Carter Goodrich

I feel like it's been a while since we've posted some good old-fashioned illustration on the blog. Since it's Friday I think we can all use some comfort art (it's been a long week here at PB Studios).

You're probably aware of Carter Goodrich's work, he's done lots of editorial illustrations, including a ton of New Yorker covers, as well contributing characters and designs to a load of Pixar and Dreamworks animations.

He's got a load of art to check out on his new site; gorgeous, lush illustrations and piles of excellent sketches and concepts.









Definitely worth spending some time drooling over these...

The Art of Disney Animation

I was sent this link from one of my students (thank you, Brianna!), and haven't been able to stop looking through this gallery. It's a French blog, so unless you're skilled in the language the words will remain a mystery, but the images more than make up for it.
It was really difficult picking images to post–there are so many good ones and I haven't even seen them all!

Psyop + Bambinomonkey + Kool Aid

Advertising is so incredibly slick these days. Take a look at this KoolAid ad Psyop did, for example.



There are three super cool ads in total, each for a different color/flavor. They all feature character designs by Bambinomonkey (aka Ignacio Fernandez Maroto).







You can see all three ads (along with more character studies) at Bambinomonkey's Behance page.

Compare that to what I remember about KoolAid, as a child of the eighties:





Hmmm. Maybe not that much has changed. They do share a similar sense of frenetic chaos.

Kevin Nelson

More concept art! This time by Kevin Nelson, an artist at Disney. He just started blogging, posting some person stuff and some concept art from Tangled.











Hopefully he'll keep posting because I'd love to see more!

Epic Mickey

Disney Epic Mickey was recently released on the Nintendo Wii. The project was led by Warren Spector, one of the industry's most respected creators who also happens to be a huge Disney fanatic and collector.

The final result was a strange and unique take on the Disney universe. The concept art is something to behold although I have the a feeling that it might be a bit more apocalyptic than the final game.









Now that the game is out, artists are probably a bit more comfortable posting concept artwork they did for the game. They first I've seen is Sam Nielson's super-cool Prototype Pete.



Hopefully more artists will follow suit, because I'm sure there's a library of amazing stuff waiting to be seen.

Here's one more to grow on.


EDIT: A bit more has trickled out! Enjoy!

A couple from Billy George.





And something by A.J. Trahan, who also did some storyboard concepts.