Seattle Workshop

hello fellow deviants, in case you haven't heard, the ConceptArt.Org workshop, 'Revelations', is being held in Seattle, WA, January 4-7...four full days of mind-blowing art instruction, from some of the absolute top artists in the business!! Here is an incomplete list(if you can believe it) of the current instructors:

Kenneth Scott- Art Director- id software
Moby Francke- Concept Designer -Team Fortress- Valve Software
Dan Milligan- Storyboard Artist -300
Lorne Lanning- Oddworld
Aleksi-Freelance Concept Artist/Comics/RPG Illustrator
Sparth- id software
Khang Le- Project Offset
Marko Djurdjevic-Marvel
El Coro- MB(Massive Black)
Noxizmad-MB
Jason Chan-MB
Wes Burt-MB
Stephan Martiniere- Midway
Android(Andrew Jones)-MB
Todd Lockwood-RPG Illustrator
Pete Konig-MB/Tippett Studio
Brom-Fine Artist/Illustrator
Michael Hussar-Fine Artist
Kevin Llewellyn-Fine Artist
Shawn Barber-Fine Artist/Illustrator
Daniel Dociu-ArenaNet
Jamie Jones-ArenaNet
Matthew Barrett-ArenaNet
Doug Williams-ArenaNet
SteakTron-MB
Rich Doble-MB
Nick Constantine-MB
Sam Brown-MB
Carl Dobsky-MB
James Kei-MB
Jason Manley-MB
Chris Hatala-MB
Kevin Chen-Freelance Concept/Fine Artist/Figure Professor
Anthony Francisco- Lead Concept Artist-Project Offset
Marc Taro Holmes- Sega
Jason Felix- Flagship Studios
The Black Frog - Senior Concept Artist/Art Director- Freelance


...so try and make it, getting all these guys in one place will probably never happen again!..and sign up before Nov 1 and get a hundred bucks off tuition! see more here:
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Hope some of you guys can make it! Trust me, you will be 10x better artists if you do...I know I will

As a lot of you guys know, I work on the Simpsons in various capacities. I started on the show back in 1995, and yes I know, some of you guys were just born then! But who knew that it was going to last this long...crazy huh??! And so I just ended a four year run as Director of Illustration at Fox studios, and now I'm returning to my roots: Simpsons animation...2d that is. And although my passion is concept art, which I do on the side, you can't beat the company of the craziest animators in the world So that being said, I encourage you guys to do your passion, whatever that may be...and take as many opportunities as you can get...even if they don't pay! Because it all builds towards your talent, your 'drawing mileage' as it were. So keep drawing, all the time, and your art career will be yours before you know it!!

hello fellow deviants!! I just saw the Simpsons Movie last night, and it was fantastic! Matt Groening was there, as well as my good buddy, David Silverman( the director)... It opens on Friday, so go and check it out. I'm gonna try to get permission to post some of the drawings I did for some of the scenes....but if not, just look out for my name in the credits, under 'animation' Woo hoo!!!

On another Simpsons note, some of you guys might be lucky enough to live near a real live Kwiki-Mart, so ya gotta go and see that too! I can proudly say that I designed the overall look of it, especially the characters. Say hi to Homer while your there, he's eating hot dogs in the back

For those of you in the LA area, the Gnomon Live Workshop is this weekend, March 31 & April 1. There's going to be some phenomenal artists there giving lectures on how they work, so if you're around, ya gotta check it out!! Some of the artists include Brom, Stephan Martiniere, and Derek Thompson, among many other 2d and 3d artists.

...hey everybody, just wanted to let y'all know I was featured in ImagineFX magazine. Besides that, it's an incredible magazine with great articles and rad tips for Photoshop and Painter, so check it out!! And for those interested, I hope to be putting up my own tutorial here shortly