Meet Maurice

I'm gonna be animating him for the next month or so.

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Stuffs

                                                 invention            &           observation

&  study

some animatics from Concept Development: 

also, I want to do something with this:

you are the beautiful distress of mathematics

I said for you, I would peel open the clouds like new fruit

and give you lightning and thunder as a dowry

I would make the sky shit all of its stars like rain

and I would clasp the constellations across your waist

and I will make the heavens your keep

-Mos Def

ImagineFX Rising Stars Competition

the Sphinx

the Slumbering Tyrant

Pink

the Encounter

the Last Defiance of Hirobe

the Beast

the Encounter

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Sam Bosma / Coloring Linework Tutorial

Sam Bosma came to town, and what a neat guy he is, and he really loves to draw!

In case anybody missed his demo on how to separate linework to then color it, here goes!

Step 1, scan your drawing

Step 2, clean up your linework with the Level adjuster. This is easier when you're not using ballpoint or crosshatching, but it still works

 

Step 3, convert your image to grayscale mode (Image > Mode > Grayscale)

Step 4, now go to Channels, select the Gray Channel, then invert your selection (Shift+Alt+Command+I), copy, and paste. It will automatically paste your linework on a new Layer.

Step 5, make a new White Layer so you have your linework on one layer and your background on a different Layer

Step 6, on the linework layer, click the the little box next to lock, which will lock the transparency, so now you can only color inside the lines!

Step 7, convert back to RGB (Image > Mode > RGB, do not flatten when prompted) and have a color fiesta! And remember, you can even add a gradient to your linework layer, and it will only affect the line!

Wooo!!!!

Magique Jacques: 100th Post!

Hey guys, this is my 100th post! Holy cow! Cool! Shmowzow! Here's Jacques :D

He does magic!

Wow!

Robo-Dragon-Wizard-Speedpaint

This was one of those take-a-bunch-of-random-photos-overlay-and-distort-them-and-make-something-out-of-it speedpaints, inspired by Theo's demo. Probs like an hour and a half. 

PINK

Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while. This year so far has been...interesting.

Anyways, maybe you're tired of this one but it's done now (save for the final tweeks I'll make when I receive feedback). Unfortunately, the Cintiq messed up my levels and despite my best efforts the darks became black and some of the colors got blown out. I did my best to tweek it and I think this is pretty close o how I want it to look.

Cheers :)

EDIT 10/08/12