Chalk Full of Dreams » Finished Work

A character design for a graphic novel

Rina Rozsas — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:31:11 +0000

The story part of my friend’s graphic novel is complete so I thought I’d post up a character design I did last week of the protagonist. At her request, I did a rough front pose in colour. Alas, the project has taken another direction and I am no longer a part of the process. C’est la vie.

Mad scientist finished

Rina Rozsas — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:50:04 +0000

Well, it’s been a while since my last post but I have a good excuse – honest! Okay, I should probably resign myself to the fact that I am a lousy blogger.

The hubby and I just bought a home and are selling our old place so understandably our focus has been elsewhere. While having to leave the house while it’s being shown, I did manage to finish the image below and begin thumbnails for a new commission. It’s a good thing the client – also my friend – is patient.

Tonkinese study

Rina Rozsas — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:44:30 +0000

As I have some upcoming pet portraits to work on, I decided to do a little practice drawing of a Tonkinese cat from photo reference. My cat happens to be a Tonkinese – wonderful little guy but doesn’t seem to like having his picture taken. Thank God for the internet and Google!

Concept art for a short film ‘Insect’ – the reveal

Rina Rozsas — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:19:01 +0000

I was given the go-ahead by the director to show the full concept art piece so I’ve attached it below along with all the steps taken to create the piece.

Based on the script, I made a number of small rough thumbnails with various layouts to present for approval. I was sent some reference photos of character types envisioned for the film.
On the poster shoot, the director chose one thumbnail with which to proceed. The model, Alex, turned out to be a candidate for the lead role, so I used her likeness from the photos taken by my husband, the official still photographer. At this point, I moved into blocking in the room, chairs and mannequins in perspective. Once I was happy with it, I began to make the mannequins look like the characters, adding clothing, wings, bloody stumps, etc. Normally, I would have put the light into perspective but as we were not sure where the light source(s) would be located I wasn’t too concerned.
The director needed something to show the special effects crew (The Butcher Shop) so I scanned it at 300 dpi and brought it into Photoshop for digital inking, throwing in a brownish background colour by using multiply on the colour layer and another layer to paint in some quick highlights, and sent it off to her to show the FX crew.
Later on, the script was further tweaked requiring some changes to the artwork including a complete re-inking. Once I was satisfied, I added colour.

The film was shot last Saturday and l got to help out on the set as Assistant PA in Craft Services (a.k.a. Food Services). It was a long 14-hour day spent mostly in quiet and darkness and I now have a new appreciation for what goes into making a movie. It was quite exciting to be a part of it all and to see my concept art brought to life by Carlos Henriques & Ryan Louagie, the prosthetics team. They did an amazing job transforming Tyler Williams into the Angel. I can’t wait to see the finished film!

For more information about the movie and to get an early look at it please visit www.bull-dogpictures.com.

Concept art for a short film

Rina Rozsas — Wed, 25 May 2011 03:29:22 +0000

Wow, it’s been some time since I last posted a finished piece but…with good reason. I’ve started taking a Pencilling and Inking class with Leonard Kirk at the TCW and I’ve been working on commissions. Below is a sneak peak of a recently completed concept art piece I did for my friend Cherelle’s short film that’s currently in production. I wish I could show more but it will have to wait. More info about the film can be found here.

Dog portrait commission completed

Rina Rozsas — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:06:33 +0000

I finished the commission in time for Valentine’s Day and the client was extremely pleased (yay!). As you can see, I spent most of my time refining the image in the last stage. That’s really what you want to do at the end, just dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s, artistically speaking. The wrap-up should be reasonably stress-free. On that note, I hope everyone’s Valentine’s Day was also stress-free.

Quorra (Step 2 – Ink)

Rina Rozsas — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:29:24 +0000

I just finished step 2 of Quorra. During (digital) inking I noticed areas that needed some changes and I think they help to make her look a little more like the original reference. I also added more of her body to the portrait. I plan on colouring it later.

Quorra

Rina Rozsas — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:29:07 +0000

I came back from a showing of TRON: Legacy and was inspired to draw one of the characters. I used a publicity still for reference. Enjoy!

Happy Hallowe’en!

Rina Rozsas — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:25:27 +0000

For my first pumpkin carving (pictures below), I’ve learned three things: 1) lay plenty of plastic sheeting down, 2) don’t carve the pumpkin the same day as the day you are hosting a halloween party and 3) leave the pumpkin carving to my husband.

Dessert – It’s finally finished!

Rina Rozsas — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:52:06 +0000

An elven girl searches a cave looking for a special flower to heal her ailing brother and in using her powers to illuminate the cave awakens a sleeping dragon that has made it his resting place.

This has been the one of the most challenging pieces I’ve ever done but I think the effort and time was worth it because of all that I’ve learned through the process. Hopefully it will make future pieces a little less painful.