Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année.

Photoshop. December 2009.

Retro Future 2.

Pencil & Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Retro Future.

Pencil & Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

100 000.

Sometimes last week, somebody stopped by for what was to be the 100 00th visit on that site. Thank you all for your sustained interest over the past few years and for all the kind comments and perceptive remarks left along the way.

Cheers.

Summer.

Pencil & Photoshop. Copyright Luc Desmarchelier. 2007.

Catching Up.

As I mentioned before, due to the protracted schedule of animation movies, I am running out of material that I can safely make public at the moment. In fact, most of my work of the past three years will remain confidential for another two years. This said, I hope you'll enjoy this tidbit of development from a now defunct project.

Meanwhile, you can also visit my other site 'Harmattan' where I intend to post with greater regularity some of my more personal work.

Cheers.

Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures Animation.

Jungle.

A last one for the little ones. It was probably my only significant contribution to the project.

Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Universal.

Bus Ride.

Watercolor. 2003. Copyright Universal.

The Museum 3.

Pencil and Photoshop. 2003. Copyright Universal.

The Museum 2.

Pencil & Photoshop.  2003. Copyright Universal.

The Museum.

Pencil. 2003. Copyright Universal.

A Different Jungle.

Pencil. 2003. Copyright Universal.

For the Young Ones.

Pencil. 2003. Copyright Universal.

The River.

Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Universal.

Junkyard.

Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Universal.

Sunrise.

Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Universal. 

More Restrained.

Gouache on Paper. 1994/95. Copyright Universal.

A Little Bit Garish.

Gouache on Paper. 1994. Copyright Universal.

City Lights.

Acrylic on Paper. 1994. Copyright Universal.

Digging Deeper.

Gouache on Paper. 1994. Copyright Universal.

Thumbnail Plates..

Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Thumbnail 4.

2"x 31/2". Gouache on paper. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Thumbnail 3.

2"x 31/2". Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Thumbnail 2.

2"x 3 1/2". Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Thumbnail 1.

2"x3 1/2". Gouache on paper. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

A Bit More Stylized.

Color copy of a pencil drawing. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Old Stuff Indeed.

Pencil. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Some Old Stuff.

Gouache on Paper. 1995. Copyright Dreamworks.

Season 8.

Pencil and Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Season 7.

Pencil. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Season 6.

Pencil. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Season 5.

Pencil. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Season 4.

Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

Season 3.

Photoshop. 2007. Copyright Sony Pictures.

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.