diving mech

sometimes you gotta post even when you're not totally finished.  i was afraid i was never going to finish this one.

so decided to post unfinished.  was very happy with the face. now i can start another and not finish that one.

these are some backgrounds i did for boondocks. this was the first show that i used these great little japanese pens to clean up with. i forget the name and keep them all at work. oh well. i will post again with the name.

these are some designs from the cg animated transformers: prime. the original sketches of the bots were done by the excellent character designer, jose lopez. i just added detail and painted them. the vehicles are all me.

hangar

i like those 2 little guys in the bottom right corner...if i do say so myself.

cancelled

non sci-fi

artificial conception

these are some concept designs
fr0m a video game that was
cancelled.

"yeah, a little!"

someone asked if i have ever worked in the animation industry. i must say, it didn't feel like work at all. they were the best times of my life.

design philosophy

mechs aren't difficult if you know the basics of joints and basic
workings of machinery. anyone who has built toy models of ships, planes, or any vehicle can notice the abundance of large
panels with little detail and the small of amount of sprues with
very precise detail. this is a widely taught philosophy on design:
large shapes with little detail connected by small areas of heavy detail..... more to come

"reference library"

bowen designs makes beautiful statues and busts!!! some are quite rare and i am very happy to own them. i do use them as reference and they are quintessential to my designing, those of you at the internal revenue service!!

dive olly dive

haha, i designed these characters for a kids show maybe 5 years ago. now i hear its the top rated kids show in austrailia and asia. of course i get no credit.