War of the Currents 2nd issue!

Addresses to send Promo Packets

Valve Software

PO BOX 1688
Bellevue, WA 98009


Gearbox Software

...in progress.

Finished NPDA

Well this hell race of a project has finally passed after a year and some change! (2 tries at it for our class)

I will say I'm pretty pleased with how this try turned out. I would like to change and work on a few more things about it though.

The front and back!

NPDA Progress

Our group got a little fractured when it came to developing the comp/concept we all would do.

As it stands this is how the one I'm working on is looking.

Things that would need to be fixed.

- More defined buildings
- More little tiny details like crazy pipes, steam, little corners with clothing out or evidence of people.
- Define the planes (durr)
- Type is basically all WIP
- Where the NPDA is I think will be a hot air balloon. A better center focal point.

[Reference] Crazy Great Machines

Armstead Snow Motors from Seeking Michigan on Vimeo.

Also this website No Tech Magazine will see me around a great deal.

Lot's of great articles and links to 1800s obsolete technology from early electric engines to treatises on early bicycle designs and just... really fantastic stuff.

Also found some LIFE magazine photos of early aircraft inventions. Some are just neat and you wonder how the hell they believed it would fly.

[Research] Self-Promotion

Here's some cool stuff I've stumbled across when looking for neat self-promotion ideas.

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Ignited-Breath-of-Fresh-Air/166544

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Daily-Fortunes/113434

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Packaging/218429

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Senior-Thesis-IX-i-am-identity-_amp-the-internet/109927

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Balsamstudio-promotional-book/261468

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Nerd-Glasses/188224

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Self-Promotional-Piece/82628

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/2008-Self-Promotion/248954

Board Book

This is a short board book story for children's books. I'm pretty happy with them as a whole.

Visual Essay Update

4 of them before working up.

Crazy attempt

Messing around with approaches to my Visual Essay. This one was interesting enough to post.

 

Update, nother approach.

Visual Essay studies

My visual essay is going to be on the topic of skateboarding (an activity very personal to me as it was how I spent all free time from 6th to 11th grade). More specifically capturing movement of them.

Here are some studies from a recent trip to Houston High skatepark (the only skate park left in memphis after SPOM and Darkside being shut down?)

Punk Nightwing

I think the title says it all.

Done for the forever fun blog - Superhero CoCoa

Final Sky Ship Illustrations

Shapow!

Witchdoctor Nova!

Done for Superhero Cocoa.

Update For the Mystic Cliff Spirit

Skyship 1

For Michelle Duckworth's Children's Book class.

1 of 3 illustrations of a short story called Skyship

Gettin Caught Up From The Summer

Illustration Post #5

I lost my sheet, I'll update this one later.

Illustration Post #4

List 10 illustrators whose work you admire, or whose career you would like to emulate.

Goro Fujita

Kazu Kibuishi

Doug Tennapel

Derek Yu

Yoshitaka Amano

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Hiyao Miyazaki

Joseph Leyendecker

Nicholas Gurewitz

Mike Krahulik

 The typical trend for most of these guys I see is that they don't have usual clients they go after but rather focus almost exclusively on their personal projects.

Goro Fujita - Dreamworks

Yoshitaka Amano - Square Enix

Joseph Leyendecker - Saturday Evening Post

Find at least 10 magazines I could work for:

• Game Developer
• ImagineFX

10 non magazine clients I'd work for:

•  Blink-182
• Valve Software
• ILM
• Dreamworks
• Penny Arcade
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