Still Very Busy Times

Posted in General Animation Bantor, Sketches, Finished on June 8th, 2009 by Jab

Work is still going strong at the Cologne animation studio, and especially fun because I’m currently getting a crash course in Flash with a pay on top.

What we’re working on is

Rudolf, the misadventures of a strange-looking rabbit-thing, thought up by Belgian animator, storyboard artist and director Rudi Mertens. Work will be outsourced to Asia soon but there’s a chance the Flash clean-up team will get to animate on episodes instead. Not a bad deal at all!

I haven’t really had the time to draw for myself much. The following two sketches are actually several months old.

Character Concept (Rejected)

Character Concept (Rejected)
Ghostly Baseball Player
Ghostly Baseball Player

Also, Mr Martinez tells me the demo for his upcoming graphic adventure Shades of Violet will be out soon. I think what they have put together looks fantastically good for an independently developed game and I’m very glad to have been given the chance to design the demo’s locations.

Layouts

Posted in Sketches, Finished on March 28th, 2009 by Jab

Much work all around.

Commissions for Heriberto Valle Martinez and his indie adventure game “Shades of Violet”. I hope to be able to play the demo soon.

Colours courtesy of Jon Tiu.

Hallowed Hallway
Hallowed Hallway
Children's Cradle
Children's Cradle
Rickety Road
Rickety Road
Rumpus Room
Rumpus Room

SteamBoys

Posted in Uncategorized on January 11th, 2009 by Jab

Some new, early character concepts.

SteamBoys
SteamBoys

2009 - Q’apla

Posted in Uncategorized on January 8th, 2009 by Jab

Happy New Year and Good Luck to you all.

Some quick -

People Sketches
People Sketches

- and a ruff -

Layout
Layout

It’s cluttered in places. Some good colour and strategic lighting should help but I prefer it if a layout reads clearly from the very beginning.

More Sketches

Posted in Uncategorized on December 2nd, 2008 by Jab

Hardly any time to draw for myself because I’m animating for a studio again. Good times!

More Quickies
More Quickies

Sketch Time

Posted in Sketches on October 22nd, 2008 by Jab
Quickies
Quickies

That Boy …

Posted in Sketches, Finished on October 6th, 2008 by Jab
... with the glasses
... with the glasses
The Nemesis
The Nemesis
The Mentor
The Mentor

Deep One

Posted in Finished on October 3rd, 2008 by Jab

Autumn has arrived in Germany and it has gotten cold.

I like this time of year because I appreciate the morbid moods of certain atmospheres. It’s also the perfect time to read some favourites, like “The Shadow over Innsmouth” by H. P. Lovecraft. Even though the story has decidedly racist elements, it’s an important, genre-defining horror novel.

Robert Olmstead
Robert Olmstead

I tried to do this in a Mike Mignola style because I’ve always admired how effortlessly he plays with shapes and hard light and shadows.

Creatures …

Posted in Finished on September 18th, 2008 by Jab
... that time forgot
... that time forgot

Nintendo’s Silent Hero

Posted in Finished on September 17th, 2008 by Jab

Another one done without outlines.

Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda