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Update to the blog-o-sphere...

2010-03-11T17:43:00.000-08:00

So, I haven't updated in awhile, and it was awhile between the last few posts. Well, here's why:

-I graduated from college with a degree in Media Arts and Animation, back in September
-I spent the next few months trying to scrape together some freelance work while emailing out my resume and portfolio to every studio on AWN and more
-Then, I got a call and was offered a job in New York at a mobile gaming company called "Gameloft" as a "2D Flash Artist" (their term not mine!)

I took the job.

Now, the problem was that in moving to NYC it cost a buttload of money which I didn't have, and so I've been without many things I had in Portland. So I'm basically without any means of creating and drawing as I was used to before; I have no desk, no chair, no bed(I had an air mattress but it popped on me last Thursday at four AM and I've been sleeping on the floor ever since), just a big empty apartment.
Though, I've been writing a story during my twice daily subway rides, that I am planning on turning it into a web-comic to be pitched to any number of the publishers that I am now in physical proximity to (:01 Books is in the Flat Iron building, which is around the corner from my work, for example!).

I'm not even sure anyone has been to this blog in months, except for Becky, who's portrait is below. Though, if you happen to stumble across this for whatever reason, know that I'm still working and will have work to show soon! Though it may not be on this blog, as once I get my web-comic up and running I think I'll be using a WordPress formatted site that I'll attach to my portfolio site for all blogging and updating needs.

Until then, adios!!!!

-Ryan Stark

Been a really long time

2009-12-17T22:48:00.000-08:00

Here's a watercolor and ink painting I did for a friend as a "Not So Secret Santa" gift

starkfinsoup.com is redone!!!!

2009-09-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

Go check out the new and improved www.starkfinsoup.com, show your friends, and their friends, and anyone else you might give me a job at Pixar, Disney, BlueSky, Dreamworks, etc.

dull green ball of doom...

2009-08-28T23:56:00.000-07:00

...is going to get you...

it's coming

2009-08-20T21:01:00.000-07:00

an excerpt from my upcoming sketchbook/portfolio, look for it mid September!!!

new logo

2009-08-11T22:13:00.001-07:00

Been awhile!!!! (yet again...)

2009-07-08T18:20:00.000-07:00

...me as a buff John Carter...

website is up!!!!

2009-06-10T21:24:00.001-07:00

still needs some tweaking but it's working now!!!

www.starkfinsoup.com

Enjoy!!!

for a contest, did it in about three hours, start to finish(?)

2009-06-02T03:38:00.001-07:00

looky!!!!

2009-05-29T17:11:00.000-07:00

all together now!!!

2009-05-15T23:21:00.001-07:00

and another...

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un mas

2009-05-15T17:57:00.001-07:00

the Professor....

2009-05-15T16:46:00.001-07:00

Been awhile!!!!

2009-05-15T03:08:00.000-07:00

School's been keeping me busy!!! But here's a teaser for what's to come!!!! Enjoy!!!!

Notes during a final....

2009-03-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

Notebook Sketches...

2009-03-02T16:08:00.001-08:00

...my notes from class, don't tell my teachers, mmmk?

The economy sucks, so watch this...

2009-03-01T22:09:00.000-08:00

Ralph Bakshi lays it all out for you. This guys ain't mincing nothing. Hope to shake his hand one day.

birthday card for the gf!!!

2009-02-06T12:53:00.000-08:00

it's been too long!!!

2009-01-22T21:10:00.000-08:00

Started this like a year ago or something like that! Still not done, got a lot of work to do, but a hell of a lot closer!

...x2

2009-01-19T04:01:00.000-08:00

...

2009-01-19T03:44:00.001-08:00

An Old drawing with a new twist!!!

2009-01-19T03:21:00.000-08:00

Took a couple of old drawings, put'em together to make the line up, then did a quick color with PS, dork'n out for sure!!!

colored xmas card '08

2009-01-09T00:16:00.001-08:00

it's x-mas card time!

2008-12-18T18:25:00.001-08:00

Xmas list!!!

2008-12-09T06:53:00.000-08:00

If you were ever curious about what I'd like for Christmas, here's a list of things I'd REALLY REALLY like!!!

First, a book by Robin Mitchell, the illustrations are clean and the characters are pretty cool!!!
http://www.brandstudiopress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=43

And then Cameron Stewart, super awesome clean, and good looking drawings!!!
http://www.brandstudiopress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=78

Babes and dinosaurs, that's all you need to know!!!
http://www.brandstudiopress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=65

And some awesome disney stuff!
http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Dreams-Artists-Disney-Storyboards/dp/0786863072/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228835130&sr=1-16

I always thought this to be a cute book, never got it though, I should!
http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Characters-Personality-Animation-Graphic/dp/0823023494/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228835180&sr=1-25

ooh, and "The Simpsons Handbook" love that thing!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Simpsons-Handbook-Secret-Tips-Harper/dp/B001F0R9H6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228835331&sr=8-1

and a box full of creatures! Enjoy!
http://creaturebox.bigcartel.com/product/thoughts-scribbles-madness-volume-1

These are just a couple of suggestions, though we'll see, there maybe more!!!

Some pin-ups

2008-12-08T20:30:00.001-08:00

The lab!!!

2008-12-05T17:30:00.000-08:00

Brody Dalle as a cartoon!!!

2008-12-05T08:10:00.000-08:00

working and came up with this!

Some colored character stuff!!!

2008-11-22T17:38:00.001-08:00

HAR HAR!

2008-11-12T09:54:00.001-08:00

Here's some things I did for an as of yet unnamed project I'm pitching!!!!!

Storyboards!!!!

2008-11-09T16:55:00.001-08:00

some storyboarding stuff here:

advancedstoryboarding.blogspot.com
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Some characters, yeah!!!

2008-11-06T09:10:00.000-08:00

finally!!!

2008-10-24T08:10:00.001-07:00

Finally! Got blogger to post my drawings!!! Well these are from the 24-hour comic book dat, obviously didn't finish, but here they are none the less!!!

fun!!!

2008-10-22T19:29:00.000-07:00

blogspot.com is failing me right now! I just wanna post some drawings!!! argh!!!!

24-Hour comic thing at Cosmic Monkey

2008-10-22T10:56:00.001-07:00

Here's some pics, will scan the actual pages I did later. Didn't actually finish either, I'm a bum.

Seattle!!!

2008-10-05T12:55:00.001-07:00

Just got back from a week in Seattle last night, took lots of pictures and did lot's of drawings. Go check it out at seattlesketchabout.blogspot.com!!!

again with draw'n folks when they ain't look'n!!!

2008-09-27T17:19:00.001-07:00

forcing myself to draw live people once a day for about an hour or so, seems to be a good exercise, we'll see...

been drawing folks when they ain't look'n...

2008-09-26T18:53:00.000-07:00

stuff...I"m tired...

2008-09-18T02:59:00.001-07:00

Teaser!!!

2008-09-13T10:51:00.000-07:00

Working on some pages for a personal/school project, here's a first glance for those who haven't already seen me working on it!!! The title of the story is, "Brain Eating(Sucking???) Squids From Outer Space"...

eh...

2008-09-11T16:38:00.000-07:00

...so this is a quick tone study on one of my interior layouts, meh, it's alright, needs more time but I didn't have any for it!

super sketchbook dump!!!

2008-09-04T01:02:00.001-07:00

needed to empty out my sketchbook and vomit it up here! enjoy!!!

Sculpture time!!!!

2008-08-29T14:06:00.000-07:00

This is my first real attempt at creating a maquette from one of my drawings! Unfortunately the scanner next to me is not working, so the drawings will come soon! Lemme know what you think, I kinda like the process and think this is definitely something I could invest alot of time in!

More Background stuff...

2008-08-28T12:15:00.000-07:00

...This is the second stage for the thumbs in the last post, should be like three or four more stages before the final one...

all in a days work...

2008-08-28T01:56:00.000-07:00

...sigh...some thumbs I did this afternoon for my final in Background Design and layout, me tired...

new stuff!

2008-08-26T22:13:00.001-07:00

some new stuff, the comic is an homage to Jeff Smith's bone and the city is inspired by the concept art for the Jak and Daxter series...The comic is a bit light, I'll fix when I've a little more time...until then!

Amazon of Mars sketches!!!

2008-08-22T12:37:00.000-07:00

Doing a maquette of this curvy Amazon from Mars for my Character sculpting class...

been awhile, pt. 2...

2008-08-14T18:06:00.000-07:00

muy mas...

been awhile...

2008-08-14T18:00:00.001-07:00

so here's a sketchbook dump for you...enjoy!!!!

I told you....

2008-07-11T11:25:00.000-07:00

been crazy busy, trying to get this comic thing going over at image with mr. beaton. But I've done a bit of work on the old rock and roll poster, so here is where I'm at now. Been trying to figure out the background for awhile.

some homework...

2008-05-18T21:00:00.001-07:00

While working on an idea for the cover of the barbarian comic, I thought it'd work well for an assignment too!!! Both color pieces are still works in progress, but I thought I'd throw'em up for good measure anyhow! The first is obviously the sketch/initial concept, then the rendering from there!

AXE OF DOOM!!!!

2008-04-25T22:53:00.000-07:00

Working on this comic to get a job at Dark Horse or somewhere else...but don't worry, rock and roll girl IS being worked on...

DUUUUDDDDDEEE!!!!

2008-04-13T17:42:00.000-07:00

go here:

http://3dproduction.blogspot.com/

it's the blog for a short of which I designed some characters for!!!! It looks super awesome!!!!

...in the mean time...

2008-04-06T22:33:00.000-07:00

...Yeah so not alot of progress on the rock 'n roll painting I know, school started so I have a valid excuse!!!! And speaking of school, here's my first assignment for Advanced Image Manipulation, it's cheesy but it's supposed to be!!! Hope you like!!!

alittle more progress, already up to 15 hours!!!

2008-03-29T13:10:00.000-07:00

it's a slow process because I'm taking my time. The hair and lips are still rather rough, the neck and collar bones need some more rendering, but I think it's coming along quite nicely. Should be done by Mon-Tues'ish...

teaser for the rock and roll painting...

2008-03-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

do you like???

Keeping busy on Spring Break...

2008-03-27T16:50:00.000-07:00

bored on Spring Break so I'm drawing as much as possible, hope you like!!!Top is rough, bottom clean line, soon to be colored!!!

mas, mas, mas stuff!!!

2008-03-25T16:05:00.000-07:00

more stuff...

some character stuff...

2008-03-24T16:40:00.000-07:00

...for a short being done in 3d...

some board stuff...

2008-03-21T19:38:00.001-07:00

and of course, a change...

2008-03-16T13:37:00.000-07:00

they wanted it cuter...

Some Holiday Commission Work

2008-03-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

Guess which holiday???

some schtuff...

2008-03-07T15:30:00.001-08:00

more stuff...

2008-02-27T14:29:00.000-08:00

a bit of story board...

2008-02-27T12:18:00.001-08:00

been a long time...

2008-02-26T19:00:00.000-08:00

Sorry, been awhile... Here's some stuff, sketches I've been doing...

some character stuff

2008-01-25T15:33:00.000-08:00

this is for a project I'm working on, check out more @ 2dprepro.blogspot.com

one more for the road...

2008-01-18T10:33:00.000-08:00

finally watched "Inbetweens and Extremes" the chuck jones flick!!! Freaking awesome!!! Inspired me to make this piece, well that and some Cake...

WIP

2008-01-13T20:40:00.000-08:00

just wanted to post this because I like it, I'm just a little confused on how it will go from here??? We'll see!!!

FINALLY!!! IT'S BEEN TOO LONG!!!

2008-01-11T15:37:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, I suck, but here's some new stuff!!!

I got my lazy ass to draw...

2007-12-04T20:11:00.001-08:00

it's been rather light lately and I apologize, it's finals right now and that's been a drag, so I'm sorry but I will be bringing up the quality of posts as soon as finals are over and I can rest my weary head for a bit...I promise!!!

I'm sorry...

2007-12-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

...The page is rather boring I know, just swamped with school and project stuff right now. The good stuff is coming I promise...

WEEEEEEE!!! I like to draw...

2007-11-21T21:02:00.000-08:00

sorry blogspot doesn't like me posting so many drawings at once, here's some more...

finally!!!

2007-11-21T20:56:00.000-08:00

it's been awhile, working on all kinds of stuff right now!!! Holidays, trying to work on as many projects as humanly possible, it's rough but I got it!!! So here's some notes from an art analysis class I had tonight, where we watched a documentary on the Vietnam memorial...

some stuff....

2007-11-12T21:56:00.000-08:00

some stuff I found...

I just can't stop!!!!

2007-11-11T17:41:00.000-08:00

I like to draw too much, so here's some more!!!! I was also watching the Buzz Lightyear straight to VHS movie!!! It was rather amazing, it reminded me of all those old 90's adventure cartoons like Bucky O'hare and those ridiculous cartoons from my childhood!!! and preteens...

Eric Powell is hilarious

2007-11-11T01:42:00.000-08:00

Don't screw with us artists, we are all a little nuts! Like this video of Eric Powell, the man behind "The Goon" comics...

Hey, me too!!!

2007-11-11T01:19:00.000-08:00

Hey, Tim Schafer and Double fine, you too Harmonix, I can draw metal characters! Give me a job!!!!

some more!!!

2007-11-10T15:56:00.000-08:00

just had a couple more to scan!!!

more stuff

2007-11-10T15:16:00.000-08:00

so did some stuff, drew some pictures! They're mostly of sketches of a series of characters that have been running around my brain as of late...

Hey!

2007-11-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

I found this one in a stack of already scanned images this morning, so here you go!!! And sorry about the scan, not using my own forces me to submit to lesser quality scanning!!! I try and get all the bad ones re-scanned as soon as I can!!!

DVD cover

2007-11-07T09:47:00.001-08:00

An illustration I did for a Public Service announcement I worked on...And it's some color to add to alot of sketch work...

Some character stuff...

2007-11-06T21:53:00.001-08:00

Some character studies, playing around with a different style, whaddya think???

hey, some more mice for you...

2007-11-06T21:40:00.000-08:00

mice mice mice!!!! There's an infestation here!!!

just something more...

2007-11-06T18:50:00.000-08:00

sorry about all the mice...

2007-11-06T17:06:00.001-08:00

...It's not because I just got the Ratatouille book, but I'm working on a mouse project with some other people in a preproduction class, here's the blog: www.prepro.blogspot.com yeah, I'm working in the storyboard part, I've been drawing all the mice lately to try and get a feel for the character...

Because I can...

2007-11-06T16:43:00.000-08:00

some stuff I did during class today...

and now for something completely different...

2007-11-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

one more for the road...

2007-11-06T11:52:00.000-08:00

Some Mice Sketches

2007-11-06T11:07:00.000-08:00

Some Figure studies...

2007-11-06T10:28:00.000-08:00

Here's some figure drawings I did, had some fun in class with'em...