tiny scraps in a pile

Portlandia

2012-01-14T17:24:00.000-08:00

Animated tattoo at Bent by Brian Kinkley and myself.

Happy Holidays

2011-12-17T09:02:00.001-08:00

Orville Redenbacher - Laika House

2011-11-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Two spots I worked on for Laika House this past August doing animation and compositing. So fun!

Tetra Pak

2010-08-28T13:59:00.001-07:00

This is a spot I did the set design and some character work on at Bent Image Labs for Tetra Pak.

Tetra Pak, "Tour" from Bent Image Lab on Vimeo.

Tinkering Around For A Collaborative Effort

2010-08-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a short in collaboration with long time pal/musician Brian Pyle. Music to me is far more magical than visual images, perhaps because I don't dabble in it. I have the benefit of being handed music to enjoy. How great is that?

Here's a quick overview of his latest works from Dusted Magazine.

This is the solo project of Brian Pyle, half of California’s Starving Weirdos. While that moniker undersells the virtuosity on hand, Ensemble Economique hits it just about right. Pyle’s solo material differs quite a bit from his work with Merrick McKinlay – he comes across as more of a composer. Not in the traditional sense, mind you, but there’s obviously a lot of thought put into the stitching of his field recordings and original music on both his debut At the Foot of Nameless Roads and Standing Still, Facing Forward, out last month on Amish Records. Matthew Wuethrich wrote of Nameless Roads, “Pyle is very good at blurring the origins of his sounds just enough so that his music does the only thing that really matters with music that aspires to mind-altering status – it evokes a palpable sense of the unknown.”

2010-07-13T22:15:00.000-07:00

When In Doubt - try your own handwriting

2010-07-04T22:21:00.000-07:00

This was for a title graphic I did in 2009 at Bent Image Lab for Matt Briggs's documentary Deep Green . After many attempts to use pre-existing fonts - nothing looked right. So I sent 3 of the most promising attempts along with a forth shot in the dark - my own handwriting. To my surprise - it won out. Wild cards usually only get a polite smirk - but every once in a while they work well with others. I'm glad and moved this one did.

More Coraline Work

2010-01-13T12:27:00.001-08:00

Real father's going to town outfit.

Other Mother - another digital paint over sculpt. Surprised and delighted to see this one make the two disc box set of the standard dvd!

Other Wybie's demise.

Earth2o

2010-01-13T09:58:00.000-08:00

This is a fun project I animated in After Effects for Laika House this last December.

EartH2O "Keep it Real" :30 from Grady Britton on Vimeo.

Some Coraline Work

2009-05-04T17:08:00.000-07:00

Costume and hair design for Other Spink

Other Mother in her final phase - this is a digital paint I did over a sculpt by Damon Bard.

Forcible's garden party outfit.

Coraline's wardrobe. I worked with Costume Designer Margaret Meyer on most of these. Digital illustration over Tadahiro's character design.

Costume design for Other Father's pumpkin phase.

CES Convention

2009-01-12T10:06:00.000-08:00

I was invited to help work the MTV HP Engine room booth in Las Vegas this last week by the amazing folks at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. We took head shots of volunteers then I digitally gave them a make over. Here's a few. It was a lot of fun! Initially I didn't think that I'd like working in public at a fast pace - many people assumed I was running an automated program that altered the faces - some were actually disappointed to learn it was only Photoshop.
I over heard one guy say, "He's cheating though - look at his Wacom tablet."

Ah well. There's always a few odd folks.

But there were a lot of generally interested folks who'd ask questions about my process and would stand behind me or sit on the floor for 10 sometimes 30 minutes. Those curious folks definitely made it worth while and were so fun to talk to.

Sharing the same table with the talented duo Misha Kline and Liz Allen (animator and illustrator) softened the alien experience considerably. I'm blown away by how fast they were able to set up and get underway - a slight taste of their work (sorry - not even slight - unfortunately it's a single photo) can be seen at this link.

Had a blast!

Coraline

2008-11-19T17:40:00.000-08:00

The trailer for Coraline came out today! I spent the last 2 1/2 years drawing costumes, and character design for this film. It's been pretty neat to see the fruit of so many amazing, talented, and generous folks come together.

Saturday Morning Doodles

2008-09-27T13:12:00.000-07:00

The Birdman of Lincoln Avenue

2008-09-18T14:49:00.001-07:00

The Bird-man of Lincoln Ave (circa 1921) lived in a boarding house for Swedes in Oakland, CA. Little is known about him other than that he died in the fire that brought the three-story building down in 1925.

From the sketchbook.

2007-01-02T06:41:00.000-08:00

I recently started thumbing through an old sketchbook from the school days (2001) and came across my robot Hansel and Gretel project from a storyboarding class.

zombie

2006-10-31T22:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloweenie

2006-10-24T22:53:00.000-07:00

loly's
steph's

haunted house

2006-10-14T17:43:00.000-07:00

more sunday sketches

2006-09-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Not really sure what the aim was with the two of these images apart from dilly dallying.

a sunday sketch for the daily sketch forum

2006-08-20T16:45:00.000-07:00

Storytellers

2006-05-21T21:30:00.000-07:00

this one is a little over a year old

Illustration Friday: Tea

2006-02-26T21:09:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday: Song

2006-02-20T23:16:00.000-08:00

The Bug Kisser

2006-02-14T05:49:00.000-08:00

My younger sister used to be an eager bug kisser.

Illustration Friday: Chair

2006-02-04T19:38:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday - Glamour

2006-01-27T07:56:00.000-08:00

-due to large image size this post has been reduced to a link

click here!

Illustration friday: Cat('s eye)

2006-01-21T00:46:00.000-08:00

Not really a cat - but a cat's eye could hypnotize a little guy into throwing his friend into a cat's eye. It could! No really. It could I rekon.

Illustration Friday: Sea

2006-01-07T01:36:00.000-08:00

Given Pause

rooftops and alley ways

2005-12-19T09:52:00.000-08:00

more happy fun collage time (3yrs old)

2005-12-17T21:45:00.000-08:00

figure is from digital photos - environment was done in 3ds max

so cold in portland lately

2005-12-12T22:49:00.000-08:00

another work doodle - -
i started drawing the foreground geometries and let the fruedian auto-pilot drag me here - i guess i'm in the mood for icy talus

the dopey woodcutter

2005-12-12T03:21:00.000-08:00

this character is a little dumb - but a heck of a lot of fun to work on.

doodling at work

2005-12-11T03:53:00.000-08:00

a little doodling at work - been up t0 my eyeballs lately with abstract busyness

Happy Halloweenie

2005-10-31T08:03:00.000-08:00

loly's

steph's

film shots on oregon coast

2005-10-22T00:37:00.000-07:00

The spas up at the top there is me. The flittering things were done in max.

These shots are from a 2 minute short.

click here.

Mummy

2005-10-14T10:51:00.000-07:00

Waited too Long

2005-10-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

Push the Button

2005-10-08T18:00:00.000-07:00