March Madness

The following sketches were done from observing people in midtown Manhattan, attending lifedrawing at Lot 45 and Bathaus in Bushwick, Brookly, or from my imagination.  Tools include brushpen, ballpoint pen, parallel pen, sharpie, pencil, and pastel.

Adiós 2016

All You Need to Know About Whiteboard Animation

This infographic or toongraphic, as we like to call it, was written by Will Gadea and illustrated by yours truly, at IdeaRocket, in New York City.  The whiteboard technique has been IdeaRocket's bread and butter ever since producing the show open for the 8th season of Showtime’s hit show Weeds in the whiteboard style.  The following gives insight into the history, technique, and approaches to this unique form of storytelling:
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<div> <br /> <br /> <br /> This infographic was written by <a href="https://twitter.com/willgadea" target="_blank">Will Gadea</a>, and illustrated by yours truly at <a href="http://idearocketanimation.com/" target="_blank">IdeaRocket</a>, right smack in the middle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" target="_blank">New York City</a>.  Here at IdeaRocket we specialize in various forms of 2d, 3d, and virtual reality animation, but our bread and butter is known as whiteboard animation.  This infographic or "toongraphic" as we like to call it, describes the history, technique, and approaches to the whiteboard form.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> </div>

Happy 4th of July!

The following is a mix of sketches from figure drawing sessions, observational/life drawings from midtown Manhattan, and random chaos.

Happy 4th of July!

The following is a mix of sketches from figure drawing sessions, observational/life drawings from midtown Manhattan, and random chaos.

April Sketch Dump

The following are sketches I've done over the past few months.  Tools used include ballpoint pen, crowquill, copic marker, brush pen, parallel pen, sharpie,  watercolor, and mechanical pencil.  

...Thanks for looking!

1-3 minute observational sketches done in NYC:

Sketches:

Some Recent Charcoal Figure Drawings

Recently I've been working mostly on quick, gestural sketches.  The following are 1,2,3,4,5,10, & 20 minute sketches.  Thanks for checking out my work!

  

2016 Update

Happy New Year!  The following are recent skethces, character designs, figure drawings, doodles, etc.  

Coconuts

A shot from my work in progress "Coconuts"

and another...

Below is an animatic with some roughed in sound effects for a short film that I'm working on.  I'll be updating with some minor changes later this week.

Fall Sketches

This is a collection of sketches from the past 2 months.  There's an assortment of figure drawings ranging from 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 minute poses, done mostly in charcoal and pen and ink.  There are also many life drawings, character designs, animal drawings and random doodles.  Thanks for looking!

 

August Drawings

The following figure drawings were done at Society of Illustrators,  Spring Studio, and The Art Students League.  I also had a short loop scene screened worldwide: http://www.loopdeloop.org/2015/07/phil-powers-RITUAL/ The majority of the sketches were done using charcoal, ballpoint pen, prismacolor pencil, and various inks.

 

Commute

Summer Update

The following drawings are from the past couple months.  The majority of the figure drawings were done at Spring Studio, The Art Students League, and Society of Illustrators.  The rest are designs for various projects, and random doodles to get me through my days.  Thanks for viewing!

Visual development Portfolio, Animation Reel, Moleskine Sketchbook Video, and LoopdeLoop Scene

My updated Animated Reel!:

I recently filmed one of my many moleskine sketchbooks and uploaded the video to youtube.  The majority are life drawings/ cafe sketches done in person.  There's also an assortment of sketches done while watching tv, my imagination, and some anatomy book studies.  Enjoy!  Check it out by clicking below: 

I also submitted a scene to Loopdeloop.org which has since been screened in Los Angeles, Paris, and Australia.  Check it out at http://www.loopdeloop.org/2015/03/phil-powers-GRAVITY/

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO:

 

New Animation and Sketches

BOTTOMS UP
this scene was hand drawn, then inked and colored in Photoshop.  The voice acting was done by the talented Billy Tully of Hoboken, NJ.

CIGAR GUY

This scene was done with after effects and flash.

CIGAR SMOKIN DOG

fun with after effects

charcoal

brushpen

 

brushpen

ballpoint pen

Digital Paintings, Figure Drawings, and Sketches

The following painted pieces and storyboards were done in Photoshop, using a cintiq.  The figure drawings were done at The Art Students League and Spring Street Studio, in NYC.  The poses range from 1,2,5,10, and 20 minutes.  The assortment of sketches were done with a variety of mediums including brushpen, gelpen, calligraphy pen, col-erase pencil, marker, ballpoint pen, etc.

Sketch Update

The figure drawings range from 1,2,5,10, and 20 minute poses and were done at http://www.springstudiosoho.com/, in NYC.  The sketches were done in graphite, ballpoint pen, gelpen, colerase pencils, etc.

Sketches from this past week

The figure drawings range from 1,2,5,10 and 20 minute poses, done at the Art Students League in NYC.  The rest are drawn from life, my imagination, or a little of both.

Happy New Year

The following are figure drawings, observational sketches, doodles, etc.  Some mediums used are pen and ink, charcoal, prismacolor colerase pencils, ballpoint pen, gelpen, and brushpen.  The figure drawings were done at Sring Studio, The Society of Illustrators, and the Art Students League, in New York City.

Some New Sketches

This post is comprised of a mix of figure drawings, character designs, observational sketches, and random chaos from the past couple of weeks

 Preston Blair hand studies

 figure drawing

 1 minute pose

 charcoal, long pose

 gel pen

2 minute pose, charcoal