I worked at Warner Brothers for a couple of seasons of Static Shock. I painted backgrounds for this series based on the DC comics which were actually a favorite of mine. Here are a couple of jpegs of some of the BGs, and after the jump you can see the animation!
jsulli.com
The online portfolio of Jamal Sullivan
Carrier Mage sketches
These are some sketches I did a while back. I was exploring depth, foreshortening and posing of human form.
It turned into a sort of energy mage/sorcerer. Details »
blinderkid
I came up with this after watching a kid follow his mom through a mall store. The kid never looked up, that portable game stayed in his vision the whole time! His world was experienced AROUND the game!
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Character development sketches
These sketches explore character development.
This sketch also explores using value to represent form, using a more painterly approach.
Digital Painting
Here is a digital painting created in Painter. It was exhibited @ the 2006 Faculty Show @ Howard University.
Here is a digital painting exercise done during a class lecture on Photoshop. The focus of the lecture was on using channels as selections to apply texture to paintings.
Here is a digital painting exercise exploring painting methods using Photoshop. The focus of the lecture was on rendering lighted surfaces.
This is another exploration of Photoshop as a painting tool.
Children’s Show Character Concepts
Here are a couple of character concept drawing of characters I designed for a pilot of animated childrens show.
Static Shock Background Paintings
These are some of the backgrounds I painted while working @ Warner Brothers on Static Shock