A Bit of Everything

piratosl — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:55:17 +0000

It has been a while since I have posted on here and I wanted to give some sort of update.

I’ve been posting what I learn about drawing and painting at the Nomads Draw Blog
Here are a few of the pages from those posts.

The past ten years, I have spent surfing 3rd point Malibu and I can finally paint the pier with some kind of confidence.

Been using a Cintiq at work and trying to get better with my digital work and find a way to work that I can enjoy and not be frustrated by clicking around too much. These are a few color studies and whatnot.

Have also been working on perfecting my working method for rendering my figure drawings.

Other than that, been super busy with work and freelance stuff. Please check out the Nomads Draw blog, I will probably post there a little more regularly.

Hope everyone is well and Aloha to all my amigos out there!!
-Craig

Lunch breaks and shore breaks

piratosl — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:13:45 +0000

Tryin to paint or surf on my lunch breaks. Get in the Van (www.getinthevan.com) has been a huge inspiration. Great work, great surfing, and a lot of heart. Check it out!!

-Craig

Dragonlance model scale

piratosl — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:11:02 +0000

The movie release for this was really poorly done. These books were great when I was a kid and actually still are. I’m taking it upon myself to design the property the way I would like to see it. Just a fun side project to pass the late nights.

-Craig

Tasslehoff

piratosl — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:08:00 +0000

Modelsheet development.

-Craig

Idiocracy

piratosl — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:15:52 +0000

Upon suggestion from a buddy I did this piece for my reel to bring things to a bit more polish than is possible working in games. It was a lot of fun especially after doing the 2D piece. The traditional stuff helps so much and applies to everything. The biggest advantage is that it makes you think carefully about every frame. Anywho, click on the image for the quicktime.

-Craig

Inhuman Monster

piratosl — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:15:24 +0000

Well…I finally finished this piece of animations. I learned a lot of lessons…some new….some old. Will add to this some of those findings after I get some sleep. Click on the image to see the movie.

-Craig

Sloshin’

piratosl — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:53:32 +0000

Aloha…been a while. Workin hard on the animation reel. In the meantime these are some color variations on a commission I am working on.

-Craig

Hawaiian Nomad Girl

piratosl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:30:29 +0000

A few more finished pieces to come very shortly…but this is one of my favorites so far. There is a big Hawaiian guy that goes with this girl. The CTN Animation Expo is coming up this weekend so I am busy getting ready for that. Hopefully I can color up another piece beforehand.

-Craig

Aborigine Kid

piratosl — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:21 +0000

Finally got a new piece together!! Enjoy.

-Craig

Nicholas Canyon 2

piratosl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:03:57 +0000

Same lifeguard tower…different day…very cloudy. I really need to work on my edges and color. But this is way closer than I have come before. Just gotta keep on pushing forward.

-Craig