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

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...

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....

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.

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.

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!

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..........

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