Shanghai Disney Resort

Sorry I've been of the grid for a while. Here's a couple links about some of the work I've been doing for the past year in Shanghai, China. As Art Director for Adventure Isle this has been the experience of a lifetime. Our park is scheduled to open June 2016. Hope you all get to see and enjoy it as much we had installing it, cheers!

Shanghai Disney Resort

Shanghai Disney Resort (2016) - Spot Pub #1 

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/destinations/shanghai-disney-resort/ 

Future City

Finally, had some time to do some personal work for a friend of mine. Shows my process from Sketch to completion. Heavily inspired by the optimistic futurism from Herb Ryman and Robert McCall, enjoy.

Digi-Paint Sketch Fun

 

Use of friends Leaf Brush for quick experimentation.

"Iron Man Experience", Hong Kong Disney Land

Official Disney release for "Iron Man Experience" Hong Kong. My piece is top right, other works by Greg Pro.

"Test Track presented by Cheverolet"

 

Here's a piece I did for the entry plus story boards reflecting a fraction of the work I did on the New Re-Imagined Test Track presented by Chevrolet at WDW Epcot.

Updated with video links to this project I art directed and installed. Really cool to see the comparison between the old and new show. Lots of memories with the joint Disney/ GM Team I worked with for the last two years... , Enjoy!

Re-Imagining Test Track

Test Track Side-by-Side Comparison

Another Plein Air, Acrylic Landscape Painting

Just went to Stoney Point yesterday,

for lack of a better word, 

to brush up on some much needed skills.

Nice day, acrylic on illustration board.

Mater's Tow Yard @ California Adventure

Here's an piece I did for a new ride at DCA, "Mater's Tow Yard"...

Sketchy

Here's a sample of sketches I do

sometimes on 3x5 toned cards, enjoy!

Concept Sketches

Here's an example of some sketches I've done

for the beginning phase of a project.

New Disney California Adventure Carsland rendering

Finally, I get to show some of my work:) Here's a piece I did last year for DCA of our new land, Radiator Springs. Announced at D23 and scheduled to open 2012...enjoy!

The White Tower

Robo Bar

Old sketch reposting...

"Adventurer Mike"

Character of myself, Enjoy!

Flying Ace

Old Study retouched...

La Mesa

Quicky in 30 min...

Zombie Town

Quicky inspired from Will...

Believe or not it's a Cemetary...

Got a chance to paint finally! Wanted to go
to a place more ominous, like over @ Gravity Hill
in Sylmar, but the recent fires changed all that.
So I just went a veteran cemetery close by, little
to manicured but still got the chance to paint.

Castle in the Sky...

Another study that was inspired from a day at the beach.

Painting from Memory

 Quick study from life...

Power Hungry

Morning warm-up inspired over labor day

weekend, about 1 hour...

Letter's Between us

Finalists Best Cover Design Fiction 2009

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Quicky Plein Air

25 minute quicky, managed to be done before we got kicked out! Painted on a fruit farm outside of Piru. About the size of two thumbs...

Chinese Gardens...

painted @ the Huntington, rare occasion...

Leo Carrillo

Acrylics Paintings!

Acrylic studies done plein air, 1 - 2 hours each. Shown in no particular order...

Workshop @ Bill Perkins House

La Jolla Shores

Wetlands

Griffith Park Observatory

Busters

painted this weekend in S. Pasadena...

T. Rowe Price "The Great Piggy Bank Adventure" game

...Much of the concept art I did is shown here in this you tube video,

plus a few paintings below check it out!

Oil Plein Air

Vasquez Rock

Park

Some landscape paintings I've been doin with a few friends. We've been pretty diligent about goin each weekend to a new location. Trying stay up on my traditionl skills. Mostly been using oils, but I just started using acrylics again.

Ice Break

My colleague Scot teaches a speed painting class @ ACCD, I asked if it would be cool to take a crack at the assignment.

Go Baby Go!!!

So here's my first post for my new blog since I'm so bloody incapable of updating my old site. Thought it would be good for me to get some personal work going again, Enjoy!