Arron Sketches

Quickies

2011-01-29T20:24:00.000-08:00

Alien Yinzers

2010-11-14T13:16:00.000-08:00

And a head sketch made during a demo

More Goofin Off

2010-08-25T11:40:00.000-07:00

ZBrush & Photoshop Sketch

2010-07-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

Made after watching a Neville Page demo.

I Heart Monsters

2010-06-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

20 Heads

2010-06-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

God-Damaged Ogre

2010-05-28T23:19:00.000-07:00

Life-size half mask made with WED Clay for Jordu Schell's sweet sculpture class.

Thanks for looking.

Cockroaches in Walmart - VisDev Stuff

2010-04-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

For our Visual Development class, we were to redesign the story "Michael Strogoff" by Jules Verne. It's such a dry and serious story that I decided to try a more whimsical setting for contrast. This project was a ton of fun. I definitely had to break out of my comfort zone for most of it. Thanks to great classmates and teachers, this was one of the best classes I've ever had. I've got a bunch more work from this project that I'll post up eventually. And yes, the final duel scene is an allusion to Mustafar :)

Old Bug Sketch

2010-04-16T17:16:00.000-07:00

Found this dude in my 'Sketches' folder.
He was originally inspired when I saw how cool-looking butterfly legs were.
Thanks.

Portfolio is up

2010-03-29T18:07:00.001-07:00

arroningold.com

Quick Portrait & Old Work

2010-03-26T01:35:00.001-07:00

Painted this dude a little better than a year ago. Basically a 60' tall crusty thing plastered to a doorway - blocking it.

Scabby has scabs because Stabby stabs.

2010-03-08T06:10:00.000-08:00

& a really quick cave creature.

Nice chair, homie.

2010-03-01T04:51:00.000-08:00

I'm imagining this as an angel bound to the back of a throne where a spell mutilates and mutates him on and on forever.

It's matin' season on Swamp World, people.

2010-02-24T01:14:00.000-08:00

On da prowl.

Labyrinth in Hades

2010-02-23T06:22:00.000-08:00

More stuff from my VisCom 6 class taught by the amazing James Paick. I have so much to learn about environments. Looking forward to going back into this one in the future... Maybe it needs more spikes?

Color Starts

2010-02-04T16:52:00.000-08:00

More abstract environments. Designed pieces with narratives comin soon.

Starts

2010-01-29T03:56:00.000-08:00

~ 15 minutes to an hour each.
These were a ton of fun.

Break Sketches

2010-01-06T23:34:00.000-08:00

The first two guys are future villain Cute-Tants (in progress, finals will be posed and textured) and the rest are me goofing off instead of working on my portfolio. Tons more stuff to come!

The Uporcist

2009-12-04T15:17:00.000-08:00

First final is done! These two were for Bob Kato's Visual Communication (VisCom) 5 class. The assignment was to place a popular 70's character into a recent movie or game.

Fun assignment, lots of great pieces came out of it.

A Vehicle???

2009-11-23T21:51:00.000-08:00

Yes. Been crazy busy, had no time to really finish this guy but I'm still happy with the overall design (tons of guns on front of plane = success). In the background you see Zach's really cool-looking (but no match for this monster) plane going down IN FLAMES. Rest assured, if I make another pass on this that that plane will be properly torn to pieces and exploding >:)

I live... again.

2009-11-05T23:35:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates! I'll do my best to get something on here around once a week from now on. I have tons of personal stuff in sketch form that just need that 'last little bit' before being presentable. This rough but handsome fellow for example:

Clarification, clean-up and environment to come - I'm BORED with placing all my dudes in front of photodrop backgrounds. I need to get better at composing pictures and painting bg's so expect more context out of my images in the future. Thanks for looking :)

Living Hives

2009-06-26T00:12:00.000-07:00

Cursed people transformed into living hives, housing parasitic larvae until they find proper hosts.
Haven't designed the larvae that'll be living inside 'em yet but I'm almost done with the adults. Still rough sketches, clean up and larvae to come :)

Pregnant Ogre Sketch

2009-05-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

She feels so unattractive like this.

Edit: quick clean up

Sesame World

2009-05-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

The Yip Yips finally found what they had been searching for after all these years - the D-day button responsible for launching America's nuclear weapons at it's neighbors.
The ensuing global nuclear retaliation quickly scorched all life from the surface of the planet.

The Muppets from Sesame Street were the only survivors.

Their unique biology enabled their survival, however they were not immune to the effects of massive nuclear radiation. Some were affected mentally, others physically. Food became scarce, disease and violent gangs of Muppets ran rampant throughout all corners... of Sesame World.

Bonus

Zero Gravity

2009-05-02T11:20:00.000-07:00

Quick figure drawing exercises done for Costume Design.

Ogres

2009-04-10T21:05:00.000-07:00

Ogre designs for Puss in Boots:

Still rough but will be updated, when finalized, soon.

In other news, I took part in my first intern show yesterday. Got to meet some cool people as well as see some really great artwork. Gotta say the skill level in this department has gone way up.

VisCom HW for this week

2009-03-04T04:20:00.000-08:00

Decided to try and tighten this dude up a bit.
I learned a ton on this one.

Peter Pan Redesign

2009-03-03T01:01:00.000-08:00

Four 'final' character designs for Peter Pan.
Learned lots on these.

Hook

Smee
Peter

Mermaid

Saturday Sketches

2009-02-28T19:04:00.001-08:00

Type III Hunchback

2009-02-28T16:38:00.000-08:00

Quickie done last summer.
Apparently I like hunched things with spinous processes poking out.

Mr. Ded

2009-02-05T17:59:00.000-08:00

VisCom homework for this week.
Was looking at a lot of Carlos Huante's stuff while rendering this. That guy is just too good.
Real feet, armor and skin to come.

How Psychotic Are You?

2008-12-30T01:06:00.000-08:00

http://www.planarity.net/

VisCom 3 + Creative ID Process HW

2008-11-02T01:39:00.000-07:00

Still works in progress. No real highlights or material indications yet as our focus remains on matte surfaces.

The process behind the mask design was to research several cultures, stories, religions and use them as a starting point. I chose to combine various aesthetics found in African tribal art with the intention of making something bizarre. The assignment was a lot of work but also a lot of fun.

Upper Crust(y) Zombie

2008-08-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

Was sketching women, let my mind wander and one turned into a zombie.

Entertainment Design Entry Portfolio

2008-08-03T23:09:00.000-07:00

These are some of the final images from my redesign portfolio of the movie "Creature from the Black Lagoon."
I changed my mind on which story I was going to revamp 18 days before this was due. That said, a few corners got cut. I'm relieved that I was accepted.

Fish Guy

2008-08-03T22:48:00.000-07:00

Initial color sketch:

Millipeople

2008-05-08T20:49:00.000-07:00

Warriors infested/possessed by giant millipedes.

Color Sketches

2008-04-27T20:57:00.001-07:00

Baby Sketches

2008-04-17T21:52:00.001-07:00

Textures

2008-04-05T16:56:00.000-07:00

'The Thing' Redesign - Part III

2008-04-05T01:34:00.001-07:00

Final

'The Thing' Redesign - Part II

2008-04-05T01:32:00.000-07:00

'The Thing' Redesign - Part I

2008-04-05T01:09:00.000-07:00

Sheet Heads

2008-04-05T01:07:00.000-07:00