Fan Art for the Animated Film "Song of the Sea"

The Oscar nominated creators of  "The Secret of Kells" are producing another feature-length animated film entitled "Song of the Sea." Watch the trailer here: SONG OF THE SEA
or you can follow their progress on their BLOG

This is going to be an outstanding production. I can't wait for it to come out!

The inquisitive tortoise

Lost Phone Box

Here is my latest concept art. It ended up being a bit of a tribute to one of my favorite puzzle solving games called Riven by Cyan Worlds.

The original thumbnail from my sketchbook.

Shoot the Messenger

This guy may not be the best shot, but at least he got the job done :)

Robot Silhouettes

Quick robot shapes.

Anatomy zombie

Zombie thought of the day.

Mineral Exploration Guns

Throwing shapes around with some alien tech.

Concept ships sketches

The second set is inspired by an artist I really admire called Ian McQue.

Robot things

Angry Bot

Character Line Up

Character Designs for Selestat Settlement

THE VILLAIN

Selestat Settlement Concept Art

Here is a little bit of cartography to show the lay of the land. When possible, I develop projects from the macro to the micro, starting with large-scale maps and progressing towards details.

The view from within Selestat Settlement.

The view from Horseshoe Bay facing due south.

Selestat at sunset.

 The Selestat Forge Mechanism.

Evening Stroll

"I have nothing against dogs or dog walks, all I'm saying is, how do you know that this wouldn't be WAY COOLER?" 

YETI CYCLES Frame Graphics!!!

Three Fantasy Musical Instruments

Had fun rendering these instruments for a set of three posters. I had so many layers my computer almost imploded. Here is a glimpse of my process.

A Ruin in Champeix

I'm finally back drawing. I went out with my friend Antoine Sevilla to the neighboring village of Champeix the other day. During this sketch I fell in love with the idea of buying and restoring the place. Unfortunately after knocking at a few doors, I found out that it has been sold a couple of years ago to a lady planing on restoring it and flipping it. Oh well, there are plenty of other ruins in the Auvergne waiting restoration.

Exploding Car

If you view these full screen you can roughly see how they animate by clicking through them.
The scene depicted an evil entity picking up the car and crushing it mid air.

Character Turn Around

More BGs from the Animism Production

Animism the God's Lake is almost wrapped up.
Only two more weeks or so for backgrounds. I'm not sure quite how many I've created. If I had to guess I'd say 100+
I'm now averaging seven of these per day. Can't wait to see the final thing!

BGs From My New Job at Z2H!

My boss Matt gave me permission to "leak" a few of the backgrounds I've been creating for the motion comic Animism. I'm really excited for the six episodes we are still hard at work on. It's a childrens' story about a group of youth helping mother nature fight against deforestation and big industry. Of course they are helped out by a motley crew of animals.
I'm exhibiting 25 additional BGs at the Ferry Building in West Vancouver next Tuesday (May 15th) Door open at 6PM! Definitely drop by and say hello!

Special thank you to my Production Designer Skyler Punnett who's work is amazing. Check it out here.
And to Jericca Cleland, my wonderfully patient director. She's worked on a tonne of productions including designing the filming and staging for Pixar's Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo!