The Adventures of DAWNSON!

Toronto Fan Expo 2011

2011-08-25T11:02:00.000-04:00

I'm going to the Toronto Fan Epxo this week. I'll be sitting at the Toronto Cartoonist Workshop table on Friday after 5pm, come say Hi!

Here are a few of my pages in Holmes Inc. Issue #2, it's part of TCW's Fit To Print project.

Comic Page Exercise

2010-11-11T15:01:00.000-05:00

I've been taking a comic class and it's lots of fun. I just did this page for practice.

Slug

2010-10-22T15:19:00.001-04:00

Some new paintings

2010-06-30T16:34:00.004-04:00

I started doing chuistream contests again. The topics where picked by the artists being interviewed (Derek Thompson and Aaron Hartline). Their topics where Godzilla and Mr. "something"-head (a variation from a scene in Toy Story 3).

Windmill + Turtle

2010-05-18T15:55:00.002-04:00

I started a painting of a windmill and I got bored so I added a turtle. I don't think I'm going to finish it.

My Film

2010-05-05T09:53:00.002-04:00

I'm DONE!

More background paintings

2010-02-27T23:32:00.002-05:00

Here are some more paintings from my film. Hopefully I can pick up the speed and have more up.

Scene 8

2010-01-23T21:47:00.006-05:00

This is the first completed scene in my film. Well, almost complete. The background needs a bit more work and I might throw in some more effects later. I spent a little more time on this scene then I would have liked, but it's the first one and now I know how fast I need to work inorder to complete my film in time.

Sc08_Work Flow Test from Dawnson Chen on Vimeo.

Also here is another background I paint a while ago. I just never gotten around to post it.

Tall and Grumpy

2009-10-09T00:45:00.003-04:00

A one hour painting for the CHUIstream. Subject: Tall & Grumpy

CHUIstream entries

2009-10-08T01:04:00.000-04:00

Here are some one hour paintings I did for the CHUIstream.

Mummies Alive!

2009-02-03T18:45:00.001-05:00

LD

2008-12-18T17:09:00.000-05:00

Action Analysis

2008-12-17T17:02:00.001-05:00

Action Analysis

2008-12-02T00:34:00.001-05:00

Today I was criticized for not updating this blog since this summer. My response: none. I had no reason to leave this blog unattended for so long other than pure forgetfulness. So here is what I've been up to this year. It's a action analysis assignment, mine takes place in a school gymnasium, the action is a bully mercilessly throwing a dodge ball. I should be complete before the holidays. I'll post it if it isn't god awful.

Someone mentioned that my layout reminded them of a little film staring Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan. That's right you've guessed it, it's none other than my pick for 1996's movie of the year Space Jam (I was 9yrs old) . God damn it, I need to watch this movie again. Soon!

Some concept stuff

2008-12-02T00:13:00.000-05:00

Here are some location designs for a group film.

You probably guesses that the last one is the one that does not belong. It was for an earlier idea that unfortunately got scraped. It was for the best.

Adventures at the Zoo

2008-07-19T19:00:00.000-04:00

I work fairly close to the zoo now so I am planning to make a habit of visiting often to do some sketching. My first visit was this Monday. Whenever I visit the zoo I always go straight for the elephants, and this time was no different. After patiently waiting for the elephants to come out of hiding I was rewarded with the site of all five elephants out and about and enjoying their meal.

I was pretty far along in a sketch when a family came by to poke their nose in my sketchbook, I guess I'm use to this by now so I manage to keep working but I can still hear them talking about me in a foreign language. The mother came up to me and complemented my drawing, she then tells me "My son thought your drawing was the internet". I knew she meant an image OFF the internet and not that my drawing was actually the series of interconnected computer networks, but I couldn't help but to laugh a little bit. I thanked her for her kind words and continued to work.

Life Drawings

2008-05-07T21:27:00.000-04:00

Here's some work I did in life drawing this year.

1min & 2min

both 10min

5min & costume - 10min

costume - both 15min

25min & 10min

20min?

Uploading problems...

2008-04-25T22:56:00.000-04:00

*sigh*... I just spent the last half hour waiting for something to upload. It was an animation I did this year, but it just crashed and I give up easily. Maybe another time then. Anyways heres a doodle I did while waiting.

Schools Out!

2008-04-25T13:36:00.000-04:00

Well, I'm done second year Animation and this is what I have to show for it. These are layouts I did for my story/layout class, it's a shot of the front door of the Alamo. The top one is the clean up and the bottom one is a tonal done in blue pencil on vellum.
And this is just a painting I did in photoshop, nothing to do with the Alamo.

A Dredge

2008-02-08T22:07:00.001-05:00

Wow, sept 19 was my last post... I don't know what to say. It's not that I haven't been working, I just forget to scan work in when I'm done. Hopefully it wont be another four months before I post them. Anyways here's a painting I did this week, it's in Photoshop. I did it as a concept for an assignment in school. I'm pretty happy with it, too bad I'm no longer using a dredge in my story. (BTW a dredge is factory that extracts gold from lakes and rivers, funny thing is that the dredge in my picture is nowhere near water)

Garbageman

2007-09-20T01:20:00.000-04:00

Here is a character I designed... he's a Garbageman! I really should have done my homework instead of colouring it, oh well.

B&W Layout

2007-09-19T20:19:00.000-04:00

Here a black and white version of my layout, as you can see I've made changes to the foreground. The final colour coming soon. I'm thinking of painting two, one midday and another sunset /rise, it depends if I have time or not. I might even do a third! But I'll probably get lazy end up just doing the one, we'll see.

A Layout

2007-09-12T18:30:00.000-04:00

Here is a layout I did for my painting class. It's not the final version, I gotta make a few major changes before I can start painting.

WHHoops!

2007-09-11T12:47:00.000-04:00

Heheh, ignore my last post. I kinda fixed my scanner, but it still sucks. Here's some drawings from my sketchbook.

Blarg!

2007-09-11T12:01:00.001-04:00

Hello! I have a blog now... sorry I don't have anything new to put up. I used my scanner as a footrest... aaannd now its broken. I'll put something up as soon as I can.