Ice Age updates on website

I have updated my website with some color keys I did for Ice Age: Continental Drift (aka Ice Age 4) that Blue Sky released this summer.  You can find them here, or else just go to the homepage of dibbleart.com  and follow the 'film work' link. I grouped the keys a little differently than the Rio keys, and I didn't include side-by-side renders for comparison, but I liked how they held together by scene, so if you've seen the film hopefully you'll remember some of these sequences.  It was a fun film to work on, and we're all getting very excited for the upcoming release of Epic in May of 2013!  Well done to all of the amazing artists at Blue Sky from whom I continue to learn a great deal.  Enjoy!

T-shirts!

So, I recently got the annual "Can you do a t-shirt really quick for us" request, this year for an LDS Young Women camp.  This one actually did come together rather quickly, and I was quite pleased with the result. Special thanks to the amazing art director (a.k.a. my lovely wife.)

I have found that the more last-minute the request, the more it is guaranteed to be accompanied with the caveat of "it doesn't need to be fancy, just something simple". Right...  Of course, no one has ever yet emailed me and said "Can you design a crappy t-shirt for us, please?" I'll keep waiting for that email.

More paintings

Here are a few more recent paintings. The farm machinery is a commission (not a great photo of it, I'll take a better one soon), the figure painting was a two-session pose, and the plein air was a piece I did at Sagamore Hill for the competition this past weekend.  Onward and upward!

Sagamore Hill paint-out

I participated in a plein-air 'paint-out' this past weekend, and it was great fun. Here is one of pieces that I did, and it was really fun. It was held at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, which was Teddy Roosevelt's home for many years. Quite a lovely spot. I have a few more paintings I did which I'll post soon.

Epic trailer!

The trailer for Blue Sky's new film 'Epic' debuted today on Good Morning America, and we're all very excited about it. The Blue Sky crew is a pretty tough crowd to impress, even our own trailers usually get a mixed applause when we screen in-house, but this morning when it was screened in a large group meeting, there was some of the strongest positive reaction that I've seen from the crew ever.  Mike Lee did the color keys for most of these shots here, and they're beautiful. I did the key for the last shot of the two soldiers and slugs, as well as working on the patterning for the armor.

You can watch the trailer and find out a little more here:
http://www.epicthemovie.com/

And of course, don't forget to go see Ice Age: Continental Drift this summer!  The Epic trailer will debut before the movie as well, which will be great.

Hooray!

Wedensday Plein Air

Here are my plein air paintings from the past two Wednesdays. They were fun to do, and though there are always things to improve upon, I was pleased with several aspects of these.  The vertical piece of the rocks was a rainy day.  We've had a high number of overcast Wednesdays, which is fine because I love the overcast light.  The bottom was last week, and it was high 90's and high humidity.

Recent Figure Drawings

Here are some recent 'best-of' from the figure drawing pile. I know, I know, if this is 'best-of', then we're in trouble!  But alas, a blog isn't for perfection, it's about work in progress. I haven't traditionally done as much gesture drawing before Blue Sky, so I'm trying to strengthen my approach and help to economically suggest form and structure.   The short poses are mostly 2-5 min, and the more refined pieces are between 20-75 min.

The first piece of the 'Death of Marat' was a fun night. The model is incredible, and he brought foam cubes, sheets, and props, and created this scene, among others. I have rarely seen a model be so artistically informed, or take modeling to such a high level as he does.  And you'll notice the little baby drawings at the end here; my little boy came and modeled for us one night. He is not a sedentary boy.  So, it was a game of try and get as much information before he moves.  Hence the large number of heads:)  Enjoy!