The PAWN SHOP... in stages



Working on this viz dev/layout piece for a pawn shop has been quite a task, but a fun learning experience. Here are the preliminary comp and rough lay-ins. Now that I've cleaned it up, I see that I need to apply some editing. I'm gonna subtitle this, "A Phased Withdrawal."

Preliminary Compositions for PAWN SHOP Project


I worked out these rough preliminary comps and the design kind of emerged by accident. For some reason, I really liked them or "responded" to them. I've been trying to develop a better sense of composition, as well as value, in order to make my work better. This work is preliminary work towards a more developed layout of a pawn shop. More (hopefully) soon.

Character Design Visual Development:
WOMEN WITHOUT BONES by Steve Martin





These drawings are characters from our final project in my BFA senior seminar class. They are visual development pieces depicting members of a mysterious & fascinating tribe of women in the Amazon. This work is loosely based on an odd short story by Steve Martin (yes, the famous one), from a collection of his, handed out by our teachers. The work is done all in pencil with some touching up in Photoshop. I was pleased with the results, but of course they could be developed further.

Layout: John Steinbeck's FLIGHT

A Layout for John Steinbeck's "Flight." This layout was created for our Steinbeck viz-dev project. It is from a scene we created as a group. The scene was one that was expanded on from the original story. Our scene imagines what happened to Pepé Torres when he traveled to Monterey on a fateful errand. The scene results in a murder. My layout is meant to depict the Coastal shanty town created by the fisherman of the early cannaries of Monterey. Pepé intends to spend the night at Mrs. Rodriguez' house which serves as a boarding house to some of the men.

Figure drawings... It was time to update my figure drawings.

This image is a beat for a visual development project on John Steinbeck's "Flight" (short story). Teams of 4-5 were assembled to decide on the 5 important beats to the story. I worked with 3 classmates and was assigned the 4th beat, which I'm showcasing. In this beat, Pepé, the protagonist, loses his horse by a gunshot. This is an important turning point in the story because it leads to his ultimate demise. Soon, Pepé will be stripped of all his posessions and will fend off the elements and his enemies.

Below the image are my original thumbnails for my suggestions for the beats. The thumbnail for the more developed image is in the middle column, top row.

Hi. This is Nelson. Soon I will have my work up to for my friends to see. I am looking forward to this and connecting with others. Until then, take care.

nsh