G.I. Joe : New Ops Comic Panel

Just havin some fun.

YOU DISGUST ME

Olllllllllld sketch

Mozart's Color Exploration - Video # 3

Posting it before I forget and wander off into the workload.

Check it out on the Tube.

This is the only video of the three without a commentary, but probably the weakest in terms of subject matter and content. I just wanted a "snappy" music video.

Lots of old sketches for nostalgia's sake,

the last four are from freshman year;

I really do believe those were my best

"drawin" years, I had the clearest mind

in terms of what I wanted out of myself

and what I wanted out of the world.

In other news, I made and ordered my first printed art book today for all of the stuff done for G.I. Joe : New Joes! 34 pages of stuff, so i'm pretty excited to see what that looks like after it comes out of the presses. Been blogging alot as of late...it floors me how many of us are out there, making things, every day, and will be 'til the end of our days. It's 6:49AM, and no sign of stopping so far. I'll upload the third video i've made for the boys over at Hasbro for you guys to enjoy, but the rest will have to come after they stop down in Columbus. 

Rooting for you while you root for me.

-BE

Insomniac Games Contest : Ratchet & Clank Future Weapon Design

I had overheard a few folks talking about a weapon design contest 

over at Insomniac™ Games, so I had to gorge myself on it.

Unfortunately, forgetting to read one line of the rules that 

specifically stated: "Avoid fine details", I'm hoping they

mean for the gun, lol. In which case, all the schematic 

stuff I have around it will have them tossing it in 

the trash in no time.

Other than that, Insomniac™ is a great publisher,

their titles have always had that cartoony flair that

attracts more coming-of-age adults rather than

teenagers. Come to think of it, I never realized

how much fun I really had on Sly Cooper, Spyro,

and R&C. Good tizzimes.

Something old,

And something new.

I'm making 3 books.

I'm going to die.

I promise i'm working. I'm extremely tired.

Have some ridiculous nonsense in the meantime.

Resident Evil 5. What a game. Seriously. What. A. Game.

I really admire the fact that capcom contacted firearm makers like Sig, H&K, and other manufacturers of numerous products featured throughout the game to texture out the smallest details for the closest representation of realism in an already cutting edge game. Screw all the 'racist' publicity American reviewers are trying to spin - you can't tell people a clean, pressed shirt has a stain on it. Speaking of which, anyone read the reviews for the Watchmen yet? Seriously - have you? Wikipedia the reception of the film, the reviews people are making are blindingly absurd. Someone had the nerve to say, "Watchmen is a bore."; and many of them collectively complain that the film followed the graphic novel too closely, and, from that one concept, go on to spin preposterous criticism that a film based on a graphic novel simply should not represent it down to the bone. - - I'm sorry, if a film, based on a video game, or a graphic novel, follows the original work too closely, it's because that is the POINT of the film. They, of course, rewrote certain scenes, i.e. the child killer that Rorschach executes, so, it was in fact "interpreted", the effort that most critics latch on to. I guess, what i'm trying to say is:

Did anyone see Super Mario Brothers?

You know, that little film, based on that video game? Remember, how they didn't change ANYTHING at all when trying to recreate it? My humble, and well reserved opinion on film adaptations of both games and comics is simply: i'd rather you recreate each panel and frame of the original work than see you completely, COMPLETELY change everything, save for the character's names, which seems to be the total opposite of what most employed critics believe.

...Probably read 3 pages of any of the issues and that suddenly assumed they were masters on prophecizing  what it should have been.

Whatever. Resident Evil 5: Play it. Watchmen: Watch it.

Old stuff.

Which one are you?

whole lotta this goin down

In 7 days I somehow managed to make 9 videos on youtube,

granted, not the best videos in the world, but considering the fact

that I utilized that trial software to the last drop of time, I feel happy.

I do feel a little weird in knowing that all of the videos were very military-related, seeing as how I was finishing up vehicle work for a project. Hopefully, when I do get Snapz, i'll have more of a variety of subject matter on there. You can see my videos at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/bedavelli

Hey there b-spot.

I've been a little preoccupied with school, portfolio nonsense, and a really wicked project underway with the 3D fellas at Hasbro - seeing as how they're probably going to go toy-nuts with the upcoming G.I. Joe movie, i'm doing a new G.I. Joe line for them. Can't say i'm feeling too confident about physically sculpting my guy out, but like all things, it will have a beginning and an end eventually. I've had a ton of fun for the 2D design aspect of creating the character, but, up until I go through with the presentation, I won't post anything on here as of yet. So, until then, enjoy some remote-controlled tanks.

getting addicted to this Snapz Pro - im tellin ya

Snapz Pro is awesome, srsly - next program i'm buying, hands down.

Senior year is hitting us hard.

That's all I really got to say.

for you.

Hmm. Well, it's technically my first 'gettin' there' vehicle design page that i've made.

Good thing is it was a happy experiment, I had been playing Ubisoft's™ Endwar™ (yeah yeah I know lol ™) with some buddies and remembered how much I love tactical strategy games - and I loved the transports they designed for both the Russians and Europeans. These are all exploration comps, I think I like the one in the bottom left in the 4-pair box the best. Anyway, hopefully I'll get to play around with tanks and helicopters later.

Was digging around old files and came across this old "what if" poster I made forever ago, haha. I couldn't help but get a laugh at this - I had made one for an actual class sophomore year that was actually well thought out and crafted nicely, but sadly the file got corrupted and all I have is the printed version. Anyway, doesn't it always feel cool to find stuff you had forgotten forever ago?

Fyi, my website is finally up:

www.elliostration.com

So hard to memorize, right? Not catchy at all.

I still have MUCH work to update and upload, but it is at a good starting point for me right now. More to come and change, i'm sure.