I draw

A bird

2012-02-03T08:08:00.004-07:00

I think a bird represents freedom. I have been painting and drawing a lot lately. Leaving Blizzard to become "self employed" - starting my life over - is scary and that I'm not yet able to do all that I want. I have to start small and build. I have a lot of work ahead , but I liked this drawing - It's not too good, and not for money, but I like it. so you get to see it.

-Oliver

My Card Featured @ Cryptozoic!

2011-12-19T11:18:00.001-07:00

Wow, Cryptozoic really surprised me this morning when my brother Pat sent me this link, featuring my last WOW TCG Card on their website.
CLICK HERE FOR CRYPTO ARTICLE!

Epic Figure Posting

2011-11-02T22:23:00.004-07:00

I decided that since I drew with the infamous Paul Richards this evening, that I would a long post like he does, with all my drawings from tonight! We had the wonderful model Rachel Bailit with us this evening and she struck some poses of epic proportion! Click HERE for her site.

yo-bot reboot

2011-09-21T11:40:00.000-07:00

this is sort of a rehash of one of my first blog posts - if you have the patience to go back to my first postings, there is another yo-yo bot. I think I like them both equally, but I really like the concept of a simpler softer take on robots.

Diablo III Inspired skateboard!

2011-09-07T15:51:00.001-07:00

Treescream by osobogly
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A skateboard with my original art now on Zazzle.com! This artwork is inspired by Diablo III and it's awesome monsters. This board is not by Blizzard - just my fan art.

MAUI

2011-09-06T07:54:00.000-07:00

Here are a few quick sketches I did in gouache and water color on my vacation in Maui. I had so many activities planned, but I made sure to get a little time to do some quick little paintings.

I SMASH U!

2011-08-19T12:03:00.003-07:00

I dont know. just sketching

fish grill

2011-08-05T16:01:00.002-07:00

Desert 'speedscape'

2011-06-02T23:53:00.000-07:00

I'd love to do one picture of this quality per day. I get bonus points today for being really tired and still doing one in 25 minutes at midnight.

Oil Sketch

2011-06-02T21:32:00.002-07:00

I was able to actually go inside of the historic Tustin Airfield hangars! I have wanted to see these up close since I moved down to California almost 5 years ago. Blizzard gave a few of us a chance to finally enter the property, see the inside and we got a small chunk of time to paint! It was fun.

25 minute speedscape

2011-05-25T00:54:00.004-07:00

I used to do lots of 1/2 hour studies. this is a 20 minute sketch maybe I can get back into the habit of doing these more often.

hunter

2011-05-09T17:18:00.002-07:00

One of my first more serious fantasy art sketches happened in my collective of meetings today. Sadly it was a lot of listening today, but it provided a forum for some decent sketch time. Yeah it's stereotypical and maybe on the verge of boring, but it's a step in the right direction.

Jennifer

2011-05-08T22:23:00.001-07:00

Missed out on drawing this great model the other day, so I picked a digital picture to sketch. Will re-post when complete, but posting this for now keeps me motivated to finish some personal work during a busy schedule.

Skeleton Queen?

2011-05-02T14:48:00.004-07:00

This is a sketch of mad King Leoric's wife from Diablo III. It's unofficial and just fan art, but I wanted to make her rad and scary. I'm hoping to get around to painting it soon, but I'm kinda busy working on the game :)

Zombie Proof Pans!

2011-04-08T17:10:00.003-07:00

Tried to get an older feeling poster vibe going on with this little sketch.

Beach Study

2011-03-15T23:29:00.002-07:00

I started this study and decided to put about 1.5 hours into it. I love the beach out here, hopefully I can paint on site more in the near future, but for now this is a study of a photo I took by Laguna Beach.

World of Warcraft Trading Card work (2)

2011-02-02T15:28:00.002-07:00

I have recently done a few more art pieces for World of Warcraft's Trading Card Game. These are a few of my latest - the large one is a different format because it's a "Hero" card. It gets published larger. I would never dream up this content on my own, so it's pretty interesting to work on. These are of course all copy protected by Blizzard Entertainment.

Head Study

2011-01-20T00:04:00.002-07:00

I typed the word 'face' into google tonight and found this image. I enjoyed doing a head study over about 40 minutes. It's a drawing of Anne Hathaway, (digital painting I guess) who was selected to play Catwoman! ...could be pretty cool if she looks dark enough... her roll in 'Rachel Getting Married' gives me hope! also I couldn't stand Halle Berry as Catwoman, but Michelle Pfeiffer held her own for a blondey!

faces

2011-01-05T17:40:00.002-07:00

Just some faces I've done in the last little while

exploding tree monster

2010-12-23T11:59:00.003-07:00

princess of something

2010-12-22T13:45:00.001-07:00

I drew this because I see stuff like it around and I like the style. Think i'll throw some color on it soon.

My Oldest Sketches

2010-12-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

I found these 2 pictures... I think that they are the oldest drawings I have record of. It was 1984 so that would make me about 7 years old. I loved drawing motorcycles out of my dad's dealer pamphlets.

Life Drawing - seated nude

2010-10-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

Sport Fan PANDA!

2010-09-15T23:11:00.005-07:00

This happened in our lunch sketch group today. Maybe it's all the talk about football season going on right now, or maybe i just wanted to draw bears.

Future girl

2010-08-27T22:46:00.002-07:00

this was a quick sketch for a project that I didn't end up working on

Old sketches

2010-08-27T22:43:00.007-07:00

Along with the few figures below, I rounded up some sketches from a while back.

Old figure drawings

2010-08-27T22:28:00.008-07:00

A few of these old drawings never made it to the blog, enjoy.

i need a break

2010-06-30T17:17:00.001-07:00

haha. nothing to say about this.

Sketch

2010-05-13T14:09:00.002-07:00

Just a quick sketch from a meeting at Blizzard.

My new pup

2010-05-02T14:07:00.006-07:00

This is Chula my new pup. She is my partner in crime - keeps me company in the office while I draw.

World of Warcraft Trading Cards art

2010-05-01T21:51:00.007-07:00

These are 2 of the first WoW trading cards I did for WOW TCG (world of warcraft trading card game). I'm currently working on my fourth one. I really enjoy painting these - relaxing at home doing art. artwork copyright Blizzard Entertainment 2009

My n00bz toy is finally available for sale!

2010-04-14T16:52:00.003-07:00

I'm not sure when this happened, but I was informed today that the Blizzard N00bz toy design I created began selling at the company store. WOOT! (link below)

http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000637

Girl in progress

2010-04-12T22:15:00.004-07:00

Work in progress, I liked this phase of the head so I put it up here.

Space Station

2010-04-05T22:12:00.003-07:00

We had the theme of rural space life in our sketch group tonight at work. I made this station somewhat related to the shape of a jelly fish.

1st sketch on New Cintiq

2010-03-26T23:03:00.003-07:00

I'm really tired and it's been a very long work week, but I just got my new cintiq and had to do a sketch to make sure it's real! I've been saving up for a long time- so excited to get more art in!

old man head sketch

2010-03-02T09:18:00.006-07:00

Did a quick sketch of an old man's head in alias sketchbook this morning.

Blizzard Sketch Group

2010-03-02T00:47:00.003-07:00

A few co-workers and I do a sketch group from time to time after work to keep ourselves drawing. This week the reference ranged from old russian color photos, to howitzer guns and aardvarks. I went for a pretty literal mix of the three. Here's the result (Colored at home after)

Iain McCaig @ Blizzard!!

2010-02-04T17:54:00.005-07:00

Wow - so this was a monumental day at Blizzard. We sometimes have guest artists come and present a lecture or demo. I was amazed today to be in the presence of Ian McCaig (yeah he concepted Darth Maul and Princess Amidala- a couple small accomplishments). He gave an amazing demo and encouraged us to sketch while he did. The amazing part is that Brom (amazing dark fantasy artist) works for Blizzard sometimes too and we got to watch Ian sketch Brom! whoa. Here are a few of my junky sketches from during it and top right is a quicky of Brom.

Figure seated

2009-11-19T13:47:00.007-07:00

This was our model at the work session this week. Just a cell phone picture so it's not the best quality.

Napa Valley

2009-10-10T13:48:00.005-07:00

I decided to try my hand at a speed-scape once again. It's been a while and I'm rusty - hopefully I can keep a few of these coming and tighten up the old skills. (35 mins)

Blizzard N00bz Contest Winner - Ghoulash

2009-08-22T20:24:00.009-07:00

I entered a contest at my work to paint a custom reproduce-able 'n00bz' character. My team mate & friend Julien Lefebvre presented the idea to Blizzard & it looks like it stuck! Blizzard is working with Big shot Toyworks to mass produce these. There was also a part of the contest for custom non-repro toys that were very original with tons of mods - all of which were on display at Blizzcon! The 3 winners (located here) were all for sale as well as the 'Raynor' (Starcraft) model which was given away as part of the Blizzcon 'Goody Bag.'

My entry 'Ghoulash' shown at Blizzcon above. Also included is a quick spot Direct TV did on the winners. Here is my section as it played at the Blizzcon store right next to the main panel's audience that you hear in the background:

skinny girl

2009-05-28T11:07:00.004-07:00

I tried to do a long pose here with Contè pencil. It's a pretty unforgiving medium but I managed to lose a few edges. The light we currently have at work is way too ambient. I'm hoping to get more of a direct light to create more dramatic shadows.

Seated Figure

2009-04-30T09:56:00.006-07:00

Study of a model done at my after work session. 3 hour pose. I really enjoyed the cloth study in this one. Great folds and pleats - though I wish it had been a 5 hour pose.

Talk Show

2009-03-07T21:41:00.004-07:00

Old Smokey

2009-01-03T21:03:00.003-07:00

This is a work in progress. His name comes from that song about a meatball... I'm not sure what inspired me to paint him, but I have to take a break from him to work on some freelance stuff. I'll post the final once I get some personal time again.

2 hr Paint

2008-12-03T19:44:00.004-07:00

I have taken a couple nights after work and painted this for 1 hour a night for 2 nights. I miss the snow, living down here in California.

2007 sketch

2008-12-02T22:33:00.003-07:00

this is old. thought I might as well post it

emo girl

2008-11-04T15:40:00.003-07:00

I came across this picture my friend had in his reference folder and painted it during breaks & at lunch. I added some stars. I really enjoyed knowing that I didn't have to go to a meeting about this or show it to anyone at work.

Weekly figure session

2008-10-14T23:24:00.004-07:00

Blizzcon Skeleton King Throne

2008-10-13T09:53:00.004-07:00

My latest Level art in Blizzard's 'Diablo III' Blizzcon demo. To give appropriate credit to whoever took this screenshot, I found it here:

http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=10868&game_id=&id=127274#img127287

little devil

2008-10-07T20:09:00.003-07:00

this is old... thought i'd post it.

Life Drawing

2008-09-10T22:54:00.005-07:00

I have had to take a break from figure drawing for about this whole past year due to crazy commutes and living far from my work. Blizzard just began offering some life drawing sessions after work. SO... I blame any lameness on just being tired.

Sculpture

2008-07-28T00:57:00.003-07:00

Here is my clay sculpture for a monster mask I am making.
I have recently taken a class from a hollywood 'monster mask' maker: Jordu Schell.

His specialty is in latex masks and appliances or parts of masks that are applied with make up to actors faces. He has worked on loads of films, most recently probably Aliens vs Predator and some painting monsters on Cloverfield.

Cool and demented art, here is his studio gallery: http://schellstudio.com/sculpture.htm

I have cast this sculpture and poured a latex mask that I will paint. I will post more pics as I go!

Undead dude

2008-07-14T10:48:00.002-07:00

Yes I play WoW. :)

Nintendo DS drawing

2008-04-22T23:57:00.002-07:00

this is amazing! I have found a new technology which allows me to paint on my little hand-held video game device! Its soo cool! :) so heres my first try. There is also a link to the DS gallery here: http://colors.brombra.net/

10 minute Lunch Drawing

2008-02-14T17:42:00.003-07:00

I decided to start posting sketches more often. Maybe a finished piece here or there too!

Fire Witch

2007-10-29T22:28:00.000-07:00

California (my current home state) is currently on fire everywhere! Each big fire has a name... the biggest one is called the "witch fire." Fitting the season, I couldn't help but imagine the culprit that started it.

(sorry I don't post as much lately - I worked on this one for 5 minutes at a time over this month)

Frog Guard

2007-09-11T21:34:00.000-07:00

I am finally sketching again. I guess I have settled in enough to draw strange little frogs. I didn't have a reason to draw this guy - he just kind of came out.

Working Class Hero (Post for Avalanche Software Art Blog)

2007-07-09T09:46:00.000-07:00

This is the guy who cleans out those nasty truck stop bathrooms. The true paladin of the powder room!

MTR Concept II

2007-05-30T15:17:00.000-07:00

Due to the success of my last post - I thought I had better post one more piece of concept art from Disney's Meet the Robinsons Game. This is a Pismo Handle - it's primary function is to open gates. There are 4 styles for 4 different regions that it appears in the game!

Meet The Robinsons Game Concept

2007-05-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

I finally decided to jump on the bandwagon and actually post some of the work I have done over the last year with Disney. These first two pictures are level designs for the Emperor Stanley Dungeon areas. This is one of the Darker areas in the game - it was really fun to design - Lots of metal and glass surfaces, mixed with rock walls (as most of this area is built into a volcano)!

Monstery

2007-04-25T06:46:00.000-07:00

Well how original of me - this guy is a monster and I've come up with this clever name: 'monstery'.

Again one of those scary looking - but really nice on the inside - kind of monster; quite the handsome fellow.

House in Field - Repost

2007-04-25T06:41:00.000-07:00

I think this is my favorite. Don't worry if you've already seen this one, I will post again soon!

Golf Course Speedpaint

2007-04-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

I finally got some time to return to the speedscapes! Hope it's not a disappointment.

SURPRISE ! ! !

2007-03-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

I drew this on a piece of paper for my friend Tanya's surprise birthday party since I didn't have a present. Then I realized I had to paint it so I took a quick digital picture and brought it home.

New Monster

2007-03-22T11:56:00.000-07:00

This is monster with a little bit of a happier disposition. Although he may seem innocent, he's very hungry!

God of the Deep

2007-03-20T16:55:00.001-07:00

This is a late post for the 'Gods of Nature' subject on the Avalanche Software art blog. It was originally kind of inspired by tattoo art, maybe something an old seasoned sailor would have on his entire back.

At last...

2007-02-25T22:55:00.000-07:00

I've had a lot of distractions lately - a slipped disc, a week of bronchitis, and on and on... BUT luckily I remembered that I love painting. I came back and tried another 30 min. speed paint and I think this one turned out my favorite. Hope I can do more like this.

Happiest Dog Ever

2007-02-16T15:32:00.000-07:00

This was a drawing created for my work blog, we have a weekly or bi-weekly challenge. The subject was to draw something "too cute." I didn't want to go so far that I grossed myself out, so I figured - puppies are cute... especially when they are happy.

"Bowling Hall Bandit"

2007-02-01T13:01:00.000-07:00

This is the not so Infamous "Bowling Hall Bandit"

His trademark qualities are:

1) Blatent disregard for bowling hall etiquite.

2) Persistent wearing of non-league uniforms.

3) General hooliganry.

Gesture sketches

2007-01-31T23:17:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of Gesture sketches I have done over a few sessions in random places. It's a good way to keep yourself from getting rusty. These ones were done in about 5 to 10 minutes. I really enjoy gesture as an exercise to learn about form and big shapes.

Bad guy dragon monster?

2007-01-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

I don't typically draw dragons, or many 'beasts' of any sort, so for this posting I am entering a whole new realm of art. I was thinking that if I deviate too much from my style, that it would lose everyones interest... Luckily I came to my senses and realized that I don't really have a style. So I have decided to begin posting more types of things, and hopefully continue with the speed paintings also!

Hay!!

2007-01-03T17:10:00.000-07:00

I call this one hay. Not to be confused with 'hey'! Just for your information. I love the simplicity of the single hay bale in a field.

Studies

2006-12-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

I have been looking at some master painters and decided to try copying some of my favorites digitally. This is Thayer's 'Angel', for time sakes I could only do a face study.

I also threw on my latest 'speedscape' of the day. 1/2 hour again. Hope you enjoy

green hill

2006-12-18T18:20:00.000-07:00

here's the daily 1/2 hour painting! it's a green hill.

Speed Paintings

2006-12-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

A few of the guys I work with have committed to doing a daily speed painting, 30 minutes, in painter. So far they have been landscapes. It's a great challenge and I feel like I am learning a lot from it! Check'em out... let me know what you think. I have posted the latest two, more to come later.

Santa Welding!

2006-11-30T18:42:00.000-07:00

No he's not vandalizing that population sign. My sister in law works at a company that makes all of the road signs and barriers for all of Utah, they needed a Christmas card this year that was somewhat relevant to not only Christmas, but to their line of work. So here it is, YAY.

Old house - Green hills

2006-11-22T17:00:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to do something more 'landscape-ish' since I did that little backyard sketch below. This is definitely more of a landscape, but there just happens to be a house in it too. I think its somewhere in europe or more likely somewhere I just made up.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone!

No Broccoli

2006-11-17T09:57:00.000-07:00

This is an older picture of a cute dinosaur who hates broccoli. I would like to touch him up some time. I am using the smaller picture as my avatar.

Vacation Sketches

2006-11-02T16:26:00.000-07:00

Some sketches from a beautiful Florida backyard (my grandparents). I got a little time on my vacation to do some laptop sketching.

Creepy Ghoulsmire Neighbor Kid

2006-10-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

this was for the avalanche blog halloween subject. explanation? skeletor married a pumkin? you tell me.

I posted the original inspiration below it, just a painter sketch I did the other night.

5:00 am

2006-10-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

I got up at 5:00 am today. and then I painted this. Yes it was somewhat inspired by Ryan Wood's Latest queen posted at avalanchesoftware.blogspot.com, but hopefully it has some of my personality come with it... I am really trying to learn about skin and color.

Space Jester?

2006-10-15T20:17:00.000-07:00

I am not really sure what this guy is supposed to be, my wife doesn't like him one bit. This was an exploration of light for me, with a pinch of creepiness.

I painted it pretty big, so heres a detail view also.

Hot Dog!

2006-10-09T18:18:00.000-07:00

yep! I like a good hot dog!

this started as a sketch in painter, and quickly turned into something pretty strange.

Cool Looking Guy!

2006-10-04T22:54:00.000-07:00

I think that Gordon B. is one really cool looking guy!
I hope y'all can see that I'm not poking any fun.

I made a monkey.

2006-09-29T11:02:00.000-07:00

Ian jacobs has a monkey at his desk.
i like it. so I made a painting of it.

he's back...

2006-09-28T11:18:00.001-07:00

So heres the deal

I got a job at Avalanche Software and everyone has a blog... and I wasn't cool cuz I didn't have a blog. So, I go to sign up and what do I find? Oh yeah! I already made one - two years ago! I totally forgot... But how exciting to find out all over again!

so here are some things I drew

this is an old factory or some greenish-blueish thing.

Magic man

this is a little monster I drew, I think
I will color him, then I'll put him back up here again.

I did this tree for Jeff B. to see if I could get a job.

same with this ice cliff.

disgruntled elf (from santa's workshop of course)

yo-bot

fairy girl

comments appreciated.