Scott Douglas

Held: Digital Paintings made on an iPod touch

This is a series I am currently working on called Held. The work came about after a few things happening around the same time. One was that I had an iPod and was wondering what I might do with it creatively, another was I found out about an app called Brushes from a colleague. TheContinue reading “Held: Digital Paintings made on an iPod touch”

Disney Animation Artist

This past summer I worked on a title for Leapfrog’s new Leap Pad called Disney Animation Artist. It was a tough project, but worth the effort in the end – and it’s been one of the top sellers for the Leap Pad. I was creating drawing and animation lessons using Disney’s heritage characters; Mickey,Continue reading “Disney Animation Artist”

Storyboard sketches from Cars 2

I did quite a few storyboard drawings for Cars 2 on the Explorer. There was a ton of work to do, so keeping the sketches loose and quick was the way to go. That’s Finn McMissile in the foreground (above). He was voiced by Michael Caine -one of my favorite actors. My father said heContinue reading “Storyboard sketches from Cars 2”

Cars 2 – Models

I built and textured three of the characters for the CARS 2 Explorer title; Lightning McQueen, Pacer and Sheriff. Of the three characters I found Sheriff (bottom image) the most difficult to do. It wasn’t that he was more complicated than the others, it was that I had less reference to go by. I woundContinue reading “Cars 2 – Models”

A little bit of time travel

I’ve been looking through some of my old drawings lately and came across this. I did this sketch of my wife, Gillian, as she slept on the couch. Her mother put that quilt on her and our cat, Astro, thought it looked like a nice spot for a nap too. That was in 1990. Sadly,Continue reading “A little bit of time travel”

Digital Painting from Cars 2

This was one of my favorite scenes to do. When the staff at Leapfrog saw it they thought it came from Pixar, so that was a nice compliment. Here is the rough as rendered in Maya: And here is the final version after painting:

Art from Cars 2

Hi, This is my first ever blog post so I thought I’d put up a few images I did for work last year. I work for Inlight Entertainment in Victoria, BC, Canada as an artist. We produced a Cars 2 title for the Leapfrog Explorer. One of the things I liked about doing this projectContinue reading “Art from Cars 2”