jack became my best friend

...over the past week.

forgive my blog hiatus. this is why:

this is work for my concept art class, taught by jake parker. if...you couldn't tell, it's jack and the beanstalk.

i most definitely did the majority of the work for this in...well...a few days? i sketched and inked them by hand, then took them digital. the film kind of took over my life this semester and the jack stuff was a huge push at the end. but i'm not done. i am calling it good for now; check back soon and you'll hopefully see better inked figures and such.

feedback is encouraged and welcome!

didn't davinci say something like, "art is never finished, only abandoned at an interesting point"? well....yup. guess that's how we roll.

a cottage for jack

so this semester in jake parker's concept design class, we designed characters, props and environments for jack and the beanstalk. we were encouraged to design it more traditionally, without changing the story or and making it more disney-esque. it was a good challenge.

i only wish i had more time to actually take advantage of having jake there -- he's an amazing artist and great resource for ANYTHING art. but, alas....

anyway, here's a preview of what direction mine is going.

more to come. likely when i'm not sitting in the final presentation for jake's class.

chairs and such

look, props! i'm in charge of creating estefan's salon chair. integrating spanish architectural style/structure of salon chairs/style of the film is a tricky machine, but i'm starting to figure it out.

shh...it's ESTEFAN!

i have the amazing opportunity to work on BYU's student short animation this year, Estefan! it's a film about the greatest hair dresser in the world, an his dealings with a...difficult client. i'm on the style team as part of the design team. it's lots of work to be a concept artist, and i'm loving it! above are early ideas for our title character.

finalish jack characters - fall '10

these aren't done, but they're my favorites from dave mcclellan's concept art class winter '10.

thar mah' favorites.

jack + beanstalk :: props/environments first pass

every good gardening giant needs his watering pitchers.

and every good king needs his goblet(s).

the giant's cottage: 

inside the prince's castle: 

 the castle/beanstalk:

jack + beanstalk :: animals first pass

jack + beanstalk :: characters first pass

for dave's concept art class fall 2010, we did jack and the beanstalk. i took the story and made it completely my own, which was fun. so, the characters might not look like the typical jack and the beanstalk characters.

had (still having) lotsa issues with mr. king man

scott's suggestion: left two could be the same person

totally had these done before class. sorry for the digital delay and terrible scanning quality!