This is a detective I designed for this project that a friend of mine asked me to help with. They're based after the Pink Panther designs that can be seen on the DVD box set if you've seen that.

Just a few images from me sketchbook.

A few months ago I was introduced to the art and portraits of John Howard Sanden. I recently purchased his book that explains how to paint a portrait (or anything for that matter) in 29 logical steps. I went ahead and gave it a try using Corel Painter. So this image is copied from his book, using the 29 steps.

I thought it would be fun to do character designs for 24 if it were animated. Here's Curtis Manning. You don't mess with Curtis.

About a year or so ago I decided to tackle the AFI top 100 list. I had seen about half of them and it took about six months to watch the other half. After watching the top 100, I decided to make my own top 100 +5 movie list. You might notice that trilogys or sequels are combined together as one. It's pretty much in order but it constatnly fluctuates. My friend Mark posted his top 100 a few weeks ago (we made them about the same time) and you can check his out on his blog. Just as he advised to his readers, I advise to my two readers, if you don't like my list go make your own....
1. Star Wars Saga
2. Indiana Jones Trilogy
3. Back to the Future Trilogy
4. The Iron Giant
5. The Incredibles
6. The Shawshank Redemption
7. Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
8. Psycho
9. The Godfather Parts I & II
10. Pirates of the Caribbean
11. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
12. Jurassic Park
13. King Kong
14. Sleeping Beauty
15. Marry Poppins
16. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
17. 12 Angry Men
18. Toy Story I & II
19. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
20. Monsters Inc.
21. It Happened One Night
22. Rear Window
23. Jaws
24. The Fugitive
25. Moulin Rouge
26. The Goonies
27. Ghostbusters
28. To Kill a Mockingbird
29. Casablanca
30. North by Northwest
31. The Frighteners
32. The General
33. The Manchurian Candidate
34. My Fair Lady
35. Saving Private Ryan/Band of Brothers
36. Citizen Kane
37. Schindler’s List
38. It’s a Wonderful Life
39. James Bond (Goldeneye, For Your Eyes Only)
40. Gone With The Wind
41. Beauty and the Beast
42. The Little Mermaid
43. Finding Nemo
44. Some Like It Hot
45. Zorro the Gayblade
46. The Rescuers Down Under
47. Star Trek (II, IV, VI, & First Contact)
48. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
49. Terminator I & II
50. Alice in Wonderland
51. Fargo
52. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
53. A Bug’s Life
54. Alien/Aliens
55. Predator
56. The Princess Bride
57. Dr. Strangelove
58. Romancing the Stone
59. It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
60. Gladiator
61. Se7en
62. Strangers On a Train
63. Rain Man
64. A Mighty Wind
65. Batman
66. The Matrix
67. Aladdin
68. Waiting for Guffman
69. The Silence of the Lambs
70. Grosse Point Blank
71. The Green Mile
72. Million Dollar Baby
73. Raising Arizona
74. Superman
75. Better Off Dead
76. Steamboat Bill Jr.
77. E.T.
78. Tarzan
79. Dial M for Murder
80. The Rocketeer
81. Pulp Fiction
82. Wait Until Dark
83. To Catch a Thief
84. The Hunt for Red October
85. A Few Good Men
86. The Bridge on the River Kwai
87. 1941
88. JFK
89. Tron
90. The Lion King
91. Babe
92. The Usual Suspects
93. L.A. Confidential
94. The Muppet Movie
95. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
96. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
97. X-Men I&II
98. Minority Report
99. Groundhog Day
100. Batman Begins
101. True Lies
102. Spaceballs
103. Beetlejuice
104. Transformers The Movie
105. Scent of a Woman

History of Illustration.