Happy 2014!

I haven't posted here for at least a month or so due to many things happening in my life some good and some not so good. Anyways I am getting through it all and am here in 2014 ready to rock! Hey I started three sketchbooks on January 01 and here is the first page from each of them. Cheers and I hope to post all types of stuff in this next year.

TURN Storyboards

Posted here are some storyboards I did last month for Gyro an Ad/Media Agency in San Francisco that I do work for on occasion. The storyboards were for a live action 30 second ad that was filmed recently and aired during the 2012 season finale of MAD MEN on AMC. Here is a link to it...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlt6vo6w_w I actually had time to color these storyboards which is something I rarely do and it is always fun to see how closely the director follows them. I don't expect them to really be followed all that closely seeing many a time storyboards are used as a springboard of sorts for planning and setting up shots. I have storyboarded two short films and many other live commercials in the past decade or so.

The Shrieker

A pencil drawing that just come out as I was playing around. A creepy figure emerges and a shriek from her causes your spine to tighten up from the fright of this sudden situation! You are frozen as she approaches her intentions unclear! Pleasant scares!

Cellar Dwellers

Another pencil drawing of creepy imagery inspired by things that go bump in the night. Or maybe beings creeping around in your cellar such as in this image. There is something about starting down the stairs into a dark basement, if you are in that creep-ed out mood. When I was a kid in New York we had a nice damp basement, but I never found any nasty character hanging around in it. Chills to you!

Dark Visions

Another pencil drawing I did earlier this week. I have been really into this pencil drawing in the last few weeks. I tend to not do this much rendered pencil work. Usually it is loose and light and inked later. I have been getting into Lovecraft stores again and even listening to an excellent podcast series on his work http://hppodcraft.com/

So I am sure a touch of Lovecraft went into this drawing here. Pleasant scares all!

The Quiet Moment

More imagery I have created in the past week inspired by Halloween and the horror genre. This is a pencil drawing of the Frankenstein creature based on the Universal version. He is having nice moment hidden away from those pesky villagers and he found a new friend. Chills!