Environment Design

Hello Everyone,

There is still space for Environment Design at Concept Design Academy.  If you like designing environments for games, please check it out.  Thanks!

Update

I finally have some free time to do a painting.  Sorry for the long needed update.

Balloon + Cat

Our cat Pepper loves to eat my daughter's balloons whenever she gets an opportunity.

Another Lost Planet 3 concept art...

Here is another painting I did awhile back.....enjoy!

Lost Planet 3 Concepts

Here are a few concepts I worked on early in the project that have been made public.  Enjoy!

Lost Planet 3

Hello bloggers!

Check out the trailer and screenshots for our new project Lost Planet 3! This is the project I have been working on for quite sometime now and it is finally announced today. Enjoy!

Trailer:

http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/lost-planet-3-first-trailer-revealed

Updates of old work

Here are some art that were done when I was working with Doug Chiang and his team over a year ago.

CDA Weapon Design Demo

Brian Yam- New Online Tutorial Available Now!

Hey Guys,

In the past few months, I was fortunate to be asked by the folks at cmiVFX to do a online video tutorial on one aspect of concept design, props. The video is released today. Please be sure to check it out! Thanks for the support!

-Brian

Product link:
http://store.cmivfx.com/tutorials/view/325/Photoshop+Weapon+Prop+Design


Distributor site:
www.cmivfx.com

CDA vehicle demo

This was a demo from our class based on our project theme theme: Mass Effect. This was an exercise done from line drawing to render

Gouache Landscape Painting with Mike Hernandez

Mike Hernandez is doing a painting workshop on October 21-23. Mike is an awesome painter and instructor whom I had the pleasure taking a landscape class with during Art Center. He's a funny guy also. If you are interested in taking his class, be sure to sign up soon as spaces will run out fast.

CDA FALL 2011 Vehicles and Props Class

Hello Bloggers!

I will be teaching class again this fall over at Concept Design Academy in Pasadena. It's going to be a fun class for those of you who want to dive more into designing vehicles and props for entertainment. There are 2 more spots left! If you're interested, please sign up. See you there!

Sketches

Here were a couple of sketches done a couple of weekends ago. The bottom picture of the bus stop has an interesting abstract pattern which I imagined a composition for a "base or ship" of some sort. I decided to go with the flow on that one. Enjoy!

Film study

A shot study from 'Alien' from one of my favorite films and director Ridley Scott. I love the shape language of the designs.

Some Gatchaman concepts

Some works from past projects.

Another sketch

Here's a sketch I did a year ago which I forgot about. This was done using mainly texture brushes. Enjoy.

2011 Update

Hello All,

It's been one crazy journey the past year and I sincerely apologize for not posting anything since the last post. Lots of things happened good and bad. We decided to move back down to LA since things did not quite flow the way we expected. One thing, nobody expected the closure at IMD (bad). Luckily, my family and I were prepared for that ahead of time and planned accordingly. The good thing was spending time with family up north for a year(good). Priceless. I gained a lot of valuable experience in the last couple of years and met a lot of amazing talent. The last job was a great experience and I learned quite a bit in the limited time we had. In the end, Los Angeles was a place we recognized as our home and now we're back.

Here is something to tie you guys over until I cook something up. This was a piece derived from a similar template I used earlier. Enjoy!

Driving back from work today...

I didn't have a camera in my car so I had t rely on memory. Words nor my painting cannot describe how beautiful the light was in person. I can only hope this will capture some of the essence of what I saw while driving. Enjoy.

Still here!

Sorry for the lack of posts in the last couple of months. Things up here are super busy and crazy at the same time. Here's a piece I did during a short break from the craziness. Thanks for your patience. Now, back the program!

In Memory of Norm Schureman

It was devastating to have heard that Norm Schureman passed away this weekend. I had the honor of having him for an instructor at Art Center for Vis Comm 6. He was a great instructor and I will always remember him for checking up on me with a few phone calls when my mother was gravely ill during my last term at ACCD. He will always be remembered in my heart as a kind man and a great instructor and designer. My heart goes out to his family. Rest in peace my friend.