Foodimal Frenzy Artwork: Characters

GAMEART DUMP #2! More artwork I did for the game. Just as an disclaimer, all of these renders are based off of concepts from the movie and concept art that was not done by me. They were done by the very talented Vis Dev team over at Sony Pictures Animation. Please don't sue me.

Foodimal Frenzy Artwork: Map Backgrounds

It's been almost a year since I've posted. THUS BEGINS THE ARTDUMP starting  with some backgrounds I made for a game I've been working on: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2: Foodimal Frenzy!

Each background is based on a setting in the movie, check it out :D

Cheespider Lair

Sardine Circle

Pickle Village

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Officescape

HOORAY, I'm not dead!! It's been a long time since I've updated, but once again, I promise I've been drawing still. Just not uploading. Anyways, I felt adventurous today and tried to paint some clouds in Photoshop. I'm going to make an effort to just try working in Photoshop everyday-ish, so I can feel more comfortable with it.

This is a view from my office window of Treasure Island and the Bay. Still pretty rough, and took way longer than it should have for the quality. Ever the student, always learning. But that's also just the way I like it.

Maggie out!

Quick Update: Flowers

During my lunch break, I did a quick speedpainting of a flower arrangement on my desk. Took about 45 minutes, slowly practicing to get faster!

Painting Practices

I've been staring out the window lately, and the clouds have just been amazing. The clouds seem so tall and vast that they could just swallow me up whole and send me to somewhere I've never been before. When I see those clouds, I feel light. A small part of a greater life existence.

So for the past three days, I've done three different cloudscapes as practice. The first one was plastery looking so I applied a blending mode on it. Definitely helped. Color and Light by James Gurney makes really good reference material. It's all about keeping the clouds light and fluffy, light passes through all of it but still dense enough to cast shadows.

Anyways, I'll let the paintings speak for themselves :)

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

I was taking a walk up to Buena Vista Park around 7am and the view from the Terrace was breathtaking. The sun was blazing above the Bay, making the water sparkle like something out of a dream. The light was washing over the city and I could see the cars on the freeway glimmer in the distance. I don't ever really think about it, but the city is like my heart. And my heart is mine.

See the Forest for the Trees

Sometimes I focus too much on the trees, rather than the forest. Many people are the same way. It's easier to analyze and confront the thing in front of you rather than seeing the big picture. I need to start focusing on the forest and not worrying about the trees. Otherwise, I'm gonna get myself lost.

Here are some tree sketches I did awhile back.

Kiwi the Sequel

More kiwi compilations. Plus one unfinished honeypot. In my quest to learn more about digital painting, I'm taking at a pace I'm comfortable with for now, just so I don't freak myself out and quit at the last minute. I'm starting to really enjoy sketching in Photoshop, I don't feel as intimidated by it anymore. Hopefully, as time goes on, I can make some more elaborate pieces!

One thing though, I REALLY need to pay more attention to feet. I'm awful at feet and hands on any species, real and fantasy. I'm going to be taking a workshop on drawing hands and feet so I hope that helps.

The green thing was a gag response to a friend about green kiwis...