jellyfish sketches

Some jellyfish sketches. The top couple are more or less based on real jellies, then the bottom ones are my take on it, the shape is based on the human heart.

canine sketches

Working on a new canine creature, a mixture of african wild dog, oarfish, and sarcastic fringehead. (I'll let you guys figure out what that means.) Just a few quick sketches to try and figure out the design.

mantid progress

I'm very proud, because this design is officially dope. 

mantid creature designs

Here are some designs for the mantid/mantis shrimp creature, the apex predator and probably the most important creature in the dome. (Excepting perhaps the humans). 

Henry V

Sketches from the free shakespeare in the park performances of Henry V. These were drawn during the show from the amazing actors. These are just for fun, but I thought I might as well post them here.

some new thumbnail sketches

These are thesis-related, but done for my 2d/3d hero props class. I'm doing a bunch of small, quick thumbnails, then taking a few of them and working them up in slightly more detailed drawings.

Expanding the blog

So I have decided to expand the purview of this blog to include work from my classes as well as thesis work (although the two do overlap to some degree).

Here are some quick sketches from photo reference that I did for my maquette sculpting class. Our first assignment is to do a bust of an existing character. I decided that I wanted to do a realistic sculpt, so it became a choice between a few of my favorite characters: Kenneth Branagh as Henry V, Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet, Ripley from Alien/s, and Loki from The Avengers. (There's a tiny bit of thesis character work snuck in there too)

I think I'm going to go with Loki wearing his armor and shouting angrily ("I am a God you dull creature!"). I though the shape of his armor and cape would make a really nice base for the bust, and if I'm able I'd like to sculpt his helmet as a removable element as well.