The Multinauts

The Elmore-ish drawings of the Dungeon Majesty girls seemed to have reached their eyes, because last May I was commissioned by the Telefantasy Studios crew to draw some of the characters from their show The Multinauts. It's Tom Baker's Doctor Who meets Elric meets Cyberpunk. Meat and drink to a guy like me.

I tried to channel some Alex Toth into these sketches, but, course, his powers continue to elude me.

Farscape Teasers

Some character sketches, this time revolving around the Farscape franchise:

Inspired Autos #2 Spyker C8 Double 12S

The Spyker C8 Double 12S. Look at it. Just look at it. It's got a damn intake on the roof! A roof made of glass! And rivets! The inside of the car looks like an F1 racer that Jules Verne would've designed, with trimmings picked out by The Lord Of Darkness himself. There's Latin etched into the exhaust pipes, fer God's sake. You tell me that isn't hot. I dare you.

Plus it's Dutch. Dude.

Daily Doodles

More of the Princess girls. I love using fun little drawings like these to warm up in the morning, before starting work.

Inspired Autos #1 1960 Fiat Multipla

One of my favorite part of artistic projects is the research involved. When in grad school this always meant trips to the library, but I navigate El InterWeb a little more efficiently these days, so I rarely have to venture further than Google images in order to find what I need. But always, during these little ventures, I find more than I bargain for.



Example: During a search for unique, deco-inspired vans, I found the 1960 Fiat 600 Multipla. I've never been a fan of vans or campers before, but I found myself immediately smitten. Extensively designed and re-designed by Fiat after WWII, they built it with a need for a car that could fit a family, use a minimum of sheet metal, and be cheap to build and buy. It went on to be a massively popular model (in Europe), selling into the millions. I doubt I'd ever laid eyes on it before, but Ms. Multipla (meaning "All Service") will definitely find a way into some project of mine, sooner or later.

Lately I've had a renewed interest in resurrecting an old idea - a few years ago, after an interview at Disney CP, I had the idea of taking the Princess line and putting them in a more modern setting. A fair few sketches later, and this is where I am. It's all for fun, of course.

Above are some doodles I did the other night of some possible characters: Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Pocahontas, Milo and Kida (Atlantis), Drizella and Anastasia (CInderella), and Eilonwy (The Black Cauldron).

Retro Armor Design

Thought I'd have another stab at doing retro-'50's power armor ala "Fallout", one year later, and I'm including a bit of my process along the way. I think it's much more successful this time. Big guns to follow.