Monitor Graphics

Here's a closer look at the monitor graphics I created for the Valiant Voyagers section from my portfolio. I had so much fun making these and researching info I could use.
I hope you all in enjoy them. Thanks for stopping by:)

Ship Monitor

Crew Monitor

Planet Monitor

Dragon Skeletal Study

Hey guys,
Here's a closer look at a dragon skeletal study I did that appears in my new portfolio.
I remember really enjoying creating this. It brought back some memories from Sheridan College.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Happy Halloween!

Portfolio - Visual Development

Hey guys,
Here is the link to my new visual development portfolio. Please feel free to check it out.
http://vincevassallo.blogspot.ca/p/portfolio.html

I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Portfolio is almost finished!!

Hey guys,
As the title for this post suggests, my new visual development portfolio is nearly complete. I'm aiming to have it posted next week.
With only a few pieces left to finish my portfolio, I thought I'd share one of the environment paintings from it. Along with the final painting, I've attached some of the work in progress snap shots.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Final Painting

Waterfall Cliff

Hey guys,

Here is a quick tonal study of a waterfall cliff. I really had fun experimenting with the scale and also creating the water and mist.

I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Facebook Page

Hey guys,

I just created a Facebook page to display some of my artwork. Feel free to come by and check it out and don't forget to "like" my page :)

You can visit my page by clicking the Facebook tab at the top of my blog page or by going to https://www.facebook.com/VinceVassalloArt

I am in the process of working on some new pieces that I will be posting here and on my Facebook page as well shortly.

Thanks for all your support!

Cheers,
Vince

Random Sketches & Update

Hey guys,
I hope everyone is enjoying their summers so far. It's been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd post a couple warm up, brainstorming sketches I recently did.
As far as my new portfolio is concerned, I'm busy at work on it and hope to be finished it shortly. I look forward to sharing it with you all:) Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

I hope you all enjoy the sketches. Thanks for stopping by:)

Nature Warrior

Hello everyone! It has been a while since my last post. My apologies for the lack of posts recently.

I've been pretty busy with working on my new visual development / character design portfolio. The majority of my drawing and painting time is being focused on that. That being said, I'm very happy with the way it is coming along and I look forward to sharing it with you all when it is completed.

The exploratory character sketches below were from an idea I recently had that centres around Zara, a princess warrior of nature. Some of the design influences I wanted to infuse ranged from Amazonians, Native Indians, Egyptian to Atlanteans. It was a lot fun sketching these. Eventually I would to like further develop this concept with more characters and the environment she inhabits.

I hope you all enjoy them. Thanks for stopping by:)

1 Year!!

Jan. 17th marked the 1 year anniversary of my first blog post. What a great year it has been! I've had a blast sharing my work with you all:) It's been great getting to make some awesome connections with a lot of fantastic artists who inspire me on a daily basis. Thanks for all the kind words I've received along the way!
With that being said, I thought I'd share a monster sketch I recently did. Monsters are always fun to draw, whether they are silly or scary.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Space Explorer

Happy New Year everyone! I hope the holidays were good to you all:)
I thought I'd share a quick sketch of a space explorer I did the other day. Sci-Fi characters and props are a lot of fun to design.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Santa

Hello everyone. With the holidays around the corner, I thought it would be fun to do a quick sketch of Santa.   I really had fun drawing this Santa. He's a character that I have always found enjoyable to draw.
On a side note, I am currently working on developing a new character design/visual development portfolio. The new portfolio is going to be taking up the majority of my free time. So with that being said, I will try my best to post here as much as possible.
As always, I hope you guys enjoy my Santa sketch. Thanks for stopping by:)

Real Life Heroes

Wow! It feels like I've been away forever! I hope everyone is doing great.
I wanted to share some drawings/designs I did over the weekend.
Here are a handful of WWI soldiers/personnel designs. I definitely enjoyed drawing these characters. I purposely wanted to keep the drawings fairly loose and sketchy. As much as I love painting my designs, sometimes its nice to just sketch black and white.
The reason why I chose this subject matter was because Sunday, November 11th was Remembrance Day in Canada. I wanted to in my own way pay tribute to the brave soldiers. In doing so, I also decided that since it's Movember, I thought it'd be fun to have each one of these characters sport a mustache.
With so much history on this topic to be researched, I really hope to explore this era further and hopefully create visually engaging designs/characters that do them justice. I hope you all enjoy them. Thanks for stopping by:)

Fire Breathing Dragon

I had so much fun creating and painting the dragons from my previous post that I decided to work on another dragon. I knew when I started working on this piece I wanted the dragon to be in the air.The stormy looking clouds/sky was an extension to that idea. For the fire, I wanted it to look stylized, yet still feel like fire. Who knew drawing and painting dragons would be so much fun! I had a blast working on this. No pun intended lol. I hope you all enjoy it as well. Thanks for stopping by:)

Dragons

Here are a few dragon designs/paintings I recently created. Even though dragons are fictional, mythical creatures; I wanted the feel of the designs/posing to be rooted in animals that exist in our world. I really had a lot of fun working on these guys. I hope you all enjoy them also. Thanks for stopping by:)

Soccer: Benched

Here's a sketch of a young soccer player who isn't too thrilled about being benched.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Animation: In or Out?

Here is a little animation piece I created. This is just a quick play blast. The rig is a variation of the Norman Rig...which is awesome by the way. The audio clip is of Dick Van Dyke from Night at the Museum. I quickly modelled a simple desk, chair and background objects. It felt really great doing this animation. I had a lot of fun working on it. I hope to have some 2D animation up in the near future. Please click the youtube link below to view.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cUEB5vmXkA

80's Prom

Here is a blast from the past,... so to speak. The 1980's style and fashion had so much personality. This decade is so much fun to reference because everything felt like it had a mind of it's own. Everything from the hair to the funky colours and extra large shoulder pads lol It was a lot fun looking at photos from the 80's. I really enjoyed being silly and over the top in my design and colour choices.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Cable Car Ride

Here is another painting that was inspired from my visit to San Francisco earlier this summer. Riding the cable cars was such a great experience despite the long lines to hop onto them. You really get to see the city and get a feel for its unique landscape while aboard one of them. It was a lot of fun! I had a blast painting this and can't wait to visit again.
I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Isabella

Hey everyone. My god daughter Isabella is celebrating her 6th birthday this weekend so I wanted to share a portrait I did of her a few years back.
This portrait was created using coloured pencils. The paper stock I used had a slight texture to it and was one of my first portraits I attempted using coloured pencils. I had so much fun making this and learned a great amount using this medium.
Well, I hope you all enjoy this piece as much as I had creating it.
Thanks for stopping by:)

Isabella  11 x 14

Boudin Bakery Reversal

This painting was inspired by a famous bakery I visited on a recent trip to beautiful San Francisco. The Boudin Bakery is famous for their sourdough French bread; which is absolutely delicious btw! If you're in San Francisco, definitely stop by Fisherman's Wharf and check it out. Also grab a bite to eat there, you'll be happy you did.

Other than the food, what is really awesome about this bakery is that you could watch the bakers create beautiful works of art; transforming the dough into shapes of various animals. So while I was there watching this, the idea of reversing the situation to having the animals be the ones to create the bread to look like people came to me.

I can't tell you how much fun I had creating and painting this piece. I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by:)

Final Painting

Rough Sketch

Thumbnail Sketch