Update 8/2/2012

Update 7/30/2012

Egg snatcher colored*

Sketch 5/23/12

Individual enviro shape sketches (houses)

Here are some sketches for fun this evening. Will update again very soon and having a lot of fun with these studies. :) Hope everyone is well and enjoying the nice weather this weekend.

Individual enviro shape sketches (10/13/11)

Man long overdue for update, but will start adding more very soon. Hope everyone is well mode!

Update 3/28/11

Update, Blue skull kid.

Update 3/22/11

Update, mouse mode!

Sketch 2/21/11

Creature sketch from this past week.
Will start adding colors very soon. :)

Work stuff (2009)

Here is a character design from my previous job and was part of a pitch package. Definitely had fun with these concepts.

Freelance work - Partizan Lab

Oh man, it's been forever since I posted. But here are some sketches from freelance worked I did last summer for 'Partizan Lab'. I designed some character ideas for the Carphone Warehouse commercial that launched October 2010 and it was very fun to work on. The animators Eric Lerner and Patrick Bergh did a fantastic job on the animation and was a great group to work with. You can see the video here.

Since my last post I started a new job and currently working at Zynga East and enjoying it very much. Working with a very talented group of artists and a very small team overall but feels nice since my past job has been filled with over 100 people. It's refreshing to be part of a small unique and fun team :)

Update mode very soon.

sketch 5/11/10

Sketches 5/3/10

Here are some sketches done recently from early morning/afternoon sessions with my friends. It's always nice to have small gatherings throughout the week to keep things very relaxed and not staring at the monitor all day long. Hope everyone is well and enjoying this Spring weather!

-Kenji

3/4/10

1/4/10

12/9/09

VS Exhibit piece.

Hey everyone, just finished wrapping up my stuff for the gallery show this coming weekend. But here are the info and directions of the event:





BALTIMORE-BASED VIDEO GAME ARTISTS, COMIC BOOK ARTISTS, ILLUSTRATORS TACKLE VS. THEME IN EXHIBITION JUNE 5-JULY 31
Opening Reception Takes Place Friday, June 5 at The Windup Space in Station North

Baltimore-based artists working in the visual entertainment fields of video games, comic books and illustration will exhibit their personal work in VS., a new gallery show at The Windup Space during the month of June. An opening reception for VS. takes place Friday, June 5 from 7-9 p.m. at the bar, music and arts venue located at 12 W. North Ave. in the heart of the Station North Arts and Entertainment District. The show closes July 31.

Each of the 14 artists in the exhibition will interpret the theme of conflict from a fine art perspective. It may be literal -- Bigfoot vs. Cookie Monster -- or conceptual -- Nature vs. Nurture.

For more information about The Windup Space, visit http://www.thewindupspace.com/.

Here is a small preview but they will be individually framed for the show (13 x 19. ) They were a lot of fun to work on and look forward to seeing everyone's work this Friday!

Art Institute demo piece...

Here is a piece done for a small workshop demo at the AI of Washington DC. It was a collaborative demo along side couple of friends/co-workers from Firaxis Games (Aaron Yamada Hanff & Piero Macgowan). We each did a piece for the demo and discussed about the work and our individual process. Was a great weekend meeting new artists and getting together with our friends and spending time in the downtown Arlington/DC area.