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Fable 15

2011-12-22T08:48:00.000-08:00

FableVision turned 15! I made this little guy for the event.

Killer Croc vs. Batman

2011-10-14T07:01:00.001-07:00

I’ve got your scent, Batman. I’m going to hunt you down. I’m going to rip you apart, eat your bones.

- Fanartica -

2011-09-16T12:52:00.000-07:00

So besides keeping busy with a bunch of gallery shows coming up, half the reason this blog has been slipping is because my attention has been turned to *gasp* TUMBLR. My art buds and I have been posting all sorts of fan art goodies. The topic changes every two weeks, so it's a good refresh if I can think of something to draw.

The topics so far have been:

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90's Nickelodeon TV

"Legends of the Hidden Temple"

"The Adventures of Pete and Pete"

"Roundhouse"

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Wes Anderson meets Studio Ghibli

"Steve Zissou explores the diet of his new discovery"

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Classic Novels

"Bram Stoker's Dracula"

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If you want to check out what the others are doing, head on over to FANARTICA!

The next topic is "Adventure Time" to celebrate the release of Season one on DVD. So this should be a fun two weeks worth of postings.

See ya next time -

Keith

Roose

2011-07-29T15:09:00.000-07:00

The word apparently means "praise". This was what the random word generator picked for us this time on Creative Juices. Kinda random.. but it made for a fun scene! I really wanted to put a lot of emotion into that little guy, he's really proud of himself for freeing that tiny weirdo fly. haha

close up 1

close up 2

On another note- if you've found yourself on G+ and looking for people to follow, feel free to add me. I've been finding myself going that route more than twitter lately. Plus there are TONS of industry folk on there. Here is my page --------> click me

The Last One

2011-07-20T20:59:00.000-07:00

"Enclose"

2011-06-29T18:10:00.000-07:00

A quick half hour sketch for last week's WTD word: "enclose"

Poor little guy.

check out the rest here --- clicky

Expecto Patronum

2011-06-21T21:25:00.000-07:00

I decided to take a break from Lord of the Rings and take a bit of inspiration from Gallery Nucleus to conjure up my latest piece. Nothing like a Dementor's kiss to get your gears revved up at night. hahah

I always loved how creepy these guys were in both, the movie & book, so it was super fun to make them in my own illustration. I was going to show Sirius Black as well, but it definitely took away from the connection between Harry and the Dementor.

Enjoy!

My PreciousssssSSSsssssss

2011-05-24T13:56:00.001-07:00

He didn't get a ring, but he sure enjoys a good fish head. NOM NOM NOM

The making of a Hobbit

2011-05-05T19:16:00.000-07:00

Since I don't post many sketches, I figured I'd show you all some process video. This is about 26 minutes shrunk down to 4. You may notice that this particular Hobbit is next to Frodo... so one can only assume who he is. hehe

Creative Juices Art Show: THIS FRIDAY

2011-04-26T13:03:00.000-07:00

If you're in Boston and looking for some cool people to hang out with this week, stop by our studio friday! 6-10pm

Here is the official invite ---- click!

p.s. you could also get a free mini print of one of my pieces...

-Keith

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

2011-04-13T17:26:00.000-07:00

-Without getting most excellent stink foot.

I mean come on, look at those things...

Longbottom Leaf

2011-04-11T21:31:00.000-07:00

I've been told by many people, that these little guys are their favorite Lord of the Rings characters. Hopefully I do them justice. :D

True fact: Hobbit feet are probably the most fun thing you can draw. Try it.

-zoo

MoCCA ! a tiny recap

2011-04-10T18:01:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone, Renee and I just made it home from MoCCA. We saw a lot of great stuff and got to meet some really cool people. I'll just share with you a snapshot of some of the killer loot we scored.

Bob and Dan at the Heeby Jeeby table

Scott C drawing a stapler dude, me staring. haha

Nathan Stapley painting away. He was doing 1$ portraits allll freaking day. It was intense and also amazing. Thanks again, man!

Here is mine (he intentionally made me look like the kid from little house on the prairie, really... haha)

Renee's

All the loot. From left to right, Dan Moynihan, "Secret Prison"comics newspaper, John Martz, The Anthology Project, Nathan Stapley portraits, Scott C coasters, Jannie Ho, Corinne Mucha, Jerel Dye, Emily Carroll

There was SO much more art we wanted to buy, but you gotta stop at some point.

Volume 1 of the "The Anthology Project" I highly recommend these books to EVERYONE. It's a fantastic collection. Renee and I had to buy both immediately.

Renee and I had the pleasure of meeting Sam Bradley, Joy Ang (who did the mind melting cover for volume 1) and Katie Shanahan at The Anthology Project booth.

"The Seven Windows" by Emily Carroll from The Anthology Project volume 2

Scott C made some kick ass coasters from his "Great Showdowns" series. Anyone who is not familiar with Scott's work, please, click the link. So so funny. He has such a great sense of humor, and he's an all around cool dude. I asked him to sign my coaster, we both agreed that a stapler dude would be fitting for the Office Space showdown.

"Beetle Juice" Showdown

"Ghost" Showdown

"Back to the Future" Showdown

John Martz came down from Canada to say hi to us American folk. Really funny guy. I picked up his comic "Heaven All Day".

So that's about it, hope you enjoyed this little sneak peak.

-zoo

WTD "handrail"

2011-04-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

The word for this week was "handrail"?? Kind of a weird word to use, but hey, whatever. It did noodle my brain to think of something, another good creative exercise.

Here is the rest of the bunch this week. ----> link

Legolas

2011-03-21T19:51:00.000-07:00

Here he is, the lean mean string bean of the fellowship. Look at that nicely groomed tossle of hair.

-KZ

Piano teeth and Scrubby

2011-03-07T14:36:00.000-08:00

Here is one of the early designs for the game Bob and I are working on.

The background is still a really loose sketch, but I just finalized the characters. I wanted to share with you all since I especially enjoy how piano teeth came out.

-zoo

-and my ahhhx

2011-02-09T17:03:00.001-08:00

Gimli makes up for his small stature with a pretty epic beard.

WTD: Daylight

2011-02-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

Here is my entry for our WTD word: Daylight

see the other FV contributions

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

2011-02-02T17:04:00.001-08:00

YAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAHHHHHH!

-Keith

Mr. Frodo

2011-01-19T15:24:00.000-08:00

A worried hairy little man.

Ocean finish

2011-01-13T21:41:00.001-08:00

Ocean sketch

2011-01-12T08:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a sketch for the FV quarterly art project themed "Ocean"

Whether the creature is lending a helping hand or has some other tastier motives, is up to you.

I'll be posting the finish in the next post. Enjoy!

Happy 2011 everyone!

2011-01-02T11:05:00.001-08:00

random house.

2010-11-30T14:15:00.001-08:00

Space dudes

2010-11-30T14:07:00.000-08:00

where I work

2010-11-30T14:04:00.000-08:00

I did this for an FV promotional piece. I work in the tiny window on the top floor. haha

Purrcasso 2010

2010-10-21T16:29:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, some of you may know (most may not) about Purrcasso. If you don't, you SHOULD, cause it's awesome. Basically in a nut shell, it's a silent auction to help raise money for animals at the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society. They have all kinds of great artwork up for auction. Pieces by Pascal Campion, Bill Robinson, Brittney Lee and Alina Chau are a few, but there are loads more.

I am really excited to contribute. I was unfortunately a bit too late last year when Renee told me about it. But not this time!

Check out the site too, it's still not too late to submit, we (Renee and I) just sent off our images tonight. The artwork must be received no later than Nov. 5th. If you can, do it, plenty of little critters will really benefit from this!

So I hope you enjoy it, I think you've seen it before in an older post, but here it is again.

Pumpkin time

2010-10-21T06:42:00.000-07:00

For the third year now, my friend and coworker Bob has invited me and our other friends to his annual birthday/pumpkin party. It's always a good time, and I'm excited to see what everyone makes this year.

Here are the photos from last year: (link to bob's post)

* * * * * UPDATE! * * * * * * * * *

this is what I ended up carving:

a Mike Mignola inspired wolfman

Hope everyone has some time to carve one yourself!

Keith

SHIP IT!

2010-10-06T14:23:00.001-07:00

FV tower

2010-10-06T14:09:00.000-07:00

I just found this concept drawing I did at FV for a website. It was drawn in the "Pete" style. I especially liked drawing the old telephone. Enjoy!

wow.

2010-10-04T21:14:00.000-07:00

It seems like everyone but me is playing World of Warcraft...

So I decided to make an orc. Yes, he's drinking grog.

linework

Cape Cod in October

2010-10-01T22:49:00.000-07:00

Something funny - Happy October everyone

quick doodle

2010-08-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

Objects in the rear view mirror...

2010-08-17T07:42:00.000-07:00

I noticed that Bobby Chiu over at sketchoholic was having an interview with Chris Sanders, cool thing is that they are having a contest to go along with it. The theme was "nightmare" and the winner gets this awesome original ink from Chris himself! View the site: here

check out this beauty:

Wish me luck!

-kzoo

sculpting revised

2010-08-11T20:41:00.000-07:00

Just adding some more process shots before I really finalize the sculpt. I hope I don't roast her when I put her in the oven....

gargoylezzz

2010-07-15T11:35:00.001-07:00

Here's a little gargoyle dude, inked and colored in Flash.

web web web

2010-07-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

tweet tweet

2010-06-21T21:17:00.000-07:00

Woah hey! Didn't see you there, sorry I was distracted, posting 120 character tweets about art, junk, soapbox rants about Flash CS4 bugs, etc, etc. So if you are floatin' around in the twittersphere, drop me a line @keithzoo! Maybe we can chat about world news or something awesome.

sculpting

2010-06-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

So I've been a bit distracted as of late, work has been keeping my art bug at bay, and when I get home Red Dead Redemption has been severly eating away at my creative time. Well I beat the game, so I decided to do a blog post on what I've been cookin' up over here.

My last post I showed a quick sketch of a fishy looking girl, said how I was going to be sculpting again, well here are some process shots of what I got so far.

Front and Side sketches

Early aluminum foil bulk

Massed in the shape, created basic forms, mouth eye sockets, etc

gotta have a REAL process shot... thanks Renee

facial features are basically finished, needs another pass on details

by the next post I should hopefully be able to take some photos from our sweet new camera, the Canon Powershot S90. I look forward to some real nice macro shots with that bebe.

Moving ahead, I really don't know what medium I'm gonna paint her in, if anyone has any suggestions, I'm an open ear, just email me or comment on this post.

Ok that's it for now, thanks for tuning in.

- zoo

Sculpt

2010-04-29T09:31:00.000-07:00

I realized I haven't sculpted in a while, so I noodled up this little fish creature girl. I'm gonna love making those fishdreads. Stay tuned for some process shots!

smoke monster

2010-04-25T20:58:00.000-07:00

I've really been trying to push my darks lately. It's really a fun way of working, thinking in shapes, instead of lines. Really satisfying to see it all come together. -not to mention working in a limited pallet is a huge time saver.

keep on, keepin on.

kzoo

hello again

2010-04-24T08:10:00.000-07:00

Hey sorry I havent posted in a wee bit, been busy busy. At FV we had our Creative Juices show, which, I'll be posting photos of later.

But I wanted to plop this latest piece I did. It was a drawing I posted on here a while ago, but through the magic of the Coraline soundtrack playing in my headphones, became much more epic in color... haha

I'd like to think it's my own version of the cave of wonders. Enjoy!

wtd:BELLYING

2010-03-19T11:39:00.000-07:00

I think this is, by far, the weirdest word we've had so far.... but I'm happy it gave me an excuse to draw a jerk cat stealing lo mein noodles from some wimpy mice....

Bellying

other FV contributions over here

yeti

2010-03-12T13:11:00.000-08:00

YETI

Odin

2010-02-22T20:21:00.001-08:00

black and white

Norse mythology is so epic. Enjoy!

WTD: Ghostwriting

2010-02-19T11:43:00.000-08:00

–noun

a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to bethe author.

So here we have, GhostRider, ghost writing. I can only assume it's a romance... ha

enjoy!
kzoo

other fv contributions here

The Lifted Brow: Atlas

2010-02-12T07:33:00.000-08:00

I was contacted a few months ago by a fellow named Ronnie Scott. Ronnie is the editor for an Australian magazine called The Lifted Brow. It's really got something for everyone, it comes with 2 CD's of music (43 songs total), loads of short stories, comics and other artwork.

The theme for this edition was "Atlas", so we were all instructed to choose a country, and (in my case) illustrate it.

I just received mine in the mail, so I'll share a few photos with you guys. The whole thing is really amazing.

Check out the The Lifted Brow's website to check out more info about them. Unfortunately this edition is already sold out, but it looks like they are doing another short run. theliftedbrow.com

Here is another look at the piece I did for the magazine. -older post

enjoy! Have a great weekend.

-KeithZoo

sisquatch!

2010-02-11T21:32:00.000-08:00

just a fancy sasquatch in a smoking jacket... ha

wtd: welcomed

2010-02-05T11:34:00.000-08:00

I decided to do something a bit more lighthearted for this weeks word, "welcomed". Enjoy!

-also check out what everyone else did at FV here. ---------> click!

-kzoo

wtd: preparation

2010-01-22T10:12:00.000-08:00

here is what I did for the creative juices word of the week: preparation

have a good weekend everyone!

you can see what the rest of the crew did here

-kzoo

feelin' brushy

2010-01-14T19:44:00.001-08:00

more brush pen fun. enjoy!

artrage 3.0

2010-01-13T21:49:00.000-08:00

trying out the new ArtRage pro, feels good! I inked it with my brush pen, scanned then colored.

mouth crystal 2.0

2009-12-17T09:30:00.000-08:00

here is the new ink, going for a tenNapel flavor on this one. Next up, coloring this sucker in.

mouth crystal

2009-12-07T14:58:00.000-08:00

just a quick color study

**revised more**
-added more details, different color scheme. I think it's heading in the right direction, but does it need a character on the bridge? Possibly....

I think I'll finalize the drawing and put it in art rage, check back to see the final image

z

doodle vision

2009-12-07T12:52:00.001-08:00

doodle wave

2009-12-04T08:01:00.001-08:00

here is a little doodle we did in our artist meeting this morning.

blog? what blog?

2009-12-03T09:19:00.000-08:00

hmm hello blog, I haven't visited you in some time. Don't worry I will be adding a great number of things very soon, right now I have bigger fish to fry.

As some of you may notice, my website www.zoolawnick.com has become quite outdated.... FEAR NOT! I am currently reconstructing it from the ground up, and I will be unveiling the brand new site hopefully before the new year. Since I work 100% in flash at work, I thought it would be fitting that my site reflect what I do at Fablevision. The new site will have animation, illustration and even some games. Stay tuned!!

until then here is a tiny sneak peak at it.

WTD?! Espouse

2009-10-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

This week's "What the Doodle?" word over on Creative Juices is espouse.

"Espouse" (v)

to adopt, embrace, take up, accept, welcome, support, back, champion, prefer
to adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life

I thought with Halloween creeping around the corner, I would jazz this week's wtd?! with a bit of sci fi..

...someone is getting a ride home tonight.

Buyer Beware!

2009-10-15T07:07:00.000-07:00

So i just found out that my friend Julia has had her artwork literally ripped right off the web, and sold as "original" artwork on Etsy under the shop name "Vintage Childhood". We all know people lift images off the internet, but it's another thing to see it happening right in front of you. It's so aggravating that someone had the guts to steal low res 72 dpi images, and sell them as originals, claiming that he/she has used only the "best paints" to create it.

So in the end, not only does the ACTUAL artist get ripped off, but the buyer gets a shitty pixelated piece of artwork, no refund, out of luck. Not to mention that you really can't do anything about it, unless you wanna shell out thousands of dollars on legal fees.

ya. awesome.

-z

Here are some related links:

-I would post the link to the vintage childhood shop, but Etsy has since removed the site.

http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/

http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/1397/Create-An-Audrey-Kawasaki-Style-Wood-Girl.html

family time

2009-09-29T14:22:00.001-07:00

WTD?! Trace

2009-09-18T08:16:00.000-07:00

Latest word to crawl our way at FV was..... trace

along with the color study

Check out all the rest of the contributions at Creative Juices -also don't forget to check out our new revamped site over at www.fablevisionstudios.com

bLARgh

2009-09-15T13:35:00.000-07:00

YArgh!

WTD?!: stubble

2009-08-14T07:32:00.000-07:00

Just a hint of jealousy...

check out other FV contributions here

Terrible Yellow Eyes revised!

2009-07-28T22:22:00.000-07:00

before

after

So I was over at Terrible Yellow Eyes, drooling over what everyone had made and I started to glance back at what I had created for Cory. I was (and still am) satisfied with how it came out, but I always felt like there was something missing. I think I always felt like there was a lack of soul in the beast. My intent was to make him jovial, so in doing so, squish up the ol' eyeballs and make him squint. However, considering Max is facing away from the viewer and the second beast is basically a faceless creature in the shadows, this basically leaves us with three characters without eyes.

So I noodled with it a bit, I personally think I got what it needed. Now you can see a spark of life in his eyes, and a bit more sense of curiosity.

-also another note, I think having his eyes open, lead the view up and around the illustration. Where as, when they were closed, you kinda just stopped on his face.

Let me know what you think, maybe I'm wrong!

-kzoo

More LotL goodies

2009-07-28T21:50:00.001-07:00

hmm a bit late. WTD:publicity

2009-07-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

he will ruin all your hopes and dreams. fear him, human.

seriously tho, I forgot to put this up on here. Sorry guys!

shh. secrets

2009-07-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

TOP secret! well, maybe. I'll look into that actually...

for now, check this out!

LotL

2009-07-28T14:51:00.000-07:00

It's funny, everyone always makes fun of me for wanting to make things glow in my illustrations. So what better way to do that, than shove an actual lightbulb behind it! ha!

check it out!

Please excuse the cruddy image quality. These are photos from the hallway at work.

original image below-

bunny man!

2009-07-24T08:53:00.000-07:00

If you want to try out this little dude, click around! If you want to see him LARGE click here

soul patch

2009-07-24T08:51:00.000-07:00

maskmin

2009-07-08T21:46:00.001-07:00

Here he is! Watch out girls!

- side note, he will eventually have arms... this isn't done yet. ha

WTD: Razor

2009-07-06T09:17:00.001-07:00

It's a bit late, but here is what I did for WTD: Razor. Check out more at the Creative Juices blog

Terrible Yellow Eyes

2009-06-05T11:08:00.001-07:00

Hey do you remember Where the Wild Things Are? Cory Godbey certainly does! He had the fantastic idea, to not only pay tribute to this classic himself, but to gather a wild army of illustrators to help him out. "We share a love and admiration for Sendak's work and the pieces we present here are done as a tribute to his life and legacy."

Every friday for the past 3 weeks, illustrations start trickling into his blog Terrible Yellow Eyes. Cory himself has posting 5 or more beautiful pieces already, and it has been a blast to watch the variety of illustrations pop in.

Check out my contribution entitled: "Terrible Treeshaker" -thanks Cory ;)

M&N 2.0

2009-05-29T11:04:00.001-07:00

Ok! Got them all colored up and ready to go! Hope you enjoy em dudes and dudettes.

M&N

2009-05-18T19:56:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here are some sketches for a "super top secret" project I'm working on... well, it's not secret, or a project, but they are fun! Check em out, FV'ers lemme know if you recognize them ;)

"Vinyl"

2009-05-08T10:44:00.001-07:00

ello ello! So at FV we are collaborating on something called WTD (What the Doodle!?) Every two weeks(ish), we will be running a really fancy word generator, then creating an illustration of that word. This week we happened to get "Vinyl", so enjoy!

To check out the other doodles, crawl on over to the Creative Juices blog

Late night sketches

2009-04-15T09:22:00.000-07:00

ol scribbly sketchbook stuff!

"finished"

2009-03-10T21:53:00.000-07:00

a splash of epic

2009-03-06T12:43:00.001-08:00

ode to hokusai

2009-03-06T09:17:00.000-08:00

Creeps McValentine

2009-02-11T15:20:00.000-08:00

I spun my latest sketch into a FV valentines card.

<3 precious.

ha.

creeps mgGee

2009-02-10T14:59:00.000-08:00

Castle Crashers awesome!

2009-02-03T12:10:00.000-08:00

Hey there! I just wanted to post this process video from the folks at The Behemoth, makers of the game Castle Crashers. First and foremost, it is possibly the funniest game on the Xbox 360. All of the artwork was originally created in Flash, then pumped into the system.

Altho the game, by design, is just a button mashing frenzy, it really feels like your are experiencing an interactive illustration, making it feel much more engaging than your average streets of rage type game. (TMNT and simpsons arcade game would also apply there) :)

Please enjoy the following video.

Frost King from The Behemoth on Vimeo.

If you would like more information about The Behemoth or Castle Crashers, check out their site over at

http://www.thebehemoth.com/index.html

If you do have an Xbox360, xbox live account and lots of free time to waste.... ha

download the game. seriously, it's amazing.

Flash Illustrations

2009-01-23T14:40:00.001-08:00

Here are a few more random doodads. Sketched, inked and colored all in Flash.

Click on them to see the crisper versions.

-z

Shout out to my friends in Mauritius!

2009-01-23T14:15:00.000-08:00

Thanks for viewing my blog. It's nice to know that I have an audience on your island.

-In case anyone would like to know where this fabulous island is, check this out!

Rock on,

Z

http://www.quatre-bornes.com/comments.php?id=586_0_1_0_C

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaines_Wilhems

work in progress

2009-01-19T22:44:00.000-08:00

-work in progress! I'm gonna finish up some loose ends, then throw it in photoshop to add some extra magic. Check in later to see the finished version.

-z

2009-01-14T14:52:00.000-08:00

Mid-day sketch!

-z

2009-01-13T15:18:00.001-08:00

You know, there is something really satisfying about doing loose oil paintings. Having been in watercolor, Photoshop and Flash for so long, I can see myself getting more and more cramped up. I know painting digitally is no substitute for REAL paint, but doing these last few pieces has really been relaxing! ..sigh I wish I wasn't allergic to oil paint...

This last piece is still a work in progress. I cropped it so ya'll could see the details, but ya know, I actually like it better!

enjoy.
-z

dudemin

2009-01-12T15:07:00.000-08:00

Bob, recently told me about this program called artRAGE, it's essentially everything you want to do in Painter without worrying about all the rest of the bells and whistles.

anywho, just made this real quick like. check er out!

3 more

2009-01-08T09:00:00.000-08:00

Hilarious

2008-12-22T13:10:00.000-08:00

-

http://hickee.blogspot.com/

Also check out Graham Annable's blog for all sorts of fun things! ^-^

http://gricklethings.blogspot.com/

more more

2008-12-22T08:17:00.001-08:00

A taste of things to come

2008-12-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

character designs from Lure of the Labyrinth

LoL

2008-12-03T12:25:00.000-08:00

Here's a trailer we made (Fablevision) for the new game Lure of the Labyrinth!

doodle doodle

2008-02-23T15:47:00.000-08:00

I love when you are on the phone, grab a pen and doodle away.

Here are some faces Ive collected over the past few weeks.

Light Crazy

2008-02-21T20:01:00.000-08:00

Hey there,

this one goes out to my mom. :)

I did this for her, for the holidays.

love ya!

Flash vs. Photoshop

2007-10-06T08:42:00.000-07:00

***Disclaimer***

The image above was created for my producer Shannon's wedding card. I don't really dig the whole wearing dresses thing.... hahaha :)

ok! now the post.
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So I have been going through a transition lately. I have been working in the digital medium for about 5 years now, and most of that time I have been in Photoshop. I would draw with pencil, scan in, and do some photoshop magic on top.

Lately tho, I have forced myself to start creating things 100% digitally. In photoshop the drawing tool is clumsy and lame. It just looks crappy. Flash on the other hand, does a fantastic job of making line look crisp and clean. And no, drawing digitally still can't achieve soft pencil lines, it does do a great job of making something look inked.

Granted I took this route due to my job; watching my coworker Bob, create masterfully inked comics and images. I figured I would give it a whirl.

It has really been a HUGE time saver. Instead of sketching, redrawing on a lightbox, running to the scanner, scan scan scan, upload to the server, grabbing the file, THEN finally bringing it into photoshop. I now have 2 steps, draw and color. Done. In an environment where things need to be turned around rather quickly, this process is extremely necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I still love drawing with a pencil. There is nothing else like it. Much like how digital paint can never give you the same sensation as painting with watercolors or oils. They are 2 totally different animals. However ALL methods will still eventually result in the same way in the end. So go with what makes you happy! -or with what gives you the least grey hairs, when working under tight deadlines ;)

Bob Ross said it best, "let's go make some happy little trees."

Minotaur

2007-10-06T08:36:00.001-07:00

Hello all,

Sorry I have been putting the blog on the back burner... I've been so busy cranking out stuff at work, it really makes me want to come home and just zone out.

Anywho, here is the latest character design I have been working on.

-seriously I'll try to update more. EEP! :)

-Keith

Pigman

2007-07-27T14:18:00.001-07:00

Hmm.. kinda looks like a cross between Hellboy and an orc. I'm not influenced at all! HA

Art Beast!

2007-07-19T21:41:00.000-07:00

So Davis Sq. has a cool little festival each year called art beat. All local artists come together, share things, it's pretty cool. ( so I've heard) hey come on! I'm new to the area!

Anywho, my buddy Naomi was asked to build a big balloon monster for the event. Her being shmooze-tastic and all, mentioned where she works, Pete's name, and that she is in daily company with a slew of illustrators. So long story short, all us fable folk are making some monsters for her.

enjoy!