George Yang's Blog

Nightcrawler

2011-05-13T17:21:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite hero-cature I've done so far. It's a commission for a Nightcrawler fan named Matt. I decided to document my process since I put a lot of time and effort into this one.

I start with a very light, loose sketch with my dark umber Prismacolor.
I tie down the lines with the same pencil.

I lightly block in the watercolors.

Then I build up the layers of watercolor and start putting in the shadows.

I continue to build up the layers of color until I finally force myself to stop for fear of messing up the painting. Watercolors are a very unforgiving medium.

The Siblings

2011-05-13T17:05:00.000-07:00

This is a group of siblings I drew a few months ago. They were a lot of fun to draw because they kept making fun of each other. I try to get a sense of a person's personality when I caricature them, but that doesn't always happen. It's difficult because I'm almost always drawing strangers and I only have a few minutes to draw them, much less get to know them.

Another Buzz

2011-01-18T23:01:00.000-08:00

This is a drawing of my friend Sean's son, Nathan. I went all out on this one and I'm pretty happy with how it came out.

Caricatures from 2010 (Part 2)

2011-01-02T02:32:00.001-08:00

More themed drawings from work.

WOLVERINE
SPIDER-MAN

HUMAN TORCH

THE FLASH

I broke my "Marvel Only" rule because I really wanted to draw the Flash.

TRON

This couple asked to be in Tron outfits.

CAPTAIN REX

I still don't really know who this character is.

JESSIE

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

I drew Sami and Kiki over the summer and they were nice enough to email me this picture. I love drawing animals, but I don't get many opportunities to do so at work. Once I got to do a portrait of a helper dog in-training, and sometimes people bring in photos of pets for me, like the one I used for Kiki. I hope I get more animals to draw this year!

I still avoid drawing princesses, faeries, and mermaids. Lame.

Caricatures from 2010 (Part 1)

2011-01-02T01:36:00.000-08:00

These past couple months at work I've been doing more themed drawings, namely super hero stuff. I figured since Disney bought Marvel, I should be allowed to draw Marvel heroes. I later found out that this really isn't the case and I could probably get in trouble for it, but until that happens, I'll continue drawing them.HULK

This was my very first hero-cature. My co-worker Mark.

NICK FURY

Co-worker Caesar
CAPTAIN AMERICA

Co-worker Brian

Learning...

2010-10-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some warm-up sketches of the Avatar: The Last Airbender characters. I'm still pretty far off-model, but I think I'm improving.

New-ish Stuff

2010-08-16T02:36:00.000-07:00

These are some sketches I made based on a character that my friend Adolph created. The design is not finalized, but I like where it's going.

The last image is of some thumbnails from the middle of the story. I've thumbed out the whole story, but I'm intimidated by the thought of doing finished storyboards. There's still so much for me to learn about drawing and boarding! It's exciting and scary at the same time.

Life Drawing and Caricatures

2010-05-21T11:37:00.000-07:00

I think this lady used to model for Boris Vallejo, the fantasy illustrator.

In between poses, or when I start to get bored, I like to caricature other people in the room. Life drawing sessions are a great place to draw other artists.

Look what I made at work today!

2010-05-04T22:26:00.000-07:00

Today, a dad asked me to draw his four children over a dinner table about to eat a meal made by their mom. This is a surprise Mother's Day present and he gave me lots of reference pictures of his kids to draw from. This was a bit of a challenge from what I normally do at work, and it took me a while to do, but I like the way it came out. The painting on the knife and turkey were happy accidents; I really wasn't sure what I was doing at the time.

I know I haven't posted in a very long time, but I will be back with more stuff soon! Thanks to all my imaginary fans!

New Sketchbook

2009-12-04T00:14:00.000-08:00

I am liking this sketchbook so far, so I'm going to post everything I've got!

I've been drawing a lot from Fred Moore because he's one of my favorite animators of all time and I love his pin-up sketches. You can find a bunch of his work HERE!

Old Sketchbook

2009-12-03T22:47:00.000-08:00

Time to retire an old sketchbook. I'll share a couple more pages from it before I throw it in the pile.

Here is a drawing of Magoo drawing. People have interesting expressions when they draw. To the right of Magoo are some fat-necked dudes and a mean-looking lady.

More watercolor studies. I'm finding my colors come out cooler in temperature on the cheap Xerox paper in my sketchbook. But it's still a lot of fun to do, so I won't let that stop me. :)

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T00:31:00.000-07:00

Here's a special treat just for you, imaginary fans! A little Halloween animation in Flash.
EDIT: This video is not playing right. I'll put up a version that works one of these days...

Now with COLOR!

2009-09-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

I know I don't have much work in color here; mostly because I'm a sissy. But lately I've been playing with watercolors in my sketchbook at work. Here's what I've done so far.

Co-Workatures

2009-09-12T12:32:00.001-07:00

Here are some examples of the quick sketches I do for proms and parties. My models are my co-workers at Disneyland/California Adventure and, of course, my beautiful girlfriend Marie.

Work Sketches

2009-08-26T20:27:00.000-07:00

So I'm still working at Disneyland, but at least it keeps me drawing. Here are some sketches I've made when work was slow.

Doggy Doodles

2009-08-26T20:19:00.000-07:00

These a some quick dog sketches. I like dogs. Well... most dogs. I won't name the dogs I don't like in case they're reading my blog.

Animation from "Little Samurai"

2009-04-26T00:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a glimpse of some of the animation in my film. April Wang inbetweened Noriko's puzzled head turn. Holy living crap! Deadline is coming up too fast! Wish me luck!

Marie

2009-04-14T04:21:00.000-07:00

Another doodle of Marie. She looks annoyed because I was about to draw her on a dirtier napkin.

Rough Model Sheets

2009-04-13T19:53:00.000-07:00

Here are my recent designs and rough model sheets of Gorobei and Noriko. You can see my story reel on my other blog:

http://georgeyangportfolio.blogspot.com/

Be cool. Stay in school.

Oldies

2009-04-13T11:43:00.000-07:00

These are some old character explorations of Gorobei and Noriko from my "Little Samurai" project. The first two pages of drawings are over two years old! The characters have evolved since then. I will post the more recent model sheets next, so stay tuned, imaginary fans!

New Portfolio Blog!

2009-03-27T23:32:00.000-07:00

I have a new blog for my story portfolio.

http://georgeyangportfolio.blogspot.com/

Check it out... please?

The One I Love

2008-11-18T10:27:00.000-08:00

This is a caricature of my girlfriend Marie. I drew this one out of my head while not paying attention in class. I should draw out of my noggin more often, it's a real challenge.

Tom Cat

2008-11-18T09:48:00.001-08:00

Here are some concepts I made for an unfinished stop motion film. Maybe one of these days we'll actually finish that thing.

Portrait Sculpture

2008-11-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

This is a portrait I sculpted last spring of Roxanne, a model at LCAD.

Caricatures.

2008-11-18T08:29:00.000-08:00

These are some caricatures that I've done at work. The hideous one with the gnarly black hair is a co-worker, Janet. She really not that fugly, but we all make crazy drawings of each other when we're bored.

I'll update more. I ain't lion.

2008-07-29T21:40:00.000-07:00

Here are some drawings of lions. These were done in fall 2007 along with the animals in the previous post. The lion with the glasses is based on my buddy Adolph Soliz, Jr. So gay!

Update? Fine.

2008-07-29T21:20:00.000-07:00

Remember that time I said I would update again real soon? Me neither. Anyways, here are some more animal drawings.

Back in Action!

2007-09-09T18:03:00.000-07:00

I apologize for not updating at all whatsoever. I suck.

Anyway, here are some recent sketches from the zoo.

Joe Weatherly's animal drawing class starts tomorrow! Finally! Hurray! More updates to come real soon. For realsies this time.

Life Drawing is Life Worth Living: Part 2

2007-02-05T00:16:00.000-08:00

Here are some more life drawings.

The drawings below were done in 10-15 minutes.

These are some narrative drawings also done in Brian Kennon's awesome class.

Life Drawing is Life Worth Living: Part 1

2007-02-04T23:50:00.000-08:00

These are some life drawings I made in Brian Kennon's class last fall.

The drawings below were done in:

2 minutes or less

5 minutes

Welcome to my blog!

2007-02-04T22:24:00.000-08:00

This is where I'll be posting my drawings and other stuff. Please feel free to visit my blog often. Like every day. For the rest of your life.