Max Steel package pose!

I used to collect the backboards to my action figure packages as a kid because the art was so kickass, so it was quite a treat to get a chance to design the pose for the Max Steel action figure packages.

 The third pose made the cut, and while the assignment was fairly cut and dry, it was much more challenging to create a good poses that fit than I would have though. You need something dynamic, that faces inwards (bringing your eye back into the center of the package), that fits between the logo and the corner, where Steel can fit separately and mimic Max's pose. Oh yeah, and don't cover up Max's face or chest, the two places where the "M" symbol appears and where it always seems Steel seems to fit compositionally.

I cleaned up the sketch, the talented animator Joel Fletcher posed the 3D model to match, and then the boys and girls at Mattel did a final paint over of the image to punch up the contrast and glowy parts. And that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Hellboy Sketches!

I don't often do fan art, but I love Hellboy! I almost always sketch before I paint, but they usually look like chicken scratch. However, these came out pretty nicely, so I thought I'd show them off.

Turtle Surfing

A little night time sketch-a-madoodle.

Bird sketches

Some watercolor and gouache work based on photos, trying to get the hang of the medium.

Huntington Garden

A trip to Huntington Gardens. Didn't have too long to sketch, an accident on the 101 made a 30 minute trip an hour plus. However, I did get in 2 sketches at the Chinese Garden and a quickie at the Japanese Garden.

LA Zoo Sketch Trip

We really had to chase the zebras around their composure to finally get an angle where they weren't behind a wall or a bush was in the way. The zoo keeper kept leading them away for feeding too.  The rams however, were just relaxing. Easy.
We always pass by the lizard cages -- they never move. They could be taxidermied lizards for all I know.
Roughly two years later, it's the first time Cameron and I sketched at the LA Zoo since the below sketches. The flamingo park is right at the entrance and there's so many all doing the same things, they're great for sketching.
Finally, some time to upload some life sketches I did at the LA Zoo from about two years ago with a couple of friends.