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2011-10-23T22:06:00.001-07:00

more misc sketchings and a design for a skateman mini 02 ^

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2011-07-19T21:42:00.000-07:00

Ive been making some modified spaceman mini ... turning them into skateman mini's, this guy is the first one up ... I will publish some model pics asap
Georgia O'Queefe - one of the 'strong females' created by Kate Beaton ,Carly Monardo and Meredith Gran

068

2011-07-06T17:48:00.000-07:00

Dogstar recently won a Hugo award in Chicago ... WOOT!

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2011-01-19T19:28:00.000-08:00

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2010-12-02T19:38:00.000-08:00

some Gemma sketches from Dogstar

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2010-09-09T21:13:00.000-07:00

haha total randomness ...

064

2010-07-07T00:06:00.000-07:00

Some older stuff . I did these for a goofy activity on U16 where the characters are broken into 3 parts and you mishmash them to create something different .. was good fun!

063

2009-12-07T21:30:00.000-08:00

Dogstar series 2 continues and I have been very busy ; aside from directing the show a large part of the concept art is done by me which can compound at times as the shows schedule is very tight . I will try to post some of the work as we go and so here is a small snippet of some of the earlier eps concept art/layouts, colour keys .. Naturally the copyright for this work remains with Mediaworld Pictures.

Exterior of the Clark home on earth

Interior main room

the Clark Boys bedroom

In this episode the Dogstar crew revisit a planet from series 1 populated by the finest minds in the universe - The Mensans. They are caught up in the battle against a stupidity virus that turns Mensans into Densans ..

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2009-09-09T22:24:00.000-07:00

From the misty southern swirls comes TORTUGAS SKULL : a fearsome behemoth she is.
Silently gliding the skies grapling unsuspecting livestock for feasts, boats and carriages for booty .Little is known about her crew , a murderous foul gang of cutthroats .
The Tortugas Skull sports a large caliber gatling gun that can unleash a fearsome barrage from the heavens .

A rare snapshot of 2 crew members

Couple of Spaceman mini button badge designs.

Ig-88 : party robot of death

061

2009-04-26T20:58:00.000-07:00

sorry blog I neglect you ...

060

2009-01-07T17:02:00.000-08:00

This quick image of a fungusman character from a comic ive been sketching up was given to Aeronik for the unit16 CTT and he produced this neato toy version ..

Been busy setting up Dogstar series 2 but here's some recent doodlebugs mostly for activities on U16..

059

2008-11-18T21:17:00.000-08:00

some more doodles , ive been drawing alot of music related images lately ..

Does anyone know what character this is .. from ultraseven i think ?

Ultraman Agul ver 2

058

2008-10-30T18:13:00.001-07:00

Space monster Dagora in search of delicious carbon

057

2008-09-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

sold a robot and commisioned to make another - woot !i didnt manage to get real good photos of no.22 (pictured above) , he was made of resin cast pieces from a clay original

a layout for a retro future city project

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2008-09-07T18:27:00.000-07:00

Dogstar Mensan's

rebel fighter pilots .

CTT sketchbased on pencil jedi's character

055

2008-08-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

illustration for fray magazine ( usa) for a story about a girls obsession for naked mole rats

054

2008-08-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

some random sketchings mostly for the CTT ..

053

2008-06-01T16:17:00.000-07:00

some random sketches from the last couple of weeks

052

2008-05-03T20:06:00.000-07:00

This month on Unit16 there is an activity on to design a character based on the spaceman mini figure.. ' the many faces of spaceman mini ' . If your into it - join up because the winner gets a spaceman mini painted to their specs or in classic colours ...

also a couple of random sketchies

astroboy vs a runaway bus..

and a U16 CTT based on redfives character

051

2008-04-06T16:18:00.001-07:00

the robot below was a study for a book cover (above) for Karel Capeks R.U.R as part of U16's Literary illuminations activity. The story written as a play in 1922 covers the struggle between robot and man and is full of great between the lines imagery .. its also the first time the word ROBOT was used

050

2008-03-24T14:37:00.000-07:00

An illustration for a Spainish book compiled by Roger Omar about dreams as told by children .The dream given to me was written by Alba , a girl from spain ...

THE VOLCANO
One day in my dream I was in a volcano. Inside the volcano there was a very pretty island with a lot of trees with very red apples. When I was about to pick one apple, a rabbit appeared and told me not to pick it. I ignored him and the volcano erupted, and then I woke up.

the flicker set of compiled book images are HERE

049

2008-03-15T16:31:00.001-07:00

U16 has a western activity on at the moment - yeeeha !

inspired by Rods , inter-dimensional visitors or camera artifacts (?) i like the idea of a dimension we cant fathom ..

048

2008-02-25T02:27:00.000-08:00

pencils

The BG for the steam tram piece , in this scene the tram enters and exits shot while revealing a little of life in the lower levels

047

2008-02-23T20:42:00.000-08:00

electrosteam tram for a larger piece ( to be updated )

have been in travelling around japan which was awesome fun ,much shopping and sights to see but am back and plan to get down to some hard work

TOYS TOYS TOYS !

046

2008-02-19T18:12:00.000-08:00

just a quick note DOGSTAR is airing on channel 9 @ 8.10 satuday mornings in Australia

045

2008-01-11T20:13:00.000-08:00

not a viking but an octobum for U16's graveyard

been very busy lately making models for a ww2 live action film but i have been taking some moments to draw , mostly vikings ... will post more later

044

2007-12-18T21:02:00.000-08:00

for sub captain

sketch of teemu's character , with some friends during the bay street uprising

043

2007-12-04T16:04:00.000-08:00

some recent forum sketches

skeletor from Masters of the Universe

this last one is based off Teemus character for the CTT

042

2007-11-20T17:27:00.000-08:00

Last year i art directed and designed a TVS called DOGSTAR .Finally its going to appear in Australia on channel 9 4pm Tues - Fri starting Nov 27th ... With that in mind here are a few concept images...

the different shades of a space frieghter on re-entry
record retrival room aboard the Dogstar
Plush toy of Boombah the dog detecting cat

041

2007-11-16T15:23:00.000-08:00

new spaceman BETA ready for a mission

space man BETA and a 5 squad brother MINI group shot

040

2007-11-05T21:39:00.000-08:00

another 3 space men mini's ready for duty ...

sketchbook pages of concept spacemen faces and variants

039

2007-10-24T19:00:00.000-07:00

DESTROY ALL HUMANS from some characters by fk

some recent forums sketches

038

2007-09-30T01:05:00.000-07:00

3 more ready for battle (oh my! unit 22 has some rage issues)

spaceman mini's are in production - poly urethane toys about 70mm high
these are pics of the first 3 numbered sequentially

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2007-09-24T23:46:00.000-07:00

a snail like bounty hunter with its own droid ( and some head variations )

an Ithorian - collecting bounty on some plant neglectors

Boba fett in alt armour colours as he appeared in the star wars holiday special on the planet Panna

theres a comp on at unit 16 at the moment - star wars bounty hunters - join up and have a go if your into drawing those sorts !

036

2007-09-09T01:23:00.000-07:00

a quick drawing from a character sketch by Andrew smith on U16's CTT - ' little red riding hoods all grown up and in the buisness of outsmarting wolves .

035

2007-09-03T15:53:00.001-07:00

quickies

034

2007-08-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

some recent entires in U16's ctt thread

033

2007-08-15T19:31:00.001-07:00

2 PS manipulated photos of airship models , they are very small ( the largest is 5cm long ) and photographed against a painted sky. I digitally added smoke and lights and a little blur on the props and some sun rays in the first one .

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2007-07-27T00:18:00.000-07:00

In my spare hours ive been colouring comics for BOOM studios / Warhammer 'Forge of war' series . It's fun not to have to worry about the layouts and just focus on choosing good colours and the painting .The series is expertly inked by Rashan Ekedal ..

The images in this post are from issue 2 ; misc images at the top and pg 18 at the bottom

031

2007-06-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

this sketch was given to illustrator Graham Corcoran for the EP DMC and he came up with the beautiful image below ...

mermaids

030

2007-06-23T20:11:00.000-07:00

Space ghost and some draw my characters

029

2007-04-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

tofu and alcohol don't mix

a small vignette of a character by darkreaver on the DMC thread

028

2007-04-19T17:46:00.000-07:00

a last farewell before leaving with the fleet for battle ...

imperial soldier ( unit22 )

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2007-04-17T03:03:00.000-07:00

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2007-04-06T23:29:00.000-07:00

Chi town , studebaker , swordfish , blue

bathtub , policeman , chorizo , rooftop , tea

bears , dice , powertools

batman , god , sandals , no utility belt

infamous , riveted , smoking , lava , moon

dendrochronology, gnathodynamometer, leprosarium, mime-clamp, headcrab

female , torch , allstar boots , mini skirt , angry

goal , you , fan , mouse , caffe

refridgerator , from the future , dinosaur , biomechanical hand , saliva

some recent EP forum drawings .. the Draw My Description thread is where you construct an image based on the previous entrants 5 word description . You have 24 hours to complete the illustration

025

2007-04-06T23:21:00.000-07:00

so i gave a sketch of the space bikers to Aeronik at eatpoo for the DMC thread
- superb !

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2007-03-21T15:33:00.000-07:00

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2007-03-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

eatpoo DMC entry drawing FK's character .

im slowly updating my site to include model robots ..here is an earlier robot ( no.4 ) made from highdensity foam and DAS clay

and robot n0.6 ( labelled 1a1 ) a cast resin no.6 body with additional features and updated manipulators

021

2007-03-07T00:43:00.000-08:00

Colour study for the Clark home on Old Earth - dinning room and kitchen area

021

2007-03-04T17:32:00.000-08:00

Poor old Beaker , i always felt sorry for him as kid.This small story is entitled BEAKERS LAMENT done for EP weekly#120.

This story is partially set around beakers rendition of 'Feelings' ( click here to see the performance )

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2007-03-01T00:57:00.000-08:00

Top : Character designs and some stills from a ABC 'Fly Tv' interstitial

the other image are character sketches for a short 'Mime'

019

2007-02-17T16:28:00.000-08:00

A couple of underused characters from Dogstar - Space truckers

018

2007-02-17T16:24:00.000-08:00

Quick charcol studies for streetscapes ...

017

2007-02-15T23:58:00.000-08:00

Daina in EVA suit - ep 023

Aircar showroom - ep 07 ( Oh my what a sweet ride )

Eposode 06 : INT Nova shopping center - ( colour study and drawing ) This space station was based on old nasa designs for a rotating station generating its own gravity ( will edit with EXT design )

Dogstar designs - Drawings coloured in Photoshop

016

2007-02-13T17:15:00.000-08:00

A Glorious find - Planetman issue 100 !

An image of Planetman wrestling with an alien horde (episode 020)
want more Planetman ? click here

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2007-02-10T15:03:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-07T16:26:00.000-08:00

Quick studies for russian Crimean war soldiers circa 1855

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2007-02-07T15:25:00.000-08:00

Layout sketches

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2007-02-06T15:56:00.000-08:00

Designs for the ducts beneath the Valiant (spaceship) Bridge used in episode 022.
The first is a cross section and the second a Layout and tonal drawing including Gemma , one of the main characters who is in these ducts looking for a cat that is hiding .

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2007-02-06T00:45:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-05T20:15:00.000-08:00

More music related images . A photo of some of the 'Cutey Bitey' character models from the music video 'seven ' by Bidstone Moss.

Made with high density foam and epoxy putty they stand 50mm high .
( I'll add more photos when the monkey and drumkit sculpt is complete )

The video was made at Square i with the animation and Bg's being produced in Flash and FX done in AFX .

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2007-02-03T17:39:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-02T20:26:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-02T16:03:00.000-08:00

A couple of images from an ongoing project set in a retro world.

The top image is a study for the one below .This is the engine room for a variable speed moving pathway - an old sci fi concept for urban travel using moving pathways.

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2007-02-02T15:58:00.000-08:00

The troll uner the bridge - and some sketches of trolls...

005

2007-01-31T19:13:00.000-08:00

A scene from no.16 - layout sketch and finished Bg. ( old school )

004

2007-01-31T01:21:00.000-08:00

Some interiors from DS - The top one is a main characters bedroom used briefly in ep 01 and the other image , not seen in the show is an Int for the 'Enforcer2' - The bounty hunter Baba Ganoosh's stealthy spacecraft .

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2007-01-30T23:40:00.000-08:00

Planetman in the good ol days - beating on the 'Meddler' of Fodu 3 is always good sport .

Also an issue of the highly sought after 'PLANETMAN' comicbook series ( issue 091) . This edition has the first appearence of Schrodinger , a time travelling levitating Brainiac from Mensa who helps Planetman defeat the mighty Metal Menace ...

002

2007-01-30T23:29:00.000-08:00

Some supers for the eatpoo 'Marvel' weekly - these activities are pretty fun

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2007-01-30T22:40:00.000-08:00

I'll start this with a couple of pre production drawings from Dogstar , ive been locked away for 2 years designing an animated , sci-fi childrens TVS . It's finished , well nearly so im free to draw whatever i like ..
Both these drawings became layout's for two of the opening scenes in ep 01