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On the move

2011-01-04T02:59:00.000-08:00

Since it's 2011 now and my portfolio is up to a point where I'm fairly happy with it, I thought it was time to work a bit on my promotion. I felt there wasn't a strong line throughout it, mostly because I've been painting under the pseudonym Boco, but my blog and site were still referring to my official name, so that was a bit confusing. Because I'm going to focus on painting for clients and companies this year, I decided to work under the name Boco since I already did most of my paintings under that name, and I find it's a name that's easy to remember.

I hope my few followers will understand and follow me to my new blog and site:

http://artofboco.blogspot.com
http://www.artofboco.com

Happy New Year!

Boco

The General

2010-12-15T06:58:00.000-08:00

This is my entry for the Dominance War V mini-contest. The idea was to create some sort of massive abomination made out of corpses that fell under the devastating blows of the general's hammer and flail. Included is a WIP-sheet on which you can follow the steps I took to create it.

For the war I joined up with the 3DTotal team, not because it's the better community of the teams (which of course doesn't mean they have a bad community, but I'm sure the other sites have good communities too), but because I have a lot to thank them for. It was the first site on which I read CG-tutorials, and they've still got me hooked on 'em. I felt I needed to give something in return and thank them for helping me get to where I am now.

Forest Roamer

2010-12-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

The Forest Roamers are blunt beasts with little to no intelligence. They have no sight nor can they smell, but their exeptional ears are capable of hearing the littlest sound. On top of that, the Forest Roamers are heaps of brute force. Because of the lack of intelligence, no one has been able to domesticate them and put their powers to good use. People simply try to avoid them.

Anatomy

2010-11-04T05:14:00.000-07:00

A few sketches. Nothing more to say really.

Swamp Thing

2010-10-17T04:59:00.000-07:00

My entry for the 'Monster Love' challenge over at It's Art. I wanted to portray a fairy tale like love affair between a huge swamp creature (hence the title) and a young girl, but I didn't want to go for the obvious kiss-kiss-hearts-and-little-candy-bears. I wanted more of a Big Daddy / Little Sister kind of love affair and I think that's in there. Somewhere.

Estimated work time, about 30 hours.

Shantak

2010-10-04T11:12:00.000-07:00

Shantak:

They were not any birds or bats known elsewhere on earth or in dreamland, for they were larger than elephants and had heads like a horse's. Carter knew that they must be the shantak-birds of ill rumour, and wondered no more what evil guardians and nameless sentinels made men avoid the boreal rock desert.

—H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Estimated work time, about 30 hours.

Last Frontier

2010-09-05T07:27:00.000-07:00

'Last Frontier' shows a city, build on the ridges of a canyon near the earth's core. Due to the dropping of the temperatures on the surface, it's one of the last inhabitable places on the planet. It's a safe haven for all who can pay to live in it.

Estimated work time, about 20 hours.

Eye In The Sky

2010-09-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

'Eye In The Sky' depicts a scout on the hills of a vast unexplored land, using his trusted falcon to warn him for the dangers ahead. It took almost 60 hours to complete, but as usual the trip was more than worth the effort.

Easy Rider / The Mist

2010-07-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

I've entered an illustration-competition over at 3Dtotal.com, called movie mash-up. The idea is to combine elements from two different movies into one illustration. It took over 30 hours to make it, and included is a WIP-sheet on which you have an overview of the progress, the color scheme, the custom brushes I used to build it, and a histogram.

Mermaid

2010-05-08T11:48:00.000-07:00

I've decided to throw my slowpoke-abilities overboard. I find that a work-fast-think-later mentality works well for me. It makes a piece a lot more spontane and by working that way I avoid destroying any fortunate accidents that occur along the way. Of course it also means I have to be carefull not to start doing things half-assed.

Haverchuck

2010-05-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

A portrait study of Bill Haverchuck from the series 'Freaks & Geeks'. I find his character to be one of the best I've ever seen, everything about him just makes me feel happy. Kuddo's to both Judd Apatow and Martin Starr.

Ps, Haverchuck you really are the king!

Albino

2010-04-21T05:48:00.001-07:00

It might not look like it, but I`ve worked on this for more than 60 hours. Seriously. It was a real pain to get everything exactly how I wanted it. I wanted to give her the looks of a cute, well-behaved girl, but also make her look like a muderous psychopath. The thin line between those two was a difficult one to balance on, but in the end I feel it turned out pretty well. Another drag was the color of the skin. Though it looks simple, I found that it really isn`t easy to make a bleak, white albino, without making it look like a corpse.

Note to self: Work fast, think later.

Hybrid Disease Breakout

2010-03-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

Hybrid disease is spreading! In 28 days we're done for, so I'm taking the precaution to build a shelter in my backyard. You're more than welcome to join me, as long as you bring some liquor!

Monkey Car-Jackers III

2010-01-14T04:58:00.000-08:00

Study subject: The revival of vintage movie posters.

(Note to Tarantino: give me a ring.)

Illustrations

2010-01-05T02:45:00.001-08:00

I recently started working on my Illustration techniques again. These are some of the first outcomes and I think I'm getting the hang of it back. I'm not nearly there yet though - and seeing how I'm such a perfectionist, I probably never will be - but I guess that practice makes the art, so that's exactly what I'm planning to do.

Roland Advertising

2009-11-20T12:27:00.000-08:00

This is some of the work I did for Roland. The first is an advertisement for Fender / Boss, but it never got published due to some rights issue on Fender's side. The second one is the French-o-Sizer, and was used for a French advertisement for V-Accordion. The last one is a restoration of an old movie poster, for an advertisement for the VE-20 (a Boss vocoder).

I'll upload some more work later.

Roland

2009-11-20T12:07:00.000-08:00

I worked as a graphic designer for Roland CE last month. The hard work and huge screen almost resulted in a brain tumor, but I guess it was worth it.

Kshhh!

2009-10-07T04:55:00.000-07:00

A desktop-wallpaper based on a poster I did some time ago. I have to say I'm pretty happy with the outcome and it got selected by Pixelgirlpresents.com, so feel free to check it out.

Note: It seems as if nobody noticed that it's the second time I've drawn a transgender deer.

Cow

2009-07-20T12:22:00.001-07:00

Don't ask.