Digital Painting video

Here's a short video I uploaded to Youtube. It was originally made in appreciation for Imaginism Mailing List subscribers.

"Two Window Technique"

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland concept art: Jub Jub, White Queen's Horse

Here's a couple more character design paintings from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

Jub Jub designed by me (Bobby)



White Queen's Horse designed by Kei. Painted by Kei and I.


Bonus: In appreciation to our IMAGINISM MAILING LIST subscribers, I (Bobby Chiu) have made a new video on sketching the eyes. We will be sending out the password to view the video today at 3pm EDT/12pm PST Monday March 29, 2010) exclusively to the Imaginism Mailing list. If u haven't subscribed yet, you can sign up now.

9 Hour turnaround, Nancy Pelosi for The Weekly Standard

First, I would like to remind folks out there that my next class on High End Caricature starts April 16th! Please feel free to email me or the staff at Schoolism for more info on this.




I broke a new personal record with this one . . . Nine hours from start to finish.
When you get a call to paint Nancy Pelosi, you take it! Her face was well worth the struggle I undertook to finish this deadline! I was given this assignment late Thursday night. The final art is due by the end of the next day . . .

I didn't get to work until around 8:00 a.m. Did a really quick sketch, got it approved, and by 9:30 a.m. I was painting like a mad-man. To start and finish an illustration in one day is a challenge to say the least. You've got to always be thinking a few steps ahead. For example, I remember that when I was painting the nose, I was thinking about how I was going to paint the chalk board.

There is no time to sit back and reflect, it's just GO TIME! Paint, paint, paint! I realized I wasn't going to have time to eat lunch unless I got some help, and luckily my wife came through for me and bought me a sandwich from Subway, which I literally ate with my left hand while painting with my right.

This type of a deadline can be stressful, but I also find that there is an energy and a life to the work that I really enjoy. I like the painterly look as well. And though there may be little things here and there that bother me about this piece, I truly had a blast, developed new ways to paint faster, and realized new ways "how not to do things" . . . I love my job!







Dunce Pelosi Detail.




Final product.

Bread and Butterflies

Title: Bread & Butterflies by Kei Acedera

This is one of the many paintings we did for the official Disney's Alice in Wonderland gallery show at Arludik Gallerie in Paris France. The gallery show ends on April 17th I believe

Hope you like it!

Bonus: In appreciation to our IMAGINISM MAILING LIST subscribers, I (Bobby Chiu) have made a new video on sketching the mouth. We will be sending out the new video in 60 min (2pm EDT Tuesday March 23, 2010) exclusively to the Imaginism Mailing list. If u haven't subscribed yet, you can sign up now.

Bob Boyle

My good friend Bob Boyle is the Emmy Award winning creator of the Nick Jr. series, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! and is author/illustrator of the children's book, Hugo and the Really, Really, Really Long String. He also created the Disney series, Yin! Yang! Yo! and was a Producer and the Art Director of The Fairly OddParents. He just released the new children's book Hugo. check out this fun trailer and send him a shout.

Gossiping Flowers Concept Art

Hi everyone,

The flowers were one of my favorite concepts to do from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

One of my original concepts was to have eyes red from pollen and her face cut up and as the wounds grow old and flesh slowly peels away from her face, they turn into beautiful flower pedals.

I seem to remember that Tim Burton loved the idea but I guess it was too creepy in the end.

Bonus: Here's a link to a 5 min video with tips on Digital Painting. Find all my painting & drawing videos.

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Bobby

Featuring the work of Schoolism student Didier Loubat!

Today I would like to feature the work of one my current students
at www.schoolism.com Didier Loubat!

I've got another class starting soon, so I wanted to make sure to let everyone know, and to remind you of what to expect from my class. From time to time I would like to feature a few students here on my blog, to show you what kind of work is done during the course but also to feature the artists themselves as I am very proud of their hard work. It is so exciting to watch a student grow and become better in a span of 9 lessons.


All of the work on this post was drawn and painted by Didier. These sketches and painting will give you an idea of what the students are learning in my course.

My next course at www.schoolism.com will start on the 16th of April. I will be taking on students for an 11 week online course. What can you expect to learn from taking my course at www.schoolism.com?
The way Schoolism works is students will watch a lesson which is usually two hours long. You can pause, go back, take notes, sketch and so on. After watching the lesson of the week, the student is then given ten to 14 days to complete the assignment. This deadline changes from week to week depending on what is expected that week for homework. Once the assignment is finished, the student uploads their home work to the Schoolism site, leaving questions and comments for me to go over with them. I then download their work and record a 25 to 30 minute critique on their work and then upload that critique to their file at www.schoolism.com I work one on one with each student, and as I said above, every student is at a different place artistically, so each critique I do is very different. And one of the cool things about this is that the students at Schoolism have access to the rest of their classes critiques as well as past critiques from previous semesters. So there are literally hours and hours of demos and critiques to soak up while taking the course.

My critiques are honest and to the point. I look for each students strengths and then push them further in that direction, helping to develop their style. We work together to improve on areas that need work, and as long as the student puts in the time and effort, they always come out on top!

Caricature is not only about how much you can exaggerate a person, there's so much more to it than that. My course covers everything from sketching, and the importance of thumbnails . . . developing character, likeness as well as the essence of a person. How to exaggerate and push the features while keeping a strong likeness. Exploring shape and form as well as the unique relationships between the features on the face, finding the weight and so on. The course also covers painting in values as well as color temperature, and palettes. I go over skulls and understanding the anatomy of the face as well as teaching my techniques for painting hair.
Finally, the last three lessons of the course are dedicated to creating a final piece of art that the student can use in their portfolio. These lessons cover techniques that I use for my editorial and illustration work. Putting all the previous lessons together to create one final painting.

Any questions please email me or the staff at Schoolism My next course starts on the 16th of April and seats are filling up fast!

Now, enough talking . . . please enjoy these great sketches and paintings by Didier Loubat!