I’ve been ignoring the site.
Mostly because I haven’t had anything to offer it, like some virtual idol I feel obligated to appease with my sketches and such. But, alas, I have nothing and the idol sits and may just be bored.
Work’s been busy busy. So I’ve been all-work-no-play-guy.
I have, for work purposes, been trying to play video games again. Uncharted 2 is keeping my time, while I try to wrestle the new Call of Duty from my boy’s hands. As an environment artist, Uncharted 2 is some great inspiration. However, it’s a two edge sword as I’m want to make with that kind of style while the work I’m currently on doesn’t require such awesome details.
As is, I’m trying my best to make the current work interesting as well as challenging. More so challenging even than the seemingly impossible deadlines for them.
Work work work
Please stay Tuned.
So, I have some doodles that I’ve been working on and thought I’d post some for the WORMS project.
Everything is beginning to sort itself together and the writing events even seem to be just jumping into place. I hope to have a great portion of the timeline lined up and the first issue is all set save the scripting and dialogue. I love when a plan comes together.
I’ve also added Michael Cho to my Artists list (>>>>>>>) and I’ve started adding pics to my Cg Hub profile which I’ve linked under Brad Heitmeyer Links. I’ve got some decent responses via views and downloads, but hope to get myself into the Popular thumbs from the main page once I start pouring in the WORMS work.
Stay Tuned
Brad
So, work work busy busy blah blah blah.
I’ve recently decided to scrap the comic I’ve been writing in favor for two, count’em- TWO, new ideas.
I know. Losing Momentum is the worst thing a comic and creator suffer more times than God can count, but in this case I felt simple was better. The first story had a lot involved and I wanted to do it right. So, I guess scrapped is kinda harsh. How about Shelved? I like shelved.
With the two supposed new concepts, I’m rehashing ideas from old notes that go back to High School.
I’ll give a short synopsis on the original stories, but I’m keeping the titles
The first is called SPILLED MILK. I, literally, created the concept on the car ride back home from seeing ROBOCOP (1987) in the theater for the first time. I was 14 years old and I couldn’t wait to get home to start drawing my cyborg adventures. The title, SPILLED MILK, comes from passing a grocery store that had milk on special and had it displayed as such in their front marquee. I thought that milk was a neat name to call blood and there’d be lots of blood in my epic cyborg future world- and the catchphrase of the anti-hero just jumped out of my mouth, “Don’t cry over spilled milk.”
I was a genius. Or so I thought. I basically just drew beat up cyborgs for a few years along with all the other stuff I was drawing ad nauseam at the time, (see- super heroes, super heroes, and super heroes) and then came one of the comic events that would change my life forever…or until the next big comic event- HARD BOILED. I felt like Frank Miller jumped inside my brilliant brain and pulled out my great idea and made it even better. Getting Geof Darrow for the art? GENIUS!!
I was so awestruck by this in the next ten or so years it took to come out (it was released quite irregularly-over the next two years, actually. It just seemed like 10) that I just figured that my story didn’t have to be told. Mr. Miller and Mr. Darrow had summed up everything I could have possibly said about a cyborg malfunctioning and creating a streak of terror thru people, robots, and cyborgs alike, that my mega epic masterpiece didn’t need to be revealed.( for the record, mine ended with the character finally being killed by a super tank, because- DUH- how else do you kill a super psycho cyborg…or psyborg!! Thank you, I know!!)
The second rehashed idea is simply called Worms. I’ve been a horror films fan since forever. It was being babysat when I was 4 that I was allowed to stay up with the babysitter as long as I stayed in the living room while he watched AMITYVILLE HORROR. I couldn’t tear my eyes away and I had nightmares for weeks and am just now able to look at flies without thinking they’re agents of Satan, but it was one of the first truly awesome character defining moments of my very young life. My parents gave the dude total shit and I never saw him again after, but the short effect for his awesome taste in movies combined with my parents having HBO was just the beginning of things to come.
Naturally, my taste in horror movies went on from Satan and possessed houses. Two of my favorite genres of horror are monsters and aliens. (Yes, they’re two different things. Although aliens can be monsters while monsters don’t necessarily have to be aliens.) So, it was actually a very good friend of mine (who I will keep nameless as he’s not much the public type) that created the concept for Worms and invited me in on helping with the creative and drawing it. I’d go over to his house and we’d listen to punk rock and read the John Byrne Fantastic Four run over and over while creating the horror genre defining comic piece that would forever be put up on the pedestal of awesome-itude. WORMS.
To be honest, I don’t remember what we called it back then, but we ended up stopping the idea after he moved away to college and I had another year of High School and the world would have to do without our opus maximus.
The basic premise was the classic pod people concept meets zombies, at first, then just went all out gross and beyond ridiculous. What all comics should be. And that’s why I still want to make it.
There ya go. Sometimes nostalgia comes back to kick you in the nuts and tell you that you need to remember the times where being creative was fun and nothing but cartoons and peanut butter and honey sandwiches could get in the way of that.
And sometimes that’s all you need.
Stay Tuned
Brad
SO, I decided to add a small list of artists and art blogs/ forums/ communities that I visit probably every day for a kick in the pants to get me moving towards my goals.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I will be adding to the list as I remember where I’ve bookmarked some of their sites. One huge omission that I can see thus far is that of Arthur Adams, who I like to call- THE KING OF COMICS!!!!! But he doesn’t have a blog and I took most of the list from my art blogs folder. In due time…
On the work front, the studio I work for- Bedlam Games- announced recently the project we’re working on, called SCRATCH: The Ultimate DJ. Actually, it’s Commotion Interactive that’s making it under the Bedlam umbrella. So, that’s been keeping me busy for the most part lately.
I’ve been doodling a little-little and hope to have some works in progress to show in the very near future.
Stay Tuned
Brad
So, I’ve known about this software, called Poladroid, which basically takes your photos and converts them to look like old 70’s-80’s Polaroid pics. I finally got around to playing with it and have created Polaroid thumbnails of my gallery pics. It kinda goes with the theme I’m beginning to ride for the site. (ransom underground?)
I’ll make ones for the sketch gallery as well and will be playing with it throughout the day. Be sure to stop by later and see the results.
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So, I made this in sort of excitement for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie; then I put it away as I was completely disgusted with the film.
Although a total example of how to overwork a doodle- I thought it turned out ok for what it is. I wanted to add some spit and blood, but thought it best to just let it rest…
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This was a kooky week. Not very productive, but really positive for the day job.
COMIC: Mulling some of the timeline points and whether or not to add to the story, that may add some character development to the already fairly ambitious plot.
ART: Just doodles for now
It’s a long weekend up here in the Canada, so I look to have some stuff started.
Stay Tuned
So, as you might have noticed, I’ve removed the Tutorials tab and replaced it with a Sketches tab.
The removal of the Tutorials tab is only temporary until I can figure out how I want to present them.
The sketches are just here and there doodles that I’ve collected on my hard drive the past couple of years. (Ok, maybe longer than that)
Soon-ish, I want to go thru some of my sketch books I’ve abandoned in the basement and scan some other stuff in and maybe have a nice turn table of sketches that can change every now and again to keep things fresh. And even better than that I hope to start a new sketchbook and will hopefully get some sketchy gems from those jams.
Enjoy the sketches
Stay Tuned
So, I sorta took the weekend off reading comics and watching movies.
After catching up on some True Blood tonight, I’m ready to get back to cracking.
Going thru sketches because I want to get a sketch gallery up soon and then I’ll get back to writing the comic. We’ll call it Project X for now.
Once I get to a point of some established elements, I can start the concept phase and start posting some of that to show the process.
Stay Tuned
I added a couple things last night. First was an image link for my resume on Linked In. The second was an email link right under my profile pic >>>>>>>>>>>>
I’m also looking to go thru some sketches to make an initial sketch gallery.
And then I can let this baby fly so I can get back to writing my comic.
Update 1: Looks like my resume link takes those with Linked In accounts to their own profiles. Whoops, I’ll have to fix that.
Update 2: Also looks like you have to have a Linked In account in order to view my resume. I guess I’ll have to post my resume right here to save all interested parties the whole link trip.
Update 3: Ok, I fixed the image link to direct those that are curious/ have vested interest/ have a Linked In account to my public profile. I’ve also added my resume underneath said link.
Update 4: I’ve added a Twitter link and a Facebook link over to the sidebar>>>>>> under Brad Heitmeyer Links. I will put in a new link category for sites which I frequent and artists blogs I follow in the coming days
