Character Sheets and Sketches

Another large part of my animation-oriented portfolio were character sheets of personal characters I came up with.


A character sheet of a very old character of mine from 2003, revisited and revamped.


He can also walk on two legs!

Here is some of the concept work that went into this.

I already had designed this character years ago, but I wanted to take the basic idea and just make it better. So I didn't use any of the old art of him as a reference, I just remembered his distinguishing traits and exaggerated them.
I also wanted to make him look slightly 'tougher', as in this new storyline featuring him, he's not just a joker goofball, he's also the protector of two girls in a strange land.


This is Kari, the younger of the two sisters.


And here is the older sister, Niko.


Some of the sketchwork that went into planning her design. I already had a pretty good idea of where I wanted to go with it.

Art Post, Environment Paintings

Here's the new art I was talking about earlier! :)
I've always had a heavy interest in animation, and I'd love to break into that industry doing concept work for animated movies, things like sets and character design.

While creating a cohesive portfolio of characters and settings, a story begam brewing in my mind about two girls entering a strange land where they befriend a blue creature that serves as their guide and protector. Through it, the girls grow stronger as sisters and overcome many obstacles.


This is a creepy landscape from the magical world they enter. I was inspired by three main things, the beautiful angularity of trees in Japanese woodcuts, the fractal trees from the film "Coraline", and a very old piece of mine from 2004 that I've always wanted to revisit in some way. This is nothing like how I imagined it coming out, but it seems sometimes you just have to let go and let the paints do what they want to do. :) Definitely worked out to my advantage here!


An environment shot from the sister's hometown, which is pretty much directly influenced by Wormsloe Historic Park here in Savannah. :)With all the spanish moss and twisted live oak trees everywhere, it almost feels like it's a part of the magical world.


An establishing shot of the youngest girl's room. I tried to remember details from my own childhood in the fleshing out of this room, while still keeping the character's personality evident. I'm not 100% happy with the execution of this one, I was trying to see how a flatter look would be. I think for this to pull together, it needs stronger outlines so it's more obviously supposed to be cartoony.

Sorry for the lack of updates!

Sorry it's been so quiet around here! I've been working hard on getting together a new portfolio for a market I'd like to break into. :) I should have some things to show you guys next week!