Nate Horsfall's Gallery

[NateHorsfall]

It's hard for me to know where to begin, since I have so much different stuff.. but I'll kind of start with a small gamut.

3d Demo Reel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=193_6h609v0

2d Animation from roughly 10 years ago:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0ghmtNVKo

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afVui5qPolo

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQtOlw4uTA

Sketch sequence:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs169.snc3/19656_104065992948122_100000341659575_102429_38417 2_n.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=102430&id=100000341659575

Sketches:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs401.snc3/24330_114007801953941_100000341659575_171554_32666 00_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs483.ash1/26431_115345301820191_100000341659575_176071_28881 07_n.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

(above with gun sequence, wouldn't let me edit this in properly)
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs189.snc3/19656_104065996281455_100000341659575_102430_69438 35_n.jpg


Illustration:
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs471.snc3/25850_108341185853936_100000341659575_150035_19596 58_n.jpg

http://natehorsfallmain.homestead.com/Death_From_Above_sm.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

Comic/storyboard sequence:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs169.snc3/19656_104172766270778_100000341659575_105806_79464 71_n.jpg

Photoshop:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/c61ed78da1f37007263ba35218635c635g.jpg

http://fvr.homestead.com/files/design/fvr_selscr09.jpg

Thats enough for now. Sorry about the blast of posts. it only lets me do 4 at a time :(

But! my site is here for anyone that wants to see more.
http://lightningarts.com/

Also, I'm doing a drawing every single day for 2010.. hosted up on facebook. You shouldn't need FB to view them.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8227&id=100000341659575&l=9c7ee328ce

What more stuff would you guys rather see? sketches? full things? name it and I'll dig other stuff up.

[NateHorsfall]

so I made some introductary posts, then vanished! Sorry about that, I've been crazy busy. Had a few projects but primarily I've been working on my Website.. which is now overhauled and brand-spanking new!

http://lightningarts.com

I figured I'd pull a few things out from that to show.

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Graphic/Banners/dod_ninjamonth.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/traditional/Jasonsketch_D6.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/Fox_attack_Page02.gif

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/16-TS4-Black.jpg

By the way, in case people missed it.. I will be attending the Don Bluth Animation Class in July. I REALLY want to practice 2d animation again (it's been 10 years) before I go, but that seems more impossible by the day.. because I'm mind blowingly busy.

However, I at least do draw all the time, and I animate all day long on a computer.. so maybe that will count for something!

[NateHorsfall]

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/silent_movie.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/HumanFoxKidComp01.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Red/Red_Standoff1.gif

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Red/Red_Standoff2.gif

[NateHorsfall]

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Red/Red_Run.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/MJ/MJ-Bartending.gif

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Cade/PenCade02.gif

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Cavalry_Notext.jpg



By the way, in case people missed it.. I will be attending the Don Bluth Animation Class in July. I REALLY want to practice 2d animation again (it's been 10 years) before I go, but that seems more impossible by the day.. because I'm mind blowingly busy.

However, I at least do draw all the time, and I animate all day long on a computer.. so maybe that will count for something!

[lavallelee]

You sure have a distinct art style, I really like it.

[NateHorsfall]

thanks lavalle! people have told me that before. And it's really interesting because while I know what they mean.. "distinct style", I also don't, at the same time. I've developed a style over the years.. but since it just sort of happened, I can't really put my finger on what it is! I even try to do new stuff and it ends up my "style" anyway. haha..

here are a few more.
http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/digital/Black_and_Red_sm.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/Related/Lily_newlook.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Kain/5-19-2010_InTheShop.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/traditional/134-smack.gif

[NateHorsfall]

The Masterclass video results:

http://www.donbluthanimation.com/videos.php?showvideo=396

There are good and bad things about this video. The bulk of my time was spent redoing the wings over and OVER. But it was a wonderful experience nonetheless. I'd really like to finish this some day, but.. I need a proper scanner and some animation paper before that happens.

Not included: the actual pan move. This will also come later.

[Seth]

How come I never saw this thread before? Eh, oh well.

Did you really do the CGI for all those video games? They're really impressive I must say!

Is that a real fighting game you made?

Love the female dragon character. What's her story?

[NateHorsfall]

piece by piece :) :

1. Yep! I'm a CG animator. Well, thats my job at least. I do MANY things aside form that, but thats where I get income for the time being. I learned 2d in school- but nothing like that Masterclass we just went through!
And thanks! I try. many o those are on really tight schedules. So we do the best we can.

2. Nope, it's a fake videogame and still unfinished. It's so hard to do stuff like that on the side. But I haven't abandoned it yet! you can see more on fvr.homestead.com

3. Thanks! Thats Lily, Fox's (the blue dragon) sister. Her story is actually fairly complex, but the simple version is: A former Magician's assistant in stage magic and master of hypnotism on the side. After many years of this and the eventual divorcing from the magician, Vladwick, Lily puts her hypnotism and stage acts aside to try and learn real magic. When doing this, she ends up settling back with Fox and many others within the guild they're all from (FotHB), making new friends and a new love.

Of all my characters, Lily is similar to MJ (the Kangaroo) in that she's not a combative type of character. She HAS the ability to do so, but is very unsure and nervous to use it. For awhile, all I made was combative characters.. so it was nice to try other things. Also, she's the only one that actually gives a damn about fashion, so thats fun to draw too :)

[Seth]

So do you have any fully colored pictures of Lily? I'm guessing she has blue skin like Fox?

[NateHorsfall]

Nope! thats where it's tricky. she's actually white. So that colored version of her in the "punk gypsy" outfit as it's come to be called, is her in full color. :)

I have more pictures OF her though.
http://lightningarts.com/Lily.html

[Seth]

Ah ok. My mistake. I thought maybe you were going for some kind of color style, but it's just that she has white skin. I get it now! :laughing:

[NateHorsfall]

Why I have not made any updates lately:

http://dod.bossies.org/current/dod10-08pastvsfuture.jpg

High rez:
http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/digital/dod_PVF.jpg

A banner for an online group of musicians. Done 100% from scratch and imagination.

And now heres some character stuff:
http://lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/Fox_attack_Page01.gif
http://lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/Fox_attack_Page02.gif

Never actually did much with this, but I was going to have him attacking the rock for kicks.

Human kid stuff:
http://lightningarts.com/files/Characters/Fox/HumanFoxKidComp01.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

Here are some fun ones! These were done with a program called Open Canvas. It lets you draw with others.. at the same time, online! I would GLADLY do this with you guys.

These though? they were done with a friend of mine, Ali Floyd.

http://lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/digital/OC/0043-Castle_Crashers.gif
Monster and Background
By Ali Floyd

Fox and Background
By Nate Horsfall

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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs169.snc3/19656_104064509614937_100000341659575_102355_33659 87_n.jpg
Kain (owned by Nate Horsfall)
By Ali Floyd

Background and coloring
By Nate Horsfall


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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs169.snc3/19656_104064556281599_100000341659575_102369_51803 58_n.jpg

Garasu and some coloring
By Ali Floyd

BG, coloring
By Nate Horsfall

Music!?
I'm friends with this awesome guy who goes by the name "KiddCabbage", and he made a song for this image!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nqu2klxmytz/Ice Cavern.mp3
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http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs169.snc3/19656_104064529614935_100000341659575_102361_56021 02_n.jpg
Will (attacker) and some BG work
By Ali Floyd

Fox and some BG work
By Nate Horsfall
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[NateHorsfall]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs084.snc4/35566_131764020178319_100000341659575_246257_33350 51_n.jpg
randomness! But more fleshed out too. Ali drew the.. vampire? and I decided to put Red there, annoyed for some reason. Then he tossed his old lady in there. for. some reason.

Vampire, Myrtle , some windows
Ali Floyd

Red, BG.
Nate Horsfall

[Rodney]

Those drawing are very cool!
Cutting edge stuff... often literally.

Open canvas seems like an great program.
Going to have to try that out.

[Moneyguns]

Dude your Dwelling of Duels painting is SICK. (Sick as in Awesome)
Thats really imaginative. Nice work.:)

[Seth]

Dude your Dwelling of Duels painting is SICK. (Sick as in Awesome)
Thats really imaginative. Nice work.:)
I totally agree. Nice job.

[OwenWelsh]

Cool stuff Nate!

[jeremyhopkins]

Cool stuff Nate!
Agreed! I enjoy the energy in your sketches!

[NateHorsfall]

Hey thanks everyone! Means alot :)

my stuff is often messy as hell. it's just the way i draw.. fortunately sometimes it comes across as more alive that way, but sometimes I wish i was cleaner. heh.

And so the latest thing I made tonight. NOT clean.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs213.snc4/39010_142357072452347_100000341659575_297843_26834 67_n.jpg

Lily is not a combative character, but when she needs to be.. her look changes. Simpler clothes, gloves, hair back. Then i shaded it all crazily for kicks.

[lavallelee]

that is some crazy shading, show us more :)

[NateHorsfall]

ask and you shall receive, Lavalle!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs293.snc4/40986_144094715611916_100000341659575_305247_49227 37_n.jpg

Tonight I saw Porcupine Tree.. it was awesome (3 hours of awesome. wow) but they wouldn't let us film or take pictures! At one point I saw him do this pose I really liked.. and without camera, I just made a damn hard effort to remember it. This isn't exact, but pretty close!

Then I decided to be all crazy and color the whole damn thing.

Total time: 1.5 hrs.

[lavallelee]

Then I decided to be all crazy and color the whole damn thing.

Total time: 1.5 hrs.

You should go crazy more often, I really like the colors!

1 thing, i cant tell if his guitar has a strap, or is it floating :)

[Seth]

Good to see more of Lily! I think your messy style is what makes you different from other artists. So I would go with it.

The guitar one is great. Awesome use of colors.

[NateHorsfall]

You should go crazy more often, I really like the colors!

1 thing, i cant tell if his guitar has a strap, or is it floating :)

Yes, i almost always forget the strap when i draw... and I tried to add it in actually, but the angle of it actually WOULD hide it. because it's on the shoulder behind the guitar. But yup, common problem! haha.

Thanks guys! this was fun to do :)

And don't worry, my messy style won't go away.. though when I complain about it, it's because I like to not always do the same thing and experiment! Haven't had the time though lately. next week i'll have lots more cool stuff.

[NateHorsfall]

Tonight, I sat down for like 4 hours and drew on Open Canvas with my friend Ali. you guys really have to join me on this, sometime. or coordinate.. theres nothing like drawing in real time, on the same picture, with another artist!
It's a free program, super easy, zero installs.. theres no excuse!

Anyways..

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs252.snc4/39922_144367282251326_100000341659575_306210_21264 44_n.jpg

This started entirely from me making some diagonal blue lines.. and Ali picked up on what I was doing! And it spiraled out of control from there. This is why OC is so great :)

Eiji, background lines, left background shading
Ali Floyd

Red, background and colors
Nate Horsfall
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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs131.ash2/39912_144368112251243_100000341659575_306212_73687 09_n.jpg


This is also why OC is awesome. Total goofy random stuff like this can happy. And it's nothing but laughs the whole time.

Ali started sketching a cliff just to kill time really, and then I decided.. hey, great time for me to draw Fox flying! But then he made a CAR.. so i changed it completely. Glad I did! It's nice to draw a dragon that ISN'T Fox.
And then.. i thought it would be funny to totally contrast this terrifying thing, with people totally nonplused about it. :)

Background
Ali Floyd

Dragon, hicks
Nate Horsfall

[Richard Willimot]

Very cool! Great how the two of you completed something that looks like it was done by one artist. You'd think the differences would stand out.

[feliceworkshop]

nice works Nate!
The guitar player is my preferred artwork so far! The colors really convey the roaring sound of a rock concert (unless the guy here depicted actually plays progressive jazz or smooth melodic polka, ...:laughing: I don't really know his music)....great pose and love the wild brush strokes as well.


you guys really have to join me on this, sometime. or coordinate.. theres nothing like drawing in real time, on the same picture, with another artist!
It's a free program, super easy, zero installs.. theres no excuse!

That Open Canvas session offer sound interesting, is it an on-line live drawing session type of deal?.... I've looked around but did not find much about it.... :confused:

[NateHorsfall]

Thanks guys!

Felice, His music is a mix of things, but definitely lots of rock. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO3GQvye2bQ

Also, I've decided to make another topic about open canvas. More people should definitely join in on it..

[NateHorsfall]

More experimenting tonight.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs311.snc4/40902_144637828890938_100000341659575_307402_40099 66_n.jpg

It was late, I was doing sketch-a-day, and.. i decided to try something different.
Experiment: Make a character drawing without skeleton, without form. and without connected lines. No Erasing. This was pretty interesting. and obviously way stylized.


http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs158.ash2/41219_144639245557463_100000341659575_307405_67850 42_n.jpg

After the lines sketch, I decided to try a weird way of coloring it, too. no detail, just vague blotches. And using the background as the "medium" shade.

[jeremyhopkins]

Really interesting linework! Again, lots of vitality but you're simplifying shapes without loosing the original energy. Nice to see the experimentation with new ideas!

[AJartist]

Nate, the black and white sketch above is the best Line quality I"ve ever seen you do! Keep it up!

[NateHorsfall]

Jeremy: Thanks! Yeah it's fun to experiment like that. Made me wonder how such a thing would look, animated. It could be done, too.. Just basically do that as a pass for the "clean up".

AJ: oh thats just wacom fooling around. Flicking the pen around. nothing special :)

Heres another in the same style:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs451.snc3/25850_110068415681213_100000341659575_156838_28162 92_n.jpg

Now.. if I were to try to do this on paper, with a real pen, I PROMISE you it would not be as clean. haha.

[NateHorsfall]

Heres some more, guys. This is for a CD I got hired for.

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/df76035c6d95bd9f826312ee024b6f9e6g.jpg
Full rez: http://www.mediafire.com/?h2mjcyc6yajodtg

I promise soon I'll actually post normal looking animation related drawings. I've just had alot of CD/band stuff to do lately :)

[lavallelee]

that is a sweet drawing nate, rock on

[NateHorsfall]

thanks Lavalle! \m/

Heres the animationy drawings as promised. For those in the session today, you got to see Don draw right over these. so Guess what? I'm going to redo them i think later on. But still, worth posting.

These are a few of me just trying out some exaggerations and different methods of drawing. More experiments than properly planned out poses and such.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs181.ash2/44469_145642405457147_100000341659575_313102_88370 0_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs181.ash2/44469_145642412123813_100000341659575_313103_64407 29_n.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

Today I decided to watch all the don bluth DVDs i got, finally.. and all the videos online. With all of this on my mind, I wanted to do some sort of reactionary drawing.. and after thinking about it, I came up with the comical idea of pairing my various characters up with others that would never work. First of this is Red and MJ.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs360.snc4/44361_146570412031013_100000341659575_318024_26763 24_n.jpg


I'm actually pretty happy with how it came out. except Red's foreground wing. I couldn't think of a better spot to draw that.. but i'll probably redo it later.

[akkushisu]

Hey, Nate! Just checked out your gallery and I'm really impressed with the versatility of your style! I really enjoy these experiments you've been doing. Very imaginative and creative stuff. :D I'd like to see more of your original characters, too. I have a ton of characters of my own, but I always enjoy seeing what critters other people come up with. Anyway, keep up the good work! :)

[NateHorsfall]

Hey Seth, thanks! Experimenting is fun. I like to mix it up. I'm glad you enjoy it. :)

I actually have a million more pictures just on my website. you can see lots of characters right here:
http://www.lightningarts.com/characters.html

I just don't generally re-link them onto these forums.

But, you're in luck! even if you never saw the site, heres another one not shown yet...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs188.ash2/45130_147091325312255_100000341659575_320667_68937 23_n.jpg

Covert Ops

It's an ongoing joke series called: Unlikely Team ups! where certain characters are paired up in situations that.. probably won;t work out.

this is another group collab project! Ali did Nazca (the cat), and I did.. Alexis (the human). What!? Alexis!? yeah. you've probably never seen her before. thats okay.
http://www.lightningarts.com/Alexis.html

Nazca and background:
Ali Floyd

Alexis
Nate Horsfall

[NateHorsfall]

Lots of OC drawing tonight! you guys should really join me with this sometime :)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs309.snc4/40800_147362245285163_100000341659575_321716_19755 47_n.jpg

After last night, I was on an Alexis kick. I started drawing her in some sort of.. hand on hips, pose. Then Ali decided to draw this kid, with some WILD assumptions!

Serta Kid
Ali Floyd

Alexis
Nate Horsfall

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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40800_147362248618496_100000341659575_321717_66761 37_n.jpg

Space Girls

More Alexis. And Kantai this time! Ali started drawing Kantai is some action pose.. and STILL being on an Alexis kick, i decided to make it like a cover shot, or something.
I really pushed Alexis' pose on this one. TOO far, really. But I rarely go far enough, so i'm happy with overdoing it.
I'm NOT happy with my messed up up shading job. as i totally wasn't paying attention to Ali making a flame shot.. stupid mistake >_<

Kantai
Ali Floyd

Alexis
Nate Horsfall

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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs289.snc4/40800_147362255285162_100000341659575_321718_67619 24_n.jpg

Randomness. and, as much as this looks planned.. I assure you we didn't come up with the actual joke line until the VERY end.

Eiji
Ali Floyd

Shirt guy
Nate Horsfall

[akkushisu]

Very awesome collaborative work you and Ali do, Nate! Your art styles really mesh well together, too. :D Maybe it's from working with Amanda for as long as I have, but I'm always fascinated by collaborative art projects. Anyway, keep it the good work, Nate! I'm always eager to see more!

[NateHorsfall]

Thats Seth! Yeah, I love working with him. I've done so not just in art, but stories and such, for so many years.. haha. I'm sure it's the same with you and your significant other (though mine's just a best friend). I love collaborating with people. Even if the styles DON'T mesh, that makes it all the more interesting to see what comes out of it!

So tonight, single player stuff again. I had a life drawing session for 3 hours after work. It was great! I also approached this differently than any other time I've done life drawing. Instead of trying to make it look real, i focused on shape, character when possible, and flow.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs188.ash2/45158_147592731928781_100000341659575_323135_50260 16_n.jpg

these were about 2 minutes.

so that first one.. NO, there was not some guy doing this to her. but she got into a pose that could have very easily been that way.. so I exaggerated and added someone else. Don't read into it!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs368.snc4/45158_147592738595447_100000341659575_323137_10591 38_n.jpg

because of the fact she had to hold a pose for 10 minutes, they mainly involved just sitting there or something boring. I tried to have fun and give them character where it was possible. she was never smiling. Just emotionless!

the bottom one with the hands behind the back is actually a 2 minute.

[NateHorsfall]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs388.snc4/45158_147592741928780_100000341659575_323138_32978 00_n.jpg

during these boring sitting poses, i decided- out of boredom for myself, to do a mini animation. only got to 2 poses.. but hey, the second was completely made up!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs368.snc4/45158_147592735262114_100000341659575_323136_14094 35_n.jpg

interestingly, I enjoyed her posing when she WASN'T posing. When she started tying her toga thing back on, and just acting natural, i loved those. We were not really supposed to be drawing her during this, but I did it anyway :)

Because of that, and the fact she was always moving, I can barely call these 30 seconds.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs188.ash2/45158_147592745262113_100000341659575_323139_36997 6_n.jpg

30 minutes means full drawing with shading and stuff. I started to get bored so i sketched in the actual environment. This was at the very least, one weird pose to draw!

[akkushisu]

Yeah, Amanda and I have been working together since late 2007. Occasionally, we do collabs or art trades with other people though. Hey! Maybe we could work on something together some time? That'd be really cool! :D

Haha! You know, Nate, the sketches I love the most of this set are actually the ones you did when you weren't supposed to be drawing her! :D I also like how you added in that second pose during the sitting poses, very innovative!

[NateHorsfall]

maybe we could! i don't know what of, but I'm always doing drawings. Mostly because of my sketch-a-day new years resolution. Sometimes it's little sketches. and sometimes.. it's stuff like this..

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs210.ash2/47281_148131655208222_100000341659575_325941_58368 78_n.jpg

did this tonight. was only supposed to be a half hour, then bed.. but.. whoops! 3 hours later.........

So anything is surely possible ;)

Also, yeah i liked the natural ones the best. go figure, it's because they have life. not just robotic poses!

[amandahamster]

Very cool dragon picture. Were you perhaps inspired by Seth and I? It looks almost like something we would draw!

I know how that goes. You start drawing, not intending for it to be anything special... then you have to finish it at all costs, particularly at cost of sleep... especially if you have to be somewhere the next day! :D

Your style reminds me of comic books. It's very nice and actiony :) (If that's even a word :D)

[NateHorsfall]

actiony is totally a word! Glad you liked it . and yes.. thats exactly what happened.. cost of sleep and everything.. :)

but I wasn't inspired by your stuff, haha. instead it was involving events around my week.. animating magic casting, and buying a flame sword..- no hard feelings though! It's just that I have had a few dragon characters- especially this one (for 12 years) that I tend to draw over and over and over. I've drawn this particular guy over 2000 times.. including full color, comics, 2d and 3d animation, etc. but still improving!

http://lightningarts.com/Fox.html

animation:
2d-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W0ghmtNVKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQtOlw4uTA

3d-
http://www.mediafire.com/file/0zm2lqdtyyj/FoxIntro_V4_800x600_High.mov

[akkushisu]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs210.ash2/47281_148131655208222_100000341659575_325941_58368 78_n.jpg

Now this is just AMAZING, Nate! Like Amanda said, it reminds of something straight out of a comic or graphic novel. The contrast between the black and white border and the reds and yellows of the dragon and his flaming sword just turned out wonderfully! Keep up the great work, man! Your Sketch-A-Day project is yielding some very impressive results. :D

[lavallelee]

i like your "2d- Fox vs Rax"

The part where the dragon's belly is close to the screen when flying in the air is really cool. Caught your hand in there a few times too, lol.

[NateHorsfall]

I disappeared for awhile.. but don't think I haven't been busy... sorry for not getting back until now.

Seth- Thanks! Yeah people have told me I have a very comic book style to my work. I really like intense color and contrast, so thats a common theme :)

Lavalle- Haha yeah the hand shows up.. as you can tell, that was a REALLY long scene, so after I noticed that, I didn't feel like reshooting it.
The dragon flying by was probably one of the best parts.. and the birds.. that was some crazy stuff I was doing back then with NO understanding besides trial and error and teaching myself. After doing all the Bluth classes, i can't even fathom how I did those before! But i'm glad you liked it :)

Now.. new stuff.
1. Fusion Poster
Large version: http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/digital/Fusion_Sector1_Full.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/27f6a91ceb61c9d2743136690903a19b6g.jpg

This is actually NOT new. A few months ago a friend- and amazing musician, contacted me to do a picture for his song.. so this is what I came up with.
Song page: http://www.metroidmetal.com/songs/sector-1/
instant play: http://www.metroidmetal.com/metroid_mp3/mf/metroidfusion-sector1.mp3
The song is amazing, he's one of my favorite artists, and so i was thrilled to make this for him. If you listen to the song, I visualized the entire thing from the first roughly 10 seconds. but, when I was making it all, i left the song on loop the entire time.

Originally this was just for a banner on his website.
Then it became a wallpaper.. (stretching 2 monitors!)
and then? they blew my mind by showing it at their concert at PAX Seattle 2010.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs405.snc4/46800_150406851647369_100000341659575_338483_69580 19_n.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

2. Ridley Poster

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/d7d105e2b97fd9f67779a0c9259204626g.jpg
Large version: http://www.mediafire.com/?cy3dzpsiiplln7j

After finishing Fusion, I really wanted to do a banner for every song.. but thats EXTREMELY time consuming, so I never did. I thought about it constantly however.
Well, after flooring me at PAX, I got re-inspired, and had to make it. and so we get this.
instant play: http://www.metroidmetal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/metroid_ridley.mp3

Ridley I wanted to be almost the total opposite of Fusion's banner. Fusion was cold, foreboding.. I wanted this one in-your-face intense.

3. Forest Month:

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/d06b44bac0aafab6c8e7b92c04e913e36g.jpg

I do banners and other art designs for this incredible awesome website full of videogame arrangements and covers.. called dwelling of duels.
http://www.dwellingofduels.net/index.php

So this month's arrangement.. is forest month! Games with forest songs in them. I have done another forest before, in this style..
http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/digital/winter_sm2.jpg

So I wanted to revisit that. Also, I hate doing the same thing over and over, and this is a style I don't do much, so I wanted to play with it.
Forest Month has a ton of hidden references all over it.. To game references such as the Master sword from Zelda, Secret of Mana;s sprite character, Chrono and Lucca from Chrono trigger, a chocobo from final fantasy.. and even woodman's leaf weapon from mega man 2.
. And then music references like.. the path being piano keys, the bushes as drums, a rock (get it?) guitar. and an upsidedown flying V guitar for the tree angled like \

[NateHorsfall]

4. Dwelling of Duels logo

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/7efe4facaa6a4cc3eb8b64bfe3be05685g.jpg

Yup, I made them a logo. For shirts! If any of you happen to like this, they will be selling them, for 12 dollars, soon.

Speaking of shirts, I also have my own shirts which I either sell to people.. or give away if you're really nice to me.. :)

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Graphic/Logo/Logo_Fox.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Graphic/Logo/Logo_Red.jpg

Seth (not Akku), I remember you liked the Red one and wanted it. I still really will give you one! I just need a shirt size and address.

[akkushisu]

Breathtaking art, Nate! All of it's vivid, colorful, and incredibly detailed! My favorites are the Metroid banners you did, particularly the Ridley one... yes, I'm a bit biased there, but still! :laughing: Can't wait to see more! Thanks for sharing these, man! :)

[NateHorsfall]

5. Life Drawing:
And hey, you know what else I've done recently? more life drawing.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs328.ash2/60882_151230638231657_100000341659575_342069_36590 07_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs648.snc4/60882_151230641564990_100000341659575_342070_32974 30_n.jpg

And then I got sick.......
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs670.snc4/61081_152475274773860_100000341659575_347993_33181 41_n.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

5. Tri-tone

And then I got BETTER! And started making these for friends birthdays.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs644.snc4/60440_153995027955218_100000341659575_356056_64218 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs331.ash2/61147_154110277943693_100000341659575_356428_64084 72_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs645.snc4/60521_154733917881329_100000341659575_358997_44680 91_n.jpg

These are interesting, and they were only started for the sake of something fast for sketch a day.
You might recognize the style from a few pages back, where I did it with my bird. Well, this time I just drew right over the top of photos with blotches of color. Specifically, I lay down a base tone (the background color near the black) and then I draw the shadow areas with black only, then highlights with a lighter version of the background.. or something else if I feel like it. And THEN, I just roughly scatter black all over the background until i get something that looks to represent the person i'm trying to convey.
1. Geoff is a computer guy, so he's all 1's and 0's
2. Art is an FX wiz, so i made an explosion around him
3. Van is a bassist, so.. bass thumping!

I'm going to expand on these and do even more of them. People seem to really like it, and they're surprisingly fast to do. Only about 20-30 minutes per each.

[NateHorsfall]

6. Photo manipulation for CDs

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/9417f869fe8afb4470237091eafe87416g.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Graphic/CD/C4_05_tray_outside.jpg

http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Graphic/CD/FU_03_tray_inside.jpg

None of these were made with anything but taking photos and chopping, pasting, moving, rotating, adding highlights, color, etc etc.
IE: nothing from scratch. I realized i hadn't posted any of these yet. the top is new, the rest are old!

Contra 4 CD (also did the website graphics):
http://www.rockednloaded.com/

Fragile utopia:
http://www.myspace.com/futopia

Also.. this is made 100% from scratch. but I realized I never posted it, either.
http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Graphic/CD/C4_01_Cover.jpg

Whew. OKAY. thats enough for now. And yet.. I'm still not posting at least 20 other things I've done lately. haha.

[NateHorsfall]

Breathtaking art, Nate! All of it's vivid, colorful, and incredibly detailed! My favorites are the Metroid banners you did, particularly the Ridley one... yes, I'm a bit biased there, but still! :laughing: Can't wait to see more! Thanks for sharing these, man! :)

you snuck in while I was dumping a truckload of stuff!

Thanks man :)
It doesn't surprise me at all that you like the ridley one the best, haha. He's incredibly fun to draw, by the way. I'm guessing you know the character, but for anyone who doesn't..

http://www.freewebs.com/metroidland/smart_ridley02.jpg

created by Nintendo. for the game series: Metroid

[jeremyhopkins]

Awesome! That's all I got. Love it :)

[akkushisu]

Have you ever clapped or cheered before the end of a performance only to look like a doofus? Yeah, when I saw that you were still posting stuff, that's how I felt, Nate! :o

Awesome work all around! I really like your choice of colors - very bright and contrasting! Everything you posted after my reply is just spectacular, but I still like the Ridley banner the best! haha! I really should give drawing him a try sometime. Again, thanks for sharing your work here, Nate! Keep it up! :D

[NateHorsfall]

Haha.. thats fine, Seth. No worries ;)

Thanks both you and Jeremy! BUT! Don't be afraid to pick at it, guys. You, or anyone else. PLEASE give suggestions how to improve. draw over it, redraw, show reference examples. anything.
I just browsed about 13 galleries, and I saw over and over: "great work!" with little to zero criticism. I'm guilty of this as well, because who wants to upset someone? But really, I can take it. And in fact would prefer it even more than praise all the time :)

But if you just flat out enjoy it, well! the praise is cool too, I'm glad you enjoy the diversity!

[andrew sharp]

Cool work man your drawings are like metal and industrial music lots of energy and they rock:) The banner above the band is cool keep up the good work

[joedorsey]

It's great to see more of your work Nate. I especially like the life drawings. The bass player has a nice feel to it as well.

[NateHorsfall]

Thanks guys!

Today I just did this for the heck of it (sketch a day) after not having drawn Red in forever.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs394.ash2/67223_158695527485168_100000341659575_379131_14691 25_n.jpg

this is random. I haven't drawn Red in ages, so I decided to. and as I played with the coloring, I started adding more and more colors. until we get this! that was fun :)

[OwenWelsh]

Haha, I love her expression and pose, nice work on the coloring too. I like the energy it creates!

[Seth]

Nice picture of Red, Nate. Very colorful, makes me feel happy. And yes, I would still love one of those shirts but I feel kind of guilty having you give me one. It feels like I need to trade you a Tshirt for it or something.

That reminds me, I forgot to send you that high-res picture of Lily. *Sigh* where does time go? I'll try to get on that. :o

[lavallelee]

i'm seeing that contra picture for the first time, and that is awesome!!!! i still remember the day i begged my mom to buy me contra on nes, went home and the first thing i did was enter

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, select, start! a cheat code i will never forget

[NateHorsfall]

Wow. it's been 2 months? As usual. I've been busy! I expected to have time as soon as the last animation class ended. but then my contract at EA got extended.. soooo.. so much for that! Before I get into everything I've been doing. Some INCREDIBLY late comments:

Red: thanks, guys! this one turned out luckily alright, since it was kind of thrown down at random. I can tell you though, I feel a huge improvement with the drawing since I started on these forums and with Don's feedback. So thats a really good feeling!

Lavalle: thanks! I don't know if you're into metal at all, but if you are.. you should get that contra CD. not only does it come with some pretty sweet artwork.. the music is.. amazing.
theres 2 free right on this site!
http://www.rockednloaded.com/

Seth: don't feel guilty! thats my thing. I give away shirts. haha. Thats why I suck as a business person. And funny, I was just thinking about that Lily picture the other day!

Okay. New art.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs800.snc4/68032_159440097410711_100000341659575_384237_70896 48_n.jpg
For yet more video game music arrangement CDs. This CD is now out for sale. and highly recommended. It's not ALL metal, either!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhNxFK6UXA0&feature=player_embedded#!


http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/307fee09f7fe0e31974c1ed83380682e126c799d0b2f542844 c9c95806f5cf796g.jpg
(large version): http://www.lightningarts.com/files/Illustration/digital/MetroidMetal_TalOv_Where_It_All_Begins_med.jpg
Made for Metroid Metal.
Metroidmetal.com
Song it was made for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPu95q0Nf1g

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs598.ash2/155050_169109449777109_100000341659575_441568_7579 190_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1130.snc4/149200_169318159756238_100000341659575_443562_8045 57_n.jpg

Random stuff for Sketch-a-day
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=17362&id=100000341659575&l=d835274502

[NateHorsfall]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs300.ash2/58025_171649039523150_100000341659575_456558_58478 _n.jpg

sketch a day

[NateHorsfall]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1146.snc4/148818_167071283314259_100000341659575_429449_9839 98_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs385.ash2/66348_163014713719916_100000341659575_405678_38979 39_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs465.ash2/73867_167922259895828_100000341659575_433782_72762 97_n.jpg
More tri tone birthday stuff

But not this one *cry*
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs988.snc4/76172_170731989614855_100000341659575_451906_40077 20_n.jpg

[NateHorsfall]

Life drawing at work:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1171.snc4/154319_170909602930427_100000341659575_452975_3938 231_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1191.snc4/154319_170909606263760_100000341659575_452976_2149 104_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1178.snc4/155081_171159349572119_100000341659575_454009_2338 977_n.jpg

Being an artist: the ULTIMATE cure for boredom! And your teachers used to harass you about doodling during lectures... tch..

[NateHorsfall]

Last thing.

I took the acting for animation class Don Held a few months ago. Here are some pieces form that.

Studying Winnie:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs335.ash2/61512_155671167787604_100000341659575_363767_45033 08_n.jpg

Seating study:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs702.snc4/62263_155934034427984_100000341659575_365035_53911 82_n.jpg
It was really interesting to me here, how little changes like the spine bending one way or the other.. or one foot up or down, totally changed the feel of the character.

Silhouette practice
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs688.snc4/62807_157213200966734_100000341659575_371914_34241 70_n.jpg

Thumbnails:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs728.snc4/64869_157423944278993_100000341659575_373129_75737 22_n.jpg

Final Result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xPb51aPxY

I felt a huge improvement with this both from the master class in Arizona as well as just, overall much more confident. Really, the biggest problem for me was sheer time to work on it. I did this while handling a full time job AND CDs like the sonic one I posted.. so it was just, really tough to fit it all in. I wish I could take these classes when not working, because I feel like I could really turn out something awesome then. But, for what I was able to do. I'm happy with it! Thanks again to all the other students who provided lots of feedback! Helped out tons!

And. Surprise! I'm taking the character design class too. Plus, i'm dragging my brother in with me, this time. Fun stuff!

[andrew sharp]

Great energy in your paintings man, nice tip of the hat to Leslie Neilson that guy will live on in his movies;)