Space Yaks

Christmas Cards

2010-12-30T08:08:00.000-08:00

Still haven't sent them out yet, but this was a quick little project that I enjoyed thoroughly.

Cheers,

Kam

New Sculpture!

2010-10-27T00:30:00.000-07:00

the future.

2010-09-02T13:30:00.000-07:00

yo, space yaks! these are some character designs i've been sketching on the bus for a future project i'm going to work on. it's been a lot of fun trying to make the outfits as strange as possible. i think i'm going to just keep drawing characters till i get sick of doing it so expect to see more in the future.

-a

2010-07-19T00:57:00.000-07:00

LUCHADOR MATCH COMPETITION. Anyone whose interested.... i have a need for a Luchador image.... for Chantel's 30th B-DAY official invite. Attached is the official save the date. We'd be most appreciative to anyone willing to contribute for the final tag.

Reward for winner!!!!

Please submit by the 24th (me included).

Sketchbook pages

2010-07-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

Eat rats. Start a fire.

2010-06-30T12:29:00.001-07:00

Yeah!

horse woman & ribbon deer

2010-06-30T00:13:00.000-07:00

wow formatting posts on blogger is not easy.

Here are more weird characters!

I know these guys need work, I'm not really satisfied with either of them - any suggestions on how to improve?

a sketch...

2010-06-22T09:58:00.000-07:00

this is a sketch....(mr peanut drawn by antony mazzotta)

-a

iTouch sketch!

2010-06-13T00:30:00.000-07:00

Here's a sketch that I did on my iPod Touch with a program called, Brushes!...a while ago. My friend Chase did the design with the basic green and violet colors and I 'brought it to life' by painting it more realistic, sorta...
Let me know what you think.

*UPDATE- here it is!

no blasphemy part 1

2010-06-09T12:15:00.000-07:00

I am a lonely space yak...

unnecessary blasphemy part 5,001...

2010-05-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

Faith makes me puke, get it?!?! I'm so edgy on this blog full of godless heathens. You're part of this, you're all going to hell with me!

unnecessary blasphemy part 5,000...

2010-05-03T17:27:00.000-07:00

I've rediscovered my prisma markers! I imagine it's much like the feeling you get when you first find jesus and you just want to tell all your friends about the pure, unconditional love you felt when you looked into his slimy, beady-eyed octopus head...wait...

Sunday night sketches

2010-04-25T21:47:00.001-07:00

i want to study animals a bit more, and maybe work more on faces. lets see if i keep it up :P

First post!

2010-04-20T11:14:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Zac and Matt for the invite! I really appreciate it. Here's an update (still a W.I.P.) sculpt from Mike Murnane's sculpture workshop. I still have a ways to go, ..ran out of the pink super sculpey, need more. Anyways, this character is based off of The Spiderwick Chronicles, called Mulgarath. For reference, I'm working off of screenshots from the film and a design that Carlos Huante did for the film. ...I know they(tippet) did sculpts for the film, if anybody finds the real Mulgarath maquette from the film, let me know! ;P thanks. As usual, let me know what I can improve on+make better, based on what you guys have seen from the movie and/or design from carlos' site.

Be sure to stop by on Wed. 6-9 in the motion capture room! Full Day workshop this Saturday 4/29
more details: http://mikemurnanesculptureclass.blogspot.com/

mary v josephs

2010-04-13T20:15:00.000-07:00

Heres some drawings of Mary and Joseph playing soccer with baby Jesus.

dandelion man

2010-04-03T00:25:00.000-07:00

no posts in a while so I thought I would chime in.. hope this counts as a sketch. Here's a character that's supposed to be like a dandelion/old man. the image on the right is a maya model I made based on the sketch on the left.

enough sharpie fumes to choke a horse.

2010-03-13T17:11:00.000-08:00

2 recent sketches, the pages still smell deliciously toxic. The words in the 1st one are a line from a Tom Waits song, it was stuck in my head forever and seemed like it would fit nicely with this thing, though probably a hundred other things would have at that point.

Bats

2010-02-27T12:25:00.000-08:00

I recently finished a 30 day trip to the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. We did a lot of exploring of Mayan temple sites including one called Calakmul. This particular temple site is still very much surrounded by the jungle. There is only one road that leads in to Calakmul from the main highway, and it takes an hour to drive in to reach it once you start in. Anyways, there's a lot of wild life there: Howler monkeys, Spider monkeys, Tucans, and lots of bats. While we were in this jungle area, we made a trip to see a cave that is home to what has to be millions of bats. During the evening, which is their active feeding time, we watched as what started out as a trickle of some bats turned into a huge swirling swarm of what looked like a tornado of bats rising into the air as they exited the cave. This went on for an awesome half hour!

Anyways, I brought along a small sketch book and did a couple sketches of some bats. I did these while we were traveling on a bus from Tulum to Valladolid. They're a little goofy and certainly not accurate, but they were fun to do.

even yet more sketches...

2010-02-18T08:33:00.001-08:00

here's some more sketches. these were originally printed in the Meathaus Sketchbook go for the gold along with a some of the stuff i posted here a while ago.

I've noticed that something i tend to draw alot is little people inside of people, or people using animal heads as hats. when i doodle and don't think about it it's something that i draw over and over again.

here are some post its with the same theme.

eventually I'd like to do something with this idea. a story or animation but I'm not quite sure what it's all about yet so that remains to be a project for the future.

-a

characters..

2010-02-17T21:52:00.000-08:00

I drew the top two images on opposite sides of the same piece of paper, and the bottom image is about this one scene in h.g. wells' "country of the blind" : "

2010-02-14T20:15:00.000-08:00

Hi all! here's my first post - I painted it with printer toner mixed into acrylic medium and charcoal. It's part of this animation/comic book i'm trying to make about Durga; you can check out the rest of the story (in progress) here :)

the tunnel

2010-02-11T10:55:00.001-08:00

this is the title page for a new short story i'm working on called....well, the tunnel.
i haven't designed the main characters yet which is why the car part of the drawing isn't finished.

-a

Brock vs one ton 21 colors

2010-02-07T23:54:00.000-08:00

could of spent more time on background but i just wanted to get it done.

WOLFMAN SUBMISSIONS

2010-02-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

Now don't be mad at me, but I thought this was the best venue to post this.
AICN & Universal Have A WOLFMAN contest going on...

CLICK HERE

AND OBVIOUSLY POST THEM HERE AS WELL FOR ALL OF US TO MARVEL OVER.

Cyan Sea

2010-02-02T11:47:00.000-08:00

I've had this color scheme in my head for a few months now. And I wanted to actually do something with it. Originally, I had had a dream in which I was walking across this cyan sea on a high, sheer, and magenta land bridge on which there were patches of violet grass. That said, I didn't dream of any blue fauns, but I thought he fit nicely into this. . .Disney Princesses color scheme I farted out of my brain. I think it's safe to say that the next thing I illustrate is going to be horrifyingly violent. . .or maybe just smutty. I don't know, but I feel way too warm and fuzzy after making this. It's weird. :P Honestly I try to see it while keeping in mind the music I listened too through it's entire creation. Basically, LOTS of Animal Collective. I think I had their entire discography on continuous loop. So look at this less as children's book material and more as that one time when you were tripping balls! :P

So, I mentioned Animal Collective had alot to do with how this one came out. I specifically hold this song responsible, it's called: "The Purple Bottle" and it's an adorable love song, easily one of my favorite songs by the band. There's so much going on in it to make it sound the way it does, I kind of like picturing it being played by lots of little creatures in classic cartoon fashion. But there it is, an explanation. :P

Brock vs one ton 21

2010-02-01T22:51:00.000-08:00

colors to come soon, and a background.

yakkin it up!

2010-01-25T17:06:00.000-08:00

Here is a random sketch that I liked of a monster for no reason other than fun:

And here is a sketch from a story that I’ve been formulating in my mind about human vs machine decision making. Here I am just playing around with future worlds. I think that it’s a bit odd to think that humans will be comfortable living in big cold shell-like ships. I think that would last for about ten seconds and then people would start dreaming about the sun and plants and earth tones, comforting things. Why wouldn’t we expect a future world to be more comfortable than the one that we are living in now? Anyways, it needs work, and I’ll do some more iterations, most likely after the robot story.

2010-01-22T14:48:00.001-08:00

Here's this, not really done but i think its time to post...Luca you were right about the colors, thanks. Please crit, I want to make this better.

something something feet...

2010-01-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

some sketches i wana color and ink digitally. but my fucking scanner does not work at home and I gota give up the wacom I've been using so this may take a few months...

more sketches...

2010-01-18T12:07:00.001-08:00

more new sketchbook stuff. the first one i might end up turning into a more finished piece.

-a

a speculative fiction

2010-01-13T20:46:00.000-08:00

After the breakdown of the Copenhagen talks, which spiraled into a hard fought consensus to more or less keep doing the same thing, I think we can all agree that this image is a fairly accurate, if a bit conservative, representation of what the near future holds for us higher apes.

new...

2010-01-06T12:16:00.000-08:00

just got a new sketchbook. here's some of my new sketches.

-a

Behold, the word made flesh!

2010-01-05T16:34:00.000-08:00

I did this over the holiday, I was really feeling that christmas spirit! It came to me one morning while reading the "life" section in the fresno bee (which I assure you has as it's mascot only the most adorable of cartoon bees!). In between articles about beating out that holiday stress and abundant commentary about the fact that winter is indeed cold, I was suddenly inspired! I give you the result:

warmups!

2010-01-05T10:10:00.001-08:00

i want to see more art here!

here is a page from my warmups, 30 sec life drawing with ink on paper

you can get 3d models here:
http://www.posemaniacs.com/?pagename=thirtysecond

anyone know where i can find an animal equivalent to this?

frost!

2009-12-29T17:30:00.001-08:00

Here's another I've fiddled with here and there. Meh, I think that I lost most of the composition at one point, so here it is I'm done.

Its abstract as shit. the howling woman warrior symbolizes my hatred for everyone in the world named Jared, the red is pasta sauce showing my distain for italian Ristainos and Lucas everywhere. The green ogre is Tony's grinch. The snowy setting depicts the heartless, chilling Carter-esque philosophy.

Can you guess the medium? ITS DIGITAL YOU IDIOT!

Also! Download these pdfs here and learn something!
http://onanimation.com/?p=2119

My Grinch

2009-12-24T11:47:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick sketch I did at home. It's my attempt at the Grinch.

And, here's a quick coloring pass.

Happy Holidays Space Yaks!

Murbella

2009-12-22T01:24:00.000-08:00

"This is the end of you anxious one, and little loss to the universe"
One Hormu-style kick for them to recognize. The questioner lay dead on the ground.

This is from the Dune series written by Frank Herbert which I think is genius. Its a book and I know that most of you can't read, so this might be considered bragging. Anyways, its a cool part in the books and I thought I would share. Happy Holidays!

A Brief History of Pug

2009-12-10T09:58:00.000-08:00

I promised I'd post this like three weeks ago. . .Hah! :P
This is the Hyper Pug. If you bother a pig-pug incessantly enough, he'll eventually tap into his stored genetic memories of ancient times, when his kind was a fierce and noble race. Ages ago, when mankind was young, Pig-Pugs ruled mightily over indo-china. Entire swarms of the little buggers would sweep majestically across the emerald fjords of some part of China. engulfing the landscape in fluff and snot. Snorts and schnuffles could be heard as thunderous as the sea from many miles away. And these mighty beasts lived free, noble lives. Until the climates began to change. Pug and Man soon came to fight over resources. land and noms grew scarce for the mighty PigPug race. And they resolved that their only way to survive, was to submit into a life of servitude. Man utilized the pig pug, for many thousands of years the Chinese used them as beasts of burden. PigPugs plowed their fields, carried grain, provided Pug-milk (Pilk). Slowly over the ages, the pig-pug race diminished in stature, and nobility. They came to be kept as pets. performing tricks for their masters. Entertaining them with their sputtered, punctuated snorts, a feigned blissful stupidity, and yipping. But the once noble pigpug never truly forgot its hist'ry. In brief momentary bursts of playful romping such as depicted here: the PigPug feels the glorious touch wind on his face and wrinkles once more. Carrying away the oppressive, purulent odor of his spittle and snot, the ghibli relieves his mind to recall the age when his ilk was immense, and powerful. Ruler of China. Wild. Brazen. Fearless. PigPug.

A Tribute To Ron

2009-12-09T11:12:00.001-08:00

It took me forever to post this, but here is a sketch I did a few months back. Hopefully I can get myself to do more of these.

Nothing Fancy, just a t-shirt design. :-)

2009-12-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

Just a simple screenprint design I did for my bands t-shirts. Nothing fancy here.

don't mess with the Yokozuna

2009-12-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

i think most of you guys have seen the sketch of this... here's the finish. I made it for a sumo art show this month. still not sure which orientation makes the best up.

-a

Eat the Minotaur

2009-12-03T02:13:00.001-08:00

So yeah, eat the Minotaur. My new post! These are all characters from the short we are working on. If any of you talented, hard working, god hating, girls stalking people feel like helping out please let us know. I pay in bad advices about your sex life. Matt pays in baked ziti.

Trapper-Keeper of Cthulu

2009-12-02T11:01:00.001-08:00

and with her came the frogs

2009-12-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

Trying out some different coloring techniques on this one. I promise more than one character in the next post...or the one after it.

2009-11-28T20:08:00.000-08:00

Playing around with symmetrical sketching in Zbrush, I guess its some kind of energy-being destroying a planet?

2009-11-25T17:00:00.000-08:00

this is on my desktop and i'm trying to put it somewhere so I will put it here!

do you recognize anyone?

we didn't listen!!!

2009-11-24T13:52:00.000-08:00

Prismas and Pen! The future belongs to analog...and monkeys.

WEEEEEEEEEE!@!!!!$#$@!!

2009-11-19T22:41:00.000-08:00

first post! random sketches.

2009-11-15T14:03:00.000-08:00

here's some random stuff.

-a

at least there are no skulls...

2009-11-09T16:59:00.000-08:00

This is sort of an attempt to do something clean...er. There are definitely some things that could use work, but it turned out alright and I'm pretty satisfied with the colors.

Goughff ignria nnaraginha Go blaaahgh!

2009-11-08T17:32:00.000-08:00

Some 10 seconds drawings and some doodles working out the McFuck Nuggets the squirrel character more. to put on a new business cared deign I’m working on.

God is in heaven, all is right with the world.

2009-11-04T11:55:00.001-08:00

Here is a very elaborate piece celebrating my friend Kamron and his escape from organized religion. Let`s have a minute of silence and reflect on how there is nobody up there who is interested in us, who loves us.

Nobody down here either for that matter.

This groundbreaking work of art took me about five months to complete. I executed several studies of Vermeer beforehand, the Dutch master was fundamental in order to get the shading the way I wanted it. I also spent a couple of months in Florence coping Botticelli so that I could get that round shape in the balloon just right.

I`m very proud of you buddy, don`t get mad!!

Amen.

magic

2009-11-03T23:10:00.000-08:00

woot! first post!

18x24 Poster

2009-11-02T12:18:00.000-08:00

MY FIRST POST: Did this for my bands mini tour in Richmond and VA Beach. Good times, lots of alcohol and angry music. Sold about 10 of them....whateves. <3

of love and colonoscopy

2009-11-02T00:03:00.000-08:00

Hello! First post! Everybody hated the one I like (second image) so I posted a few variations and a close up of the drawing. Jared likes the crazy orange one. He also likes to wear green every day of the year. Colors. Confusion. He hates shoes. Coming up next: less romantic drama! more background! maybe.

spooky, spooky

2009-10-31T21:23:00.000-07:00

My first post... I've been working on this the past few days and it's been pretty rewarding. It seems like so long since I've taken a sketch all the way through cleanup and color, I forgot how much I love doing this!

Blue girl WIP

2009-10-31T15:39:00.000-07:00

Yeah my fist post, this is the ruff drawings and layout for my newest illustration.
i'll throw up the colors when i have them. :D

It starts....

2009-10-30T19:29:00.000-07:00