ROBIN HOOD project

I've worked on a personal take on the Robin Hood characters for a Kickstarter book project (Masters of Anatomy).
Here are a selection of concepts created before getting to the final designs for the book. They show a bit of my process when trying to nail the character for the story I have to tell. When I started I was looking for an interesting twist to it within the given limitations. Not an easy thing to achieve as it has been seen so many times. The moment I found my angle I worked out character personalities and ultimately the style I thought was appropriate for the tone. It has been a fun exercise considering the small scale of the project,  and I like some of the characters that came out of it.

An army of pigs and a flock of birds are landing in Italy!! Angry Birds Il Film arriva in Italia il 15 Giugno. Showing more artwork here:)

Some drawings to show how I transformed the Angry Birds  from the mobile game design to the characters that we see in the movie. I started exploring different visual grammars before defining the final one with the producers. I was a very exciting challenge to create a vision and translating the game character designs for the silver screen. More coming!!

 The image above is the final look of film released as first marketing image for the public. I finalized the characters in all their definitive details (from a look point of view) in this image.
BG design is by our production designer.

The development of Red as a final design and CG look took a lot of work and time. I'll describe the process  in a separate post:)

The 3 wise monkeys print

I'm taking part to a small collective art exhibition here in Vancouver with this print. It was great fun working on it:)
Just mail me if you would like to get a copy. There are also other colors available and it is printed on heavy watercolor paper.
more illustrations coming!

KICKSTARTER project! CHARACTER DESIGN MASTERCLASS with Masters of Anatomy starting NOVEMBER 17TH

I'll be part of this supercool book together with 130 artists. Some of them being my favorite designers in the industry. Its a massive volume with more than 1000 original character designs.  So Exciting! All the artists are designing characters for a great classic story: Robin Hood.
It's a great artbook to have for those who love character design. Check all the project's details here on the Masters of Anatomy website. The Kickstarter will take off on November 17th

A little video sample of part of my design process

This is just one way I like to go sometimes to find my characters. It's a great way to find fresh ideas. It helps me to avoid falling in my design habits. I draw a scribble on the page, or ask somebody else to do it, and then I look for interesting character shapes in it.
I find this technique a great exercise to do and lots of fun to practice.
I will use then these concept drawings as a start for further  exploration of the character.