Yearly Archives: 2008

Ask and you shall receive. As requested here is every post in the Art Archive from 2008

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The Northern Pass

Posted 2008/11/14 by Sterling

One of the reasons I have been trying to learn Maya is so I can make 2.5d backgrounds for my…

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The little CG Hut

Posted 2008/11/06 by Sterling

I have been ripping my brains out trying to learn Maya.

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Muddy boots

Posted 2008/11/03 by Sterling

Here is a fun little sequence I found in my sketchbook from a few weeks back. I'm in the process…

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“Error”

Posted 2008/10/20 by Sterling

Nothing is more frustrating than following a maya tutorial and not having anything work.

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ALIEN EVOLUTION THEORY

Posted 2008/10/04 by Sterling

Digging though some old files I stumbled across a document explaining my character design ideas for the Space Chimp Aliens.

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“Post”tramatic stress

Posted 2008/09/07 by Sterling

After getting bumped from story and character design there wasn't much for me to do around the office. Still I…

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It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Posted 2008/09/06 by Sterling

After a few months in the story department I was pulled aside by the Directors of Space Chimps and told…

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The King and I

Posted 2008/09/02 by Sterling

Below is a small sample of some of the character designs that I explored for the King in the movie…

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Ambient Cinema “ Stillborn”

Posted 2008/08/30 by Sterling

A few years ago I was really excited about ambient cinema. Making films for the purpose of creating atmosphere.

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Back Again Boards

Posted 2008/08/29 by Sterling

Space Chimps storyboards. Leaving Malgor and through the wormhole.

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Danced4

Posted 2008/08/29 by Sterling

An animated motion dance inspired my some of Oskar Fischinger’s early work. I animated this while on the plane down…

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I was “AD”dicted

Posted 2008/08/29 by Sterling

Whenever there was a little time to kill I often found myself working on some sort of ad. To be…

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There and back again

Posted 2008/08/28 by Sterling

Here are some panels I drew showing the chimps arrival and departure from the planet Zeta. ARRIVAL: This “was” my…

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Space Chimps the Musical!?!

Posted 2008/08/28 by Sterling

The following two animatics are what got me the storyboarding gig on space chimps. Both were made before there was…

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Draw faster

Posted 2008/08/28 by Sterling

We just started drawing... In the beginning I rushed in and overdrew everything.

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Lost in Space Chimps

Posted 2008/08/28 by Sterling

One of the downsides to being a writer or a concept artist is that no one ever gets to see…

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The Big Move

Posted 2008/08/16 by Sterling

After 1700 kms of driving Virginia and I have made it down to LA and are now lost in a…

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Red Opus

Posted 2008/08/11 by Sterling

Every now and then I like to put all the narrative work aside and just animate. I love abstract animation…

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Mountains

Posted 2008/07/30 by Sterling

Here is a sketch I did the other day.

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Trimming the Fat

Posted 2008/07/30 by Sterling

Art and the human resource department don't mix. Stick with tradition. Let the artists choose their apprentices.

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Gallery Row

Posted 2008/07/24 by Sterling

After several days of not sleeping, coffee and coding insanity I have finally got this beast of a site to…

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And so it begins!

Posted 2008/07/23 by Sterling

This is the first posting to my new wayward blog. I've done a lot of work connected to that name.…