Season 2.

Photoshop. 2007. Copyrights Sony Pictures.

Season.

Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

A Little Precision.

      In the interest of fairness, I must explain how this last image came about.

      I think everybody is aware that the making of animation feature films is a collaborative process. In the past ten years, the increasing use of Photoshop has allowed artists to share, re-use or transform elements of digital files and re-combine them to produce new images (much like digital  sampling in music). Amongst other advantages, this process makes it easier for a group of artists to work in a consistent style.

      This last image and the next few color images are the products of such process. I used bushes, trees and rock elements as well as special brushes for grass and flowers, created by the art department of 'Open Season'. I imported, scaled, placed and adjusted these various parts to fit my composition and added characters and lighting. 

      The artists who created most of the individual elements originally were Andy Harkness and Mike Humpfries. Other parts came from paintings by Mike Kurinsky, Jim Finn, Gerry Loveland, Dean Gordon or Will Weston.

     The characters were originally designed by Carter Goodrich.

Cheers.

Back to the Old Road.

Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

A Last One for the Road.

Digital Photograph. 2008.

A Different Roadside 6.

Digital Photographs. 2008.

A Different Roadside 5.

Digital Photographs. 2008.

A Different Roadside 4.

Digital Photographs. 2008.

A Different Roadside 3.

I couldn't resist posting a few more of these happy accidents.

Digital Photographs. 2008.

Bonne Année.

Brush Pen and Photoshop.

A Different Roadside 2.

A series of happy accidents on the roads of Transylvania.

Digital Photographs. 2008.

A Different Roadside.

This shot is a good representation of my memories of a recent three days trip to Romania. Cold, colorful and a little blurry.

Digital Photograph. 2008.

Roadside.

Pencil and Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony pictures.

Symmetry.

Pencil. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Roughs.

Pencil. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Eyesore.

Pencil and Photoshop. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Application.

Pencil.2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Boring.

Inspired by the great 'Boring Postcards' books published by Phaidon.

Photoshop. 2008.

Boring.

Inspired by the great 'Boring Postcards' books published by Phaidon.                                                                     

Photoshop. 2008.

Tree House 3.

Pencil. Copyright Warner Bros.

Tree House 2.

Pencil. Copyright Warner Bros.

Tree House.

Pencil. Copyright Warner Bros.

The Book.

This is a beautiful book in commemoration of a spectacular event. I was privileged to be part of such an endeavour and lucky enough to attend the auction where I had the pleasure to  reunite with many old friends and meet with many new ones. Thanks to Dice, Ronnie and everybody at Pixar who participated in creating this memorable occasion.

Cheers to all.

On the cover: "They Are Waiting" by Luis Grane. Acrylic. 20x16". 2008.

Pipes.

Inspired by the wonderful sculptures of Lee bontecou.Pencil. Copyright Warner Bros.

Chocolake.

Pencil. Copyright Warner Bros.

Candy Forest.

Pencil. Copyright Warner Bros.

Forest Project.

Totoro Forest Project has a blog.

Go check it out.

Cheers.

Another Forest Sketch.

Pencil on Paper. Spring 2008.

Forest Sketch.

Pencil on Paper. Spring 2008.

Totoro Forest Sketch.

Acrylic on Illustration Board. Spring 2008.

Totoro Forest.

A painting for a worthy cause. Check all the details at :
http://totoroforestproject.org/

Oil on Canvas. 18x24. Summer 2008.

Candy Forest.

Pencil on Paper. Copyright Warner Bros.

6B Forest.

Pencil on Paper. Copyright Warner Bros.

6B Forest.

Pencil on Paper. Copyright Warner Bros.

6B Forest.

Pencil on Paper. Copyright Warner Bros.