Power Of Values Recap

(Top) Taken during the tonal design seminar at LAAFA. (Above) One of the many tonal designs I used at the seminar. 

All images ©Armand Serrano. 

iPhone Paintings 10: Crew Meetings and Demo

Twice a week we have crew meetings on the project I'm working on in the stusdio. So every now and then, I'll grab the opportunity to do life drawing on my iPhone inside the dim lit room. Clockwise from top left: Doug Sweetland, Fergal Reilly, Justin Thompson, Lia Abbate, Dave Bleich and Mike Kurinsky. 

Here's a couple more with my son and my wife done a couple of days ago. Below is the stroke by stroke video of these two. All paintings were done in Brushes app and video capture in Brushes Viewer. Enjoy.

All images and videos ©Armand Serrano. 

iPhone Paintings 9

Done during my son's school meeting last night. The African American lady on the left was so attentive and taking notes. The asian lady in the middle was starting to get tired and bored. The caucasian guy on the right was so restless to keep himself awake. I cant focus and getting bored myself so time to doodle. Done in Brushes app... btw, for the record, I was listening :)

©Armand Serrano.

The Power Of Values Seminar

I am doing a three hour seminar on tonal design with Photoshop demo titled The Power of Values at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art on August 18th, 7-10 pm. Click here to register.

All images ©Armand Serrano.

Comic-Con 2011 Recap

A quick iPad painting demo at the Los Angeles Academy Of Figurative Art booth using Brushes app.

Animation peeps (clockwise from top left): Bill Perkins; the one and only Alex Nino; Good man Mark McDonnell; Stephen Silver, myself, my daughter Ella, David Colman, and Nicolas Villareal. Others artists I saw: Robh Ruppel, Stef Kardos, Pascal Campion, Tuna Bora, Chris Deboda, Dzu Nguyen, and my cousin Charlie Deogracias.

Kenya, Greece, and Turkey

Kenya

The Acropolis, Athens

Ancient Ephesus, Selcuk 

The Hagia Sofia, Istanbul

The Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Boat ride on the Bosphorous River that separates Europe and Asia

A few of weeks ago, my wife, oldest daughter and I went on a mission trip with our church team to Kenya for 10 days. The first part was a medical mission in the outskirts of Nairobi. The other half was providing livelihood like sheep, hens, etc. and feeding of almost a thousand people in a camp for those who were displaced by violence in the Great Rift Valley. It was a life-changing experience to see the needs and how these beautiful people cope up. Before going back home, we spent a week-long vacation with a few friends and visited Athens, Ephesus and Istanbul. Here are some of the photos. Enjoy.

Krylon TV Ad

A month ago, I made these layout sketches over a weekend for a friend, Ryan Dunn, who's directing a Krylon Paint TV ad. Its interesting what he built based from these sketches. CLICK HERE or the image below to watch the actual TV spot released Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy.

Proud Daddy Ad: Ella on TV ad

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My youngest daughter, Ella, is in the Sears Big Memorial Day Sale ad running on national TV this week. She's the tiny girl in bathing suit. Enjoy the long weekend.

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Art Center Portfolio Review

At the Art Center College of Design South Campus in Pasadena, together with Marcelo Vignali, Kurt Albrecht, Chad Hellmuth and Ken Maruyama (not in photo), reviewing portfolios of the Entertainment Design grads. So humbled and inspired by the caliber of these students' artworks.

Arthur Christmas Teaser

The teaser trailer for Arthur Christmas is out. Click on the image above to watch. It's the first collaboration between Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman Production and I worked on the early development of this film. Below is my own "teaser" image, an early concept of the ship you just saw on the trailer. Enjoy.

All images ©Aardman/Sony Pictures Animation.

CTN Animation Expo 2010

Photos (Clockwise from left): During my talk on "The Power of Thumbnails"; Good ol' Mark McDonnell; Kim Mackey; Dan Daly; Mitch "Skelanimals" Bernal; Joe Gilland and Jay Schuh. 

Colleagues with me at the Sony booth: James Williams, Judy Thomason, Mike Kurinsky, Luc Desmarchelier and Ken Maruyama.  Other friends and colleagues I saw: Jill Culton, Robh Ruppel, David Colman, Craig Harris, Ed Ghertner, Peter Mohrle, Ronnie Del Carmen, Lee Gramling, Nicolas Villareal, Betsy Bauer, Tuna Bora, Christopher Denise, etc. Overwhelmed by so much talent present in one single event and reviewed close to a hundred portfolios in a couple of days. Very nostalgic weekend for me specially seeing my  ex-Disney Feature Animation Florida colleagues. Looking forward to next year.

Again, special thanks to Tina Price and her crew for making this year's animation expo a success. More power to CTN.