Wooden robot in trouble (concept art)

Today's storyboard has our wooden robot in trouble...

Wooden Robot on suspension bridge (concept art)

In this big storyboard, the wooden fighter robot is running accross a suspension bridge...

Caniton guards (concept art)

Today's sketch is another "big storyboard".

Wooden Robot workshop (concept art)

Today's sketch is another "wooden robot", in the workshop where it is being built.

Wooden Robot (Concept Art)

Today's sketch is of a wooden robot. He's a prototype that was never mass produced.

Robot designs from 2009

Today I found some really ancient files on my computer, concept art I made in 2009.

2D cutout animation in Blender - written tutorial

2D cutout is a fun, quick way to turn 2D art into moving images. Here is my workflow for doing this with the free 3D package Blender for the animation and some preparation work in Photoshop.

Photoshop painting - written tutorial

I wrote a little tutorial with tips about how to paint in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet.

Animation concept sketch: Caniton city entry hall

This is a sketch of the entry hall after passing the gate of Caniton.


Today I used two layers of paper, one for the background and one on tracing paper for the character on the bicycle.

That way it's easy to keep the background seperate for later use to start painting, and it makes working on the character easier as well without affecting the background drawing.

Animation concept art: Background design sketch of Caniton gates

As strange as it may sound, this design is based partially on a city in Europe. Can you guess which one?

This is a sketch of the gates of Caniton, which is an industrial city where they build giant robots. Part of the gate is based on a real stone gate I saw on vacation.

It's fun to use photo reference to start - it gives you some restrictions,