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The process revisited

clau — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:39:30 +0000

I thought I’d show the process of creating the last Beer Advocate editorial.

Here, we start with the thumbnail sketch which is sent to the editor for approval.

I was having some trouble finding the exact angle of the starship Enterprise that I wanted (google image search failed me!), so I made my own reference in 3DS Max.

Here, I rough out the background.

Here is the pencil version of the ship which I drew on tracing vellum over a print of the 3d model.

Inked with a #3 and #1 watercolor brush.

And the final inked version! I actually did the background in Painter since it’s easier for me to get the Kirby crackle digitally, and the colors added in Photoshop.

Mondo Weirdo!

clau — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:24:06 +0000

My wife, Nancy, has started a blog about our crazy life as parents! Check it out here!

It is accomplished!

clau — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:22:43 +0000

Welcome, Luke Reed 俊傑 Lau, to the internet!

Draw my character

clau — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:15:56 +0000

Someone started a “Draw My Character” thread on styl.us

here’s my first entry. Left is a character created by Tim Taylor. On the right is my guy who I’ve dubbed Cat Zola.

Here’s the second round:

My interpretation of a character by Colin Kahn

And a guy by me:

Secret Identities!

clau — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:59:48 +0000

Secret Identities is an Asian American comic book anthology that is being released in April this year. I’m proud to say that I helped out and contributed 2 pages to this great little book! Just this weekend a bunch of the people who put this thing together were at the NY Comic-Con promoting it. I wish I could’ve gone! The book itself should be available in stores around April, but until then you can check out a preview of the book here!

what i’m listening to right now

clau — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:26:29 +0000

Boxing Tonight!

clau — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:20:08 +0000

I just discovered this awesomeness.

I don’t know what I like better: the music, the animation, or the way they synced it all together!