A few months ago I posted the line drawing for this image from Autumn & Gearlock, “Outlaws and Orphans” Pt 3 of 3:
Here is a devolution of the image, taking you back to the original rough drawing…
The first two chapters of “Outlaws and Orphans” are currently available on the Scrollon app for the iPad.
They are real.
I know this because my wife tells me she finds them in the dark and neglected corners of our house. When confronted, you can show them neither fear nor forgiveness. Make no mistake, their kind will multiply.
Admittedly, I’ve never seen a Dust Bunny and can only provide an artistic interpretation of their appearance. But some things we must accept on faith. Take atoms for example, I have never seen one but I’m told they’re everywhere. For that matter, I’ve never seen the Iquazu Falls, the North Pole or the Loch Ness Monster and yet firmly believe in the existence of all of them.
As we get older our tastes mature. Time and experiences temper youthful fancy. Our outlook expands. When I was a boy I was content to draw dinosaurs all day long.
Now I draw dinosaurs AND giant robots.
These are storyboards I created for the Lords of the Fallen (Gamescom 2013). This Cinematic Trailer was prevised by The Third Floor before going to full animation.
These are not all of the boards, I left out many frames to make the post manageable, but tried to include all of the highlights. The complete trailer is embedded after the drawings.
When you work on movies in the early stages, you have a lot of ideas that don’t make it to the screen. I explore concepts I never show to anyone if I realize they don’t services the needs of the story. Sometimes I explore concepts simply because they will be fun to draw (this from Jack, the Giant Slayer).
My wife and I drove to Santa Barbara on Saturday. We visited the Zoo for the first time in many years. I have a lifetime membership because I worked there as a volunteer when I was fourteen.
Zoo Keeping has come a long ways since 1971. More is known about how to create habitats for the animals and how to keep them occupied, engaged and healthy. And I suspect the division of tasks for volunteers are more rigid. When I was a Junior Zoo Keeper I would feed the animals, clean their cages, rake leaves, pick up trash and occasionally recapture the ever escaping Spider Monkey (anyone who has ever tried to catch a monkey might appreciate the challenges of this task). I played with the otters, gave medicine to the Galapagos Tortoise and ate a lot of bananas intended for other primates.
We had one lion. They named him Dandy (get it? Dandy-lion). He would lean against the door to his cage when he saw me coming. I would reach between the bars and scratch him under the mane. I wasn’t supposed to, and would’ve gotten into trouble if the Zoo Keeper caught me, but how many fourteen year olds get to scratch a lion on the back of its neck?