Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Back to School!

Some news with me!  Now that we've finished animating on Wreck-it Ralph, I'm going to be taking a step away from animation for a bit, and am pursuing an artist position in Visual Development!  I was lucky enough to be selected for a spot in Disney's Talent development program, starting this fall.  In addition to our portfolios, internal applicants were asked to do an art test.  Here is some of the work I completed, based on the Don Quixote stories.  Very, very much inspired by my recent trip to Spain!   And a big thank you to Katia Grifols for all of her help and giving me a hard time!

 This black cat came up to me in El Rompido, in the south of Spain, which inspired my Dulcinea!
Costume and personality inspired by the Carmen showing we saw in Madrid.
Stealing from my hero, Pablo Picasso.
Standing in front of Guernica was truly amazing.
Thanks for checkin it out!  Wish me luck and I'll try not to let you down!

43 comments:

  1. How many times have you made me quit art?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJAeyZg4DKQ

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  2. But seriously though, you make me say curse words+your name. Let me know when your Don Quixote book/movie is coming out.

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  3. that is ridiculously good and delicious!

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  4. Jeezus, these are great! A well-deserved slot in the program-- Congrats!

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  5. Congrats, Bobby! It's definitely where you belong! :)

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  6. Just when I think that you've overcome all your challenges & you've achieved all you need, reached the highest level- You constantly keep pushing yourself and reaching to achieve more, extending past your comfort zone and showing me what it's like to NOT fall victim to becoming complacent.
    Thank you sir. You truly have been a motivation to me through my struggle to break into the industry. I hope to succeed someday, and be able to thank all those who were involved, including yourself, properly,
    Congrats with your latest adventure & Good Luck!

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  7. These are fantastic! I can't wait to see more of your vis dev work :)

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  8. These are pure amazing!! Thank you for posting them up!

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  9. Man you are really inspiring! Did you always want to do visdev? Or did this come about more recently?

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  10. These are incredible! Your art is such an inspiration :) Awesome job!

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  11. You're a ridiculously talented artist man. Very inspirational... Looks like you're doing well for yourself. W.I.R. must've been fun to work on too!

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  12. Nice Bobby, When I talked to you I could feel that your place is the visual development. How you care about the minimal details of a character and push the designs to what you want. I wish the best for you.

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  13. Bobby... man, you're awesome. Keep it up. All of it.

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  14. Killer drawings! I can't wait to see the characters you come up with!

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  15. These are awesome! Best of luck to you!

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  16. Ha, I second Raf's comments ... Maddeningly good, Bobby. Best wishes for new developments.

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  17. Awesome news congrats Bobby! I can't wait to see more from you. I don't remember how I found your blog... but seeing you go from one challenge to another is really inspiring. Damn I hope i get there one day. Keep updating us on how the program is going... I know some of the stuff you can't post... but I'd love some insight how its all goes down in the program... love your work man.

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  18. ...

    OMG, take my money now so I can see THIS Don Quixote! Absolutely awesome.

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  19. Congrats on the position! Your concepts look fantastic!

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  20. I want to animate this, IN 2D !!!

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  21. I love your work. <3

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  22. yer a bad ass. dont think I can say it enough

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  23. Haha silly! Thanks to you!! :D
    Good job! :)))))

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  24. Woah I love your style so much, you're going to make a fantastic visual development artist!
    p.s. If this was a book, I'd be the first in line to buy it!

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