May 27, 2010

Shrek Forever After: mood roughs

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Black prismacolor in a moleskine.










At the very beginning of Shrek Forever After I had the opportunity to do lots of mood roughs for some spooky new locations. I was the only artist on the show and was experimenting so I had the leeway to do these in acrylic (the last acrylic painting I had done for animation was in 2000). Some of the roughs led to finished photoshop paintings (which I'll show in a later post) and you can see their influence in the ogre camp location in the finished cut of the show.

May 19, 2010

Shrek Forever After

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Our final chapter in the Shrek series comes out this Friday. I did some early work on the show, tackling emotional color beats and sketches for new locations. I'll post some of those in upcoming weeks. This scene is a version of Shrek's house grown over and abandoned. We ended up going with something more barren but this swampy scene was a great subject to paint. (photoshop)

May 12, 2010

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How to Train Your Dragon: location design for the Cove.
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May 04, 2010

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How to Train Your Dragon: concept piece for the shoreline of Dragon Island.
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