Env - unfinished...

Ford - "Futurista"

Concept art / matte painting / Artistic Direction for the Ford - Futurista  advertising. A chalenging project due to the very  short time of production. Here few of the concept art done for this project.

Just a WIP of my Santa Claus version. He is a giant, traveling with a speed vehicule and living Tibet like city in the north pole...

Kite...

The escape...

Was quite busy last weeks, so here a doodle to escape from the reality.

Landscaping...

I have been quite busy since last post, so here a quicky Landscape thumb-nailing. More to come...(hopefully)

Little thumb ! Le Petit Poucet - O pequenho Polegar - Storytelling

 Things must change for good or for bad. Every story is about something, somebody changing and how it affect the main characters and the public. The change make the character learn to grow in his life, and the story must reveal this change. And sometime when a film is good, we learn something too.

Little thumb ! Le Petit Poucet - O pequenho Polegar

Back to sketching !

critic !

A friend of mine Ousmane Diop gave me a kick in the ass this morning via FB and I need to thank him for that. Been almost 3 month now I m studying on my own in the middle of Brasil with the goal of making a transition from visual effects (lots of 3D) to concept art (lots of circles and lines....).
Its a wonderful place to be, surrounded by nature. Any break from the computer is one step away from cows, toucans, all kind of insect (see Photoblog) . Internet doesn t flow so fast here and the only inconvenient is to be far away from anyone who could critic the progresses. Wait wait....far away until somebody invented internet.
So, Ousmane send me a message about quality of production and productivity, its a long mail but very motivating. I have now a deal with myself: put the last gear and accelerate the production flow. Hope some folks will let feedback too on what s coming next !
Thx Ousmane, Leighton.H and J.Park for the critic and encouragement !
Greetings to C.D.A s and Red Engine !

Red Riding Hood 3, interior

Red Riding Hood 2, Action, first try...

Just a try to get more dynamics into the shots... It definitly show me how much I still have to learn concerning rendering, dynamic pose, character design and animal anatomy. Each time you try to make something different it means: a lot of effort to learn what you never drew. I wish I had the Kevin Chen classes at C.D.A. who seems to cover a lot of dynamic poses and character design. Kevin is a great artist and very sympathic to. If you can; take his classes !
Apenas uma tentativa de obter mais dinâmica no shots ... Isso definitivamente me mostre o quanto ainda tenho para aprender sobre o rendering, pose dinâmica, design de personagens e anatomia animal. Cada vez que você tentar fazer algo diferente significa: um grande esforço para aprender o que você nunca desenho. Eu gostaria de ter assistido as aulas do Kevin Chen em C.D.A. que parece cobrir um monte sobre poses e design de personagens. Kevin é um grande artista e muito simpática alem disso. Se você puder, toma suas aulas!

Red Riding Hood

Still experimenting ideation...and from nowhere appeared Red Riding Hood !

Moon Spirit

O encontro com o espirito da Lua !

Little thumb ! Le Petit Poucet - O pequenho Polegar

Some more landscape research from Little Thumb. Need to refine the robot separately.

Quicky for Env class

Little thumb ! Le Petit Poucet - O pequenho Polegar

Aqui mia versao do Pequeno Polegar de Charles Perrault. Mudei ums capitulos para a historia não ficar tao previsível. O Concept foi ate aprovado de James Paick ! Que honor !

Here the firsts concept from the Little Thumb, the first version written by the Charles Perrault (le petit poucet). Design and comp approved by James Paick ! What an honor !

Petits concepts pour le Petit Poucet, revisite biensur

Fred Palacio - env WIP

Work in progress environment Design class.

C.D.A. week 05 - Environment Sketching

Some homework in progress in environment sketching classes...