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Concept Design Academy Spring 2012

2011-12-30T15:35:00.000-08:00

Update:
Here's the catalog with courses and sign up information!

Hi everyone,

Here's a preview of the spring 2012 quarter at Concept Design Academy. This spring I'll be co-teaching an entertainment projects class with my friend and colleague Andy Chung. In addition, I'm also excited to be back for the Vis Com sketching class- time to break out those pencils!

I'll post up the school flyer as it becomes available. Registration begins January 6th.

Happy New Year!
dq

Winter 2011 Update

2011-12-27T22:09:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone

Below you'll find an assortment of images that are a mix of professional and personal work. There's a lot of stuff that I'd like to properly archive and share some day, however here are some concepts in the meantime. There are some personal sketches that have stayed just that- sketches. I've gotten what I need out of these sketches so it's time to put these into the so called "digital flat file".

Hope you all are having a great holiday, and see you in 2012!

dq

Resistance 3:

Various sketches for the terraformer interiors.

This is an unused design for an upgraded Chimeran attack drone.

An unused gadget design for Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Various sketches:

Independer:

These were character designs done for a series of commercials in the Netherlands. This page of sketches showing some of the emotions we tried to get with an otherwise inanimate object. I was quite happy with how the commercials turned out and the artists and animators who brought it all to life did a really great job :D

http://vimeo.com/14767966

http://vimeo.com/33066397

Concept Design Academy Fall 2011!!

2011-09-08T16:23:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

Registration for the fall quarter for CDA classes has begun! Once again there's a really good lineup of instructors.

This quarter a good friend of mine Andy Chung is teaching the Advanced Vis Com class in my place. I highly recommend this class to anyone with an interest in developing your design sketching, Andy has a really long history in the entertainment industry, and brings a lot of knowledge and experience to the table.

Plus he's a cool dude, if you end up in his class, just ask him to bring in and share all of his "portfolios"....

Go sign up!!

http://conceptdesignacad.blogspot.com/

http://www.conceptdesignacad.com/3194.html

RESISTANCE 3!!!!

2011-09-06T21:54:00.000-07:00

Hi bloggers!

Resistance 3 hits store shelves today after 3 years of hard work. We're really proud of this game, and hope that it's a really fun experience for the players!

http://www.g4tv.com/games/ps3/64424/resistance-3/

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1191975p1.html

Hope to see you online!
-dq

OVERSTRIKE

2011-06-06T13:33:00.000-07:00

Hi bloggers!

It's E3 time again!! Check out our new game, Overstrike! This is the new IP we've been working on, I'm really excited about it's announcement!

http://www.insomniacgames.com/games/overstrike/

And here are some screens from the trailer:

CDA Summer 2011 Enrollment

2011-05-30T14:08:00.000-07:00

Hi bloggers!

My summer sketching class is starting in a few weeks over at CDA. There are a few spots, it's gonna be a fun class. Going to get a lot of sketching done this summer, hope to see you there.

Happy concepting!

CDA Spring 2011 Enrollment

2011-01-05T23:23:00.001-08:00

Hi folks!

2011 is shaping up to be a pretty busy year so far. I'll be teaching again at CDA, and as always this instructor line up is looking really strong. There are some really interesting workshops that are worth checking out as well! Hope to see you there.

http://conceptdesignacad.blogspot.com/

Happy concepting!

CGMW 2011

2010-12-29T15:21:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys,

I will be doing an online Concept Design workshop with the folks over at (CGMW) CG Master Workshops. I will be doing a SciFi Environment Design workshop on Feb 15, 2011. The workshop is only $25 and will be streamed and available all day for 72hrs. I will also be doing a 1hr live QandA for the new workshop as well. Louie del Carmen (Dreamworks), Hong Ly (Naughty Dog) , John Park , Carlo and Anthony will also be doing some new workshops as well as the team of amazing artists from the last series. Their workshops available throughout the month of Feb-March

http://www.cgmwonline.com/workshops.html

CDA Summer 2010

2010-06-06T18:13:00.000-07:00

The CDA summer term has started up again. Looks like it will be a good term, seeing a lot of good talent in the class.

See you there!

Levels and Trash Trucks

2010-02-08T21:59:00.000-08:00

Here are some more concepts from Ratchet and Clank Future 2. Enjoy! (had a lot of fun designing the junk trader ships...they were basically giant trash trucks :d)

Adventurey!

2010-02-05T00:12:00.000-08:00

I've been playing Mass Effect 2, such inspiring environments! I find myself just wandering around the different awesome locations and getting lost in my imagination and wishing space travel and exploration on this scale was possible...NOW!

Concept Design Academy Spring 2010

2010-01-10T21:54:00.001-08:00

Happy new year!

I'll be teaming up with Carlo Arellano to teach a science fiction/ fantasy class this upcoming quarter at CDA. It should be fun.

Check out the catalog too, there are alot of other great class offerings as well; so much to do!
Here's a link to the site. See you there!

September Update

2009-09-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

So much time, so little to do. (Heh not really) Things have been moving at a brisk pace; I'm taking a little break from teaching to work on some personal stuff.

Also with the fall line up of games coming out soon, I'll be playing alot of games again. Speaking of which Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack in Time is coming out in a couple of weeks! Almost there.

Here are some images, enjoy!

Ok until next time!

June Update

2009-06-13T16:56:00.000-07:00

Hi!

A couple of updates:

Here are some concepts made for our RCF sequel, Ratchet and Clank 2: A Crack In Time. The game is really coming along, we just wrapped up E3 not too long ago.

Check out our website, we've got a trailer up:
http://www.insomniacgames.com/games/rcfacit.php

Also the Concept Design Academy's classes started last week. I'm back teaching the vehicles and mechs class again, there's a pretty good group this time around.

Exciting! Until next time...

Quick Update...

2008-12-11T19:25:00.000-08:00

Hi all

Life and work has been busy the last couple of months, so this site's really taken a backseat! Here's a quick update!

A few months ago I was invited to be part of a Concept Design Academy workshop down at Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach, CA. They are a really nice group of people working down there, and overall was fun meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends. After starting my demo, I took it home afterward and touched it up a bit. Many thanks to Concept Design Academy and LCAD for having me participate.

The result:

Next is that we’ve finished up Resistance 2! It may be a bit old news by now…Anyway here are a couple of mechanical designs that I did for the game:

That’s all I got! Back under the radar and the next update in…................................

Bubblegum Ridley

2008-07-30T11:02:00.000-07:00

achilles

2008-06-28T17:43:00.000-07:00

Coupla drawings

2008-06-28T17:38:00.000-07:00

Summer's coming around again. We had a couple of scorchers in the past couple of weeks.

Here are some drawings and demos done for my mech class.

Cheers!

mechanical arm

2008-05-31T00:32:00.001-07:00

dipply daps...

Pooch and Squid

2008-04-08T08:39:00.000-07:00

Line Sketches

2008-03-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some various sketches done for the mechs design class. :D

Class Demo 2

2008-03-17T13:41:00.000-07:00

Some more stuff from class:

Class Demo

2008-03-03T00:03:00.001-08:00

Oldies!

2008-03-02T21:56:00.000-08:00

Rockin to the oldies tonight. O.o

Pilot

2008-03-02T01:30:00.001-08:00

Work in progress pilot :)

Thirty Nine

2008-03-01T21:09:00.001-08:00

Mech

2008-02-23T19:17:00.000-08:00

Here's a mech I was working on for class. Up next will be the pilot.
Enjoy!

RCF Gunz

2008-02-12T15:17:00.000-08:00

Here are some Ratchet and Clank Future gunz.
Cheers!

More RCF Images

2008-01-31T13:45:00.000-08:00

Here are some more early concepts created during Ratchet and Clank Future. Cheers!

Manta Ray City

2008-01-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

Here's an oldie that I still kinda dig. I thought it might be cool to run around a level set in a city built underneath big manta ray creatures. It was done early on during Ratchet and Clank Future. Enjoy.

Vroom

2008-01-25T17:01:00.000-08:00

I got to design some vehicles for the Ratchet and Clank universe. These are from Ratchet Future.

Malinky Robot!

2007-08-02T22:59:00.000-07:00

Check out Malinky Robot by my friend Sonny Liew! This is the second issue of Malinky Robot he's put out. Not only is he a badass drawer guy, he tells a mighty fine story too!

06/26/07

2007-06-26T21:05:00.001-07:00

2007-06-07T13:18:00.000-07:00

Reggaeton

2007-05-25T17:30:00.000-07:00

Eye See You

2007-05-09T00:47:00.000-07:00

mmm robots:

Harley

2007-05-03T13:49:00.000-07:00

A sketch of Harley done for my friend. Harley's a big sweetie.

R:FOM Concepts

2007-04-19T22:11:00.000-07:00

These are some of the concept images I did during production for Resistance Fall of Man.

IF-Fortune

2007-04-16T23:02:00.000-07:00

Lucky cat wants to high five!

IF-Green

2007-04-10T22:31:00.000-07:00

My pokemans. Let me show you them!

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

2007-04-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

OK so our game has been announced and I thought I'd post up some screenshots released into the wild recently. Here ya go:

and check out the trailer over at Insomniac's site! They're in 480p and 720p. Thanks sunshine!

Reanimated

2007-04-07T21:47:00.000-07:00

Hm. It's been a long time since I've last posted anything up on this page it looks like. Work and life in general has been pretty busy for the last couple of months, so this site's definitely been placed lower on list. So I'm just dropping in to say hello, and I'm back from the dead.

Speaking of the living dead, I recently started reading the Zombie Survival Guide written by Max Brooks. So far it's a really good read. Maybe by the end of it, I'll be well prepared in case of any zombie infestations.

IF-80's

2007-01-18T22:34:00.000-08:00

Howdy! This is my first IF submission, will post more as time goes on! There's some really neat topics and it's good food for thought. Anyway, here's my 80's submission. I grew up watching watching the adventures of Michael Knight and KITT, and anytime I think 80's they're one of the first things to pop into my head. I still remember being super bummed when Goliath crushed KITT in that head on collision/fight.

Red Vs Blue

2007-01-12T18:58:00.000-08:00

Happy (belated) New years!
I was thinking about a video I'd seen on the net with 2 guys sparring. It was fun to watch and this is the result....

Breaking stuff...

2006-12-21T23:56:00.000-08:00

...but what, I don't know! I haven't decided yet. Right now it looks like he breaking some layin lines... At any rate, I'll think about that some more, and flesh out the environment some other night. Enjoy.

Ganon

2006-12-18T18:46:00.000-08:00

oink oink

Sentry

2006-12-18T13:52:00.000-08:00

I'm now back!

Here's another sketch. I realized after doing this that those dudes standing at the base of this thing make it look way outta scale. The cannon thingy mounted on it's back leaves much to be desired as well. Oh well, I am happy with the legs though :D

Imaginary Spaces Show

2006-11-19T02:04:00.000-08:00

Gallery Nucleus will be having a bigtime group show next month titled Imaginary Spaces. I've been really fortunate to have been invited to participate in this. The show will run from December 16, 2006 - January 8, 2006. The opening reception is from 7pm-11pm.

Over the next week or two I'll be working on my piece for the Imaginary Spaces show, so I'll be posting less in the meantime. If you're in the area, definitely check out the place. They're nice people and they sell neat stuff.

Gallery Nucleus

11/18/06 Study

2006-11-18T16:34:00.000-08:00

Watched Gangs of New York recently, and this study is from one of the movie's stills. Daniel Day Lewis is pretty badass in this movie.

11/17/06 Derelict

2006-11-17T22:47:00.001-08:00

Sketch of a derelict facility. This one's a exploration of a few brushes that I haven't used too much before. I used them to create a little bit of texture in various spots. The sky was fun to just scribble in.

11/15/06 Color Sketch

2006-11-15T00:14:00.000-08:00

RFOMPS3 dot com

2006-11-12T21:43:00.000-08:00

This site was done for our game Resistance Fall of Man! There's some really neat backstory here. The game hits the shelves this friday along with the ps3. :d

Resistance: Fall of Man

11/07/06 Color Sketch

2006-11-07T17:20:00.000-08:00

Another sketch from a color photo I found somewhere online. These are quick and experimental. I'm trying to break my habit of just using my round brushes :p

Value Study

2006-11-06T19:36:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick value study for tonight. Works getting a bit busy, so I'm kind of tight on time. Anyway here ya go:

Another study

2006-11-03T16:17:00.000-08:00

Spent about 20 min. on this one Some thing about the arch and the top left hand side of the composition doesn't look right. Yay

Color study

2006-11-02T19:11:00.000-08:00

Old Train Station

2006-11-02T16:13:00.000-08:00

More environment images Pt.2

2006-11-01T23:55:00.000-08:00

Ratchet maquette

2006-11-01T20:55:00.000-08:00

quick study before leaving work..

2006-11-01T20:44:00.000-08:00

More environment images...

2006-10-31T23:38:00.000-08:00

Some random environment images

2006-10-30T23:22:00.000-08:00

Here are some environment sketches that were done at home just for fun. Of these three, I like the direction the frosty one is going. I thought about working that one up to a more finished level, but left it as is. I like it more in it's current state. Glad I found these so I can post them. Otherwise, they'd be collecting dust sitting in my hd...

photoshop sketch

2006-10-30T20:25:00.000-08:00

lunchtime sketch

2006-10-30T14:30:00.000-08:00

Brand spankin new

2006-10-27T12:08:00.000-07:00

Hi welcome to my sketch blog! I'll be posting images here in the future, so check back sometime...

In the meantime, here's a link to my old site:
http://www.airlinestudio.com/darren/