Author: Ant Mercer
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Dawn of the Dead
I had a very quick turnaround on a storyboard project (here) which was a mix of live action and an animation sequence so I had to make sure that there was a distinct difference between the live action scenes and the animation. Due to the rapid turnaround and that the animation was still in the process of designing the characters, I had to wing it.
..and I accidentally came up with a couple of nice Kevin Dart-esque looking boards which I was quite pleased with. Colour shapes with quick suggestions of expressions and clothing and whatnot.
So I thought I’d try it out in a sketch that I had loitering on my desktop. I’d been playing around with Krita – a new release and the brushes are amazing. I was doing a full painting, but quickly pivoted to trying out the same techinique and figured I’d use the creepiest zombie from DOTD that Hare Krishna guy who goes after Galen Ross in the back room.
And an old picture from DOTD for good measure.
2000AD Drawings and Sketches.
“Ye Olde New England” Concept paintings.
Contracted by Adam Frith to work on some pitch images for their animation concept, these paintings, of specific moments from their script, were loads of fun to do. Here’s a mixture of character illustrations, scenes and backgrounds.
“Current E” comic
Krool
Another drawing from my old blog – in this case to commemorate Brett Ewins. Little bit of animation on the old eye bubbles..