30 Day Movie Challenge Day 16- 70's movie

I don't know if any of you have seen this movie, but it is one of my all time favorites. Aguirre, The Wrath of God is a 1972 film directed by Werner Herzog, about a group of explorers searching for treasure in South America, while their leader goes slowly insane. In this illustration, I tried to show the jungle reaching out to ensnare Aguirre, as he loses what's left of his sanity. The style of this piece is a little different from what I usually do, but doing these movie challenges allows me to try different styles and approaches on a case by case basis.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 15- Funniest Movie

This was a tough one. There are so many hilarious movies, how do you just choose one? I went with an all time classic: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. That cute bunny is one vicious SOB.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 14- Movie Vehicle

    

As my last few movie challenges have been pretty morose, I decided to lighten it up a bit. For my movie vehicle, I chose the iconic AT-AT from Empire Strikes Back. I thought it would be funny to see a scene on Hoth after the Rebel defeat, when the Imperial forces were toasting their victory.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 13: Foreign Language Film

For today's challenge, I chose Umberto D, one of my favorite movies, made by Vittorio De Sica in Italy in 1952. This is one of the most heartbreaking movies I've ever seen, dramatizing an old man's struggle to just survive in the turmoil of post war Italy. It's well worth watching if you fancy a good tearjerker.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 12: 60's Movie

For my 60's movie, I chose one of my all time favorite thrillers, Psycho. I first saw this movie in my high school film class, where we dissected the shower scene shot for shot. It's one of those movies that you enjoy more and more each time you watch it. The challenge for this illustration was I wanted to create a visually striking almost movie poster/book cover type illustration. One sketch I liked was a literal coffin shaped shower (seen below), but I tried to get the same effect using a square tub.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 11: Movie recast with cats

You guys didn't think I could do a 30 day drawing challenge and NOT do a Back to the Future themed piece did you?  I call it Cat to the Future.  Lol, who wouldn't love to see the adventures of Meowrti McFly?

Hipster sketches

I don't know what it is, but I find drawing hipsters strangely soothing.

Explorers

Hey guys, sorry I had to take a short break from my movie challenges. I had a bunch of freelance work and gallery work I had to do. Here's a piece that will be displayed at New York's Bottleneck Gallery this weekend. The show is called "I Love You Man", celebrating cinema's greatest "bromances". Explorers was one of my favorite movies of the 80's. Well, the first 1/2 anyway. The second half I enjoyed for the crazy makeup and alien effects, but the human characters kind of got lost in the mayhem. The early scenes where they discover this amazing force field technology is by far the most interesting part of the film, so I chose to depict that in my illustration.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 10: Saddest Movie

I don't use the word "masterpiece" a lot when it comes to films, but I genuinely think Grave of the Fireflies qualifies. Quite possibly the saddest movie I've ever seen, it deals with the aftermath of the firebombing of Japan during WWII, as two orphaned children attempt to survive. If you haven't seen it, it is essential viewing.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 9- Death Scene

For my money, one of the all time champion death scenes is in the original Robocop, when Emil, an evil thug, gets doused in toxic waste and starts melting like a candle. That's awesome enough, but almost immediately he gets hit by a car, turning him into chunky marinara sauce. Amazing. This literally never gets old.

The Evolution of Luke Skywalker

This piece will debut at Gallery Nucleus' May 4th Star Wars art gallery. If you live in LA, I hope you'll come check it out! This piece is unique, as it's the first Evolution I did that I painted traditionally, not digitally.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 8: Sidekick

"Wanna go fight some crime?"

For today's challenge, I wanted to draw one of the most memorable sidekicks in recent memory- Ellen Page as Boltie. In this universe, Rainn Wilson is apparently a giant for some reason. :P

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 7: Swapping Gender

So, for this task, the challenge was to take an iconic movie character and swap the gender. For some reason a female Travis Bickle leapt to mind. I styled her a little after Lisbeth, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's a strange juxtaposition, but I think it works.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 6: 50's Movie

A tribute to one of my all time favorite 50's movies: Sunset Blvd.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 5: Fight Scene

For this challenge, I wanted to depict one of the greatest fight scenes of all time: the battle between the T-800 and the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Once again, I took a little artistic license, but hopefully I captured the spirit of this incredible battle!
Also, for you curious artist types, I'm also including a visual tutorial, showing my process for this image, sketch through completion. Please let me know if you find this helpful. Thanks!

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 4: Character that aged in real time

So, whatever happened to Sloth? I figure he and Chunk are off somewhere living happily together.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 3: Scary Movie

"The Thing". I can't tell you how much this movie scared the ever-lovin' shit out of me as a kid. I took a little artistic license with the look of the creature, but in my 10 year old brain, this is what was living under my bed. :S

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 2: Minimalist Movie Poster

For this challenge, I chose one of my favorite Martin Scorcese movies, Casino. I tried to find the perfect image to represent the film, combining gambling, violence, and a gritty 70's vibe.

30 Day Movie Challenge Day 1: Animated Movie

Let's start this 30 Day challenge off with a bang! For Day 1, I chose to depict one of my favorite Pixar movies, The Incredibles. I swear, this movie gets better and better every time I see it. (Yes, I am aware that Mr. Incredible wore a different outfit in this scene, but I wanted to draw his iconic red look). Hope you dig it! :)

30 Day Drawing Challenge (movie edition) begins!

Hey Guys! Time for a new drawing challenge for 2013! See if you can complete this epic challenge! If you want to join in on the fun, please post your drawings at http://www.facebook.com/30daydrawingchallenge

Good luck!