Scenario – Imagine being stranded after a major disaster in a major city. Most of the city’s power is out, the water is undrinkable and food is scarce. As we’ve learned in the last few years from many a sad sad experience, most people just aren’t prepared for conditions following a natural or otherwise major [...]

As promised, a new video for you to check out. I tried to focus on just pencils in this one rather than getting into marker. We have a couple more car videos coming, but mind you, we’re not car designers. Just so happens we got on a car kick for a bit… As always, experiment [...]

It’s design week in San Francisco, CA, and if you happen to be in the area, ASTRO Studios will be opening it’s doors for open tour on Thursday June 18th 5:30 – 9:00pm. So come by and check it out! It’s also the studio’s 15th anniversary, so check out the blog and leave a shoutout! [...]

There are a few videos in the pipeline including this number on pencil sketching, shading, and linework. Sorry guys, no marker this time. We’ve also got another pencil/marker sketch, and a two part digital sketch demo by yours truly coming up. Not exactly sure what John’s up to, but I’m sure he has something good [...]

It’s been discussed, and discussed . . . Should we write a book? Would anyone be interested or want to buy it? What would you want to see in it? Should it be one or a series? How about a book with a DVD included? So. . . . The question of the day is [...]

Well not all about them, but this should help point you in the right direction. I’ve had a few people ask about the construction of shadows. I’ll talk about two types here and I’ll be up front here – I won’t cover every situation or even more complex scenarios, but the principles here will help [...]

Here is some great work by Justin Oaksford who just finished his 2nd term of Entertainment Design at Art Center in Pasedena, CA. I saw his work and instantly became a fan. I had a chance to ask him about his workflow: “It’s a good idea to sketch your reference, as you can memorize more details about it. Then [...]

So I just wanted to post an update and show an overlay sketch of the thumbnail video. I wanted to make sure you could see that it is possible to go in and continue to work out some of your thumbs while keeping them loose and interesting. This sketch was done by simply going over [...]

Here is a little video I prepared for a quick gestural type of sketching that is good for an ideation process. This type of sketching works well for me when I need to sketch something more complex. It allows you to cheat a bit by just sort of indicating where things may go without having [...]

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