Saturday, August 17, 2013

Yet Another Totoro


Totoro (character design by Hayao Miyazaki) - graphite
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One of my favorite characters to draw, because the shapes are so simple that proportion is the key. He's basically a big oval with arrows on his head. Been wanting to show texture with his fur. In earlier posts I had used a looping pattern for shading fur. This time I was referencing a Tim Flach photograph of a panda bear from his book "More Than Human", and decided to shade with contour hatching. Great book by the way if you want beautiful references of animal skin/fur/scales textures.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A Toy Story


mixed media: pen & digital
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This is a character design sheet for Danielle Ameen of Treefort Five - plush designer. I had backed Treefort Five's Kickstarter campaign which had a pledge option to have a plush custom made based on my own design. I decided to use an existing character - Mr. Muchacho! with a few design modifications for a plush (subject to further changes). Can't wait to see what she does with it!

Monday, August 12, 2013

Dumbo


pen & marker
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