Kenji Bliss

Individual enviro shape sketches (houses)

2011-10-15T22:29:00.003-04:00

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)

2011-10-14T04:15:00.010-04:00

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

Update 3/28/11

2011-03-28T00:55:00.004-04:00

Update, Blue skull kid.

Update 3/22/11

2011-03-22T03:58:00.012-04:00

Update, mouse mode!

Sketch 2/21/11

2011-02-21T03:56:00.005-05:00

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

Work stuff (2009)

2011-02-16T18:56:00.005-05:00

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

2011-02-16T15:45:00.005-05:00

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

2010-05-11T18:04:00.001-04:00

Sketches 5/3/10

2010-05-03T16:53:00.008-04:00

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

2010-03-04T13:40:00.003-05:00

1/4/10

2010-01-04T10:58:00.003-05:00

12/9/09

2009-12-09T11:39:00.017-05:00

VS Exhibit piece.

2009-06-01T15:28:00.003-04:00

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...

2009-04-06T21:14:00.004-04:00

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.

Long time no post mini-dump

2009-03-23T14:46:00.019-04:00

It's been some time since I posted anything on this blog. But here are some updates from a project I was working on while I was over at Big Huge Games. I was mainly working with the Wii project and it was very fun/interesting. Learned tons and since past October I have been working at a new company down the street (Firaxis games) and enjoying it very much. More great talent and inspiration :)

Updated Robo-Mode/ MGS4 is AWESOME!!!

2008-06-09T01:05:00.005-04:00

*Updated* Here is the final Robo image.

Let's see, recently been quite busy at Big Huge Games and enjoying it very much and bought/finished playing MGS4! If you guys haven't picked it up yet go out and buy a copy....borrow one from a friend who already finished it, or rent it! It is by far the best version of the MGS series and is extremely worth the wait. I'd say one of the best few reasons to own a PS3. Gorgeous graphics, awesome gameplay, great tracks, and the story is the best part of it all.

Hope everyone is doing well!

-Kenji

Update - 5/16/08

2008-05-16T12:33:00.003-04:00

Here is the update to the rough sketch from the previous post. Worked on this during my lunch break and after hours at the office. Lately things been quite busy with my current project and trying to keep up with personal work. Will be working on some more stuff this weekend and will update some more soon. Hope everyone is having a great time this spring and thanks for stopping by.

-Kenji

Rough Sketch

2008-04-03T22:42:00.000-04:00

I decided to sketch my next character using the blue Col-Erase pencil since I have been using digital for as long as I can remember. It's nice to go back and forth every once in awhile. But will start painting in this guy very soon here and will start tweaking several areas. Can't wait to color this dude. Cheers!

-Kenji

Western mini series 'wip' update:

2008-03-28T13:21:00.000-04:00

Here is a wip update on a mini-sequential series with a western theme. Trying to experiment with a more animated style and really having fun with these. Will keep updating as I make progress. Still reworking this image but not much more. Hope you guys like and cheers!

-Kenji

Doodle 3/18/08

2008-03-18T21:50:00.000-04:00

Here is another image I finished tonight. Lizard running through water in the hot summer mode...wish it was summer. Enjoy!

-Kenji

Doodle 3/17/08

2008-03-17T20:00:00.000-04:00

Here is a new image I finished after work today. Penguin mode!

-Kenji

Doodle 3/11/08...

2008-03-11T01:27:00.000-04:00

Here is another image done today after work. Hope to keep updating more during this week during after hours. Cheers!

-Kenji

Daily doodle.3/6/08

2008-03-07T00:07:00.000-05:00

Here is creature done today during my freetime. Being inspired by Tara Rueping and JoshuaTheJames made me want to start posting again. Hope to keep updating more frequently but been quite busy with my current project at Big Huge Games. Enjoy.