Sneak Peak at work for Gallery Show in France....

Here are a couple pieces for an upcoming show at the Galerie Daniel Maghen:

David Colman Animal Drawing Workshop

My friend David Colman will be holding a winter term Animal Drawing Weekend Workshop on Jan 30 and 31st. The fall workshop was a big success and this time around it will still consist of a day @ the LA Brea Tarpits studying bones and a second day @ the LA Zoo learnig how to draw from life, construction,technique etc with 1 on 1 instruction large scale demos and over a dozen handouts, but it will also touch a little bit on capturing the personality of the animal. This is what David is known for bringing to his work and will now share some of his approaches with you, the student. Dont miss out.....enrollment is kept low so as to cater his teaching to each individual students level...sign up today!

dcolman27@hotmail.com

www.davidsdoodles.com

Power in Numbers show at Gallery Nucleus Opening Sat. Dec. 12th

I have a piece in the "Power in Numbers" show this weekend opening Saturday Dec. 12th. All the Pieces are $100 and go FAST!  Come by and say hi, and buy some art from the show!  
 

Power In Numbers (PIN) combines a love of art with philanthropy for our biggest event of the year!

Our 4th Annual Power in Numbers (PIN4) event aims to be more epic than ever as we invite artists and illustrators from all backgrounds, industries and aesthetics to take part in creating art for a cause. Having been consistently well received in the past, the PIN exhibit features over 100 international and local artists creating 5" X 7", 2-dimentional, original artwork in the desired medium and theme of their choosing. 

Each artwork piece will be priced at $100.00 and a selection of artworks will be auctioned.  A portion of the night’s sales will benefit the American Red Cross (San Gabriel Pomona Valley Chapter) on emergency response efforts. 

My art at the Disney art retrospective and book in New Orleans

Doug Rogers (Art Director of Shreck) turned me on to this show and accompanying book tracing the history of disney art. Amazingly and to my massive surprise I have several pieces in the show and in the book. Who knew?  I ordered a case for sale on the site and at conventions, so look for it soon.  I only saw 1 painting in the book and it is a double page spread of a "The Princess and the Frog" painting that is NOT in the art of book.  It's good to see things not repeated over and over.

I plan to make a trip there soon and will do a book signing when I go to the museum. Stay tuned for dates and times!  

This is BIG for Disney art fans.  The ARL (Animation Research Library)  that stores all the art that is done for each film, has not shown this art before to the public. The library is only for employees and artists working on Disney films and shows. I have seen some of this work, as they occasionally put on shows at the studio, but never like this.  If you are into Disney art and want to see what it REALLY looks like, GO!  There is always a big difference between images that are reproduced in books, or in a DVD extras clip and the real art!  

 From the NOMA (New Orleans Museum of Art) website:

Dreams Come True showcases original artwork from legendary Disney animated films, including Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, and will feature a children's section celebrating Disney's connections with jazz music and the Crescent City. The artworks, on loan from the Walt Disney Studio Animation Research Library, will be accompanied by film clips to demonstrate how individual sketches and paintings lead to a finished celluloid masterpiece. Organized by the Walt Disney Animation Research Library and the New Orleans Museum of Art, this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition, which cannot be seen anywhere else in North America is set to coincide with the premier of Disney's upcoming animated feature, The Princess and the Frog, set in New Orleans during the 1920s Jazz Age. 

"The Art of The Princess and the Frog" book released!

The book contains 18 images of my creation, including drawings, digital paintings and style guide snippets and is now available at Amazon.com here:

The Art of The Princess and the Frog (Hardcover)

Odd fact #357
I also had a hand in designing the title of the movie- I did the little frog foot/ crown in the frog's "O" as well as worked on the Inital "P" and final "S" in Princess...  

 

CTN-x Painting Demo

Here are a few shots of my oil painting Demo from Ctn-x- it was done in about an hour and 15 minutes.  The shots show the progress from lay- in of the shadows to full modeling of the form in the face- all I could get done in the time!   Thanks go to Dean Yeagle too for being willing to go on Sunday instead to give me a bit more time! The model is Jennifer Fabos-Patton.  I'm hoping to post the video soon, as the whole thing was filmed.  

All Done! Thanks to  my bud David Colman for the Photos!  
 

Come see Craig Elliott at CTN-X this weekend!

I will be exhibiting at the Creative Talent Netwrok Expo this year from November 20- 22 at the Burbank convention center.

Early bird tickets are $25 for the exhibit floor only, $50 for a day pass and $125 for a 3-day pass.  Discounted rates are available to students, active military and professional industry organizations. Space is strictly limited at this groundbreaking event. For more information and to register, please visit: www.ctnanimationexpo.com or call, (800) 604-2238  

For stopping by my site, I am giving out a discount code good for %10 off of entry fees: ELLIX09

To register online:
1Day
https://www.regonline.com?eventID=688849&rTypeID=203785

3Day
https://www.regonline.com?eventID=688849&rTypeID=203787

Original Art at Graphic Collectables

Graphic Collectables is selling 3 original paintings of mine (until they're gone of course!)  The three pieces are all done in different media- Watercolor, pastel and a combination of watercolor and pencil.   Swing by and check them out or pick up a few!  

Getty Villa and More

Some sketches form the Getty Villa in Malibu California, and a page of drawings from my head for a painting I'm working on.  Enjoy!

New Life Sketches -Gallery Nucleus Show

I spent the evening this Saturday sketching at the Creature Features show in Gallery Nucleus.  The Gallery Girls were there posing for us- here are a few of Jennifer Fabos~  
 

I'm a Steampunk Art Competition Juror!

If anyone is interested in steampunk art and wants to get into a contest featuring this art genre, look up the Game X Steampunk art competition.  The prizes include all sorts of great CG art gear etc., and computers. I would enter myself but I am one of the Judges.  I was chosen for all the design work I did on Disney's treasure Planet animated feature.  Treasure Planet was one of the most enjoyable movies I have ever worked on and alot of amazing work was done by many artists on that movie.   

The deadline for entries is OCTOBER 10th.  So, get over to the site right away!   

New York Sketches....

Here are a few sketches done when I was on the east coast for my second Spectrum Show

2 of the pages have sketches of Walt Reed and Roger Reed from the Illustration House. These were done at the Art Out Loud workshop as James Gurney painted the same angle.  I just stood behind and drew what he was painting! Other sketches are from the Met, Neue Galerie and The Boston Museum of Fine Arts.  

 

CTN-X

I will be exhibiting at the Creative Talent Netwrok Expo this year from November 20- 22 at the Burbank convention center.

Early bird tickets are $25 for the exhibit floor only, $50 for a day pass and $125 for a 3-day pass.  Discounted rates are available to students, active military and professional industry organizations. Space is strictly limited at this groundbreaking event. For more information and to register, please visit: www.ctnanimationexpo.com or call, (800) 604-2238  

For stopping by my site, I am giving out a discount code good for %10 off of entry fees: ELLIX09

To register online:
1Day
https://www.regonline.com?eventID=688849&rTypeID=203785

3Day
https://www.regonline.com?eventID=688849&rTypeID=203787

Coke Zero Ad.

A Coca-Cola ad I worked on a while back has finally aired (in Brazil!) I worked on tightening up the forgrounds on many of the shots, and painted the hero waterfall BG in the last shot.  Here are a few versions of the video:

http://www.cgchannel.com/news/shownews.jsp?newsID=8537

Fine Art Prints for Sale

I have completed the first part of the website store with all the SIGNED Fine art Prints for sale HERE.  Soon to be added will be the Large Limited Edition prints, and books, etc.  All payments can be made with a credit card  through Paypal, the most trusted name in payment processing on the web. 

Spectrum Exhibition II

I am fortunate enough to be included in the second Spectrum Exhibition in addition to being in the First one back in 2005. The reception will be on September 11 and tickets are available from the Society of Illustrators in NY, where the show is held. I imagine this reception will sell out fast, so get your ticket if you want to go!

The chosen piece is a development painting from Disney's "Enchanted", an image Disney gratefully alowed me to enter into the competition. I had a great time on this movie directed by Kevin Lima, and was fortunate to do some work for Kevin's next film "Spook's Apprentice" as well.

Enchanted Copyright Disney Enterprises, All rights reserved

Ellie Frazetta Passes Away...

I had just finished assembling my booth at Comicon this year and went to dinner with my friend Christian Alzmann from ILM, and he told me Ellie Frazetta passed away just a few days ago.  I am so sorry for the Frazettas.  Ellie was such a lively and kind woman, and so energetic, taking care of Frank and loving her family so much,  especially her Grandchildren.  Once, I remember her gradchildren burst into the museum and Ellie said with great emotion that "The world is for children"  

When I came to visit the Frank and see the museum a few years ago, she took time out of her life to spend a whole day with me in the museum and her home and even gave me dinner! She was also so attentive to Frank's needs and medical issues the whole time.  I'm sure Frank would not have recovered so well without her. 

In the end she made as much of an impact on me as Frank did. She will be missed by all to be sure.  

Best wishes to the Frazetta family.

-Craig Elliott

Comic-Con

Here's a mere piece of the map for this year's Comic-Con with my booth# 4812 highlighted so you can find me in the biomass....  When you're there look for the sign that says: "Fantasy Illustrators"  I'm in that area of the hall.    

 

New Comicon art...

Here's one of about 7 new paintings and drawings that will available as prints at Comicon this year.  Come by my booth #4812 to see what's new!   

I'll be doing commissioned sketches this year again, come by early to get on the list, as it tends to fill up fast!  

New life drawings...

Here's a new page of sketches, one on the left done from my imagination and the right one from an old 50's B/W photo.   Love those old photos, they are lit so well, and the black and white lets you focus on what's important... more sketches in the sketches area too...