Sample Sketches

Here's is another couple of sketches as I am getting back into the habit of drawing everyday... also trying my hand back in coloring.  Always was a fan of Chris Lichtner over Joe Madd's stuff so this is my see trying the process out... 

Well... I'm BaAAAaaack!

Okay...
Saying it's been a long time since the last post is a gross understatement... but it's been a long time since my last post, heh.  Just thought I would try to get back in the mix and try a new season of posting again.  Here is a collage of 3 new and 1 old... I think it's good to see where you are and where you've been.  Hopefully, you'll see more of these soon. Peace to you and yours!

Space Girl - Quick Sketch

Hey...to everyone who shrugged their shoulders and thought to themselves and said it'd be months before I would post again.  I say...here you go.  I want to post this as a study sketch in how long it takes to do an illustration without it taking hours.  I believe (after the pencils) this illustration only took a little more than a half an hour to complete.  Again, this is a piece only to show an idea and what it takes to sell an idea - showing character and perception without the use of words.  Let me know what you think.  Thanks in advance.

The Crow or not the Crow.

Yep… as usual, I've waited for several months and turn up with another illustration.  Welp, I have a new leash on life so hopefully (and I do optimistically mean hopefully) drawings and illustrations will be more frequent.  Well you know the usual…leave me a message after the beep!

Tragic death of Paul Walker

Man... I was taken aback and stupefied when I heard the tragic news of Paul Walker.  I don't know why this hurt as bad as it did but I would like to post that I pray his family will heal from this and the friends and fans (like myself) will remember this talent and that days are not promised to us.  God bless and keep you all who read this.  Rest in Peace, Paul.  You will be greatly missed.

-Chris

Well here it is Party People!! As promised.

Well here it is... finally!  To view it just click on the pic (the one that looks like this one) towards the right under the title My Portfolio.  The music is from Gramatik and he is the bombtastic-stank diggity.  Dude ain't no jiggity-joke!!  Check him out.  Pardon my english by the way.  Peace.

...the new stuff!

1 year, 3 months and ten days… dude!  Man that is a long time.  Well sportfans?  I will not disappoint…hopefully.  Explanation? Got it.  I was making a game…a video game.  Honest.  Well, hope you will be happy to know that a demo reel will be coming up soon (believe me).  To tell the truth, I am working on it now, but for now here are a couple of character sketches of the new stuff.  More to explain later… here ya’ go.

Geez!!! You turn around and months pass by like dusty newspapers in the wind!! Well just to let you know (for whoever reads this stuff), I have been working on my game (see post below) and realized that I haven't posted anything in a while.

Well here is a pic for ya. Having started on the game which you can see more at www.galacticagents.blogspot.com, other game ideas have been circling the brain. This pic is a concept of the main character that is still in development. Help me out here and let me know what'cha think of him or what type of personality, occupation, or whatever... comes to mind. See ya in a while. Oh... I almost forgot. I ran into a blog that I absolutely just love!!

For those of you who don't know Pablo Navarro, he is the man!! He has worked on movies overseas and is Uber talented in the field of animation!!! His style adds a fresh air of creativity that rivals Disney on her best day!! Head on over there right now cuz he is no joke!

Here he is: http://pablonavarro.wordpress.com/

Peace!!

Yup… again, it’s been a min. Well I want ta’ hit’cha back with the latest. I have had the pleasure of starting a bus'ness with a good friend of mine who is uber-ly talented!! The above image is the showcase of our ‘latest’ venture. For the last 2 to 3 months we have been knee deep in making a game (specifically the demo) and getting it ready for show. If ya’ wanna’ know more, head on over to www.killjoyinteractive.com. Currently the level design is under construction so not much drawing is getting done but I’ll keep you uhh… posted – I hope, I mean I’ll try.

Cheers people!

What'cha say now!

Hurry, hurry, read all about it! I just wanted to post something that blew me away! As some of you know, I have just recently joined the UVGA (Urban Video Game Academy) which teaches the Introduction to Gaming and Development to students between the ages of 10 and 17. We have recently just finished our first class at Clayton State University and I had the pleasure of meeting a talented student that possesses a keen mind and is definitely going places!

Here is an illustration of “Dexter”. For those of you who don’t know… Dexter is a 3d character I designed that is located on the portfolio side of this blog. During the course of our first class, this gentleman approached me with his rendition of Dex and it floored me! He has a great grasp on likeness at so young an age that he is going to blaze trails in the years to come. You go boy!

UVGA has just started a new blog @ http://www.atlantauvga.blogspot.com/ and I welcome you to visit us if you are interested in learning the process of gaming. We have a great time and will be starting Saturday workshops that will offer a hands-on experience teaching the intricate details of this exiting new medium. Enjoy and thanks for reading.

Demo Reel... Coming Soon!

Man... it has been an interesting few last months, let me tell ya. But I won't... you'd be bored to tears. Anyway, I have been working feverishly on my demo reel and it is almost here. Working on animation cycles for cloth testing and putting the cinematics together so I should be posting it soon... stay tuned. King Darius, I got you buddy. Skywalker pic? Also coming soon. Stick in there with me! For those of you just coming on, this is Dexter. He started off as an illustration and now? He is fully rigged, tex'd, and cloth to follow. I am exited! Again, please leave your thoughts, comments, bank account numbers, etc. See ya.

Be like Krüger... or try.

Hey all. I know, I know... it's been a moment. Needed to catch up on some things and unfortunately this was neglected, but just a tad. Here's a new one for ya. I have been mesmorized by Sebastian Kruger as of late and wanted to take a crack at it. Lemme' know what'cha think.

Cheers.

Whatta'ya know... I'm back and didn't wait too long this time. Okay people (for those stopping by now and in the future). Here's the start of what I promised in the last posting. What you're looking at is an illustration of a comic short I am starting. Soon to follow will be the 3d versions of these characters (and pages... hopefully).

I have one of the coolest guys in the industry making my Title for the book and I am just stoked at the prelim' he's showed me already! John and I go back some time when we were working on a video game together. Visit him @ http://johnnykaotic.blogspot.com/ and you will get an eyefull of gamer-ology!! Very cool site!

I have another mult-talented gentleman (well I don't know if he's a gentleman - kidding KB) working on the color so this thing is about to take off. Cross those fingers people!

Well that's it for now so here's to a better future and a great new career (don't wanna' really give an explanation on that whole 'new career' bit so just go along with it and pretend you know what I'm talkin' about) ...

Hit me.

Hello again... I know, it's been a while. I wanted to post something of recent. This is a poster illustration of what is to be a children's book and that's pretty much all I can say for now.

Now going back to the title "Art Things Considered", I would like to start covering things diverse. From things like 3d concepts all the way to animation even talking about script writing. I just dig that stuff! So if any you have anything you can bring to the table, by all means... lemme' hear it.

In the near future you will be seeing my character concepts and the process of turning those concepts into 3d models (...and yesssss, that includes rigging). Catch ya' on the flip.

-Chris

"Po"!

Here's my take on one of my favorite animated movies! I never get tired of looking at it. I've read up on it; how it was made, the people that animated the characters, you name it! This movie was put together very well (instant classic).

This is my homage to it and I will have some more characters of other favorites in the future.

Cheers to all.

So... here I am, back again with a new post. Here is a project I just finished and I am pretty pleased with it. However, I don't think I am quite finished.

"The Screamer" as it is called is a future-istic type of vehicle that will be able to travel up to speeds in excess of 300 mph (...I think). This was just a down right cool project to work on. I have a more comprehensive view on my portfolio blog. Check it out and lemme' know what'cha think. See ya...

Feel free to leave comments (I really wanna' read 'em).

So... here is my new post! First off, I would like to thank you for just checking this out! I invite you to drop by anytime. Next I would like to add a small description... not even that- a direction (yeah, that's it) to this blog. Name of my blog is "Art Things Considered!". What's that??? Glad you asked (don't you hate it when folks do that).

Well to answer that question, I have to say I not only love art I love talking about art. In specifics, I love 3d art- 3d movies to put a cap on it! "How to Train you Dragon" is the new fav' of mine by-the-way, which leads me to explain something. My name is Christopher Sanders, but I am not the Chris Sanders your thinking of. I go by CPS which is my initials and this is my attempt at clearing things up! Cheers! Well I am not gonna' make this post too long (since it is my first post) but I do encourage you to help me out with pointers and comments about art I post as well as discussions I may bring up.

...and speaking of art- what you see here is a flyer to something I had a blast doing!! I was given a great opp to teach at my local library. I taught the art of character design for gaming or animation and it turned out great!! Hey, if anyone from the library was there give me a shout out! Again, this flyer went out as a precursor to what was to come.

Let me know what'cha think, and thanks for the visit.