Not too long ago, I finished working on my first feature, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." Coming in as a rookie, many of the senior artists were incredibly generous about sharing techniques, theories, etc., especially Michael Knapp (Art Director). I use to be a pretty serious noodler, but he helped me to really loosen up and focus. I still have a long long way to go, but I thought I would share some of the development work and some color keys from various sequences.
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18 comments:
Wow, just wow! These are so beautiful o.o. It's great to finally see these. Craaazzzy.
agreed, thanks for sharing!!
Mike this stuff is wonderful, I love how you pushed your values in the color keys but still kept them very simple.
You have a new fan, thanks.
very nice dude. its so much different from the graphite piece you posted.
tiful stuff!! I wish 20th century Fox made art of books!!
Awesome stuff Mike - thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful color work!
Stunning!! Thanks for sharing!!
My friend,
I am sooooooo glad you posted these. Reminds me of the good times where I sat in my cubicle and just stared at these all day. Of course I didn't tell you because I didn't want to come off creepy... yea... I'm a creep.
Arthur
these are delicious. thanks for posting them!
hello Mike,
we met longgg time ago in Will Westons class when you come to visit. Think thats right before you were heading to New York. How you been? Your work is stunning! Love them all.
Best,
Hao
Sweet! I can see all the influence from working at BlueSky, but the first one has Mike Lee style writen all over it. I'm glad you can share these!
absolutely great!
Excellent Mike!
Mike these are great! Thanks for sharing them. Yeah I can definitley see you in these. Post more!!!
wow! beautiful work man, how long do those color keys usually take?
Awwwwesome!!!
Wow! Thank you so much everyone for the uplifting comments!
Arthur - yeah you are creepy man. :)
Danny - It depends on the sequence but the amount of time were allotted is anywhere from a week to two. But that also includes many other callouts of props and other various elements within the sequence.
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