Prehistoric Settlement

FINAL ART:
©Armand Serrano.
Something I did a while back but was never used.

17th Century Samurai

©Armand Serrano.
Can't sleep last night. Painted this in Photoshop.

Sony Pictures Animation Website

A few months ago, Sony decided to have a website dedicated to our animation division. I built a rough, mock up, working website how we, artists, would want to see it. The result was way better than what I did, kudos to our talented marketing and interactive group. Excited to share it with you all. Click here.

Another Doodle

©Armand Serrano.

iPod Touch/iPhone Paintings 4

©Armand Serrano.
This Brushes app in my iTouch comes very handy during my daughter's gymnastics class.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Teaser

The teaser trailer for "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" is out! Click on the image above to watch. It's been two years since I worked on this movie after Surf's Up and will be released this September. Here's my own little "teaser" on the design of that elementary school that gets covered by giant pancake.

Above is the final approved design I did for that school. Below are my thumbnail explorations.



Design "C" above was the one picked by the directors and below is my quick sketch when it gets covered by the pancake. Last image is the screengrab from the trailer.


Teaser will be out on the big screen in front of Monsters Vs. Aliens. More to come. By the way, my website(www.armandserrano.com) is BACK ONLINE!...thanks to my new webhost, Fatcow.com.

The Shark Bar

©Sony Pictures Animation.
One of the fun designs I did on a sequence that "almost" made it into the film. It's a bar for the penguin luau. This is the final design. The rough sketch can be seen on the Surf's Up book.

Website Down

My website, ARMANDSERRANO.COM, is temporarily down due to a transfer of webhosts. Will keep you posted when it's back. But for the meantime, I'll continue posting here in my blog. Thanks.

iPod Touch/iPhone Painting 3

©Armand Serrano.
Man, this is addicting. I painted this on my ipod Touch over lunch break earlier and so happy with the outcome. This time, I was using Brushes app and my good old pointer finger. For the serious users, I recommend both Colors and Brushes apps.

iPod Touch Finger Painting 2

©Armand Serrano.
Another round of iTouch finger paintings using Colors app. This app is a bit more sophisticated and has more features. Many thanks to Tom Scholes (http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com) for the tips. I am definitely placing an order for a POGO stylus. Coming up next, I'll be using Brushes app.

iPod Touch/iPhone Finger Paintings

©Armand Serrano.
My daughter loves to use this very primitive finger painting app called Simple Paint on my iTouch. Got curious and gave it a shot. It's very basic but handy. Like that traffic light image on top for example. I stopped on a red light one foggy morning then tried to draw it before it turns green. There goes sketchclub right there.

Open Season 2: Pet Paradise Design

©All images. Sony Pictures Animation.
A year and a half ago, I helped out on Open Season 2 (available now on DVD) in designing the main location called Pet Paradise. Above is the pet waterslide which is the main attraction for the resort. Below is the basic layout of the whole place.

The interior of the waterslide is a hero location and here are the basic designs and layout.




The resort lobby.

Different facade designs for the entrance. The third one was picked which was inspired by the "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland.




The final design for the entrance.


Also, I'd like to welcome the talented Peter Chan, the newest addition to our visdev team here at Sony. Check his blog out on my links list.