B.Anderton - Story Artist, Writer

Seahorsey

2011-04-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

Just gettin a little vector with it. From sketch to paint.

SharkTastic

2011-04-04T17:58:00.000-07:00

Showing a little bit of the process involved. Sketch, linework in Illustrator, colored in Photoshop. Couple variations of color.

Completely, absolutely, solely, only, just, Ballroom

2011-02-21T23:47:00.000-08:00

I love the glamour of ballroom dancing. (Good flick to check out, Strictly Ballroom, btw.) The romance and pretty dresses and flowing, graceful movements. Just fabulous.

Fin Fatale

2011-02-21T23:45:00.000-08:00

Some fin fashion for ya. Creature from the Black Lagoon gone fashionista.

Sketchbook Scans

2011-02-21T23:43:00.000-08:00

Some sketchbook stuff. A hovering superhero guy and spiritual mage woman of sorts.

Makin' Arrows

2011-02-11T23:37:00.000-08:00

More campfire stuff. Just thinkin about what our heroes do in their down time...

Nice Rock

2011-02-11T23:35:00.001-08:00

Little bit of 50s inspired fun. Might give it a bit of color for effect

Night by the Fire

2011-02-11T23:33:00.001-08:00

Mage sittin by the fire. A few critters enjoying the heat, too.

Gestures

2011-02-11T23:25:00.000-08:00

Some gestures from the past couple weeks. One to two min poses. Workin on my 30sec poses now.

Lunch time

2011-01-06T00:10:00.000-08:00

Quick sketches during my lunch yesterday

SpaceGurl

2011-01-06T00:08:00.000-08:00

A She Space Oddity. To be painted.

Boogie

2011-01-06T00:01:00.000-08:00

Some gestures I did while listening to music the other morning. Just let it flow through the pen..

Gestures, too

2011-01-04T00:57:00.001-08:00

More gestures of stuff n stuff. Mostly male figures. I like the guy at the bottom. I think I'll paint him. Looks like he's thinking, "What the heck is that?"

Gestures

2011-01-04T00:13:00.000-08:00

Gestures and stuff

Ren Faire Fun

2011-01-04T00:10:00.000-08:00

Missed the Renaissance Faire this year (or I should say last year) so I did a few dress/gesture studies in its honour. Definitely going this year.

Viking Power!

2010-08-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

Viking guy with no clothes as of yet. Was leaning towards a skirt type (kilt style), but may opt for a more pants-related deal. A quick spurt of boards to go with him, giving an idea of how his weapons work. Snag the target with the flail-whip and then chop away as you please.

Monica (and her outfits)

2010-08-08T16:45:00.000-07:00

Did a few outfit renditions for this little lady. First one is a little spunky, middle is very French-inspired and the last is obviously nautically influenced. Nuff said.

Canine Study

2010-06-23T17:44:00.000-07:00

Did a dog/wolf/fox/coyote sketch session a bit ago. Here 'tis.

Quick Animatic

2010-06-23T15:40:00.000-07:00

Rain Fall from Beth Anderton on Vimeo.

Original boards below.

Strange Swordfighter

2010-03-16T14:05:00.000-07:00

Fencers don't use shields, but I think a lithe, agile one could use a shield nicely. Kind of a stylistic uniform, too.

Superhero Boards Render

2010-03-12T11:57:00.001-08:00

Did these in photoshop. Still working with new brushes.

A little Airport Fun

2010-03-04T19:14:00.000-08:00

Top one is some sketches I did at the airport yesterday. Some spellcasting and a spider-humanoid warrior. Bottom is a sorceress from a couple days ago.

The Attack Continues

2010-02-26T08:52:00.000-08:00

More of the Orc Attack. Closer to being finished. Probably some cleanup and maybe outline it.

Superhero Boards

2010-02-19T14:45:00.000-08:00

Did these with a superhero theme in mind. About 30 min for the whole set. Going to clean them up a bit.

Drow Attacks Orc

2010-02-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

A little animation inspired by some of my favorite works. Sort of creating my own rendition. Enjoying getting back into 2D, with some good help.

Tooth Fairy

2010-02-13T13:24:00.000-08:00

a tooth fairy of sorts. or maybe just a regular one.

Melee Poses

2009-12-11T20:36:00.000-08:00

some rough fighting poses, feeling out the rogue gestures and acrobatics involved

Working Title

2009-11-19T20:41:00.000-08:00

Did these boards a little bit ago. Done in pencil for a story concept in the works. Cut in in the middle of a world falling apart. Lemme know what you think.

Renaissance Quick Sketch

2009-11-11T23:53:00.001-08:00

Went to the Renaissance Faire this weekend. Quick thumbnails and gestures of some of the people there (done with the wacom tablet.) Going to finish them up in pencil, I think.

Bad Weather / Truck boards

2009-11-06T23:14:00.000-08:00

Wanted to get better at my action sequences so I did this small set.

Animal House

2009-10-29T20:32:00.000-07:00

A few animals for your viewing pleasure. Tried to go more organic with circles, it works nicely with the ballpoint pen.

No fun getting caught

2009-10-09T09:06:00.000-07:00

did this about a week ago. ballpoint pen.

Satyr Girl

2009-09-22T23:36:00.000-07:00

Little satyr warrior or spellcaster of sorts. I think I'm going to change her eyes before I color her, but I like what I've got so far.

Focal Point Study

2009-09-22T22:51:00.000-07:00

I was reading about focal point using lighting a couple weeks ago. Then I did a small sequence of boards trying it out. Still working out the kinks, but it was a fun project. Top one is warmup. Done in crayon.

Loooove the ladies

2009-09-21T20:09:00.000-07:00

quick warmup in photoshop. 30 sec - 2 min each. wacom tablet.

Dad's Garage

2009-09-20T19:31:00.000-07:00

quick fifteen minute set. how one generally gets to stuff in my dad's garage. and the empathy of the animals around the house.

3 Point Study

2009-09-20T18:21:00.000-07:00

some three point perspective studies. ballpoint pen. dusting off the cobwebs.

Tank Guy

2009-09-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

this little guy is a weapons master of sorts. running just under 4'6'', he's got the strength and the fortitude to take out most foes

BBQ Dangers

2009-08-13T11:36:00.000-07:00

Ten minutes in photoshop. Dusting off the cobwebs with my digital boards. Inspired by warnings of improper bbq care from my dad.

Dangers of BBQ-ing

2009-08-13T11:33:00.000-07:00

Quick ten minute board seq. A little rusty with the digital boards. Inspired by warnings from my dad about cleaning the bbq after use.

Old Tyme Fashion Fun

2009-08-10T19:22:00.000-07:00

Something silly I did in photoshop. Wanted an old fashion look from the 40s/50s era. Quick sketch quick color.

Caterwha?

2009-08-10T18:34:00.000-07:00

Drew this guy a bit ago, just found him in a pile of stuff. Sort of a Caterpillar interpretation of my own. Believe it or not, there was a story about Alice in Wonderland before Tim Burton or Disney. Pretty good book. Pretty trippy.

Lexy Lamb

2009-08-10T18:23:00.000-07:00

Some warmups for Lexy Lamb in pencil and china marker. Lexy Lamb is a small poodle who isn't shaved (thank god) in the traditional poodle hairstyles. Very small and very cute, she's a real live doglamb who resides in Tucson, AZ and thinks she's a princess. Which she is. Below is a little sequence of a day in the life. First draft.

Taking the Fire Rose

2009-08-04T19:35:00.000-07:00

Something I thought of at work today. Been meaning to practice some different hand gestures, anyway. Thought it would be cool if this hand or person or whatever reached in for the rose, but wasn't burned (I'll let you come up with your own reason why). The flames just adhered to their body like it was part of it. 'Nuff said.

Catdragon

2009-07-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

Some of the original thumbs drawn, figuring out the shot I wanted or the angle that worked best.

This was a mini story I had an idea for. These are the boards I've done so far. It's about this girl working at a movie place, putting them away when she comes upon a really obscure title. Out pops a T-Rex Cat Dragon. And then etc etc. Pretty fun. I'm not sure where it's going to go. CatDragons are pretty unpredictable..

RESONANCE - Color so far

2009-07-06T01:02:00.000-07:00

Most recent thing. About a week or so ago. Was prompted to color my animation style boards for Res. so I colored everything and did a dark blu-ish overlay, rendering shadow with that layer and leaving just midtones of every other color underneath. I played it a little safe, and it's only half the boards, but maybe I'll get a little more courageous and add some more contrast. I just wanted to get across that it was at night and quite dark and all that.

Kung Fu Panda - Story Test (of sorts)

2009-07-06T00:43:00.000-07:00

Did a last minute study of Kung Fu Panda while applying for a story revisionist position at Nick. They had already wrapped up interviews and portfolio submissions, but I wanted to test myself, so I stayed up all night, adapted their style and turned in a portfolio anyway. I used a Brush Pen which was so much fun to draw with and used the basic storyline from a story of mine (Harry Scary boards below) to draw the characters in.

RESONANCE - Short Film

2009-07-06T00:22:00.000-07:00

These are the cleaned up boards redrawn for a short film, live action. It was fun to try to draw more realistically and I kind of surprised myself. This is just the first act of the short film, so there's much more to go.

RESONANCE - Animated Short

2009-07-05T23:58:00.000-07:00

Orig. char concept by Kevin Brown
Orig. char concept by Kevin Brown

This is an original short story I wrote about two brothers in Ancient Egypt, up late at night trying to get a chance to pet their mother's most prized possession, the Royal Cat. The character concepts were done by Kevin Brown and I drew these storyboards to try and match his style. These were the original boards. I even pitched the story (the first act is what's boarded so far) to the studio during my internship at Cartoon Network. It was an amazing experience.

Original Miss Muffet Boards

2009-07-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

These are the originals of the next post (below). Were all done in photoshop when I first started doing boards digitally. I still prefer pen/cil and paper, but you know. Digital age and all. There are no thumbs, it was all done on a whim in a psd. Lots of erasing for the first hour.

Miss Muffet

2009-07-05T23:34:00.000-07:00

Obviously not my own story. I think it originated in the 1500s by a Dr.Muffet, but nobody officially knows the origin. Thought it would be fun to board out for animated short or something. These are the cleaned up ones. Next post will be the originals.

Harry Scary

2009-07-05T23:02:00.000-07:00

Another project drawn more cartoony, the camera angles and shots are bit too much for TV, I've heard, but I'm seeing TV shows (animated ones) with more and more creative angles. it seems that maybe the amt of backgrounds aren't that big of a concern anymore? Anyway, it's based on a real little scare that happened. Thumbs at the bottom, lots of revisions were done. It was a great learning project for me.

The Suitcase - TV

2009-07-05T22:23:00.000-07:00

A quick set of boards I did for TV style boards. Wanted to focus on using one main bg and then play with the size of the shots. This was cleaned up and line-drawn for portfolio use. Thumbs are in green.

Delia

2009-06-15T20:41:00.000-07:00

this is Delia. about an hour and a half in photoshop. gettin a little more brave with the brushes, but i'm still playin it safe.

Now in Technicolor!

2009-06-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

colored this guy for a class, still experimenting with photoshop and custom brushes and all that. it's so crazy to think i used to dread painting in photoshop. i still have to work on giving my paintings/characters more depth, but i'm getting there

Render Complete

2009-06-12T21:56:00.000-07:00

finished up the environments today. been a couple weeks going, but I'm pretty happy with what I got. the bottom one could use a little more love, but i was playing with focal points using value, contrast and playing with the saturation of certain colors. anyway, lemme know what you think.

The Coloring Book

2009-06-12T21:52:00.001-07:00

these are color studies for the two environments I picked. i'm partial to a few of them, but I was a bit safe with the first set, and got a little more brave with the contrast in the second.

Streets of Egypt

2009-06-12T21:47:00.000-07:00

some environment thumbs done for a class of mine. goes with the egypt theme. i was thinking of a back-alley/marketplace and ocean-front pyramid property. just played with horizon lines, one and two point perspective and a little bit of value.

Demo Reel 1

2009-06-04T12:01:00.000-07:00

Demo Reel Spring 09 from Beth Anderton on Vimeo.

here she is. Demo Reel Number One. It's a bit long, but I'm still figuring out how to display my boards with more flair. time to spend some hours with after effects. anyway, lemme know what you think. enjoy.

Warriors of Egypt -- unite!

2009-06-02T18:03:00.000-07:00

here's the final I turned in for the midterm. I flexed the gestures out for all the guys and I really like the textures I used--I'm exploring the intriguing world of custom brushes in photoshop, but I think the characters could be fleshed out a little more.
far left guy was a soft cushy silhouette, really rounded and blocked in with the pointed head indicating a slight defensive touch to it.
the middle was meant to be sleek and longer, with a nice flow. i like this gesture better, but want to make it even taller.
the far right was a hulking form, gestured out since the last version, but i'm still a bit cloudy on his facial details.
anyway, this was an interesting process. starting from the silhouettes and costume designs to the value render to a final revamp.
i'm going to do it again.

Further down the concept chain

2009-06-02T17:53:00.000-07:00

this is the pre-final stage. tried for a value study, mixing a few colors to try to create some contrast to make the silhouette and costume more interesting. i always thought values were done for light studies but i guess this way is more of a grayscale version of the color palette you're going for.
'nuff said. check it out.

Here kitty kitty

2009-05-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

I love how cats always look so balanced and confident especially during their more awkward moments.
Almost as if it's your fault you walked in on them cleaning in the middle of the living room floor.

attack of the cute cuddly kitty

2009-04-29T08:28:00.000-07:00

at my internship, they had this funny thing called the Wall of Oddities and you could take a picture of you doing a real one or just make your own--which everyone ended up doing. there were some pretty creepy results. this is mine. my oddity was that I survived a horror movie. the 75 foot cat interrupted a marathon, apparently...

egypt, redefined?

2009-04-24T11:44:00.000-07:00

first real attempt at silhouettes. well, they were silhouettes. working on costumes designs for the characters. top one is the demon. wanted an organic feel. prolly keep 'im naked with just tattoos. old school fantasy style. middle is the human. i'm still conflicted on whether to make him a fat sultan-y shaman type or a lean warrior. decisions decisions. last one is the 'mech' character. i think i want to go cyborg (woot woot to Seven of Nine--you geeks know who she is..) with it. keep the egypt feel of little clothing, but sort of human 'upgrades' so to speak.
anyways, it takes A LOT more work than I thought. damn concept artists make it look so easy! yeah, you know who you are....

sahara mecha?

2009-04-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

somethin I was workin on for a class. egypt theme (obviously.) wanted to flesh out the idea of all the electrical mechanics attached to his body. subtle but plenty of it to go around. in his left hand there's some magical whip string thing I donno. the left eye 'patch' is a radar scope thing of sorts.
there's some proportional errors with his body, but it's a first draft.

did clint eastwood look this good in the 70s?

2009-04-06T16:21:00.001-07:00

I donno. Something I just drew.

Up! Up!

2009-04-06T15:27:00.000-07:00

Everyone likes to be held!

Just something I found in an older sketchbook.

crazy girl

2009-03-26T17:00:00.000-07:00

so I drew the small pose initially and was prompted to make the gesture more extreme, hence the larger, more interesting pose. I really like her face for some reason.
Someone did ask if it was me. I don't try to draw myself much. (Curse of most artists?) Maybe there is a little bit of myself, maybe not. There's always a little bit of us in our art in some way or another. 'Nuff said.

trapezoid

2009-03-13T07:24:00.000-07:00

A quick color of a mini sketch I've been meaning to ink. I think I'll redo it again, but this was a first attempt at some texturing and depth.

oh, sebastian, you crazy jamaican

2009-03-09T21:09:00.000-07:00

I'll never ever ever get sick of drawing mermaids. Lately I've been trying to incorporate some more coy poses into my female work. There's something silently seductive and potentially sinister in a coquettish pose. Embodies a siren perfectly, I think.

Little tough guy at the top is less subtle about what he wants.

italian girls, wooh!

2009-03-09T20:59:00.000-07:00

I was watching a movie this weekend and noticed that for once, the hero's love interest was not a hundred pound, 5'10 woman. I loved it! I always thought a woman's natural shape was far more sexy than hip and clavicle bones jutting out. I also threw in some quick sketches. It's all a work in progress, but I had fun doing it. -b

(finally) captured

2009-02-08T22:40:00.000-08:00

kay so I finally captured the animation for my logo. i did inbetweens, and the booty moves with some attitude. (haha) but it still feels a little stiff. maybe slower or something. maybe i'll try a more interesting angle than profile. enjoy for now.

pinup girl

2008-12-17T15:43:00.000-08:00

so I cleaned up and colored this one. I like how it turned out. i'm still struggling a bit with using shadows for depth, but i'll get there. I like how her shirt turned out; I was going for a sheer look. maybe i'll do her again with darker hair. anyway, enjoy.

-b

cleanup time

2008-12-11T16:17:00.000-08:00

finally got off my bum and finished and cleaned up some artwork. inked it today and scanned it in. goina try an color them in photoshop or hand-render them myself.
we'll see how they turn out.

getting the dust off

2008-11-14T15:26:00.000-08:00

gettin back into the groove of 2d animating and trying to do my logo animated so it walks semi girly and blends into my logo, but i'm still working out the creaks in my skills. this test was done with half the breakdowns on the even numbers, so thats why it looks like its hesitating before steps sometimes. the capture station was wigging me out, though, hence the flashy strobe light effect going on. i'll do more breakdowns and see whats up. here's my finished logo as well.

my logo. see the B and the A in the figure? yeah thats what i was going for.

jump like you've the energy...

2008-11-14T15:19:00.000-08:00

i just found this, cleaning out my external hd and it made me laugh. i was going for this extra hyper cheerleader persona. enjoy.

-b

logo time!

2008-11-04T20:34:00.000-08:00

i animated this the other day. it's still a bit too fast and choppy for what I'm going for, but its supposed to be the female figure and when she stops, you'll see my initials come out of the silhouette and my name will appear. right now i'm focusing on the fluidity. like i said, rough. it's been quite a while since i animated anything.

once more.. with feeling!

2008-09-12T21:37:00.000-07:00

found this guy in the same notebook. cats and owls were the theme. i wanted to play with combining the two and see what i came up with. 'nuff said.

it's started already

2008-09-12T21:27:00.000-07:00

so I can't believe I let eleven days pass without a post (for all my followers out there who noticed... *rolls eyes.*) won't happen again, I promise. it's close to finals week so i'm going to use that excuse for now. anyway, here's some stuff I drew last night as a warm up.
the guy at the far left ended up looking sort of like someone I used to work with. he had a patch of hair on his bottom lip, (kinda silly, i think) so i threw that in last-minute to solidify the likeness. it's a bit extreme, but i like how it turned out. the other ones are just fun. the top guy was a (intentional) cartoon of my friend travis whom i havent seen in a million years. and the girls are just... girls.

number one

2008-09-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

so okay this is my first attempt after many many moons of no digital work. hopefully in a few months i'll look back and cringe at the amaturity of it, but for now all i can do is post it.

First time for everything

2008-08-27T13:51:00.000-07:00

Blog number one:

I usually find these things (as in blogs) sort of self-indulgent and conceited, but I suppose it will be a good thing for me. I've been meaning to get back into digital paint and hone my Wacom skills, anyway, so maybe this will be the extra kick in the ass to get me to post some stuff for actual critique. After all, I'm an artist. Aren't we supposed to be a little (if not moderately) self-indulgent?