Lost Concepts: Part 1 — Almost Human
Almost Human Concept Art Occasionally a sketch can become something else. I have taken to the iPad for illustration, as many have over the past few years. it is convenient, and allows me to do more finished work as well as sketch on-the-fly. Tasked to do some concept illustrations …
The Missing Millennium Falcon?
Evolution of a Design This article contains an image recreated from memory of an actual photo in an ex-ILMer’s archive — it is a re-creation for research purposes only, and not an official StarWars art piece. (However, the design has been verified to exist in the LFL archives by an insider.) …
Gorilla VFX : Episode 2 — What I Learned From Spider-Man
Two Simple Tricks For Professional Results. After the 1995 film Jumanji, checking the color of composited elements in a Visual effects scene was all about gamma blasting, and adjusting black levels. That rule-of-thumb changed during the 2002 Spider-Man talk at SIGGRAPH, as two new composite analysis methods leapt to the forefront to …
AGsketchbook — Oct. 26,2014
Not everything in a sketchbook is a scribble that needs to be finished. Occasionally it is a work of art that has no purpose other than to be drawn. This one was actually inspired by someone holding their fingers to their eyes as glasses. You never know what will inspire …
AGsketchbook — Oct. 19, 2014
Scribble Ships It is easy to fall into a pattern or style of illustration. To break the monotony, or creative block I occasionally like to apply an exercise I learned in Art School. The fact is, with a slight application of imagination, even a scribble can look like a face. …
Harv’s World — Oct. 2, 2014
#HarvsWorld #throwbackthursday Harv’s World cartoons ran publicly in 1990. A panel from the college newspaper, next to some “unknown” comic.
The AG_Punkwerks Blog — Year One
One Year of Content and Cool Directions. Well folks, it is officially the first anniversary of the AG_Punkwerks blog (Sept. 11 is the actual date, but it went live in October). Thanks for your readership, and continued enthusiasm for the odd collection of things roughly hung from the limbs of …
AGsketchbook — Sept. 28, 2014
I Love A Good Sketch. Sketches have a raw energy to them that an inked line sometimes robs in final form. Do not misunderstand, a fully inked final image when done right is a beauty (Frazetta and Kirby come to mind), but that initial idea and energy are in the …
Harv’s World — Sept. 28, 2014
#HarvsWorld In film school 1990. Harv was set to make his college newspaper run at this time. These cameras are a thing of the past now. AG
Harv’s World — Sept. 21, 2014
Cap’n Zow returns to #HarvsWorld for a visit. See him in Color or Black and White in this weeks thrilling cartoon, kids!
