The Batman Of The Future...

     So... Ben Affleck is Batman.  And now the question is: Will he look good as Batman?  Well, I took a photo of Affleck as Daredevil into Photoshop to find out.  The original image is below:

Green Dog Productions

     So, I'm starting to push forward with my film career...  After participating in the 48 Film Project as a boom operator under director Tracey Trost, I'm setting out to direct my own film, Compulsively Yours.  And as I'm getting ready to start a serious career, I need a serious logo.  So, Green Dog Productions, replacing my previous Beware My Wrath and Peng Productions (though I still may use Peng in the future...)
     Logo made by tracing a picture of my late dog, Goliath, in Illustrator, then titling in after effects.  TO see the whole Green Dog intro video, click here... http://youtu.be/ruWVWBLqGx8  Footage taken from my previous short, Dogs of War (his last role!)

Beware The Dentist!

     So, I was at the dentist today, and decided to play around with Daz...  Then once I had a render, I decided to take it into Photoshop...  Then this came out.  Not sure what it is; possibly a companion/villain for Gigawatt?  Jacket by wilmap.

E.H.U.D.: Prelude To Apocalypse

     So, for those of you who haven't been up to date with my other blog, The Realms of Neldak (see sidebar), I've been writing a novel, E.H.U.D.: Prelude To Apocalypse.  The story is finished, and although there's still some polishing up to do, I've decided to embark on an epic quest to adapt it into an interactive web-based adventure.  Think Hinson Totoro, but with more reading.  Anyhoo, I've been working up some artwork for the novel, and this is the background/menu for part of Chapter 1: Ashleigh spilling the tea.  Yes, that's how my 500 page long sci-fi political thriller begins.  Deal with it. The site, along with the first chapter and intro video, should be up soon.  Until then, please check out the book over at The Realms!

The Mysterious Fate Of Mister Hinson Totoro...

One should never say never, but...  It looks like Hinson Totoro is going on indefinite hiatus.  Even if I do finish the first game (Only 2-3 videos and some voiceover to go!) I will never truly be able to finish this first arc, due to the passing of my father, one of the key actors.  So, to not let so much work go completely to waste, I proudly present ALL THE BACKGROUND PLATES!  Created entirely in Photoshop using primarily pictures scrounged from Google, these took... a lot of time, and may have indirectly led to me failing a class.  What fun!  Hope you enjoy, and if you have any questions as to the specifics of these pics, please comment below. 

Action-y Action Figures...

So, way back in 2008, I began experimenting with stop motion and chroma keying.  Using my old point-and-shoot, I took a series of photos on a blue background, separated them in photoshop, and made the above, then the following.  I never really got back into it, save for a bit of Deadpool and Starscream, but it was fun while it lasted.  Enjoy!

Dungeons & Dragons For The Morbidly Obese...

     So, working for Rhett and Link...  I was recently given the job of finding some pictures for a sketch.  These pictures, that of a Troll, Dragon, Sorceress, and unnamed fourth character, were to be used as new circles on a twister board that in turn would be a part of THE MOST COMPLICATED BOARD GAME EVER!!!!!  (it should be coming out soon...  I'll post a link when it does...)  Anyway, being me, I instantly decided that the best way to "find" pictures would be to make my own.  Well, Daz studios comes preset with a dragon, a sorceress, a warrior (the unnamed fourth character), and I had already bought a troll, so....  Yeah.  I posed, lit, and exported for post in Photoshop.  Hope you enjoy!

Novacane

     So, being in filmschool, it seems crazy that I'd actually design a poster, right?  So anyway, last night my flatmate Raul asks me to design a poster to go with the script he's writing for class.  One plot description and fantasy casting session later, the above is what I came up with.

     Then come the revisions.  Turns out the title "Novocaine" refers not to the common dentistry anesthetic, but rather to the not-R&B song "Novacane."  Combine that with a darker color scheme to match Raul's tonal vision, and you have the above, final poster, ready for class display.  

     

     But if the above is final, what dwells below?

     My own little version, achieved by playing around with filters and then playing through Zac Efron's unedited face and hands.

     Anyhoo, hope you all enjoy this, and please feel free to leave comments and critiques!

Makin' Movies

So, I'm working on a short film (a real one, with a budget!) as a production designer.  During the early parts of development, I was tasked (along with my friend Kelley) with designing the characters' school uniforms, based on some ideas and images provided by our director.  We went out to Goodwill (always a good start) and took some photos of clothes.  I then took those photos, reconstructed the parts covered by hands and hangers, and colorized 'em.  Using Daz, I rendered out a little girl, then warped the clothes over her.  One posterization later, and this concept sketch was complete!  The design was ultimately rejected for something a bit simpler, but I think this 'sketch' is good enough to share (and to just show what the heck I'm up to here in Hollywood).  Enjoy!

Also, if you need a production designer, contact me; I'm good.  See?

That's The Business...

Business cards?  Business cards.

Rhett & Link!

So... I've got my Los Angeles internship... with Rhett & Link.  Yes, those Rhett & Link.  Here's a screen shot from 30 Rock, edited to look like a combination of--you guessed it--Rhett & Link.

The Pale Man...

Show of hands, who's seen Pan's Labyrinth?  I know, it was good, right?  Anyhoo, an interesting guest recently dropped by my school...  Doug Jones, the actor who played both the Faun and the mind-numbingly terrifying Pale Man (amongst many, many other roles.  Dang, I feel like going out and having McDonald's tonight...)  Having had some forewarning about the Jone's arrival, I set to work sketching the image above, based on a Google reference image.  The picture... isn't that great.  But you know what?  It was signed by the Jones himself, so I'm happy.  And below is a photo of the three of us!  Such fun we had together!  My beard was stroked...

Blender Miscellanea

Right then, a selection of items I've made in Blender (save for the first, which was Daz).  I haven't messed with Blender in a while, and have a lot of half-finished projects lying around, but I thought I'd share some renders of what little is finished.  So, in order:

A troll hunting a deer (or an antelope), made in Daz.

A penguin made for a logo design, my first experiment with UV mapping.  Still not totally finished.

A group shot of my two finished and rigged characters, Dan and Sperry, in an office environment.

A shot of Sperry wearing the headset I made him.  Originally planned for an episode of "Deadpool and Starscream," never used.  He also has a poncho somewhere on my hard drive.

In addition to these, I have a half-completed Pockett strip somewhere, and plan on releasing it... someday.  Have fun!

Gigawatt! again...

Hey, remember Gigawatt from two posts ago?  Well, he's back.  For those who don't know (surprisingly, I don't think I've mentioned it on here yet), I'm writing a book, published sporadically on my other blog, The Realms of Neldak (the link is in the bar on the left, but here's another: http://neldak.blogspot.com/ )  Anyhoo, in that book, Gigawatt is nothing more than a fictional character, and one of the characters has a Gigawatt action figure with a broken leg.  Thus the joints, thus the severed leg.  Seen here is a corrected, colored version, and the original ball-point version, captured using my snazzy scanner, a.k.a., my camera.  Also, I'm putting a tag in for Action Figure, even though this isn't really, just for theme's sake.  Please enjoy!

P.S.  First post from my new apartment in L.A.!