Thursday, December 25, 2008

3 Maji

I was in the Christmas spirit and wanted to do a night scene painting so I put two and two together and created the 3 maji scene. I like how it turned out. Some problems with it but thats what learning is all about. Hope you guys dig it. Take care and Merry Christmas to all and Happy Holidays! See you in the new year. 09 baby!!!

-Biv

Thursday, December 18, 2008

SPAWN!!!


Havent posted in a while so I just wanted to put something up. We were talking about Spawn at work which inspired this. Nothing special, just wanted to test out some brushes. Ive been looking at a lot of concept work stuff lately. Hope you enjoy.

-Biv

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Storytime!!!




These are storyboards for a music video I did for my girlfriend Brandi. It was for a class project and the story revolves around a pregnant teen who goes through different situations and finally seeks to find help through the church. The story was a cool idea but there was a little confusion with some of the details which is why there are continuity problems. You live and you learn I guess. It was a cool exercise and I hope to work on more like this sometime in the future. I was a little worried at first, but she got an A on the project and her teacher loved it. Funny how things work sometimes in life. Im glad I could help her on it and I hope she knows how much I appreciate her for giving me the opportunity. Maybe I should tell her then? Lol Gotta go. Hope you all had a good weekend.

-Biv

Friday, October 31, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Pirates!!!




Sorry I havent posted more of my story in a while. Still trying to get settled in the new place. These are some ideas and sketches for the 3 main pirate crew and the other soldiers for ship; some peter pan and hook, and tic toc the crocodile. I cant believe how old these are. The designs have really come a long way since these were put together. Hope you enjoy! More on the way.

-Biv

Monday, October 20, 2008

Boar's Head


Things started to pick up on my end again. Just a little sketch inbetween games at work. No kind of significance really, just a sketch to loosen up a bit.

-Biv

Friday, September 19, 2008

SciFiDude aka i need to come up with better names

Something I was playing with after work. I found some new brushes for photoshop that Ive been messing around with. Getting some really cool effects and it's freeing up my hand a lot with the different textures you can get. I love doing faces sometimes. So iconic like a poster for a movie or something. You really connect more with the character that way. The next one I'm going to do a full body just to bring it all together. Done moving now but now I have to get my car towed! Crazy. Hope you guys have a good weekend.

-Biv

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hook again



Started taking another direction with Hook this go around. Had to make the character more sympathetic. Feels like so long ago when I did these designs. Lol. Just had to move so things got kind of messed up over on my end and my computer caught a bad virus so I havent been able to back up everything yet. Hope you guys have a good one. Enjoy.

-Biv

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Monday, September 08, 2008

Thundercats HO!


Little something I did while taking a break at work. I was looking at some of Cheeks stuff and wanted to do a sketch of Liono. I always loved this show as a kid. Not too crazy about the new 3d movie coming out but we'll see. Anyway hope you guys have a good one.

-Biv

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

More Hook Designs




This is when I started playing more with the idea of making Hook a samurai. Appreciate the suggestion Vignali. Really early exploration of samurai combinations. Enjoy

-Biv

Friday, August 22, 2008

Hook designs


Some early sketches of Hook. These babies are old old. I took a different direction with him in the end making the entire story China-esque. Enjoy.

-Biv

MM2



more mermaid sketches

Monday, August 18, 2008

Mermaid Test


A throwaway colored mermaid sketch I did to test out some technique choices in photoshop. Obviously based the colors are based on a certain mermaid. Try to guess who? Lol

-Biv

Tripping Comp


My computer has been acting up so I can't post like I want to. Hopefully I'll get it resolved soon. More PP stuff. Take care.

-Biv

Monday, August 04, 2008

The Pan Man




Hey guys Ive been in the lab working my behind off on this new stuff. I eventually want to turn it into something more, but for right now just getting a feel for the characters right now. Im redoing the Peter Pan story in China and changing some stuff around with the story. So far its been a crazy experience. Ive been doing a lot of sketching lately and kept redesigning everything to make it different from anything else. I will probably post a few more things from the story this work and after that post once a week. Ill put some more little doodles inbetween then to fill it up more. Trying to add a little more variety to the blog a little. Hope everyone digs it. This is stuff from early February, so its pretty old. Enjoy.

-Biv

Comic Con 2008

Man just flew back from comic con and boy are my arms tired! Lol. Lame joke I know. I had a really fun time. Got to see a lot of artists, met new friends, and got to take pics with Pikachu! I tried to meet as many people as I could, but there was just so much to do and see that I couldn't get to everything in time. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to go next year. Hope everyone else who went had a good time as well. Anyways bloggers, have a good one and I'll post some stuff from my new project I'm working on. Check it out soon. Take care.

-Biv

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Yoda Soda



Man I've so busy with all this stuff lately. Getting ready for San Diego, work has been picking up a lot lately, and a slew of projects on the side I'm slowing getting together. In the middle of all this I did a little drawing of Yoda last night while I was going through my old animation reel from school. I really liked the idea of using Yoda, but the concept didn't quite come together as well as I hoped. So to make it up to myself I redrew one of the keys I had made but with a lot more rendering. Its funny how you can look back at your old work and really see the progress you've made in such a small amount of time. Hope you guys enjoy. I'll try to post a little more in the next few weeks. Happy ID4!

-Biv

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Jazz man

Just messing around in ps at work while I was scanning some drawings in. Ill post some more stuff later this week when I get a chance. Take care

-Biv

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Future Girl


This is a sketch I did awhile back for a story idea I had. I admit, this character is loosely based on a character from El Grande. I liked the idea so much that I randomly painted her one day. Then I decided to use her for one of my portfolio pieces as an homage to them. If you havent already checked out the their site, then same on you! Hope you enjoy

-Biv

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Space Cadet

Just for kicks. Enjoy

-Biv

Monday, April 21, 2008

Ollie Johnston


Hey guys. Man I've been so busy lately. Got my portfolio I'm working on, and things have been real busy at work lately. Anyway, I just wanted to take the time out and comment on the recent passing of Ollie Johnston. The last of the "9 Old Men". A true inovator for his time and contributed to the foundation of animation that we aspire by today. I am very proud to be apart of his legacy and I hope that I can put my mark in a field where many have tried to go above and beyond just normal film making. Words can't express the what Ollie and his peers have accomplished, but I hope that we all can take pride and encouragement in their following. Take care.

-Biv

Friday, April 04, 2008

A Dream




Hey guys. Its Friday and I'm waiting for traffic to die down at work. If you didn't know, today is the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death. I think we as Americans take for granted what he has accomplished and the movement he stood for. I was listening to the radio this morning and they played a clip from the one of his speeches. Man, what a moving piece it was and made me think a lot about what it must have been like back then. It moved me so much that I wanted to do a little piece to commemorate it. It took me a lot longer than I planned but I'm glad I did it. Enjoy and I hope you all have a good weekend. Take care!

Peace and Love,
Biv

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Danger Mouse



A little sketch and digi colors I did of Mickey Mouse one day. I think the sketch turned out a little better than the actual colors, but oh well. Enjoy!

-Biv

Monday, March 31, 2008

My Chemical Romance!!! (its the cake)


Stage 6: Final

Stage 5: Shadows

Stage 4: Finished Flats and Highlights

Stage 3: Flats

Stage 2: Line Work

Stage 1: After work drawing


Hey guys!!! Hope you all had a good weekend. If you can't already tell, my 23rd birthday was this past Friday. Man where does the time go? Anyway, I wanted to do a drawing for myself but I didn't get around to it till after work today. Just a step by step process in photoshop messing around with some brushes. Let me know what you guys think. Trying to post a little bit more lately. Enjoy!

-Biv

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Next FridayS


Joe pointed out that I should've colored the previous post, almost forgetting I had already colored it!!! Crazy yeah? No not really? Oh ok. Lol

-Biv

Friday, March 21, 2008

FridayS!

Man its been a long month! Birthday coming up, work was crazy, and been working on my new portfolio. Been trying to keep up with the madness and in the process, made this dragon creature. I like the gesture of it a lot but took me awhile to get it how i wanted it. Feel like Im loosing it a little bit. Gotta hit it harder then! Enjoy and have a good weekend.

-Biv

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Quixote

Just a little sketch i did over the Christmas break and just colored it in photoshop while taking a break at work the other day. Nothing special just a little warm up and something to get my mind off the stress of everyday life. Hope you guys had a "good"weekend. Lol

-Biv