- July 5, 2012
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xKore Background Art
For the xKore music video I created background art by ultimately modeling an entire downtown area in 3D.
- February 23, 2012
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Game Backgrounds for Social Titans
I did some style adaptation for this game look. The folks at Social Titans wanted a particular loose, painted quality. Several artists have been working on backgrounds, and the environments are really varied in the locations they depict. Surely this game is going to be a lot of fun to play. It’s certainly fun to make.
- November 30, 2011
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The SaltMarsh
The SaltMarsh is my second animated short. It is a work in progress, between assignments. The backgrounds shown here are first composed in storyboard form. The boards have enough detail to serve as a decent shot layout. From there I work on rough, cold press watercolor paper. I produce a black and white tonal painting with Japanese stick ink and traditional brushes. Next, I scan the painting on a large, high quality flatbed scanner. The painting is digitally colored, and eventually composited using a virtual After Effects camera.
- November 30, 2011
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“Near” Background Art
After traveling in Nepal, Japan, Peru, Hawaii and a lot of the American west, mostly with dusty boots and a backpack, I sat and pondered the pile of film I’d shot. I had worked in-house so much at agencies, production facilities and networks, that I’d never had time to animate something for myself. This was the time to start. The first thing I did was start drawing environments. Below are a few of the results.
