Creature Designs

I had some time today to sketch creatures, so here is the result. I gave myself a task and combined two existing animals: moose and turtle. Some of designs can be far away from looking either of these animals or reptiles, but it was nice reference and specifications to follow.

"IKI" Christmas candy package characters

So Christmas is very close and it is time to buy some sweet candies. I had a lot of fun creating characters for candy package which was designed as a pattern for all visible surface. Lithuanian agency AllCaps was very happy to have my illustrations which helped to make candy box look fun and appealing.

Agency: AllCaps.lt

Here is couple final package design photos from different angles:

Here are all characters I drew:

Mr.Scientist

Very quick today's sketch to warm up my hand and brain.

Wanna be a Concept Artist?

I recently found a very nice and rare video about career as a concept artist. For those who have blurry picture what these guys do out there with pencils in they're hands, Ted Kim talks about all kind of different aspects and explains a lot in simple words. Really worth watching and getting to know interesting stuff.

Down bellow you will find all three parts of an interview.

Part 1:



Part 2:



Part 3:

Live WebCam painting: Hekla, Iceland. Snow!

Iceland at it's best! All covered with white powder. I once visited this incredibly beautiful country during winter season. It brings me very good memories about how beautiful our earth can be. 

Location: Hekla, Iceland.

Time: 10:00 am - 12:10 pm 21.11.2012 (Danish time)

Actual painting location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Link to webcam: http://eldgos.mila.is/hekla/

Digital painting.

WebCam printscreen.

Everything Is A Remix

My recently discovered movie consisting from 4 short movies about creativity, ideas and intelectual property. Thanks to Kirby Ferguson now we have more clear picture about what is what. At the end I can say it is very inspiring and mind changing movie.

Here are all four parts of it.


Part 1:

Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Part 2:

Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Part 3:

Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Part 4:

Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Game Companies

If you ever will need a list of game companies all over the world, here you go:
Game Companies

I found it pretty informative and useful.

Live WebCam painting: Hekla, Iceland. Morning.

Very beautiful morning in Iceland. Especially in one of the most attractive places to see volcano. More about this place you can read here.

Location: Hekla, Iceland.

Time: 10:00 am - 10:30 am 31.10.2012 (Danish time)

Actual painting location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Link to webcam: http://eldgos.mila.is/hekla/

Digital painting.

WebCam printscreen at the time I was painting.

GhostVFX: Maersk MyHR white board presentation

Mærsk MyHR from Ghost VFX on Vimeo.

This time I got the task to draw on white board with markers. It's analog and it's fun! Maersk is one of the biggest companies right now in Denmark with over 70 000 employes in 130 countries. Together with extremely talented people from GhostVFX we made it and I think it looks cool!

And yes, the hand that you see in mine :)

Hope you will like it to.

Team:

Directed: Claus Kogsbøll
Ghost VFX Supervisor: Claus Kogsbøll
Ghost Producer: Anders Jensen
Artist: Vaidas Bagonas

Sketching