Happy Holidays 2009

Happy Holidays.

SFIV custom arcade stick

the finished product!

scribblenauts christmas

A promotional image i did for Warner Bros for scribblenauts that just got released on the web today so I'm extending an early Happy Holiday wishes to everyone!

Sketchcrawl #25

The 25th World Wide Sketchcrawl 5th Anniversary! took place on Granville Island. Started off at the Netloft... moved to the Public Market... and ended at Emily Carr University. It was raining the whole time, so we stayed indoors, but it was really nice drawing at the public market. There were musicians, musicians, children, grocers, vendors, tourists, students, and artists busying about the lunch hour. some even danced to the music, which was interesting to watch. Not the best weather to be doing a crawl but we made the best of it. looking forward to the next one.

Cloudscape Comic Character...Shin

I'm a contributing artist to a local comicbook anthology Cloudscape and am basing my story on this char... not really sure what to name him/it yet... tentatively callin' him Shin.

Street Fighter stick art

A piece commissioned by a coworker for his arcade stick: Robkuma.
can't wait to see how it looks on the actual thing.

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter is finally out! at least in Australia for now... but unlike the first Drawn to Life.. this one features an Opening and Ending Sequence! (OPENING: Story written by Jeremiah, Animations by Paul, music by David J Franco, and Storyboards/Backgrounds by me)... (ENDING: not shown in the clip but done by the talented Braid Artist, David Hellman).

linked is the first 10 mins of the game including the OPENING sequence, which starts at 1:36.
(tiny cartridge).

sketchbook dump

I did some sketches today at the Sketchgroup... a mish mash of different styles, or as Jimmy would call it "stylistically schizophrenic". I just felt like drawing whatever came to mind. The theme was Prosthesis... so i did one based on that.. but the rest just didn't really fall into any specific 'theme'. I was sort of in this Final Fantasy mode after going to "Music of Final Fantasy: Distant World on thurs... that's why there is a Terra fanart there.. which I thought looked half decent. might take that one further later or do more of the other characters. The music was performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.. although not as 'punchy' and as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra that performed it in 20020220... it still managed to give me goosebumps towards the end when they played the FFVI music. Wish they had more of these shows.

The drawing of Joji's headphones I thought was kinda cool... did that while I was at 221. Apparently there was yet another flooding incident that took place. It's unfortunate because the drywall-ceiling was put up not too long ago. Not even completely spackled, primed or painted. I think parts of it will have come down, otherwise mold might start to buildup. Sigh...

Life Drawing dump...

Scribblenauts X Final Fantasy VI

This final fantasy VI set is probably my favorite set of the bunch cuz it's one of my favorites games of all time. This game inspired me ALOT and had everything to do with me getting into concept art for videogames in the first place.
Drawing this set brought back alot of memories, haha :) might even consider playing the game again!

english bay

was bit bored from working from home today and decided to do some sketching outdoors since the weather was so nice. Went to English bay for about 1hr to an 1.5hrs and did a couple of sketches. Colored in photoshop.

Darkstalkers Tribute: The Succubus Queen

My submission to the Darkstalkers Tribute by Udon.

Sketchcrawl #24

WorldWide Sketchcrawl #24!!! It's my 2nd crawl. We started out at Waterfront Station, moved to Gastown, then to the new Convention center. We ate lunch at the Foodcourt... and then ended by waterfalls outside the foodcourt. Crawlers that showed up: Jan, Sandy, Dylan, Leo, Jonathan, and Jimmy.

Scribblenauts Nintendo World Store Launch

Just wanted to share some photos from the Scribblenauts Launch at the Nintendo World Store in New York that took place today at the Rockefeller Center. INSANE turnout. Thanks to everyone that made it out there today. I'm guessing there had to be no less than 150 people that showed up in the 3 hours that we were there. Finally got to meet some of the Neogaf fans in the flesh! It was my first time being part of a launch for anything... so it's extra special that it's a launch for our game! and it's definitely a memorable one! hope there will be more of these to look forward to!!! I LOVE New York City!