Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drawing. Show all posts

Thursday, 20 February 2020

๐Ÿ’€I'm in the Death Business... Death being Storyboards?... Here are some storyboards.

Currently working on a little project with my guy from Stateside; I'm racking my brain trying to remember how we first connected. I think I complimented a dubstep music video he directed. Wait, what ever happened to dubstep? Is that, like, truly dead? Were we trash for listening?

In any case, the little project is a motion comic one, and currently in the storyboard frame stages about to move on to the animatic and character design. Without giving too much away, thought I'd share a rough frame or two, some of which are not in the final cut:

© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners.


© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com). All rights reserved to respective owners.


© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com). All rights reserved to respective owners.

What do you think it's about?

It's always fun to do looser boards like this, because the lines always look more vibrant to me when it's fully organic. 


Sum up,
...And business is good. Well, okay. Okay-ish.



Tuesday, 18 February 2020

"Bloodshot" Vs. Everybody ๐Ÿ”ด

As you have probably seen over the past few posts I've been working on an illustration that I digitally painted recently for a Talenthouse competition. I would not go as far as saying it's the best thing I have ever created, but it is something that saw a bit of a return to the old me. Like using a pencil and paper and ink. Which should not be as weird as it sounds, being an artist and all. But with work, most of what I do tends to be Wacom, on-screen. So a change of pace to more tactile things was a much-welcomed instance.

The illustration and art were done for a bit of a competition for the forthcoming Valiant Comics + Sony Pictures' Bloodshot movie starring Vin Diesel. I have to say I was never as familiar with Bloodshot as I was with XO, but getting into the super-soldier, he reminds me of a Captain America meets Deadpool meets the Terminator. So, it was definitely fun rendering this one.

I didn't want to go too familiar with the key art already out for the movie (because then what's the point). As such I ended up with the idea of Bloodshot charging towards certain violence and danger, taking shots left and right, having his face blown off, yet still keeping an expression that was less "owwie" and more, "Alright, you're all starting to pissing me off".


So this is how things looked inked at first:

© 2020 Bloodshot. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com)


Then took her to Photoshop and started playing around with colour and shading. I think it turned out okay in the end. But let me know what you guys think. Check it out:

© 2020 Bloodshot. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com)

Click-clack gang.

Plus, if you could all do me a super solid and head over to Talenthouse and hit it with alike. Like, I'd be super grateful and indebted to you for life. Like kidney-level indebted. A digital kidney for your digital heart, of course. But a kidney nonetheless. Vote here: https://www.talenthouse.com/item/2266115/40c230dd

Sum up,
Buhbuhbuh BOOM











Sunday, 16 February 2020

Audemars Piguet "11:59" Storyboards ⌚


Made y'all a nice succinct little video with a side-by-side comparison of some storyboards I did for the Audemars Piguet for the "11:59" promo they did via Mr. White.

The promo features Gilles Peterson and Skinny Pelembe. Musicians should get a kick. You might have seen it on my socials if you follow that kinda thing.

And though the boards were pretty rough and basic, I think it is always good to see the end result. Storyboards, if nothing else, is about vision and structure.

Check it:




Sum up,

Quitting is only retiring before your perception of success is fulfilled. Way too much stigma attached to quitting. 


Tuesday, 11 February 2020

With a grimace like that...

Been steady sketching and having the pen bleed. Tactile is always king. Few things have been annoying me lately so it's always good put the energy into something cathartic.

This weeks been quite, but that doesn't mean the work stops. Whoa is me with all this debris.

Had that image inked. Check it:

© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson/bluntspear.com. All rights reserved.

I've also done a colour render and my Bloodshot Talenthouse entry is also live. Will share that and a speed art type of video I made too soon.

Sum up,
Until then superfriends,



Sunday, 2 February 2020

2020. Enough.

January 2020. What a shitty start to the year. The coronavirus. Kobe. Brexit. Politics and the idiots sharing all the type of propaganda that would get a nod from Goebbels in his heyday. It's like, "okay, enough".

But alas, I'm here doing the freelance schtick, looking for work, waiting for work, then resurrecting and starting whole new projects.

Currently working on a piece that has me resurrecting the sakura pens. Technology is great but tactile is king. The feel of pen and paper should never be tossed to the side. Skills get really rusty when that happens. I've learned the hard way.

Currently WIP, but I'll share once done:


Sum up, Bloodshot to bloodclaat.

Saturday, 14 November 2015

Dead Cool Storyboards

I was live and direct on a short film set directed by Simon Ross; recently worked on a few projects for him. And though I was 'Black guy in the crowd' type of extra, I also managed to do the storyboards for the short, entitled "Dead Cool". More like dead cold... hella freezing. And Britain got it's first-named storm. Congrats. We in the Caribbean name our storms all the time. Theirs started with an A. Something weak like Andrea, Ashley or something.

Check out a few of the frames I did:
"Dead Cool". © Simon Ross 2015. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners

"Dead Cool". © Simon Ross 2015. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners

"Dead Cool". © Simon Ross 2015. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved to respective owners
Sum up,
Stop flirting with extras playing bystanders,



Monday, 26 August 2013

Victorstone Property Promo Storyboards

Storyboards I recently (kind of) did for Victorstone. Something about loans and all that jazz. Check out the frames:

© 2013 "Victorstone Property Ad" Storyboards (1 of 3). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.
© 2013 "Victorstone Property Ad" Storyboards (1 of 3). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.

© 2013 "Victorstone Property Ad" Storyboards (2 of 3). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.
© 2013 "Victorstone Property Ad" Storyboards (2 of 3). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.

© 2013 "Victorstone Property Ad" Storyboards (3 of 3). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.
© 2013 "Victorstone Property Ad" Storyboards (3 of 3). Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.
What do you think. Leave me a comment why dontchya?

Sum up,
You know what comes next.


Sunday, 4 August 2013

Redman. It comes.

Redman. Defiant. Tragic. Claiming kinghood the old fashioned way. Through blood, menage and might.

Working some more on frames in my a short animation based on Macbeth. Yeah that one. My on and off projects for years now, but it's coming together. I swear. Thought I'd share a frame I just did:

©2013 "Redman spits" Animation frame. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved.

Sum up,
Drawing the line here.


Monday, 4 February 2013

Guillotine Swizzord Move!

This is it. Hamburger Hill. Half a banana clip that you got the GTA way. RedMan frames are being completed piece by piece. This is despite trying to keep on top of producing a short film. Which is annoying to say the least. Like tending to numerous bushfires at once. But it'll eventually get done. February 15th people! Mark it to death.

Meanwhile deep in the super-secret lair of the Villainous Vagabond, the #animationvagrant concocts another dubious plan for... yeah yeah, check out a frame I did for RedMan:

© 2013 'MacDuff Swings' Red Man frame. Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All rights reserved.

Til next time kid.

Sum up,
Peace. We out.



Sunday, 6 May 2012

Haitian Harold Says...

Let some grubby little strumpet take advantage of yo' ass financially and otherwise. ;). Created some artwork for my Partner-in-Crime, Remi King for a short film pitch he's working on called "Haitian Harold Says". Good stuff. Check it out.

©2012 "Haitian Harold Says". Artwork by Dulani Wilson. All Rights Reserved to respective owners.

Sum up,
Now that's some major golddiggin'. You dumb m****rf****r.


Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Mother Knows

Mother Knows... apparently not. If you have a child and you're a prostitute... living in house... well, it's not hard to judge anymore is it. A nice but disturbing film short by Kaya George. Met her through a mutual friend, very cool director. So recently did some boards for her film and she was happy with the outcome.

© Artwork by Dulani Wilson

© Artwork by Dulani Wilson

© Artwork by Dulani Wilson

Go support her film here while you can:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mother-Knows-Official-Film-Page/176135702487054

http://www.gofundme.com/d2crw

Sum up,
Also did some VFX work over the weekend. Exciting, self-harm-tempting stuff!



Friday, 3 February 2012

Goodbye... and Good Night (PreVis)

Currently doing some animation work for a music vid. Still in development stage and can't really say much, but the song is a good one. The kind of song where you gloss over it in the beginning but when you're doing the boards and listening to the track and lyrics you kinda have to stop and take it all in. Did some previs artwork of the artist. See:

©Artwork by Dulani Wilson, 2012
Did some rough boards and the first draft of the animatic. Just need to wait on the other party, refine it and we are good to go.

Sum up,
Meh.


Friday, 11 November 2011

'Albert' Story Art

Story Art for a short I did entitled 'Albert' for a Rebecca... 'Good' I think? More free renders for faceless strangers. I'm such a nice guy. They are lucky I am not like Don Corleone. We digress...




Sum up,
"You, come to me, on the day of my daughter's wedding, to ask me this..."


The "Suit & Bone" Short Film Electronic Press Kit is years in the making

The Suit & Bone Short Film I directed has been making its rounds in film festivals since its campaign launch in December 2021m and I am...