The Lost Episode

This week we have a very special treat - a Gamecreature cartoon from way back, when clothes and hair styles were much more colorful.

And as an added bonus, some more gems from my sketch book:

Spring Cleaning

So I'm going through some boxes and I ran across these sketches I thought I'd share with you.

The first is a design that never made it into the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory game. In the book there was a mention of Candy Pillows, but no mention of how they got made. Our thought was that Oompa Loompas would fly around in this great chamber, collecting fluffy clouds and depositing them in a machine that would make the candy pillows. I came up with a backpack for the Oompas that not only allowed them to fly, but also collected any clouds the Oompas came near.

This sketch is also from the same project. These were my design for "bouys" that existed in the chocolate river. My vision was for a design that was large enough to be seen, yet fit within the design of the film. A little Oompa Loompa was sitting at the controls of the machine, doing whatever it is that they need to be doing.

Lastly, my design for a high-tech wolf in sheep's clothing.

10 years ago...

Here's some sketches from the 1997 3D Ultra Pinball game, The Lost Continent. It depicts a "mini" table, that is an offshoot from one of the three main tables in the game. The evil scientist has not only developed a machine that turns people into dinosaurs, but he's put it on treads and is about to use it on the unsuspecting world!

What's on my sketchpad?

Today begins a new (and what a hope, regular) feature on the blog where I share the contents of my sketch pad with you. I used to sketch all of the time, but now it seems I only put it into use when I have something I need to work out. So I'm going to get back into the habit of just drawing for practice and I'll share the results with you. Here's a few of my favorites from the first page.