Ace'spot

Planet Pulp sketches

2012-01-19T23:11:00.000-08:00

I figured I'd throw some of my Planet Pulp entries down to break up all the comic posts. More of those to come shortly! Gravy.

Pg5

2012-01-19T23:08:00.000-08:00

Pg 4

2012-01-17T22:25:00.000-08:00

The fourth page of our Cloudscape contribution!

Pg3

2012-01-16T22:22:00.001-08:00

The Wall

2012-01-15T13:07:00.000-08:00

Friends! Here's the second page of the comic. Kevin originally wrote the story as a 2 page stand alone. Then we decided to add a couple more 2 page chapters that we would disperse throughout the book...Eventually it just became an 8 page piece, but if it feels like it's coming in distinct 2 page sections it is. Hope you guys like.

The Wall

2012-01-13T01:37:00.000-08:00

This is the first page of the new 8 page comic I'm contributing to Cloudscape this time around. I'll post all 8 pages as they come in, lettered, from Kevin. Again Kevin wrote this one and so far I think it be our best stuff. I hope you guys enjoy. The book is black and white, hence no color. That's not to say there won't be eventually though... we'll see. I'll be sure to keep everyone up to date on when the book comes out and where ya can get it! Later.

2012-01-12T13:30:00.000-08:00

Quick lunch doodle. I know it's been sparse but don't worry, things'll pick up real soon! Later friends.

MIGS Animation Award

2011-12-17T12:48:00.000-08:00

Here ya go mom! Haha. This is the first photo I've found from MIGS that shows some award winning action. Good times! They did official photos off to the side after the award but I've been unable to find those. Later.

Chromazone

2011-12-17T12:44:00.000-08:00

Hey guys. This is a mock screen cap from the game pitch I put together last year. Just found it looking for other stuff so I figured I'd throw it up. I never did make a demo but that ship hasn't sailed yet so we'll see. Take care.

Captain America

2011-11-29T23:26:00.000-08:00

Hey friends! This is the piece for Planet-Pulp this month. The theme was time travel an despite the number of awesome options I chose to do a frozen Cap. Never drew him before so this seemed like a good chance. I've been told being frozen in an iceberg for 40 years an then thawing out can seem like time travel.

doodle

2011-11-22T00:47:00.000-08:00

Just drawing for kicks! Got a few more of these to come. Later.

Memory sketch

2011-11-14T20:50:00.000-08:00

Saw this guy on the way home today!

Canadian Game Developmet Talent Awards

2011-11-05T13:51:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! So I was in Montreal the past week taking in MIGS (Montreal International Game Summit) and the Talent Awards where I received an award for Animator of the year. I will scrounge a photo of the event if possible real soon here. I've included a list of the winners in the other catagories as well. Congrats to all the nominees! Anyway it's great that individual achievement is being honored in Games and everyone involved should be very proud!

The 2011 winners are:

Animator of the Year

Aaron Bouthillier (Shank)

Designer of the Year

Kris Piotrowski (Sword & Sworcery EP)

Programmer of the Year

Frédéric Blais (Michael Jackson The Experience)

Emerging Talent Richard Flanagan (Fract)

Audio Professional of the Year

Simon Ashby (Wwise)

Producer of the Year

Casey Hudson (Mass Effect 2)

Visual Artist of the Year

Craig Adams (Sword & Sworcery EP)

Wizard

2011-11-05T13:36:00.000-07:00

One of the designs for the new comic I'm working on for Cloudscape!

man and dog

2011-10-29T17:15:00.000-07:00

A memory sketch from the ride home after work! Just realized I haven't done any creepy halloween stuff. There's still time though...

Thug

2011-10-29T17:09:00.000-07:00

Just a thug sketch! Later.

2011-10-27T22:46:00.000-07:00

Just a quick sketch. Damn my lame marker skills. Anyway, keep truck'n friends!

Terminator

2011-10-25T22:52:00.000-07:00

Allo! This is a piece I did for the Planet Pulp Blog. Figured I'd throw a little process compilation together. It was a good time doing a little light table, ink, marker action! Oh ya this was done to celebrate Stan Winston's Career. What an amazing guy. One of these days I'll get the chance to see his creations fa real! Later.

2011-10-20T13:38:00.000-07:00

Quick lunch sketch. More on the horizon I swear:) Later.

Shank 2

2011-10-07T16:32:00.000-07:00

Shank 2 has been announced! Tell your friends! This piece was done by Creative Director here at Klei, Jeff Agala. I will be posting a promo video shortly. And some game animation poses and what not.

2011-09-20T22:43:00.000-07:00

A sketch I did for my dad of my dad. When he's not greasing the mill he's rock'n janitorial duties and he needs a firm reminder for all the slobs what an angry old man looks like! A happier version to come.

Hood

2011-09-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

Hey guys just a quick sketch!

21 journeys

2011-09-09T13:39:00.000-07:00

So here's the info! Be there....

Beyond the Wall

2011-09-08T20:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a pitch piece I did for the new comic I'm currently illustrating. Cloudscape is launching their latest anthology on Sep 10 (this saturday) at the Ayden Gallery (in Vancouver) so if ya get a chance to drop by that'd be awesome! I'll post the official poster here tomorrow. Anyway more stuff to come. I promise this blog will live again!

2011-07-30T03:19:00.000-07:00

I am not left handed! And consequently my piece suffers.... non-thless I hope youoooo's enjoy!

Cold Driven

2011-06-17T00:51:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Just realized it's been a while since posting so i figured I'd throw this up. My bother's band just released their third album The Wicked Side of Me I did these initial designs of the band a little while ago and thought you'd all like to see. From left to right: Ben, Shane, Billy, Jeramy, Dennis. Hit up the site and buy their album, you won't regret it.

2011-05-24T21:44:00.000-07:00

Hey interweb friends! This is my piece for the Planet Pulp Star Wars theme. Obi Wan's the best Jedi... the best! Chowder.

2011-04-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

Memory sketches from my bicycle ride home. They whiz by pretty quick. Looks like I got a knack for leaving feet out. Anyway... don't seem to just doodle much these days, hope you guys like.

Jazz

2011-04-14T23:47:00.000-07:00

Jazz! One of the best to be sure. This here's my addition to the Planet Pulp blog. Saturday morning cartoons used to be cool. Those days are long gone though, and so is Jazz:(

Sherlock Holmes

2011-04-13T00:17:00.000-07:00

When murder's afoot Holmes thinks best! I admire his single minded quest to perfect deductive reasoning. If you happened to see the previous version just never mind it was late etc... :) it's really just meant to be a drawing. Later!

Pirate

2011-04-05T23:52:00.000-07:00

Decided to color up the weekly sketch challenge after posting it, so here it is. Chowder!

Journey

2011-03-23T00:03:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! A little pinup art I did for the Cloudscape 22 Journeys anthology. Hope you likes.

Gladiator

2011-03-13T22:52:00.000-07:00

Backyard Gladiator! I'm gonna stop doing double posts (here and Secret Sketch Club) Just wanted to remind everyone that the Klei sketch blog is back up and running. Later.

Minotaur Design

2011-03-07T22:47:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! The Klei Sketchclub blog is up and running again. We changed the focus to character design though, so stay tuned for some goodness. The theme this week was Minotaur.

2011-02-23T12:43:00.001-08:00

Hey Guys! This is my first submission to the Planet Pulp gallery. Check em out there's plenty O goodness and it's just begun. The theme this month was Princess rescue. Later!

2011-02-21T22:30:00.000-08:00

Hey! Wanna keep this here blog alive. This is a mock screen cap for Chroma (my game pitch.) Hope you guys dig!

2011-02-03T16:10:00.000-08:00

I did this here idle loop for Juri because I love Street Fighter so! Hope you guys dig. Maybe someday Capcom will do another 2-D Street Fighter.

2011-02-01T23:15:00.000-08:00

A little Chroma Promo while I'm at it! Later internet friends.

2011-02-01T23:07:00.000-08:00

So these here baddies are from the game concept I was working on. I basically tightened up the two on the right from Dan Yu's sketches. I wanted to post them to thank Dan for helping out. So... Thanks Dyu!!

2011-01-31T00:05:00.000-08:00

A couple selections from the coffee shop. Thought I had more I wanted to share but it's not true. I have a little Street Fighter 4 tribute anim I wanna share but can't seem to get a looping animated gif up. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

2011-01-31T00:04:00.000-08:00

A quick study for a painting I'll probably never do.

2011-01-31T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! Figured I'd throw up some new Life drawings, nothing major just having fun. The funny look'n big guys in the middle are just what happens when I get bored:) Later!

2011-01-09T11:53:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! I did this lineup in August for a pitch I was working on. I'm still doing some work with the concept so I won't say much about it. I'm not going to end up using these so I figured I'd post 'em. Later.

2010-12-13T21:46:00.000-08:00

The card says it! Wishing everyone the best, enjoy and be safe.

2010-12-06T22:37:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! So the reason for the lack of posts was somewhat due to the game pitch I was developing and the comic I was working on for Cloudscapes newest anthology, 22 Journeys. The new book is coming out in March for those interested. I thought I'd post a couple pages here for a quick sneak peak. Kevin scripted this new story as well! I hope you guys get to read it and enjoy. These scenes take place in the evening!

2010-12-06T14:17:00.000-08:00

Swatboss from Aaron Bouthillier on Vimeo.

Hey Everyone! So I just found out Shank was nominated for an Annie in the Best Animated Video Game category. I'm super stolked (being lead animator on the game) and will be sharing a bunch of Shank clips in the near future. Congrats to everyone in the Klei art department!

2010-10-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! So this here illo's the front and back cover art for local Vancouver artist Evil Ebenezer's new album dropping this Halloween. The album's called Evil Eye and its under the Comobear label! It was fun to work on and well timed for Halloween. These images are without text. Beans.

2010-09-15T23:41:00.000-07:00

Here's another quickie! Hope you guys like.

2010-09-15T23:38:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone! Sorry it's been awhile. I've been super busy work'n on stuff, none of which I can show. So here's a quick one for fun with plenty more to come in the future. Shank is Out! I promise I'll post sprites as soon as I can. Hope everyone's good. Later.

2010-07-15T23:16:00.000-07:00

Evil space goon with a ray gun!

Da Kid

2010-07-15T23:12:00.000-07:00

Just a quick one... have'n fun designing some new characters!

B-Day Card!

2010-07-07T19:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Pops! What can I say my old man's a banjo play'n frog! Much love.

2010-06-21T23:57:00.000-07:00

Heylo! So I haven't been tearing it up with the posting so I figured I'd grab an old cleanup and huck some color on it. Hope you guys like. Chow.

2010-06-11T00:55:00.000-07:00

Yo Dudes! Figured ya might like some Nudrawings! Ha! Anyway, as promised presentation quality has gone up:) Let me know if ya disagreez. Sneezles....

2010-06-09T13:14:00.000-07:00

Couple quick lunch sketch's. Later!

Chroma

2010-06-01T22:22:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Some more character Skatches! Enjoy.

2010-05-21T21:07:00.000-07:00

Some quick color!

2010-05-21T20:14:00.000-07:00

Heylo! Figured I post some warmup skatch's. The gangster on the bottom right is somewhat taken from the Irishman in The Sting. Which is an excellent movie for those of you haven't scene it. Much love.

Chroma

2010-05-17T21:34:00.000-07:00

Heya! Just monkey'n around with Chroma. Hope you guys digs! More concept stuff for this fella and company coming soon.

2010-05-04T17:54:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! It's still super hectic in my life these days... what with Shank Wrap'n and all. Here are some poses I can show because they appear in the intro to the Demo which is online.... and I guess should be posted here:) Our process basically is: Pose in Sketchbook, Build and Animate! Beans.

Underground

2010-04-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting for a while... soon there will be plenty. I'm in the process of moving and work has been hectic. Not to mention all the drawing I've been doing lately has been for the comic, which at this point I'm not posting. Hope all is well!

B-Day Card!

2010-03-06T13:22:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jezz!

Wolf Man

2010-03-01T23:50:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, I know it's a double post (this is for the sketch club) but I felt like I should put something up. It sure us busy these days. Chowder!

warm up

2010-02-23T20:54:00.000-08:00

Hey! I've been working on my (and Kev's) comic in my spare time lately. Hence spare time I have little of. But I've been somewhat cluing in to the awesomeness of warm up sketching and studying. Here's one that I tightened up this morning! Peace guys.

Mine Forman

2010-02-12T23:44:00.000-08:00

Still work'n out the comic designs!

2010-02-08T00:03:00.000-08:00

Some more doodles!

2010-02-07T23:58:00.000-08:00

Some quick concepts for a new comic I'm working on with Kevin Forbes. It's going to be the most ambitious piece either of us has ever done, so I'm really looking forward to it. We will be releasing it in manageable portions so stay posted:)

2010-02-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

More Life!

2010-02-01T22:53:00.000-08:00

Who wants to draw LIFE? Guess I do:) Anyway.... just a couple doodles from the last couple months. I'll try to be more frequent and maybe even rock a little more finesse in my page layouts from now on. These are anywhere from 30 sec to 5 min!

2010-01-20T23:18:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Haha I just posted this in the wrong order so here's the fixed version:) I did this comic for the new Cloudscape anthology coming out this spring. Kevin Forbes wrote this diddy and I added some doodles. Hope ya diggit! Chow.

2009-12-19T17:39:00.000-08:00

Just doodl'n. Some day I'll have a digital process that works... until then you'll all just have to put up with experimentation!

Christmas Time

2009-12-18T16:37:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. Ya better not shout, ya better not cry, ya better not burn down the north pole you stupid abominable snow man, I'm tell'n ya why, 'cause Santa Claus is coming to KICK YOU IN THE FACE! Heh heh. Beans.

2009-12-08T13:31:00.000-08:00

quick 5 min yaletown lunch sketch

2009-11-28T15:18:00.000-08:00

Mr. Agala colored my piece for the fisherman topic. Nice job man! I digs.

He-man

2009-11-16T23:50:00.000-08:00

Battles a Dinasour...?

Avenger

2009-11-03T19:27:00.000-08:00

Finally some full color! This is another of the topics from the secret sketch lab!

dudley 2

2009-10-27T23:42:00.000-07:00

My original concept for the street fighter weekly challenge. Just thought I'd post it late! Peace dudes.

Street Fighter

2009-10-20T20:05:00.000-07:00

The crew at klei has a sketch blog for all those interested in check'n it out. There's a new topic every week and this weeks was Streat Fighter! I feel like Dudley deserves some face time. Beans!

2009-10-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

A couple more lunch doodles!

2009-10-06T23:17:00.000-07:00

Said I'd post some new sketch's so here they is. Mostly doodles! I'm currently working on a little 3 page comic for an anthology my work homey Kevin Forbes got me into so I'll throw that on here when it's done. Beans!

2009-10-01T13:10:00.001-07:00

Just a memory sketch form lunch break. More sketch's to come soon.

2009-09-26T15:57:00.000-07:00

Just a doodle, rip'n Jeffs style and falling dreadfully shy:)

2009-09-15T18:16:00.000-07:00

Here's just a few of the poses I sketched up for Toro's game play, based on Jeff Agala's design. Toro being the boss character in the game play demo I just posted. We showed off the playable demo at pax on Laybour day and got some very positive responses. Sadly I couldn't be there. I animated all the characters and fx except for the 3 hit frwd moving gun combo which Jeffery stole from me and looks great:) Anyway should have more game poses etc in the future. For more Shank stuff visit the blog! http://shankgame.com/

Shank Video Trailer

2009-09-15T18:12:00.001-07:00

2009-09-01T20:04:00.000-07:00

A few goats from the farm the other day. The grey one is my finest work I'm sure! Oh and by the way, I don't smoke but sometimes my mustache does.

2009-08-17T22:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Benny, I hope ya gripped it with your bearhands! Just a day in the life eh! Oh ya start at bottom for a little continuity.

2009-08-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:21:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:20:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:19:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:18:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:17:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:16:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T22:12:00.000-07:00

2009-07-28T23:05:00.000-07:00

A card for my pops the "Frog"! In memory of the time we climbed out of the canoe and he tipped straight back claiming, "you can't leave without me...

2009-07-28T23:01:00.000-07:00

A Sign I designed for the Shark Shack! Yahoo!

2009-07-20T23:26:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd post this rough wolvie, maybe I'll finish it?

2009-07-20T23:18:00.000-07:00

Some sketching! Mostly burlesque life from the last sesh.

2009-07-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

Some more roughs for the Shark Barge in the OK! Again I'll post the final when it's done, just mess'n around for now.

2009-06-22T22:43:00.000-07:00

The daily turtle!