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ROM Trip...

2010-01-31T11:58:00.000-08:00

From Bustards to Raccoon Dog's.

So yesterday I took a trip to the Royal Ontario Museum and did some drawing. It's been a while since I've been there but it was great, the museum always makes me feels like a little kid. Yesterdays trip was special though it's the first time I have ever gone drawing at the ROM and my friends and I had a blast. So much to see so much to draw! We spent so much time in the first couple of rooms that we totally didn't even see the other areas. I totally sugest that you go sketching in the ROM it was very successful for me and q welcome change from the norm. Anyways check out some of the sketches I got below and I'll return with more posts later.

PEACE!

-ko

The majestic Bear...OOooo...AAaaaa

The Great Bustard...really that's
what it's called

I unfortunatly didn't catch the name on this little guy,
but I had to draw him he was awesome!

There were some cool looking owls there too!

There were also a couple of intense looking Tigers!

Something old...

2010-01-26T07:58:00.000-08:00

New Year...New GEAR!!

So It's been awhile since I updated... But It's okay I'm back, I have some new ideas and I wanna clean this place up and re-organize. I'm going to keep the old posts and such, I just want to go through and make everything look neat. So in this post I have a drawing I did when Terminator Salvation came out in theaters. I was inspired to do a Clone Wars take on it turned out cool I think. Got the BluRay for Christmas and was think of revisiting this idea of an animated Terminator. I've also been busy doing tattoo designs for friends and that kinda stuff so now that its a new year I wanna get into gear and post more art than links ...ahhahaha.

Anywyas hope you enjoy and... I'LL BE BACK!

-ko

KOF XII Pixel Art Gallery

2009-11-03T20:55:00.000-08:00

WOW....WOWEE WOW WOW!!!

To quote Mr. Walken......

I found this while doing some design/animation research and reference searching... Its a complete gallery and explanation of the process of King of Fighters XII's sprite animation/design. So amazing and inspiring, take a look...

http://kofaniv.snkplaymore.co.jp/english/info/15th_anniv/2d_dot/index.php

-ko

New Portfolio Preveiw

2009-10-24T16:09:00.000-07:00

So here is the cover page for my updated portfolio... Working on a lot of retooling and putting in new work redoing some stuff and adding in some awesome!!!!!

-ko

JUST WOW...

2009-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

The FRAY - Heartless from IE HAGY on Vimeo.

So here is another awesome animated video found courtesy of Kanye's blog. It's a cover of Heartless by The Fray. Great cover and excellent animation, also a very cool concept for a video. Enjoy and I'll be back soon with some more GI Joe drawings...

PEACE!

-ko

MO YO JOE FO SHO!

2009-08-20T14:45:00.000-07:00

Hey Knuckle Head!

What's up everyone!

So I over estimated myself and my lack of a faster better computer, and have fallen behind on my challenge...NONE THE LESS I will continue to draw the characters on my list and upload them as they are complete. I really want to keep up on these. I'm having a lot fun drawing them and hope you enjoy viewing them. For today's update I present the great comedic duo of Alpine and Bazooka. Every time these two hit the screen they kill me, honestly between yodeling to cause an avalanche and "imaginary" Sea Monsters its all jokes with these Joes. Also another great scene is where they try to pick up Lady Jaye in front of Flint...CLASSIC!

So more to come soon!

-ko (joe!)

YO JOE!

2009-08-08T23:20:00.000-07:00

SSSSILENCE!!

Okay with all the movie hype going on I've been addicted to watching my old GIJoe DVDs. What a great show its so campy and full of cheese yet so bad ass at the same time. So it got me thinking I should draw a GIJOE character a day for the rest of the month starting from the premiere of the movie (which I have yet to see!). I realize I'm late since the movie came out on Friday the 7th but I have plans to help me catch up. To begin the count down I chose to start with none other than the great Cobra Commander!!

Enjoy and more to come!

-ko (joe!)

WHAT WHAT!!

2009-07-25T07:17:00.000-07:00

STRAIGHT FROM SDCC.....TRON:LEGACY!!!!!

Well not straight from Comic Con I'm not actually there bringing you this....you get it..

Video Games - E3 2009 - Video Game Trailers

Oh and I have some projects going....sneak peek SOON!

-ko

Strawberry Swing trailer...

2009-07-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!

Back after a million years of exile..... with this little tidbit of animation news...
Coldplay has a new video with crazy animation....Looking forward to it!!

Also a lot of updates as far as my work goes coming in the next couple of days...

Check the trailer below.

-ko

Back in Buisness....So to speak...

2009-05-05T17:27:00.000-07:00

Hello hello!

So in wake of the disaster that was myToons closing on me, I've found a new home for my demoreel and portfolio. I came across this awesome website while viewing a friends portfolio. The site is carbonmade.com, a very easy and great site for online work display. You have two options a free account or a paid account, lots of space and clean layouts. It's a great place to show off your work. So my portfolio is up there now and the link is in the old spot of the myToons link, I also added their blog into my links section. So have a look see and enjoy.

-ko

P.S. Enjoy this quick drawing of WWE Superstar Montel Vontavious Porter...

MVP and his inflatable house LOL!!!

Nice....

2009-04-29T18:49:00.000-07:00

Again another cool animated short found on Kanye's blog...

This one is for NIKE really cool..........

-ko

Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo.

My Apologies...

2009-04-22T07:22:00.001-07:00

So turns out that MyToons.com is closed which is a bit of a disappointment considering I was using the space on there to host my demo reel and portfolio. It was brought up to my attention this morning and is really inconvenient especially since I have sent the link to studios requesting to view my work. It was a surprise to me, cause I didn't even receive a "hey thanks for using MyToons.com, unfortunately we are closing the site due to....blah blah blah....whatever reason" email. Well I just want to send my sincere apologies out and in attempts to seem less unprofessional than I have already made myself appear with this situation I am working on opening an offshoot blog for the sole purpose of hosting my reel and portfolio.

Again sorry for the inconvenience this has caused anyone and I'll keep you all posted.

Later!

-ko

No Time for Love Doctah Jonez!!

2009-04-09T17:43:00.000-07:00

Hello I've been away for some time but I'm back! Here is a little sketch I started today while watching Raiders of the Lost Ark......and I'm well aware that my title is from Temple of Doom....lol
Enjoy hope to have some finished work up soon.

Happy Easter!

-ko

Hope to be done soon.......soon....soon...

Should We all have the Patience to Create something like this...

2009-03-09T06:24:00.000-07:00

So I was just on Kanye's blog and came across this animated video...IT BLEW MY MIND...check it out in HD... I was really impressed and inspired...Awesome work and props to the creators.

Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.

See you soon.

-ko

And so begins the next chapter...

2009-03-07T11:36:00.000-08:00

So in a weird turn of events....ironic if you will....I was let go from work about a month after my last post about artist suffering during the "recession".

Well I'm keeping spirits high and looking for work back in the industry. Keeping drawing and staying positive. I now have more time to perfect my craft. Below you will find a couple of things I have been working on as well as some treats I've found while updating my portfolio.

Which brings me to my next point....I now have an online Portfolio. I joined the site mytoons.com and have created a portfolio like I mentioned I was going to do a couple post ago.

So Check it out tell me what you think and I'll be back next week with some more postage for all to see.

-ko

Check out these earlier sketches for my Skullshire Girl piece, done in Sketchbook Pro...

Here are two early versions of the Burst Angel drawing I did way back when......The one on the left is detail on the face and the one on the right is the original version before I made some changes to the drawing.

Here is a sketch I was working on. I have recently purchased Toon Boom Animate and was messing around by doing a caricature of myself.

We are all most definitely in trouble....

2009-02-09T17:44:00.000-08:00

So I was reading the Toronto Star this morning and came across this article about how artists are really struggling and it was a frighting thing to hear... I decided to post it so as to make people more aware.

-ko

I'm not a resident of Vaughan....but man if I was.

2009-01-26T08:49:00.000-08:00

OK so I am currently working at a newspaper publishing company in Toronto. They publish many different ethnic papers and I do graphic design for some of them. Amongst them are two English papers, The Town Crier and Vaughan Today. They run in and around the many different areas of Toronto and are monthly (TC) and weekly (VT). It's not animation related but is something steady in our current state of economic turmoil, plus I have a graphic design background so I'm doing well. Last week in VT, I had the opportunity to have a political comic published in the paper and am posting it below.

I understand why my teachers used to say it was so hard to work from photos when caricaturing people. I don't live in Vaughan and am unfamiliar with the politics there and was informed by the editorial people that the mayor is a trouble maker and they gave me the basic explanation for what the comic should look like.

So check it out there is my initial version the final printed version and my reference drawings along a photo of her.

PEACE!

-ko

These are my referance drawings based on what photos I could find.

Above are photos of the mayor.

Here is the rough idea sketch.

These are my finished version and the one that went to print that you can see in the paper.

A YEAR LATER!!!......Well technically a month later.

2009-01-23T12:07:00.000-08:00

So I made promises never kept them a new year came still no updates until now...

Ok to make up for the vast non-updating I am going to make a huge post with lots of content. I have updated my portfolio and soon (hopefully soon) my demo reel! Below is a sample page from said portfolio and some extra stuff, "behind the scenes drawings" if you will. Also some WIP are here as well.

So Enjoy and I'll see you soon.

-ko

Portfolio preview, will be uploading to mytoons.com me thinks.

Some Lara Croft fan art WIP...

Skullshire Girl WIP for the site http://skullshiregirls.blogspot.com

Here is a pic that did not make it into THIS version of my portfolio maybe the next one...

This is a comparison of the girl in the portfolio page above my initial cafe sketch was very lacking so I decided to make it a strong drawing by using my structure to show her face and also I wrapped the glasses around the head better than they were.

Late for an Update!

2008-12-16T16:03:00.000-08:00

Hello one and all.....

I've been really busy and haven't gotten to update properly for some time. This is a quick place holder till I add actual updates. I have some new sites on my links. I'm reading John K's blog posts, he has some serious posts about drawing and animation and it's very inspiring. Also animation related there is Cartoon Brew a great source for all things animation. The last link I have is a site called MyAirShoes.com It's filled with crazy posts and pics on all thing shoe related, head over and give a look see for everything from Airforce Ones to Bapes and Adidas. Well thats all for now This weekend or so I'll do a proper update with some WIP's I have going.

PEACE!

-ko

Everybody Loosey..........

2008-10-16T09:35:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I drew for my friend Alana she has just re-found her obsession for Burst Angel (this cheesy anime) and is asking everyone to draw her favorite character Meg. This is my rendition with attempts to avoid the anime style. I spent extra time on this cause she loves this show and I thought she'd appreciate a really well drawn pic. I also thought it would be a good challenge to draw an existing character in a different style. I'll also post the line work and the changes I made to them.

-ko

What I've been up too.........

2008-09-25T14:45:00.000-07:00

So I have been working on getting my two films complete as well as some doodling on the side....

First, I'm tightening up my character designs and story from Love at First Fright as well as finishing up the rest of STAGE ONE. I hope to have everything done soon as I need new portfolio pieces and now's the best time ever. Not being employed yet gives me the extra time to work on my own stuff while looking for work. I really think that working on stuff will strengthen my skills so keep an eye out. Soon I'll post stuff from these two projects.

For now............PERFECT DARK!!!

Here's a pic I did up on the Oekaki board for my bro, who is playing PD0 right now.

-ko

view the animation here its pretty cool in high speed...................

http://zelas.net/oekaki/viewanis.php?xcord=480&ycord=400&recno=319

Summer's End Complete

2008-09-14T11:03:00.000-07:00

Alright here is the final finished piece for "Summer's end". Well it's sad to see the good weather go but you know what that means? OCTOBER IS COMING!!!! Yes I can't wait!!!

Hope you all like the pic, many more to come.

-ko

Oekaki woes.........

2008-09-12T10:48:00.000-07:00

So me and my friends have an oekaki board where we draw inside jokes and such and just have a good time. Well today wasn't a good time. We had this Batman joke going and I wanted to contribute. I did a Two-Face drawing spending some time on details and what not only to not be allowed to upload. I tried a bunch of different things to get on but nothing worked. I then got some crappy scribble tests to work and then attempted to draw another pic. BIG MISTAKE!!!! I ended up spending more time on the second one thinking that it would work and guess what NO IT DIDN'T!!! Anyways I've decided to post them here so they can be seen.

I'm done ranting here are the pics...............

I also hope to get the finished Summer's End piece up by the end of this weekend.

Later!
-ko

Here is pic number one

And Pic number Two.......heh heh two.

Summers End WIP

2008-09-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

As I said the other day here is what I've been working on. It's kind of like a "I wish summer would never end" type of idea with girls on a beach ..........check out the work in progress below.

See you soon with the finished piece.

Later!

-ko

Zack and Miri

2008-09-10T08:12:00.000-07:00

So I had the pleasure of to watching a special presentation of Zack and Miri make a Porno, the new Kevin Smith film, yesterday at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was really really good, I wont say much cause it's not out till Oct 31 and I don't want to ruin it for anyone, but damn! It was funny, sweet, sexy, gross, silly, what else can I say it's a well rounded film. Smitty has done it again. He completely proved to all the Jersey Girl haters that he can make a non Jay and Bob movie and have it kick ass. For the record I really enjoyed Jersey Girl, if you haven't seen that yet either check it out. It is also a sweet and heart warming film, yet still hilarious. Kevin has an amazing talent for writing real people feeling real things in outrageous situations. Seth Rogen is brilliant in this, everything from his expressions to how he delivers his lines is amazing, and his acting is phenomenal, there are moments when you really feel for this guy. As for his "yang", Elizabeth Banks, she is also very memorable and hysterically funny, she also has scenes that pull on your heart strings proving her an excellent actress. Then there's Mewes, his part as Lester is ridiculous he is something else, you are gonna die laughing at this guy. Oh and keep your eye out for Justin Long, his cameo is one of the funniest parts of this film. The over all feel of the movie is very "indy" and makes you feel that your watching IFC, as well as having that Clerks mysticism to it. It's very reminiscent of Kevin's early career. Overall AWESOME! Can't wait to see it again in October, and everyone should go as well.

-ko

P.S. check out the "RED BAND" trailer for just a taste of what's to cum.....I mean come

Hiatus is over.................

2008-09-08T21:29:00.000-07:00

OK so it has been a really really long time. I've been looking for work and tightening up my work over the summer break. Well summer is over and though I'm not going to school I've been learning a lot lately. I started going back to some books I have and reading up on some of my weaker areas. Trying to get in a different frame of mind when drawing and focusing on structure and form. Its a bit difficult after drawing in a certain way for so long but I've found that these books below have been really helping me out.

The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life

How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
(Not the book, I actually dug out my old VHS and was taking notes,
its awesome I actually want to pick up the book sometime soon.)

So that's the word with me I also dug up some old work, tweaked it and coloured it. Still need to drop in a background and what not. I will post it up later this week in its current WIP state.

Also if anyone has any other books or anything for me to check out please let me know.

Sweet good to be back.

-ko

Industry Day

2008-04-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

Industry Day was intense..................I hope all who came enjoyed the films. Good luck to everyone in the BAA Animation Class of 2008 we came a long way!!!

-ko

DEMO REEL...................

2008-04-24T22:14:00.001-07:00

Ok here is my new and improved 2008 demo reel with clips from CHAOTIC and my film cut into it...... hope you enjoy......

-ko

YEARBOOK PAGES.........

2008-04-23T09:09:00.000-07:00

The below images are my pages from the animation year book. They are to promote my two films LOVE AT FIRST FRIGHT and STAGE ONE.

Enjoy.........

-ko

HALF WAY done HALF WAY to go.............

2008-04-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

Here is the update of how my film is going, STAGE ONE.
Music by Spencer Cole and Chris Wilies.

Hope you enjoy.....

-ko

Legend of ZELDA movie trailers!!!!!!!!

2008-04-01T16:57:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm sure everyone has seen these but I thought I'd post them considering my film's influence by the series. One is better than the other.

Better Trailer.....
http://movies.ign.com/articles/863/863492p1.html

Other Trailer.......
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jB89-9X6YS0

-ko

P.S. Keep in mind what day it is Today.

LOTS OF UDATES - PART TWO!!

2008-02-14T10:44:00.000-08:00

*Yeah so I was having problems uploading the rest of this post so i split it in half*

Also I've got a couple of film related things to post as well. Below are my final character designs and colours.
Enjoy. Next post is the updated film. See you then .......

PEACE!

-ko

LOTS OF UPDATES!

2008-02-14T10:04:00.000-08:00

Whats up! Lots of stuff to update for today.
I thought today would be a great day to update for my story.

Last weekend we hit up Video Games Live which was amazing! Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall put on an excellent show, even better than last time. Going to the show was really motivating for my film and being right in front of an orchestra preforming video game music was intense. Also while I was there I came upon a couple that were a perfect pair and a great coincidence considering my films characters.

End part One.......

-ko

NEW Story Reel

2008-02-01T16:15:00.000-08:00

Well here is the story I've made some story changes and here it goes.......

First "Love at First Fright" is still going to be made.
Over the break I decided to change my film idea.
The new film is entitled "Stage One" the story is about...well....click below and watch the new reel.

-ko

First Veiw!!

2007-10-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

Here is the first initial sketch for the female character of my film.

There is more to come, I'm thinking every Friday or so for updates. Still a little new to this whole blog thing but I'll pick it up fast.

-ko

HERE WE GO

2007-09-20T01:27:00.000-07:00

OK!!! Now we are on the go!

This is the new home for my art and such it will start as a production blog for my film and take off from there. Looking forward to this. Art and all substance will be posted when I get back from the OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL.

Bye for now.