William Thorup

Illustrator, Motion Graphics Designer, Animator, and VFX Artist

Tag: ryan thatcher

  • Project Nebula | Desert Coast City Concept

    Project Nebula | Desert Coast City Concept

    Desert to ocean_web

    I won’t be able to get a weekly sketch review together this week.  I have been swamped with finishing up Josh the Whale, and getting near future projects organized.

    Luckily, with the spare time that I made today, I was able to get something together for the blog, and just break away from the paper work that I have been focusing so much on lately.

    Unable to give any details in copy at the moment, but I had this image in my head since I have had conversations with Ryan Thatcher about the world our next project will take place in.  And, well…  That’s about all I can say without given too much away.

    Enjoy the video, and look forward to some good news in the future.  We will be releasing Josh the Whale soon, and deciding on the next five months or work for Thor Media LLC.

  • Project Nebula | Character Concept

    Project Nebula | Character Concept

    Been hard at it the past few days.  We have a good rough of Josh the Whale finished, just waiting on music before we start the polishing stage.  Really looking forward to topping that project off.

    Also, I have been doing allot of concept work for Project Nebula.  Been working with Ryan to work out world details, and a little bit of character design.

    Speaking of which.  This design is mostly Ryan’s, but I adjusted some of the ideas, seeing where it would take me.  I also took the time to put together a time lapse video, something that I regrettably haven’t done in a while.

    I love to look back on my processes.  Most of the time during painting, it is a blur.  I can’t distinguish one moment from the next.  So recording it, and comparing my technique to previous paintings is fun, as well as enlightening.

  • Petra Draco | Illustrated Wallpaper

    Petra Draco | Illustrated Wallpaper

    Dragon Wing_web

    The holidays hit and time was placed elsewhere for  about a week.  My brother and I have kept busy with “Josh the Whale”, and are making good progress on that front.  We are looking at a release date around January 15th.  Been having fun modeling, texturing, and animating whales, but I am looking forward to finishing it, and moving on to another project.

    Speaking of which.  We are working with a talented story teller, Ryan Thatcher, and getting a RPG/Action Adventure game together.  We have developed some good ideas for story, and for game play mechanics, and are very excited to get more involved in that project.

    But in my free time, I have been looking at other planned projects, both personal and work related, in search of some room to develop concepts or just produce some art for those ideas.  That is where this illustration came from.  This a project that Thor Media has put on stand still for the moment, but still in the concept stage.  I can’t talk too much about the project, since allot of the details aren’t concrete yet, but sharing a little of that development, visually, can’t hurt.  Sorry, no video this time around, but If you haven’t taken the time to see some of my other time lapse videos, I encourage you to watch and comment on my YouTube Channel.