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Composition and Color 2.

2012-01-17T17:06:00.000-08:00

Awhile back I wrapped up my class with Marshall with this assignment of "Dream Teller" An open to interpretation assignment covering on the utility of simple design an color to then make a more complex piece simple.

TAD class: Composition and Color 2

2011-08-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

Just this past week I learned to break down composition like a puzzle for a dumb guy. In it, I simplified by value and color, as well as soft and hard edges.

Blizzard Fun.

2011-08-03T15:19:00.000-07:00

Last semester with The Art Department, a number of students and I had the honor of being reviewed by Jeremy Cranford.

Past Advertisment Work

2011-08-01T12:30:00.000-07:00

Earlier this year I worked with my client in spiffing up their proposals. I didn't think this would be in my radar of interest until I did it.

Here I was to populate the scene with the targeted clients.

With the first open of the Chateau Nightclub opening here were two of MANY concepts I did clean sketch for.

P.S. If you are in Vegas around this time. You know which one got picked. ;)

30 Day Challenge - Day 30 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:33:00.001-07:00

HORAY!

30 Day Challenge - Day 29 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

30 Day Challenge - Day 28 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:30:00.001-07:00

" I need guns, lots of them."

30 Day Challenge - Day 27 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:29:00.001-07:00

I love turtle

30 Day Challenge - Day 26 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:25:00.001-07:00

30 Day Challenge - Day 25 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:23:00.000-07:00

A Scenery

30 Day Challenge - Day 24 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:18:00.000-07:00

A Couple

Its complicated.

very complicated...

30 Day Challenge - Day 23 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

Something I need

30 Day Challenge - Day 22 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:15:00.000-07:00

30 Day Challenge - Day 21 (IOU)

2011-07-01T13:12:00.000-07:00

Somthing I want...dont you judge me!

30 Day Challenge- Day 20 (IOU)

2011-07-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

Something Orange

30 Day Challenge- Day 19 (IOU)

2011-07-01T12:24:00.000-07:00

Something new.

30 Day Challenge Day 18 (IOU)

2011-06-26T20:39:00.000-07:00

Doodle

30 Day Challenge- Day 17 (IOU)

2011-06-26T20:16:00.001-07:00

Favorite Plant

30 Day Challenge Day 16 (IOU)

2011-06-22T11:57:00.001-07:00

Inspiration

30 Day Challenge Day 15 (IOU)

2011-06-21T09:55:00.001-07:00

Family Portrait

30 Day Challenge Day 14 (IOU)

2011-06-20T22:29:00.000-07:00

Favorite Fairytale

30 Day Challenge Day 13 (IOU)

2011-06-18T00:57:00.001-07:00

Comic

30 Day Challenge Day 12 (IOU)

2011-06-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

Recent Accomplishment

30 Day Challenge Day 11 (IOU)

2011-06-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

Turning Point

30 Day Challenge Day 10(IOU)

2011-06-13T23:00:00.000-07:00

(No really) Favorite Candy

30 Day Challenge Day 9(IOU)

2011-06-13T21:42:00.001-07:00

Favorite TV Show

30 Day Challenge Day 8(IOU)

2011-06-12T12:32:00.001-07:00

Favorite Animated Characters

30 Day Challenge Day 7(IOU)

2011-06-10T23:29:00.001-07:00

Favorite Movie

30 Day Challenge Day 6(IOU)

2011-06-09T14:28:00.000-07:00

Favorite Book.

30 Day Challenge Day 5(IOU)

2011-06-07T19:03:00.000-07:00

Best Friend

30 Day Challenge Day 4(IOU)

2011-06-07T10:45:00.000-07:00

Favoite Place

30 Day challenge Day 3

2011-06-05T00:25:00.000-07:00

Favorite Food.

30 Day Drawing Challenge: Day2

2011-06-03T00:14:00.001-07:00

Favorite Animal

30 day Drawing Challenge Day 1

2011-06-02T00:19:00.000-07:00

Yourself.

While I was away: part 12

2011-05-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

Around this time, there was this advertisment of "G". There where a bunch athletes that were being filmed black and white, interperting what "G" meant to them. Here was me and the Argonaut being though into the mix.

Here, I introduced my new antagonist to my sketchbook comic. A Guardian with a zealous view of human's knowledge of their kind. Also had fun draw Gram the Warlord.

The concept to this new guardian was one who's armor can be taken apart into weapons. I want to explore that idea some more one of these days.

Here was my study of walruses for my little comic.

One of the last days as a gallery artist before my disappeance for a year and a half. My stuff kept on getting blown over. It felt exciting.

Dilly dolly with my favorite childhood story, "Jouney to the West," NPR's interview With Seth Grahame-Smith When he just announced his book "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," and still figuring out the concept of "Fig: The Game" Enemy.

The first initial sketches on the Fig character. An angery french worm, with junky robot parts.

Storytelling

2011-05-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

Back in Advance Level Design, while conceptualizing, I took notes from Pixar's "Finding Nemo" and laid the the color scheme of the general different environments the protagonist would go though. Due to time constraint the team simply used this as our background.

Hextapuss and snakey baby!

2011-05-18T10:48:00.000-07:00

Here was a sculpture I did last year for my cousin's wedding. I was playing off of their nicknames for each other as well as their interests. Because the sculpture was to be on top of a cake I had to make sure my armature wires was very thin and mostly filled up with foil. This was also the time i had been wrapped up with school work, hense the "while I was away" series.

BTW

2011-05-05T15:35:00.000-07:00

I like to party...

TAD Course: Composition and Color part3

2011-04-12T23:55:00.000-07:00

While surfing though Albert Bierstade, George Inness, and Fredric Church. I started getting a hang of perspective.

TAD Course: Composition and color 1 Part 2

2011-03-30T22:10:00.000-07:00

As for now I am just summing up significant changes in my progress to catch with more recent event. Here Jason Manley had me continue working on this particular composition. (Following top down)First came the issue of draft versus craft of the mark making, then came the breaking of repetition with variety. And once more backing away from balance.

Sketch Blast!

2011-03-20T20:39:00.000-07:00

Exchanging messages with an alumni about careers last Monday, I suddenly felt compelled to do what I wanted to do, without over thinking about time. Haven't done these in a while and surprising how fast I did them except Brendon and my cup of lemon, honey, ginger tea. I intend to do more...

Game UI Mock UP

2011-03-16T19:19:00.001-07:00

With big gaps of time inbetween freelancing and job searching, I decided to do a mock up of a game UI, if I was going to do my version of Leagues of Legends. Templating from the format I studyed the intense colors, contents, fillers and placment of the in-game UI of Leagues of Legends and adapted it to my own design, of a Steam punk/ Art Deco direction. Here is the assembled UI.

And here is the original content. Considering how many of the content would be very small, I focused on contrast of color, form, and saturation.

Only now do I realize I just made a old version of Jack from " Jack and Dexter" series.

TAD Course: Composition and Color 1

2011-03-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

For our first assignment for this, run by Jason Manley, he has his class do abstracts provoking emotions without recognizable symbols such as hearts, crosses,etc. Can you guess how I was feeling?

TAD Course: Figure Drawing

2011-03-10T09:12:00.001-08:00

Since February of this year, I've been attending The Art Department run by Conceptart.org. Here i have the honor of working with John English and Jane Radstrom. Here was my first assignment.

Wondering where I've Been?

2011-02-15T22:02:00.000-08:00

So its been a while since I posted a lot since December, besides the year of the rabbit. I had to keep this under wraps until the game got posted show here it is.

Confused about what makes Dr DNA unique?
NEW update with simplified tutorials will show you!

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...THE GAME!
http://www.kongregate.com/games/celticconundrum/dr-dna

How to vote?
Sign up with www.kongregate.com, download unity web to play the game, and then click on the stars!(Perferably 5) Vote Ends Feb 22!

checkout our work flow:
http://gerrymandergames.blogspot.com/

Year of the Rabbit

2011-01-30T15:33:00.000-08:00

"Bunny" the rabbit, is epic. He will have sex with you're women and all you can do is witness and cry to his awesomeness.

As for now I am working on a couple of projects under warps. But as for the mean time, enjoy.

Best of Show

2010-12-24T13:19:00.000-08:00

So this is a week late but just been readjusting to not having school for the mean time. I am considering on taking up The Art Department Classes on January. Other than that check out my Blue Ribbon and Another page of my sketch book"While I was away"

Check it out!

2010-11-12T13:16:00.001-08:00

New Website:

http://www.brandonlinconcepts.com/

Let me know what you think!

Final Verdicts for the Marketing package

2010-10-26T22:46:00.000-07:00

With the request for the back of the card to not be glossy, this surface should be easier to write on.

Taking out the design, I later concluded again to keep it simple and have the viewer eager to check out my website.

I was concerned about the DVD cover, but it was decided that the digital painting summed it up well.
Through out this process. I was looking up established illustator's business cards and found Mandy Sechrist design for Chris Sanders' card(Director of Lilo and Stitch and How To Train Your Dragon) More simple then mine but needless to say Chris Sanders' name carries more weight than mine at this time.

DVD Cover Rejects...maybe

2010-10-26T22:36:00.001-07:00

My first run at the DVD cover. I later felt that the background of the cover wasn't flowing well with the foreground painting with the bloch of ink on the bottom right side of the front.

I Then played around with texture and the sketch lay.

In my final hope to make this work, I pulled back the opacity even more on the back ground with the texture and sketch together. A bit of me is still considering this composition.

Business Card Design/Note Taking Front.

2010-10-26T22:10:00.000-07:00

Again, based off of my old business card I wanted to show what I could do right off the bat. These were posted as samples for the mean time:

Here I was very satisfied with my DVD cover art so I wanted to paste it again on this medium:

Compensating my urge for a mini artwork and a note taking space. I finally decide on a border design. Due to Printing and cutting issues I later added a border.

Businesscard Rejects Info Side

2010-10-26T21:58:00.001-07:00

My first and Simple but seemly tacky use of font.

Based off of my old business card, it was later considered too active and not to the point:

This was my first consideration that I choose later because of my concern for the space on the left:

Here I wanted to feel in the empty spot:

My final consideration before I finally decided to keep it simple all over again.

Fig The Game On GameDeveloper

2010-10-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

Art Directer Brendon Fitzgerald and Level designer/advertiser Mike Scala made this happen. I'm excited and cant wait to see what happens next.

First Fun Run of my Character model

2010-09-22T00:16:00.001-07:00

Portfolio tweeks

2010-09-11T13:30:00.001-07:00

Some new adjustments!

My Pre Demo Reel

2010-09-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for the feedback. I do need more for this one as well when you get the chance, Thank you.

P.S. I almost had a heart attack when I saw the preview image.

New Title Screen

2010-09-06T12:05:00.001-07:00

So nevermind about that inception rip off, check this out! I also recorded my painting. That is soon to come.

Getting back on tack!

2010-09-03T01:03:00.000-07:00

What if in Tarsem Singh's "The Fall" the little girl also added in having her own army to command? That and I had a Budweiser at hand.

Oh! Is that me delivering a curb job? Well that's after a day of customer service and loss prevention for you.

Conception

2010-08-20T23:47:00.001-07:00

Here is my title screen that took me 4 hours. Hope you like it. Need Feedback. Thank you.

Old Treasures.

2010-07-25T17:45:00.000-07:00

While Digging through my years of work in The Art Institute of Las Vegas, I came across some work I did during the July 4 2009 "Caption America: Rebirth" Comic event. I did sketches based off of Caption America and his universe. Most of these were sold out by around 5pm that day. What was left the comic owner is holding of for me at the mean time.

New poster

2010-07-13T22:15:00.001-07:00

Hello kiddies! Here is a first look at the new Sketch book contest poster. Enjoy!

Bush up on basics.

2010-07-01T19:45:00.000-07:00

After my hiatus,in terms of my school break and my temperary anti-social phase, due to Fallout 3, this week was dedicated to brushing up on my perspective and anatomy drawings and paintings. Next Week I am drilling out 3d work.

Hot Sauce Gang Picnic + While I was away Continues!

2010-06-22T20:35:00.000-07:00

Today, while playing Fallout 3 for the forth straight day after break, I got a call from a cool cat name David about a painting session happening at Sunset park Today. First I was like "meh...," then he said there was food, then I was like YAY! Unfortunately I had a few errands to do. so I finally came and got set up for the last hour. Beside that here is another page from my sketchbook contest.
On this page I was at the bar called "On the Rocks" with a special guest that day named Joe Bergin the 3rd. At the same time the rest of of Drink and draw guys where talking about "Drag Me to Hell" and finally I found an empty camel cigarette pack with designs I ready digg'd.

P.S. Yep I have really been playing too much Fallout 3. I'm now talking like Three Dawg.

Fig The Game

2010-06-10T17:58:00.000-07:00

Here was my first time since 2 quarts have I had the chance to work on some digital paintings. With an Imagine FX article I read on color theory and a lot of playing around with brushes in photoshop, while texturing models, I surprised myself on how much I've improved. Enjoy!

To You Frank

2010-06-10T17:37:00.000-07:00

a late dedication to a great man.

While I was away part11

2010-06-07T09:17:00.000-07:00

Having a nice buzz from a shot of jack and coke, I was open to requests on what to draw. Kacey Newberry had the idea of making a modern day Shiva. So I had him hold two colts, a detonator,a warhead, small television broadcasting news, and a gasoline tank.I continued exploring shapes and icons of traditional Japanese patterns. I am also pretty excited about showing some new work that I did finally exploring digital painting further. I cant wait.

While I was away part...oh who's counting.

2010-06-01T21:47:00.000-07:00

During this sketch was my mythology class where we learned about the orgins of creatures like Santa Claus, including other spirits that took the place of Santa Clause in other cultures. And being that my teacher was adopted by natives, she introduced her cult classic Icon. Billy Jack!

While I was away part 9

2010-05-08T13:56:00.000-07:00

Here was a time I had when the Drink and Draw crew had their unofficial second get together on Saturdays. At a comic shop none the less. I was filled with ideas and inspiration for illustrations that where usually declare unconventional or what some would consider flaws others would make into publishing.

While I was away part 8

2010-04-28T17:49:00.001-07:00

Around this time I was very interested in desaturated colors and the retro vibe I got out of it. At the same time while sampling colors straight from aging art works I came across a book called "Masterpieces of Japanese Prints" and took note of some of the accessories and patterned fabrics that defined the contours of the human figures, then I made it my own. When I carefully laid out the figure to establish her teasing posture, I exercised my hand and eye coordination while wasting no time to fill in and around the figure with designs. Mostly Victorian based since that was the last intensive study I did while I was an apprentice of a Faux Finisher.

While I was away part 7

2010-04-26T08:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry folks for the long awaited post, if it not one thing that holds me up during the weekend it another, but I'm back and ready to show you more. Here's my idea of a comic I had since I was in high school. What if Black Waters tapped into the insurance business...with guns blazing!

While I was away part 6

2010-04-22T10:04:00.000-07:00

An inspiration from 1970's comic with surreal worlds and landscapes.

While I was away part 5 + Whats new!

2010-04-21T13:23:00.001-07:00

Here I too a inspiration from "The Labyrinth" and did a mock Movie poster. To the bottom right corn was my second point to point robot anatomy. I liked it, so I gave it some white color pencil care. Also I have been considering on having a new name for my portfolio site. Here are some considerations.(I know I spelled armored/armoured wrong it was a morning class. :p)

While I was away Part 4

2010-04-17T13:05:00.001-07:00

A combination of design elements and anatomy principles. Here was one of my first non drafted robot added on as I go. Finally a play on silhouettes.

While I was Away Part 3

2010-04-16T09:39:00.001-07:00

Here are a series of concept rifles. Originally a Story's Grim Version of the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" Ichabod Crane was the inventor / sniper. A noir steam punk art direction went with it.

While I was Away Part two

2010-04-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

Where the Argonaut deals with his own kind The Guardians. What allies does he have left?

While I was awayPart one(of many to come)

2010-04-14T19:32:00.000-07:00

As you have notice throughout the updates there have been big gaps. I reassure you folks I wasn't without some form of creative outlet. From here on until the release of my teams top secret Project, Ill be posting sketches.

Here is my character,The Argonaut, up to his antics of utter disregard for peoples personal space. The purple haired woman is from Simon Bisley's The Dead: Kingdom of Flies.

Squeezing time.

2010-03-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

I had over estimated my ability in joining the sketch book contest while having an all studio class. I got to have fun with this sketch on Tuesday at Game Works. It not the arcade I remembered growing up, but it was still fun anyhow. It was for a Interface Design class field trip.

Come One Come All

2010-01-10T11:20:00.000-08:00

For the Start of my New Quarter at Art Institute of Las Vegas, apparently we don't exist to Facebook, I did a Poster of the New Sketchbook Contest.

End of the quarter finals

2009-12-19T11:26:00.000-08:00

Check these out. Mine... all mine.

More to come...

MIA?

2009-11-12T09:20:00.000-08:00

No folks I'm now doing excutive work for a team production for graduation. Cant share that but I can show my love this this site, always:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2008552

Remember 4/3/2009

2009-04-05T19:55:00.000-07:00

Well it's official, my first Booth sign of my company has been sold, with two pins and a piece of lent.

In other News The First Friday of this month was crazy. Winds picked up to 50 mph. Here is an accurate depiction of what occured.

Villpu was right.

2009-03-30T18:23:00.000-07:00

Well of course Villpu was right, he's motherfuck'n Glen Villpu. When it comes to making deadlines, it just not possible t0 be psyched until the last minute shock comes into play or realizing a very tight schedule. As for me, my second quarter sucked. For the first half of the winter quarter it was piled with nothing but paper work and calculations at school, plans that fell through, and stricter regulations at my work. It finally got better when I to charge of my team to made it be known who was doing what. When that happened, these shot out.

Booth Dude

2009-01-11T20:43:00.000-08:00

On January 2 I set up my first stand for the First Friday of 2009. I sold prints of my work. I almost broke even that night from what was sold and what was spent buying all the supplies. In the end it pretty much evened out being that two customers where asking if I wanted their funnel cake(guess I wasnt a good bluffer) and my friends dropped by and donated me spare gloves.

The White Elephant.

2008-12-29T17:08:00.001-08:00

On Christmas day, due to the sudden fianacial support, little time, and my winter break resolution, I came up with Painting a master copy on a decent but some what generic gift. a Painting from Richard Bunkall on the outside and Kazuhiko Sano on the inside of the journal. Enjoy.

Somewhere over the rainbow.

2008-12-22T22:10:00.000-08:00

So its been a whiles since I posted any work. Here are a couple of pieces that I did for finals.

LOL! She's Strattling a cock.

BTW did I mention that I went back to school in Art Institute of Las Vegas?

Last Weeks Update.

2008-10-06T12:49:00.001-07:00

So last week I just finished up all the dog portraits, attended Drink and Draw's new official location and was a guess artist at Blick Art Material's Pink Ribbon Auction.

For the Dog portraits I still wanted to keep it at a lighter consistence but have the bold stroke quality of that of J.C. Leyendecker.

This time around at Drink and Draw One of the boys dropped in and brought some heavy subjects matter to the table. Politics, relationships, life. The end of the night left me at a daze. At lest Justin brought pizza and it was happy hour. Interestingly enough though, I found out that the people that run "Drink and Draw Las Vegas" are all Alumni of my high school that graduated 6 years before me.

Finally the Pink Ribbon Auction. It was fun.

...very fun.

Sadly I never got around to painting on this canvas that everyone put their 2 cents in.

I was doing this.

A pretty eventful week for an unemployed.

Grumpys Demise

2008-09-28T18:54:00.000-07:00

So over this weekend I was freaking out about what I was going to do for Mike Biggs show
So I first started out with the Rocketeer but due to the softness of the clay, the smooth required geometry and my patience I gave up on that idea. Then when I was daydreaming about my favorite movie Dark Knight, I remembered an undermined quote.
But enough spoiling the movie. My room was a mess the second I got to the schizophrenic collage.Besides the Trials and Errors, That was about 5 hours with the Rocketeer blunder, it took about 3 hours of procrastination and 6 hours of sclupting 2 hours of assembling and and other 6 hours of having the gloss medium finish.

Promise made!

2008-09-23T17:39:00.000-07:00

Here it is the end( my only friend) of this project that is. I had too much fun with this one.

Ok im out.

The AWW factor.

2008-09-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

With the back head of this squid like thingy, I got so frustrated figuring out the light sourcing that I just threw in a seal. It for a girl so what better then penguins or a LOLcat that wanted cheezburgers...Tada!

tentacle strange.

2008-09-20T12:48:00.001-07:00

So starting from yesterday I began a piece I promised a friend of a girlfriend who just got married not too long ago with an associate i knew back when I worked at OfficeMax.Why? Because Trisha, the not really friends, friend, recently lend a helping hand and told me of an opportunity that didn't go so well. None-the-less I am grateful for her effort. And besides, I needed to keep my painting momentum up.
It was based off a sketch I did while I was just lounging around.

Drink and Draw

2008-09-20T11:59:00.000-07:00

These are some drawings I did at Drink and Draw. It started out slow being that I was the only one there, but Justin and Geoffrey came around after an hour. It was just great, sketching along side people with twice the conviction to their work and still being humble. That night I worked up some concepts for a comic a buddy and I were working on since high school, and the scenery of the Bar.

And if you have to ask, yes there was a Mech Knight with huge guns walking around the bar that night, annoying striking poses at me. It was kinda creepy.

Pink Ribbon

2008-09-18T13:29:00.000-07:00

Just yesterday I finished up my artwork for the Pink Art Auction supporting Susan G. Komen Brest Cancer Foundation. I actually had this idea for a couple of weeks but at first it felt too satirical for the subject matter. It was up until the last minute when I realized I had no other idea that amused me.

Day Hard For No Tomorrow.

2008-09-04T09:50:00.001-07:00

(Boy, that's an eccentric title.) So here is the first blog and treat for anyone new to me. I am Brandon Lin, also (Suppose to be) known as "Karonno". Now why Is my Website cool "Poorly Run Alias?" Because I have a tough time answering to "Karonno." I either simple don't answer to it or that it feels like foreplay. But besides that and the ackward slience that follows I am also an Illustrator.
My work deals in visual narration, storyboarding, key Framing, and Etc. I have been working with acrylics,full heartedly, since Spring of 2006.
Well there were some set back until spring of 2007 when I took a dive into the Art Scene of Las Vegas, as us Desert Rats call it "First Friday." Since then I have made it my new years resolution or 5 year goal to make a living out of my works. Stick around its just about to get interesting.