Hyndol Art Academy

I'll be speaking at the Hyndol Art Academy Workshop in LA on October 2, 2010, Saturday at 2 pm.

Also, I be speaking at the CTN Animation Expo in November. More details coming.

Legionnaire

A doodle while taking a break. Done in PS.

Jon Schneck Website

My friend Jon Schneck gave me the privilege of illustrating the splash page for his newly "reskinned" website. The concept is creating a comic book cover absorbing everything about him: All-Star Converse, skinny jeans, red flanel shirt, trucker's hat, favorite guitar, guitar shop, a penguin, skateboard, Nashville, and a passion for Rubiks cube. Just for fun, I did a caricature of his band, Relient K, which I ended up using. Done is PS.

Check his website at www.jonathanschneck.com

All images ©Armand Serrano & Jonathan Scneck.

NASA Chimp

iPhone Paintings 8

 

Quick Brushes app painting while bored waiting at the dental office.

@Armand Serrano.

"Lilo"-cized Environment

Location designs I did for my friend Tony Bancroft on a project he worked on a few years ago. The task is to "Lilo"-cize (or add a Lilo & Stitch flavor on) the environment. So I grabbed my good old prismacolor pencil and vellum paper (and a touch of PS of course). There were two different location design styles. The first four illustrates the "real world" where shapes and silhouettes are more rounded and friendly. The last two personify the "fantasy" world where it's sharp, pointed and dangerous. It was fun. 

All images ©Armand Serrano.

Inquisitor

Woke up early  morning and had the urge to paint. Done in PS.

©Armand Serrano.

RIP Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)

I would like to make an exception and post a master's illustration in memory of this genius. If there's one artist we greatly admire and keep trying to emulate, it's good old Frank Frazetta. Sad day...

Website Update

I finally updated my website two years after last one that I could remember! Since I was on it for a couple of late nights, I decided to go for a new look and overhaul the entire site. I embed a simple flash gallery that would make postings not a chore for me to do in the future. Click HERE to have a glimpse and enjoy.

Neanderthals

        

Some environmental designs from a prehistoric neanderthal/cro-magnon project I was involved in at the studio three years ago that eventually got cancelled after almost a year in active development. Done in Photoshop. All images ©Sony Pictures Animation.

A Sherman

A quick doodle while waiting for a production meeting. Old tanks has always been a fascination and a favorite subject to draw as a kid. Done in Painter X. 
©Armand Serrano.

Alice In Wonderland: Jabberwocky Concept Designs

©Armand Serrano.
A couple of years ago when Sony Imageworks was ramping up work on Disney's Alice In Wonderland, Visual Effects supervisor Ken Ralston invited myself and Marcelo Vignali to do some concept designs on any character of our choice for the film. This was just a one day gig for both of us and here's some of my quick takes on the Jabberwocky.