Niflheim fjord

Sketches for my matte painting class. I used a fjord theme.

Ideas for Ice and snow formations in Niflheim

One of the many backgrounds for Niflheim. This is a rather simple one. I haven't added details to it yet, but that will happen soon.

So it is late, but I'm not tired enough to get to bed. So instead of sleeping I messed around in photoshop and created some tree designs. Just some ideas I thought I'd get out of my head before finally heading off to dreamland.

Second version of mountain background.

Hill background from my project. This is not complete yet. I will most likely add some detail to the entire scene.

Keep in mind that the backgrounds are jpegs and not tiffs. I'll try to get at least one tiff up to show the detail. Also, i drew inspiration from Samurai Jack for the backgrounds in case anyone is curious.

Here are some images for my Norse project. These are just a couple of backgrounds. I will have to upload my other images and characters later, once I find them all. So many!

So it has been a very long time since a last posted. The reason for this; very busy.
But, I have found time this weekend to upload a few images and update some stuff.

I am currently working on a few personal projects and a number of school oriented works as well. I cannot go into detail on my school projects at this moment, but I can reveal my personal projects.
A few weeks ago I attended AX in LA. I purchased the Ramayana by Pixar artist Sanjay Patel. The book confirmed an idea I've had for a while, "someone needs to create a book of Norse mythology."

Seeing how Norse mythology is part of my heritage, I decided to embark on an epic journey with of stories, knowledge, research, and work. This has not been an easy task, and there are so many characters that I have yet to complete in flash.

My other project is also flash based, but it revolves around the Red Army Choir's extensive library. This project is set to the lyrics of each song. The story has yet to be determined. Seeing how I speak Russian, and mother Russia is also part of my heritage, I figured why not create a Russian animation? It has been a difficult process translating the songs and creating a story idea, but I cannot wait until this project comes together.