Mark's Sketchblog

Nightwork at SDCC !

2008-07-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

We didn't think it was going to arrive in time, but the book will be at the BrandStudio table at the Con! I will be scribbling in them on Thursday and Friday at some point. Come over and say hi! Same booth as last year H-3 - MAP

Shortly after I get back and get my shipment I'll put up an order link here and on my website.

Tatoo

2008-07-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

Work quickie. PS.

Totoro!

2008-07-10T21:22:00.000-07:00

Finally we can talk about this!
the Totoro Forest Project
I'm honored to be a part of this effort. My friend Dice Tsutsumi helped gather 200 artists to create original work to make this happen. The theme was centered around a protector of nature. It's a benefit to help preserve the Sayama forest, which is on the outskirts of Tokyo and being threatened by urban development. This place was Hayao Miyazaki's inspiration for his Totoro forest and he's been fighting for it for 10 years. There will be an auction and a book of the artwork. All proceeds will go to help save this vanishing forest.

Go check out the gallery on the site. Not all the work is up yet, but there's still more amazing work up there than you can stand!

Oil on masonite 18x24"

Valve

2008-07-07T23:56:00.000-07:00

The jig is up.
The secret is now officially out.
For those of you who I haven't already told...
After nearly a year, finishing the film I'm currently working on, I'm heading to Seattle to start at Valve!

A couple of fun Team Fortress 2 character intros:

I'm really gonna miss my friends here in the Bay but I'm excited to start splashing around in the mud up at the new playground.

busy

2008-06-12T23:26:00.001-07:00

I've been too busy lately. Painter.

hungry

2008-06-03T23:41:00.001-07:00

Quickie last night. PainterX. Used the sponge brush for texture.

Zombie screen cap

2008-05-29T23:36:00.001-07:00

DrawerGeeks:Zombies

2008-05-29T00:10:00.000-07:00

I screen-recorded this one. If there's any interest I'll go and prep and upload it.

Sorry for the tardiness BTW. I've been working on a piece that's been eating all my time. I'll be able to post about it soon.

dirtscapes & RSS feed

2008-05-08T00:40:00.001-07:00

Today's landscapeness.
Also, I updated my RSS feed. Added feed subscription buttons for Google, Yahoo and Bloglines. Hopefully it will be easier for people to subscribe now. Sorry about the prior strangeness.

more oil play

2008-05-06T23:42:00.001-07:00

Small and quick w no real point.

woods

2008-05-06T23:39:00.001-07:00

Just Painter this time. Made a few custom crazy "sponge" brushes for shape variation and texture hinting.

water and oil

2008-04-29T21:37:00.001-07:00

Water-mixable oil paint today (at work). Cropped from the same 9x12 sheet. First time I've tried this stuff in over 1o years. Seems to me they've improved.

Branch pods

2008-04-28T23:49:00.000-07:00

I wasn't expecting to paint tonight. Far from done, but I'm tired.
Here's the blocking if anyone is interesting.

acrylic play

2008-04-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

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Girl's head was the size of my thumb print and my brush was way too big. That was stupid.
Acrylics scare me. I never know what I'm gonna get when that stroke dries. How dark is that gonna get? Darker than what I put it down on top of? Who knows?

Does anybody know how to manage that?!

Hopefully I'll have an alkyd sketch page coming up soon too.

2008-04-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

Photoshop. Tried a more intentional and limited palette.

one more

2008-04-11T23:32:00.001-07:00

from tonight.

Speedies

2008-04-10T23:49:00.001-07:00

Env paints today. Gotta start doing these in color. Scary.

Don't call it a soul patch!

2008-04-06T21:12:00.001-07:00

Photoshop

drawerGeeks:Samurai

2008-04-03T23:22:00.000-07:00

DrawerGeeks
I wanted to do this one in color but ran out of time w some tricky composition issues.

Book News: For those who have been asking, the book will be ready at the end of May! I'll post any updates as I get them.

life study

2008-03-26T23:20:00.001-07:00

Vine and or charcoal pencil on newsprint. Had fun massing in a bunch of these with no contour. I really liked both of these models and that always seems to come out in the drawing in some intangible way. Random times under 5 minutes. I think the face was closer to 10.

And again

2008-03-13T23:48:00.000-07:00

With the screaming.

squawk!

2008-03-13T23:20:00.000-07:00

Anyone notice how all my creatures have been screaming lately? Don't go reading too much into it.

monster

2008-03-10T22:24:00.001-07:00

Free time today. PS.

zan

2008-03-03T23:48:00.001-08:00

This week's DrawerGeeks.
PainterX

Quick paint demo

2008-02-25T22:56:00.001-08:00

Inspired by Tom Scholes, Ryan Wood and Todd Harris, I finally found a way to do a screen recording of a quick painter demo. I couldn't shake the idea that it was being recorded and started noodling and being indecisive. Next time I'll loosen up. It was 39 minutes crunched down to fit into just under 5.

Music by Richard Thompson.

Bip.tv (better quality)

Click To Play

Youtube (faster streaming)