Bryan's Sketchblog

Cheshire Cat

2011-11-15T13:36:00.001-05:00

MUNkY GOD

2011-10-17T00:16:00.000-04:00

MUNkY GOD from Bryan Zabala on Vimeo.

Munky Paste Up

2011-10-13T12:03:00.003-04:00

Doodle United Logo

2011-09-03T14:58:00.004-04:00

Recently, a group of my classmates from college started a group called Doodle United. It's a community of artists who draw doodles based on a theme. The first theme was a logo for the group. The name "Doodle United" reminded me of some sort of soccer club, so I decided to draw inspiration from logos and crests of the EPL and MLS.

Here are some of my initial sketches:

And these are the final designs:

You can check out our Facebook page here.

2011-05-15T18:32:00.000-04:00

Aviso

2011-04-10T13:49:00.003-04:00

Mini Cooper

2011-04-10T13:36:00.000-04:00

experiment

2011-03-22T19:51:00.000-04:00

ink on newspaper
7.2 x 13.75 in.

no ocultes tu alma del sol

2011-03-19T19:06:00.002-04:00

proof of concept

2011-03-18T14:33:00.002-04:00

These images are a sort of proof-of-concept for an idea I've had for awhile now. Stemming from my ongoing pattern studies, I wanted to create designs over physical images. I was also interested in the destruction of one image to create another. So this is the result.
Since this is a proof-of-concept, I'd like some feedback. Which images work best? What type of design (geometric or organic) works better with the photos? Do the images feel cohesive (both the subject matter of the photos, the designs, and the combination of the two)?

Any comments you might have for me as I move forward would be appreciated.

pattern study 026

2011-03-13T00:21:00.002-05:00

pattern study 026
ink on paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 025

2011-03-02T14:19:00.000-05:00

pattern study 025
ink on paper
8.5 x 11 in.

pattern study 024

2011-03-01T18:46:00.002-05:00

pattern study 024
ink on paper
8.4 x 8.4 in.

pattern study 023

2011-03-01T18:41:00.001-05:00

pattern study 023
ink on paper
8.5 x 11 in.

pattern study 022

2011-03-01T18:38:00.001-05:00

pattern study 022
ink on paper
8.5 x 11 in.

pattern study 021

2011-03-01T12:24:00.001-05:00

pattern study 021
ink on paper
8.5 x 11 in.

pattern study 020

2011-02-24T18:16:00.003-05:00

pattern study 020
ink on perforated paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 019

2011-02-14T21:47:00.002-05:00

pattern study 019
ink on paper
8 x 10 in.

pattern study 018

2011-02-14T14:53:00.002-05:00

pattern study 018
perforated paper
10 x 4.85 in.

pattern study 017

2011-02-12T14:24:00.003-05:00

pattern study 017
ink on paper
10 x 6.5 in.

pattern study 016

2011-02-10T21:33:00.002-05:00

just need to get away for awhile.
wait.
did i forget my sunglasses?

nope.

pattern study 016
ink on paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 015

2011-02-07T22:51:00.002-05:00

pattern study 015
ink on found paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 014

2011-02-03T12:09:00.003-05:00

pattern study 014
ink on paper
10.5 x 8 in.

pattern study 013

2011-02-01T17:13:00.001-05:00

pattern study 013
ink on paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 012

2011-01-27T14:43:00.005-05:00

pattern study 012
ink on paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 011

2011-01-25T23:01:00.005-05:00

pattern study 011
ink on paper
10.75 x 8 in.

pattern study 010

2011-01-18T13:23:00.003-05:00

pattern study 010
ink on paper
9 x 12 in.

pattern study 009

2010-10-30T14:49:00.001-04:00

pattern study 009
ink on paper
8 x 8 in.

2010-10-28T20:09:00.010-04:00

pattern study 008

2010-10-26T21:13:00.003-04:00

pattern study 008
ink on paper
8 x 8 in.

pattern study 007

2010-10-09T21:00:00.002-04:00

pattern study 007
ink on paper
5.5 x 10 in.

pattern study 006

2010-10-02T21:07:00.003-04:00

pattern study 006
ink on paper
8 x 10.5 in.

I have to say, I'm not too happy with how this turned out. I had a blast drawing all those different patterns, but it turned out to be an artistic masturbatory exercise in the end. I was so caught up in pleasuring myself, that I couldn't take a step back and assess critically for the betterment of the piece. Keep it simple, stupid. Lesson learned.

Banjo Pig

2010-09-23T20:09:00.003-04:00

Banjo pig! Cuz all the cool kids are doing it.

And check out all the other sweet banjo pigs at the Dueling Banjo Pigs blog.

pattern study 005

2010-09-21T20:41:00.003-04:00

pattern study 005
ink on paper
7.5 x 10 in.

pattern study 004+

2010-09-20T19:56:00.004-04:00

pattern study 004
ink on paper
8.5 x 11 in.

And these little designs below were a sort of test run for the pattern studies. The very first ones. The impetus for it all.

pattern study a
ink on paper
4.75 x 4.75 in.

pattern study b
ink on paper
5.5 x 5.5 in.

pattern study 003

2010-08-29T16:03:00.004-04:00

pattern study 003
ink on paper
14 x 14 in.

pattern studies

2010-08-28T21:29:00.004-04:00

I've been obsessed with patterns recently.

pattern study 001
ink on paper
11.5 x 11.5 in

pattern study 002
ink on paper
8.5 x 8.5 in

Brett's Midwet Poetry Tour

2010-06-29T20:09:00.007-04:00

So Brett Jenkins, amazing poet and all around cool cat (but not like a feline. She's a human, honest) kicks off her Midwest Poetry Tour this Friday! She asked me to design a poster for the first date and this is what I came up with.

She liked the design, and asked if I could whip up a business card in the same style.

And don't forget to check out Brett's blog.

Bad Clam

2010-04-24T00:35:00.002-04:00

For my illustration class I was to create a character and design a super hero trading card based on a given name. My name was Bad Clam, and this is the result.

Cereal Box

2010-04-13T20:11:00.002-04:00

This is my cereal box design for my illustration class. I randomly pulled the name "Choco-Frothy Toasties" for my cereal.

Movie Monster Parody Poster

2010-03-23T17:25:00.011-04:00

For my design class we were to parody a monster movie poster. We were given a poster and then we had to change the title and design a new poster around that title.

I was given "The Navy vs. the Night Monsters" (click on the images for biggie size)

The new title I decided on was "Space Pandas vs. the Bamboobots." I made a rough layout for my poster.

Then it was on to character design.

Bamboobot concepts:

Space Panda concepts:

Final character designs:

Put it all together...

...add a bit of weathering, and, boom!

Nesting Dolls

2010-03-03T23:15:00.020-05:00

In my Inspirational Design class, we had to design Russian nesting dolls according to a theme. My theme was "wrestling beaver family," so of course I decided to do luchadores.

Here are my final designs (click images for bigger)

El Ombligo (The Belly Button)

La Cola Flameante (The Flaming Tail)

El Diente Saliente (The Bucktooth, or, literally, The Departing Tooth)

Then I had to apply these designs to 3D models using UV maps.

Once the textures are applied, I used an HDR image to light them.

Shadow Pass

Color Pass

And Occlusion on top...

And this is the final result!

Composited into a photo looks something like this