Saturday, April 17, 2010

Call Of Duty/Nightmare Before Christmas


Here are some thumbnail sketches that were done on black canson paper. Each sketch was approx. 2 inches in length. Go gouache and white pencil!!!!!!






This was another class project based on the Call of Duty franchise.




I had lots of fun exploring these projects, still more to come. Thanks for stopping by.

67 comments:

Kendra Melton said...

Ooo the angle on that bottom one is really cool! Did you take any reference of a building from that angle or did you just make it up with perspective? either way nicely done

Zachary said...

OH THE INSANITY! Awesome, as always, John.

Manuel Dupong said...

So many details! This means you've mastered a great deal of shortcuts.

Arthur Fong said...

dopemaster status like ninja beasts. Yea.

g said...

john, these are amazing as usual.
keep raising the bar my friend :D

Billy Wimblett said...

Great stuff! Those dynamic camera angles make the shots a lot more interesting.

Anthony Jones said...

Dude you are one of my biggest inspirations, thanks for the comment on my blog! it means a lot! :D seriously though ive shown you before to all my other art buddies and we all agree you are pretty bomb :) keep up the inspiration and motivating artists like me and my buds!

-AJ

Eytan Zana said...

Ah man these are so cool!
That last one is SO EPIC

I'd be interested in seeing your process on these...pretty pretty please

Unknown said...

Hey man, your work is ridiculously good!!!

Care to make a tutorial for us noobs?

-Brun
http://www.bruncroes.blogspot.com

Joshua James said...

Inspirational stuff...and dang you and your 1 hour speedy sketch! Teach me!

Ang said...

Hey John!

Great stuff! Keeeppp it comingggg man!

04 '11 said...

non-stop oh yea!!!

Devon Whitehead said...

wow dude, amazing!

_gem_ said...

Nice megaton update John!

Annis Naeem said...

fock!
this is so aweosme!!

Richard Hwang said...

Hey John!

IT's me Richard Hyung. Thank u for giving me a comment and encourage! Fazard knows ur passion, bro! Most important thing, John- it's not all about getting jobs, but we have to enjoy our concept works. I think u got it, and you got real passionate ass works!

Check my works update during the summer. You are my best brother, john. Grab some lunch or beer soon :)

Rustam F. Hasanov said...

Those black and white thumbnails are freaking amazing John.

Love it!

Ivan Aguirre said...

these are soo good!! each posts justs gets better!!

Alexander said...

really good work.

Daniel Jin Park said...

great work bro!

Jung Park said...

damn John!

These are freaking awesome bro!

-jung

Jason Scheier said...

Jp! your rippin some serious domes with this one brotha!! ruff rugged and raw!!!

Js

andrew domo said...

damn man...I really wish I was at art center doing this kind of stuff. So awesome!

Andrew Kim said...

Man, you just never stop speeding up, huh? Slow down, man! :)
What can I say... these are dang good, John!

Danny Gardner said...

you the MENG! love the white on black canson sketches - mucho effective. when we gonna go cruisin in the threethreefive?

Daniel said...

incredible stuff dude! the b/w thumbs are so perfect for the project!

Luke Berliner said...

Nice work dude love the thumbs!!! We all need to kick-it again once school gets out. keep it up your stuff's looking sick.

Arron said...

Awesome work, John!

Gian said...

jp, you are crazy :)

Josh Kao said...

dammit, is there anything that you can't do? great stuff man, really inspiring to have you in the class!

idnomore said...

hey john, great stuff you got here man! i love them!

Roy Santua said...

Top notch sketches and rendering. Enjoyed watching all of it. Hope you have a restful and relaxing summer break John. Thank you for stopping in, the recent character stuff are from Visual Storytelling class under R. Delgado.

zen wang said...

awsome stuffs, John! you have a lot of fun in the class. Now I see not everyone is suffering from arch 2, haha~~~

Alex J Cunningham said...

those black paper sketches are dope!

Adam Temple said...

Awesome material, very inspiring.

Dilanka Samaratunga said...

You are one crazy designer! Love how you incorporated the sketch thumbs into the style of the piece.

Nice work!

Zachary said...

John,

Just wanted to say (cause in my sleep-deprived state after arch 2 I forgot to) that it has been a pleasure being in class with you. I hope that we get to take classes / work together again in the future.

You are an inspiration.

All the best,

-Zach

Mike Sekowski said...

What can I say that hasn't already been said?! Phenomenal work. I love the angles and perspectives you used in all of these. I'd love to see this Lone Soldier game come to life. Thanks for the constant inspiration.

Tom Scholes said...

You make me want to be a better artist <3

Jack Chang said...

D.O.P.E. just say no. :)

Unknown said...

John, your work inspired me so much! You have a lot of talent! I follow you. See you soon!

PaoYunSoo said...

awesome update man, inspiring stuff !

Chase Standley said...

your stuff just makes me want to cry then go take a nap. It really is an overload of sweetness.

Ben Mauro said...

Such a Rockstar Bro! :D

robin_chyo said...

these are great, john! i think they'd fit in quite nicely with their respective IP's :)

Marcelo Vignali said...

Nice work!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, I appreciate it.

Kendra Melton said...

DAMN Sir, this is just ridiculous! LOVE the Nightmare Before Christmas stuff. That 3/4 Ortho shot of Oogie's play room is just insane, love the pencil marks. so awesome!

Unknown said...

Sure John!
you should come out next time we have dinner with James P.
Take care John, these sketches are delightful, show me how you use white gouche on black paper, is that a canson?

Bryan Wynia said...

Thanks for the comment man. Amazing work. Love the Uncharted work!

Osagason said...

WOWeeee, these are awesome! The repelling elevator shaft is toooo good. Let me know when the game comes out. haha

Nym∼ said...

These are wonderfull as usual *o*
I just played Uncharted 2 (finished in 2 days with Gabe's help eheh) and now I understand why you chose it for the project :D
Im so jelous every artwork of yours is amazing!

Zyewni said...

Your artwork makes me want to take my art supplies back to the store and hand them back in.

Awesome work.

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sebastian meyer said...

Freekin kickarse work as usual my friend!!

jbachdesign said...

Great project man!!! Love all your compositional sketches and that second to last one looking up...phew! Hot stuff!!

Cliff Childs said...

daang John! I wana play around in those call of duty environments. Nice job u are crazy!

Anonymous said...

Nice job

Unknown said...

outstanding artwork, so glad I stumbled across this. :)

Jordan Lamarre-Wan said...

these are really great man!

Powell said...

Those call of duty shots are real slick mate!

Marcos Mateu said...

Nice lighting overall!

DK said...

AWESOME WORK DUDE! Your work is really inspiring and the thumbs are freaking dope

Armand Serrano said...

very impressed! great stuff!

Anonymous said...

I hope you don't mind me trying out that white on black paper method for environment value sketching as well...! It's such a great idea.

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