I am a animation storyboard Artist, currently working on Star Wars Rebels.
Had a free day, so I packed the new gouache set and headed out to the family winery. The skeleton of my old tree house is this oak tree by a pond there. Lot of good memories in that tree… as well as a lot of ants.
No reference. Just a random seascape I made while playing guitars and doodling late night with my brother.
I’m away from Hong Kong and working in Emeryville for a few weeks. Without the kids around I have extra time at night. With this in mind I picked up a set of Winsor & Newton gouache paints to play around with. Honestly, I can’t think of a better way to pass an evening than drinking good wine and drawing with old friends. Here is my contribution to last nights little drawing party.
The completed book.
The final third of the book. I would have had posted it sooner had I not misplaced the sketchbook. It went missing for a few days. After a good deal of stress and several fruitless searches I found it, of all places, in my drawing bag. Boy did I feel like a fool.
The second third of my pocket sketchbook. At this rate I should be able to finnish up within the week.
I’m working on a new pocket sketchbook. Quick, fast and loose this time. Most of it was drawn at the dinner table, while ridding the train or while watching my kids play. About half way through the book at this point. The rest to come shortly.
Just backed Super Awesome Sylvia’s WaterColorBot project over at Kickstarter. I’m so excited. Can’t wait to play with this thing. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1894919479/super-awesome-sylvias-watercolorbot-0
Wacky-train-drawing-fun-time with my boys always yields silly stuff like this overly ornate mechanical wonder vehicle. I christened her the the grandiloquent express.
I wonder what Thomas the Tank Engine would say to such a classy girl?
For your amusement I present the unabridged contents of my latest sketchbook.
Most of the work is exploratory ideas for a feature film I have been dreaming up about giant moths. As part of my research for the film I have also been actively photographing and ID’ing Hong Kong wildlife on iNaturalist. If you are a nature buff I encourage you to check out iNat its a pretty incredible resource. A few of the critters from my nightly moth hunts have ended up on the pages below.
The book itself is a moleskin watercolor pocket, 3.5 x 5.5in. Its pretty small so on your screen the art may appear magnified. It was completed over the course of three months and drawn entirely in Hong Kong. I finished the last page on June 6th, 2013. Front to back, the medium is pencil and watercolor, with the occasional gouache touch up.
As always enjoy, let me know what you guys think.
