinking about the similarities between dogs and grafitti artists. Both are territorial and mark their territory. Does this mean if you believe in reincarnation that if you are a grafitti artist you will come back as a dog? Or is it vice versa?
I wonder what Sam's tag is? ]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:20:05 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/731351

Often when the idea happens you are never at the drawing board or wacom tablet, so i find it necessary to always carry a pen around and hope there is some drawing surface in the vicinity. In the case of yesterdays sketch, once again the idea came at a time when the drawing board was nmany miles away, and so i scibbled down the idea on the cruddiest bit of scrap paper i could find at hand.


I kinda like look back at these images because they have their own individual charm.
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I love drawing cute lil aliens and cute lil dogs. I guess thats why I like the Lilo and Stitch movie so much!
Here we have an accident thats occured when certain interstellar craft are mistaken for other flying objects.
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I'm sure this situation has been prevelant in all cultures throughout the ages... ]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:43:10 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/728824

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Just wanted my usually cute, placid puppy characters to have a bit of mischievous fun! ]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:34:45 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/725759

Watched Terminator 3 on television last nite and sat there with a ball point pen and sketch pad doing some more puppy scribbles. Here's what i came up with...
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Watched Terminator 3 on television last nite and sat there with a ball point pen and sketch pad doing some more puppy scribbles. Here's what i came up with...
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Urrggghhh! we have just suffered through a massive heatwave her in melbourne, end of last week and over the weekend. 3 nights in a row with no power either. No more of that thanks!!
Did this sketch last nite with the air con finally on, and watched a dismal performance from Australia in the cricket as they went down to the kiwis in very low scoring game.

I love drawing dogs so as i sat there with my own two furry companions i scribbled this down. I used a ball point pen on a thick gsm paper for this. I really like the sketchy quality you get from ballpoint pen when you sketch. Unforgiving but fun.]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:22:11 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/721549

Tried some different brushes, looser technique and looked at trying to capture an environment and feel.
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wanted to do my own homage to the great battles that spiderman fought with venom through my childhood induction to comic books.
Wanted a real sensation of chaos and fury, with spittle and rubble whirling about the combatants. The agility of spidy and the freight train fury of venom.]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:30:44 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/720611

Trying to make an effort this year to try and churn out one piece a day. Really want to try and devlop this loose style and see where I can take it.]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:52:31 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/720171

Feeling pretty good about the new year, and enjoying this loose approach to my illustrations. I think with this piece it helps with the feral nature of the subject.
Once again drawing puerly in photoshop and try to keep contrast up and linework loose.]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:52:16 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/719152

Feels good to be back into the swing of things for 09. Made a resolve to do more energised pics this year with a looser feel to the linework and more sense of movement.
Working completely in photoshop.]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:07:39 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/718739

My first sketch for fun for 2009.
Have had a bit of a break a feel really refreshed.
Thought i'd start my first illustration for fun using a loose high contrast style. feels good to be back into it.
Sketched directly into Photoshop using wacom.]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:55:31 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/710283

Talk about a hectic time of the year!

Have just finished working on a book cover job. The books title is "How to become a Superhero" and its written by Sage Michael. Check it out online at http://www.superheropress.com/

Did quite a few rough layouts before we were happy with the final product, but i think the final cover scrubbed up ok.]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:46:38 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/705787

This was a Banjo Kazooie art contest entry i submitted recented. The brief was to design a vehicle that might suit the game.

Wanted to keep it rough and concept looking, whilst maintaining a sort of patchwork cartoony, wacky feel.

Sketched up and colored in photoshop.]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:29:05 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/700375

Really cool CHOW topic over at conceptart.org. A bit rushed but a lot of fun!]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:08:51 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/695414

Early concept for my contest entry for the Left 4 dead comp]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:29:58 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/694142

Inspired by the likes of Spy vs Spy and Itchy and Scratchy, Rabit versus Bear is a bit of silent humour (well i like to think so) focusing on the destructive battles of these two lil characters. I wanted to go for something distinctly stylistic and try and achieve something that would make you smirk rather than bust a gut laughing.
I have actually dedicated a blog to it where i post the latest installments and hopefully down the track focus on all things Rabbit and Bear like.

http://rabbitversusbear.blogspot.com/

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Yet another bit of Fable 2 fan art. I am loving this game and it's inspiring me to draw more of these characters. I love the Pratchett-esque quality of this game and how it doesn't take itself too seriously.
None of the characters are too pretty. In fact some are downright ugly! Its great. I love the idea of breaking the pretty stereotype.
Trying to keep these sketchs fast and loose. Each probably takes maybe 30 minutes.]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:31:59 +0000 http://redfrog.cgsociety.org/gallery/688923

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Couple of characters i have developed who are constantly coming up with new ways to blow each other up.]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:31:07 +0000