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Getting back into painting… "And I said to him like, whatever…"

by Régis on August 9, 2009 at 12:19
Posted In: Hockey, Love, & GUTS!

It’s been a while, but I just felt the urge to paint again. Chapter 3 of “Hockey, Love, & GUTS!” is taking a little longer to finish and the disappointment of unemployment is only exacerbating that progress. But, it’s getting there, and I’m trying to find ways to keep me motivated to keep writing and drawing. So I decided to take the character of Mercedes into a more colorful realm, trying to maintain the line weight and quality that is so strong in the black and white drawings, while giving some dimension and developing a style that fits with my tastes. Also, lately my blog has gotten quite a lot of views from 9 fans (I’m looking at you “9 Movie Boards”) and that’s gotten my riled up to get back into character concept design. So what better way to practice than to use my own characters.

Character Design is of course as hard to describe as art, so I’m not going to get into definitions here, and only talk about and show what I like, and you’ll probably get a feeling for my tastes. It may come to no surprise that I am a fan of the artists at CAPCOM and SNK. I’ve grown up being flooded with their art work, so it’s hard for me to even think without their influence. Recently though I decided to look at my art books again and do some “art studying.” I’ve noticed that while the Capcom artists differ wildly in style, their line work is still the thing that governs a lot of their color and compositional choices. I think that’s what keeps their illustrations feeling “cartoony” and fun, being very realistic, yet not explicitly. Subtlety is key, and I revel in that.

So expect more to come. These didn’t take that long to do, and hopefully I’ll only get faster at doing them. Well, for one, they help me relax from all the story brainstorming I have to do while drawing panels and pages of the comic. So enjoy the progression below of my thought process and feel free to give me tips on that too.

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Check the finished piece after the jump

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SDCC, 9, Her Lion's Jump, and Miyazaki… oh, and yeah, I'm still working on my comic.

by Régis on July 20, 2009 at 22:06
Posted In: Her Lion's Jump, Hockey, Love, & GUTS!, Influences

I didn’t plan it that way, but it seems like it’s all happening this week. My short film “Her Lion’s Jump” was selected to screen at Comic Con, which is fantastic, of course, but its screening schedule is right against “the 9 panel” so, I’ll be missing all the audience excitement for that. And I can only imagine it will be intense if the panel at Wondercon was any indication, plus this one has most of the cast, Shane himself, some surprise guests, and heck, it follows the Hayao Miyazaki panel! But, it’s all good, I’ll come prepared. So much so that I’ll be in and out of the Con very quickly, to see the master himself in Berkeley on Saturday. I presume the Miyazaki lecture up north will be more civilized, or maybe just lacking fanboys with 15 part questions… oh wait, I’ll be there! 0~0

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Doin' it Wright?

by Régis on July 20, 2009 at 15:53
Posted In: Random Sketches

Since coming back from NYC, and after having experienced an extensive Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition, I’ve noticed that my figure and life drawing has been greatly affected by Wright’s compositions. The idea of framing models and thinking about compositions even in a figure drawing class had been introduced to me years ago when I took some classes by famed muralist and anatomist John Watkiss. But, I think only now, (almost 10 years later) am I beginning to understand what he was talking about, and I think the Wright exhibition was a catalyst in my understanding of composition, lighting, design, etc…

I know, I’m boasting right? But where else can I be allowed to it if not on my blog. Well, enjoy and come up with your own critiques. 😉

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More sketches after the jump

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NYC Sketches, Summer Plans, and Film Festival News

by Régis on June 28, 2009 at 20:51
Posted In: Random Sketches

NYC was a blast! My first time and possibly my shortest vacation ever (I was only there for 2.5 days) but it was enough to conjure up these sketches below. (The first one however is from May, drawn at the Pasadena Huntington Gardens, but I thought it’d fit the series here.)

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One for the Road

by Régis on June 12, 2009 at 18:53
Posted In: Hockey, Love, & GUTS!, Random Sketches

I’ll be at the KidsFilmFest http://www.kidsfilmfest.org/films/ in Brooklyn, NYC this weekend! I’ll be back in town on Tuesday, June 16th. Here’s a sketch of Pearl to keep you tuned in until then. The comic is still in B&W mind you, but maybe this will become part of a cover someday…

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Ré

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