Last December I attended the Scott McCloud Theory and Practice 2-Day Workshop at LAAFA, and after 2 days of lectures and exercises, Scott asked us to pick a random word from a hat and make a story about it in 90 minutes. The word was CANOE, and that is all I was given. It was a really good exercise and it made me realize that I should do more short stories more often, really quick and dirty, just to see what comes out. Of course, this is a VERY revised version of the original, but the paneling and the dialog are virtually the same as the one I presented. But, seeing as I only had 5 pages, I decided to try some color for a change, and this is what I came up with. Enjoy! Ré.
Archive for ‘Independent Projects’
I Woke Up With Something In My Pajamas – Rated-R/NSFW – Also, Based on a True Story?
by Régis on July 5, 2011 at 12:50When was that last update again? Over 2 months ago? Nice! I like to keep things current and fresh. ANYWAY, this is what I’ve been working on for the past few months, and as the title of the post says, it is very Rated-R and NSFW, so please, don’t come complaining to me if you’re offended by this, or your kids are offended by this, your grandma, your dogs, etc… And yes, it is also based on a true story. Maybe something that happened to me many, many years ago. But, I’ll let you decide which parts are true and which aren’t. Enjoy!
Click on the thumbnail below to see the boards.
Ré
Hollywood Star FAIL – Big Dog Star
by Régis on July 11, 2011 at 22:27Absurdist stories about the life of a star in Hollywood. In this episode, Hollywood Star goes to the dog park.

I’ve been getting back to reading Hayao Miyazaki’s book “Starting Point” and coincidentally with my work, I too have gone back to my starting point this past week. I don’t think I’ve ever explicitly talked about it here, but it’s pretty obvious from the rough sketches I post that I tend to think visually with a simple red pen and newsprint paper. There’s something about the color and texture of red ink that just allows me to sketch so freely and endlessly; maybe the red just isn’t as absolute as black or blue, and it just feels so malleable, whether in tangible or digital media. This time, however, the difference is that I was finally able to emulate the same look of the pen and paper onto a Cintiq and Photoshop (with my own custom brush and scans of actual smooth newsprint paper for texture).
Also, I realized I really needed to update my character and concept design portfolio with new work, so this Photoshop brush/paper experiment really paid off – (though coincidentally, on the day that I finished customizing these brushes Photoshop, was the day that I went to the local art store to buy more sketchbooks and markers, so go figure).
Of course, these pages are just a small filtered sample of what I did this past week; I wouldn’t wanna just let you eat all the cake before it’s done, now would I? These sketches won’t go into my actual portfolio, but it’s a good indication of what’s to come: I’m working on two ideas: one within an old dark fantasy world, the other in a sci-fi/steampunk future. Hopefully soon I’ll have some new portfolio pages with finished work so you can see the end result of my thought processes. Enjoy!
Ré
Each year around this time I gather all of my work together once again for my yearly pilgrimage to CTN EXPO. This will be my third time going to it, and I’m glad it’s still going strong because with each new convention, I seem to make new friends and I have more fun than the previous year. So hot off the renders, here is my new animation reel, concept art, and storyboard portfolios. Enjoy!
Studio CATCH! Animation Reel 2011 on Vimeo
Studio CATCH! Animation Reel 2011 on Youtube
Concept Art Portfolio
Storyboard Portfolio
It’s been over a month since my last update, and a lot has happened, and a lot hasn’t happened. C’est la vie de le “freelancer”. Alors, voilá! L’art! (What’s up with all the french all of a sudden? Je ne sais pas…)
















