Thomas Roisland

BLOG MOVED!

2011-07-08T14:41:00.000+02:00

I started my new blog on this link

http://thomasroisland.blogspot.com/

Underwater cave

2011-05-28T18:25:00.000+02:00

Bay in sunset

2011-05-23T22:41:00.001+02:00

Course is almost over

2011-04-26T10:25:00.000+02:00

So the online course I'm taking is in the final 8th week now. I've learned tons through this course and have so many notes on how to improve and to evolve from now on.

Environment practice

2011-04-16T02:24:00.000+02:00

More practice with phototextures.

Trying to use som detail..

2011-04-14T23:01:00.000+02:00

I struggled with this one. Couldn't get the sence of atmosphere I wanted or depth of field. But it's just another step to go! Practice, practice!

Seabed thumbnail

2011-04-11T21:41:00.000+02:00

I am going to render this one out with a lot of detail and interest.

Leviathan... rendered out!

2011-04-08T16:28:00.003+02:00

Used a few phototextures for this one, but mostly painting.

Leviathan...or whatever it's called...

2011-04-07T07:07:00.000+02:00

The starting sketch for a creature painting I'm working on. Look out for the finished result being posted soon!

Just keep swimming...

2011-04-06T04:27:00.000+02:00

I love painting underwater-scenes!!!!

2011-04-05T02:13:00.000+02:00

Underwater mysteries

2011-04-03T21:52:00.000+02:00

Digital painting with the use of phototextures :D

Chef robot

2011-04-02T03:04:00.000+02:00

So I've started learning how to use photos in my drawings to create textures and even entire objects. It's quick and a lot of fun. Just gotta be careful not to rely too much on the photos.

Concepts in color

2011-03-30T23:58:00.000+02:00

So these started from a reference photo and then I just added some elements and different backgrounds. They're not too detailed as I didn't have much time. But I'm learning a lot about color and atmosphere. It's all practice, practice, practice! and then it gets better! better! better!

Color practice!

2011-03-30T00:48:00.000+02:00

just a quick color landscape based off reference photo.

The Yo-Yo master!

2011-03-26T16:36:00.002+01:00

There's no limit to the danger and seriousness to the life of a yo-yo challenger!

Planet landscape in the making...

2011-03-24T08:46:00.003+01:00

So this is this week's assignment in progress. The planet's environment is inspired by the grand canyon-type or even Tepui landscape with the really steep hillsides. - Then I'm going to add some buildings around it or maybe some machines. Wish I could say I had a story built around the concept but I don't atm :P

Seen better days

2011-03-18T03:37:00.002+01:00

Training perspective!!

2011-03-17T01:32:00.000+01:00

Lava city!

2011-03-15T15:28:00.002+01:00

Mother orangutan

2011-03-11T21:40:00.002+01:00

She can be anywhere!

Environment design

2011-03-11T21:36:00.002+01:00

So this is the beginnings of my first week assignment in "Environment design for games". A black and white composition of a pre-historic environment!

Movie compositions

2011-03-06T18:52:00.007+01:00

I am doing a digital painting course online and this is the first week assignment. Movie compositions! these aren't chronological but all individual pieces ;) 45 interesting compositions!

Cave interior

2011-02-10T20:21:00.002+01:00

The Remainers

2011-01-29T17:51:00.002+01:00

This is a concept idea I did for my Art Center application. The basic idea is that some dinosaurs survived the extinction and evolved more and more intelligence and developed tools and a culture. These are some of my design ideas.

To be able to make their tools, the dinosaurs used a plant-oil that could be found within these funny-looking plants. These plants started to grow after the meteor-crash, since the meteor brought with it extraterrestrial elements.

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Animated short

2011-01-23T03:32:00.003+01:00

There was a competition in my high school back in 2008 to make a presentation on global warming. My contribution to the presentation was bringing some emotions to it through this simple short flm. All done in one week, so there was only so much I could actually animate. This final result is more like an animatic, but I think it tells the story.

Music self produced in a hurry. Enjoy!

Somethings from my sketchbook

2010-12-08T00:52:00.009+01:00

drawing, drawing

2010-11-03T00:47:00.005+01:00

Standup comedian

2010-11-01T23:15:00.000+01:00

more from zoo!

2010-10-19T00:27:00.001+02:00

Zoo sketching trip

2010-10-08T10:20:00.010+02:00

Gorilla sketches

2010-09-21T23:37:00.007+02:00

from digital to traditional

2010-09-14T11:49:00.004+02:00

Clown

2010-09-03T02:04:00.002+02:00

Iguana

2010-09-02T00:14:00.001+02:00

I didn't bother to finish cleaning it up. But I like how it's starting.

Creature in suit

2010-08-23T00:06:00.002+02:00

It's on it's hands like a monkey, but it doesn't really look like it. Better try again!

I want my own creature

2010-08-19T00:34:00.001+02:00

Another spray paint!

2010-08-14T18:17:00.000+02:00

It's harder than I thought!

Spray paint!

2010-08-10T16:00:00.006+02:00

My first time ever doing spray painting. Started with the typical space paintings, but I want to try spray painting bigger and more original stuff soon.

Practice

2010-08-05T12:45:00.002+02:00

Circus

2010-07-18T19:19:00.001+02:00

The dancing gorilla

2010-07-01T19:47:00.001+02:00

CalArts acceptance

2010-03-29T15:07:00.005+02:00

I was notified by email last week of my acceptance to CalArts. It was fun, but I wasn't 100 % sure if I got in. Sometimes, emails are sent by mistake or whatever. But today I finally got the actual envelope from CalArts. It said CONGRATULATIONS! I love that word.

This is how I felt when I first saw the message in my email inbox. It was 3 AM and I was dead tired, and I couldn't really comprehend what I read.

Then I saw the letter today and I was totally excited!

This is the Penguin's friend

2010-02-22T23:05:00.003+01:00

Whale

2010-02-19T22:57:00.002+01:00

The penguin meets the whale

2010-02-15T22:07:00.000+01:00

Someone's floating to Antarctica

2010-02-12T15:33:00.005+01:00

Carrying the eggs over the mountain

2010-02-08T18:10:00.004+01:00

(Different penguin)

Penguin

2010-02-07T13:03:00.011+01:00

Here's a penguin I modeled and rigged in Blender 3D. I hope to make a short film with this.

Had to make his feet bigger to support that huge penguin head.

Antarctica test render

Original sketch

Asleep at school

2010-01-27T20:42:00.009+01:00

Sketchbook of January

2010-01-27T19:59:00.009+01:00

I wish I put more color in my sketch book, but I'm just too lazy. But black and white sketching is better than no sketching!

Italy

2010-01-27T19:25:00.007+01:00

These are from my weekend in Italy.

Some of my drawings for applications this year

2010-01-21T00:05:00.010+01:00

Cat

2010-01-10T02:45:00.002+01:00

Bamboo fighter

2010-01-01T14:38:00.002+01:00

She wants her book exchanged I think....

2009-09-29T10:51:00.000+02:00

Mad Cecilia

2009-09-24T23:27:00.001+02:00

This one creeps me out a bit...

Her name is probably Berta...

2009-09-19T17:54:00.003+02:00

The Giant's Island

2009-09-07T18:43:00.001+02:00

August sketching

2009-08-27T16:18:00.008+02:00

More from London

2009-08-09T15:30:00.016+02:00

Here are some more drawings from class and the ones in color are from sketching out in London and in my room. The bottom one I drew using my right hand (I'm a lefty).

The rest of my first week in London

2009-08-02T00:39:00.007+02:00

The great thing for me this week has been that I was exposed to other mediums, such as guache and collage - which I really needed as I usually narrow myself to pencil or marker only... rarely color. I need color!

Charcoal life drawing....

2009-08-01T22:37:00.001+02:00

Drawing in London

2009-07-30T00:22:00.003+02:00

Just a couple of drawings from an art course I'm taking in London. I probably spent about 3 or 4 hours on the second one, the person lying down - it was quite a tricky point of view, giving the pose, but I still need to speed up!

Sketches and drawings

2009-07-21T14:28:00.016+02:00

Parks, train stations and elsewhere... sketchbook mostly.

Baby portrait

2009-07-02T20:34:00.004+02:00

This was a challenge. I've never painted a baby before.

Here you can see my failed first attempt compared to the next.

Portrait done in class.. It's a bit rough, but I like it.

2009-06-04T16:19:00.001+02:00

Portrait again

2009-05-24T15:58:00.002+02:00

A painting I did of someone in my class. It's painted from life which was pretty hard, but fun.

Those cartoony drawings

2009-05-03T22:19:00.003+02:00

Stuff I did for a teacher for his class.

Kid next door

2009-04-26T19:46:00.002+02:00

The Joker

2009-03-26T19:22:00.006+01:00

A few sketches and gesture drawings I did from the Joker scenes in Dark Knight.

Portrait

2009-03-12T00:36:00.004+01:00

I painted this in art class at school. It's painted from a photo taken by someone else in my class and it was a great photograph to work with because of it's light and shadow. I think it was easier for me that way to make it look alright... Thanks for the great photo and thanks to my art teacher for guiding me!

Even more owl...

2009-03-08T15:16:00.003+01:00

"Drawn to life" and "The Alchemy of Animation"

2009-02-28T20:56:00.004+01:00

If you love animation, I think you'll love this site.

http://www.donhahn.com/

Thanks to Clay Kaytis for the link!

F1

2009-02-22T02:26:00.002+01:00

I drew this for a friend. I really don't like drawing stuff I see on a picture... it's just too much detail to capture. But my friend was very satisfied, which was the most important thing.

Self portrait

2009-01-30T01:32:00.002+01:00

After hours in the world of my computer...

2009-01-25T12:59:00.000+01:00

My polar bear is finally alive in 3D!

More owl...

2009-01-10T23:54:00.000+01:00

Owl

2009-01-03T11:43:00.000+01:00

I'm planning on making either a short film or just some animation tests with an owl character. So, I've been exploring some designs... it's supposed to be a kid owl. If I'm going for cute and chubby, I'll be able to use some of the principles of the bouncing ball in this character. But it's still evolving.

Bouncing ball character!

2008-12-29T19:26:00.000+01:00

The goose in forest!

2008-11-24T19:51:00.000+01:00

2008-11-21T23:34:00.000+01:00

Life drawings

2008-10-26T21:40:00.000+01:00

Drawing in boxes and planes

2008-10-20T01:01:00.001+02:00

I've been going to this life drawing class once a week for about 6 weeks now. There they teach you how to think about shapes in the language of boxes and planes, and it ends up looking like a wire frame 3D model. I hope it'll be rewarding for me in the future, and it's an interesting way to draw. I can't wait to start adding light and shadow!

People sketches

2008-10-15T16:52:00.000+02:00

This is mostly old stuff, this summer, except the bottom one.

"Polarius" - the polar bear

2008-09-16T09:37:00.000+02:00

Funny... it seems like all of my characters are somewhat related to snow and ice.
Well, this is a character I am working out the design for. I started with some study sketches of polar bears, after realizing I couldn't draw them just straight out of my head. Then I moved over to stylizing the animal. My plan was to create the character in 3D and do a little short film, but fur is so hard to do in the computer. You hear all these things about how hard hair and fur are to create in the computer, and well, it's no lie. At the bottom you'll see some fur tests.

The story is that he lives in the desert. That's the reason for all the sand...

Blizzy - snowman character

2008-09-07T15:47:00.000+02:00

This is a actually a character I just did a drawing of for my CSSSA animation application this year. I liked the character so I did a couple of drawings of him. This guy is always trying to mess with his neighborhood and the people there. Of course they never know it's him, because snowmen aren't alive... or are they...?

The first post

2008-09-06T10:34:00.000+02:00

Thanks for visiting my blog, cause obviously you have if you are reading this. "REBOSSO" is just a name I often use for internet, email and online communication stuff. It's just a word I came up with which I thought sounded kind of cool, so that's why my blog is called Rebosso.

Here's a little collection of some of my artwork, some of it is digital, some is traditional. But you can probably tell what's what. What I usually do when I draw, is that I come up with an idea for a short film, or feature film, and then I just start doing "pre-production" artwork for that idea. So some of these things have a story behind them, others are just plain drawing stuff I've done.

What is hiding in the cave??
Yep, I love piano!
I don't know if you can see it, but it's a polar bear..Okay, this "Finding Nemo" one is obviously not my development or design, but it's something I did for fun in the basic Paint program every computer has. I looked at the original photo and tried to copy it as best as possible. I think I spent three days on it. No tablet!