Gagoism

Medieval Character Concepts

2012-01-30T11:26:00.000-08:00

I'll be working a couple of these guys up to finished illustrations. Enjoy!

Babe Lab gestures

2012-01-30T11:23:00.001-08:00

Just a few warm up sketches from the Babe Lab workshop at Gnomon last week.

Back in the day, when I was young.......

2012-01-03T10:52:00.000-08:00

I created this "masterpiece" when i was 9 years old 25 years ago. I'm going nuts trying to find some drawings i did that are even older than this, they'll be posted as soon as i do. :D

My first pass at Patrice O'neal.

2012-01-03T10:50:00.000-08:00

I did this little diddy from memory,

It's a good thing I went back and looked at plenty of reference for the final piece.

Some peeps at the cafe.

2012-01-03T10:47:00.000-08:00

Some warm up drawings while at the cafe over the last couple of days.

I haven't played with my Prismacolor Markers in forever.....

2012-01-03T10:45:00.000-08:00

Some Metal Gear doodles

2012-01-03T10:44:00.000-08:00

some character design class sketches that didn't make the cut

2012-01-03T10:43:00.000-08:00

Some Wizard of OZ reboot sketches, that i was diggin' but definitely need more exploration.

A first pass at Flash Gordon.

A few Last Dragon sketches.

2012-01-03T10:38:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of the development sketches for my Last Dragon reboot, there's plenty more on the way. Enjoy!

Ringing the new year!!!

2012-01-03T10:37:00.000-08:00

So I'm going to switch things up a bit and from now on I'll be using the ol' blog just to show off sketchbook stuff and process drawings. You'll be able to find all of my lovely finished pieces over at my main site. www.gagoism.com. Enjoy!!
-Fred

Flash....ah ahhhh!

2011-11-18T16:15:00.000-08:00

I had this sketch done for a few weeks and I was dying to paint it up, so here it is. Enjoy!

Scarecrow and the Tin Man

2011-11-03T22:59:00.000-07:00

Here is my little revamp of some classic characters with a dark twist.

tat girl: after work sketch

2011-08-26T10:02:00.001-07:00

space and the opera

2011-08-19T16:16:00.001-07:00

T.M.N.T. Sculpture: Donatello

2011-06-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a sculpture I've been working on the last few weeks and a paint over I did for fun.
Enjoy!

Yahoo! Pirates 4 on stranger tides commercial I Storyboarded.

2011-05-20T08:22:00.000-07:00

I got to storyboard this little diddy last month. Enjoy

Wonder Woman

2011-04-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

Because the Playstation network is still down and I have DC Universe Online still on my mind, here's a fun Wonder Woah...man piece.

Some Superman fun!

2011-04-26T09:10:00.000-07:00

A morning warm up sketch turned into this over the last couple of days.

Steampunk Sayter

2011-04-11T00:34:00.000-07:00

Dark Earth Carnivore

2011-03-20T19:20:00.000-07:00

Smile.

2011-02-27T17:47:00.000-08:00

an experiment in "photobashing".

Carnivore Design

2011-02-20T21:39:00.000-08:00

Here is a carnivore I designed for an alternate earth project.

Batman Model sheet W.I.P.

2011-02-11T07:44:00.000-08:00

I don't know what I'm going to do with this, but it could be fun. :)

Dr Sketchy's weekend

2011-01-10T14:07:00.000-08:00

I spent a few hours at the Dr Sketchy's Marathon This weekend.
Here are a few of the drawings. Enjoy

Big Pun sketch

2011-01-07T11:51:00.000-08:00

I just heard a story about Pun's ginormous arms from someone who'd seen him in person,
so along came this sketch. :)

Cafe dude quickie

2010-12-21T18:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a little quickie from the coffee shop this evening.

Vehicle design final

2010-12-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

I've been taking a Vehicle Design class the last few couple of months. Here is my final project.
I thought I should throw in some thumbnails as well,
even though the final turned out to be none of these. :)

A few 20 minute poses from Dr.Sketchy's

2010-12-06T00:14:00.000-08:00

Production Illustration

2010-09-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

Here is my final project for my Adv. Digital Painting Class.

from set design to environment piece

2010-08-27T11:00:00.000-07:00

Here is the painting using just value and then the finished color piece.

2010-08-03T10:23:00.000-07:00

I had to create a set piece in B&W, with not much direction other than to create an "important" piece of an environment. Again I got some great tips from the instructor on how to pull this piece off quickly and effectively.

Last Weeks Homework

2010-07-27T12:30:00.000-07:00

This was my second homework for my Adv. Digital Painting class at Gnomon. I showed it last week and got some great lighting and rendering tips from the instructor so i went back in and reworked the armor. I'm happier with it

Snaaaaake!!!

2010-06-19T09:48:00.001-07:00

I've been playing Metal Gear:Peace Walker on the PSP for about a week. so here is my homage. took about a half an hour.

More awesome 3D based on my sketches! Enter Fresh Duck!

2010-05-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

Extraordinary Artist Andrae Harrison makes 3D from some of my sketches

http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?p=690481#post690481
and check out his blog at http://andraeharrison.blogspot.com/

Sky Doll Collabaration

2010-04-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

I painted this over a great 3D model sculpted in Zbrush by my pal Andrae Harrison. check out his blogspot at www.andraeharrison.blogspot
I mocked up this fake magazine cover for fun just to show off the illustration. the entire project took me about a day and a half. not including the original version that got corrupted and will never see the light of day. :)

Birdies.

2010-03-30T10:05:00.001-07:00

Some bird studies i did for work last year.

My model sheet, Jarrods Model

2010-03-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

I created this model sheet for a little side project and my colleague,

the very talented Jarrod Clardie modeled it in Maya and Zbrush. check out more shots at
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=83914

Al Swearengen Characiture

2010-03-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

I painted my Deadwood tribute in about 2 and half hours today.

Male Torso study

2010-03-05T16:18:00.000-08:00

I did this little torso study today, spent about an hour and half on it.

monster quickie

2010-03-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

spent maybe 40minutes in photoshop on this little quickie

Female Torso

2010-02-28T18:04:00.001-08:00

Here is a digital quick painting i did from a photograph a few days ago.

Light study 2

2009-11-24T20:06:00.000-08:00

this jedi-ish piece was done for a quick digital light study.

Light study

2009-11-16T08:15:00.000-08:00

I did this digital quickie as a lighting study.
I photographed a little Gigantor figure i had for reference.

DrSketchys event.

2009-10-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

just some quick sketches i did this weekend at a Dr Sketchy's Drawing event in San Diego.
Had lots of fun!!

parrish study

2009-05-19T18:44:00.000-07:00

this is a digital study of a Maxfield Parrish

unforgiven quick sketches

2009-05-17T23:21:00.000-07:00

Digital life drawing

2009-03-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

I didn't have a live model so i had to settle for a pic of the gorgeous Vida Guerra.
spent about 3 or 4 hours working this up.

the wrestler

2009-02-12T10:14:00.001-08:00

a little digital quick sketch.

just a little quick sketch

2009-02-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

Sketch book fun

2009-01-27T21:47:00.000-08:00

sometimes you just gotta vent in the sketchbook

when geeks get lucky, they might wear these

2008-12-20T22:06:00.000-08:00

playin games

2008-12-20T22:03:00.000-08:00

I sketched the roomates playing video games in the living room a while back and I turned it into this fun little piece

A little demo

2008-09-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

here is a small compilation of some of my professional work.

Hiro Nakamura

2008-08-17T14:02:00.000-07:00

I did this piece for a contest entry. never quite finished it but here it is...

I storyboarded this trailer

2008-07-25T09:27:00.000-07:00

A few months back i got the opportunity to storyboard a game trailer.
It just came out last week for E3 and I think it looks pretty awesome.

The Middleman creature

2008-07-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

I worked on this creature for the pilot episode of The Middleman. It aired on ABCFamily a few weeks ago and looked pretty cool. you can see it for free online at www.abcfamily.com

Internet cafe roughs

2008-01-31T08:56:00.001-08:00

working out a illustration for a internet cafe website. about 4 hrs for the lot.

Roger

2008-01-10T09:05:00.000-08:00

this is a portrait based on some photos i took of an
ex revolutionary that i recently met. 100% photoshop

Batman Concept

2008-01-09T13:27:00.001-08:00

just a quick painting I did for fun.

shorty white and the 7 dufflebag boys

2008-01-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

some recent freelance.

BIONIC ARM

2007-10-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

Here is the concept art for the Bionic Arm and Eye.

a works in progress.

2007-10-17T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here is a value study of a piece I'm working on entitled " A day in the life of a gamer."

BIONIC EAR

2007-10-04T10:02:00.000-07:00

Here is the concept art for the Bionic Woman's ear. It aired last night and it looked pretty sweet in 3D

Say what you will, but Smallville rocks.

2007-09-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

Heres a morning quick sketch of actor Michael Rosenbaum.

BIONIC WOMAN

2007-09-26T22:09:00.000-07:00

Here is some of the concept art I did for the
Bionic Woman television show.
I'll post more next week after the show airs.

dancing queen

2007-09-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

heres a gesture i did a while back of my friend Elena at a house party.

old guy in an apron.

2007-09-25T09:24:00.000-07:00

heres another digital rough i did yesterday for the apron series.

apron series

2007-09-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

Some rough ideas for this people in aprons series i'm thinking of.

fun in the sketchbook

2007-08-28T00:37:00.000-07:00

I have to wait a few weeks before i get to post any of my recent freelance so I'll post up some sketchbook stuff in the mean time.

Ain't no heaven for a gangsta

2007-08-10T21:19:00.001-07:00

This is the latest t-shirt concept for SoHood clothing in NYC.

warm ups

2007-08-10T21:10:00.000-07:00

here are some big volume drawing warms ups i did.
they took about 10-15 min ea.
they are just little nothings that might turn into something one day.

Book illustration and its process

2007-08-08T00:31:00.000-07:00

Here is the first of the children's book illustrations I've done for connor and the crossworlds..

SIGGRAPH

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

I got a chance to paint these two pieces while demonstrating some digital painting techniques at the Art Institutes Booth Monday and Tuesday afternoon.

Dragon

2007-08-04T10:24:00.001-07:00

I did this sketch a couple of weeks ago. the client didn't dig it, but i do.
i might do something with it.

the latest

2007-08-03T23:29:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration i finished and sold today for a childrens novel.
Here is some of the preliminary work