The Evil that is Affable

TUMBLR

2011-05-06T13:48:00.002-04:00

Well, its been fun, this blog is done as I am done school now.

My new blog is gonna be on tumblr.com the link is...

www.marcobydesign.tumblr.com

Human-Galvanized

2011-03-27T04:17:00.003-04:00

It Just Takes a Soft Touch.

2011-03-23T04:24:00.002-04:00

Have to leave this one as is, need to move on.
Altogether feeling better about this one than before.

Endurance

2011-03-22T00:31:00.000-04:00

The Sister Brothers!

2011-03-17T01:17:00.000-04:00

Just some of the work done today.
Getting the posters through and through.

Bought a pricey leather jacket today.

Lola, Run!

2011-03-15T02:55:00.000-04:00

Endurance piece, initial value.

ugh

2011-03-09T05:20:00.001-05:00

Ugh, I HAAAAAATE this one.

Best of Luck to You

2011-03-08T04:14:00.002-05:00

Just the story so far.

Paradigm !

2011-03-03T20:25:00.000-05:00

Quick paint for thesis pieces.

Knight time 3

2011-02-20T20:35:00.000-05:00

Decided to probably jettison the naked woman drawing.

Here's my third knight, still got some things to resolve.

Why Did the Girl Fall Off the Swing?

2011-02-16T04:08:00.000-05:00

Sketched out a woman for next thesis piece.
Gonna have an array of substitute arms or have
a "black carapace" kind of interfacing suit.
We'll see what happens.

Revised Hand Job

2011-02-15T22:33:00.000-05:00

Again, the PNG strangely killed the colors.
Something is amiss.

A Helping Hand

2011-02-09T02:21:00.000-05:00

My Scientific Project.
The colors got quite muddy when turned into a png.

Knight time again

2011-02-08T05:21:00.002-05:00

Another quick knight man sketch.

Knight time

2011-02-04T19:03:00.000-05:00

Quick knight sketch

In the Name of...

2011-01-30T21:39:00.002-05:00

A quick composition

Grim Dead Mango

2010-12-15T15:25:00.000-05:00

Finished character.

Event Horizon

2010-12-08T20:45:00.002-05:00

coming along.

Lich to the Sky

2010-12-05T21:17:00.002-05:00

Swear to Lich!

2010-12-04T01:38:00.002-05:00

character study for cover project.

Scientific Hurrah!

2010-12-02T18:38:00.000-05:00

Used this as an opportunity to explore some weirder colors.
Ended up liking it.

Prelim in the Sahara

2010-11-30T10:39:00.000-05:00

First linear composite.
Its hard to be super composition-man when it has to be ecologically accurate.

Witch Nut Sack

2010-11-26T00:42:00.001-05:00

I don't know if this was worth the trouble.

Touchup

2010-11-15T16:02:00.002-05:00

Quick touch up

Super Quick Speed Paint

2010-11-04T21:02:00.001-04:00

About hour and a half. Don't zoom in, super messy.
Not done.

Environment 3

2010-11-02T21:06:00.000-04:00

Try number 3, a bit off on the values.

environment 2

2010-10-29T19:47:00.001-04:00

Try number 2.

WIP

2010-10-28T16:40:00.003-04:00

couple hours so far, I hope I get better at this fast.

Thumbs "up"

2010-10-27T13:51:00.001-04:00

Environment composition is deceptively hard.

Power ON

2010-10-12T00:25:00.000-04:00

Little update of some of the suit stuff

Environments are haaaard!

2010-09-29T16:24:00.000-04:00

Another attempt at landscape painting, only spent about an hour on this so its quite short on time.
Just wanting to explore color and exercise actually painting out an entire landscape.

The Future is Robot!

2010-09-28T20:30:00.000-04:00

Quick renders I did today and yesterday of suit concepts for my thesis.

They are power suits based on the Sarco military suit and Hal-5, but in the future!
Also, they are adapted for other, non-military, uses.

A Controlled Kind of Fire

2010-09-22T16:08:00.002-04:00

Finished mock up for a quick product assignment.

Whirlwinds of fire

2010-09-15T23:46:00.002-04:00

Product design sketches.

Quick study

2010-09-15T23:25:00.004-04:00

A 40 minute quick study, just trying to quickly understand lighting.

Amazon

2010-09-13T20:54:00.000-04:00

Quick day of painting a derby poster. I'm a little rusty with my color theory so its a bit wonky, plus some proportion issues.

Its a start.

A Bit of Imaginatorum

2010-07-08T00:31:00.000-04:00

Concepts.

A World Without Humans

2010-07-08T00:21:00.000-04:00

A quick sketch of a character for a graphic novel I'm writing atm. Its about a young Uberleutnant entering the eastern front into poland and past into the eventual Treblinka. He's beset by the inhumanity what he witnesses, and the cold reality that he has helped create.

Future Man Alive!

2010-06-18T14:46:00.000-04:00

Just a quick painting, not done, worked on it for about 30 minutes

A Man and His Hat

2010-05-04T16:11:00.000-04:00

The final cutaway with no graphic treatment, just the illustration

Street Fighting Man

2010-04-14T22:52:00.002-04:00

A newer paint test for cutaway

Ultra Nationalista

2010-04-13T00:16:00.003-04:00

Early paint tests on helmet cutaway

Black Wind and Rain

2010-03-29T10:19:00.000-04:00

Finished my layouts for biomimickry.

I'm not a graphic designer, but that's okay, I never intended to be.

Smoke Soldier 2

2010-03-15T20:40:00.002-04:00

Background included for the biomimicry project.

Not Exactly Finished...

2010-03-10T23:15:00.003-05:00

Well, this has taken me way to long to get to this point.

I've just been working really slow.

Knights of the Blue Chicadee

2010-03-08T19:02:00.003-05:00

A very preliminary sketch of a character concept I have to do for class.

It's also based off of my Animal Crossing character.

L'eclipser

2010-02-26T22:43:00.000-05:00

Quick light study again, but with Shadowman holding the L'eclisper.

L'eclipser was a voodoo symbol that could block out the sun, allowing the Shadowman to exist in the real world.

You Are Now Computer Boy!

2010-02-25T19:39:00.001-05:00

just did a quick lighting treatment to the soldier, and did my stupid little security blanket black outline graphical treatment thing.

I dunno, I kinda like it, but its cheap i know, lol.

***After posting this last night, I accidentally saved it at 110 dpi... well, this painting was fun while it lasted.

Final Phantom

2010-02-24T20:40:00.003-05:00

The final phantom illustration

Tears for a King

2010-02-24T20:39:00.002-05:00

December 12, 1994 -- February 23, 2010

Another Pass

2010-02-22T21:35:00.001-05:00

Just another quick light study of the big daddy.

This one closely follows an existing illustration, I just wanna see if I can dissect how they did it.

Big Brass Balls

2010-02-22T16:29:00.000-05:00

Just another super quick light study of the big daddy.

This character's so cool.

Into the Deep

2010-02-21T23:45:00.000-05:00

Just a rough quick sketch of a big daddy, just for light purposes.

The Story So Far...

2010-02-19T20:42:00.000-05:00

Just the progress on the E.V.A. space helmet.

Blueprints in Space!

2010-02-16T19:41:00.000-05:00

Preliminary blueprint for E.V.A. helmet cutaway

Smoke Signal

2010-02-08T21:49:00.002-05:00

Pass at a soldier for my biomimicry stuff

Within a cubic foot

2010-02-06T16:25:00.002-05:00

Quick painting of a bobtail squid

Biotica

2010-02-03T21:02:00.003-05:00

Quick color sketch of Jack to practice color theory.

Color is one unforgiving bitch.

Compressed Flow Gauge

2010-01-29T01:59:00.000-05:00

I keep relearning that fatigue stops your brain from storing new ideas.

I Bless the Rains Down in Africa

2009-12-25T23:17:00.001-05:00

Currently playing around with writing out a story, its in its infant stages but I'm liking where its going. It has Goblins in it so you know its good...

Finally got my ass into gear and started working on some stuff, just drawing out some sketches that will hopefully turn into 3D models soon. Need to beef up the portfolio with some 3D work, as it is one of the disciplines I want to be able to master one day.

Just a few sketches I was just playing around with. Goblins are fun to draw, their like little mongoloids.

We're Getting There

2009-12-10T22:27:00.000-05:00

Scientific Illustration editorial piece. This is for photosynthesis but without the leaves it almost suggests something about the environment.

I dunno, whatever,

Earth for humans.

Full Steam-Gauge Ahead!

2009-12-09T20:53:00.000-05:00

Ortho's for this pain in the arse.

SKILL saw

2009-12-09T20:51:00.000-05:00

BAM!

Head like a fucking orange

2009-12-05T23:33:00.000-05:00

So, my house is having boiler problems...

Dinner IS going to be cold tonight...

Tightrope over hot coals at a Klingon wedding

2009-11-29T21:33:00.000-05:00

This is my set of orthographics for my air pressure valve. While I was doing this I was thinking about how much pressure must be on those kinds of people who walk tight ropes. First of all its mental but its an interesting thought; trying to think what their thinking, that is, because I know what I'd be thinking.

I hope I don't fall.

Pointless, this.

Pressure sensative

2009-11-22T18:46:00.002-05:00

Electives make me want to blast myself.

Funny how we like to ignore the correct course of action until its too late.

Wax On Wax Off

2009-11-12T12:36:00.002-05:00

I gotta go pay my bills before they break my legs.

Finished the model building for my cathedral with a sort of riot control robot in it. I hope to get through the texturing sooner rather than later

The Grey Wazzits

2009-11-09T21:18:00.000-05:00

Stupid mouse, I was on to you from the moment I saw you.

Trash Compactor

2009-11-05T14:47:00.000-05:00

Bullshit

This is Wily's doing.

Gymboree

2009-11-05T11:34:00.000-05:00

Today is gym day once again.

Hopefully can beat my run distance again.

The Bloody Justice

2009-11-02T01:36:00.002-05:00

Just some studies I finished for tomorrow's class.

I feel like i'm getting the hang of things a lot more lately. Still hope to get a lot better though still.

By the Power of Water!

2009-10-31T01:30:00.000-04:00

Just the beginnings of my watercolor texture study

No Rest for the Wicked

2009-10-28T01:02:00.000-04:00

Hit a few bumps in the road with the job, had to revise a bit due to some misinterpretations and lack of info.

It's alright though, it happens, hopefully it's smooth sailing from here.

I wanna watch Blade Runner.

And So it Begins

2009-10-27T12:42:00.002-04:00

Got the details for my first job today.

3 drawings so far. I aim to get them done today, be ahead of schedule by a lot. I'm petrified of not completing it so much that I want it done so far ahead of time that it doesnt make sense.

Treasure

2009-10-26T08:11:00.001-04:00

Yesterday we went treasure hunting in erindale park, the massive one in mississauga. I didn't know if I'd find anything but I actually managed to spot one hidden within a tree log.

It was cleverly covered in duct tape which made it blend in really well.

I left a little master chief inside it.

Where'd You Come From, Stranger?

2009-10-23T22:53:00.006-04:00

Just a quick study I did while we watched kung fu panda.
Movie was kinda cheesy.

hallows weeny

2009-10-23T18:06:00.002-04:00

I am a DOOOOORRRRRKK

Who's Watching Anyways, Right?

2009-10-22T12:17:00.002-04:00

x 0

Labelled Life

2009-10-20T18:32:00.000-04:00

And I am doooonnnnneeee.

Wasn't hard though, hopefully good enough.

Gotta go to EB to demand money back from borderlands, I apparently payed too much

From the Corners of the Earth

2009-10-19T21:30:00.000-04:00

So tomorrow Borderlands the game comes out. Probably what makes this so exciting to me is the fact that it resembles the Anarchy Online mythos in so many ways, what with the desolate planet left to die from neglect and the over arching themes of isolation and alienation, all the way to giant atrox looking dudes.

I just hope it has enough content and replayability to make this a game worth playing as much as fallout 3 was. I'm clocked at something like 300 hours on that.

At Gunpoint

2009-10-17T17:42:00.001-04:00

Gotta work on signage in color for "art in the park, 2009, Oakville"

Talk about doing things in life you'd rather not...

little study

2009-10-17T04:36:00.000-04:00

Need to keep an eye on the time while I do these things.

Also did another exercise on the spheres, I think I got 'em right.

Upside-down stomach

2009-10-16T16:55:00.000-04:00

I'm trying my best to do my work but my stomach feels like garbage.
I'm trying to think if anything i ate did this.

In any case, I'm listening to protomen to give me strength.

Balls of Destiny

2009-10-16T00:56:00.001-04:00

So i've been following some of these tutorials online that I got from Lyndsey. They're colour studies specifically, focusing on the rudiments of it all.

Very complicated stuff, intimidating almost.

I'm excited though, I'll eventually kick its ass..

not today though,
not today.

Oh, but I did do well on these.

Million year old responsibility

2009-10-15T19:06:00.001-04:00

The Earth is coming close to the end, and if it does and we all go up in flames.

It's all because of you.

Falling asleep

2009-10-14T18:19:00.002-04:00

Just a rough run through of my cell for scientific. The odd thing is that all the colors almost completely reversed on themselves when i exported it as a JPG.

I'm so damn tired.

i fixed it.

zaahh.

Bodega

2009-10-14T09:07:00.000-04:00

Started today without much sleep, but its okay though, i get to design an interior space.

I've chosen Dr. Wily's hideout.

Now for Zen.

Red light district

2009-10-13T23:13:00.000-04:00

So there it is, a little dark of a picture but its there. Small and sturdy, finally have it in my hands. The difference between this and the old one is pretty phenomenal actually. This one actually does what I want it too.

OoooooooOOO

Anyways.. Red light district possibly in Toronto?

Jaysus, we need to put a cap on these crazy dazy ideas.

Phasers set to stun.

2009-10-12T02:13:00.000-04:00

So I've got something in my sights, something super relevant to my trade. Rather than a super expensive intuous, I wanna get a....

Ta-Da!!!

Bamboozle.

The Lates

2009-10-11T05:48:00.003-04:00

Didn't realize how late it is, just thought I'd do a little study on edge softness and such. V is a newly rekindled hero of mine, how fitting that I should make it of him.

Rosy cheeks and all.

V

2009-10-11T02:42:00.001-04:00

Just watched V for Vendetta again, forgot how amazing it was. There's something very raw and true about how V is portrayed, something very human in both a literal and cerebral way. Almost like a super hero we'd imagine while we slept to make right the things we want to be right.

I suppose that was the point though,

wasn't it?

FISTO!!

2009-10-09T22:45:00.000-04:00

Security has been a real pain in the ass lately, kicking us out of the labs and such. I didn't pay 7000$ for this shit.

The only problem is sometimes, in an art school, our sense of rebelling can get a little mixed up.

It begins anew!

2009-10-09T20:35:00.000-04:00

So, after a lot of baby tears, I finally restarted my 5 week long oblique projection of room A133.

To my satisfaction it's turning out a lot better now that its correctly scaled. It's also going a lot quicker than expected.

To my left is my honey, also satisfied.

Orange juice is awesome.

Stitch in time saves nine

2009-10-09T01:03:00.000-04:00

I. Fucked. Up.

A 7 week long project I crammed into 5 weeks, complete with well over twice the amount of content was all done wrong. All due to a small mistake, a mistake in the foundations.

It's rather difficult to explain, and its not even a big thing, its just a small thing that applies to every item created in the illustrator file. It's also a mistake that can't be rectified very easily because its to hard to selectively pick out all the mistakes within the whole, its more efficient to just redo it.

Hours, gone, like I just slacked forever.

Moron, maybe next time I'll learn not to be as stupid as a rock.

ODST helmet time

2009-10-08T02:35:00.000-04:00

The beginnings of halo odst helmet making madness. It'd better be good!!

Working with sculptamold and bondo.

2009-10-08T02:28:00.000-04:00

First run through of the tattoo sleeve. I didn't add the lizard in yet because I wanted to get the tapestry done first. The should to the supinator is supposed to be reminiscent of the Filipino flag while the rest is a story I'll explain once its closer to a final version.

Designing these are fun.

Vision

2009-10-07T07:24:00.000-04:00

So i was trying to sleep last night when I saw an 8 foot tall man pass the door frame. When i want to explore i saw the tip of a pair of slippers and immediately thought it was his feet.

Played Scribblenauts until 1 am.

Tribal

2009-10-05T23:16:00.001-04:00

Design has always been one of my favorite things to do. It encompasses the creative spirit and process as well as the technical know how to make something worth looking at.

My Cousin has asked me to design a tattoo for him, so naturally I'm very excited to do this, I've just been hella busy so its been tough to keep it up during these demanding weeks.

Tonight though I've cleared some time and am finally able to really sit down and iron out some details and overall form. Since it's a sleeve I'm going to have to invent the patterning from the elbow down, so I'm going to have to do more research.

He wants a tribal looking tattoo sleeve that has a heavy Filipino influence to it, on top of the pattern sits a lizard. I'm going to try to implement the texturing we learned in Katherine's class to make a convincing lizard while making the sleeve itself more graphic to juxtapose the images for more impact. I want to make a sick cuff to the sleeve too, not just this 'ends out of the no where' BS. Its gotta start sick and end sick.

I'll post pictures afterwards.

The Evil that is Affable

2009-09-01T23:20:00.000-04:00

In the distance a hero dies with a thunderous boom.

All around him, people flock to the noise and spin stories of the loudness they heard in their sleep and everyone listens. The children ask those who heard "What was he like?" and "What did he do?" to which storytellers answer;

"Why, he was greatness, of course, and many were his deeds. He crafted speech and order, commanded great floods and black rain into the riverbeds we drink from. He exorcised demons."

The birds in the woods, rummage through sticks and dirt, carrying them into the wilderness and into the dark, building a secure nest for their young. Perched on branches of dead wood, they take flight into the open sky.