Happy Holidays!

Been busy at work and I am currently visiting the Vegas office working on some design concepts for our Animation Project. These were two piece I got to do in my free time for a possible game pitch. Crits welcome!

Playing with style...

So working for an animation company has had a big influence on the style I work in. I am still using a layered, matte painting technique, but I think that playing with the style of the piece just gives it an extra splash of fun and enjoyment. I did this piece just under a 10 hour span from thumbnail to finish. Then I felt like creating 5 more worlds to flesh out after. More to come.

Todays sketch...

Sketching between work today...

With some solid crits, made some changes...

update

Pretty close to done...crits welcome

Been busy!

So work has been going great out in L.A. I have been really busy storyboarding for our animation project that we are going to be showing over seas. We hope to be able to air it here in the U.S. as well.

In the midst of my crazy work schedule, I did this sketch yesterday afternoon, which when finished will be my entry for the Imagine FX cover design contest. Take care!

Moving to L.A.!

Well I picked up a full time position at a start up company in Santa Monica that starts in 2 weeks. I am really excited to get out there and start to work. More info to come soon!

things in the works...

I have been pretty busy lately with some freelance work, but I managed to squeeze in a new character today. It was nice having the day off and paint something new for myself. I'll be posting the freelance work up soon. Peace!

Been busy...

Been crazy busy lately, but I happened to pick up a part time job in sales at the down town Chicago LEGO store. I figure that after a few months, I could possibly work my way into a possible internal design position, but I am not going to get too ahead of myself.

Heres a quick sketch for my newest character concept. Thanks for visiting!

New Character Illustration

Hope you guys dig...
Full Color Concept:


Finished Concept:

Some old junk...

Here is some old work i did a little while back. Just never got around to posting it up...cheers!

These were some thumbs I did a couple months ago that I really liked. I have a hard time drawing robots and mechs though and I really want to push myself to be able to do that...we'll see if I go back to these.


This was a bot sketch I did when I was bored...


This is a head study I did for a character I never finished. I think it has a lot of potential, but I want to dirty him up a bit.



Here is an illustration I started and never really got around to finishing...I may go back and use some of it. I really like the planet.

Busy...

Summer is in full swing and I think I am off to a good start. I have been focussing my time on two things so far...learning and presenting. My 2 goals this summer are to (1) dabble in as many new forms of art as I can and learn new styles that I can work with and (2) present my style and work in a refined and organized professional way to as many people as I can.

Fo those who know about my little side job this summer working as a designer for a Murder Mystery party planning company, this is the style in which most of the work has come to be. This is a poster design that is to promote the company, Murder Mystery Maniacs or M3.



These other two are just more portfolio building, again trying something drastically different and learning all I can...






Also I have reformatted my website and made it a little more exciting and user friendly. again www.waynecandraw.com

Check you later!

-Wayne

First Base Mesh Sculpt!

So I am pretty excited that I picked up Zbrush as quickly as I did. I have so much more to learn, but I did this base mesh is under 4 days. It made my day. More updates to come. I haven't painted in like a week though and I am kind of sad about that. I will have new work coming soon. More character concepts for sure! Cheers.

Zbrush 3!

So i got my hands on Zbrush and I have to say I am definitely impressed with the software. I was able to pick it up pretty easy too. This is my first model and it was done in less than 45 minutes or so. I was pretty excited. I still have a lot to learn and more to come for sure!



update: This one I did last night in about 45 minutes. I spent more time on the ears and the eyes.

Darth Maul Sketch...

Sometimes you just have to paint a Sith. Took about 2 hours.

Dominance War IV...really, really late.

So I really wanted to get into the Dominance War IV contest this year, but I was a little too busy this past couple months, but I am going to finish this! This is the first of some rough thumbnail concepts of my demon creature (I will come up with a name soon too). I am looking forward to this challenge.

Day at home...

update:






I have today and tomorrow off...woo!!! I started this guy this morning. After seeing Star Trek the movie, I was beyond inspired to create a sci fi character like Captain Kirk, modern version of course. The movie was great and really pushed the special effects to a new level. the design of the character was really well done and I thing this was the best movie of the summer so far. Terminator Salvation however may be close in the running as well. Well see on Thursday how well the Federation ships do against an army of machines bent of human annihilation. Anyway, this guys has some more time to go, but I will hopefully have a finished concept up soon.

Cheers!

Keeping the Balance...

This past month has had its ups and downs. Mostly just trying to keeping busy and working hard sending out resumes and portfolios to companies, but its been rough with the market the way it is. I am just trying to stay positive and really keep true to what I love, which is painting and creating worlds and characters. This piece was actually a concept test I did for Midway Games just recently. I had to re-create an old arena concept from Mortal Kombat 2. We'll have to wait and see what the outcome is, but a positive attitude cannot hurt the situation. Cheers to all the supporters out there during these troubling times...

late night thumbs

Gothic Sorceress Concept

Something I put together over the past couple days...

Bruiser Concept

Finished this guy up this afternoon. Cheers!

Before Work Speedy...

I am sick of winter already...

Been busy with a couple new pieces, but here is a new finished character concept. More to come soon. Cheers.



Detail:

Samurai Concept

My most recent character concept. Back view coming soon. Crits welcome.

Assassin Concept

Finished Concept:




Process Work:

No stopping...

New Character Piece

Sci Fi Chick

Just more portfolio building. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swim...

Character Study

Late Night Sketching...

Did this guy tonight. A little late for Halloween, but it was still fun. About 4 hours total.

Fall: The Perfect Season

So lately I have been re-organizing my approach to my art and I have been spending more time correcting the stupid mistakes and figuring out what is wrong with a piece rather than just forgetting about it. I have spent the past couple days working this new character and have got him exactly where I want him so I can begin throwing him into action illustrations. I want to do a series with him as the heroic Sci Fi captain and his crew has just been taken over by an infectious zombie disease. A little cliche, but it is never a bad idea. The first illustration will be him and his crew boarding his ship. Then a series of event take place allowing this infection to arise and the next few illustrations form after that. We'll see what happens. I have begun thumb nail sketching and will post those soon as they come. Thank everyone!

Here is the Character and details...





Head Variant...

Organizing...

Update coming soon...