Snatch

Always thought of this one...quick photoshop sketch.  Just spent about an hour on this.

Blah!

Faces

Some random photoshop sketches of characters in my mind...more to come!  I'm having fun just drawing like this again.

Warm up...

This little spitfire is for a project I'm working on with a friend...

The News Funnel

Such a great project...Linda did an amazing job animating that dog.  This time around our new script writer Alex Hendler whipped up a great little story for us to tell, and I'm super excited to share it with you all.

Some storyboard & illustration work!

Inside Track

Definitely one of our favorites we've worked on this year...the usual team knocked this out of the park: Jen Zug on writing/creative director, Linda Spain animating, and myself illustrating and storyboarding.  This was a great chance to play with color in a "side-scroller" animation.  Wish the hot-air balloon survived the drafts though!  :)

LINK TO VIDEO

Pinch Zoom

A little illustration project (with help from my wife) I did for friends at Pinch Zoom.

It's all about mobile!

Concepts...

I have an epic story in mind...something I've been thinking about for a few years now.  Not sure if it will translate into a graphic novel, comic book, animation pitch, etc., but in any case I do hope to push it further this year.

These are rough silhouettes of characters/people in the world.  Nothing is set in stone yet.

Untitled

Just a quick sketch...

New Ideas!

Gonna be brainstorming a new site/blog (Yas you're helping me), new projects, and new ventures in the very near future!  Wish me luck!

Time to Think!

Tenka

Concept boards and a few storyboards; though production didn't quite execute how I would have liked, I think the style and design are still fun.

 

uSamp!

Another great project I illustrated, storyboarded, and helped direct with Lilach Tfilin as animator and Jen Zug writing...very fun approach and a unique style.  The clients were great to work with, and this has quickly become one of favorites!

BroadCause

Our client Experience came to us with the BroadCause project and a very open mind to creating this one minute animation; they always gave excellent feedback and were hand in hand with us during the production.  This was the first of many projects to come working with Linda Spain, a superb animator in every way.  She really brought this to life and added lots of subtle animations to make it special.  Jen Zug doing the spot on writing as usual, and myself in the usual "art director" role as illustrator and storyboard artist.

Excerpt from our style guide sheets I drafted

WiziApp

This lovely gem of a project was one of my most enjoyable yet!  The client was located in Israel, and they were a real great crew to bounce ideas and get feedback from.  Our animator we worked with on this was also (coincidentally) located in Israel; her name is Lilach Tfilin, and was one of the most easy, talented, and creative animators I've worked with.  She helped create our vision in the script/storyboard into a real clean and professional piece.  As always, our creative director Jen Zug wrote this!

Here are some early conceptual designs of our "chap"; my wife Yas even helped on sketching some out!  :)

Work In Progress

Something coming very soon...I illustrated and storyboarded this for a client of ours at lilipip! and it's currently being animated. Very excited watching it come to life!



Kontiki!

Another great client, fun project, and really simple but interesting art direction.  Kontiki Enterprise Video Solutions; this was a really fun opportunity to work with Alex Budovsky, a really talented animator who's style of animation is very inspirational.

Korrio!

One of our latest works for Seattle based youth sports automation; Korrio!  A great piece that I designed, storyboarded, and helped execute with the great animator Dan Johnson, a good friend and fellow Portland artist.

White Pages: Hiya

One of the nicest projects we've worked, and with a huge launch today: White Pages Hiya was extremely fun to be a part of.  I got the amazing privaledge to work with Jen Zug as creative director and my good friend and animator James Sugrue.

White Pages: Hiya

Slums

An old project from my Art Institute days; the concept here is a city slum looking upwards towards the aristocracy above (in three variants: grayscale, night, and dawn).  Very rough, and not sure if I'll ever get back to finishing it; still very inspirational to me!

Coming Soon...

Just some sketches for something spectacular coming soon!

Rough and Tough Frenchy

Monday sketch.

Recent Work...

Some recent work at lilipip! for a great client: Agendize.  As art director i'm in charge of design, storyboards, and directing the animation.