moving to ArtVogt.blogspot.com

I FINALLY recovered my old blog address and moved everything over! This will stay here for now, but all new posts will be made on my other blog ...

www.ArtVogt.blogspot.com

YAY! Come over and see my new house! (it isn't decorated yet, I just moved in :P )

Digital Painting Caricature

Another digital painting caricature of a work buddy, ROB! Done in photoshop with the same chalk brush Ive been using for this series. I captured exactly what I was looking for after a long battle with design! Capturing who you feel someone really is in a caricature is very mysterious and very rewarding, love it!

Brian Posehn Caricature Portrait

Found a pic online of Brian Posehn as a kid! Painted it quickly today for fun.

Our Sad Sun

Here is a quick concept I did of our sad sun.... powerful and loving, but in the end he must die, and so must the life he helped to birth. 

Inspired by "How the Universe Works". Images provided by the internets. (no i didn't paint this (it only took 20 minutes) its mostly photo collage with some small painting tweaks to quickly express something)

Wizard of OZ concept painting on Odosketch

Here's my first color sketch on Odosketch.com. It was fun! I did this from my head just randomly. I love working within odosketches limits, I think it helps you learn. Obviously this is Wizard of OZ.
(This may load REALLY slow on slow internet connections....it shows the painting as I go, so it isnt just the final, so if you dont see an image, just wait, or go do something more constructive :) )

My Little Brother... another quick sketch on odosketch.com

This is my little brother... best brother ever :) Drew this around lunch time today on odosketch.com

Another Jerboa Character Design ... on Odosketch

Lately I LOVE using odosketch.com . I post some of the drawings to facebook, but in case you don't follow me there, here is one of my favorites below. Watch it here, or if it doesn't load.... Stop by my Odosketch page for more! http://sketch.odopod.com/users/86459.

 I'll keep on drawing there until it bores me :)

Jerboa!

So today I randomly found a pic of the cutest little creature! It's called a "long eared jerboa", and he's so stinkin' cute that I had to draw him/her! I did a drawing based on one of the photos, kept the same pose, taking liberties with the character design but trying to stay a little more realistic.

I might do another one, but REALLY push it to cartoony. That's the best thing about character design to me... you can take one reference photo or idea and do endless variations of design with it, all with varying degrees of personality.

 If you like rodents I hope you like this :)

A Long way to go...

Quick visual development sketch of a new character in an animated story of mine. This is the first time I've drawn him (the big "bear" guy), so Im sure he'll some as I narrow his character and adjust the design to fit :)... I threw in some environment and my other character to help get a feel for him in context.

Small Animation Visual Development Scene

This is a small visual development painting from a project I am working on in my brain all the time, and on paper when I get the chance. I took the chance to paint in Sketchbook Pro as I don't use it as much as Id like, and I like to stray from my comfort zone when I can and constantly learn. I hope you enjoy this tiny piece of my world! (I do mean tiny, this is 100% the size of the final, great way to keep from getting overly detailed and focusing on what matters to communicate an idea, try it!) :)

Hurley.... from Life on Nintendo DS "Colors!"

This is my boy Hurley! He fell asleep for about 20 minutes, so I took the chance to paint him before he woke up. It was late in the day and overcast. This is another digital sketch from life on my Nintendo DS using "Colors!"

Character Design of Rodent guy, thing...

I love seeing other people's processes, so i thought I'd show a wink of mine... though it makes me feel naked! This is a character design in a long line of characters for one of my many unmade story ideas. I did some rough sketches first, The first clean up sketch is on the left... it was too stiff for me, it lost the gesture and life so drew him again fixing what stunk about the first drawing.. liked it MUCH better, so then I painted that one in Photoshop. :)

... yet another work buddy

Had to post something as I realized its been a while! This is Terence :) Painted in Photoshop.

Creature Dog Monster Thing....

Randomly started digitally painting this creature / dog character design out of the blue today for fun. Took about an hour of noodling in Photoshop. Inspired by my doggie!!!

Justin Bieber Caricature Portrait Drawing

My first go at a Justin Bieber Caricature Drawing.. this portrait is for the young ladies out there :P. PrismaColor on Paper, about 5 inches high.

Another Work Buddy Caricature

Here is the second caricature for a work pal! It's digitally painted in Photoshop with a chalky look... the same look as the Team Fortress 2 inspired "Neil Rio" painting. Took a couple hours. I pushed her character design a little to express her personality. Say hi to Mary!

Hamster Sketches

Here is a page of quick life sketches I did of our fat hamster Tink!

Work Buddy Caricature

Here's a quick digital painting I did of a friend from work.... I was trying to illustrate to him how I want his hair to look.... then i just kept painting :) AN hour later I had this. FUN! (the style was inspired by Team Fortress 2, the paintings for that game are awesome!)

Arctic Fox Character Design Sketches

Here is a page of arctic fox exploration sketches I did for a possible character in a personal project. Just having fun and going with the flow of my brain to see what I can see :)

Melting Snow

Another quick digital piece painted in photoshop of the view out of my studio window.... trying to catch the specific light and color of that day with a simple design.