Glory to Glorzo! Glorzo is peace, or so they say. This was an epic undertaking of an episode for us and difficult to animate but I loved the final results. These are some concept sketches I did after looking at some wet eggs. Property of Adult Swim. Any press or reposting must be directed to Adult Swim for approval.
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Monday, May 18, 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
RICK AND MORTY - Never Ricking Morty
Seasons Greetings from the spore hive...in May....have a joyful unicellular filled quarantine anyway! This is the 'Bearded Alien Santa' seen in the Christmas train car, that was formed from half gum drops and candycanes. What's your Christmas Rick story? Property of Adult Swim. Any press or reposting must be directed to Adult Swim for approval.
Saturday, December 21, 2019
RICK AND MORTY - Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktims Unit
Dragons... this was an exploration sketch during the early drafts of the script that changed many times over. Originally the three elder dragons guarding the wizards gallows area were main characters even before the wizard was in the mix at all. Eventually they became background characters considering all the work that went into making them animatable. Oh well. Property of Adult Swim. Any press or reposting must be directed to Adult Swim for approval.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
RICK AND MORTY - One Flew Over the Crewcoo's Morty
Monster Morty! There were a couple other renditions I loved that cut, so in a pinch this Morty was born as part human part gargoyle gone wrong. Next are a couple early Heistotron explorations and a few fully built cubes the size of Texas. - Property of Adult Swim. Any press or reposting must be directed to Adult Swim for approval.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
RICK AND MORTY - Old man and the Seat
Ah the toilet episode. The Omega 2 planet needed to be as peaceful and tranquil of a location as we could get so Rick could do his business, little did we know he was a shy pooper. We did many renditions on the aurora borealis to get that just right, above is a rough take I did before Robbie Erwin knocked it out of the park. Next is a take I did on the sanitation command center which needed to feature new Rick tech as close to godliness as we could. Some alt alien elks after that I did that didn't make the cut. The High Intern was one of the first items I nailed down that helped determine the look of the monogatrons and their ship based on the skull of a catfish. annndddddd.....Tony explorations
and expressions. Property of Adult Swim. Any press or reposting requests must be directed to Adult Swim for approval.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
RICK AND MORTY - Season 4 Publicity Art!
The wait is over, Rick and Morty season four is finally here and am happy to once again be working on one my favorite shows! It was a long road back having worked on other endeavors since season two. I wasn't aware how much I was going to miss being a part of this visual process. Above is the season four promotional art I did to kick off the season with the house coming alive via Ricks' design while the family survives various acts of peril. The alien Emmy bird explorations below that, Rick reveals that the coveted award which is this actual living alien bird that has endured exploitation by being "mounted to a wood base and dipped in molten gold" for our adulation, you monsters! - Property of Adult Swim. Any press or reposting requests must be directed to Adult Swim for approval.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
TROVER SAVES THE UNIVERSE! - Rough Cover Alts
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Sunday, July 14, 2019
TROVER SAVES THE UNIVERSE - Mixed World!
In a world where multiple worlds collide to make one mixed world, did I mention we have worlds?Come play the funniest game ever made, Trover Saves the Universe! This was my favorite piece I had the opportunity to make for the game.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
TROVER SAVES THE UNIVERSE - Fleshworld!
Fleshworld!!! This was my absolute favorite world to design. I wish I could have spent ages doing these. Never thought Fleshworld would be my wheelhouse but I think I it is now. The idea of this place changed quite a bit and my trusty blind Park Ranger unfortunately got eaten by the cutting room floor but still love his overall look and this world.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019
TROVER SAVES THE UNIVERSE - Chairopia sketches
Time to strap your chair on and finally play Trover Saves the Universe! Glorkon has stolen your dogs and now you have to go retrieve them from his crusty eye sockets! One thing, no walking here! It's now available through PS4, Steam, and PC!
LILO AND STITCH - Chewgag Environment sketches
These are from awhile back that I never posted while in development. I was tasked with designing Chewgag's trophy room which needed to be decadent, slightly art deco yet sci fi and all out evil. They ended up going in another stylistic direction later but I had a lot of fun trying to figure these out.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
DR SPLORCHY PRESENTS: SPACE HEROES - Squanchgames
Dr. Splorchy Presents: SPACE HEROES is a Google Daydream VR game from Squanchgames. The first game I've ever worked on is finally here! The first background was inspired by a drive through Massachusetts and seeing a small town name, Braintree, as we were passing by and later did a quick sketch in our hotel room. I did at least 40 variations of aliens before we landed the middle one. Lastly Splorchys lab views, for more info on the game check out http://www.squanchgames.com/drsplorchypresents/
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
TROVER SAVES THE UNIVERSE - Squanchgames
The game I've been jamming away on for the past year was announced today at E3! 'Trover Saves the Universe' created by Justin Roiland, is a sci-fi comedy/adventure game where your dogs have been kidnapped and stuffed into a beak faced lunatic's eyeholes and is using their life essence to destroy the universe! Originally developed for PSVR and will also be available on PS4 as well. This is the first teaser poster I worked on to help launch the game. Go to troversavestheuniverse.com to learn more!
Thursday, March 8, 2018
SEASONAL HEART - Squanchgames Sketch Prompt
Oh, the belated Valentines day card. This was for our Squanchgames sketch club prompt, 'valentines day mascot'.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
HOT DOG TIME MACHINE - Squanchgames Sketch Prompt
Squanchgames does a weekly prompt thats open to the public on Instagram. This weeks prompt was 'hot dog machine'. The previous weeks prompt was 'some f*****g shape', originally just a swirl of a brushstroke that your supposed to make something out of using the same shape and stroke. Thought it would be fun to capture the whole Rick and Morty/McDonald's riot, with a crab/dragon a la 'Mushu' from Mulan going AWOL for szechuan sauce.
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
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