este-hirsche!

so, i bowed out the estefan film during the summer, only because i started to go a little crazy with everything i had going on. i've hopped back on for just a few projects here and there. this is a portrait of estefan, in an al hirschfeld style. it's not fully approved yet, but we'll see how they like it. it was really fun to branch out into a style i've never tried.

estefaaaaann

well, pre-production for estefan is wrapping up! it's been a really fun journey to be a concept artist for the film and i've learned a lot. here's just some REALLY EARLY preliminary work from the film.

clockwise, from top left: style studies, refined prop study, quick salon shape studies, environment light & color study. we...study...lots

part of the 100 quick sketches we were asked to do at the beginning, just to explore ideas and directions

more quick sketches for estefan

these might look familiar...more refined sketches and my final estefan concept

studies for clara

part of rough style guide

yeah. not the most aesthetically pleasing portfolio ever, but i pulled it together in like...an hour? and a half, maybe? but, IT'S DONE. they just wanna see that i've been working. ...i have.

btw, this film is gonna be RAD. our director, design lead, producer and story lead are just rock solid (i work with them most) and such great people. some of my favorites. we also have such a fun crew working on the film. at times it's been stressful for sure, but when everyone works together, there's some crazy synergy that goes on. 

birthday chair!

today is my birthday! i spent the majority of the afternoon trying to figure out estefan's chair. so...i'm just going to say it's my birthday chair. unless i have time to draw something more festive (which is unlikely today). enjoy :)

wish i had a chair like this, actually. i bid you all a very merry my-birthday!

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.