Sketchin' Thoughts

Hello there! You have such fun, wonderful character designs. Seems like all you CalArts students get to have way more fun than us super serious Art Center people. I always wanted to go to CalArts but ended up at Art Center instead, which has been good in it's own ways. BUT we're super technical and as a result there's little emphasis on shape. Do you have an advice on pushing shape in character design and any PS brush suggestions? I'd like to find some decent pencil/water color/gouache brushes.

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:10:51 -0700

Thank you so much! Yeah CalArts was huge on pushing shape in our drawings. A lot of the teachers would give the advice to draw something, then walk across the room and see if you can still understand what’s going on. Another good thing to try is look up blogs that have art you love and try to redraw the drawings as if you were thinking of them yourself. It’s a great way to learn about shape language while also trying to step into the shoes of whatever artists you look up to. :)

As for PS brushes I can’t say too much, most of my brushes are either default brushes that I’ve messed around with the settings or just collecting from friends. If you’re going specifically for watercolor/painting look, I would suggest downloading free brushes online with a rough texture and from there adjusting the color variation settings. Usually the combination of the rough brush with those adjusted settings can look awesome, especially since most artist opt for only flat colors.

Hope that was helpful! :)

Annnnnd now Mordin

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:25:35 -0700

Annnnnd now Mordin

Do you have a lot of mass effect fan art? Because the 2 things in the world that literally mean most to me are disney and mass effect and your art combined the 2 and i am screaming like a little girl omg xD I LOVE YOUR ART all of it

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:05:21 -0700

Thank you! Not too much is posted but I love drawing it. :D I’m actually replaying the games right now so I’m planning on posting more!

Random mass effect fan art. D: Legion is one of my favorites.

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:46:01 -0700

Random mass effect fan art. D: Legion is one of my favorites.

Just some fun!

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:07:02 -0700

Just some fun!

Doodle! I hope there’s a way to get some of the older...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:02:51 -0700

Doodle! I hope there’s a way to get some of the older generation starters in Pokemon X and Y. That would be amaaaaazing.

Messing with Procreate on the iPad.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:04:59 -0700

Messing with Procreate on the iPad.

givememountaindew: Spring Break means I gotta animate and paint...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:53:36 -0700

givememountaindew:

Spring Break means I gotta animate and paint BGS all day every day

These are looking SO awesome Sam!

Ideas for a new film. =)

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:32:38 -0700

Ideas for a new film. =)

Photo

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:13:52 -0700

Photo

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:05:00 -0700

So lately I’ve been thinking of some new ideas for a film...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:15:32 -0700

So lately I’ve been thinking of some new ideas for a film that star the same deer character as my third year film. Would anyone be interesting in seeing that? I feel like I could do more animation-wise with the character since I wouldn’t have a deadline to meet.

So I got a brush stylus for my iPad called the sensubrush, and...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:52:46 -0700

So I got a brush stylus for my iPad called the sensubrush, and it’s SO AWESOME. A little pricey ($40), but worth it if you’re hoping to paint on an iPad. This was just a quick sketch I did testing it out using Procreate.

I should be in bed instead of drawing Pokemon. =(

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:01:00 -0700

I should be in bed instead of drawing Pokemon. =(

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:33:46 -0700

Chespin is not here because nobody likes him anyways. =|

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:59:00 -0700

Chespin is not here because nobody likes him anyways. =|

One more before bed!

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:32:12 -0700

One more before bed!

My default always seems to be Pokemon when it comes to art...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:53:00 -0700

My default always seems to be Pokemon when it comes to art blocks.

aprilrosblog: basically. the new mass effect dlc is the...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:52:51 -0800

aprilrosblog:

basically. the new mass effect dlc is the greatest thing ever.

heheheh

Getting closer maybe? His forehead is so weird to proportion. 0...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:33:00 -0800

Getting closer maybe? His forehead is so weird to proportion. 0 _ 0