William Thorup

Illustrator, Motion Graphics Designer, Animator, and VFX Artist

Tag: time lapse video

  • 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.

  • Weekly Sketch Review | Environments

    Weekly Sketch Review | Environments

    observatoryunderground bridgeancient doorway

    I had some time this week to do some environment paintings/drawings for project Nebula.  And it has been great to have a project like this to help motivate me to do these sketch reviews.

    I really enjoy the nebula painting, above and to the left. I like the composition, plus it gets a unique idea across to the viewer. The other two paintings, I don’t know. It was fun to play with a monochromatic blue values. But the painting doesn’t really stick out.

    aftershock

    I have the feeling, when I am painting environments, that I don’t know quite where I am going with it. This isn’t a new feeling, but it tells me a few things.portal room

    I need lots of practice in this area. Been focusing too much on characters over the last while. This project is definitely going to stretch me though.

    It also tells me I need to do more research. Research always comes in handy when broadening your skills and imagination. Whether you are looking at other artist’s paintings, photographs, or going outside. Studying others examples can be the best way to learn. And also add a few things to that bag of tricks of yours.

    Next week’s sketch review will probably be more of the same. I am having a hard time eyeballing perspective, so, I think that I will focus on line drawing, to avoid being distracted by color and lighting.

    I wish I had the mind to record all of these paintings, but here are a few of them, sped up, for your enjoyment.

  • 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.