Friday, October 10, 2008

A pig who just lost 20lbs.
Piggie in the supermarket.
Pig stripper.
A pig about to discover gravity.
A pig's pig.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Stallion
Spirit during some of its more depressing development.
Spirit. C Dreamworks

Spirit. C Dreamworks

Friday, August 15, 2008

Saturday, June 14, 2008


Spirit, Stallion of the Cimerron. Copyright Dreamworks

River bank. 'Spirit'. Dreamworks




Lovers. 'Spirit'. Dreamworks


Racing the eagle. 'Spirit'. Dreamworks

Friday, May 23, 2008

I am particularly keen on what technology has given us daubers to work with. It seems increasingly irrelevant to paint and draw images (I include Photoshop) for animated films that are no longer 2D and graphic. To this end I often design in what I call Maya sketches; quickly built, virtual, 3D environments that will give me several viewpoints of the same scene. I can also change the lighting, the camera lens (say from 25mm to 100mm), and re-position or re-scale various elements which would take days, if not weeks, with pencil, paint or Photoshop. The posts here use only two Spooky Castle sets. Each set took about three days to complete but gave me dozens of different variations, four of which are posted here. I then render them out and tickle them up in Photoshop, if necessary.

Maya sketch. Spooky castle. Character design D Fiess.

Maya sketch. Spooky castle. Character design D Fiess.
Maya sketch. Spooky castle. Character design D Fiess
Maya sketch. Spooky castle.

Thursday, March 20, 2008


Pages from a recent sketchbook.

A page from a recent sketchbook.

Pages from a recent sketchbook.

Pages from a recent sketchbook.

Pages from a recent sketchbook.

Monday, January 28, 2008


Just for starters.
Happy hour in Transylvania. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Manicure. Personal project.

Riverdance. Personal project.

Pollock. Personal project.

Sunday painter. Personal project.



Rivals. Personal project.

Saturday, January 26, 2008



Copyright Dreamworks.


Sketch in Maya. Alien Musical.

Sketching in Maya. Alien Musical.

Sketching in Maya. Alien Musical.

DJ. Alien Musical.

Maxell FX. Alien Musical.

Musicians. Alien Musical

Copyright Dreamworks SKG.


Copyright Dreamworks SKG.

Old Wrinkley. Copyright Dreamworks SKG.

Copyright Dreamworks SKG.