Nicholas Stohlman

Abstraction is pretty neat

nicholas_stohlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:18:34 +0000

Lately I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from artists like Klimt. Absrtaction, it turns out, can be a very powerful tool.

ROCK MONSTERS!

nicholas_stohlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:02:20 +0000

I did this a while ago. Finally get a chance to post it. There’s a story behind the picture, but unfortunatly I can’t get into it.

“I’m the Devil. I love METAL!”

nicholas_stohlman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:48:34 +0000

I didn’t get as much done in 60min that I wanted but: TOTALLY FINISHING THIS LATER!

Today’s doodle brought to you by: Lunch

nicholas_stohlman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:09:27 +0000

Again, 60 min doodle. I’m a little distracted today. I’ve got to go give a talk later tonight at my old Alma Matter about how i got from being a fresh-faced art student to where I am today. Hopefully the students get something out of it, cause I still feel like a punk kid.

Le Vampire

nicholas_stohlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:05:44 +0000

I’ve been watching True Blood on HBO. I’m still not sure I like the show but I think it’s fair to say that it has inspired today’s ~~junch~~ lunch doodle. Again about 60 min.

Hat trick

nicholas_stohlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:27:12 +0000

60 min. The hi res of this image got corrupted, stupid technology. Now back to pounding my head on Sketchup.

Lunch Doodles 2!

nicholas_stohlman — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:07:55 +0000

Another lunch break scribble. Again, about 60 min. It’s a good way to take a break from all the robots I draw at work. If you had told me in 8th grade that I would need a break from drawing robots, I would have laughed in your face.

Lunchtime monsters

nicholas_stohlman — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:49:53 +0000

Trying out some lunchtime doodling. This one took about 60 min.

Mooning the world!

nicholas_stohlman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:26:38 +0000

I am responsible for very little in Sega’s upcoming Golden Axe: Beast Rider title. I did however do a little storyboarding for the project. Storyboarding in general is not my first love. It can be a lot of fun but it’s also tedious and fast paced. While I was doing the first board pass on the script I entertained myself by playing a little game: How many Butt shots can I put into the boards? (Very mature of me, I know.) The answer was quite a few. As expected, most of them were cut or re-boarded. I did the first pass, and most of the time the first, is never the final.

I got a surprise last week that made me giggle like a little kid that just got away with a hilarious prank. I was checking out the new Golden Axe trailer at Gametrailers.com when I saw one of the butt shots that I boared in the trailer. I nearly did a spit take at my desk and started laughing immediately. It was too much fun, my own private joke had made it into the game. I wasn’t going to post this originally but I reconsidered when I read that I was partly responsible for what Justin McElroy at Joystiq.com calls: “…the most gratuitous digital ass shot of this or any other decade.”

Like I said, too much fun.

I suck at the internet so here is the link to the Joystiq aritcle and the trailer itself:

~~http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/29/are-you-prepared-for-a-new-golden-axe-beast-rider-trailer/~~

Black and White is what I like

nicholas_stohlman — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:30:17 +0000

So I’ve been pretty busy here, life, work and art take up all my time. Yet I feel like I could always be doing more. So I thought I’d throw this up here. Mostly cause it’s what I have that I can show. It’s another character development piece for a project I’m working on. I’m really enjoying working in black and white. It makes things simpler for me and keeps me focused on the design of the picture. I’m also working on a project that I hope to have done for APE (Alternative Press Expo) this year. I want to keep that stuff on the wraps until I have something more to show. In addition to that I may be giving a presentation at my old college, and there’s no way I’m going to embarrass myself by not bringing new work to that. When that’s done I’ll post them here. Anyhow enjoy, and if you feel like it let me know what you think.