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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ghosts n' Goblins

Here's a hand painted piece i did based on one of my fave Videogames "Ghosts n' Goblins". I have spent many hours tryng to master this game on my nes, and i still can't get much further than the 3rd level. It will Haunt me FOREVERRRRRRR......

The 3 piece set is of the main character Knight Arthur in his 3 stages of health.







The Original Flash reference art.


Thanks for the comments on my last post. Since Mister Sun has decided to pop his head out, my hay fever has been going chicken oriental!! On the upside though it's rare for us Brits to be actually able to get a tan in England, this been a nation mostly known for been overcast at the best of times. :)

To answer the question from Jason in the comments from my last post, i simply scan the pencil sketch into Photoshop, then ink/trace the image in a mix of Illustrator and Flash. Nothing special! :)

Saturday, July 19, 2008

UY Girls

Here's are some characters from my fave longtime Anime series Urusei Yatsura.

Benten


Oyuki


Ran-Chan


I love this series, and the first and third movies are on my most watched films each year.

I've recently been getting into the idea of "Super Flat" style with my designs. Not quite the Takashi Murakami art movement, but the idea of having everything in a flat minimum color with super clean line work. Kinda works with my education of starting in Graphic design area, then moving into Animation.

As i kinda mentioned before, i really want to move away from other peoples thoughts and theories about what makes a good design and really push what i want to do instead (weather it be good or not!). Not that i don't respect or give a crap about others opinions, it's just that they have a habit of taking over.

People have a habit of making you feel that they're way, is the only way. And if you feel that you can't pull off they want, i puts you in a self slump which is hard to get out off.

Sorry about the whining, but hey isn't that what a blog is for??

j.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Retro Crap!

Er....can't think of anything to say?