Drawings and ehrm..

Video Clip - the actual clip

2009-07-02T00:58:00.014+02:00

This is the clip folks! Hugo did a sweet job, cheers and salutes to all who made this thing.

( Just in case anyone asks again: first I got the photos from the shots, then I made the panels. I did not do the character design or other :) I really got the whole picture when this clip was posted. )

** first 30 seconds is commercials **

Video Clip

2009-06-14T23:28:00.008+02:00

More info soon.
Work for a video clip project, directed by Hugo Keijzer and Corrino Media Group.

Video Clip

2009-06-14T17:21:00.007+02:00

I just finished some stills for an upcoming video clip. Director is Hugo Keizer and its made by Corrino Media Group.
Can't say much about it at this time, but I did a few pictures for the end of the clip.

Here's some of the process.

- Foto's from the video production and rough panel sketches.

- Working out stuff

Way overdue

2009-05-23T14:36:00.010+02:00

I just found out I get to finally post some of the old concept art done for the former Coded Illusions in 2007. Pretty cool.
The company was resurrected as: "Vertigo Games", all rights belong to them. The game is called "Nomos". Buy, buy, buy, pre-order, NOW!

Hope you enjoy, more pictures are found @ stitched2gether.blogspot.com

Kung Fu

2009-04-23T11:42:00.008+02:00

This is a vid from the Wing Tsun guys in Prague. My sifu is in here.
This is the style of kung fu I grew up with and these guys from Prague kick ass.

Hope you enjoy this.

CHOW team; Turd Burglars - Sketches

2009-04-08T11:34:00.012+02:00

Doing a competition on ConceptArt.org with two on-line friends of mine; Siiilon and Mvocet. CHOW (Character Of the Week) is now doing a team competition where each team has to create 6 characters.

Our plan: A post apocalyptic future in which people from different time periods are stuck; "To create an unlikely cast of individuals brought together."
Benefit: Creating a mix of classic apparel (Baroc, Conquistador, 1500's, tribal African, etc.) mixed with future; junk, technology, clothing, weapons, etc..
The roles: Hero (F), Shadow, Protector, Sage, Technician, Rabble Rouser.

A Maori (Chief?) as Protector:

An Amazonian Indian as Shadow:

Colour sketch; it turned into an African for now :P

First sketch for the female hero. Happy with the outcome not using reff.
Its will be a Jugenstill/1870-1920 -period young woman.

Spellborn Art Test Final Proposals # 2

2009-04-01T18:17:00.016+02:00

Here are finals and pictures for the final presentation. (For the art test at Spellborn, applying for concept artist, what else?).

Inspired by Mr. Carlos Cabrera's kind words and awesome art work. Also insired by a character from Robbert Jordan's (RIP): "The Wheel of Time". Thom Merilyn, a "Gleeman" who had a colourful patched cloak.

Spellborn NV just released "The Chroniscles of Spellborn", an innovative online RPG.

Please check out more about this Dutch based online RPG at: www.tcos.com

Press F11 or Ctrl "-" for a better view.

Done afterwards for fun and practise.

The animated WIP.

Done afterwards for fun. It's goat like... "The Goatsykaine" \m/ >.< \m/

Spellborn Art Test Final Proposals # 1

2009-04-01T17:59:00.007+02:00

Here are finals and pictures for the final presentation. (For the art test at Spellborn, applying for concept artist, what else?). I had visual descriptions and info for all designs, shown here are just some of the images.
Spellborn NV just released "The Chroniscles of Spellborn", an innovative online RPG.

Please check out more about this Dutch based online RPG at: www.tcos.com

Press F11 or Ctrl "-" for a better view.

Spellborn Art Test Sketches

2009-04-01T17:46:00.009+02:00

Here are sketches done for the art test at Spellborn, applying for concept artist. They just released "The Chroniscles of Spellborn", an online RPG.
For the art test, I could choose from 4 topics, like creature, armour and environment design. I tried to do em all of course...

Please check out more about this innovative Dutch based online RPG at: www.tcos.com

Press F11 or Ctrl "-" for a better view. (didn't size these up properly)

Sunday Sketches

2009-01-18T22:23:00.006+01:00

Here are today's sketches. It wasn't a good day for sketches, my mind wondered all over the place between writing letters and things. Had ref for the nude, zero patience for the speedies.

Monday Speedy's

2009-01-12T23:27:00.006+01:00

Inspired by the book "Dream Worlds" by Hans Bacher, meaning I had examples. Time under the drawings is without counting brakes, just drawing time.

Speed practise

2009-01-11T15:51:00.006+01:00

I'm going to do 2hour speed paintings, following this one.
Just like this one, I'll try to: work from colour on up, on one layer, without saturation, colour correction and layer effects, texture brushes, etc.. Stop after or before 2 hours. In addition trying to: explore angles and tell something in the picture.

The idea started as: "must paint something with a tropic island".
Inspired by Jesse van Dijk's Indigo concept, I think though.

Merry days and pine trees

2008-12-26T23:12:00.005+01:00

Merry days and a healthy 2009 to all.

We flew over the vally to cheer up the 'Great Pine' this christmas.

Something I was working on

2008-11-11T19:07:00.006+01:00

Untill AVG crashed my computer, this was the last stored sketch I was working on... Thanks for removing the user32dll AVG... @#!@#%$

Lion Sketches

2008-08-01T12:48:00.011+02:00

Made the female lion to resemble my girl. She is much like a lion, trust me...
Happy about the face of the male lion, but both need touch-ups. Will do a color update soon.

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Respects are never overdue

2008-07-21T22:46:00.013+02:00

Incase this is new to anyone, a few weeks back, on Fr. June 26th, Michael Turner passed away after long, enduring battles with cancer.
When I got into comics back in '96/'97, his work was among the artists that got me hooked, Witchblade one of the first comics I ever bought. When the news arrived (2 weeks ago), it felt like an old hero had died. Had I more time, this post would have been up earlier. M. Turner was 37, R.I.P.

Funny story:
Back in graphic design school, a classmate totally ripped off from Michael by copying one of his splashpages and a following page. The class remained angrily silent, knowing the guy would fail the semester were truth be told. A semester later he admitted, the teacher slightly lowered the grade, smiled and said: "Why re-invent the wheel, when others have done it for you? The best way to learn is from the best and you've copied like a master." -He did copy it awfully well.

Famin

2008-06-17T23:24:00.007+02:00

Shift-deleted the psd... Wazasetup, s'alright, just stupid.

Horsemen sketches

2008-06-17T22:23:00.038+02:00

Had a mental glacier in the flow of creatinessity awhile back. Then saw the >Dark Siders< trailer and noticed my favourite comic artist, Joe Madureira was the Creative Lead! Dak Siders was the incentive to draw my own 4 horsemen of the apocalypse. The main idea was to (1.) draw draw draw again, and (2.) try to create 'em from a new perspective.
Drew Famin first outside a cafe in Brno, CZ, on a good day with my son. The rest folowed soon after.

Short descriptions:
"Famin": Cept eating his arms, War gave him gloves to stop doing it, it was embarrasing. He told him he'd eat them one more time when the gloves were done, insisted his nails could grow through. Wields a regrowing bone & tooth club, "food of the poor". Has "a mount" made only from fat and bone.
Origin: When man was still a young race, one's hunger was so absurd he took to eating men, children, all possible creatures... Eventually, even his own army. He seemed to devouer the land around him by presence alone(or ate it), leaving a void in our race's early existance.

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"Pestulence -the boy."
Origin: A smart boy, bewondered by shaman and wise men, the workings of nature and the existance of life itself. Banished from his- and every other settlement, after contracting a kind of plague. Roamed tirelessly, fed by anger and vindictive thought. Put all his effort in treating his fatal illnesses and gathering far more deseases. Not giving in to any of it, he became an utter vessel of corruption. His final act and effort was poisoning a whole river system, and like Famin, left a great void of human life.
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"War": One is drawn from the conflict/deceit side of war. (no straight story idea yet)
- Death is the end of these three at the end of all, but has never had a mortal incarnation. So gwhat do I draw?

Goodby Party card

2008-04-16T15:11:00.006+02:00

Moving to the Czech republic with my lady and our baby, huge dog creature and the mini zepelin.

Sketches: Old Random

2008-04-16T15:07:00.017+02:00

First is from a character design class a friend gave. Then a restyle of another friend's character.
Last pic is a colab with a classmate who did the main colors. It was for our Semiotics teacher who left the school.

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Sketches: Random A5

2008-04-16T15:00:00.009+02:00

Sometimes people from school or friends and I will do scetch meets and draw from a topic. Train rides are also perfect to doodle.
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Sketches: Old; Fantasy comic

2008-04-16T14:40:00.015+02:00

Shots from a comic I once wanted to create, but after I went to America to see the comic book industry for myself... The dream kind of stopped. Concept art and game concept design is where I want to be, not drawing page after page tirelessly. The States are a strange place aswell.
Altered the look of the bald race -and might pick it up again one day, but digitaly paint it.

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Sketches: Old; Random

2008-04-16T14:31:00.007+02:00

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School: Jili & Orge. Pictures.

2008-04-16T13:32:00.005+02:00

Concept and production art for Jili and Orge.
In the second year Maickel (classmate) and I wanted to make an animation "with kick-ass fighting moves and a funny twist". The idea was to make a blend between 2D and 3D. We got far and worked hard, but set our goals way to high.

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School: Jili & Orge. Clips.

2008-04-16T13:18:00.002+02:00

Here are 2 clips of animations I did and loved to do most; Fight scenes!

School: Jili & Orge. Story Board.

2008-04-16T12:53:00.006+02:00

Here is part of the story board setup (without proper angles/shots).
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ... etc.

School: Adventure, Animation & Gameshow

2008-04-16T12:08:00.004+02:00

Group projects;

Our school (Design for Virtual Theatre and Games) is an interesting topic on its own and not easily explained. A mentionable point however, is that during 4 years we get exposed to a very broad field of digital and multimedia driven productions. Whether it’s making installations, digital theatre, games or film. Here are some examples.

"Play Pall" was the title our animation for the first year "Super Hero project". The story is about a robot that takes over worlds and a lonely girl on a small planet...

"Indian Tales" was an adventure game (Monkey Island type) Made in the second year. It was interesting to create this together. To make both the plot and the puzzles was quite a challenge but fun.

In the Third year we produced a game show "Manipulear", based on King Lear from William Shakespeare. Played in front of a live audience, contestants eventually had to win Lear's favour by answering questions correctly.
If players answered correctly, buildings- and eventually cities would fill their part of the map. The interesting thing however, was that players were tricked into answers or questions could have double sided answers. Mini games were played during the show, whitch had odd outcomes and traps. Contestants generally had a hard time as "King Lear" is also about loyalty and how grandeur and delusion creates false pretences and conflict.
All this was hosted by a virtual King Lear and we controlled the show from behind the scenes.

School: Lazy Tales

2008-04-16T10:56:00.006+02:00

Here are some shots from a first years "solo project": Lazy Tales.

This project was an interactive book, based on a series of children stories I wanted to make. Made with 3DMax and Aftereffects, pages would flip over and text would appear. The images appeared or changed depending on where the narator was in the story.
I cant compromise the files yet due to strange formating, but might post an outtake one day. Colored this by mouse by the way.

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