Spanish Film Shadow Puppet Concepts

I had a chance to do some shadow puppet concepts and transitions for a stop-motion film in Spain. It centers around modern mysteries and the Black Plague. These are some of the rough sketches. The idea was to use the symbolism of El Camino, the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

More shadow concepts for Spanish film

My Vampire Best Friend - Maquette

This is the maquette making process for my puppet. Just primed and will soon apply some of my tried and true, sanding bad assery upon it.

Space Diorama

This is a diorama I made for a children's film workshop led by fellow Coraliner Jainee Dial. I had so much fun and it made me remember how much I love making these! The two characters are animatable. Sorry for the crappy pic.

Puppet Design: My Vampire Best Friend

New project: To create a fully animatable puppet from scratch, starting with the concept.
My goal is to have it completed by Oct. 13th. Let's see if it can be done!

Bunnies!

Character design brainstorming for more childrens books. Going for the make-me-barf cute look.

Shadow stage set up @ the Laika after hours show.

Halloween Card

Shadow Boxes. Brenda and Dylan represent!

Shadow puppet cut outs I made for our NIGHTSHADE performaces
www.NIGHTSHADEDYNASTY.blogspot.com

Character sketches

Girl Monster sketchbook project

Some fun posters I made for one of our shadow sets.

My old Goth phase

Vladimir Nabokov

Some of my older sketchbook drawings

A couple of years ago I was obsessed with Thylacines, the extinct marsupials from down under.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine

Did this Queen Elizabeth drawing while watching a documentary.

Coraline

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work on the feature film Coraline! 

My job was mostly sanding the faces of the puppets and getting them ready for painting, but I also was able to do some face animation testing and painting. Check it out!

Pizza Rat

This is fake Chuck E. Cheese T-Shirt logo I made for my cousins to give to their Dad for Father's Day. 

Mustache Sallie

A few weeks ago I took a stab at a children's book and pitched it to a few publishers in NYC. Here are some examples of the art. It's about a little girl, Sallie, who befriends a mustache that grows on her face.

Start of a New Website

Hello!

Here is my new art site. I will be posting up some of my more recent work.