Here's a piece that will be in the "Project 57" group show, taking place Aug9-Sept6 in San Diego. It will be a benefit show for the Lewy Body Dementia Association. There will be work by artists from all over the country.  The show will be done in a silent auction style where people will be able to bid in person, by phone, or email.  50% of the proceeds will go to the charity.

 5"x7", acylic on wood panel.  It's done in the same style as my Legends of Norrath art cards, but with real paints instead of the digital method.   The picture was taken with the painting about 90% complete, so the final is slightly more polished. 

Project 57 flyer:

 juxtapoz event calender:here

Check it out, "Play Dead" made it into Expose 6.  I had no idea my work was submitted until I found out it was accepted.  Expose is an annual publication showcasing work from the world's premier CG artists, so I'm totally  blown away and completely honored to be included.  Here's a link to a related article http://www.destructoid.com/everquest-artwork-featured-in-expose-6-89848.phtml

Link to the book: http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose/expose_6/index.php

It's a wrap! The crew is coming together.  Thomas Sincich helped with some of the shots, the car timelapse and band sequences.  Steven Juarez did the awesome music.  Most of the footage was taken during the Distinction Gallery's Sub1k opening.  I remember just getting used to the new film equipment.  I had ghetto rigged together a steadycam out of steel pipes that weighed a ton.  I could barely walk 1 minute before my hand would start to sag.  I must have done something wrong because it was wobbling like crazy.  Eventually the darn thing snapped apart on me!   Fortunately we were able to get enough footage and the result is as follows!

 To see it in quality HD go here: http://www.vimeo.com/882019

So the crew hit the beach earlier this month.  Man it was pretty crazy, the cliff walls were sweating water and the low tide receded a hundred or so yards.  

A few buddies and I hit the Poway mountains to do some shooting. It was a nice afternoon day, the grass was fairing green this early spring, and the noble oak trees gave shade underneath rustic hues.

If you want to see the footage in full hd quality go here: http://www.vimeo.com/833445

otherwise hit play on the video below.

Andwella

Graven Embrace

Focused Aura

Legends of Norrath's second expansion goes live today.  Check it out!  http://legendsofnorrath.station.sony.com/inquisitor.vm

I did 8 cards this time.  Here's the full art for the Iksar Bandit

And a link to the card's discription:

http://www.tcgplayer.com/db/game_review.asp?AID=2163&PID=310&DBID=4

We didn't have time or budget to hire an animation studio to do our opening and transition sequences, so we decided to go the animatic route. Animatics are basically sequences of still images used to tell a story.  The sequences are overlaid with dialogue and music, kind of like an animated picture book.

Here are some stills from the Opening animatic: 

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Here are stills from an early cutscene titled Return to Dureth

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Here are a couple stills from the Epilogues, the end scenes.

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 Overall I did about 8 animatics in under two months time. I would guess around over 40 paintings many with multiple animating layers..

It was pretty intense but we pulled it off!

Tribunal's Judgement

 Play Dead

Valor of Marr

Froglok Krup Knight

They are shrunk down pretty small for the game, so the paintings were done with that in mind, meaning bold and direct compositions, simplified elements, etc.  They had to visually communicate their intent at 300x300 pixels.

Here's the final image.

photo by Christopher Blaikie