Chicken Ninja and crew.

Here's an iPad painting for you.

It seem as if it's been forever since I've posted a painting.

Narwhals narwhals!

It been awhile, so here is something awesome. Narwhal awesome.

narwhals,narwhals
swimming in the ocean causing a commotion
cuz they are so awesome

narwhals,narwhals
swimming in the ocean
pretty big and pretty white
they beat a polar bear in a fight

like an under water unicorn
they've got a kick ass facial horn
they're jedi of the sea
they stop Cthulu eating ye

narwhals they are narwhals
narwhals just don't let them touch your balls

narwhals 

they are narwhals
narwhals
inventors of the shish kebab.

Here is a link to the video
Narwhal Song
(song by Weebl and animation by Wonchop)

Ted and Kats new adventure.

- metalpig

It's been awhile.

I've take a long hiatus as I began teaching a class at DigiPen for a semester.

It took up much more time than I thought it would, as I was writing my lecture the week before I presented it.  It didn't leave me much time to prepare or practice before I actually gave the lecture, which I really don't like doing.

But now I'm back to working on my stories and pictures.  After finishing the last Ted the Turtle story, I am working on the next story in the possible 8-12 part series.

Here are a few paint sketches as I am working out the characters.

Painted in Sketch Club on iPad

Sketch Club was made by one of the programers I work with as a side project.

 Painted in ArtRage on iPad.

This one has pincers.

Painted in Sketchbook Pro on iPad.

I'm still painting on my iPad as you can see, but the programs have gotten much better.  I also use the Boxwave stylus rather than the Pogo, as it feels better.  It's still a little like painting with a crayon, so details are hard to get right, but these are just paint sketches.

Fruits of my labor

It's been awhile since I've updated because I've been busy working on my book.  I'm at the stage where I have to do final engineering which will take some time.  Once that is complete, I can put the book together. Fortunately, even if the style changes the mechanics will not at this point.

So here are a few tidbits of what' been keeping me so busy.

Of course I have spent way too much time learning about bread...

Hot Rod Ted

Little by little the Story of Ted will be done.

Ted the Turtle update

I'm working on the style that I want to make the Ted the Turtle book for Jake.  I'm currently enjoying the flat more iconic Ted I have drawn here, but I am not sure if I can leave the simplicity of just the drawing and a bit of color.

Here is a test of me adding texture by making the book from found scraps of paper.  I think I can make the whole thing a bit journal like (the urgent jottings on what ever can be found).  I am not sure if I like this style over all, but I find it intriguing.  I can mix painting (the bread will always be painted), with iconic Ted and then maybe mix photography (redo gears with real gears).

I'll paint it up like I normally do, and then do a simple drawing on colored background so I can compare.

Ted the turtle - B&W

I am thinking of doing my pop-up book in a ink/woodblock style with bold backgrounds rather than my normal painterly style. It just feels right to me. I'll probably do a few pieces in each style just to figure it out.

Anyway, these are the two style I am debating.

- paul w

Painting on the iPad

Here's another little picture of Ted the Turtle and Kat.  I've actually made the first prototype of the pop-up book I am turning this into.  I am still deciding on the stylization of the book, but I will continue to paint this way until I figure out the new stylization.

I did this one on the iPad using Sketchbook Pro.  It's a pretty nice tool.  Painting is a bit odd on the iPad, because I can't rest my hand on the surface. Of course I can't put my hand on the canvas with real paint either, but I'm digital now and have gotten used to always resting my hand on a surface.  Using the Pogo Stylus makes me really miss my Wacom tablet, as the conductive foam on the Pogo doesn't glide across the glass surface as smoothly as I like. I am going to try Brushes next and then decide which I like better.  I'll do a comparative review after I've done some painting on both.

I've been a bit busy so I haven't been doing much painting or modeling lately.  I'll try to update with doodles and sketches when I'm not actually posting modeling updates or paintings, because there is always something.

stupid zombie walking

here's a little gif of my Elvis Impersonator Zombie. It's really bad, I know, but it's just test to understand some of the tools I'll be using when I animate it for real.

gif is broken for some reason...

The missing link

Even after working as a professional artist for over 10 years, I am still amazed that the left sketch turns into the right drawing in one step. It's like magic, but I'm casting the spell.

Wonderment aside, this is a sketch for an idea a friend and I are working on.

Zombie Elvis Impersonator!