From the Vault: More "Ricky Gervais Show" backgrounds

So here are some more backgrounds that I designed / painted for Season 2 of "The Ricky Gervais Show":

From the Vault: More "Dan Vs." background paints!

Here are some backgrounds I painted on "Dan Vs." Season 1!  Layouts by Jairo Lizarazu and Marina Levikova. 

"Legend of Zelda" mural

First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Here's a pretty funny project that I helped iam8bit with last year.  Nintendo of America wanted to decorate their San Francisco conference room with a "Legend of Zelda" theme to celebrate Zelda's 25th Anniversary.  Here's a video of the room being decorated:



...and here's the full size image:

This ended up being one of the largest digital images I've ever worked on.  In Photoshop, the dimensions of the piece were 124 inches by 1047 inches in order to keep up the image quality.  I knew having 24GB in my computer would pay off one day!

"La Luz de Jesus 25" and old Animation Insider interview

Yes, yes, it's been a while!  As most of my friends know, if they haven't heard from me in a while, it usually means I'm working 2-3 jobs at the same time.  Anyways, I plan to clean out my closet full of old stuff I've been meaning to post.  But let's start off with the easy stuff!:

La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary show / book:

La Luz de Jesus Gallery (no relation, haha) is one of the oldest institutions that supported the low brow art movement and they released an awesome book showcasing all the artists that have had a show there... including me!!!  I had my first gallery show there over 10 years ago and it was such a huge honor being asked to be a part of this historic book.  So buy one and support the low brow art movement!

...and here's an old interview I did with Animation Insider back in April 2011 about my experiences with being in the wacky world of animation!

http://www.animationinsider.com/2011/04/gerald-de-jesus/

Okay, I'll post some actual art one of these days!

Ex Nihilo

A happy painting.

"Dan VS."

...and here are some backgrounds I painted for the current show I'm on, "Dan VS." which airs on the newly hatched Hub Network!  Layouts by Jairo Lizarazu and Marina Levikova.  Everyone watch it so we can get a second season and more free sodas at Film Roman!

"Drawn Together: The Movie"

I'm starting to get my portfolio ready again (time to sniff around for work... again) and saw some stuff I worked on a couple of years ago.  Here are some backgrounds I painted for "Drawn Together: The Movie".  Layouts were done by the awesome Angelo Vilar!

"The Ricky Gervais Show"

Hey folks... it's been a while.  Just working the usual three jobs at the same time!  Anyways, here are some backgrounds I designed and painted for episodes 1 & 3 for Season 2 of "The Ricky Gervais Show".

Purgatory Afterglow

Metroid Field Guide

    Here is some art I did for a pre-order bonus proposal for the release of "Metroid: The Other M".   It was supposed to be sort of a field guide detailing the various creatures that you would encounter while playing the game and possibly providing hints on how to defeat them.  Unfortunately, it was taking a while for the red tape to get cleared and there wasn't enough time left to do a full on field guide, so this project didn't get off the ground.  Text for the page was written up by Jon M. Gibson!

Somewhere Back In Time Part 1: "Carmen Gets Expelled" backgrounds

So sometime last year I helped my pals Jorge and Sandra out with a little pilot called "Carmen Gets Expelled".  Here are some backgrounds I made before "Carmen" got expelled from being a full series.  You can also watch the rough pilot here:

Hex Omega

Birdy 002

Three Wolf God Sun

Here's the t-shirt design I did for Capcom's "Okamiden" limited edition Comic-Con 2010 t-shirt! It's a parody of the "Three wolf moon" t-shirt.

Mega Man 10 Cover: Start to Finish

Hey it's been a while!  So this is probably old news, but here is the "Mega Man 10" cover I did way back in November.  Initially, it was supposed to be three different boxes with each one for the Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.  In the end I wanted to do something on a more ambitious scale and decided to do one huge image, or a tryptic as they say.

When Santa stopped believing in himself.

Ghost 1

Since it's that time of year again, I'm going to force myself to do some kind of spooky drawing every day until Halloween.  And I'm going to do each and every one of them on my iPhone!  So if anyone has any suggestions on what I should draw, scream it out!

Mobile Paintings Part 1

So here are some paintings I did on some mobile devices, namely the Nintendo DSi and iPhone!

I did this one using "Colors" on the DSi. I think I prefer painting using a DSi and its stylus, plus it is kind of pressure sensitive, allowing thick to thin lines. Although it definitely is not as sensitive as a Cintiq or Wacom tablet. The negatives are the DSi's small screen and the resolution of the final paint isn't that great (512 x 384).Here is a painting of my rabbit Frida I did on the iPhone. I've been fooling around with pretty much every paint program released on the iPhone. I first started out with "Brushes", then moved on to "Layers", since it supported, well, LAYERS. Then I found out about Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile and of the three, I feel it fits my needs pretty well. It supports layers, undo and more importantly, the customization of brushes. Pretty intuitive interface as well.

My main gripe with painting on the iPhone is that it feels too much like finger painting. And it doesn't help that I have big fingers that cover up most of the screen. I've kind of alleviated problem by using the Pogo Stylus. It's small enough to stow away in my wallet, but it has a really spongy tip and I feel that I have to press down pretty hard to make a brush stroke. Another negative against the iPhone is the lack of pressure sensitivity, so sometimes I find myself faking thin to thick brush strokes.

Of the two devices, I'll most likely end up using the iPhone the most since I carry that around with me at all times. I figure that I'll get used to painting on it and maybe bust out something I'm totally happy with. I just found out that they released "Colors" for the iPhone as well, so I'm going to give that a shot and post my thoughts on it later.

Crew Meeting Sketches Part 1

Here's some doodled I diddled during our last crew meeting at WB.
These could be paintings in the near future!

EVO 2009 Posters

Hey, hey, me again. Took a quick little break from Sandra and Jorge's project (maybe I'll post some of that stuff a year and a half from now, haha). Here are some posters I did for the upcoming "EVO 2009" tournament. These went by pretty quick, under 20 hours from sketch to paint for both of these. Jon Gibson wanted a 70's Kung-Fu movie poster vibe for these, so I was happy to oblige. That's it from me for a while! Soyonara!