The Bill Cartoons

Who doesn't love a guy named Bill somewhere?

For me, It's at Sony, and his name is Bill Yeatts..Bill's a good guy who always has a smile, and an enthusiastic attitude toward life that is contagious.

One day in the break room Bill says to me

" I could use a bit more notoriety around here" and I said.." you've come to the right place".

All it takes is one around here to get a roll going.

These are done by various artists in Studio One and Two, including some by Bill himself. mine are based off of Bill's drawing of himself.

Enjoy..Buhradd.

Happy Holidays 2008

Happy Holidays Everyone!!

Sorry it's been a while since I posted last. Work's been busy this Fall as we are all plugging away on the next big thing here at Sony. When I'm not working, I'm busy chasing two amazing kids around the neighborhood. Let me extend warm holiday wishes from our family to yours this year with hope for a great 2009!! Here is my Holiday card from this year. (props out to Floyd bishop for the good idea). See you next year with more Bloggy goodness to come including more coffee pot doodles and family pics from the fall.

peace out.

BradC

Zala The Scout!!

concept art by Dante Fuget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPEEpVvV1zI&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Tbo8gZnbc

(click links to see video)

This is "Zala the Scout" from our Playstastion 3 launch title "Untold Legends Dark Kingdom".


A fun Hack and Slash button mashing Adventure RPG from 2006. I animated this with the mighty Aaron Carlson in only 9 days !!. Cloth sim effects were done by the awesome Andi Smithers. She was a lot of fun to do, and eventually won an award as "Best New Female Game Character by Play Magazine 2006 and was featured on the cover of the "Girls of Gaming"


issue of CGW magazine. She rocks and hates to wait for dinner.


enjoy


Brad

Quick Value Sketches from Life (partial nudity)

At Sony, We artists are fortunate to have Life Drawing sessions available after work on occasional Wednesdays. They are hosted by the famous "Jaqueline" from the "Ubiquitis Bee Studios" in Downtown San Diego, which also hosts many other drawing and painting workshops.

We get a wide variety of models and techniques to explore, and Jaqueline comes around and helps us with our observation and technique. Plus, it's great to just sit down, and do some real art with my friends at work. These are very quick 2 minute and 5 minute value sketches in watercolor pencil with an emphasis on light and shadow. (as always, click on images to enlarge)

enjoy

Brad


5min


2 min
1 minute gesture
2

5 min

Next time : Even more coffee pot art from Studio One including a collection of cartoons about fellow developer Bill Yeatts.

See ya soon.

Buh-radd

Summer 2008 Family Scrapbook / Back to School!

Hey Friends!! That's right, It's back to school time here in beautiful Poway!!
Sorry It's been so long since I posted last. We are in our crunch time at work and that keeps me from sharing as much as I would like. It's all good as our new project, Free Realms, will be coming out early 2009!! I can't wait to show the fruits of our labor soon and best of all it's gonna be free!! Here's a scrapbook of some of our family fun this summer. We did the big "stay-cation" and enjoyed all that Socal has to offer from theme parks and the ocean, to hiking and Baseball. All in all a great summer!! (click on pics to enlarge)

The new Classroom!!

Tori on her first day of kindergarten

James at La Jolla shores.

Me getting the big wet one from Bubba the dog.









all ready for learning!!





James and Zack try out slingshots in the canyons near our house.





Gettin ready for school way too early!







The circus!!








Our SOE booth at Comic Con 2008


Typical Con attendee....


Me and my son celebrating my 42nd B-day at Dave and Busters...


hiking near the house..




happy 4th

At Comic-con with the boy

The line to get in...sheesh!





comic con madness.


Summer Day program at the school


Shirts by Daddy of course (I like the Houses of the Holy Lettering)





Camping in the yard


Bike Day

Tori and her BFF Ariel at the SOE Picnic





yumm...Mud Pies


Caught in the Act of having fun!!




End of another great Day!!


Tori gets her orange belt






Legoland fun








coneheads!






symptoms of my eating disorder





squirting people while growling like a pirate









Calif Adventure with mommy















My son takes Mickey's wallet...


Pixar Parade at CA Advent












Diddneyland fun!!




Riding The Ward Kimball!!

Caged animal on Casey Jr Train!!


My Public!

3 Real Boys and a Girl (yuchh)


Three mighty pirates!! Arrrr!





under the sea





Run, James, run

I like the folks behind me in this one...hehe

At the Ballgame!!

number 1 son

Below is one of the coolest things I saw all summer. It's a carousel with static

Pixar characters that animate when the strobe light flashes...this was at the Pixar exhibit at Disney California Adventure.

Thanx for stopping by...More bloggyness to come, so visit often.

nuffsed

B-rad

Coffee Pot Art At Soe Part 3!!

Hey Friends!! Happy Fourth of July!!It's great to finally be posting again after the big computer crash of 2008!! My trusty 5 year old Gateway finally went out in a blaze of sparks and smoke in mid June, and I have been scrambling to get a new system up and running for work and other computer goodness since then. Now I'm running a brand new Dell and I am back and ready for action!!(Woo-Hoo!) Unfortunately, I lost a lot of stuff that was all lined up for blog posts, but will be posting regularly very soon as I recover old files and create new ones. Here is my latest collection of Coffee Pot Art straight from the Studio One break room.(As always, Click on pictures to enlarge)
Enjoy...
Cinco De Mayo!!



bagelsaurus!

french roast!



tribute to Vaughn Bode

Blue Meannie
day after cinco de mayo..hehe

If you use Scrum, you know what I mean!!
the day the AC went out..

See you soon with more Bloggy goodness in the days to come so check back often..

nuffsed

BradC

(next time: Family Vacation Goodness!!)

The Barbarian Chieftan Sez:

I just love fantasy dialogue sometimes. Especially when it pertains to current events. Here's our good friend, the Barbarian Chieftan, talking to the Mobil-Mart cashier after paying close to 4 dollars a gallon for gas today. I know just how he feels sometimes...hehe
enjoy
BradC