GHOST FIRST

new blog

2007-06-28T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody, i started a new blog. The blog is called gdsketchbook.blogspot.com

More Costumes

2007-04-10T20:17:00.000-07:00

Made some changes

2007-03-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

Why do blogs always have to be dark and serious? They should be fun and inviting.

Heres another one

2007-03-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

Smile

2007-03-06T22:50:00.000-08:00

Painter is awesome!

Bell

2007-03-05T01:27:00.000-08:00

Well more costume design stuff. This one was inspired by 1920's fashion. My first pass was too contemporary not "high fashion enough". So I added a few bells and whistles here and there and vwalla! Here's the result.

old sculptures

2007-03-01T03:02:00.000-08:00

Incroyable Costumes

2007-02-21T23:01:00.000-08:00

These were designed based on young French fashion revolutionaries known as the Incroyables

Head Studies

2007-02-12T22:26:00.000-08:00

Autumn

2007-02-07T18:08:00.000-08:00

this character is based on one of the four seasons. Autumn uses maple leaf inspired design motifs

Hudson River School Inspired

2006-12-09T00:06:00.000-08:00

Vasquez Rocks

2006-12-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

studies of citizen kane

2006-11-26T18:52:00.000-08:00

Painting at Cal tech

2006-11-26T18:47:00.000-08:00

Lilu from 5th element Kubrick style

2006-11-21T19:45:00.000-08:00

More Studies

2006-11-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

Here are some acrylic studies I did at the Arboretum.

Haunted Station

2006-11-04T01:34:00.000-08:00

This was a painting for landscape painting class. We had to take an existing compostion and create a haunted or creepy environment. I decided to create a haunted train station of some sort. Not too much time was spent on design but it was a great excercise.

Traditional painting

2006-11-03T21:23:00.000-08:00

This is an acrylic painting I did at Eaton Canyon. Im lovin the traditional stuff.

Advanced Entertainment

2006-11-03T20:50:00.000-08:00

Its been a crazy week. I finally have time to post. These are interior shots of an environment that I created. The first painting is the exterior.

30 min.

2006-10-28T02:16:00.000-07:00

visual storytelling

2006-10-22T23:54:00.000-07:00

They enter the city of underground Vegas

25 Minute speed paint

2006-10-15T03:31:00.000-07:00

1 Hour Speed Painting

2006-10-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

Night Painting

2006-10-14T01:45:00.000-07:00

Painting from the roof of the garage off of Raymond and Colorado. Night painting in Robh Ruppels class.

J.D. and Pearl

2006-10-08T02:10:00.000-07:00

The ghetto version of Hansel and Grettal. Visual storytelling with Christian Lorenz Schurer

Queen Mary

2006-10-08T02:05:00.000-07:00

Robh met the class in Long Beach to Paint the Queen Mary. So this is it. Yes, I modifed it a little hope you like.

Ghost

2006-10-08T01:44:00.000-07:00

New arrivals to the concentration camp

that were ill or showed any sign of poor

health were sent to the “hospital”.

This is were Nazi scientist experimented

on the prisoners. After the prisoners

died or became of no use to the scientist

they put them in a large chamber where

they were burned. The ghost of the

prisoners still haunt the laboratory every

night then return to the chamber where

they spent their last agonizing momments

alive.

Large shot

2006-10-08T01:33:00.000-07:00

For Mark Goerner's advanced entertainment class we had to do an environment painting. I based mine on african jewelery and design aesthetics. Well it doesn't work. There is no consistant design pattern. It's to complex. In simpler terms i can't use this for anything. Several hours of rendering for the opportunity to learn from my mistakes. "GREAT". Well back to the drawing board....

The Famished Plains

2006-10-01T00:46:00.000-07:00

We had to draw random images and make a story using them. This class is visual storytelling.

The Famished Plains

The floating air station is our home away from home. Our ancestors were driven away

from their once fertile farm land. A faint glow appeared under the rich soil of a thousand years

ago. Distant land strangely grew dry and crops began dying. In the ancient scriptures it is said hat

a meditative creator would build a structure from thought and maybe a little help from

technology saving our people from certain death. The chaotic structure would stretch from the

dying land up to the heavens and away from the evil that would fall upon our land. Elders

mention that while the creator was conceiving our home he would have a guardian, the

technology angel. The open plains consisted of famished flowers, incapable from growing due to

the poor weather and constant turning of the soil from a certain desert amphibian. Within these

most famished of flowers is the perfect hiding place for the angler of darkness, which was a

demon said to have the ability to destroy crops and entire civilizations. The only way to know of

it’s presence is to look for the haunting glow of the bulb at the end of its head. This is our only

warning, and why the elders called upon the creator. Until now life remained pretty much on the

ground. When our beloved jigsaw puzzle of a structure was nearly complete the dreaded angler

emerged from the golden plain and attacked the creator. But the angel intercepted the wicked

plot and drove the demon back to the lifeless soil from which it made the terrifying ascent. The

only thing that remained of the angler was it’s lure that continues reminding us of the horrible

encounter. Due to the battle the lower portion of the structure was nearly obliterated. The angel

gave up his armor plating and set it under the structure using the strength of the heavens to give

us all support. The warrior in the angel armor walks among us today. He lives a normal life

waiting until the next time bereavement decides to transpire from it’s dark prison of dessert soil.

The Famished Plains

2006-10-01T00:44:00.000-07:00

Just an illustration for the story

Paint Screen Shot

2006-10-01T00:32:00.000-07:00

For viscomm. 6 I had to paint a scene from lord of the rings and try and understand lighting.

The Demize of Wonderland

2006-09-27T05:14:00.000-07:00

Um, ladies and gentlemen i give you the Demize of Wonderland. Um, Viscomm 6 assignment. My story. Card's palace is burned down.only one left. ashes constantly float about the world. In search of the wise Caterpillar. I have no Idea what im writing it's sooo late. ^^
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In Class Speed Paints

2006-09-27T05:04:00.000-07:00

Robh let us do two speed paints in class the first was an hour and the second 45 min.

Huntington Library Speed Paints

2006-09-27T04:55:00.000-07:00

These are some paintings i did from Huntington Library. They took me about 45 min. to do.

2006-09-27T04:53:00.000-07:00

another landscape painting in class

Landscape Painting

2006-09-20T00:16:00.000-07:00

Here's my homework for last weekends lp- landscape painting. Each painting took about 45min. -hour. These are from a trail not too far from my apartment.

First Landscape Painting Class

2006-09-11T23:35:00.000-07:00

A few marker studies of Art Center that I did in Robh Ruppels landscape painting class.

Giants

2006-09-11T23:15:00.000-07:00

These are a few giants that I was messing around with. Originally they were supposed to be native american but i later decided to make them kind of mid evil. I came to understand that Giants are only Giants because of their relationship with their environment. I tried adding props and other things to indicate scale. I had a little problem giving them personality and a story. Any suggestions.

black and white comp.

2006-08-29T22:46:00.001-07:00

Well I added texture and worked a little more value into this piece. But before i start color do you guys have any suggestions? Keep in mind that there won't be much contrst on the Nazi plane when i add a lighter value explosion later.

Plane Exploration

2006-08-24T01:23:00.000-07:00

I took some side views of the planes in my story and manipulated them in photshop by cutting and pasting various parts of the plane together then transforming and painting them. The result is more clear and alot more free in terms of exploration, as compared to doing pen sketches.

P-40

2006-08-23T02:09:00.000-07:00

This P-40 has a few perspective problems, but it gets the idea of a exagerrated fighter plane across. Not beat up enough for the story.

Refined Head Studies

2006-08-23T01:59:00.000-07:00

I chose two heads and pushed them toward a more realistic concept. Yeah,... not liken the top row.

Tuskegee Airman Head Studies

2006-08-21T00:40:00.000-07:00

Studies exploring proportions and shapes also attitude and mood of a possible character.

BLACK WIDOW

2006-08-20T12:37:00.000-07:00

Nazi Plane flying over field of fire.

The Chase

2006-08-20T12:04:00.000-07:00

This is a piece that I've been working on for a personal project. The three main ideas in this piece I want to get across are as follows: first read-forground plane/ second read- plane exploding over it/ third read epic cathedral. Suggestions and comments are very much appreciated. I would love feedback. Thank You.