A Whole Nother Story

So here is my latest ongoing project loosely based on the awesome youth novel, "A Whole Nother Story" By Dr. Cuthbert Soup. Here are some rough designs for the main villain as well as a couple of the kids. More to come soon! Thanks for looking!

Our Work With Monsters: Revisions!

"Our Work With Monsters" has definitely been one of the most fun projects I've worked on, but I was never satisfied with some of the character studies. After a really helpful critique , I was inspired to go back and address some of the issues with the old designs. So with brand new expressions, revised poses and paintings, here is the most recent version of the main couple from "Monsters." Thanks for looking!

Film Studies 01

In the past semester, I've been working to learn as much as I can about digital painting. I've heard that film studies can be really useful when trying to learn the medium, and I have to say that they're definitely a lot of fun to try out. These two paintings, one from "Black Swan" and the other from "The Dark Knight" are around 2-3 hours each and focus on using the accurate color as well as how to create the forms quickly without getting too caught up in detail. It was a fun exercise and I hope to do more soon! Thanks for looking!!

Our Work With Monsters

After another long hiatus, I'm back today with a look at a project I worked on last semester called "Our Work With Monsters." This project was based on a really terrific short story in which a over-zealous government agent recruits two research scientists in pursuit of a giant monster. Using a tricked out RV and golf cart, the agent had some violent intentions. His mishaps include the radiation poisoning of cows along with the destruction of his own RV. The research scientists wish to study the monster rather than kill it, but the agent is all about the sport.

This was a really fun project in which I plan on revisiting soon. This semester I'll be tackling a whole bunch of new vis dev stuff, more updates are on their way! In the meantime, I've uploaded even more work on my other blog : brandonpikeportfolio.blogspot.com

Thanks for looking!

Fall's Digital Paintings

Wow, it's been a little while since I've posted! I guess that's what happens when you're busy! Anyway, I'm back with this semesters digital paintings. This is really my first big move into digital and it's been a blast, I can't wait to try out some new stuff in the coming semester.Thanks for looking, more to come soon!

The Move to Digital

Well, it's finally time for a change. I'm going digital! Though I've had a blast with traditional mediums for a while now, it's been a great time getting familiar with photoshop and painter. This painting was a gift to my girlfriend depicting her with her 3 kitties, inspired by the brilliant Brittney Lee! Thanks for looking, more to come soon including an 60's advertising still life, the destruction of a town, and my take on a murder conspiracy!

The New Semester Begins!

Well as the new semester begins I'm excited to report that I'll be doing a lot of Vis Dev work this semester. From character studies to finished paintings, the coming months should be pretty productive. Right now I'm still exploring style, concepts and more, but to start things off, here is a rough sketch for an upcoming digital painting for my Sci-Fi class. Thanks for taking a look! More to come soon!

Characters

Hey everybody! This summer I've been taking a really fun class on character design. Here is a collection of some of the projects I've been working on lately, there'll also be some color versions coming soon! Thanks for looking!

The Chinatown Night Market Fair

So, I'm extremely honored to report that this guy made it to Spring Show this year and received runner-up in the Intermediate Illustration Category! It's been my dream since I started attending AAU to get into Spring Show and I'm incredibly grateful to see this one make it in. I want to say thanks to everybody for your amazing support. It's been a great year seeing everyone's amazing work, here's to one more year down and one to go!

If you have a chance, check out the amazing artists on the side of this blog and also the Academy's Spring Show website to see some unbelievable work from all the majors:

Academy of Art University Spring Show Gallery 2010

Major Updates Begin!

So I thought it was about time I get caught up on the old blog, so lets start with some inked Batman work... don't mind the sketchy anatomy of page 2, that one will be overhauled shortly!