sKrawls

24hr comic day

2012-02-03T13:23:00.000-08:00

While this post wasn't drawn by me I do feature in it and I also really like the art!

It was done by Beccs David for the 24hr comic day.

To see her original post check here!

-K

a little colour

2011-10-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

Decided to try some digital colours again since I seem to avoid doing them as much as possible. Sketching is good but I should probably "finish" something every now and then! Not that any of these is close to being finished :/

Threw up both the colour and the tones. Personally I like the tonal one better but when I really think about it I don't like either!

And some head sketches just to round things off.

Thanks for looking!

-K

magi

2011-10-12T17:55:00.000-07:00

Character idea that I sketched up of a Magi and her spirit companion. I had started to tidy up the lines and then got distracted. Once I came back to the drawing I started seeing too many things "wrong" so didn't go any further.

I have been reading a lot of Ben Caldwell's books and it has given me a new life with my drawings! I find that I am considering more of what things are for and why they should be there (telling a story) and simplifying shapes, straights and curves a lot more. It's made drawing fun again and hopefully I have managed to pass the plateau I was stuck on!

Hope you agree and thanks for checking out the blog!

-Keith

nävis and the watcher

2011-10-03T18:27:00.000-07:00

Conituning the theme of comic characters here is a picture of Nävis from the series Wake (Sillage for those who speak French)

I really like how this one turned out though I started to hack at it a little in the leg area... so much so that her feet are too big and kinda spoil the forced perspective. Ah well c'est la vie!

Thanks hope you all approve!

-K

sketches, super heroes, and bums

2011-09-28T19:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some new sketches from the past few weeks. A mash up page that ended up being less full than I though... mostly because once you scan images they suddenly seem far less good. Like back in the day when you would photocopy a mirror of it to see how bad it really was. Man I spent a lot of money at the print shop in Sheridan.

And the other two are "collections" of Batgirl and Catwoman. I have started this thing where I choose a hero and and try to draw a full sketchbook page of them. These two are the best drawings of each, for more info on what happened to the rest of the drawings see above.

I hope you approve and thanks as always for checking out the blog.
-Keith

Oh and a few shout outs... thanks Danny for the new sketchbook, it's kick ass. And thanks to G Brown... now all I want to do is draw Rally Vincent all the time!

business cards!

2011-09-13T20:23:00.000-07:00

Well sort of...

I have been going through a bunch of roughs for some business cards and decided on two designs. Did a really rough mock up of them to see what people liked?!? Apologies to my graphic designer friends, please look away :P

This is the vertical card design, this one would be the most involved and would require colour I think to make it really stand out.

And here is the horizontal design... needs some sprucing up as well but hopefully you get the idea. This one definitely would be less time consuming to finalize!

Please let me know which one you prefer or any advice/critiques are also welcome!

Thanks for checking out the blog :)
-Keith

sketch

2011-08-19T20:20:00.000-07:00

Just a sketch for today that I like and wanted to share!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Keith

test this now with sprite animation

2011-08-14T20:30:00.000-07:00

Some pieces that I did for an application to a games studio:

A few months ago I was applying to a studio in Montreal for a designer position and they had me do a test... that took a week. Crazy but I did it and surprisingly it wasn't enough time to complete totally! There were three stages to complete: a GUI design, a character design, and a sprite animation.

It's been long enough I think that I could post some of the art I did for it (I didn't get the job if you are wondering). Some of you may remember the post I had for the Pirate some time ago. She was part of the test and I think the best piece I did for it. I have a bunch of sketches that I did for the character that are in the pile of things to be scanned. So they should appear here some time soon :)

Hope you like and thanks for checking in!
-Keith

who the hell do you think we are?

2011-08-10T22:37:00.000-07:00

Decided it was time to crack open the new sketchbook and draw something. So while I was watching watching the outstanding Gurren Lagann I did a little fan art of my favourite characters Kamina and Yoko! A special thanks to Karley for the inspiration/suggestion to watch the series!

If you want to check out the series you can watch it here: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

I have decided to do a lot more in the way of fan art since it was drawing comics that got me into this world in the first place. I am going to stick with the anime theme for a while and next up will be a giant panda of sorts. If you have any requests for a particular character please pass them on!

As ever thanks for checking out the blog!

-Keith

top cat!

2011-08-04T20:17:00.000-07:00

I have been waiting for ages to find out the release date of this movie! I was fortunate enough to have worked on it with the fantastic guys at Lizard Brain Animation

There are a few trailers available for it now and according to imdb.com the release is this fall for Mexico in 3D! Hopefully it makes it's English release soon after, it's my first feature film and I am really excited to actually see something I worked on in the theatre.

That and I have been waiting forever to put it on my demo reel!

For now here is the trailer for you to check out:

Thanks for checking out the blog! New art coming soon :)

-Keith

mermaid

2011-07-14T19:17:00.000-07:00

A sketch from a few days ago that I really wanted to share with you all. Since it wasn't digital it forced me to FINALLY get the scanner installed on the Mac. After the latest move the ubiquitous and overly reliable Dell is finally starting to wear down and will likely need to be retired soon.

I have a few pages to put together and post from the sketchbook and thought this would be a good place to start. But keep checking back as I will post others with a little more regularity!

Hope you like and thanks for checking out the blog!
-K

rocket!

2011-06-22T14:46:00.000-07:00

Sketch of the day is Rocket from Sucker Punch. I am really happy with the way it turned out though I don't think I managed to make it nearly as cute as Jena Malone is in the film.

In any case I hope you like it and thanks for checking out the blog!

-Keith

questionable colours

2011-06-08T13:33:00.000-07:00

While talking to my good friend Dave Truc he gave me grief for not posting anything recently. So I took this to heart and spent the last two lunch breaks coming up with some colours for the Questionable Content fan art I sketched a while back.

There are a few homages in there notably for the Canucks (here's hoping they can make up for that terrible game 3!) and another great webcomic Menage a 3 by Giz (warning NSFW!).

This was done entirely in Flash from roughs to colours and while it was fast and fun to do somehow it annoys me too... why I honestly can't say. I considered adding some filters in Photoshop but liked the look of it. It seemed closer to Jeph Jacques' style even though he uses PS!

Hope you like it!
-Keith

questionable artwork

2011-03-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

Recently I have made it a habit to sketch every day or at least doodle while at work and came up with this one today, which I really liked. I have every intention of tightening this one up and adding colours if only to do justice to some of the greatest comic characters ever. You can read all about them here questionablecontent.net

Thanks for stopping by the blog and be sure to check back later for the updates on the progress of the new sketch, I might even add a background!

Cheers!

-Keith

ugly americans

2011-03-17T17:05:00.000-07:00

For all those that follow my sketch blog or gaming blog I have some news on my whereabouts. After moving to Ottawa for a spot with Big Jump Productions to work on Season 2 of Ugly Americans for Comedy Central.

I will do my best to update both blogs as often as possible, the miniatures in particular may be a while as I still have to set up a work space.

For now thanks for stopping in for the update and check out Season 1 of Ugly Americans it's a great show. Whenever I am legally allowed I will post up some of my animation from the series as well.

Thanks for reading!

-Keith

quality advertising

2011-03-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

Typically I am the last person to a party but for once I am on top of a "trending" topic! In this case the lovely young lady that is the spokesperson for T-Mobile. Her name is Carly Foulkes and after hearing people raving about her (I don't have cable you see) I looked her up on Google and decided right away to draw a picture of her in her almost as famous dress.

Along the way I decided to challenge myself again to do some digital colours and I think they turned out quite well. I have to give credit to an artist I have admired for a long time who posted a step by step for his approach to digital colours of this style. His name is Xavier Ramonède and you can check out his killer blog here: sushixav.blogspot.com

So here are the drawings! Sketch was done in Flash, clean up in Sketchbook Pro and coloured in Photoshop.

Thanks for checking out the blog and I hope you like the drawings!
-Keith

updated website!

2011-01-20T20:17:00.000-08:00

I update my website today so if you get a chance check it out and let me know what you think.

web.me.com/animating/keith

The storyboards sections received the most attention and still has more to be added.

Hope you like the new work and thanks for checking out the blog!
-Keith

starting the year in hell

2011-01-06T18:20:00.000-08:00

Over the holidays I was looking through old files and sketchbooks and found some pretty interesting things I had done. Seeing your progress and realizing just how far you've come is always a treat so I though I would share some with you.

To start I have a whole bunch of animations that I did last year. To start I have some Neighbours from Hell, I really loved working on this show and feel that I learned a lot. Every time I look at a scene I can remember learning or trying something new. I won't post them all but here are a few that I am fond of:

Over the weekend I will do some scanning so I can post some of the old sketchbook drawing I found. A few are surprisingly good! Until then enjoy the NFH!

presented in technicolour

2010-12-29T14:15:00.000-08:00

Here is the pirate that I had posted a while back with some colour. It was good to sit down and do some digital colour. It's been a while since I was able to do something that wasn't directly for work.

It has a lot of room to improve but I like the direction. I did a multiply on the underpainting which I think gives a little more depth. Could sue some more blending as well but really that was the time I had for it. If I was ever to go back she could definitely use a few more weapons, like a sword on her hip and some grenades. I hope that you like.

piratical!

2010-12-15T21:30:00.000-08:00

Working on a test for a design position, part of which was to design and PAINT a sexy pirate. Been through a dozen or so roughs and then finally settled on this one. I'll post all the others later but for now I am putting this one up to get some feedback. I have all of tomorrow to paint this PHOTOREALISM style (yikes!) so if you have any crits get em in quick!

Thanks all and I hope you like!

broken

2010-11-24T20:37:00.000-08:00

I had originally planned on doing a new version of the MGMT girl but while watching music videos on youtube I watched one of my all time favourites: www.youtube.com/watch_broken

So I drew this, it has promise but I think I can do better. I did two versions to practice shading as I want to do some more digital colouring, again has promise but could improve. Until next time I hope you like!

lookin sideways

2010-11-16T14:48:00.000-08:00

A doodle that turned into a sketch that almost got finished. Hope you find it interesting.

If anyone can guess the inspiration then you win a super prize!

*hint search kids, its the one with 33 million views

NO!

2010-10-24T20:40:00.000-07:00

I was going to call this post Epic Fail but he looked so forlorn back there I just couldn't do it. Poor bugger.

get set!

2010-08-02T23:16:00.000-07:00

Back when I first started at Pork & Beans the first project I worked on was called Get Set! It still ranks near the top of my favourite shows that I have worked on. I don't think anyone will have actually seen it as it was created for a US school board. You know those videos (films on reel for me) that you would watch in social studies that were intended to teach kids life lessons. Yep that's what they were.

There were quite a few sequences that I worked on either as animator or as a posing artist but I don't have copies of them. Really wish I did. Any that I do have I will be sure to post here though!

pomade

2010-07-29T23:52:00.000-07:00

This is a test animation that I did back in my VFS days. The assignment was for lip-sync and I chose a line from my one of my favourite movies Oh Brother Where 'art Thou. Good ol' George Clooney at his finest:

Seeing as the focus was on lip-sync it was a strange choice using ikJoe who has a rather simplified mouth but I was so tired of using packageman for everything I decided I needed a change.

If you are looking for some rigs both are available from this great site:

http://www.rigging101.com/index.htm

more hell

2010-07-18T23:32:00.000-07:00

Another scene from Neighbours From Hell that I am really proud of. Getting the layering for all the characters and bg elements was a royal pain. The director really liked this scene too which made me even happier!

neighbours from hell

2010-07-16T01:01:00.000-07:00

I got the chance to work on a fantastic show for Dreamworks which will be airing on TBS if it hasn't already started. I spent some very long nights at Bardel learning Harmony so that I could get my scenes done. Looking back on it, it was a great time.

While most of the shots that I have will be cut together and posted to my reel and site I was thinking I should post some of the less likely candidates up to show everyone. I think it is by far some of the best animation I have ever done.

2010-07-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

Despite being made only 5 seconds ago I am keeping my promise to post more. This is an animation I did not too long ago for a project called Pete & Checkers. Really short but I always like when I can manage some decent fx. I get overly proud of them when they look right.

You can watch the whole episode on youtube here: Pete & Checkers

update!

2010-07-13T00:53:00.000-07:00

I have been using my other blog for some time now as a portfolio/webpage and though it has served well. It is time now to finally put up a page. I really didn't want to to lose the animation blog so have decided to mash it into the sketch blog here.

So look out for more posts about more things... maybe even just blog posts. As most of you know I like to rant but it will mostly be drawings and animation for you to enjoy. I have come to understand that I am the only one who likes my rants.

Oh and of course I will post the link to the new site as soon as it's up.

november sketches part 2

2010-02-26T01:31:00.000-08:00

this is older than november but I like it so you'll just have to accept that lie

I am tremendously proud of this drawing, had a little zen moment while drawing it. I think it is one of the best things I have drawn... well, ever...

november sketches

2010-02-26T01:25:00.000-08:00

for a change I decided to draw some men, only for a little while 'cause I mean who really likes drawing men?

not the best thing I have ever done but I like the sketchyness of it, which is something I think i have been getting to far away from with my drawing. this dude will probably carry a sword if I ever finish this... or maybe a gun, or maybe a gun with a sword on it...

and here is a cute little drawing of Harry Potter or Charlie Potter as i like to call him. Why? Now THAT is a story if you ever care to hear it.

sketches

2010-02-26T01:20:00.000-08:00

I planned for some time to do a weekly sketch update on the blog... that is the point of these things after all but that whole idea went out the door along with time. A lot of time. Three months to be exact. Since I haven't posted anything in ages I will post what some selections from Novembers sketches. We'll go from there and try to catch up to now

... guess I had better do enough sketches to fill in December, January, and February!

-K

watching paint dry

2009-06-01T03:44:00.000-07:00

well not really but pretty close, sitting here watching renders go on the mac and thought I shouldn't waist time watching the bar cross the screen

so I decided to colour an old sketch I liked and see what I could do

spaceballs

2009-05-26T01:30:00.000-07:00

decided it was time to post some real artwork on here

these are a couple of pages from the storyboards I did for "Spaceballs the Animated Series". The episode was called "Watchyourassic Park", hey no one has ever accused Mel Brooks of making classy stuff but they are damn funny.

someday I would really like to go back over these spaceballs boards and do a tonal pass or two... someday...

punk'd

2009-05-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

thought I would stick with the whole rock 'n roll thing but a little more recent drawing this time

rockin' out

2009-04-22T23:53:00.000-07:00

realized that my blog was in serious need of an update so rather than scan some new stuff here is some old stuff... still like parts of them but there is so much room for improvement.

amélie

2008-12-05T00:00:00.000-08:00

First post on my sketch blog will be to no ones surprise a... sketch!

It is one that I am rather proud of as I don't normally draw "real" people.

sKrawls

24hr comic day

a little colour

magi

nävis and the watcher

sketches, super heroes, and bums

business cards!

sketch

test this *now with sprite animation*

who the hell do you think we are?

top cat!

mermaid

rocket!

questionable colours

questionable artwork

ugly americans

quality advertising

updated website!

starting the year in hell

presented in technicolour

piratical!

broken

lookin sideways

NO!

get set!

pomade

more hell

neighbours from hell

update!

november sketches part 2

november sketches

sketches

watching paint dry

spaceballs

punk'd

rockin' out

amélie

test this now with sprite animation